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Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

just to be sure did the commands for the mtd-eng.img and flash.img go correctly? if everything matched up then you should have had your misc partition downgraded so that the PC36IMG file should work. if it does not work and it shows the "main version is older", then your misc partition downgrade did not go right.

i would try taco root again. pay attention to what the outputs are.
 
Dark Hokage said:
im on step 16 on the taco root method.. everything went exactly as written.. but now after putting the pc36img zip and booting it up i get this...

sd checking....
loading.. [PC36DIAG.zip]
no image!!
loading.. [PC36DIAG.ZIP]
no image or wrong image!
loading [PC36IMG.ZIP]

in the right hand corner a blue bar loads up and then i get

checking [PC36IMG.zip]

about ten seconds later i finally get

Main version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<vol up> yes
<vol down> no
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This is exactly what mine does.....thanks for digging in a little deeper and finding it. I will run the tacoroot again and see if this all works this time around.:)
 
ok so now my phone is in the root mode, and when I get to step 12 of entering the cmd for the flash_image file, it says there is no file found or directory.... I have the flash file that I downloaded and extracted placed on the sd card. I did not put it in any folder other than its own named folder that it extracted to. :confused:
 
bluntedangl said:
ok so now my phone is in the root mode, and when I get to step 12 of entering the cmd for the flash_image file, it says there is no file found or directory.... I have the flash file that I downloaded and extracted placed on the sd card. I did not put it in any folder other than its own named folder that it extracted to. :confused:
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Are you entering the commands as shown? correct spacing of the words/symbols etc?

new optimus said:
I dont believe you are supposed to extract the zip. Just place the downloaded zip file on the sd card.
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he is doing the TacoRoot method...the flash_image should be extracted and put on .zip when doing tacoroot :)
 
Mikestony said:
Are you entering the commands as shown? correct spacing of the words/symbols etc?


he is doing the TacoRoot method...the flash_image should be extracted and put on .zip when doing tacoroot :)
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I believe that I am entering it all correctly. I will try again. So frustrating feeling like I'm taking steps backwards :( But I am determined to make this work. Thanks I'll be back :)
 
Hi all, I'm in quite the pickle right now :/ I'm hoping someone is able to help me and explain it in laymen's terms (I'm a fast learner, but this is new to me). I've recently been given a phone that I found out the hard way was rooted. When I got the phone, it would turn on and get stuck at the loading screen. Took it to Sprint to be repaired only to be told it's rooted and corrupted and there's nothing they can do. I NEED to get this phone fixed and unrooted. My question is, is it possible to complete the unrooting process with the phone stuck the way it is? I need to completely unroot back to stock (getting rid of watermark, too?) If there is anyone that can help or up to the challenge, please let me know. Thank you!!!

BTW the phone is a Sprint HTC Evo 4G (Not 3D or LTE; its the original that came out a couple years ago) I believe it has gingerbread on it.
 
Thmper said:
Hi all, I'm in quite the pickle right now :/ I'm hoping someone is able to help me and explain it in laymen's terms (I'm a fast learner, but this is new to me). I've recently been given a phone that I found out the hard way was rooted. When I got the phone, it would turn on and get stuck at the loading screen. Took it to Sprint to be repaired only to be told it's rooted and corrupted and there's nothing they can do. I NEED to get this phone fixed and unrooted. My question is, is it possible to complete the unrooting process with the phone stuck the way it is? I need to completely unroot back to stock (getting rid of watermark, too?) If there is anyone that can help or up to the challenge, please let me know. Thank you!!!

BTW the phone is a Sprint HTC Evo 4G (Not 3D or LTE; its the original that came out a couple years ago) I believe it has gingerbread on it.
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welcome to the forums!!!!!!
we need the information that is in your bootloader. pull the battery out and press and hold power+vol down. report back on what you see on the screen there. also try and select recovery from the bootloader. what happens? what do you see on the screen?
 
Not sure if I can root by hDEV method. I have the origional Evo 4g and the only ones I see in there for sprint are design and view, are there other options using this method?
 
jmufan said:
Not sure if I can root by hDEV method. I have the origional Evo 4g and the only ones I see in there for sprint are design and view, are there other options using this method?
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You see that where? You can root the Evo4g via htcdev...
Not sure if I follow what you are saying?

Edit: brain fart, (me-brain fart, not you lol) are you talking on the htcdev site? under phone models? Use the bottom one, "All other supported models"
Yes?
 
jmufan said:
Not sure if I can root by hDEV method. I have the origional Evo 4g and the only ones I see in there for sprint are design and view, are there other options using this method?
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it says in the guide. scroll down to the supported devices. the og evo is not listed. please read the guide carefully.

edit: almost forgot to mention welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!
 
Is step 3 an absolute, I get the feeling that it is not. Also should you re-lock the bootloader after you have flashed it?
 
No do not re lock the bootloader. And step three is a must if you want to be rooted. You need to decide if you want to stay on stock and just flash the su file. But that is so boring imo. Mikg is so much better.but that is up to you.
 
When it says transfer file to your card, I assume the sd card and not the internal drive. What is the best way to do that or how can you discern what is internal drive and what is sd card? I am under step 3 flash rom. Or would it be easier to just go to this site from your phone and download the files that way?
 
okay, I know being a noob can be irritating. recovery and nandroid backup. I do not see a recovery option, and for the nandroid backup, could you just use the mybackup?

Nevermind, I think I have figured it out, you have to go back into hboot for the recovery. the nandroid backup though will be the backup/restore option, that is how you create a nandroid backup.
 
jmufan said:
okay, I know being a noob can be irritating. recovery and nandroid backup. I do not see a recovery option, and for the nandroid backup, could you just use the mybackup?

Nevermind, I think I have figured it out, you have to go back into hboot for the recovery. the nandroid backup though will be the backup/restore option, that is how you create a nandroid backup, correct?
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Nandroid backups are different then my backup pro. Nandroid backups are a complete snapshot of your phone. My backup just backs up data. Very different

And do not worry about being a noob. We were all one at some point.
 
I think of nandroid backups as a restore point of your video game...you can go back to a point in time to start in case you mess up.... :)
Or on a computer, make a restore point, and later something goes wonky, then go back to restore point.
 
Believe I am now rooted. so what is a good wifi tether to use? Also what are some other apps that are useful. Thanks to all for your help, it is greatly appreciated.
 
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