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Root rooted evo 4G not updating apps

have you already used the revolutionary tool?

SU file is supposed to be on the root of the card until after you do.

You haven't really indicated what step you are on in the guide, but make sure you follow it step by step.
 
I'm unrooting
I put he PC36IMG in the root of the card and restarted (after doing an unmount and wiped it). The phone dosen't seem to be picking up the file when it reboots. At least it isn't asking me to choose the file.
 
congaman59 said:
I'm unrooting
I put he PC36IMG in the root of the card and restarted (after doing an unmount and wiped it). The phone dosen't seem to be picking up the file when it reboots. At least it isn't asking me to choose the file.
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Sorry, i thought you were rooting, my bad.
 
Ok, Lots of people have had problems having the file recognized because they didn't rename it exactly the same or they added .zip to the end. windows already has zip on there, hidden, so you end up having .zip on there twice and it doesn't work then.
 
The only thing on the card is:
.android_secure
Lost.dir
pc36img
I was getting (yahoo) and (rhapsody) on there too but I uninstalled the those apps, and they're not going back on there anymore.

When I reboot I see that fast boot is in red I choose the option when Hboot is in blue. then reboot but I thought it should ask me to choose the file Up for one thing Down for another.
I assuming those 2 files are supposed to be on the card and the card has to be mounted to do this.
IS it ok for there to be apps on the phone memory?
One more Question I am supposed to put the zip file, not the .img file in the root?
 
congaman59 said:
The only thing on the card is:
.android_secure
Lost.dir
pc36img
I was getting (yahoo) and (rhapsody) on there too but I uninstalled the those apps, and they're not going back on there anymore.

When I reboot I see that fast boot is in red I choose the option when Hboot is in blue. then reboot but I thought it should ask me to choose the file Up for one thing Down for another.
I assuming those 2 files are supposed to be on the card and the card has to be mounted to do this.
IS it ok for there to be apps on the phone memory?
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if you are in hboot, it will scan for the files. if hboot does not see it, then on the screen it will flash a bunch of stuff and mainly it should say something like no image or wrong image found. and then give you the normal hboot menu of:
fastboot
recovery
clear storage
simlock
hboot usb

if you see that and then there is not option to select yes to update then something is wrong. the most common reasons are that it is not named correctly and or that it is not placed on the root of the card. that means not in any folder. just on the card. it could also be a bad download as well.
 
ok I downloaded the file again and named it exactly what I was supposed to name it. I put my computer cursor in a blank area below the other 2 folders and right clicked to do a paste from the desktop of my pc where i had saved the file and renamed it to remove the numbers from the right as well as the .zip extension.
I unplugged the phone from the USB cable and did a reboot with the sound down button pushed
the screen has Hboot in blue above and fastboot in blue below the options. I then push the power button again. I see where the text says scanning for Pc36IMG then loading the same. Then is says no.img or something like that it moves so fast it's hard ro read itHowever I still get no choice. I have usb debugging on and the default opting is still on disc drive is that ok?
 
congaman59 said:
ok I downloaded the file again and named it exactly what I was supposed to name it. I put my computer cursor in a blank area below the other 2 folders and right clicked to do a paste from the desktop of my pc where i had saved the file and renamed it to remove the numbers from the right as well as the .zip extension.
I unplugged the phone from the USB cable and did a reboot with the sound down button pushed
the screen has Hboot in blue above and fastboot in blue below the options. I then push the power button again. I see where the text says scanning for Pc36IMG then loading the same. Then is says no.img or something like that it moves so fast it's hard ro read itHowever I still get no choice. I have usb debugging on and the default opting is still on disc drive is that ok?
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wait you deleted the .zip extension? do not do that just do not add an extra extension.
 
Now I need to check to see if S- is off now that I'm unrooted how do I do that?
Then where do I go to get re-rooted?
Do I run the sprint update to gingerbead, or just run some other instructions?
You suggested mikg2.5 for a new rom. Will that run pretty much any app? I use vingo for voice dialing in the car.
 
congaman59 said:
Now I need to check to see if S- is off now that I'm unrooted how do I do that?
Then where do I go to get re-rooted?
Do I run the sprint update to gingerbead, or just run some other instructions?
You suggested mikg2.5 for a new rom. Will that run pretty much any app? I use vingo for voice dialing in the car.
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sorry about editing your post, but listing all of your apps is not necessary. apps are apps. they should all work with your evo regardless of what rom you are on, unless the app is not designed for the evo.

