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Root [S-Off] Facepalm S-Off for HTC Evo 4g LTE

jl79 said:
I think I only have SuperSU, but like I said earlier it wont up date the binary for some reason...it keeps telling me "installation failed" when I tap "OK" to update.
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I'm betting thats the heart of your problem then.

Do apps have root access?
 
ok yeah some how it is superuser issue. maybe try a differnet rom? try one of the stock rooted roms just for s-off then you can reflash viper.
 
ocnbrze said:
ok yeah some how it is superuser issue. maybe try a differnet rom? try one of the stock rooted roms just for s-off then you can reflash viper.
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Okay, I'm gonna have to work on that tomorrow...Daddy duties are calling! Do you think switching to Super User from SuperSU would maybe work?
 
Rxpert83 said:
It could, I'd try just uninstalling supersu and flashing the normal superuser files from the recovery.
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I disabled SuperSU and installed Superuser and it also wont update the binary, it keeps saying "Gaining root access...fail" in the Binary Updater screen.
 
Well I think I really need to call it a day and try again tomorrow, think Ill start with flashing a stock ROM...can anyone suggest a good ROM to use? I am on 3.15.651.16 currently.
 
There was a version of SuperSU reporting problems for some.

The SuperSU 1.04 that comes with the latest Viper4G goes straight to the root prompt.

I didn't have any trouble with the 1.10 rev either.

Agree that something's been hosed, and that at this point a clean rom install is best.

Remember, whenever updating SuperSU, open it and see if it wants to update the binary - if it asks, always agree.

If you want the flashable version, open SuperSU, go to its settings, click to get to the XDA link.

Best luck!
 
jl79 said:
I know how to use the command prompt in Windows, and have gotten unlocked with the HTCDev method and I am running the ViperROM.

I just dont understand what the actual first step is...do I open command promt from the Android folder and then just enter this?

adb shell su echo -ne "22222222" | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=20
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BTW, the XDA OP shows that as three lines -


[HIGH]adb shell
su
echo -ne "22222222" | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=20[/HIGH]It tends to copy/paste on the web as one line - do each one separately.

After the adb shell command, you should have a prompt with a $ char at the end.

After the su command, you should have a prompt that ends with the # char.

Some setups will take you directly to root, where you'll have the # prompt - you can skip the su step at that point.

Hope that helps.

PS - ocn mentioned this on the first page, a reminder on this page seemed pretty cromulent to me.
 
EarlyMon said:
BTW, the XDA OP shows that as three lines -


[HIGH]adb shell
su
echo -ne "22222222" | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 bs=1 seek=20[/HIGH]It tends to copy/paste on the web as one line - do each one separately.

After the adb shell command, you should have a prompt with a $ char at the end.

After the su command, you should have a prompt that ends with the # char.

Some setups will take you directly to root, where you'll have the # prompt - you can skip the su step at that point.

Hope that helps.

PS - ocn mentioned this on the first page, a reminder on this page seemed pretty cromulent to me.
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Okay, sounds good! Thanks for that detailed information!

After I flash a stock rooted ROM and try to achieve S-OFF would you suggest I also update the firmware to 3.16.651.3 so that I am able to flash the latest ViperROM?
 
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