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Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

It says i have andrid version 2.3.3 but i still have watermark and hboot 2.18 lol

ok sorry i have the process wrong. you need to use the PC36IMG file that is linked in the guide. this will downgrade your phone to froyo and then you can full root your phone with unrevoked.

the PC36IMG file will give you your new hboot and no watermark
 
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i dont get it still tells me no such file or directory. Is there maybe another link where i could download that flash_image file. After i uninstalled Htc sync it actually started saying the right thing now when i type in adb shell

ok to be sure you have extracted the file and moved them to your sd card? no folders right?
 
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yup same thing no such file or directory and i copied and pasted. Now if i restore my nandroid to a android version 2.3.3 can i then run that pc36img file to get the hboot changed and watermark off?

ok lets try this then lets proceed on to the next step and install the froyo PC36IMG file which is the next step, step 11. once you have downgraded to froyo then you should be able to get unrevoked to root your phone.
 
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I just unrooted my phone so I could take it into get fixed, and the tech did the update for me, thanks a bunch! So that's why I'm here.

Anyway, I had the toughest time with the PC36IMG file to unroot because I was using an old 2gig micro sd card and read that it must be a sdhc card for it to work, threw it on my 16gig and worked right away.

That might be your problem above. But I barely have any idea what I'm talking about.
 
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i dont get it still tells me no such file or directory. Is there maybe another link where i could download that flash_image file. After i uninstalled Htc sync it actually started saying the right thing now when i type in adb shell
How are you extracting the zip files? Are you doing it on the computer, with the phone connected in disk drive mode, or are you doing it some other way? What program are you using to extract the files? It really shouldn't be giving you this much trouble. In reality you don't need to be NAND unlocked anyway. Was there a particular reason you wanted to be?
 
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How are you extracting the zip files? Are you doing it on the computer, with the phone connected in disk drive mode, or are you doing it some other way? What program are you using to extract the files? It really shouldn't be giving you this much trouble. In reality you don't need to be NAND unlocked anyway. Was there a particular reason you wanted to be?

i click to download the file and i click save, then and i did it by just opening it and then both times after download i just selected extract all. basically the tech updated my phone also and im tryin to get out of this stupid update.
 
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i click to download the file and i click save, then and i did it by just opening it and then both times after download i just selected extract all. basically the tech updated my phone also and im tryin to get out of this stupid update.

How are you extracting the zip files? Are you doing it on the computer, with the phone connected in disk drive mode, or are you doing it some other way? What program are you using to extract the files? It really shouldn't be giving you this much trouble. In reality you don't need to be NAND unlocked anyway. Was there a particular reason you wanted to be?

i read your post wrong sorry yeah i was unzipping it with the phone connected to disk drive. is there mabye another flash_image file link you could try to send me
 
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it did that to me to the first couple times i downloaded it. but now i can get it on my phone but adb shell keeps telling me no file or destination or somethin when i type in the command prompt on direction 9

are you making sure that you are in the sdk tools folder when you are entering the command? or in fastboot?

and you said that the screen looks different then what the captain has posted. do you remember what was different? also what path does the prompt in the command window gives you.

and maybe try posting a screen shot.
 
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i am having problems downloading flash_image as well. it has an error when trying to extract.
Did you verify the mean of the downloaded zip file, to make sure it downloaded okay? I'll check the file in the post and make sure it's okay.

EDIT: I just downloaded it directly to my phone, and the file extracted fine. I'm not sure why a few people are having issues with it.

EDIT 2: Try the file attached to this post and see if it makes any difference.
md5: 97B64A4C8CB22E39F79062402D26A126
 

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Hey my name is Jay and im new to all this and this forum. I have a HTC EVO 4g with the newest updates hboot 2.18 version 2.3.5 software 4.67.651.3. I was trying to root my phone so i came across this forum and seen the rooting Hboot 2.18 dummies guide and seen captain throwback steps to unlock your phone but i got to the part where you have to download two zip files mtd-eng.zip and flash_image.zip and extract the two but the files say they are invalid. what can i do
 
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are you making sure that you are in the sdk tools folder when you are entering the command? or in fastboot?

and you said that the screen looks different then what the captain has posted. do you remember what was different? also what path does the prompt in the command window gives you.

and maybe try posting a screen shot.
Hey guys thanks for the help i figured out what i was doing wrong i wasnt going to sdk tools folder in the command prompt but now i have another problem lol on step 8 and 9 when i am suppose to type adb shell in the cmd it just brings up a $ automatically it doesnt say:

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
*daemon started succesfully *
 
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