Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

[Mikestony]

Lol yeah, I think we did reply same time. Yes, I'm so ready to get this phone up and functioning! We've got a little one on the way (just 6 more weeks left, but labor could come anytime now) and I can't not have the phone working when I go into labor lol So thanks so much for all your help so far! It's way appreciated

I followed the link and now I'm not sure if I'm supposed to download the 3.11 Full Wipe or the 3.11 Update. I'm guessing the 3.11 Full Wipe?

Yes, the full wipe

Edit: congrats on your little bundle to come!!!!! your first? second?

 

[jmufan]

Not sure if this is the place for this question, if it isn't just point me in the right direction. What are some running apps that can be uninstalled or disabled without hurting the performance of the phone, since rooting? I am trying to limit the ram usage. out of 404, at time was running close to 300 mb.

 

[Mikestony]

Not sure if this is the place for this question, if it isn't just point me in the right direction. What are some running apps that can be uninstalled or disabled without hurting the performance of the phone, since rooting? I am trying to limit the ram usage. out of 404, at time was running close to 300 mb.

No problem...
see this
[WIP] /system/app APK's - Safe to remove list and functions - xda-developers

 

[Thmper]

Yes, the full wipe

Edit: congrats on your little bundle to come!!!!! your first? second?

Thank you! Haha, little higher. This will be the third

The full wipe is downloaded and I'm in the mounts and storage. Something that looks like what you're looking for that I see is "mount USB storage"? Here's the list:

-unmount /cache
-mount /data
-mount /sdcard
-mount /system
-format /boot
-format /cache
-format /data
-format /sdcard
-format /system
-format /wimax
-mount USB storage
-+++++Go Back+++++

*Edit- Also, do I need to extract anything from the zip file, or leave it zipped when I transfer it?*

 

[Mikestony]

Thank you! Haha, little higher. This will be the third

The full wipe is downloaded and I'm in the mounts and storage. Something that looks like what you're looking for that I see is "mount USB storage"? Here's the list:

-unmount /cache
-mount /data
-mount /sdcard
-mount /system
-format /boot
-format /cache
-format /data
-format /sdcard
-format /system
-format /wimax
-mount USB storage
-+++++Go Back+++++

o.k..click on the "mount usb storage" after you plug your phone into computer. then you should be able to see your sd card contents on your computer when you click on the corresponding drive for your usb follow?
then drag the downloaded rom to the sd card. when finished transfer, unmount the usb, and unplug phone.

leave everything zipped so far.

Edit again: 3rd one huh? I stopped at 2, girl is 21, boy is 12. fun fun eh? lol

 

[Thmper]

o.k..click on the "mount usb storage" after you plug your phone into computer. then you should be able to see your sd card contents on your computer when you click on the corresponding drive for your usb follow?
then drag the downloaded rom to the sd card. when finished transfer, unmount the usb, and unplug phone.

leave everything zipped so far.

Edit again: 3rd one huh? I stopped at 2, girl is 21, boy is 12. fun fun eh? lol

Followed and done! It's unmounted and back at the Mounts and Storage Menu.

You almost got the house back to yourselves! Just a few more years Haha fun it is. I've got two stepsons as well. With this one coming being a boy, my poor baby girl is going to be the only girl besides me in the house. Growing up with four brothers is gonna be rough lol (she's 2 1/2 right now)

 

[Mikestony]

Followed and done! It's unmounted and back at the Mounts and Storage Menu.

You almost got the house back to yourselves! Just a few more years Haha fun it is. I've got two stepsons as well. With this one coming being a boy, my poor baby girl is going to be the only girl besides me in the house. Growing up with four brothers is gonna be rough lol (she's 2 1/2 right now)

Yikes lol..full house!
o.k. you can unplug phone now.
To make sure the rom is on sd card , go back and find the "install zip from sd card" and select that...your rom, MikG, should be listed...do not select it yet, just making sure it is there.

 

[new optimus]

Congrats, and yes leave the zip as is put it on the sd card as mike has indicated.

