[VIDEO GUIDE] FULL S-OFF ROOT for Evo SHIFT. Froyo (2.2) + Gingerbread (2.3.3+2.3.4)
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okay im the 2) Using adb type "adb reboot recovery" and IMMEDIATELY UNPLUG PHONE FROM USB when i do this it goes to a red triangle so imm clueless do i have a bad PG06IMG.zip or just wait then unplug it cause said to unplug it quick or it says deamons running.
Edit:when i try to open the PG061IMG with WinZip it says "Error:central directory not found"
Edit:when i try to open the PG061IMG with WinZip it says "Error:central directory not found"
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It should be
Code:
adb reboot bootloader'adb reboot recovery' in the guide is wrong. It's sending you to the stock recovery not bootloader
Not sure about the error with Winzip, could be a bad download.
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Oh man i was close i was thinking that too but i put fastboot instead of bootloader darn i was so close but will try tomorrow thanks crump84 and VICODAN for responding back appreciated.
No problem! Let me know if you have any issues! I'm also on irc a lot.. irc.freenode.net #htc_evo_shift.
If the guide works please click thanks on the first post.
Sent from my brick
If the guide works please click thanks on the first post.
Sent from my brick
Yup it work it was "adb reboot bootloader" then when takes me there click it then it read it work but i had to use my sdcard because the one on the shift was not reading it thanks again man u should update that little part.
something like this
Code: adb reboot bootloader
The HTC Evo Shift 4G will reboot & usually boot into fastboot. Pressing the Power button will put the device into the bootloader.
The bootloader will scan for the update. Once it finds the update, select Yes.
Allow the bootloader to finish flashing the updated, and reboot the HTC Evo Shift 4G normally.
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Updated the guide, added links to popular updated/current ROMs and CrashV2010's GAPPS thread.
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I do everything as described in the first post until I unplug my phone and start the terminal emulator on my phone and when I type "su" i get permission denied.
When in command line I type adb shell, i do get the # instead of $ sign. idk what to do...
When in command line I type adb shell, i do get the # instead of $ sign. idk what to do...
Rather than using terminal emulator, try using the same command in adb shell. As long as you have # in shell it should push the misc.img
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So I'm all set to downgrade. What is the RUU link supposed to download? I keep downloading a VGrabber. Is that what is supposed to be loading? Am I missing a step somewhere with the ruu thing?
RUU 1.07 or the PG06IMG.zip that is in the original post. the PG06IMG.zip method is faster but harder to get working. Sometimes bootloader wont find the file or theres a problem with the SD card. RUU will work it just takes a long time.
Thank you for the reply, but I'm saying that everytime I try and download the link on the first post which is for the ruu it has me downloading a downloader. Is that the actual file that I'm needing to get? Is that ruu? What is this: MD5SUM: a4b880954d2ac29d5bdf0dade9dede3c behind the link? Is that something that is needed to acquire ruu?
Just click on the "direct download" button for mutiupload. I never use any of those types of download sites for any of my uploads, but when I have to use it for downloading a file I prefer mutiupload or megaupload if it's available.
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Ah Wurd. Got it figured out. Next question when running the ruu is do I have phone on charge only or data?
Edit: I'm thinking that the SD card has to be in the data phase. Trying...
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Edit: I'm thinking that the SD card has to be in the data phase. Trying...
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Tried to use HBoot, no dice, so I tried to run RUU but it's saying can't find USB connection. Am I missing a driver?
thanks so much for this tutorial. I successfully rooted my shift last night! It's the first time I've ever rooted a phone.
a couple months ago i got my shift stuck in a bootloop because i messed up the downgrade part.
If your a n00b like me and are worried about messing up your phone, read the wiki, do searches/ask questions for anything you don't understand, read this whole thread, reread the tutorial, then follow the tutorial, take your time and pay attention to what you're doing.
this might be redundant advice, but i messed up my previous phone because i didn't fully understand what i was doing.
again thanks to everyone involved and sharing how to do this!
a couple months ago i got my shift stuck in a bootloop because i messed up the downgrade part.
If your a n00b like me and are worried about messing up your phone, read the wiki, do searches/ask questions for anything you don't understand, read this whole thread, reread the tutorial, then follow the tutorial, take your time and pay attention to what you're doing.
this might be redundant advice, but i messed up my previous phone because i didn't fully understand what i was doing.
again thanks to everyone involved and sharing how to do this!
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42-1) Check your phone's version in settings -> About phone.
2.2: Whew! Life is easy, skip to the bottom of this thread for rooting 2.2 after completing the prerequisites.
2.3.3: Skip to the 2.3.3 section after completing the prerequisites.
2.3.4: Follow every step from step 0. Skip 2.3.3 section.
