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Root [CDMA] Legacy root posts from sticky prior to S-OFF

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I wasn't able to find any RUU help guides, so I made my own and decided to put it here instead of making a new thread.

It's always best to learn what to do when something goes wrong before attempting to do anything that could go wrong. So, I want to learn how to recover to bone stock before even attempting to root, especially considering how unstable the exploit is said to be. So that appears to be using the RUU.

RUU - [RUU] RUU_Shooter_Sprint_WWE_1-11-651-2_radio_radio_0-97-00-0518_nv_spcs_1-15_release - xda-developers

What is a RUU and how do I use it?

RUU stands for ROM Upgrade Utility. It serves as a ROM flashing program. Commonly, it appears that RUUs are referenced to official HTC RUUs that are used to restore HTC devices to stock ROM. This is useful if you completely screw up your custom ROM.

How do I install it?

Simply rename the RUU zip provided on XDA to 'pg86img.zip' and install in the root of your SD card. The 'root' of your SD card just means it can't be in any subfolders of the SD card. Just turn it on in USB Storage mode and drop the file on the SD card.
 
i rooted my first incredible way back with out recovery, EPIC fail for me when it boot looped after installing non-working rom
 
Let's see how complex this exploit is going to be, and how much detail will be provided. If it looks intimidating, I'll likely throw up a guide to keep it simple.
 
Agrabren and Team Win just released the first version of Fr3vo to the public. Before you get all excited because you can root your shiny new EVO 3D, there are some pre-requisites you must have in order to successfully do this. These include:

1.) You must be able to push files via adb to your device.
2.) You must know what a shell is.

If you meet these criteria, follow the link below to begin:

The Root of all EVO • View topic - Fre3vo released in the wild!
 
on a serious note, i am out of town for the weekend, got my phone and laptop but no usb cable :(
 
This is temporary root. A reboot will clobber it. Also realize that the system partition is nand-protected (at least on the EVO 3D) so writes won't stick for long, and there will be issues getting tools like Titanium Backup to work. We are still developing upon this huge stepping stone. We look forward to hearing methods other developers have found to build temp root to either make the device better, or gain perm root even.

From Team Win
 
yeah, if titanium won't work, there's no point, and it probably won't work until we have S-OFF on the bootloader. I'm probably not going to do sticky root unless I have S-OFF as well. All or nothing for me.
 
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