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Can't install RA recovery onto rogers magic - please help

I am using this website, and am at step 6. Everything up to this point has been going well, but i cannot get the recovery image to copy over. BTW I have the recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img file i'm using. When I type to push the file to the SDcard, it says, the transfer failed because the file system is read only.
How do I fix this? I've restarted the phone, taken the SD card in and out, i've typed adb remount, and nothing is working.
. Open command prompt and go to the Tools folder in Android SDK that you downloaded to create the gold card.
Assuming that you have not changed the file name of the recovery, use the following commands:
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img (file name of the recovery you downloaded)

OK, i've got that working, now another problem...
cd C:\AndroidSDk\tools
adb push recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img /sdcard/
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-hero-v1.6.2.img (file name of the recovery you downloaded)
7. After the recovery has been flashed, go to the following link to download the ENG SPL for HTC MAGIC 32A (SPL: 1.76.2007)
http://www.4shared.com/file/21114537...07-signed.html
8. Now copy the SPL to your memory card.
adb push update-hboot-1762007-signed.zip /sdcard/
9. Restart your phone using the home + power key till it boots up into the recovery mode.
(or just type 'adb shell reboot recovery')
10. Using the 'Flash zip file' option from the recovery, select the SPL file from the memory card and flash the HBOOT on your phone
Now i've done most of that, but when I restart into recovery mode, it keeps on randomly rebooting even though I don't want it to. I clicked on 'flash zip file' and it just rebooted right away.
Now when I flashed the recovery, the command prompt said that it did it, BUT nothing happened on my phone, it was just sitting there and didn't say it was doing anything. Could this be a problem?

OK i kept trying, and finally i got it to go into 'flash zip file', I clicked on the correct zip file, but right after clicking the screen went black and it restarted.
Does this sound like it worked? How do I check to confirm if it worked and it's rooted?

Ok I did this, and it said ADB is already running in root in the cmd, so i think i'm good!!!
Thanks!
The easiest way to test if the device is rooted is to open another command prompt in the tools dir and type
adb root
If it returns that adab is already running in root, then you're all set.

So as i said, i installed the sapphire recovery, but now i'm reading on the wiki page that you need the HERO recovery file. I need to change the radio, but then it is saying i needed the HERO recovery.
This is so damn confusing why can't anyone get this all straight and not have so many different and totally contradicting methods.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.p...agic32A_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod#6.35.x_Radios
The wiki here says to use the HERO recovery, but this thread only gives the sapphire recovery for the HTC magic.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492
Now to clarify i checked and i think i have successfully rooted, but the specs are this.
Sapphire PVT 32A ship s-on H
Hboot-1.76.0008
CPLD-12
RADIO-6.35.08.29
I'm told i need to change the radio now before I can install the cyanogen rom, is this true?
I can't find out what to do because no one seems to talk about the 1.76.0008 spl...
Any help?

OK so more playing and more following guides, I installed the HERO recovery tool (1.6.2), and updated the radio to 6.35.10.18, changed my SPL to 1.76.2007, and have my PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H setup.
I'm confused though, because I did all of this work so I can install the lastest cyanogen rom, but it says it can't use this version of the radio... what the hell?
Someone REALLY needs to fix these tutorials to be self consistant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
follow this, got it all done, then go here to get the cyanogen mod...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673394.
What do I do now?? Do I downgrade my radio or just use a different rom?