PREREQUISITES:
0) A PRECAUTIONARY THING TO NOTE: YOU WILL BE ON BASEBAND 1.07 AND WIMAX 27167 AFTER ROOTING! YOU SHOULD FLASH 1.08.01.0111 AND WIMAX 27240 AFTER ROOTING. ALSO NOTE THAT BEFORE YOU FLASH THE RADIOS MAKE SURE YOU ARE STILL ON STOCK 2.2 TO AVOID BOOT CORRUPTION AND MORE WORK. AFTER FLASHING THE RADIOS YOU SHOULD REFLASH CLOCKWORK RECOVERY, WIPE CACHE, WIPE DALVIK, FORMAT /SYSTEM, WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET AND REFLASH YOUR ROM OF CHOICE!
1) Install HTC Sync and Android SDK with platform tools so you have adb!
Android SDK available HERE:
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
INSTALL PLATFORM-TOOLS ONLY!
HTC Sync available HERE (only needed on windows):
http://dl4.htc.com/setup_3.0.5557.exe
DOWNLOAD THE Shift rootkit here EVERYONE NEEDS THIS:
MIRROR1:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/tjnn1b
MIRROR2:
http://d-h.st/m8U
MIRROR3 (BROKEN RIGHT NOW):
http://www.goo-inside.me/roms/VICODAN/shift-rootkit.rar
2) Check your phone's Android version. If 2.2 skip to rooting Android 2.2 section. If 2.3.4 continue to the next step. If 2.3.3 skip to 2.3.3 section.
WARNING: THIS VOIDS YOUR WARRANTY AND YOU WILL LOSE ALL DATA IN UNLOCKING THE BOOTLOADER
3) Watch these 4 videos before starting:
Here are all 4 video howtos on rooting from 2.3.4:
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ROOTING ANDROID 2.3.4:
3) Be running stock 2.3.4 latest OTA update from HTC
4) Register at htcdev.com
5) Unlock the bootloader by choosing HTC Evo 3D for Sprint and follow instructions
6) Once you have unlocked bootloader flash clockwork recovery by downloading the following file:
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-speedy.img
Place file in adb "platform-tools" folder.
From the adb folder run "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-speedy.img"
7) adb reboot recovery
8) You will see the beautiful clockwork recovery screen.
9) Goto mounts/storage, mount usb storage
10) Download su from the following location:
http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
11) Go back, install zip from sdcard, choose the superuser zip.
12) Reboot, open market, search for super user and install it.
13) Open superuser app go to preferences and choose update su binary.
14) Download terminal emulator and run "su" to test if you have root. $ should turn to #.
15) Place misc.img and PG06IMG.zip on sdcard using windows explorer or "adb push /sdcard/file.xxx" via usb. Again, please note that PG06IMG.zip is case sensitive.
16) Unplug the phone from USB.
17) Remove the battery cover and flash misc.img using the following command via terminal emulator or you can use adb shell with the phone hooked up via USB. Personally I feel more comfortable running this from terminal emulator on the phone:
and press enter.Code:dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
18) REMOVE THE BATTERY WITHOUT SHUTTING DOWN THE PHONE as soon as you run the misc.img command. DO NOT SHUTDOWN OR POWER OFF.
19) Hold volume down button and hold the power button for one second and release while still holding the volume down button.
Phone should find PG06IMG.zip and RUU to Android 2.2. From here you can flash engineering s-off bootloader. For instructions on flashing the engineering s-off bootloader skip to the rooting Android 2.2 section.
Again before you ask, make sure you have a freshly formatted FAT32 microSD card. If your phone can't find the zip, you are doing something wrong, your SD card isn't formatted in FAT32, you aren't using CWM, or you need to try another SD card.
You will have to manually upgrade to the new cellular radio after obtaining s-off and downgrading to Froyo again.
Radio flashing instructions here:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479466
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ROOTING ANDROID 2.3.3:
Note: If you are running Android 2.3.3 YOU MUST follow the instructions below to get downgraded to 2.2 and from 2.2 you can get full s-off root!
