Root hiccup while rooting, "firmware too new"

[lokiberserk]

UNROOTED
Device Build Number: 3.70.651.1 CL294884 release-keys
Android Version: 2.2
HBoot Version: 2.10.0001
unrevoked Version Used: unrevoked 3, 3.32

QUESTION:

so im following the guide stickied on your excellent forum here on which i generally choose to lurk hi
and encountered the Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?
so i followed the note under step 6 instructing me to change the connection type from charge only to disk drive but the error repeated itself, and before i attempted to root i formatted the phone and my SD card so there is no "App List Backup" installed, and i am finding no other guidance oh the humanity!!

is my firmware, indeed, to new!?

 

[lokiberserk]

currently reformatting phone to attempt again

 

[lokiberserk]

do i reinstall the android USB driver? or did it survive the reformatting?

edit: it appears to still be there so im just going to go with it

 

[lokiberserk]

again with the error

i really hope i can get this to work, or else I lost my Angry Birds save with no significant gains @@

 

[lokiberserk]

looking at the phone and perusing the thread:

http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/249730-unrevoked3-your-firmware-too-new.html

i do get the S-OFF when in the boot menu, but i never ran the reflash_package without getting the error message... is some aspect of the rooting program missing? or am i fully rooted and it is time to continue the procedure?

update: when i type su into the app terminal emulator i get access denied and the $ remains


edit: this was a triumph!!

 

[evomattnc]

lol sorry no one came around, looks like you helped yourself, congrats...are you good to go now?

 

[MDtoka]

Doesn't sound like it haha, I rooted last night and I got the same messages you did, bit just tried a few more times and it finally said done

 

[evomattnc]

Lol I suppose that "this was a triumph" could have been sarcasm

 

[evomattnc]

yeah some people have to run it a few times. If you got s off it sound like it made it half way and you just need to flash pc36img from hboot to get your recovery and get you going.post back if you haven't got it yet.

 

[lokiberserk]

Yea I just kept changing things and plugging away and now I'm running konis found slot of help on the thread I linked earlier

 

[akazabam]

There is a section in the Rooting for Dummies guide that explains what to do if unrevoked gets as far as giving you S-OFF, but fails before you have a custom recovery and a rooted ROM.