In preparation for rooting my Evo 4G I did a lot of reading up on the procedure to root as well as partition my new sd card. I also made my own instructions by doing some cutting & pasting from the various guides found here. TY to ocnbrze, Capt Throwback, Stevcha, Rxpert, and anyone else who had a part in building these very helpful guides.
I'm going to post my instructions here in hopes that any of you who look them over and find issues can point them out to me. TY in advance to any of you who do.
You will need to download these files:
Step 1: HTCdev bootloader unlocker
1. Go to the htc website:HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader
2.at the very far right there should be a drop down menu. Scroll all the way down to the bottom until you see "All Other Supported Models". Do not select the evo 4g(korean). that is an entirely different phone.
3. Just follow the steps and use the files that you downloaded earlier when asked.
4. You will then get an email and follow directions according to the email.
5. Congrats!!!!!!!! You have now just unlocked your bootloader
Here is a step by step as stated on the htcdev.com site.
1. Remove and insert the battery
2. Press and hold power+vol down
3. With the vol buttons highlight fastboot and select it with your power button.
4. Connect the device to the computer via usb cable
5. Create a new folder and call it android
6. Navigate to the android sdk r-12 folder and run the sdk manager.exe file
7. Wait 3 minutes and then only update android sdk platform toolsand android sdk tools
8. Go to the android sdk platform tools folder and copy adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll and paste it into the android folder you created earlier.
9. Go to the android sdk tools folder and copy fastboot.exe and paste it also to the android folder as well.
10. Right click on your android folder while holding shift and select open command window here (3rd or 4th option).
11. In the command window type:
Code:
[FONT="]fastboot oem get_identifier_token[/FONT]
13. You will need to copy the long block of text that is displayed
Right Click > Mark > highlight the block of text > Right click to copy
14. The first line you should highlight should be:
<<<<<Identifier Token Start>>>>>
and end with:
<<<<<Identifier Token End>>>>>
15. Paste the text into the token field and then hit submit.
16. You will then get an email with the unlock key and commands to finish the process.
Step 2: How to get Recovery
How to install amon ra2.3 with android flasher.
1. Download android flasher from here:
AF Downloader
2. Extract it to someplace on your desktop where you can find it.
3. Next you will need to download amon ra 2.3from here:
PC36IMG_RA_2.3.zip
4. Extract the img.file and place it some where you will be able to find it.
5. Run android flasher
6. Go to the recovery slot and select browse and then navigate to the amon ra .img file
7. Select it and then select recovery
8. Then at the very bottom select flash
congrats!!!!!! you now have amon ra 2.3 installed.
Step 3: Partition SD Card
1. Copy your content of the card to a computer because partitioning will wipe the card's content.
2. Go into recovery and select partition your sd card
3. Enter 32 for swap, and 1024 or 2048 for ext2, and do the rest for FAT
4. Select upgrade ext2 to ext3
6. Select usb-ms toggle and transfer your contents of your card on your computer back to the card.
5. Go to the main menu and do a full wipe (min data, dalvik cache and cache)
6. Flash the superwipe
7. Flash the rom of your choice.
8. Reboot
from now on it is recommended you wipe dalvik cache, cache, data and sd ext.before flashing roms. MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT SELECT WIPE SD CARD as it will do just that. your card will be erased. also make sure that when making a nandroid backup to select sd ext to be backed up as well.
Step 4: Flash a rom
1. First you need the vr superwipe (this is not a rom. this is a file that wipes your sytem partitions and also wipes all the temp files as well:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8709935/ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE.zip. download it and put it on your card. (optional)*
2. Download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
3. Go into recovery
4. Make a nandroid backup
5. Select wipe from the main menu and wipe dalvik cache, cache, and data
6. Select flash zip from sdcard
7. Find the superwipe file and select it.(optional)
8. Find your rom and select it.
9. Reboot.
First boot will take a bit longer then normal, so be patient.
For what it's worth I'm doing this for 2 reasons.
#1 I like me Evo 4G for the most part but have been increasingly frustrated by the internal memory(or lack there of!) issue.
#2 I would like to be able to have greater control of my phone(and future phones for that matter) so as to be able to use it in ways I simply can not in it's un-rooted state.
#3 I'm hoping to push off getting the LTEvo until it's been out at least 4-6 months and is bug free. Or as close to being bug free as possible.
