FULL Root now available!!!

[fuzzy26]

Finally.... fully rooted. Sigh.

fenixjn. Seriously, Thanks for all of your help. Hit Thanks lots of times!

[Cicatrize]

Originally Posted by r.mauldin

I took me over two hours to do the full root. I did not see fastrx8's video until after I figured it out. I got it to work connecting the usb cable "chargeing" and not via "htc sync". To be honest I felt lucky to get it working. I used start "cmd" and cut and pasted the commands in. I realy have no clue as to what most of the commands were.

Dude I'm familiar with the commands I was entering and it still took me almost 2 hours to do the full process too. lol

I did it very slow to make sure I wasn't missing anything. I was also double checking stuff too.

I have a couple of questions...
1. I used the Toasts root method origionally and created a NAND backup, then loaded OMJ'S ROM. Do I need to do another NAND backup with OMJ's ROM now?
2. If I do a NAND backup with OMJ's ROM will I still be able to revert back to stock ROM?

[Cicatrize]

Originally Posted by iondokk

I have a couple of questions...
1. I used the Toasts root method origionally and created a NAND backup, then loaded OMJ'S ROM. Do I need to do another NAND backup with OMJ's ROM now?
2. If I do a NAND backup with OMJ's ROM will I still be able to revert back to stock ROM?

You don't need to do another NAND backup. If you want to reflash the ROM, just use the zip. You can revert back to stock ROM, but you have to download one of the special update.zip's that won't lose root.

[SkunkApe]

thanks for the heads up. just did this. works great.

[timtlm]

Just wanted to add that Titanium Backup will uninstall system apps after you have this full root.

EDIT: be very careful here. You don't want to uninstall any required system apps. Also, it's not letting me restore system apps. (I've only tried amazon mp3)

[aman1127]

For those who hate clicking to 2 pages:

HOW TO ROOT YOUR HTC EVO

DO NOT USE A RUU FROM SPRINT IF U WANNA MAINTAIN ROOT. WAIT FOR ME OR SOMEONE HERE TO MAKE A ROOT UPDATE.ZIP.

Major thanx for those who helped:

keishou (for the rooted build. without it none of this would be possible)
maejrep (for testing and modding a recovery for the EVO)
Flipz (for hosting the files)
Paul (for his recovery work on the desire and legend)
Amon_RA (for his recovery source on github)

WHAT THIS ROOT METHOD WILL DO:

- wipe all of your data so brace for that. backup or what not
- Allow you to flash custom roms
- Boot into a custom recovery
- Write to system, boot and recovery partitions through recovery

WHAT THIS ROOT METHOD SADLY WONT ENABLE YOU TO DO:

- Write to system or recovery while in android
- Flash a custom recovery that can be booted into by holding vol down and powering on

THINGS YOU WILL NEED:

download files below:

- PC36IMG.zip

- evorecovery

INSTUCTIONS FOR ROOTING:

- Put the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard

Code:
adb push PC36IMG.zip /sdcard
- Power off the phone
- Hold volume down while powering the phone on. continue to hold volume down until you see the WHITE bootloader screen.
- After a few seconds it will begin to checking for files, and find PC36IMG.zip. while its doing this it will show a blue progress bar while its checking. (this takes 30 - 60 seconds to finish)
- It will then list all the images in the zip and ask you if want to flash. SAY YES
- When its finished it will ask you if you would like to reboot. AGAIN... SAY YES
- At this point it will boot into a rooted rom.
- YOU ARE NOW ROOT!!!
- rename the PC36IMG.zip on your sdcard:
- plug your phone into a usb port on your desktop and do:

Code:
adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/root-PC36IMG.zip
RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS:

- Extract the evorecovery.zip to your desktop
- plug your phone into a usb port on your desktop
- In a shell:

Code:
adb reboot recovery
- this will reboot your EVO into recovery mode. at this point turn your attention to the directory u extracted the evorecovery.zip to.

Code:
For Windows XP ~~> Run recovery-windows.bat
For Vista and Windows 7 do it as Admin
- in a shell do:

Code:
For Linux ~~> ./recovery-linux.sh
- at this point turn your attention to the phone and navigate to create a Nandriod Backup. you can now flash custom roms, write, and make changes to system.

- to flash a custom rom put the rom on the root of your sdcard. wipe data, dalvic cache and chose the option to flash update.zip from sdcard.

