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which step are you exactly on? the more info you can give us the better.
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Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide
- Thread starter ocnbrze
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welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!
which step are you exactly on? the more info you can give us the better.
Following this guide there is some information missing
1. HTCdev method (recommended)
step 3 flash the su file or flash a rom
flash a rom:
2.download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
Great! and how do I transfer it to my card?
1. HTCdev method (recommended)
step 3 flash the su file or flash a rom
flash a rom:
2.download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
Great! and how do I transfer it to my card?
biker57
Android Enthusiast
Following this guide there is some information missing
1. HTCdev method (recommended)
step 3 flash the su file or flash a rom
flash a rom:
2.download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
Great! and how do I transfer it to my card?
Download the rom to a location on your PC you can find (Android folder possibly). Then via usb connect the phone to your pc and open the drive that contains your phones files and transfer the rom file to the sd card and not into a folder on the sd card.
After it's on your card you will flash it via recovery.
Thanks for the fast response
If I understand you, then before that step, you would need to boot the phone normally, attach the USB is disk mode, and then transfer the zip file to the root of the drive.
Then you would need to boot back to the boot loader screen with the power+volume down buttons and continue as per the instructions.
Is that right?
Awesome! Thanks for the clarification. I'm assuming there is no need to extract the compressed files for this operation. Is that right?
nihilist23
Newbie
Please help me with an unrooting issue, anyone!
I am in the command prompt, everything goes smoothly until I type in "/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img" - the shell returns an error saying, "[1] Segmentation fault". Couldn't find any typos and tried multiple times. Am I missing something?
I am in the command prompt, everything goes smoothly until I type in "/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img" - the shell returns an error saying, "[1] Segmentation fault". Couldn't find any typos and tried multiple times. Am I missing something?
CapThrowback
Android Expert
Sounds like you're probably running an ICS (or JB) ROM. You need to be running a Gingerbread ROM for those commands to work properly.
nihilist23
Newbie
Right now I'm on CyanogenMod 7.1...I was previously on an ICS ROM, but I just restored this backup last night.
CapThrowback
Android Expert
You need to be running a Sense Gingerbread ROM, otherwise you'll get the Segmentation fault error. AOSP won't work right (as you've seen).
Am I reading this right? If people want to unroot, they need to be on a Sense rom?
CapThrowback
Android Expert
I know ICS & JB ROMs give you that Segmentation fault error, and based on the previous posts, even AOSP Gingerbread throws the same error.Am I reading this right? If people want to unroot, they need to be on a Sense rom?
It's only an issue where the misc partition needs to be downgraded. Otherwise it's not a problem.
nihilist23
Newbie
Looks like that was it! Thank you.
nihilist23
Newbie
I got my evo 4g unrooted but the recovery screen says "LOCKED {OOW}", and I can't receive OTA updates...is there a way to get rid of OOW and get OTA updates?
What errors are you getting, if any?
Is it a problem with the download of it, or the installation of the OTA?
The "Locked-OOW" is what the phone's state is before the root process, so that should not be the issue.
nihilist23
Newbie
Maybe I'm mistaken...it is just saying no update is needed...but I thought the stock rom I flashed back on was not the newest version. I am on version 2.3.5, build 4.67.651.3. Baseband version 2.15.00.12.19.
*Edit: Okay, literally moments after this post I ran another update check, and it found an update this time. I had run several before and it didn't see it...downloading it now.
*Final update: The update went through fine, so everything looks good.
*Edit: Okay, literally moments after this post I ran another update check, and it found an update this time. I had run several before and it didn't see it...downloading it now.
*Final update: The update went through fine, so everything looks good.
kooolaid79
Well-Known Member
Its been ages since I posted anything on this website. My Evo was working good until it blew up. The sd card smoked and then the phone locked down with no possible recovery. Lucky for me the TEPP (Total equipment protection plan) sent me a replacement Evo. Its very slow compared to a rooted Evo. Rooting seems to be getting tougher and toughter LOL I have a mac what would be the easiest possible way to root this phone again? Thanks again!
well the HTCdev method is the easiest way. but that is up to you.
kooolaid79
Well-Known Member
Thanks Ocnbrze! Still the fastest on responding! Would you be familiar with Mac especially the part where you have to use the command prompt?
i'm sorry i'm not really familiar with mac. but over at the HTCdev site it has instructions for macs. do you have questions on the commands. if so what is it? lets see how much i know about macs. LOL
kooolaid79
Well-Known Member
Cant get past step 8 because I dont know what the command prompt is in a Mac. Any ideas?
i believe that the fastboot command will be the same. it should not change. have you tried it?
kooolaid79
Well-Known Member
I pressed the fastboot command but all it did was open a window and said process complete.is that suppose to be a command prompt?
yes you are supposed to open a command window. i'm not really sure on macs on how to do that. but the fastboot command should work. you just need to open the command window that is opened in the right path. the command needs to be entered to where you have the android folder with the adb and fastboot.exe files.