Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

Can someone please tell me if I can root hboot 2.16? I have also updated my Unrooted Evo viaSprints OTA is there a method yet to root this update?

Only really want to use the hotspot apps. w/o paying sprint anymore money
Can't find anything to answer these questions.
Thanks in advance

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

The new ota can't be rooted yet. In the future, if you're rooted never accept an ota. Usually within a couple of hours of the release the new software had been modified for root users to install through recovery.

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

Damn this sucks.. I did the same exact thing. Ugh.. Been lost ever since I last had my mogul lol.

I did the OTA update today too man. I'm upset. I just got the phone on friday.

Im running Hboot 2.16 and Hardware version 0004. There still isn't an exploit yet for this?

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

with the gingerbread OTA update, can you still run Z4Mod to get temporary root to get tethering at least?

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

As far as I know of the Z4 does not work with the Gingerbread update

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

If u want to try the ota gb update,use unrevoked forever & kust leave the bootloader unlocked,s-off,then u can still flash back to watevr rom u like,stock or custom.Thats what i did & aftr seein how little the gb update actually did on my Evo i am now,finally,using a custom rom again. Im using MikGs Sense 2.1/3.0 version 2.2,GB 2.3.3 rom,& it runs great,way better than stock Evo 2.3.3, & it has Sense 2.1 & some Sense 3.0 too. Way cooler than stock Evo GB Sense. Just leave s-off & u can always roll back tk another,rooted or unrooted stock roms,or custom roms,whatever u like. Just remember to flash unrevoked forevers s-on zip before returning your Evo to Sprint for warranty or insurance repair/work. Thats what i do so.i can try ota updates then roll back or switch to a custom rom again

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

The thing is that not everyone can get the stock OTA 2.3 with S-Off, I had to put S-On before I was offered it, but I had to lock my phone up because I had to take it in to get looked at, so unfortunately I'm stuck until they <even if they are going to> figure out a way to root it again, man I hope they get it working soon I'm going through flash withdrawals lol.

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

What i am reading here is that there is no way to roll back to an earlier ROM, even a stock unrooted one!? I lost root when I went to Froyo OTA and rolled back to Eclair and rooted. Then I installed a rooted version of Froyo.
Since then, I have never lost root and have been on Deck's GB for over 6 months.
Have you guys tried installing a stock RUU of Froyo? If you can get to Froyo, then you can root with UnRevoked. Then install one of the Rooted GBs that are out there.

Of course both my phones are HBoot 210.0001 so it may be a bootloader thing.

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

I think one of the issues that the new OTA updates the HBoot to 2.16, I tried to flash back to Froyo from an RUU and it didn't work for me, but that was me doing it, don't know if a Sprint Repair Center Tech could do it or not, but according to other posts in this thread they couldn't. I had thought about asking my repair center to try it but haven't had time lately, just hope they get a workaround soon, or at least say they are working on it.

Re: Hboot 2.16 can I root evo
 

Question, does anyone know if you take your phone in for repairs and you are not running the latest OTA update are they (sprint) going to force you to update?