new EVO(dec.2010) cant flash roms or nand restore help!

clever1 · #1 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 08:15 AM

i've had 2 android phones before, i must've flashed roms 50+ times in the past nevertheless im paranoid enough to always follow procedure by confirming on written step by step instructions. just now with this new evo i bought a couple weeks ago im having problems flashing roms, im positive to be unrevokedly rooted forever with full nand acces. tried cm6.1 got message "cant symlink" "error line 31" process aborted. retried unsuccesfully, redownloaded rom, retried failed again, tried other roms like virus and bakedsnack every attempt unsuccesful with SAME error. of course i performed a nandroid backup which i've been trying to restore since the first failed attempt but though it completes seemingly without problem phone gets stuck on "htc evo 4g" screen. i use amon ra recovery 1.8.0, have hboot 2.0.2 S-off. always careful to have enough juice. help me, pretty please.

**lkillen** · #2 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 08:45 AM

I feared that Sprint/HTC would crack down on root access. Not a smart route for them to go. They should treat these phones like PCs and allow SU access to those that want it. If they want to prevent tethering, it can be handled other ways and locked down.

A lot of innovation comes from hackers and makes its way back to the designers. Always has.

clever1 · #3 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 12:29 PM

=D> hooray! for me and all who are helped by this short thread in the future! our solution is right here: http://www.wackynoodle.com/PC36IMG_Recovery.zip got it from xda after 6 hours researching all internet. it seems many of our new EVO'S require this custom RA recovery to flash roms or nandroids; just rename it to PC36IMG.zip, place it in sdcard, power off, start fastboot, wait a few seconds it will prompt you for installation, press up vol. for yes, when its done choose reboot. after that its flashing as usual yipay!.

**Karl** · #4 (**permalink**) 12-15-2010, 04:59 PM

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Originally Posted by clever1

=D> hooray! for me and all who are helped by this short thread in the future! our solution is right here: http://www.wackynoodle.com/PC36IMG_Recovery.zip got it from xda after 6 hours researching all internet. it seems many of our new EVO'S require this custom RA recovery to flash roms or nandroids; just rename it to PC36IMG.zip, place it in sdcard, power off, start fastboot, wait a few seconds it will prompt you for installation, press up vol. for yes, when its done choose reboot. after that its flashing as usual yipay!.

youve always have needed a custom recovery to flash roms...
is this a special version for hardware 004? or you just didnt know you needed recovery?