Root Root htc evo 4g 2.3.5 question

[G2435]

do i need the vr superwipe

 

[ocnbrze]

well keep the questions coming, if you have them.

 

[ocnbrze]

do i need the vr superwipe

its optional, but i use it. up to you.

 

[G2435]

i click on the link for it and nothing came up

 

[ocnbrze]

here it is:Dev-Host - ZZZVR_SUPERWIPE.zip - The Ultimate Free File Hosting / File Sharing Service

i will edit the guide. sorry about that.

 

[G2435]

thanks alot with your help i will post more questions if needed

 

[ocnbrze]

no worries. now that you are almost rooted. go and get your flash on!!!!

 

[G2435]

what should i all back up with nandroid

 

[ocnbrze]

what should i all back up with nandroid

i keep the first three checked and then i would backup wimax. everything else is not necessary.

 

[G2435]

okay i will make another back up because i didnt do wimax is that okay?

 

[ocnbrze]

that's fine. i would move that one from the card and keep it safe on your computer and maybe on the cloud, just in case you loose your wimax keys. there is a small possibility that you could loose them flashing roms and radios. if you loose them then you will loose your 4g signal for good. there is no way to get them back unless you have a nandroid backup with wimax backed up.

 

[G2435]

okay what will it be call on my sd card

 

[ocnbrze]

it is found in the nandroid folder. inside the folder will be another folder that is unique to your phone. mine is named HT0CVHL01139. your nandroid backup will be named something like BDES-20120323-0530.

and just an fyi, i have this info in the guide. it is in the second post under nandroid. i would highly recommend that you read the second post as it has tons of info.

 

[G2435]

okay i will and how do i put the rom on the sd card

 

[G2435]

need help with that

 

[Mikestony]

need help with that

Download rom and/or superwipe to computer.
Plug your phone in and select "mount as disk drive"
Move files over to sd card (thats what you see when you open the drive)
Unmount phone from computer.
Presto! Files on sd card.

 

[Mikestony]

okay i will and how do i put the rom on the sd card

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[Rxpert83]

Merged thread

 

[1bmwdriver]

I have unsuccessfully tried all three of the suggested recovery install procedures, and even the undocumented 4th. To the extent the procedures require that I place the PC36IMG file in the sd home directory, the phone sees the file and tries to load it however after loading and checking it, the phone goes back to the bootloader screen and never gives me the opportunity to update.

The android flasher method just hangs on the flashing screen and doesn't progress.

Any suggestions?

 

[Mikestony]

I have unsuccessfully tried all three of the suggested recovery install procedures, and even the undocumented 4th. To the extent the procedures require that I place the PC36IMG file in the sd home directory, the phone sees the file and tries to load it however after loading and checking it, the phone goes back to the bootloader screen and never gives me the opportunity to update.

The android flasher method just hangs on the flashing screen and doesn't progress.

Any suggestions?

When you do the PC36IMG method, do you recall what bootloader screen says at the end or is it too quick to read...as in, says failed, or no image, or something else?
Also, just re-iterating the guide, naming PC36IMG.zip like that, not with 2 .zip's at the end.?
btw...WElcome to AF!!!!

 

[ocnbrze]

also what size card do you have? the og evo has issue with 2g sd cards.

 

[1bmwdriver]

I have double checked to make sure it is named correctly and I also assume that if it were not named correctly bootloader wouldn't try to load it, and then checkit after loading. In addition I actually went back to stock cause I thought I was going to have to return the phone to Sprint and in doing this I followed a similar procedure with the bootloader with other files and they worked.

The script passes quite rapidly. It stays at "checking" for a moment and then it just goes right back to the initial screen seemingly without further comment. I don't think there is any message about failing or no image.

THanks for the welcome and thanks in advance for the help.

When you do the PC36IMG method, do you recall what bootloader screen says at the end or is it too quick to read...as in, says failed, or no image, or something else?
Also, just re-iterating the guide, naming PC36IMG.zip like that, not with 2 .zip's at the end.?
btw...WElcome to AF!!!!

 

[Mikestony]

I have double checked to make sure it is named correctly and I also assume that if it were not named correctly bootloader wouldn't try to load it, and then checkit after loading. In addition I actually went back to stock cause I thought I was going to have to return the phone to Sprint and in doing this I followed a similar procedure with the bootloader with other files and they worked.

The script passes quite rapidly. It stays at "checking" for a moment and then it just goes right back to the initial screen seemingly without further comment. I don't think there is any message about failing or no image.

THanks for the welcome and thanks in advance for the help.

So, before you had the recovery install issue, were you successful in unlocking your bootloader I assume?
Now that you are back to stock, is your bootloader locked again?

 

[1bmwdriver]

I was previously rooted and had a custom rom. When I went back to stock I also turned S back on. That is the current state. Right now I have no recovery mode. When I try to use recovery from the bootloader menu I get the droid logo with the !

 

[Mikestony]

I was previously rooted and had a custom rom. When I went back to stock I also turned S back on. That is the current state. Right now I have no recovery mode. When I try to use recovery from the bootloader menu I get the droid logo with the !

Gotcha....are you looking to re-root or are you bringing your phone back to Sprint store?
If you are looking to root, just post what it says in your bootloader screen.
And what software version are you on? 4.xxx or 5.xxx?

Edit: oh yeah, and what ocn asked, what size sd card do you have?