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Root Evo 4g, s-off, no recovery

extatic

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Aug 19, 2011
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I downloaded all of the files required or atleast that i thought were required and proceeded to use the revolutionary tool to turn the S-OFF and install the clockwork mod (I am currently using my phone to connect my computer to the internet VIA PDA NET). So while i was using the revolutionary tool to attempt to root the phone it went through the process and turned the S-OFF Successfully but something was wrong with the img file and it did not flash the recovery etc... So basically all i have is S-OFF with no SU permissions or recovery and i'm lost at where to try to pick up on this. I would appreciate any help that someone could provide to me I've been searching the internet and IRC chat rooms for days and keep coming up at a dead end.
 
I downloaded all of the files required or atleast that i thought were required and proceeded to use the revolutionary tool to turn the S-OFF and install the clockwork mod (I am currently using my phone to connect my computer to the internet VIA PDA NET). So while i was using the revolutionary tool to attempt to root the phone it went through the process and turned the S-OFF Successfully but something was wrong with the img file and it did not flash the recovery etc... So basically all i have is S-OFF with no SU permissions or recovery and i'm lost at where to try to pick up on this. I would appreciate any help that someone could provide to me I've been searching the internet and IRC chat rooms for days and keep coming up at a dead end.

all you need to do is skip to the swicthing recoveries section in the guide and you can get the amon ra recovery to flash the su file.
 
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all you need to do is skip to the swicthing recoveries section in the guide and you can get the amon ra recovery to flash the su file.


I did a google search for RA Recovery and found this site
[Recovery] [09-Feb-2011] RA-supersonic-v2.3 - xda-developers

So you're saying to use this as opposed to the clockwork method? Could you point me at a step by step tutorial on how to do it with this recovery method? I'm pretty computer literate but this is my first time at attempting to root a phone.
 
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I did a google search for RA Recovery and found this site
[Recovery] [09-Feb-2011] RA-supersonic-v2.3 - xda-developers

So you're saying to use this as opposed to the clockwork method? Could you point me at a step by step tutorial on how to do it with this recovery method? I'm pretty computer literate but this is my first time at attempting to root a phone.

I think the steps are in the GB rooting guide. If not, go here for the instructions and a download link for the Amon RA 2.3 zip that you need.
 
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