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[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by turboll

when i first got the phone it came with the lates ota 1.47 i think then i try it to root it step by step but it didnt work! at the end the only thing that seem to work was a program called simple root which i did yesterday after the 4 steps were completed i checked the phone info and says as follow kenel version 2.6.29 etc then software number 1.32.651 so that makes me think i dont have ota anymore is it right? then i try to install andrid wifi tether and it all went thru didnt tell you phone its not rooted like the first time i did but when i start tether it said tether unavailable well then later looking around found unrevoked app run it and then after that the tether work! perfect all that was yesterday then today i try it to run tether again and it didnt work! the only way to make work again was by running the unrevoked app again! but why? i dont want to foul with that anymore i want a custom rom that everytime i try it it works like my tp2 did so where do i go from now is my phone rooted or not remember besides the unrevoked i loaded the simple root too! im kinda lost! how do i flash i rom now cuz i tryed to flash the omj rom but it didnt work when i run cmd and put everything as shown on the thread it tell me gives me an error!

The problem you were having is because although you rooted using Simpleroot, you still had the factory rom. So, you have a rooted phone w/ an unrooted version of a rom.
You were missing the Superuser Icon so Wifi tether didn't work.
Simpleroot does what you need it to do. It gave you root access.
After you finish step 4 in Simpleroot, you need to download OMJ's latest rom from here - ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/EVO/Users/OMJ/ROMs/PC36IMG.zip
Put that file on your sdcard. This will replace the existing PC36IMG.zip.

Then start SimpleRoot again but this time
Click on "Extras" then "Flash Recovery" and choose "RA_Recovery" and click "Flash"

After it flashes your recovery you'll be at the recovery screen.
From there, use the Volume Down button to highlight Power Off and use the Power Button to select it.
Once the phone is completely off,

While holding "Volume DOWN", push the "Power" button so the phone turns on. You don't need to hold the "Power" button, but you do need to hold the "Volume DOWN" button. This will bring you straight to the bootloader screen which says
-FASTBOOT
-RECOVERY
-CLEAR STORAGE
-SIMLOCK
-HBOOT USB

Just wait for a minute. It will read your storage card. This takes about 30secs and there is a progress bar on the top right. It's reading the PC36IMG.zip file you placed on the card.

Once that's done, it says, "Do you want to start update?" Volume UP=YES Volume Down=NO. Hit "Volume UP" and then wait.

When it's done it will ask you if you want to reboot. Volume UP for yes and you're all set.

[cuban4lf]

im tryin to do part 2 of the orig root. i rename from eng. to just pc36 . my device reads it but does not ask do u wanna update !! just goes back to hboot !! any help would be great. im d/l mirror now to see if file (zip) was bad

[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by cuban4lf

im tryin to do part 2 of the orig root. i rename from eng. to just pc36 . my device reads it but does not ask do u wanna update !! just goes back to hboot !! any help would be great. im d/l mirror now to see if file (zip) was bad

If it doesn't ask, you named it wrong or it's corrupted.

BTW - I've been playing xbox too long. Everytime I see numbers in a name, I think they're supposed to be letters.
I thought your name was Cuban Alf.
I instantly started to picture a Alf/Ricky Ricardo character. Man that would have been a great show.

[turboll]

Originally Posted by FastRX8

The problem you were having is because although you rooted using Simpleroot, you still had the factory rom. So, you have a rooted phone w/ an unrooted version of a rom.
You were missing the Superuser Icon so Wifi tether didn't work.
Simpleroot does what you need it to do. It gave you root access.
After you finish step 4 in Simpleroot, you need to download OMJ's latest rom from here - ftp://up.ppcgeeks.com/EVO/Users/OMJ/ROMs/PC36IMG.zip
Put that file on your sdcard. This will replace the existing PC36IMG.zip.

Then start SimpleRoot again but this time
Click on "Extras" then "Flash Recovery" and choose "RA_Recovery" and click "Flash"

After it flashes your recovery you'll be at the recovery screen.
From there, use the Volume Down button to highlight Power Off and use the Power Button to select it.
Once the phone is completely off,

While holding "Volume DOWN", push the "Power" button so the phone turns on. You don't need to hold the "Power" button, but you do need to hold the "Volume DOWN" button. This will bring you straight to the bootloader screen which says
-FASTBOOT
-RECOVERY
-CLEAR STORAGE
-SIMLOCK
-HBOOT USB

Just wait for a minute. It will read your storage card. This takes about 30secs and there is a progress bar on the top right. It's reading the PC36IMG.zip file you placed on the card.

Once that's done, it says, "Do you want to start update?" Volume UP=YES Volume Down=NO. Hit "Volume UP" and then wait.

When it's done it will ask you if you want to reboot. Volume UP for yes and you're all set.

im sorry the thread was suppost to be a thread but some how ended here so u said replace do i have to remane the ojmrom zip to pc36img.zip or no needs to?

[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by turboll

im sorry the thread was suppost to be a thread but some how ended here so u said replace do i have to remane the ojmrom zip to pc36img.zip or no needs to?

It's already got the right name when you download it.

Keep in mind, I don't know if anything got messed up when you re-did the unrevoked method. It should be fine, but if unrevoked messed something up, you may need to start the rooting process all over again.

[Karl]

Originally Posted by wetbar

Im not sure how to take more time. I push one button and it gives error. changed sd cards still get the permission denied error. Even when I copy the files myself to the sdcard, step 2 doesnt work. When I went into the bat file and ran it cammand by command this is the error I got:

C:\Evo phone>adb kill-server
* server not running *
C:\Evo phone>adb push flash_image /sdcard/flash_image
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
failed to copy 'flash_image' to '/sdcard/flash_image': Permission denied

does this help?

your device shows up? did you install sync? and what mode do you have it on

[SporkLover]

http://androidforums.com/1118961-post16.html

[FastRX8]

Originally Posted by SporkLover

http://androidforums.com/1118961-post16.html

Thanks...

You know, with all the typing I do, it never occurred to me to
randomly just typing a and a link to a random post from
another forum that references 2 other links to 2 other forums

Man, I guess my work here is done.
You could have saved everyone so much trouble if only you'd posted that gem weeks ago.

[turboll]

Originally Posted by FastRX8

It's already got the right name when you download it.

Keep in mind, I don't know if anything got messed up when you re-did the unrevoked method. It should be fine, but if unrevoked messed something up, you may need to start the rooting process all over again.

good info my friend! everything went sweet!