Also from the sounds of that last rom the rom itself may not have been bad, However it would appear the launcher was deleted or messed up.
The launcher runs all the buttons and just about everything on the phone so good luck with trying to do anything in that condition you certainly are better off reinstalling the rom as mike is helping you with.
Also for a quick and easy way to install a new recovery check out android flasher here is a link

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794638

 

[Mikestony]

Congrats, and yes leave the zip as is put it on the sd card as mike has indicated.

Thanks new optimus, are you more familiar with clockwork recovery than I am?
That is what she has now, which we can switch later after her we get her phone working....your help would be appreciated sir

 

[Thmper]

Yikes lol..full house!
o.k. you can unplug phone now.
To make sure the rom is on sd card , go back and find the "install zip from sd card" and select that...your rom, MikG, should be listed...do not select it yet, just making sure it is there.

lol oh, it is for sure. I consider us a dysfunctional, yet cooler version of the brady bunch haha

I selected install zip from sd card and was sent to another menu. Here's the screen:

Apply update from .zip file on SD card

-choose zip from sdcard
-apply /sdcard/update.zip
-toggle signature verification
-toggle script asserts
-+++++Go Back+++++

I selected "choose zip from sdcard" and found the rom that was just downloaded

 

[Mikestony]

lol oh, it is for sure. I consider us a dysfunctional, yet cooler version of the brady bunch haha

I selected install zip from sd card and was sent to another menu. Here's the screen:

Apply update from .zip file on SD card

-choose zip from sdcard
-apply /sdcard/update.zip
-toggle signature verification
-toggle script asserts
-+++++Go Back+++++

I selected "choose zip from sdcard" and found the rom that was just downloaded

Good! its there...now time to wipe very well then flash!
Go back and wipe the cache and dalvik cache like we did before then let me know when you done with that as we need to wipe other stuff too

 

[jmufan]

Question, if you are going to do the a2sd/dark tremor, is the factory sd adequate for having apps run on it and be partitioned? If not, what is a good sd card to have and how high can you go as far as GB?

 

[new optimus]

Thanks new optimus, are you more familiar with clockwork recovery than I am?
That is what she has now, which we can switch later after her we get her phone working....your help would be appreciated sir

Yes fairly familiar with clockwork my prevail only has clockwork available for it
thmper you are doing very well, great intuitive grasp.

 

[new optimus]

Question, if you are going to do the a2sd/dark tremor, is the factory sd adequate for having apps run on it and be partitioned? If not, what is a good sd card to have and how high can you go as far as GB?

What size and speed is the factory sd card?
I bought my evo used with no sdcard.

You ideally want a class 10 card but a class 6 is acceptable anything less and your phone will lag opening apps.
The most your ext partition needs to be is generally 1gb.

1gb will hold hundreds of apps.

 

[Thmper]

Good! its there...now time to wipe very well then flash!
Go back and wipe the cache and dalvik cache like we did before then let me know when you done with that as we need to wipe other stuff too

Awesome! Cache and dalvik cached have now been wiped several times like before and I'm back at main clockworkMod menu.

 

[Mikestony]

Question, if you are going to do the a2sd/dark tremor, is the factory sd adequate for having apps run on it and be partitioned? If not, what is a good sd card to have and how high can you go as far as GB?

In case your question gets any more answers and more questions, start a new thread about your question because: a. it will get more attention and b: this is not the thread to be in for it....not trying to come off as rude at all, but your question will be better served in its own thread!
I do have more questions in answer to your questions and dont want to clutter this thread k?

 

[Mikestony]

Awesome! Cache and dalvik cached have now been wiped several times like before and I'm back at main clockworkMod menu.

great! now go to wipe data/factory reset

 

[yeffocb]

okee dokee, and just make sure the files are in the correct folders etc.
I know you are careful in checking, I'm sure, just re-iterating that's all.