RECOVERY NAVIGATION:

-
Code:
Volume up/down moves through the list and Power selects.
RECOVERY SOURCE:

- http://github.com/jhansche/amonra_bo...ree/supersonic

Code:
git clone git://github.com/jhansche/amonra_bootable_recovery.git
git checkout supersonic
Once you have finished and rooted your device. please flash another rooted rom from the forum. Flipz has made a root build of the rom that came on the device. it can be found HERE. you will need to wipe data and dalvic cache before flashing this. And again because i cant stress it enough... DO NOT accept a OTA update from Sprint or use a RUU, or u risk lossing root forever, and ever

HOW TO RETURN BACK TO STOCK BUILD:

-Easy peasy- run the RUU in the first post of this thread. this is the only RUU that after flashing, you will still be able to root using this method. link below:

ROOT SAFE STOCK RUU


THIS IS PART 2 OF A 2 PART GUIDE TO ROOTING THE EVO AND UNLOCKING NAND PROTECTION. YOU MUST FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE PART 1 OF ROOTING TO BE ABLE TO PROCEED WITH THIS GUIDE. IF YOU HAVENT ROOTED USING MY METHOD, THEN FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW AND DO SO.

[TUTORIAL] How To Root The HTC EVO ~ Part-1 \0/

THANX:
- keishou (for the rooted build. without it none of this would be possible)
- Behnaam (my good friend and awesome dev. he tip me off on how to downgrade to older main versions)
- maejrep (for compiling us a recovery from Amon's source)
- Flipz (for being awesome :P)
- Stericson (for hosting the files for me)
- Amon RA (for his awesome recovery source on github that we used)

INTRODUCTION:

This process will allow you to unlock Nand protection on all partitions at all times via Engineering SPL. Without going into details and driving more confusion, lets get started.

FILES NEEDED:

- PC36IMG.zip ~> http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/evo/troot/eng-PC36IMG.zip
- mtd-eng.zip
- flash_image.zip
- recovery.img ~> http://www.joeyconway.com/sdx/evo/tr...a-recovery.img

STEP 1~NANDROID BACKUP:

- go into the recovery provided in the PART 1 root method and do a nandroid backup before u begin this. we will use this nandroid at the end of this tutorial to get u back where u were.

STEP 2~FLASHING MTD PARTITION TO ENABLE DOWNGRADE:

- down;oad all files posted above
- unzip the flash_image.zip and the mtd-eng.zip
- put the flash_image and mtd-eng.img on the root of your sdcard
- go into shell on ur pc and do:
Code:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
- this should only take a second or two
- now put the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard
- power off the phone

STEP 3~FLASHING ENG BUILD:

- hold volume down + power to boot into hboot
- it should now find and verify the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard. itll show a blue status bar on the top right of the screen.
- after a minute or so it will ask u if u wanna flash SAY YES
- affter it flashes the PC36IMG.zip it will ask if you wanna reboot. SAY YES
- once booted into Android put the recovery.img linked above on the root of you sdcard
- on your PC open a shell again and do:
Code:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery
- you should now be in recovery mode
- do a wipe of data and dalvik cache
- navigate to nandroid restore and restore the previous rom setup
- come here to the forum, get and flash the latest radio
- enjoy... you can now reboot into recovery, write to system and other partitions while in Android. Also you now have a Engineering SPL so you can fastboot and much more.

[fenixjn]

Originally Posted by iondokk

I have a couple of questions...
1. I used the Toasts root method origionally and created a NAND backup, then loaded OMJ'S ROM. Do I need to do another NAND backup with OMJ's ROM now?
2. If I do a NAND backup with OMJ's ROM will I still be able to revert back to stock ROM?

Ideally the whole purpose of doing the android backup at the beginning of step 1 was to have a fallback backup just in case something went wrong while rooting. On step 2, the new backup allows you to return the phone to full operational status, like it never happen but keeping the full root access.

[sfld]

So fenix, if i did a backup before i did FULL root, and then did full root and restored to that backup, im ok, i dont need to wipe and install fresh and create a new backup?

[fenixjn]

Originally Posted by sfld

So fenix, if i did a backup before i did FULL root, and then did full root and restored to that backup, im ok, i dont need to wipe and install fresh and create a new backup?

You need to wipe both data and the dalvik cache before restoring the backup, then restore and your phone will have all the data it had before you started to root. Creating a backup afterward is up to you but not required.