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Root Need to Unroot ASAP!!

ndh777

ndh777

Android Expert
I think I made a mistake...

I rooted a few months ago via unrEVOked and now I have to send in this Evo because my replacement comes tomorrow. The problem is that I didn't fully unroot the Evo. Such as, I changed the boot icon, the Amon-Ra Recovery is still loaded onto the phone, and I cannot access the homescreen!

What happened was that I more than likely skipped a couple of steps, however, I know for certain that my phone is not bricked.

I went to unrEVOked's website and they told me to install this .zip file onto the recovery and it would reinstate the S-On. Only problem is that I didn't realize that this only re-enables S-On and didn't do anything else. Also I used Calkin's Format so I deleted anything that was on my homescreen which was an Elite ROM.

So now when I start up the phone it has the custom boot screen and goes straight to bootloader no matter what combination or lack of you do when turning on the phone. At the top of the screen it says "S-On". I can still access Amon-Ra Recovery too.

What I would like to do is:
1. Change boot screen back to stock
2. Change Amon-Ra back to stock
3. Get the original Sense layout of the phone with simple Android 2.2.

I smashed the power/lock button on the phone from the outside by dropping it. The internal interface and everything still works. You just need to jab your finger-nail in it or something else to use the power button. That's why I'm getting a replacement.

Any help would be great. Links to downloads or tutorials would be great too thank you!
 
ocnbrze said:
ok so to unroot you need two things:
1. flash the s-on tool (which you did)
2. next is install the PC36IMG file(you need to grab it from the http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/194918-rooting-dummies.html guide with your correct hboot)

and you are unrooted.
read the guide there and follow the steps. hope that helps.
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THANK YOU!!

Mr. Ed said:
perfecto..you just need to flash stock software
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Are you saying that after I do what ocnbrze said that I still need to flash some sort of stock software? Or is that included in the above instructions?
 
:D thank you very much ocnbrze and Mr. Ed :DDD It's back to normal and everything is aokay.

Admittedly I had been thinking about running over the phone so it'd be beyond repair and I wouldn't EVER have to worry about them finding out LOL!
 
nice glad you got it unrooted. just make sure that they do not give you gingerbread ota. that way you can root it still. otherwise you will have to wait.
 
ocnbrze said:
nice glad you got it unrooted. just make sure that they do not give you gingerbread ota. that way you can root it still. otherwise you will have to wait.
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Thanks for the tip. This phone will be going out to Sprint once I get my replacement. I remembered everyone saying that so I will be sure not to do it on my next Evo.

To be truthful, as much as I love these hacks and differences...the amount of time taken to hide the fact that it's hacked and changing it back is really painful. I'm debating on whether or not to root my phone once it comes or not.
 
ndh777 said:
Thanks for the tip. This phone will be going out to Sprint once I get my replacement. I remembered everyone saying that so I will be sure not to do it on my next Evo.

To be truthful, as much as I love these hacks and differences...the amount of time taken to hide the fact that it's hacked and changing it back is really painful. I'm debating on whether or not to root my phone once it comes or not.
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really painful. i think that once you know the process it should be not that hard. plus you have access to the people on the web when it comes to rooting and such. i had to take my phone in to get it replaced as well as i was having random reboots rooted or and unrooted. i unrooted it took about 5-10 minutes. i took it into sprint and they had no clue that it was rooted. got my refurnished one and rooted it in like 15 minutes. plus i really do not think that the techs really care. i love the fact that my phone is rooted and that i can get the best battery life and completely change the os of my phone at will. but that is your call.
 
ndh777 said:
Thanks for the tip. This phone will be going out to Sprint once I get my replacement. I remembered everyone saying that so I will be sure not to do it on my next Evo.

To be truthful, as much as I love these hacks and differences...the amount of time taken to hide the fact that it's hacked and changing it back is really painful. I'm debating on whether or not to root my phone once it comes or not.
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It actually takes less time to unroot than it does to root the phone.
 
ndh777 said:
Admittedly I had been thinking about running over the phone so it'd be beyond repair and I wouldn't EVER have to worry about them finding out LOL!
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LMAO! There is always the easy way out.