thesmoth said:
OK so more playing and more following guides, I installed the HERO recovery tool (1.6.2), and updated the radio to 6.35.10.18, changed my SPL to 1.76.2007, and have my PVT 32A ENG S-OFF H setup.
I'm confused though, because I did all of this work so I can install the lastest cyanogen rom, but it says it can't use this version of the radio... what the hell?
Someone REALLY needs to fix these tutorials to be self consistant.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=605239
follow this, got it all done, then go here to get the cyanogen mod...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=673394.
What do I do now?? Do I downgrade my radio or just use a different rom?
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Here is a link to a test kernel port file for CM 5.0.8 from Brian Crook. This should allow you to run CM using your current Radio. Like I say it's a test port and I haven't tried it but Brian is the one that does all the ports to the Rogers 3.x radios.
http://briancrook.ca/android/testing/
you'll need to download the file bc-5.0.8-6355-ebi1-signed.zip
You would use recovery to flash CM 5.0.8 then flash this kernel port file. After that don't forget to flash the gapps package that should be linked in one of the URL's that you already posted or you can get it here http://kanged.net/mirror/download.php?file=gapps-ds-ERE36B-signed.zip
PLEASE NOTE
Do not change your radio from it's current 6.x version without flashing the matching SPL for the new radio. If you fail to flash the SPL/Radio combination correctly you WILL brick your phone.

[Q] 1.34 rooted and S-off.. Need to go back. How ?

So i've rooted my Desire Z with the stock rom of v. 1.34 .. I think i need to send it back for repairs since my green led is not working anymore.. But before i can do that i want to unroot the phone.. can someone here explain to me how i do it ? Im a total retard when it comes to this.. Sometimes i even wonder how the heck i managed to root the device
EDIT: Forgot to mention that i've applied a OC kernel.. !

No one ?
5char

I reckon ppl are a bit cautious in giving advice as there have been a few issues.
Lets start with which method did you use to root and s-off?

wileykat said:
I reckon ppl are a bit cautious in giving advice as there have been a few issues.
Lets start with which method did you use to root and s-off?
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Thanks man.. Glad you want to help ..
I wanted to able to use this kernel, so i followed the suggested rooting guide from that thread.. Which i believe is this
I just want to make sure i do everything right you know

Da9L said:
So i've rooted my Desire Z with the stock rom of v. 1.34 .. I think i need to send it back for repairs since my green led is not working anymore.. But before i can do that i want to unroot the phone.. can someone here explain to me how i do it ? Im a total retard when it comes to this.. Sometimes i even wonder how the heck i managed to root the device
EDIT: Forgot to mention that i've applied a OC kernel.. !
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Hi !
I need to know 2 things before I can help you:
1. Did you install the engineering hboot?
You can check this by booting into fastboot mode:
- Shutdown the phone
- Press and hold the touchpad-button and hold it while pressing the Power button.
-> On the screen with the surfing androids the first lines contains either SHIP or ENG. If you have ENG then you installed the engineering hboot.
2. Did you use gfree to achive radio S-OFF
You can check this by using the gfree_verify procedure - see http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#VERIFY_.28using_.22gfree_verify.22.29
if you have @secu_flag = 0 then you are radio S-OFF if @secu_flag = 1 you are radio S-ON.
Please check this and post your results, then i can post your way to go.
have fun - Guhl

guhl99 said:
Hi !
I need to know 2 things before I can help you:
1. Did you install the engineering hboot?
You can check this by booting into fastboot mode:
- Shutdown the phone
- Press and hold the touchpad-button and hold it while pressing the Power button.
-> On the screen with the surfing androids the first lines contains either SHIP or ENG. If you have ENG then you installed the engineering hboot.
2. Did you use gfree to achive radio S-OFF
You can check this by using the gfree_verify procedure - see http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#VERIFY_.28using_.22gfree_verify.22.29
if you have @secu_flag = 0 then you are radio S-OFF if @secu_flag = 1 you are radio S-ON.
Please check this and post your results, then i can post your way to go.
have fun - Guhl
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1. Nope it shows SHIP
2. Gave me this output (My phone has allways been sim unlocked however.. Bought it without contract!)
Code:
gfree verify_cid returned:
@CID: 11111111
OK
gfree verify_secu_flag returned:
@secu_flag: 0
OK
gfree verify_simlock returned:
@SIMLOCK= 00
OK

