Root Root For the APPLE NATION?

[mrbojanglez]

Is there a way to root the EVO with a MAC? I tried searching the forum, but NO LUCK! Just wondering what about the APPLE NATION! Show us some LOVE!

 

[iMethod]

Someone asked this question already but heres the instructions

I used this method.

IDIOT-PROOF Root Guide and Tutorial

Sign up for an account there so that you can either give thanks or ask critical questions. DO NOT START NEW THREADS THERE. Ask nicely for help only in that thread to begin with, and only if you've exhausted all other means by following my instructions here and their instructions there.


You won't need the extra zip package they suggest, your built-in one is fine.

Under your Documents folder, I suggest you make an EVO folder and do everything from there.

Where they tell you to get a DOS window, goto Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal -- open two of them, goto your EVO folder to start.

I'll presume that your Safari prefs are set to always download to a Download folder in your home area.

Open two Finder windows - one in Documents/EVO and the other in {your name}/Downloads. Don't try anything fancy on downloads unless specifically instructed. For most downloads, just let Safari alone and then drag your downloaded file from Downloads to EVO - do all operations there.

Safari -> Preferences -> General -- uncheck Open safe files after download. Unzip whatever you need with a double-click once a zip is in your EVO area. DO NOT UNZIP THINGS UNLESS EXPLICITLY TOLD TO.

When you plug your Evo into a USB port on the Mac, you should see a dialog on the Evo letting you select Charge Only or Disk Drive. If you miss it, you should be able to get to it by pulling down your Evo Notification Bar at the top of the screen.

To eject the Evo as a disk drive, first do in Mac Finder, then change to Charge Only on the Evo side.

If any command says to run adb under "tools" (you'll see) from a dos window, that's done in a terminal window like this:

./adb

When the "evo-recovery" command is called for, that's done like this in a terminal window:

./recovery-mac.sh

Before rooting, goto Evo Settings->Personalize->Scenes->Menu and save your desktop.

If you want to install the stock rooted rom, just after the Titanium Backup step, run it again, scroll down until you see [HTC] Desktop.... and back that up, too.

If you go with the stock rooted rom, you want to goto post 202 in that thread (pointed to above) and then do your first update. Doing updates by hand gives you practice. Then you want to search XDA for the pointer to the 1.47 update - because their wiki seems have been down since last night at least and I can't give you that link right now.

Go to the Root forum sticky at the top of the main page for this forum.

READ EVERYTHING, take your time.

READ THE XDA INSTRUCTIONS multiple times, take your time.

Then - read, read, read some more before beginning.

If you're the least bit confused or uncertain, ask questions in those other forums - not here. (As it is, I'm prolly gonna get flamed for even putting all of this here. My only justification - however weak - is that a Mac noob has to have somewhere really zero level to start.)

If my instructions here don't make sense, or what you read doesn't make sense, then hold off and read some more for a week.

Keeping your shirt on and taking your time to right in the first try is WAY more important that botching it and bricking your phone. If you do, Sprint will NOT help you - they'll say you voided your warranty.

Again - these are your baseline tips. See Root in this forum area, top of main page, then go to the XDA page.

Expect to spend much more time than the 30 minutes everyone is quoting. It's not a race. Slow down, take your time.

Do not skip any steps whatsoever. Read ahead of time so you know what to expect and then re-read ahead of time for each step - read at least three steps ahead at the end of every successful step.

That's the most help I can give you on this.

PS - Oh, yeah - you don't need HTC Sync. You should be able to find a suitable Mac script that does that just fine. If not, then check back here, and I'll either point you to one or just build you one - but I'll post it in XDA or up in Root forum or someplace appropriate.

PPS - Things have changed since the 1.47 update. READ, READ, READ, READ.

Finally - never do an OTA update on a rooted phone - OTA updates aren't for rooted phones and you'll tangle things nicely.

PS for new 2.2 rooters -

Original Thread - http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/118052-mac-root-all-evo.html

 

[Granite1]

Someone asked this question already but heres the instructions



Original Thread - http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/118052-mac-root-all-evo.html

Awesome, I didn't know this existed. Good find!!

 

[9to5cynic]

could also do it with parallels, or bootcamp. And possibly a VM, but I'm not sure on that one...

 

[Muellersirch]

That method will not work with 2.3.3 Evo's. You will need to use Revolutionary, which does not yet support Mac. Use boot camp/parallel to run linux.

 

[iMethod]

That method will not work with 2.3.3 Evo's. You will need to use Revolutionary, which does not yet support Mac. Use boot camp/parallel to run linux.

I think i heard that too im not sure about the whole mac thing cause i don't use mac but that sounds about right, yet he did not specify what version he was running.

 

[RyanMac]

Is there a way to root the EVO with a MAC? I tried searching the forum, but NO LUCK! Just wondering what about the APPLE NATION! Show us some LOVE!

Here , Here! I am a Mac user as well with an Evo and there not enough support for our community.

 

[EarlyMon]

Pffft.

And I bet you cats thought I'd forgotten about you - NEVER gonna happen, compadres!

OK - here's what you need to do to make revolutionary.io happen on a Mac, the free way -

1. Install a virtual machine (VM)
2. Install Ubuntu inside that machine
3. Do revolutionary from there

And - we have good friend willy900wonka at XDA to help light the way:

[Guide]Using Revolutionary and Getting Soff on a MAC - xda-developers

Note - that's for the Evo 3D, but so what, there is really only one sky, if you get my meaning.

He has some picture instructions on how to set up the VM linked to -

How to set up Ubuntu Linux on a Mac -- it's easy and free - TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

The pictures are a little out of date - but don't panic - the newer version with the different options - just accept the defaults on the extra setup screens. (Except where given the choice to say Linux/Ubuntu.)

And the VM - although free - is exactly what I'm using on one of my business Macs to run a Red Hat distribution - to be honest, in some ways, I like it better than Parallels (it's like the old Parallels in that it's easier to configure and it just works). Best of all, it's free, and you get it from here -

http://virtualbox.org

And you want to get and use Ubuntu 10.04 (again - instructions are for Ubuntu 9, and wonka said to use 10.10, but 10.04 is the long-term supported version and should do nicely - but I think you'll be able to get the idea). Like any virtual machine setup, you need a CD of an operating system - or just an ISO image of the install CD that VirtualBox can mount as a virtual CD. And you can get that from -

http://www.ubuntu.com/start-download?distro=desktop&bits=32&release=lts

That's for the 32-bit version, I am *pretty sure* that will work just fine.

It's going to look like a lot of fol-de-rol but it's what you expect:

• Set up virtual machine
• Set up Ubuntu
• Set up Android sdk to get adb and fastboot (if needed)
• Trust the revolutionary.io wiki - public:revolutionary [RootWiki]

Questions? Post 'em here, I'll do my best!

 

[iMethod]

Good job EarlyMon i totally forgot about that!

 

[mrbojanglez]

You are the man! I was just thinking why is MAC left out all the time?!? Why no love? I appreciate the help Earlymon! The APPLE nation thanks you! lol