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Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

Alright, so here's the deal. I HATE getting into missions. Whenever I get myself into a mission mode, I'm screwed until I finish. This has now become a mission. I'm trying to just say screw it and just go HTCdev, but I want to make sure that I've tried everything I could before dropping tacoroot.

Here's my attempt. Does anyone see anything wrong? It's STILL stopping me at the image. "flash_image" and "mtd-eng.img" (yes, my extensions are shown on my pc) are both copied onto the ROOT of my card via evo. In the folder I'm using cmd thru, "droid", I have "adb.exe", "adbwinapi.dll", "fastboot.exe", "tacoroot.sh"

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TankSmash said:
Alright, so here's the deal. I HATE getting into missions. Whenever I get myself into a mission mode, I'm screwed until I finish. This has now become a mission. I'm trying to just say screw it and just go HTCdev, but I want to make sure that I've tried everything I could before dropping tacoroot.

Here's my attempt. Does anyone see anything wrong? It's STILL stopping me at the image. "flash_image" and "mtd-eng.img" (yes, my extensions are shown on my pc) are both copied onto the ROOT of my card via evo. In the folder I'm using cmd thru, "droid", I have "adb.exe", "adbwinapi.dll", "fastboot.exe", "tacoroot.sh"
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are you sure that you have extracted the image file? sorry my icons look different then yours for the flash image file when extracted.
 
CapThrowback said:
If you have TEP, then you don't need to worry about the watermark, if your device is out of warranty and needs to be replaced. Asurion doesn't care if your device is watermarked, rooted or whatever. If it breaks, you'll still have to pay the deductible, and they'll send you a "comparable replacement."
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I'm not worried about Asurion, I'm worried about the repair side through Sprint. I don't want something to happen to the phone and not be able to have them replace it because HTC told them I'm rooted and use the unlock tool.
 
Razgriz said:
I'm not worried about Asurion, I'm worried about the repair side through Sprint. I don't want something to happen to the phone and not be able to have them replace it because HTC told them I'm rooted and use the unlock tool.
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well that is the thing, most places now days do not have the parts to fix the evo. they will most likely have to send it in to get fixed which will follow under your tep insurance. and again assurion will not care if the phone is rooted or not these days.

and you can fully unroot your phone, if you really want to without having the watermark. http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/526575-guide-unrooting-gingerbread-2-3-5-a.html
 
ocnbrze said:
are you sure that you have extracted the image file? sorry my icons look different then yours for the flash image file when extracted.
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The flash_image you're showing there hasn't been extracted - it's still in the zip file (i.e. that's why it shows with the WinRAR icon).
 
hey guys same problem here but the phone keeps looping splash screen so how do i set to charge only or exit this and start over im trying to push flash_image as well same issue

i just dont want to screw something up by turning off phone in this mode
 
joerolando2701 said:
hey guys same problem here but the phone keeps looping splash screen so how do i set to charge only or exit this and start over im trying to push flash_image as well same issue

i just dont want to screw something up by turning off phone in this mode
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the if you are on step 12, proceed to 13:
adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
this will bring your phone to the stable state.

you should have had it in charge only to begin with... its all in the step by step guide, its like one of the first things...
 
TankSmash said:
the if you are on step 12, proceed to 13:
adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
this will bring your phone to the stable state.

you should have had it in charge only to begin with... its all in the step by step guide, its like one of the first things...
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yeah figured the undo out it was in charge only but i dont think it was set to default factory reset phone wiped sd gonna try again thaks
 
I think I'm going to just backup my sd card, format it, and reset my phone and try tacoroot 1 last time. Lol. I'm still stuck on this mission!
 
I just began my rooting today and now i'm stuck.


"1.first you need the vr superwipe (this is not a rom. this is a file that wipes your sytem partitions and also wipes all the temp files as well:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8709935/ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE.zip. download it and put it on your card. (optional)*
2.download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
3.go into recovery
4.make a nandroid backup
5.select wipe from the main menu and wipe dalvik cache, cache, and data
6.select flash zip from sdcard
7.find the superwipe file and select it.(optional)
8.find your rom and select it.
9.reboot."

I have downloaded superwipe and a rom. Do they need to be unzipped? And steps 3,4 and 5 are confusing me as while. I'm not to sure. Any help would be appreciated, Thank You

Nevermind, I believe I have figured it out. I just gave up to early.
 