Ok, I took the time to try and do this again with extremely detailed process and results. Note, I did not do a stock reset on my phone so I thought I'd point this out. Any how, here we go:

Step 1: downloaded and installed "HTC Sync 3.0.5551" on Windows 7 64bit (declined the request to update soon after installation)

Step 2: Contents of android folder on my desktop:
162,816 adb.exe
70,144 fastboot.exe
96,256 AdbWinApi.dll

Step 3: Extraction and copy of CunningLogic-TacoRoot-3b6fae6 to android folder on my desktop:
2,129 tacoroot.sh

Step 4: Files copied to the root of my SDCARD when instructed to in the guide (step 4):
76,044 flash_image
655,360 mtd-eng.img
211,823,071 PC36IMG.zip (renamed correctly and verified from command prompt from the following file:
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip

Step 5: Stock recovery mode:
a) Powered phone down
b) Rebooted phone pressing [power] + [down]
* Results: Locked menu with S-ON and HBOOT-2.18.0001, etc... came up with choices of: [FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, CLEAR STORAGE, SIMLOCK, HBOOT USB]
c) Selected recovery (phone rebooted again) - [DOWN] then [POWER]
* Results: Phone rebooted
d) At triangle with exclamation point, pressed: [power] + [up] + [down] buttons
* Results: Android system recovery <3e> menu appeared! Selected "Reboot system now"
* NOTE: before selecting "Reboot system now", the bottom of screen said in yellow: "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"

Step 6: Connect the phone to the pc via the usb cable and performed/verified following steps
* NOTE: I immediately plugged the cable in just before phone reboot occurred. Is this correct?):
a) charge only mode verified
* Result: Done
b) usb debugging turned on: settings>apps>development>check usb debugging
* Result: Verified
c) fastboot is disabled: settings>apps>uncheck fastboot
* Result: Verified

Steps 7-9: ABD Commands:
* Results:
* NOTE: To avoid the out of date adb.exe message, I killed adb.exe first
<==
C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
15 KB/s (2129 bytes in 0.130s)

C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.sh

C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into recovery, please press Volume+, Volume- and Power at the same time, and reboot the system.
==>
* NOTE: Followed instructions on screen - Pressed [vol+] + [Vol-] + [Power]
* Results: Android system recovery <3e> menu came up. Selected "Reboot system now" - Phone rebooted

Step 10: adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root:
* Results:
<==
C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into root.
==>

Steps 11-13 : ABD Shell and UNIX commands:
* Results:
<==
C:\Users\Bob\Desktop\android>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory

# chmod 755 /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image

# /data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

# /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
/data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Root removed, rebooting
==>

Step 14: Rename PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip to PC36IMG.zip
* Results: Done

Step 15: Copy PC36IMG.zip to root of SDCARD:
* Results: Done

Step 16: Power off phone and power back on with [power] + [down]:
* Results: Rebooted, Bootloader menu came up and PC36IMG.zip file is loading

Under the word HBOOT, I see:

Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No


* Final Results: I appeared to do a little better this time, but the failed results were the same. The problem appears to be with this:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory

* NOTE: It just can't find the /sdcard/flash_image file to cat to /data/flash_image. I suspect that this might be the file that tells the system that the file is not older. Is this correct? Any suggestions?

 

[new optimus]

Awesome! Cache and dalvik cached have now been wiped several times like before and I'm back at main clockworkMod menu.

Use the wipe data/factory reset, and as mike mentioned several times

 

[Thmper]

great! now go to wipe data/factory reset

Done It's another confirm screen. I'm guessing confirm action lol

*Edit: Data wipe is complete.*

**Edit: Wiped data two more times.**

 

[jmufan]

Thanks optimus, I think you answered the question, and I do not want to get off topic. If there is a way to pm me, feel free, I can give you the info there.