Da9L said:
1. Nope it shows SHIP
2. Gave me this output :...
gfree verify_secu_flag returned:
@secu_flag: 0
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!!! WARNING FOR OTHERS - DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU ARE NOT RADIO S-OFF AND HAVE THE ENGINEERING HBOOT INSTALLED !!!
OK this is good because as you don't have the eng-hboot installed we can safely flash the full stock rom and i assume that you have a custom kernel and a custom recovery installed that we need to get rid off.
Before i go into details of commands i would like to give you the principle procedure:
1. reinstall the stock firmware by copying a PC10IMG.zip to /sdcard and then boot into hboot and let it install the complete stock rom.
2. temproot again using psneuter
3. restore the backup of your partition 7 using gfree 0.4
So what we need is:
- a stock rom from here http://www.multiupload.com/GH26HXLLES
- psneuter from here http://www.thinkthinkdo.com/trac/project1/raw-attachment/wiki/psneuter/psneuter.zip
- gfree 0.4 from here http://www.thinkthinkdo.com/trac/project1/raw-attachment/wiki/gfree/gfree_04.zip
You need to make sure that this PC10IMG.zip really is your stock version (maybe find yours somewhere else)
1. Installing the stock rom:
connect the phone to usb.
download the file and rename it to PC10IMG.zip and put it to the root of your sdcard using:
Code:
adb push PCIMG10.zip /sdcard/
shutdown your phone.
boot into hboot by holding the <Vol-Down> key while you press <Power> to boot.
hboot (white screen with surfing androids and the word HBOOT in blue) will scan for the file PCIMG10.img and load it.
Then you can use <Vol-Up> to start the process. In the middle of the process the screen will get dark for some seconds and then it will start again -> don't panic wait until it is completely finished.
When done - reboot
2. Temp-root using psneuter:
On the phone go to Settings - Applications - Development and enable USB debugging again.
Unzip the psneuter.zip, install and execute psneuter on your phone:
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
adb shell /data/local/psneuter
3. use gfree to restore your partition 7 backup
Unzip gfree_04.zip and install it on the phone
Code:
adb push gfree /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/gfree
3.a When you used gfree to get radio s-off it created a backup of the partition named /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin (replace <time> with the time number). We will restore this file now.
Get a root shell:
Code:
adb shell
The prompt should be # now
Execute gfree to restore the backup (in the root shell) - replace <time> with your time number in the following command.
Code:
/data/local/gfree -r /sdcard/part7backup-<time>.bin
3.b Alternative: (if you don't have your partition 7 backup anymore - don't do if you did 3.a):
You need to know the CID that your phone had originaly, it could be HTC__001
Excecute gfree to set S-ON and CID:
Code:
/data/local/gfree -s on -c HTC__001
4. clean up (still in the root shell):
Code:
rm /data/local/psneuter
rm /data/local/gfree
rm /sdcard/PC10IMG.zip
So now you are back to stock.
You might want to boot to hboot again and use "FACTORY RESET" to wipe data and cache.
And you might format the micro-sd card before you return the phone.
I hope this is it (written without a phone so there might be typos)
have fun - Guhl

Wow guhl99 that is really really helpfull ! I appriciate it so much! Im gonna try it later today ..
However i dont think i got the backup of that partition.. Must have deleted by mistake for some reason
Is there anyway i can find out what CID my phone had originaly ?
EDIT: Another question.. What would happen if i just acceptet the OTA upgrade ? Wouldn't that unroot and s-on my phone ?

