I just got my EVO and I want to get Froyo 2.2 on it. I haven't accepted the OTA update from sprint. I want to root my phone and get a custom Froyo 2.2 rom without Sense on it. What would be the best process for me to follow?
Root the phone first and they apply a 2.2 rom, or could I just put one of the custom 2.2 rom's on it as is. Thanks.
-Slevin
Root first! Don't apply the update.
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U need to be rooted first in other to flash custom roms, do u def.ly wanna root 1st.
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Ok so I will root it, is it better for toast 1 or toast method 2 for full system root??? After that I can flash one of the Froyo 2.2 ROM's that have been cooked since the official update realeased today?
I'm coming from a TouchPro 2 so I have to get used to this process now. I got Froyo 2.2 on my HD2, but that's about to be returned to T-Mobile since I got my EVO.
Thanks.
-Slevin
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100% stock
Just Rooted (any method)
Rooted, Nand Unlocked, & flashed a ROM?
Rooted but do to unknown issues can't flash
Rooted, unlocked NAND, Fresh Evo 0.5.3.
Why both with anything else?
You should add a "I spend most of my battery restoring specimens from my extensive library of frozen ROM's" option, lol.
100% Stock. Would like to root but i'm in 1.47...
stock....for now
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rooted 100% flashed and tinkering
Read my signature!
Rooted with the 1,2,3 program(so idiot proof it is insane), nand unlocked, amon ra recovery, and damage control
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Well right now I'm just rooted, and I'll do the full root on my replacement phones later tonight or tomorrow; flash a custom rom when a good aosp or 2.2 comes out.
Just got my Evo 2 days ago. Stock for now. Would like to root, but need to read some more first. Might wait for Froyo to come out first
I wish I could vote twice. my wife and I bot got Evos and I rooted and installed Damaged on both of them. BTW battery life is awsome with the new update and radios
Fully customized Fresh ROM .5.3 with GatorBoots theme and inverted splash1.
Flawless.
You forgot the ones who are waiting for the Froyo upgrade to root when available. So Stock with plans.
stock. rooting sounds a bit risky right now but i would like to get rid of the Sprint apps, facebook, Sense UI, etc. waiting to see if HTC/Sprint will deliver Froyo in a timely fashion as promised.
os10 said:
stock. rooting sounds a bit risky right now but i would like to get rid of the Sprint apps, facebook, Sense UI, etc. waiting to see if HTC/Sprint will deliver Froyo in a timely fashion as promised.
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What good will it do when HTC will just increase their security even more to keep people from doing custom ROMs?
Stock Evo, not planning on rooting yet... I like Sense UI but hate all the Sprint Apps and all the auto-starting apps that I never use.
I'm on stock, but I plan to root and flash roms later after I get my new phone and source/froyo is release.
Rooted and love the custom rom especially the multi touch keyboard
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I said when I got this phone that I wouldn't mess with it cuz it was already stupid fast compared to g-pa G1. About a week went by and that went out the window.
Rooted using neckface's method
Amon Ra recovery
Damage 3.2.2.1
............looking into learning theme dev..............maybe
stock 1.32.651.6 with unrevoked root app
i need nothing else right now as wifi tether, vpn connection and shootme works. things may change when froyo comes out though. i'm not applying the latest ota until unrevoked has an updated root version for it (that works!). lol
@unrevoked
unrEVOked forever v1.1 is now available. S-ON, more EVO radios and CDMA Hero: http://unrevoked.com/forever
@unrevoked
Amazing work from Sebastian Krahmer. His latest exploit also works on Froyo 2.2 on the EVO: http://c-skills.blogspot.com/
Looks like we now have what we have all been waiting for.
Update: I Followed the last link I shared on here for the guide and have successfully rooted my evo. So if you want your evo rooted go the the development forum and follow the guide. but here's the link again if you need it: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=765496
i was thinking this as well.. but thinking about it further.. unrevoked rorever requires a custom recovery to be installed first. to get that custom recovery you need to run unrevoked 3. unrevoked 3 still has the disclaimer: Unrevoked 3 does NOT work on Stock Froyo (Android 2.2) Phones
:-/
Yeah, little skeptical still.. Wish I wasn't at work, I'd try it out.
It looks like unrevoked found the exploit to get into the phone now and then you have the programs to run it. They will probably update something to show us how to do it all together.
But they found out how to get in that's all that matters.
So from what I'm understanding is the new way to root the droid 2 is the same exploit that works for the evo and will work.
Here's the thread for the droid 2: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=764950
So from what I understand is if you follow those instructions it should work.
@unrevoked
If you're desperate to root an EVO with Froyo, watch this space for a downgrade/unrevoked^3/unrevoked forever method: http://bit.ly/dg2Fu4
nice ill wait until this method is thoroughly tested on the evo, but glad to see 2.2 rooted!
DAMN! This will lower the value of my EVO when I go to sell it in about a week. Booooo!
Great, now I can send by mine back for replacement since my 4g keys are borked.
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@guitarjockey
Bro, noticed you've posted a few links should I follow them in any order or does it matter?
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@guitarjockey
Bro, noticed you've posted a few links should I follow them in any order or does it matter?
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Follow the last link I posted under the update on the first post.
not to sound ignorant, but what does this new root entail ? caz i have evo (came with 2.1) did root it with unrevoked forever and have been using custom froyo roms. currently i am using fresh evo 3.1.0.2.
so back to my original question, what does this new root do? is it just for the new evos which comes preloaded with 2.2?
thanx
It works great! A little lengthy but well worth it!