 

[Mikestony]

Ok, I took the time to try and do this again with extremely detailed process and results. Note, I did not do a stock reset on my phone so I thought I'd point this out. Any how, here we go:

Step 1: downloaded and installed "HTC Sync 3.0.5551" on Windows 7 64bit (declined the request to update soon after installation)

Step 2: Contents of android folder on my desktop:
162,816 adb.exe
70,144 fastboot.exe
96,256 AdbWinApi.dll

Step 3: Extraction and copy of CunningLogic-TacoRoot-3b6fae6 to android folder on my desktop:
2,129 tacoroot.sh

Step 4: Files copied to the root of my SDCARD when instructed to in the guide (step 4):
76,044 flash_image
655,360 mtd-eng.img
211,823,071 PC36IMG.zip (renamed correctly and verified from command prompt from the following file:
PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip

Step 5: Stock recovery mode:
a) Powered phone down
b) Rebooted phone pressing [power] + [down]
* Results: Locked menu with S-ON and HBOOT-2.18.0001, etc... came up with choices of: [FASTBOOT, RECOVERY, CLEAR STORAGE, SIMLOCK, HBOOT USB]
c) Selected recovery (phone rebooted again) - [DOWN] then [POWER]
* Results: Phone rebooted
d) At triangle with exclamation point, pressed: [power] + [up] + [down] buttons
* Results: Android system recovery <3e> menu appeared! Selected "Reboot system now"
* NOTE: before selecting "Reboot system now", the bottom of screen said in yellow: "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"

Step 6: Connect the phone to the pc via the usb cable and performed/verified following steps
* NOTE: I immediately plugged the cable in just before phone reboot occurred. Is this correct?):
a) charge only mode verified
* Result: Done
b) usb debugging turned on: settings>apps>development>check usb debugging
* Result: Verified
c) fastboot is disabled: settings>apps>uncheck fastboot
* Result: Verified

Steps 7-9: ABD Commands:
* Results:
* NOTE: To avoid the out of date adb.exe message, I killed adb.exe first
<==
C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
15 KB/s (2129 bytes in 0.130s)

C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.sh

C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into recovery, please press Volume+, Volume- and Power at the same time, and reboot the system.
==>
* NOTE: Followed instructions on screen - Pressed [vol+] + [Vol-] + [Power]
* Results: Android system recovery <3e> menu came up. Selected "Reboot system now" - Phone rebooted

Step 10: adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root:
* Results:
<==
C:\Users\yeffocb\Desktop\android>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into root.
==>

Steps 11-13 : ABD Shell and UNIX commands:
* Results:
<==
C:\Users\Bob\Desktop\android>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *

# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory

# chmod 755 /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image

# /data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img

# /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
/data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least once after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Root removed, rebooting
==>

Step 14: Rename PC36IMG_SuperSonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.70.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.zip to PC36IMG.zip
* Results: Done

Step 15: Copy PC36IMG.zip to root of SDCARD:
* Results: Done

Step 16: Power off phone and power back on with [power] + [down]:
* Results: Rebooted, Bootloader menu came up and PC36IMG.zip file is loading

Under the word HBOOT, I see:

Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
Do you want to reboot device?
<VOL UP> Yes
<VOL DOWN> No


* Final Results: I appeared to do a little better this time, but the failed results were the same. The problem appears to be with this:
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory

* NOTE: It just can't find the /sdcard/flash_image file to cat to /data/flash_image. I suspect that this might be the file that tells the system that the file is not older. Is this correct? Any suggestions?

Do you have the flash_image extracted from the zip and installed on sd card?

 

[new optimus]

nm

It will "work" but it will lag when accessing those apps, I would get a better speed card, 8-16gb cards work well
and sorry mike it does clutter this up.

 

[Mikestony]

Use the wipe data/factory reset, and as mike mentioned several times

I also saw in one of her posts, the option to format boot, system, cache, data...I would assume that would be good to do also before the rom flash?

Done It's another confirm screen. I'm guessing confirm action lol

*Edit: Data wipe is complete.*

**Edit: Wiped data two more times.**

Is there an option for a factory reset also? or just data?

 

[Mikestony]

It will "work" but it will lag when accessing those apps, I would get a better speed card, 8-16gb cards work well
and sorry mike it does clutter this up.

I really feel bad about telling him that, I really do but I thought his own thread would be cleaner and get more attention....I know what your saying tho.