All Evo Froyo 2.2 "is it rooted yet" talk [solved] - Page 2

**aman1127** · #11 (**permalink**) 08-12-2010, 01:37 AM

I always thought unrevoked wasnt a full root. With the new one coming out that promises 2.2 root, is this one a full root? And will the PRI be 1.47?

Drac · #12 (**permalink**) 08-12-2010, 02:23 AM

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Originally Posted by aman1127

I always thought unrevoked wasnt a full root. With the new one coming out that promises 2.2 root, is this one a full root? And will the PRI be 1.47?

from what I've gathered about the current thing they're working on is that you already have to have root, but the "unrevoked forever" is "perma-root". no matter what the ota you'll still have root using unrevoked forever.

**aman1127** · #13 (**permalink**) 08-12-2010, 03:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Drac

from what I've gathered about the current thing they're working on is that you already have to have root, but the "unrevoked forever" is "perma-root". no matter what the ota you'll still have root using unrevoked forever.

hmm, sounds too good to be true...I'll wait

SunnyGeek · #14 (**permalink**) 08-12-2010, 06:58 AM

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hmm, sounds too good to be true...I'll wait

Agreed. I learned my lesson the hard way by updating the last time and having to wait. I don't use a full root because I have yet to find a root for using a Mac that is not super complicated.

nico4k · #15 (**permalink**) 08-12-2010, 01:05 PM

i dont understand why is it so hard to load a copy of the original RUU of 2.1 that came with the phone and then follow the instructions root...is this not possible with android? (i mean, i did this with Windows Mobile all the time, even on the HD2)...somebody correct me if I'm Wrong on this...

cddmh · #16 (**permalink**) 08-14-2010, 09:47 AM

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What I don't understand and maybe someone can explain this. You have root access with roms running Froyo, and you update to a yet unrootable Rom with the same stuff. I came to Android from WM and I am learning.

edufur · #17 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 04:27 PM

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What I don't understand and maybe someone can explain this. You have root access with roms running Froyo, and you update to a yet unrootable Rom with the same stuff. I came to Android from WM and I am learning.

I'm new too.. but I think it boils down to the fact that you have to have once been able to root in order to get a custom recovery image on there (similar to multi-boot OS loader on a computer) and then with that recovery selector, you pick a rom... and those ROMs would have the additional root power baked in. But without that OS loader, you are out of luck. I may be wrong here, but I think that's essentially it. And for those of us who are presently on the unexploited 2.2, we cant modify the recovery image selector. So, we cannot load rooted roms.

jpwhre · #18 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 06:59 PM

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I'm new too.. but I think it boils down to the fact that you have to have once been able to root in order to get a custom recovery image on there (similar to multi-boot OS loader on a computer) and then with that recovery selector, you pick a rom... and those ROMs would have the additional root power baked in. But without that OS loader, you are out of luck. I may be wrong here, but I think that's essentially it. And for those of us who are presently on the unexploited 2.2, we cant modify the recovery image selector. So, we cannot load rooted roms.

about dead on. stock 2.2 guys have to wait for root. unrevooked (spell checker don't know this one) forever might get you started, user input would be required for further info. (rooted already can't help)

**00_MACKIE_00** · #19 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 11:20 PM

So if you do the OTA to 2.2 , you can just flash back to the 2.1 shipped rom and root from there?

edufur · #20 (**permalink**) 08-15-2010, 11:27 PM

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So if you do the OTA to 2.2 , you can just flash back to the 2.1 shipped rom and root from there?

No. You cannot flash back to 2.1 unless you had previously rooted and changed the recovery partition. So once again... if you accepted the OTA as it was, it destroyed root and locked you down... and it probably over-wrote the recovery partition... which means even those who were rooted before it were out of business.

Basically, the only way to have survived was to NOT take the OTA but rather to wait for someone to extract the image out of the OTA file... where they then rooted it up (not sure how) and then take the modified OTA image. But.... unless you waited and did it that way... you are out of luck until someone exploits 2.2

It will be a long wait I think. Longer than the wait for FroYo itself.