I bet you once you get your new one it will take about 30 min for you to decide on rooting again. :)
 
ocnbrze said:
$20 bucks says that the phone will be rooted in 10 minutes of having it.:)
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Oooo hahaha this should be interesting. I'll keep you updated via this thread ;)

I mean, yeah, I found out how easy it was to unroot. I spent even less time than I did with unrEVOked and all I did with unrEVOked was just let it do it's thing while I watched tv :p

It's fairly easy but all this stuff is a pain. I do like all the customizations and the faster speeds.

Admittedly again, once it was unrooted and went back to that original Sense UI, I was so disgusted lol
 
Mr. Ed said:
.....when the new hboot can be rooted , assuming it comes updated
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You're talking about my replacement? I wondered how it would come...Sprint told me today that my phone would be activated right out of the box. From that, it sure sounds like they updated me to Gingerbread and everything without me even asking :/

Funny thing, I tried updating to Gingerbread on my unrooted Evo just now and it said that there was no new update...weird.
 
Got my replacement and it's been...exactly 1 hour since I opened the box and it's STILL not rooted :) Gimme my money! :D

Interesting too, this replacement looks a whole lot different. The screen is much smoother, the lights on the "Home", "Menu", etc. buttons are now a pinkish instead of a simple white, and it came with Android 2.2 but I can't update to Gingerbread...weird.
 
damn i lost. here is 20 smiles instead::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
yeah i read somewhere on this forum that someone received a refurbished evo and the screen was different. i have a refurb and my screen seems the same but who knows.

so......are you gonna root it?
sounds like no since you are trying to update to gingerbread.
 
ocnbrze said:
damn i lost. here is 20 smiles instead::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
yeah i read somewhere on this forum that someone received a refurbished evo and the screen was different. i have a refurb and my screen seems the same but who knows.

so......are you gonna root it?
sounds like no since you are trying to update to gingerbread.
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$20 would've been better but oh well ;)

Well...:rolleyes: I already rooted like 2 minutes ago HAHAHA The stock was getting old and I wanted something new so I'm installing MIUI right now again. On my last Evo it gave me a few problems like phone flicker so I'd like to see how it runs on this replacement. I wanted to see if I could update to Gingerbread but I don't know...it didn't find any new firmware. Unrooting was SO simple that I figured it'd all be fine if I needed to unroot it again especially with the help you guys gave me here.

It's strange! The screen is more glossy...like on my old Evo, the screen was smooth but on this it's like more smooth. Either that or it's just because it's newer and not been all banged up in my pocket yet. When did you get your replacement?
 
whatever you do not except the ota. it will most likely brick your phone or it will unroot it and you can't root until an exploit is found.

i might have to try miui at some point again. i tried it awhile back and it seemed too iphony for me. a well add another rom to the must flash list.:)
 
ocnbrze said:
whatever you do not except the ota. it will most likely brick your phone or it will unroot it and you can't root until an exploit is found.

i might have to try miui at some point again. i tried it awhile back and it seemed too iphony for me. a well add another rom to the must flash list.:)
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haha, just curious, what other ROMs do you like? I was trying to find a couple for myself and I landed on MIUI. It still is pretty iPhony, maybe more in the newest update too, but I love it because of the easy features and show-off quality :D I can't wait to show up my friend's iPhone tomorrow. lol

For sure. I passed on a few Gingerbread ROMs too and the OTA especially since I forgot how much I loathe the look of it with Android 2.1 features.
 
i have been playing around with mostly aosp roms of late. so i love cm7 and couple with it the tiamat kernel, a great combo for me. kings gb r2 or r3 (another cm7 themed rom) is also a great rom. i'm thinking of trying out end of days rom as well. also try vaelpak r2. it combines sense and aosp. very different, but cool.
 
ocnbrze said:
i have been playing around with mostly aosp roms of late. so i love cm7 and couple with it the tiamat kernel, a great combo for me. kings gb r2 or r3 (another cm7 themed rom) is also a great rom. i'm thinking of trying out end of days rom as well. also try vaelpak r2. it combines sense and aosp. very different, but cool.
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Very cool! Thanks! Now I have some for my personal list :D
 
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