Da9L said:
Wow guhl99 that is really really helpfull ! I appriciate it so much! Im gonna try it later today ..
However i dont think i got the backup of that partition.. Must have deleted by mistake for some reason
Is there anyway i can find out what CID my phone had originaly ?
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Hi !
Welcome, i think it was time to summarize this once. And as I am constantly going back to stock to test some exploits and then reroot i have some practive.
Yes there is. The CID is also stored in the first 8 bytes of partition 17 - the misc partition - (and no one knows why).
So you can to the following (in a adb root shell)
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 bs=8 count=1 2>/dev/null
The first 8 characters of the output should be your CID (the # behind it is the prompt for the next command as you do not receive a new-line by the command above)
have fun - Guhl

Da9L said:
EDIT: Another question.. What would happen if i just acceptet the OTA upgrade ? Wouldn't that unroot and s-on my phone ?
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Sorry I did not see this question.
It will unroot but will NOT S-ON the phone.
But something really nasty will happen:
- It will install a radio firmware version that prevents gfree from dropping the write protection of the emmc chip for the radio configuration partition 7. And because of this you are not able to set S-ON again or set your CID back (or restore your partition 7 backup).
You would then have to downgrade the firmware again to 1.34 (using a procedure that is documented in this forum) and is even more complicated. And after the downgrade (that includes installing the stock rom as i described above) you would have to continue at point 2 of my description above.
SO DO NOT ACCEPT THE OTA (it would not brick things but needs another 2 steps).
have fun - Guhl

Guhl, could you use Gfree to restore your backup (or go S-ON) first while you were still rooted? Then with S-ON, use the PC10IMG.zip to restore back to the shipping ROM (which should work, assuming the zip to be signed).
Just wondering if that extra step of temp rooting before using gfree is necessary...

ianmcquinn said:
Guhl, could you use Gfree to restore your backup (or go S-ON) first while you were still rooted? Then with S-ON, use the PC10IMG.zip to restore back to the shipping ROM (which should work, assuming the zip to be signed).
Just wondering if that extra step of temp rooting before using gfree is necessary...
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Hi !
You are absolutely right, you could do it this way.
The reason why i always remove s-on as the last step is just to have the system and recovery partitions write enabled till the last step.
So if anything goes wrong you still have options till the end.
But if you don't need that extra security you could do it your way.
have fun - Guhl

Can I install Custom ROM on my Legend that already has S-OFF

So here's the thing. I've been trying to downgrade and root my Android 2.2 Legend for many hours now and have been failing as the adb could not push the flash_image and misc1-2.img files for reasons unknown to me (said adb: not found despite the files being there).
Anyways, I rebooted into the Fastboot mode and found that my phone's NAND is unlocked as the fastboot says S-OFF. I thought of giving another try by temp rooting with Visionary+ and then trying to Perm Root it. To my surprise, after rebooting and even uninstalling Visionary+, apps requiring root access function properly. Does this mean Legend 2.2 with HBOOT 1.01 has been permanently rooted?
I also installed the ROM Manager and it did manage to install the ClockworkMod. However, whenever I try to back up my current firmware, it says backup cache could not be found.
Also, I wanted to know since its showing that my phone is rooted and has ClockworkMod, will I be able to install ROM without any issues?

If it says adb: not found then you probably don't have problems with the files to be flashed not found but with the adb binary not found.
In older versions of the Android SDK it was in tools directory but since r09 it is in platform-tools instead.
Many of the guides found in the internet refer to the old directory names.
From your HBOOT Screenshot you can perfectly see that your phone is S-OFF.
Did you install Clockworkmod permanently already? (e.g. when you reboot your phone into recovery mode from hboot screen you have clockworkmod recovery and not the default Attention sign)
If yes, then you should be fine installing a custom rom from the rom manager or by hand.
The problems with backuping your current firmware using the nandroid backup that comes with clockworkmod fails here too, though I don't know why.
Maybe you want to just backup your settings with Titanium Backup instead of the whole rom.

Could his hboot be used to s-off the phones which have the vodafone ota hboot 1.0?

ThauExodus said:
Could his hboot be used to s-off the phones which have the vodafone ota hboot 1.0?
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Yeah i wonder the same??
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

IIRC, The S-OFF dev did ask for 24 hours access to an HBOOT1.01 phone to pull off everything he needed and have a play then he'd look at S-OFF for 1.01. See the original S-OFF thread.