1) (ANDROID 2.3.3 ONLY) Obtain temproot using Fre3vo:
Code:TEMP ROOT Instructions: Download http://tinyw.in/1lI Unzip if required and put in your ADB folder Launch command prompt (or terminal on mac/linux) and navigate to your ADB PLATFORM-TOOLS folder (note: ALL FILES MUST BE COPIED TO THE PLATFORM-TOOLS FOLDER) 1) adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp/ 2) adb shell 3) chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start fbb58a00 -end FFFFFFFF (if this doesn't work, try rebooting phone)
Download these 2 files here and put them in your ADB directory:
su-3.0-alpha7:
http://www.mediafire.com/?81pxf3wp4pnhh1k
Superuser3-beta1.apk:
http://www.mediafire.com/?4djxewue85lgl0c
or here if link is broken:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=14927732#post14927732
Code:TEMP ROOT Instructions (continued): Exit back to command prompt if you aren't there already adb push Superuser3-beta1.apk /data/app/ adb push su-3.0-alpha7 /data/local/tmp adb shell (should now see # instead of $) cd /data/local/tmp chmod 777 su-3.0-alpha7 ./su-3.0-alpha7 cd / mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs / rm vendor mkdir vendor mkdir vendor/bin cat /data/local/tmp/su-3.0-alpha7 > /vendor/bin/su chmod 4755 /vendor/bin/su You now have temp root. Disregard any notification about outdated SU binary. Root will go away if you reboot. If you reboot your phone you can obtain root again by just running the following adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start fbb58a00 -end FFFFFFFF adb shell (should now see # instead of $) cd /data/local/tmp chmod 777 su-3.0-alpha7 ./su-3.0-alpha7 cd / mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs / rm vendor mkdir vendor mkdir vendor/bin cat /data/local/tmp/su-3.0-alpha7 > /vendor/bin/su chmod 4755 /vendor/bin/su
2) To check that you have temp root run "adb shell" and you should get a #. Be sure to check your phone for a super user confirmation when running adb shell to allow it. If you don't get one and get # instantly that's fine.
3) Exit adb and mount your phone's sdcard as USB storage.
4) Copy misc.img to the phone via windows explorer/finder/etc.
links to misc.img here:
http://www.box.net/shared/0l8ex73zne0tfr10ob69
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15373824/misc.img
MD5Sum: c88dd947eb3b36eec90503a3525ae0de
5) Unplug your phone from the computer
6) Download terminal emulator from market, type "su" and go from $ to #
7) After you get # in terminal emulator type the following:
and press enter.Code:dd if=/sdcard/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
8) Once this is done you are ready to downgrade to 2.2
9) 2 ways to downgrade to 2.2. RUU or PG06IMG.zip.
a) RUU is slower, but easier
b) PG06IMG.zip might not work on a lot of sdcards.
Anyways here are the instructions on downgrading to 2.2 if you don't want to run RUU
1) Copy PG06IMG.zip to the SDcard via windows explorer/finder/etc just like the misc.img.
2) Using adb type "adb reboot bootloader" and IMMEDIATELY UNPLUG PHONE FROM USB
3) The phone will reboot. Select bootloader by pressing the power button. The phone will search for a few files and will eventually find PG06IMG.zip REMEMBER THE FILENAME IS CaSe SEnSiTiVE AND THE ".ZIP" PART MUST BE LOWER CASE. SO FILENAME SHOULD BE EXACTLY PG06IMG.zip
If the you see a status bar on the top right corner of the screen it has found the file.
4) If your phone cannot find the PG06IMG.zip check filename case sensitivity and/or try a different sdcard and/or download of the file was corrupted.
JUST RUN FROYO RUU. IT'S EASIER IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE THIS OUT.
5) Press volume up to accept the update and come back to your phone in 15 mintes. It should tell you to press the power to key to reboot. Once it does that you are now on Android 2.2 and can do the normal root steps from the bcnice guide (which I will write out here anyway).
Official ruu file for downgrading to 2.2 - http://www.multiupload.com/15N2D30H6C MD5SUM: a4b880954d2ac29d5bdf0dade9dede3c
PG06IMG for hboot downgrading to 2.2 -
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/41040697/PG06IMG.zip
Mirror for PG06IMG - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15373824/PG06IMG.zip
Mirror for PG06IMG: http://dev-host.org/xmlaaco0s2ph/PG06IMG.zip
MD5SUM: d20be478fd860b80f5e800c958f79077
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ROOTING ANDROID 2.2:
1) Download this file (shift-root.zip) http://www.mediafire.com/?h568sgdmkb1dkis
mirror: http://www.multiupload.com/VZOSJHIZYA
2) Extract it to the root of the sdcard of your phone
3) GET TEMPROOT USING VISIONARY, NOT Z4ROOT. I HAD PROBLEMS WITH Z4ROOT.
Visionary instructions:
a) Go to phone settings and allow installation from unknown sources and enable USB debugging.
b) Download visionary at the following link:
http://www.filesonic.com/file/1974858134/com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk
c) Copy the visionary apk file you just download to the same folder as adb..
(i.e. C:\program files\android-sdk\platform-tools)
d) run adb install -r com.modaco.visionaryplus.r14.apk
e) Should work. If you do not see the app, reboot your phone.
f) After phone reboots run visionary, get temproot.
g) run adb shell, and then then run the command "su" (without quotes) and look at your phone. Click allow for the superuser prompt and then verify $ goes to #
h) move on to next step, do not exit adb shell yet
4) Verify md5sum of hboot bin files from shift-root.zip
Run the following commands with adb shell:
Code:md5sum /sdcard/hboot_orig.bin md5sum /sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0
386c19451e8dd18f9b98fad6b11be4c0 hboot_orig.bin
60ec1006e6ec2e8acb370d6aad35b17e hboot_eng.nb0
WARNING: If these do not match do not continue redownload the files then check the md5's again
6) If md5sum's match run this command:
DO NOT FAT FINGER THIS COMMAND. YOU COULD BRICK YOUR PHONE. I WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS.
