Root HTC Evo 4G 0 MB storage.

[norman39]

Sorry I tried the cd Downloads thing. Always get
enigma@enigma-Aspire-M3470G:~/Downloads$ sudo ./fastboot-linux flash recovery recovery-ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-reloaded2.img
[sudo] password for enigma:
sudo: ./fastboot-linux: command not found. I can't install on linux. I have to choose a program to open file with.

 

[norman39]

enigma@enigma-Aspire-M3470G:~/Downloads/sdk-tools$ sudo ./fastboot-linux flash recovery recovery-ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-reloaded2.img

 

[norman39]

I used the bash option I missed and installed recovery. Sorry about that.

 

[EarlyMon]

I used the bash option I missed and installed recovery. Sorry about that.

Now boot into recovery and from the same location -

sudo ./adb-linux devices

 

[norman39]

No list of my device.

 

[EarlyMon]

No list of my device.

Yeah, I sort of expected that.

But it was worth a shot.

Anyway - you now know how to get to a reliable fastboot and adb without ever having to question if you have the right drivers or what.

Using Linux with the sdk-tools is really the best way to go.

 

[norman39]

Downloading Evervolv nightly again. I lost all my roms, etc when I installed Linux. I want a better then Gingerbread rom for my phone so I can use Geico and Iradionow apps. However I want to use front camera too.

 

[norman39]

How do I flash the rom from Linux? Can I do it without Micro sd card?

 

[EarlyMon]

How do I flash the rom from Linux? Can I do it without Micro sd card?

Nope. I think nope.

Without a system there, you're going to have to put the rom directly on the sd card by plugging it in to your pc (Windows is fine for that), move the card over to the phone, and flash the rom from recovery.

That's the normal way.

But we can try this, I don't know if it will work -

Put your rom into the Linux Downloads/sdk-tools folder.

In the Terminal say -

sudo ./fastboot-linux boot name-of-recovery-file

Try the install option - see if you can get to the rom zip file.

 

[norman39]

I will try that after it downloads. Thanks for help.

 

[norman39]

Well I tried and failed. Got the following on terminal.
enigma@enigma-Aspire-M3470G:~/Downloads/sdk-tools$ sudo ./fastboot-linux boot ev_supersonic-nightly-2014.11.22-squished.zip

creating boot image...
creating boot image - 165918720 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 23.734s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: reproduce boot image with on-flash ramdisk error)
finished. total time: 23.783s

 

[EarlyMon]

Nope. I think nope.

Without a system there, you're going to have to put the rom directly on the sd card by plugging it in to your pc (Windows is fine for that), move the card over to the phone, and flash the rom from recovery.

That's the normal way.

But we can try this, I don't know if it will work -

Put your rom into the Linux Downloads/sdk-tools folder.

In the Terminal say -

sudo ./fastboot-linux boot name-of-recovery-file

Try the install option - see if you can get to the rom zip file.

^ name of recovery file, not the rom

sudo ./fastboot-linux boot recovery-ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-reloaded2.img

That's going to run a temporary recovery that's tied to your pc storage.

If you're lucky enough, the recover will then see ev_supersonic-nightly-2014.11.22-squished.zip on your PC and let you install it.

I've used recovery like that (thank you @scotty85 !) but not for installing - but it won't hurt to try it.

There is no way to directly install a rom from fastboot.

Anything you've read on that applies only to some of the Nexus phones, and an s-off Evo with an engineering bootloader - and relatively few of us besides me ever had one of those.

With a production bootloader (what you have) - no fastboot rom installs ok.

So - good news - what you did - it didn't harm the phone at all and ought not have corrupted anything there.

 

[norman39]

Not going to work till I get sd card. What do I do if phone doesn't use that one? Maybe phone slot is dead. Get a micro sd card tomorrow and try.

 

[norman39]

I decided best to buy new Verizon phone. Got it today. No more flashing or rooting. Thank you for all your help and patience. Please delete this thread.