I can boot into recovery mode from hboot screen but I have to enter by pressing Vol Up + Power button to enter as clockworkmod shows an exclamation mark in a triangle.
When I enter the recovery mode, it shows E:can't open /cache/recovery/command.
Also, can anyone tell me what will wipe cache partition do in recovery?
I'm willing to help if any Legend dev wants to know more about my phone's Hboot 1.01 with S-off.

I think this message is normal E:can't open /cache/recovery/command
Can you try to backup your hboot and your radio?

sorry for being a n00b. how do i do that?

I tried installing a custom firmware but I can't as the Legend reboots and shows an icon of installing from the microSD and stopping mid-way with a question mark.
I was trying to install Blayo's latest ROM

Hboot 1.01.s-off. Now, that's a new thing. It'll be good if you can help devs on the hboot side with your s-off.
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psyionx said:
Hboot 1.01.s-off. Now, that's a new thing. It'll be good if you can help devs on the hboot side with your s-off.
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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As I said, I'm willing to. Only if someone would direct me on how to do it.

@legendusr
Would you try to backup your hboot, and posting it here?
Maybe this could work:
(instructions by XDA user OzJD)
Power off phone, Connect your phone to PC, Hold back button while turning phone on (to get to fastboot mode)
On the PC:
Code:
fastboot oem saveprt2sd hboot -n hboot.bin

Or you can maybe try to make nandroid backup....

Cant flash recovery

Few days ago I messed the phone little bit, Magic 32A and I had to flash sappimg.nbh from fastboot.
Before that phone was S-OFF with 3.22 radio and 1.33.2010 SPL.
Right now is running Android 1.5, its rooted using UniversalAndroot and right now I cant flash recovery from Rom manager. I get error: "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands".
Current:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
What I want? Want to get on old situation with 3.22 radio, 1.33.2010 spl and if possible s-off.
Right now Im in mess cause I dont know what tutorial/source to follow. Its been two years since I have done that, besides I didnt had to do goldcard back then.
Can anyone please help cause Im really confused.
thanks

stifler05 said:
Few days ago I messed the phone little bit, Magic 32A and I had to flash sappimg.nbh from fastboot.
Before that phone was S-OFF with 3.22 radio and 1.33.2010 SPL.
Right now is running Android 1.5, its rooted using UniversalAndroot and right now I cant flash recovery from Rom manager. I get error: "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands".
Current:
SAPPHIRE UNKNOWN 32A SHIP S-ON G
HBOOT-1.33.0006
CPLD-12
RADIO-2.22.19.26I
What I want? Want to get on old situation with 3.22 radio, 1.33.2010 spl and if possible s-off.
Right now Im in mess cause I dont know what tutorial/source to follow. Its been two years since I have done that, besides I didnt had to do goldcard back then.
Can anyone please help cause Im really confused.
thanks
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ehhh, I'm kinda lost my self but my advice would be to find a way to upgrade to 2.2.1 and do superoneclick root, then use rom manager. . .
(or "something that just came to mind": Download Terminal Emulator from Android Market.)
(and manually flash a custom recovery. . . If you do have root then "su" should work flawlessly)
(Take a look at my post " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428838 " and download the needed files to flash your recovery)

