Root need help with rooting of htc evo v 4g virgin mobile

[casper604]

ive been trying to root my virgin mobile htc evo v for three days now and having no luck. every time i get the part where you have to enter the command promps i always get the system can not find the file specified plz help what am i doing wrong?

 

[Mikestony]

Welcome casper604!
I moved you to your device forum here so others can help out.
Check your p.m. (private message) box.

 

[Brian706]

I'd be happy to help you but I'm not familiar with the error you're describing... What guide are you following? Probably the best, most up to date guide for your phone is this: http://androidforums.com/showthread.php?t=695161

With some more information I can probably help you out some more

 

[casper604]

ive tried the htc bootloader unlock from htcdev and the newbies guide on here. with both i have got stuck. i think it is step three in the newbies guide. where you need to enter command promps. cd C:\sdk-tools and it always tells me the system can not find the path specified.

 

[Brian706]

Hmm have you extracted the mini sdk to the c: drive? From the sound of the error it seems the location doesn't exist.

Did you actually extract the zip to the location or did you just put the zip in that location? Or did you extract it somewhere else?

 

[casper604]

i extracted it in the sdk-tools folder but i dnt know if that counts as the c drive sorry im really new to all this

 

[Brian706]

It honestly doesn't matter where you extract it to but you have to run the commands from the location that you extract it to... It's a little hard to explain... Hmm. Maybe I could help you over team viewer to check the location and help you extract it to the location the guide suggests?

 

[casper604]

i got it all figured out but now im stuck with trying to do the command promp fastboot flash recovery recovery.img says it can load unknown error

 

[Brian706]

Maybe try downloading the recovery again in case it got corrupt during download?

 

[casper604]

ok got past that this is the message i have nowC:\sdk-tools> \fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
< waiting for device > and its not going any farther, do i have to do something specific to get the phone to react?

 

[casper604]

sorry i know im jumping all over the place.

 

[Brian706]

The only reasons I know for that message are either improper drivers, USB debugging not enabled in phone settings, interfering software such as HTC sync, iTunes, etc... Windows 8.

 

[casper604]

i do have htc sync dowloaded should i get rid of it?

 

[casper604]

just thought bout it. i wonder if my phone disabled usb debugging when is went back to stock.

 

[casper604]

mope that wasnt it. what can i do with htc sync and what drivers would i need and how to get them

 

[Palmetto Fellow]

mope that wasnt it. what can i do with htc sync and what drivers would i need and how to get them

HTC Sync puts the correct drivers on your PC. If you go into the software removal utility (uninstall programs), you should see HTC Sync and the HTC drivers listed separately. Remove HTC Sync, but don't uninstall the drivers.

Let us know how it goes.

 

[casper604]

thank you guys for all your help i got it all figured out and its rooted now after 4 days of trying lol. now onto my next issue. how to update my radio but i will start a new thread for that titled radio update if you guys would like to help me on that.