Root my evo... should I? Is it safe?

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Hi, I didn't want to post this in the dev section, but hopefully you guys can help me out here.
My nephew has a evo 4g (sprint)...with 2.3.3 stock on it...He wants me to root/custom rom/theme it for him....I have a t-mo vibrant I've done it on many times, however I'm not sure if it's safe to do it on the evo??? My Vibrant is "unbrick-able" for the most part and I'm wondering if the evo is about the same or not...I googled evo 4g brick and seems it mainly happens with "RADIO" updates?? not sure exactly what that is, but, if I refrain from "RADIO" updates, can I..

1.. root his phone and put on recovery (or evo's equivalent) and flash him a rom/theme without taking a huge risk?
2 Does the evo have the same option as my vib, to flash back to a completely stock phone, in case of a warranty issue?

3. Synergy seems to be the popular/stable rom for this phone...??..any thoughts...

4. Will he have any random issues I can't think of right now?? (for example...any txt/mms/gps/ect bugs?)

Any help would be much appreciated...thanks in advance

First you need to boot into hboot and check to see if s is on or s is off. If it says "s on" at the top "in hboot" than you are not able to move forward until root is obtained.

As of right now there is no root method for 2.3.3 but I'm sure there will be soon as far as bricking it yes radio updates are the only time I've ever heard of any one really bricking their evo .

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Originally Posted by cheyne1

First you need to boot into hboot and check to see if s is on or s is off. If it says "s on" at the top "in hboot" than you are not able to move forward until root is obtained.

how do I boot intro Hboot? and "until root is obtained"..I dont mind rooting, my question is..it it safe to do? (root and flash a custom rom)

Rooting is scary.

There is no root method for 2.2.3.

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Originally Posted by mattykinsx

Rooting is scary.

Precisely why I still peruse the evo forums...

Originally Posted by accordex

how do I boot intro Hboot? and "until root is obtained"..I dont mind rooting, my question is..it it safe to do? (root and flash a custom rom)

Power the phone off and then hold the vol down button and the power button then it should go into hboot. Also we are still waiting for the latest ota update (software version 4.24) to be rooted.

Originally Posted by linsalata28

As of right now there is no root method for 2.3.3 but I'm sure there will be soon as far as bricking it yes radio updates are the only time I've ever heard of any one really bricking their evo .

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What about revolutionary? It works for sensation, pretty sure it should work for evo as well.

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Originally Posted by newter55

Precisely why I still peruse the evo forums...

Peruse?