Code:dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
You just flashed the eng spl!!! Now lets make sure it took.
7) Check the md5 of new flash hboot and restore if necessary. Run this command to pull the newly flashed hboot to your sdcard
Code:dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/hboot_check.nb0
now we check the md5 to see if it matches
Code:md5sum /sdcard/hboot_check.nb0
It should read 60ec1006e6ec2e8acb370d6aad35b17e
8) If the md5sum matches then congratulations its safe to reboot!! Before you do reboot please make sure you run rm /sdcard/PG06IMG.zip
Check hboot and perm root!
1) ok now reboot your phone into bootloader by running "adb reboot bootloader" or by removing the battery and reinserting it then hold the vol down button and press the power button.
3) Look at the top and make sure it says s-off
4) If so reboot the phone back into android
5) put the phone into airplane mode
6) Temp root with visionary (again)
7) After temp root then attempt to perm root with Visionary
8) Your phone will reboot and you are now officially perm rooted any changes you make will now stick on reboot
9) Download Rom manager from market and flash latest clockwork recovery (USE WIFI).
10) adb reboot recovery (or use ROM manager) to get into recovery and flash your ROMs! (Basic instructions and links below). But there you go! Enjoy!
HOWTO flash a ROM:
1) Download ROM zip file, copy to phone and boot in to clockwork recovery.
2) If AOSP you will want to wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, advanced wipe dalvik cache, and wipe /system and /data. Then you will want to choose "install zip from sdcard", flash aosp rom zip file, and flash gapps zip. You should also flash a custom kernel if you plan on doing so during this step.
3) If flashing SENSE based ROM, just flash the zip file. If you want to flash a custom kernel I recommend dodge kernel 1.6, flash this right after you flash the ROM zip file. Follow the same steps as AOSP for wiping cache,dalvik, etc. Before flashing rom.
4) Reboot phone, wait 10 minutes, and enjoy!
BACKING UP YOUR PHONE:
2 methods. You should use BOTH.
1) TITANIUM BACKUP available from market. PURCHASE the full version. WELL WORTH THE MONEY!
2) NANDROID from Clockwork recovery.
a) boot in to recovery
b) goto backup and restore
c) run backup
Links to popular ROMS that are in current development:
AOSP:
UKE (Ultimate kanged edition)
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/index.php?topic=17393.0
Cyanogenmod 7 stable:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1297572
Cyanogenmod 7 nightlies + changelog:
http://cm-nightlies.appspot.com/?device=speedy
Cyclonic
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1257777
MIUI (no 4g)
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1337185
SENSE:
Supreme Sense
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1201233
Mikshifted-G
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1150481
gingerbread-shift-deck
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092261
Synergy
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1237957
NFX.Speedy.Kingdom
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316368
Latest google apps:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1311342
RADIOS
CELLULAR:
1.07:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=934285
1.08:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082192
1.08.01.0111
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1479466
WIMAX:
27167:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=934287
27240:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1082192
EVO SHIFT WIKI
http://xdaforums.com/wiki/HTC_Speedy
More howto's coming to this thread later.
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Um, it kinda sounds like adb is not in your path command line or you need to cd to the same folder where adb and fastboot are at which by default for the sdk is in the platform-tools folder. For example mine is just simply C:\Android\platform-tools. Since adb is in my command path I don't have to cd but you may need to cd C:\Android\platform-tools or whatever the path to your android sdk is.
Also Vicodan I found out you don't need root to flash misc.img. once you flash the recovery you can boot straight into recovery, type adb shell and it gives you root access with the "#" symbol
Then run # mount /sdcard
In order to be able to flash the misc.img from the sdcard.
Once you do that just make sure PG06IMG.zip is on the root of sdcard (transfer over in recovery if need be), then pull the battery to boot into bootloader to downgrade. Saves an extra step of having to boot up with root just to loose it all over again after the downgrade.4
If it is that big of a deal, why are you not creating it yourself? Is it because you do not have the ability to? Because you lack the skills required to do so? Exactly, you are here to sponge off everyone else s hard work just like the majority of people here, so stfu already and go back into your hole. Quit your whining and crying unless you are ready to step up to the plate and do something constructive.3Are you starting to feel like a broken record lol? I mean how hard can it be to watch videos, and have a ton of people trying to help?
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prolly gunna go through the entire thrad and add a faq
