The sdk is fine and all, but I didn't include this in the guide because I didn't want to confuse people.
Everything I did was done on a windows machine using the EVO-recovery.zip file and no Android SDK.
I was totally confused when I started trying to figure out Android. None of the original directions about rooting mentioned the SDK, (probably because everyone knew about it in the thread at XDA) so I fumbled around just using the evo-recovery.zip files until I figured out that "adb" could be substituted for "adb-windows" from the zip file I had.
As long as I was in the right folder, the command worked.
So, for people familiar w/ Android, they use
Code:
adb shell
adb reboot recovery
For people that don't know what that means, they can use
"c:\evo-recovery\adb-windows reboot recovery" in a run window.
Again, I'm not saying that learning the SDK is bad, only that it is not necessary to do any of these steps. It will help w/ any future hacking/mods individuals might want to do.