GeEazy said:
ehhh, I'm kinda lost my self but my advice would be to find a way to upgrade to 2.2.1 and do superoneclick root, then use rom manager.
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BTW, flashing recovery will only stick if s-off is shown or engineering ROM is installed (s-on in this case is fine). Don't waste your time with superoneclick. It will be more trouble than its worth if your going through different versions.
"I didnt had to do goldcard back then."
I have never had to do a goldcard. Barely even know what it is.
You can flash recovery from any version (again provided the phone has either s-off or an engineering ROM installed):
Download and install es file explorer from marketplace (or anything that can be used to install apps)
Download and install busybox from marketplace
Copy and install Univeral Androot to phone Link -> http://bit.ly/9wAKC5 (taken from Link -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807899 )
Install Universal Androot with es file explorer
RUN UNIVERSAL ANDROOT
It should be SET TO 1.5/1.6 already THEN
touch GO ROOT
Wait till its fully installed THEN
Install busybox by:
RUN BUSYBOX APP
Accept superuser request (If it doesn't appear reboot phone and try again OR busybox install will fail).
(Install of newest busybox version is OK)
INSTALL TO /system/bin is OK
TOUCH the X
TOUCH INSTALL
It should say successful
Download Android Dev kit
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Download JavaJDK -64bit is fine for 64bit OS
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
install JavaJDK THEN
install dev kit
RUN android sdk manager
install google drivers & platform tools. Unselect anything else that might be defaulted as selected.
Enable usb dev mode on phone and attach phone to PC
Run windows command prompt in admin mode
Type "CD C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools"
Type "adb devices" (Device check. The phone will show up if everything is properly working OR no device is listed if not. If no device is listed then phone drivers are not working correctly OR phone is not in USB dev mode OR not attached to PC)
[FILES NEEDED:
A. Download cm 4.2.15.1 and extract flash_image from /system/bin/ ||link ->
http://goo.gl/5NPE. (Taken from link ->http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=807899)
B. The recovery you will be using. I recommend Amon RA. Link -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=530492 || Download the version you need! (for my t-mobile mytouch 3G 32b I use "recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0G.img. You have a 32a so for you it looks like you need the "recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.7.0H.img" BUT DOUBLE/TRIPLE CHECK THAT. Not my fault if that's the wrong one. ]
rename the recovery-RA-sapphire-*.img to recovery.img
Either copy flash files directly to SDcard OR
place files on hard drive at c:\
Type "adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/"
Type "adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/"
THEN Type (after each line press enter. Example: type adb shell then press enter.)
adb shell
su (if recently rooted then... touch allow on phone)
mount -o remount, rw /system
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cd /system/bin
chmod 777 flash_image
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
(taken from Link -> http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-a-custom-recovery-to-an-android-phone-device/)
(May or may not need to CLICK OK TO INSTALL ON PHONE. Or was I seeing things?)
Finally, boot phone into and enjoy the new recovery
If you need to do it again, keep the programs installed and put the files in a directory so you have easy access and know they work. Its MUCH faster the 2nd+ time.
***If you mess up your phone while trying to do any of this, that's NOT my fault.