as far as if you have s-on or s-off. check your hboot. also what hboot do you have? if it is hboot 2.16 then use revolutionary. if it is hboot 2.10 or less then ue unrevoked.

not sure why you unrooted, but yes mikg will run any app. all roms should be able to run any app.
 
no problem with the edit. I unrooted because my phone wouldn't update the apps on my SD card anymore.
Do I now start at the beginning of Rooting for Dummies to root my phone? I found this page.
Download Links
But I have no idea which file to download.
 
congaman59 said:
no problem with the edit. I unrooted because my phone wouldn't update the apps on my SD card anymore.
Do I now start at the beginning of Rooting for Dummies to root my phone? I found this page.
Download Links
But I have no idea which file to download.
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ok with mikg do a full wipe (data, dalvik cache and cache), next flash the supwerwipe, and then flash mikg2.5. after that you can wipe only dalvik cache and cache and flash 2.51. and finally you wipe again dalvik cache and cache and flash the 2.51 to 2.52 patch.
 
This probably a newb question... Now that I am back on the unrooted ver. I believe I have to put something on the phone to get to the loader again. right? cause holding down the power and volume doesn't do anything now.
 
congaman59 said:
This probably a newb question... Now that I am back on the unrooted ver. I believe I have to put something on the phone to get to the loader again. right? cause holding down the power and volume doesn't do anything now.
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Uncheck Fast boot. Menu>settings>Power>Uncheck fast boot
 
ok I am doing the "before rooting" section. I put the "superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip on root of my clean sd card. which is still unmounted. Do I restart the phone before I go to the point of putting revolutionary on the phone?
 
congaman59 said:
ok I am doing the "before rooting" section. I put the "superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip on root of my clean sd card. which is still unmounted. Do I restart the phone before I go to the point of putting revolutionary on the phone?
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you do not put revolutionary on your phone. it is run on your computer. just follow the steps in the guide exactly.
 
ok but what about the "superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip" file after I put it on the root of the phone do I restart before I do whatever with the next part with revolutionary?
 
OK I downloaded revolutionary and put it on my pc. Unziped it to a folder the ran the .exe and took the number it generated in the website to make the key. I put eh key in the web site and then put that key back on the dos window. I keep getting invalid key when I hit enter.
 
congaman59 said:
OK I downloaded revolutionary and put it on my pc. Unziped it to a folder the ran the .exe and took the number it generated in the website to make the key. I put eh key in the web site and then put that key back on the dos window. I keep getting invalid key when I hit enter.
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it needs to be exact and it is case sensitive. some people have had success by using notepad or notepad+. just copy the key and paste it into notepad and then use that to paste the key into the revolutionary window. click on the upper left hand corner and select edit and select paste.
 
I got it to work. figured out the copy and paste. OK I'm rooted again, now on to flashing the rom you suggested. Anything I need to know before I move on to that step?

I suppose the next thing I need to figure out is whether to keep my apps partly on the phone or all on the card? I have a class 4 card right now so from what I read that might be too slow to keep all the app on the card?
Another thing, should I partition my SD card? Or is too late now that it has data on it. I know a little about partitioning hard drives, but not about SD memory.
The next thing will be getting my apps back on the phone from the back up I made earlier. Honestly I think there might have been a corrupted app in the bunch cause one of the app utilities would never count all the apps It would get to like #105 and quit. so maybe I should re-download the apps? I don't know. Sorry this is so long.
Thanks again for all the help!
 
congaman59 said:
I got it to work. figured out the copy and paste. OK I'm rooted again, now on to flashing the rom you suggested. Anything I need to know before I move on to that step?

I suppose the next thing I need to figure out is whether to keep my apps partly on the phone or all on the card? I have a class 4 card right now so from what I read that might be too slow to keep all the app on the card?
Another thing, should I partition my SD card? Or is too late now that it has data on it. I know a little about partitioning hard drives, but not about SD memory.
The next thing will be getting my apps back on the phone from the back up I made earlier. Honestly I think there might have been a corrupted app in the bunch cause one of the app utilities would never count all the apps It would get to like #105 and quit. so maybe I should re-download the apps? I don't know. Sorry this is so long.
Thanks again for all the help!
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1.i would think about switching recoveries and maybe make a nandroid backup as well. after that all you have to do is follow the guide on how to flash a rom and flash mikg. (you may need to switch recoveries anyways to us the superwipe.)

2.it is not too late to partition your card if you want to. there is a section in the guide on how to partition your card.

3.if you want a clean start then re-download all of your apps.
 
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