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Here some info for you to read up on, How to Root/Unroot HTC Evo 4G LTE! [Windows/Mac/Linux][One-Click] - xda-developers

C&P from Granite:
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I read through the some of the thread that DonB posted (thanks for the find Bro ;) ), and this script does in fact place the superuser file and Busybox on your phone in one shot. It does NOT give you S-OFF nor does it flash a custom recovery. So it's considered a soft root.

This will allow you to run root only apps from the stock rom. We still don't have the ability to make nandroids and such, but it can't be that far off. Be careful!! :)

NOTE: THIS WILL GIVE YOUR HBOOT THE "TAMPERED" WATERMARK!!!!

It has been confirmed that the current RUU will remove the watermark, so make sure you have the RUU downloaded just in case. ;)




I agree, it's really early in the game and we're not sure there's even a custom recovery available yet. I "suggest" patience to give the devs time to get the processes ironed out.

Ultimately it's your phone, but it may be hard to find a fix if something goes wrong.
 
Right now I'm regretting doing it! I can't get my LTEvo to turn back on! I sure as hell hope I didn't brick it on the second day.


It just came back on. I don't think I've ever been so worried in my life.
 
If I was you I'd at least wait until the "official" release of the phone so you know that all of the developers that want to work on the LTE have access to it. After that I would think that a simple and effective rooting solution will become widely available. Not to mention that this method doesn't give a "full root" as it does not give the s-off so there is no installing of new roms or kernals. Just as SKPD pointed out above.
 
Before doing anything, you should post in that thread I gave you and ask all the questions first, to be safe, I only post info. ;)


windsorclarenc said:
Right now I'm regretting doing it! I can't get my LTEvo to turn back on! I sure as hell hope I didn't brick it on the second day.


It just came back on. I don't think I've ever been so worried in my life.
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EDIT:

I read through the some of the thread that DonB posted (thanks for the find Bro ;) ), and this script does in fact place the superuser file and Busybox on your phone in one shot. It does NOT give you S-OFF nor does it flash a custom recovery. So it's considered a soft root.

This will allow you to run root only apps from the stock rom. We still don't have the ability to make nandroids and such, but it can't be that far off. Be careful!! :)

NOTE: THIS WILL GIVE YOUR HBOOT THE "TAMPERED" WATERMARK!!!!

It has been confirmed that the current RUU will remove the watermark, so make sure you have the RUU downloaded just in case. ;)




I agree, it's really early in the game and we're not sure there's even a custom recovery available yet. I "suggest" patience to give the devs time to get the processes ironed out.

Ultimately it's your phone, but it may be hard to find a fix if something goes wrong.
 
This method allows for an extremely easy unroot so I'll use this until a full root is available. I really just wanted to be able to restore all of my apps and remove Sprint's bloatware. There aren't any custom ROMs or recoveries yet, so not being able to flash them isn't a big deal at the moment.
 
windsorclarenc said:
This method allows for an extremely easy unroot so I'll use this until a full root is available. I really just wanted to be able to restore all of my apps and remove Sprint's bloatware. There aren't any custom ROMs or recoveries yet, so not being able to flash them isn't a big deal at the moment.
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Dood, be careful what you delete! We have no idea what's tied to what with the new OS, you may break something. Then again the RUU is availabe of you do Bork something. Hmmmmm....

Please if you do delete stuff, post back what is cool to delete without borking things. We'll start a list. Unless there's one on xda already.

I just got back into Pittsburgh, I'm in BB waiting to get mine! :D
 
Granite1 said:
Dood, be careful what you delete! We have no idea what's tied to what with the new OS, you may break something. Then again the RUU is availabe of you do Bork something. Hmmmmm....

Please if you do delete stuff, post back what is cool to delete without borking things. We'll start a list. Unless there's one on xda already.

I just got back into Pittsburgh, I'm in BB waiting to get mine! :D
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I'll start by freezing stuff before deleting. What would be a good length of time to wait after freezing before uninstalling? I know I should restart my phone to make sure the frozen app isn't required for startup.
 
Rebooting may take the soft root off and you might have to soft root it again ;)
 
windsorclarenc said:
I'll start by freezing stuff before deleting. What would be a good length of time to wait after freezing before uninstalling? I know I should restart my phone to make sure the frozen app isn't required for startup.
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Yea, freeze is better, forgot you had titanium.

I'd wait a few days just to be sure, and try a bunch of different apps and widgets.
 
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