HOW TO ROOT WITH HBOOT 2.18.0001 s-on 2.3.5...+ s-off revolutionary

You CAN Root the new Hboot, and you don't need s-off. (strictly for those who don't know and need help)
thanks to the cwm team for there beautiful recovery, and chainsDD for SU
1. head over to htc dev
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/
2. create a account or sign in (you must use your real email address)
3. go to unlock bootloader
4.Select "all other supported Models"
5.Follow the directions and install all the software provided and you will end up with a unlocked bootloader with s-on
6. enter FASTBOOT again on your phone
7.open the command prompt again on your pc
8.Download this recovery from the CWM TEAM and place it in the same folder as fastboot (where you put unlock_code.bin)
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.2-supersonic.img
9. for simplicity's sake rename the above file to recovery.img
10.in your command prompt navigate to the folder containing your fastboot files and recovery.img
11.enter the following in the command prompt:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
12. Once that completes navigate to recovery on your phone and pres power to select it
13.once CWM recovery boots on your phone use the volume up and down to pick Mounts and storage press power to select it
14.select Mount usb storage
15.take this zip and drag it to the root of your SD card
http://goo-inside.me/superuser/su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip
16. on your phone press power to un mount your usb storage
17. select go back
18.select install zip from sd card
19.choose zip from sd card
20.select the su-bin-3.0.3.2-efghi-signed.zip file we just downloaded and press power to flash
21. reboot the phone
22.once your phone is booted go to the market and search superuser
23.download and install superuser
24. search busy
25. use one of the busybox installers and install busybox (hit allow on the su notification)
26.enter superuser, press the menu buton on your phone, select preferences, then scroll down to su-binary
27.hit update, and allow the prompt, if all the output is in green then you have full root congrats!!!
For Those who wish to take it one step further and achieve s-off revolutionary or unrevoked
I give credit to Captain_Throwback over at themikmik.com for this...
this process will format your phone I recommend running a program like titanium backup and syncing your contacts to google before you go any further
28.reboot your phone, and enable usb debugging
29. place these 2 files, unziped on the root of your sd card
http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5377&stc=1&d=1327588554
http://themikmik.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=5378&stc=1&d=1327588554
30.set your phone to charge only
31.open the command prompt on your pc and navigate to the same folder as your fastboot files in the step above
for example: cd c:\android-sdk\platform-tools\
32. type the following into the command prompt pressing the enter key at the end of each line:
Code:
adb shell
you should get a dollar sign
Code:
su
you should now get a pound sign
Code:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
Code:
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
Code:
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
33.now set your phone to disk drive mode and place this zip on the root of your sd card (do not unzip)
http://www.4shared.com/zip/Cf3g-3lV/PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WW.html
34.rename the above file to PC36IMG
35. set your phone to charge only
36.at this step you have 2 options you can pull the battery of your phone and put it back in then hold volume down and pres power to enter the bootloader or you can go back to your command prompt and type the following:
Code:
exit
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
37.when your bootloader is done loading press volume up to flash the PC36IMG.zip
38 your phone will reboot the bootloader once durring this process, dont be alarmed just wait for it to finish, when done it will ask you to press power to restart the phone
39 when done remove the PC36IMG file from your sd card
40. congratulations you are now back to stock 2.2 froyo evo 4g
41. you may now root and get s-off using the Unrevoked method found here:
http://unrevoked.com/
42. If you would rather use the revolutionary method run this ruu on your pc:
http://goo-inside.me/supersonic/ruu...15.00.05.02_NV_2.15_release_199233_signed.zip
43.now you can use the revolutionary method
revolutionary.io
Note original post for s-off found here:
http://themikmik.com/showthread.php...18-HBOOT-with-HTCDev-com-No-More-Watermark!-"
note if you get stuck with a locked oww Hboot and it wont flash the PC36IMG you may use taco root to gain temp root then use steps 29-39 to unlock your bootloader to flash the PC36IMG
http://www.acsyndicate.net/taco-root-for-htc-phones-gives-perma-root-for-all-htc-phones/

Dude,this is great for those who have the new version of Hboot.Good looking out.

This is great, man.
There is a way to get S-Off with this frightful HBOOT, however
I suggest you check here on the MikMik. The great part is that you is that you achieve S-Off with Unrevoked, so you have a permanent S-Off compared to Revolutionary's!

Nice guide, but you should really encourage flashing of RA recovery instead of CWM. It's just way more reliable on the EVO 4G.

So will this work for the updated 2.3.5 android??

Steek34 said:
So will this work for the updated 2.3.5 android??
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This is how you root the updated 2.3.5
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Is working for me
After several hours searching on the Net for Root update 2.3.5. And trying any possible recomendations.
This one really work for me.
Thanks XDADev and THC Butterz to make it possible.
Officiall and Proud Nobb
Later!...

Captain_Throwback said:
Nice guide, but you should really encourage flashing of RA recovery instead of CWM. It's just way more reliable on the EVO 4G.
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+100
Most the issues I've seen on this forum over the last year were solved by switching to AmonRa recovery. Let's get people started with a leg up.
Good guide.
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

Anyone getting issues with HTCdev? I am getting Error Code: 173. Error Reason: Check Rule Fail with exception.

