flashing 2.3 on evo 4g with rooted 2.2

jdog21 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 05:16 PM

i have my evo 4g rooted and couldnt do a system update from my phone to up grade to 2.3. it stops have way though it. do i have unroot my phone before i can do the system update from my phone. how did everyone root 2.1 and upgrade to 2.2 and keep their root. plz help. going crazy

**Riley** · #2 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by jdog21

i have my evo 4g rooted and couldnt do a system update from my phone to up grade to 2.3. it stops have way though it. do i have unroot my phone before i can do the system update from my phone. how did everyone root 2.1 and upgrade to 2.2 and keep their root. plz help. going crazy

Sounds like you may have downloaded the OTA using WiFi. I heard reports of this occurring,so try downloading with 4G or 3g. Also, you can easily flash the rooted ota roms that are available and not lose root.

jdog21 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 05:46 PM

no i didnt use wifi i nused 3g/4g. i just get the little andriod guy with an exlamtiom mark in a triangle. my friend just did his and his phone is not rooted and it worked fine. bummer. any other ideas. maybe u cant be rooted.

**Riley** · #4 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 05:57 PM

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Originally Posted by jdog21

no i didnt use wifi i nused 3g/4g. i just get the little andriod guy with an exlamtiom mark in a triangle. my friend just did his and his phone is not rooted and it worked fine. bummer. any other ideas. maybe u cant be rooted.

OK, well I personally wouldn't risk losing root. Flash a rooted OTA and you have the update. I guess you can try unrooting and update but you will have to wait for another root solution to regain S off which can take time.

317turtle · #5 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 10:54 PM

but when i did it i got the apps back that i took off before like nova,blkbuster and all that usless ish, but now they r back and i cant get rid of em ?/ plz help
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nasa1303 · #6 (**permalink**) 06-05-2011, 11:09 PM

uggh! this has been repeated many times. if u did the OTA update and it worked, u probably lost ur root. if it didn't work it is because you were rooted and it recognized it and aborted. u should go to xda developers website. they have a clean stock gingerbread rom that u can flash to a rooted device just like u were doing a custom rom. it is the exact same rom everyone updated OTA with but it is set up like a custom rom so u just flash it and u don't loose your root. i am running the same thing everyone updated OTA with but i still am rooted. u need to go in and wipe everything in your bootloader before u flash. then u just remove the sprint stuff u don't want like u did when u first rooted.

moy101 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-06-2011, 08:40 PM

NASA. I flashed the 2.3 but i guess i missed the step on how to delete the stuff you don't want. NASCAR, stocks ect. How would i dump this crap?

**Karl** · #8 (**permalink**) 06-06-2011, 09:00 PM

Use this
https://market.android.com/details?i...=search_result

Sent From My Rooted Evo Using Tapatalk

**DarkLord** · #9 (**permalink**) 06-07-2011, 07:08 AM

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Originally Posted by nasa1303

uggh! this has been repeated many times. if u did the OTA update and it worked, u probably lost ur root. if it didn't work it is because you were rooted and it recognized it and aborted. u should go to xda developers website. they have a clean stock gingerbread rom that u can flash to a rooted device just like u were doing a custom rom. it is the exact same rom everyone updated OTA with but it is set up like a custom rom so u just flash it and u don't loose your root. i am running the same thing everyone updated OTA with but i still am rooted. u need to go in and wipe everything in your bootloader before u flash. then u just remove the sprint stuff u don't want like u did when u first rooted.

are we really going to start that shit already? the update has only been out a couple of days and you're already bitching at people for asking a damn good question? really? in 6 months when someone is asking the exact same question, bitch. until then, help out. and be nice.

**lkillen** · #10 (**permalink**) 06-07-2011, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jdog21

no i didnt use wifi i nused 3g/4g. i just get the little andriod guy with an exlamtiom mark in a triangle. my friend just did his and his phone is not rooted and it worked fine. bummer. any other ideas. maybe u cant be rooted.

You can't install a full OTA over a rooted ROM. You always end up where you are. Your choices are to install a Froyo RUU or do what alot of us have done and flash the rooted 2.3. There are links all over this site.