All it is.. is to make root for people who had 2.2 froyo or had it installed when bought.. brings it back to 2.1 so you can root your evo.
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thax martyzidek. thats what i thought. just wanted to make sure i wast missing anything. still kinda new to android. thank you
martyzidek said:
All it is.. is to make root for people who had 2.2 froyo or had it installed when bought.. brings it back to 2.1 so you can root your evo.
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Thanks for covering that for me, I just saw there was posts here.
No problem.. I'm new also.. just finally been able to get root.. stuck on what Rom to get.. still confused on that..
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Stock Evo Froyo 2.2
I just tried it and it does work just follow the instructions works perfectly dont worry about it does work
Since I didn't want to unrevoke and have full access I actually used the step tell it asked for me to unrevoke so my phone was on 2.1 and then I went for another rooting option for 2.1 and it all worked and I'm not on the CM6 nightly. It is wonderful and it's amazing how much more I can do now.
I had a stock Incredible. I got anxious and decided to do the RUU instead of waiting on the OTA. Now I want to root. Can I do this now or do I have to wait until somebody figures how to root 2.2?
BigTankofATL said:
I had a stock Incredible. I got anxious and decided to do the RUU instead of waiting on the OTA. Now I want to root. Can I do this now or do I have to wait until somebody figures how to root 2.2?
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fairly certain you have to wait until someone roots 2.2.
Best way would've been to root, forever, then update and reinstall CWM Recovery
on previous thread.
There is another thread on the forums for just this. You will have to roll back with a hack. New user does not allow me to post the link but the thread id is 768295
here is the title to the thread. [GUIDE] How to downgrade from OTA RUU 2.2 to 2.1
/showthread.php?t=768295
Should have unrevoked forever.
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Hello my name is Melvin. I have a HTC EVO 4G. I had previously done a temp. root with unrevoked. I had 2.1 OS, and i think i may have screwed up. I new the new 2.2 was available, so i unrooted (temp.)To get the new FOTA. Now im interested in a custom rom, (gingerbread-deck-evo). Im obviously new at all of this. So, tell me did i screw up?
Or can i still root with unrevoked since it was only a temp root for tether purposes?
Im a noob!
Mels05toy said:
Hello my name is Melvin. I have a HTC EVO 4G. I had previously done a temp. root with unrevoked. I had 2.1 OS, and i think i may have screwed up. I new the new 2.2 was available, so i unrooted (temp.)To get the new FOTA. Now im interested in a custom rom, (gingerbread-deck-evo). Im obviously new at all of this. So, tell me did i screw up?
Or can i still root with unrevoked since it was only a temp root for tether purposes?
Im a noob!
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Well Melvin. Your screwed. Assuming you took the 2.3.3. OTA, since 2.2 dropped last year, there is no root for us. Welcome to the club...
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Well Melvin. Your screwed. Assuming you took the 2.3.3. OTA, since 2.2 dropped last year, there is no root for us. Welcome to the club...
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We need a poll to see how many of us are out there waiting...
Now then I just looked at my firmware version and it shows Android 2.2 when I took the update it said FOTA 2.2 . If that's the case. And its 2.2 . Then I need to learn how to get a custom Rom and flash it, since I'm a noon and all.
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The update I received wad the FOTA 2.2 Froya?
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froyo
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well if in case you do have 2.2 Froyo then you're still in luck with the rooting option.
in most of our cases we were either dumb and did the OTA update to 2.3.3 or like myself got an upgrade from my LG Optimus S to the Evo 4g and BAMMMM 2.3.3 out of the box which blows.
on the other hand I have heard rumors that Google recalled the 2.3.3 updates and no the Evo's that havent updated wont receive the update yet and are still rootable.. Could it be that the reason to that is all the Talk about Google unrestricting the bootloaders?
Im not understanding why there is a distinction between the two. I thought you could not have ROMS and Root on 2.3? If you flash a 2.3 ROM do you then lose your root access and have to downgrade all over again to get 2.2/root and try a new ROM?
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Im not understanding why there is a distinction between the two. I thought you could not have ROMS and Root on 2.3? If you flash a 2.3 ROM do you then lose your root access and have to downgrade all over again to get 2.2/root and try a new ROM?
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If your on stock 2.3 you have to downgrade to 2.2 in order to root your phone yes. That's only because the root exploit used exists in 2.2 and not 2.3. But once rooted, you can flash a 2.3 ROM and you will not lose root. You would only lose root if you RUU back to stock. The ROMs listed in android development have root capabilities/superuser built in. So once your rooted and have recovery setup, go ahead and flash any of those ROMs (like supreme sense, cm7, miui, ect) without worrying about losing root.
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so once your 2.2 rooted, can you take the OTA 2.3 update and still retain root or is the only way to get 2.3 back and stay rooted is via a ROM?
raydawg said:
so once your 2.2 rooted, can you take the OTA 2.3 update and still retain root or is the only way to get 2.3 back and stay rooted is via a ROM?
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If you take the update it will break root. You'll need to flash a Gingerbread ROM. X99 has a ROM that is basically a rooted version of the ota. General rule of thumb, don't accept updates unless you want risk breaking root
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cool thanks thats what i figured, nice to get that confirmed.