OK so I am totally new to this and am actually proud that after 4 day's I have been able to unlock my phone using your HTC DEV method. So here is where I need help. I have not been able to get anything done but that. I am back into my phone and have tried all of your recovery methods you gave the android one all of them. I even went back to try the CaptainThrowback method and the TacoRoot one. The TacoRoot one keeps telling me it can't find my device and the Android one you have in the HTC Method just stays on please wait while your phone is flashed. WHAT DO I DO? All I want to really do is get the new Ice Cream Sandwich on my phone. Can you please please please help me?

Thank you in advance
 
Hello and welcome to the forums. If you have the bootloader unlocked the next thing you need to do to flash a rom is get a custom recovery on the phone.

step 2 How to get Recovery



here is a little more details on how to get a recovery onto your phone. there are several ways of doing it. you can use the fastboot command to install recovery or you can use the android flasher program and lastly there is the PC36IMG method. either way, it is pretty simple. i will leave the decision up to you.

various methids to install amon ra 2.3 recovery:

ADB command method
1.download amon ra 2.3 from here:
PC36IMG_RA_2.3.zip
2.extract the recovery.img file and place it in the android folder you created when unlocking your bootloader.
3.on your phone after you have unlocked your phone you should be in the bootloader menu screen, select the fastboot option
4.on your computer press and hold shift while right clicking the android folder.
5.select open command window here option (windows 7)
6.enter command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
congrats!!!!!! you have just installed amon ra 2.3
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KrtschSmrf said:
OK so I am totally new to this and am actually proud that after 4 day's I have been able to unlock my phone using your HTC DEV method. So here is where I need help. I have not been able to get anything done but that. I am back into my phone and have tried all of your recovery methods you gave the android one all of them. I even went back to try the CaptainThrowback method and the TacoRoot one. The TacoRoot one keeps telling me it can't find my device and the Android one you have in the HTC Method just stays on please wait while your phone is flashed. WHAT DO I DO? All I want to really do is get the new Ice Cream Sandwich on my phone. Can you please please please help me?

Thank you in advance
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welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you really have to be careful doing one thing after another like that. you should never rush into things. so lets take one step at a time and lets see where we can go from there.

ok first off there are three methods now to get recovery(in the past there was only two). there is the android flasher method. there is the adb fastboot command method and there is the PC36IMG method. so it sounds like you have tried the android flasher method and for some reason it is not working.

1.have you tried the other methods? if so where do you get stuck at? what happens?

second you also mentioned that you have tried captain's throwback method.

2.what happened? did your output match with what the captain had on his guide? what step in the guide did you get to before running into errors?

and lastly you also said you have tried the taco root method. and you said adb can't find your device.

3. do you have the android folder setup like i have described it in the guide? do you have the 3 files i have linked to in the android folder?are you right clicking while holding downshift (windows 7) and selecting open command window here option? is your phone setup as charge only and usb debugging turned on?

if you can please try and answer questions 1-3 as best as you can so that we can better understand what is going on.
 
Thank you for your response. So I slept on it and went back and followed the HTC Dev method and the adb command method for the recovery and this is what my little black screen said

C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3544 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.041s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.373s]
finished. total time: 2.414s

C:\Android>

So I think that worked. Ok. so what do I do now? Sorry for all the questions. Also I had downloaded that titanium backup app and its telling me that it is not able to work because my phone is not rooted. What does that mean? That is probably a couple steps ahead though. Thank you for helping me get this done, I am so tired of using gingerbread and can't wait for ICS.
 
KrtschSmrf said:
Thank you for your response. So I slept on it and went back and followed the HTC Dev method and the adb command method for the recovery and this is what my little black screen said

C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3544 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.041s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.373s]
finished. total time: 2.414s

C:\Android>

So I think that worked. Ok. so what do I do now? Sorry for all the questions. Also I had downloaded that titanium backup app and its telling me that it is not able to work because my phone is not rooted. What does that mean? That is probably a couple steps ahead though. Thank you for helping me get this done, I am so tired of using gingerbread and can't wait for ICS.
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ok looks like that worked. however, you are only partially rooted as you have your bootloader unlocked and you have a custom recovery. now you have to do step 3 in the guide. you will need to either flash the su file which is what grants apps ike titanium backup root access or flash a custom rom like mikg which is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay better then stock.
 
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