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Root ROOTING For Dummies Guide.....the Gingerbread Edition

TecMan said:
Hi Friends:

Just want to thank you all your support...my Evo 4g has S-off and I could run all steps (1 to 13)...I'm on rooting side...it's my first time...all I want to do for now is erase the original apps that I don't need from 2.3.3

Can I run Titanium Backup to backup and erase those apps?

Thanks again,

TecMan
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just be careful on what you delete. check out the op. i added a bloatware section. it has a link with a list of apps that is safe. check it out. also i would use tb to just freeze things.
 
that guide just keeps getting bigger =P last night it was just how to root. Now you have all these links and guides added. =]
 
I ran revolutionary.exe and made it through the following.

Zerging Root... this might take a minute or so.. Root acquired!
Sending in Caroline...
Cleaning up...
Rebooting to fastboot...
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!

Waiting for fastboot...
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When I get to HBOOT, it always reads S-ON. I've tried running it about 5 times and I never see S-OFF. Anyone else having this problem? I'm on HBOOT 2.16.0001.
 
Anzhie said:
Hi Guys!

I seem to have followed all the steps, and I have S-Off, but ClockworkMod Recovery failed to download. I cannot get into recovery, I keep getting the red exclamation mark. I have pulled the battery, reset the phone, rerun Revolutionary which keeps telling me I already have S-Off, and offers to install CWM, which fails again. I'm not sure what to do at this point, and would appreciate it if someone could help. Thanks in advance!
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This happened to me a few minutes ago, but I got around it.

I put the Amon RA PC36IMG file on my SD card and turned the phone on using the Vol-down&Power method (not sure what this is called, my first time rooting). Once the screen of options came up, the phone had discovered the Amon Recovery file and asked if I wanted to install it. I said yes, followed the instructions, rebooted using the same Vol-down&Power method, and selected Recovery from the list of options (after telling it I didn't want to install the PC36IMG again, I forgot to delete it!).

Once in Recovery, I used the install file from zip option to add the superuser file that was already on the SDcard from the first few steps.

Hope this helps a bit.

Richard
 
I am not sure that this is the correct forum to post this question but I wanted to know which ROM and/or kernel combination would you personally recommend to increase battery life and speed?
 
hmm im new to this as well so i don't know that but there should be a thread for that. if not then just look around.
 
yatti said:
I am not sure that this is the correct forum to post this question but I wanted to know which ROM and/or kernel combination would you personally recommend to increase battery life and speed?
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check the forums. there is plenty of threads that are out now with suggestions. lets try to keep this thread about rooting and issues
 
richard.tufty said:
This happened to me a few minutes ago, but I got around it.

I put the Amon RA PC36IMG file on my SD card and turned the phone on using the Vol-down&Power method (not sure what this is called, my first time rooting). Once the screen of options came up, the phone had discovered the Amon Recovery file and asked if I wanted to install it. I said yes, followed the instructions, rebooted using the same Vol-down&Power method, and selected Recovery from the list of options (after telling it I didn't want to install the PC36IMG again, I forgot to delete it!).

Once in Recovery, I used the install file from zip option to add the superuser file that was already on the SDcard from the first few steps.

Hope this helps a bit.

Richard
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I tried that, and it worked flawlessly. I am now rooted! Thanks a bunch!
 
yatti said:
I am not sure that this is the correct forum to post this question but I wanted to know which ROM and/or kernel combination would you personally recommend to increase battery life and speed?
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Well, if you want sense, check out mik's work.

And I always have liked myn's warm 2.2 (froyo) with the netarchy kernel.

I'm using CM7 with tiamat right now though. They are all good.
 
Sorry about the diversion...

9to5cynic said:
Well, if you want sense, check out mik's work.

And I always have liked myn's warm 2.2 (froyo) with the netarchy kernel.

I'm using CM7 with tiamat right now though. They are all good.
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And yes, I will definitely look into these programs. Thank You!
 
im so glad it came out when it did i just had got my tablet in th email i was getting worried i would have to pay 30 bucks a month for my own wifi
 
So I switched my recovery to amon ra... I see that I have the nandroid on my root... how do I get rid of clockwork mod? Or do I not? Slightly confused.... I'm so new to the world of root!!!
 
hmm i switched to Amon Ra and i didnt get rid of Clockwork mod. i dont think it makes a difference since you installed that. It probally gets rid of it, im not sure though=/ sorry i couldnt be more help .
 
First of all this website rocks and everyone is always so helpful and knowledgeable! I've been patiently waiting for an exploit to be found, and finally there is one! I think to myself, Hell YES!! I couldn't wait to finally root my phone, but alas I ran into a problem! I'm a complete newb to rooting so I know I must be missing the basics. I was really hoping Oceanbreeze's guide would help me get started, but I ran into a problem right away LOL! I don't know how to put the "superuser" zip file into the root folder. I can't find it anywhere when I plug my phone into my computer. I downloaded the drivers from the Revolutionary website as well. Do I make up a "root folder" into the sdcard? I'm also not completely sure if this is the correct thread to post this in, so I apologize ahead of time for disrupting any kind of flow.
 
You only have one recovery. Amon-ra is one version of recovery. Clockwork is another. If you flash amon-ra you no longer have clockwork. :)
 
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