Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

JuiceBox316 · Feb 25, 2012

I'm confused, if I close the prompt and open a new blank one, wont it erase all the work done? I'm really sorry that I'm so unknowledgeable, so this may take a while for me to understand

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

JuiceBox316 said:
I'm confused, if I close the prompt and open a new blank one, wont it erase all the work done? I'm really sorry that I'm so unknowledgeable, so this may take a while for me to understand

no it will not erase the work you are doing. the tacoroot is installed on your phone already. we need to undo it by issuing the command. so all you will need to enter is the undo command and you are done with that step.

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

Team420 said:
Just got a replacement evo in the mail today (screen cracked on my old one :-( I have unlocked bootloader via htc dev method, now I'm wondering about the s-off... Is it necessary? Is it just the watermark that people are concerned about? Or am I missing something? In other words... is there any functionality I will be missing by not getting s-off? I dont really care about the watermark myself, my phone is out of warranty and I have insurance, asurion, and sprint already know my last evo was rooted, and that I planned to root this one, so is the extra step of getting s-off really important?

Thank in advance, and sorry if this has been asked/answered already

you will not loose any functionality. you will be able to do like evey other rooted evo can do. it is mostly the watermark that people have issues with.

JuiceBox316 · Feb 25, 2012

I closed it, and now im trying to reopen adb.. and it pops up for a split second and then disappears.. I can't even get to it now..

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

JuiceBox316 said:
I closed it, and now im trying to reopen adb.. and it pops up for a split second and then disappears.. I can't even get to it now..

are you talking about the command window?

JuiceBox316 · Feb 25, 2012

yes. I open up adb.exe and it flashes and then disappears.. knew I should have talked to someone before starting.. I just dont understand why everything worked upto step 12, and now I can't even get a command prompt to open...waiting for my phone to blow up

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

JuiceBox316 said:
yes. I open up adb.exe and it flashes and then disappears.. knew I should have talked to someone before starting.. I just dont understand why everything worked upto step 12, and now I can't even get a command prompt to open...waiting for my phone to blow up

no do not run adb.exe. just press and hold shift and then right click on the android folder you setup initially. then select open command window here option. in the command window enter the undo command

JuiceBox316 · Feb 25, 2012

wow.. that worked.. and I trek on.. Thank you so much for the help. this was a great first experience here.. I may be back with more help needed soon. Thank you!

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

JuiceBox316 said:
wow.. that worked.. and I trek on.. Thank you so much for the help. this was a great first experience here.. I may be back with more help needed soon. Thank you!

no worries. let us know if you run into any more issues. and keep us posted when you are fully rooted.

JuiceBox316 · Feb 25, 2012

lol next step issue.. So it's telling me to rename the pc36img file.. but when I extracted the zip after downloading there were multiple files in the download. Is there a specific one I should be renaming? I have to go to work for a few hours, I will be back to continue.. thank you for your help once again!

Team420 · Feb 25, 2012

ocnbrze said:
you will not loose any functionality. you will be able to do like evey other rooted evo can do. it is mostly the watermark that people have issues with.

Thanks! However.... I'm having an issue trying to instal this recovery Amon Ra Style Recovery for Supersonic - xda-developers

I had version 3.08 on my old evo, and wanted to restore my nand from that phone to the new one, however, the root process left me with amon ra 2.3, and it will not restore my nands from the 3.08 I had on the old evo, so I downloaded the 3.08 from that thread, and got the "update failed, main version is older" message, I then tried 3.10 (flashing in hboot mind you) and it parsed, and that was it, still got ra 2.3??

Team420 · Feb 25, 2012

Never mind, just pushed it thru adb, and gots my old recovery back!

it still wont restore my nand tho :-(

shogun021 · Feb 25, 2012

where can i find the file pc36img??

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

JuiceBox316 said:
lol next step issue.. So it's telling me to rename the pc36img file.. but when I extracted the zip after downloading there were multiple files in the download. Is there a specific one I should be renaming? I have to go to work for a few hours, I will be back to continue.. thank you for your help once again!

no do not extract it. leave it intact. never extract anything unless told to do so.

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

shogun021 said:
where can i find the file pc36img??

welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!
what PC36IMG file are you asking about? PC36IMG is a generic name. it can be used for a lot of different things. it can be used for radios,splashscreens, bootanimations, recoveries, and ruu's. so we need to know what you are trying to do.

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

Team420 said:
Never mind, just pushed it thru adb, and gots my old recovery back! it still wont restore my nand tho :-(

yeah i forgot to do that step as well. lol

not sure on why you can't restore your old nandroid backups? what does it do?

shogun021 · Feb 25, 2012

Thanks for the help i was looking for the one on this post! Im trying to root my Evo 4g with the Taco method. The only problem im having is using the command prompt. I get the window from the "android" folder i created but when i enter commands it says device not found. I have my phone on usb debugging, un checked fast boot, etc. Do I need to connect it with HTC Sync first or something?

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

shogun021 said:
Thanks for the help i was looking for the one on this post! Im trying to root my Evo 4g with the Taco method. The only problem im having is using the command prompt. I get the window from the "android" folder i created but when i enter commands it says device not found. I have my phone on usb debugging, un checked fast boot, etc. Do I need to connect it with HTC Sync first or something?

do you have htc sync installed. if so that is all you need. what step are you on?

shogun021 · Feb 25, 2012

ocnbrze said:
do you have htc sync installed. if so that is all you need. what step are you on?

Yes its installed, Im stuck on step 7. After it reboots( to regular home menu) and i type the first command it says "device not found". Thanks for your help.

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

shogun021 said:
Yes its installed, Im stuck on step 7. After it reboots( to regular home menu) and i type the first command it says "device not found". Thanks for your help.

is your phone set as charge only as well?

shogun021 · Feb 25, 2012

ocnbrze said:
is your phone set as charge only as well?

ok so the i got it working , but didnt get the "#" (step 12).. is it safe to disconnect phone and restart again??

ocnbrze · Feb 25, 2012

shogun021 said:
ok so the i got it working , but didnt get the "#" (step 12).. is it safe to disconnect phone and restart again??

no need to disconnect. just start over by doing the undo command in step#13. now you can start over. your phone at this point is unstable.

Team420 · Feb 26, 2012

ocnbrze said:
yeah i forgot to do that step as well. lol

not sure on why you can't restore your old nandroid backups? what does it do?

It starts to restore, then just says,"oops, something went wrong" Idk... If I could find the recovery log, I might have an idea.... I'm guessing different hardware versions or something to that effect tho...

*EDIT* Found the log... Heres the 1st couple lines...

Starting recovery on Sat Feb 25 22:15:39 2012
can't open /dev/tty0: No such file or directory
framebuffer: fd 3 (480 x 800)
Build : RA-supersonic-v3.08-gnm
I:Set boot command "boot-recovery"
Command: "/sbin/recovery"

ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=0
ro.debuggable=1
persist.service.adb.enable=1
ro.config.ringtone=Windchimer.mp3

No such file or directory??

JuiceBox316 · Feb 26, 2012

Ok.. Gotcha.. just moved the zip to the android folder.. its been about 18 hours since I was continuing with the root, should I restart? Or can I pick up where I left off?

yadig87 · Feb 26, 2012

in new to these forums but i was reading dont use korean version for evo 4g but when i look for regular i cant find evo 4g nowhere. if anyone can help i ll appreciate it thanks!

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