I'm going to post my instructions here in hopes that any of you who look them over and find issues can point them out to me. TY in advance to any of you who do.
You will need to download these files:
- adb.exe
- fastboot.exe
- AdbWinApi.dll
- HTC Sync 3.0.5551
- Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
Step 1: HTCdev bootloader unlocker
1. Go to the htc website:HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader
2.at the very far right there should be a drop down menu. Scroll all the way down to the bottom until you see "All Other Supported Models". Do not select the evo 4g(korean). that is an entirely different phone.
3. Just follow the steps and use the files that you downloaded earlier when asked.
4. You will then get an email and follow directions according to the email.
5. Congrats!!!!!!!! You have now just unlocked your bootloader
Here is a step by step as stated on the htcdev.com site.
1. Remove and insert the battery
2. Press and hold power+vol down
3. With the vol buttons highlight fastboot and select it with your power button.
4. Connect the device to the computer via usb cable
5. Create a new folder and call it android
6. Navigate to the android sdk r-12 folder and run the sdk manager.exe file
7. Wait 3 minutes and then only update android sdk platform toolsand android sdk tools
8. Go to the android sdk platform tools folder and copy adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll and paste it into the android folder you created earlier.
9. Go to the android sdk tools folder and copy fastboot.exe and paste it also to the android folder as well.
10. Right click on your android folder while holding shift and select open command window here (3rd or 4th option).
11. In the command window type:
Code:
[FONT="]fastboot oem get_identifier_token[/FONT]
13. You will need to copy the long block of text that is displayed
Right Click > Mark > highlight the block of text > Right click to copy
14. The first line you should highlight should be:
<<<<<Identifier Token Start>>>>>
and end with:
<<<<<Identifier Token End>>>>>
15. Paste the text into the token field and then hit submit.
16. You will then get an email with the unlock key and commands to finish the process.
Step 2: How to get Recovery
How to install amon ra2.3 with android flasher.
1. Download android flasher from here:
AF Downloader
2. Extract it to someplace on your desktop where you can find it.
3. Next you will need to download amon ra 2.3from here:
PC36IMG_RA_2.3.zip
4. Extract the img.file and place it some where you will be able to find it.
5. Run android flasher
6. Go to the recovery slot and select browse and then navigate to the amon ra .img file
7. Select it and then select recovery
8. Then at the very bottom select flash
congrats!!!!!! you now have amon ra 2.3 installed.
Step 3: Partition SD Card
1. Copy your content of the card to a computer because partitioning will wipe the card's content.
2. Go into recovery and select partition your sd card
3. Enter 32 for swap, and 1024 or 2048 for ext2, and do the rest for FAT
4. Select upgrade ext2 to ext3
6. Select usb-ms toggle and transfer your contents of your card on your computer back to the card.
5. Go to the main menu and do a full wipe (min data, dalvik cache and cache)
6. Flash the superwipe
7. Flash the rom of your choice.
8. Reboot
from now on it is recommended you wipe dalvik cache, cache, data and sd ext.before flashing roms. MAKE SURE THAT YOU DO NOT SELECT WIPE SD CARD as it will do just that. your card will be erased. also make sure that when making a nandroid backup to select sd ext to be backed up as well.
Step 4: Flash a rom
1. First you need the vr superwipe (this is not a rom. this is a file that wipes your sytem partitions and also wipes all the temp files as well:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8709935/ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE.zip. download it and put it on your card. (optional)*
2. Download the rom (i recommend MikG v3.11 [3/9/2012]) of your choice and transfer it to your card.
3. Go into recovery
4. Make a nandroid backup
5. Select wipe from the main menu and wipe dalvik cache, cache, and data
6. Select flash zip from sdcard
7. Find the superwipe file and select it.(optional)
8. Find your rom and select it.
9. Reboot.
First boot will take a bit longer then normal, so be patient.
For what it's worth I'm doing this for 2 reasons.
#1 I like me Evo 4G for the most part but have been increasingly frustrated by the internal memory(or lack there of!) issue.
#2 I would like to be able to have greater control of my phone(and future phones for that matter) so as to be able to use it in ways I simply can not in it's un-rooted state.
#3 I'm hoping to push off getting the LTEvo until it's been out at least 4-6 months and is bug free. Or as close to being bug free as possible.