Its it still possible to brick with this root. Can't you only permanently brick when flashing radios? Can you do that if you have s-on?
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

Hanging on parse
I used
Unlocking EVO 4G via HTCDEV.mp4 on youtube.com via Thedoctadro
I'll try to keep this brief,
I too had spent many hours trying to find the most up to date and seemingly easiest way to begin rooting my hboot 2.18.
I had updated my phone and then read a post about how the evo has been exempt from the Ice Cream Sandwich update.
The video told me to download the htc supertools file. I did not use the tools specified in dev, but still followed the same procedure.
File found here on goo inside .me - htcsupertoolv3.rar
It was on a wiki site with all the listings for the supertools and I chose the latest one that was available.
It is unlocked but when it scans my pc36img, it hangs.
I've read about formatting the sd card and putting another pc36img on and then reinstalling but unsure as to where to find the right one. My phone is fully updated with current updates. Any help would be appreciated if there is any to give seeing as how early into development this process is.
Sidenote: I didn't use the software on the dev instructions because I wanted to follow to a T exactly the instructions in the video. Thanks again.

pendelum said:
I used
Unlocking EVO 4G via HTCDEV.mp4 on youtube.com via Thedoctadro
I'll try to keep this brief,
I too had spent many hours trying to find the most up to date and seemingly easiest way to begin rooting my hboot 2.18.
I had updated my phone and then read a post about how the evo has been exempt from the Ice Cream Sandwich update.
The video told me to download the htc supertools file. I did not use the tools specified in dev, but still followed the same procedure.
File found here on goo inside .me - htcsupertoolv3.rar
It was on a wiki site with all the listings for the supertools and I chose the latest one that was available.
It is unlocked but when it scans my pc36img, it hangs.
I've read about formatting the sd card and putting another pc36img on and then reinstalling but unsure as to where to find the right one. My phone is fully updated with current updates. Any help would be appreciated if there is any to give seeing as how early into development this process is.
Sidenote: I didn't use the software on the dev instructions because I wanted to follow to a T exactly the instructions in the video. Thanks again.
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If you're unlocked using the HTCDev method, you should be using a custom recovery to flash updates, not the bootloader method. The bootloader method will only work if specific criteria are met, since your device is still "S-ON". Do you have a custom recovery (RA-supersonic, preferably) installed?

Re: Hangs on parse.
Thanks! The instructions were to unlock the hboot, and then after the reboot, flash a custom recovery but because it's hanging, I can't get into fastboot usb to flash the custom recovery. Hind sight, I should have waited till there was a full walk through with links to the files needed for the rooting process and only trusted these forums. About a year ago, I rooted an old evo I had through these forums and these are the only ones I will trust. Any help would be much appreciated.

I got thru this one. Ive rooted using the revolutionary method & done it this way. Good tutorial, helps out those who dont know how to root with this ota update.

pendelum said:
Thanks! The instructions were to unlock the hboot, and then after the reboot, flash a custom recovery but because it's hanging, I can't get into fastboot usb to flash the custom recovery. Hind sight, I should have waited till there was a full walk through with links to the files needed for the rooting process and only trusted these forums. About a year ago, I rooted an old evo I had through these forums and these are the only ones I will trust. Any help would be much appreciated.
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If you can confirm your bootloader says you're unlocked, you can try removing whatever PC36IMG.zip file you have on your sd card, and put the one I'm attaching to this post there instead. It should get picked up by the bootloader. It's for RA-supersonic v2.3.

A big thanks again. Worked like a charm. Love this site.

yah, i updated the op today and added some more info

Oh perfect...this is my first time rooting my phone so im trying to take in all the information i can.

Worked like a charm, thanks a bunch!
Also, I had a bad NAND recently and was not able to update via Revolutionary. This worked.

A sort of simple ?
If I choose to only to do the unlock bootloader with custom recovery but leave it at s-on, I understand that there is a way that I can still flash rom's to the the Evo......however I want to know if I would still be able to use any streamlines apps anymore such as Boot Manager or Boot Loader? say if I still want to have like 5 different Rom's on my Sd card how can I switch between them?