mikem0269
Android Expert
Do not extract it just move it to the SD card and go to recovery and flash it from there. I'm not familer with cm but it should be something like flash SIP from sd
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Root ROOTING For Dummies Guide.....the Gingerbread Edition
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Do not extract it just move it to the SD card and go to recovery and flash it from there. I'm not familer with cm but it should be something like flash SIP from sd
ummmm that should be "zip" not SIP
and mikey here is correct. never extract any files unless you are told to do so. anything that gets flashed in recovery needs to be zipped in for the recovery to flash it.
also i would read this guide and switch recovery to amon ra2.3 it is waaaay better then cwm.
also you can just flash a custom rom like mikg3.11 which is way better then stock anyways. but that is up to you.
mikem0269
Android Expert
Oppsummmm that should be "zip" not SIP
and mikey here is correct. never extract any files unless you are told to do so. anything that gets flashed in recovery needs to be zipped in for the recovery to flash it.
also i would read this guide and switch recovery to amon ra2.3 it is waaaay better then cwm.
also you can just flash a custom rom like mikg3.11 which is way better then stock anyways. but that is up to you.
TypoSoon2bedraggin
Lurker
Does anyone have a working link for the SU?
If you flash a custom rom you should be good to go.
welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!
the one in the op works. it is found in the before root section. but here it is: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip
and nick is right there are way better roms then the stock one. try mikg3.11 it has su cooked in as all custom roms will have.
alright guys just made some changes to the unrooting process. i made it so that flashing the radio is not in the initial process. but only if you are having problems with unrooting.
Funny you should bring this up, I just spent all day yesterday unrooting my father in law so he could take his phone in to get looked at. Now keep in mind I did this over the phone and through teamviewer so I couldn't see everything he was seeing. It took me forever to get the radios to flash, but I'm not sure if when we first did it he didn't do something right on his end or not.
It just kept taking him back to the flash something from zip screen, but I think it might have been telling him to reboot the phone to complete the process and he wasn't seeing it. So I ended up trying to flash the hboot without downgrading radios (he was two updates ahead-05.02 I think) and it didn't work until I got the radios flashed.
I ended up re-flashing his recovery and flashing the radios and all was great after that. Now, like I said, I'm not sure it was necessary to re-flash the recovery because he may have not been noticing the "reboot to finish installation" message at the bottom.
So moral of the story for anyone doing it, when you flash the radios it should tell you to reboot to finish the process, so keep an eye out for that. My father in law isn't tech savvy at all, so he might not have seen it, I'm not sure.
Anyway thanks again for the great guide OCN, keep it up.
sinisterkiddd
Lurker
First time posting, apologies if I screw up the terminology. I'm trying to unroot my phone back to gingerbread (stock evo 4g software). When I try to flash the second PC36IMG (i have it named exactly that), it comes up with
--Installing: /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That is when I go through recovery mode, go to install zip from sd card, and then choose that one. When booting through hboot, it does not ask me if I want to update. Ideas?
--Installing: /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
That is when I go through recovery mode, go to install zip from sd card, and then choose that one. When booting through hboot, it does not ask me if I want to update. Ideas?
CapThrowback
Android Expert
What is your HBOOT version?
welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
ok first off you can'y flash the PC36IMG file thru recovery. it needs to be flashed via the bootloader.
and to make sure you are using the correct method, can you please provide the info that the captain has asked for. the hboot version can be found in the bootloader screen.
sinisterkiddd
Lurker
Thanks! I really hope I get the help I need, because I'm feeling pretty helpless at this point..
hboot version is 6.17.0001, I should also note that when in the bootloader it does seem to recognize the PC36IMG.zip, but does not ask if I want to update.
Also, because I can't remember if I mentioned this, I am trying to get my phone back to out of the box settings. The main reason being that my phone is not getting service and Sprint (of course) says that they do not know how to fix it since it's been rooted. Not sure if that was worth putting down, but again, pretty new at this, better too much info than not enough =]
hboot version is 6.17.0001, I should also note that when in the bootloader it does seem to recognize the PC36IMG.zip, but does not ask if I want to update.
Also, because I can't remember if I mentioned this, I am trying to get my phone back to out of the box settings. The main reason being that my phone is not getting service and Sprint (of course) says that they do not know how to fix it since it's been rooted. Not sure if that was worth putting down, but again, pretty new at this, better too much info than not enough =]
sinisterkiddd
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My phone isn't getting service. It is able to get on WiFi, Bluetooth, and GPS believe it or not (put in the address on wifi, it took me all the way there without a hitch), but not 3G or regular phone calls, same with texts. Sprint says it's been added to my account, whether or not that means it's activated on their end I don't know, but I assume not.
I'll give you more to the story. Broke my phone, blah blah blah, bought a new one of CL already rooted.
Called Sprint to activate it, they tie the new phone to my line and tell me to put ##786# into the phone app to get an activation screen, which doesn't come up. After a few different numbers and no success, they tell me to bring it in to the store near my house, where they factory reset my phone again with no success, and tell me to bring it back to them when it's unrooted so they can help me further.
That's kind of where I'm at right now. Again, it's s-on, but I can't get it to flash the Gingerbread (?) or stock rom or whatever you call it to get it back to the way it would look out of the box.
If there's any other information you need let me know, I'm really hoping I can fix this today, so I'll be online for most of the day.
I'll give you more to the story. Broke my phone, blah blah blah, bought a new one of CL already rooted.
Called Sprint to activate it, they tie the new phone to my line and tell me to put ##786# into the phone app to get an activation screen, which doesn't come up. After a few different numbers and no success, they tell me to bring it in to the store near my house, where they factory reset my phone again with no success, and tell me to bring it back to them when it's unrooted so they can help me further.
That's kind of where I'm at right now. Again, it's s-on, but I can't get it to flash the Gingerbread (?) or stock rom or whatever you call it to get it back to the way it would look out of the box.
If there's any other information you need let me know, I'm really hoping I can fix this today, so I'll be online for most of the day.
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
It sounds to me like you had an AOSP ROM installed. You would have only needed to flash a sense-based ROM to allow it to activate.
Run this program from your computer to finish the unrooting process.
http://www.multiupload.com/LLV12N2WU8
Run this program from your computer to finish the unrooting process.
http://www.multiupload.com/LLV12N2WU8
sinisterkiddd
Lurker
Do I need to have my phone in any particular mode before I run this? bootloader, recovery, anything?
sinisterkiddd
Lurker
is there another link for that? it seems to be broken.
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Hello there!
What ROM are you on? If you are still on the stock ROM it doesn't have the hacked hotspot.
You can either flash a custom ROM with the hacked hotspot such as mikG3.11 (recommended)
Or get the hacked hotspot for your ROM
if you are rooted you can install android wifi tether.. i normally get rid of the hotspot app.
welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!
glad you came upon this great commnity of evo owners. and i'm very glad the guide helped you. i would suggest that you follow the after root section as it has a ton of info that will help you in the rooted world.
now go and get your flash on
no worries. glad you were able to get s-on. getting a new phone huh?