Newbie to the EVO, but Not Android. Needs Root

[xguntherc]

Hey guys. I'm not a noob. I use ADB and have flashed many a roms on my Nexus one and old G1 from the oldies days.
Basically I have a Completely Stock OTA'd Sprint EVO running the latest OTA. 2.2 and I just need to simply Root it. No rom's or anything. I need to root it, and get USB Tethering working so my friend doesn't have to pay the $30 through sprint for tether. I don't wanna have to wipe, or anything as he wants to just run stock how it is, with tethering.

Using something like Unrevoked3 i don't need to wipe or anything right. I can simply use Unrevoked, get root. install the Tethering stuff that requires root and I'm good to go right? I read all the RSA info and people loosing WimaX key's and it's got me a little worried.

 

[joemaldo]

Unrevoked will root and give you stock everything I am preety sure that it will not wipe I did mine a while and a few roms and I can't remember



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[caguirr4]

Hey guys. I'm not a noob. I use ADB and have flashed many a roms on my Nexus one and old G1 from the oldies days.
Basically I have a Completely Stock OTA'd Sprint EVO running the latest OTA. 2.2 and I just need to simply Root it. No rom's or anything. I need to root it, and get USB Tethering working so my friend doesn't have to pay the $30 through sprint for tether. I don't wanna have to wipe, or anything as he wants to just run stock how it is, with tethering.

Using something like Unrevoked3 i don't need to wipe or anything right. I can simply use Unrevoked, get root. install the Tethering stuff that requires root and I'm good to go right? I read all the RSA info and people loosing WimaX key's and it's got me a little worried.

First need to verify that your h boot is compatible with unrevoked 3. If it is then you should be good to go. people were having problems lising their rsa keys with 1 specific version of unrevoked 3. But that is in a problem anymore. After rooting with unrevoked then yes all you should all you have to do is download wireless tether app and then that's it.


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[iitreatedii]

get pdanet app if you just need usb tethering even though rooting is not that difficult, make your life easier...
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/

 

[AbsolutZeroGI]

Everything you need is right here. This is what I used to do it 19 days ago and I have all of Sprint's most recent OTA's.

http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page

 

[xguntherc]

Wait so PdaNet is a USB Tether app build for WinMo, iOS and now Android. I can fully tether over USB my data connection on any Android phone to my computer for FREE, browse the net and all that and Sprint wont try and charge me?

 

[iitreatedii]

Wait so PdaNet is a USB Tether app build for WinMo, iOS and now Android. I can fully tether over USB my data connection on any Android phone to my computer for FREE, browse the net and all that and Sprint wont try and charge me?

nope, thats why i suggested it lol, you don't need to root, if your not going to use roms like us but want to tether USB, PDANET FTW, your welcome

 

[playya]

Wait so PdaNet is a USB Tether app build for WinMo, iOS and now Android. I can fully tether over USB my data connection on any Android phone to my computer for FREE, browse the net and all that and Sprint wont try and charge me?

FYI - PDANet is not free after a certain amount of days. It will stop you from getting to secured sites like facebook and gmail.

Your first intentions are the best just root with Unrevoked which is 5 minutes and download wireless tether.

Or something I have done for quite a few people like you download z4root and it can give you temporary root and then load up wireless tether and it works fine.

If you need any help just pm me and I will walk you through it.

Z4root + Wireless Tether = Just want you want and no hassle

edit: Here is a little more info

1 Download Z4root from here
2. Place apk on sdcard and install
3 Click temporary root and wait
4 Go to Market and download latest Wireless Tether for Root
5 After you have been given temporary root open up Wireless Tether and it will ask for SU permission say yes and thats it.

Now you can run root apps as long as you have that running. It will turn off after every reboot.

 

[xguntherc]

pdanet worked great.. and sprint wont see that and charge my friend?

also using z4 for temp root, then adding Wireless Tether to the SU list. that will only work while Temp rooted right? so he'd have to temp root everytime he wants to wireless tether? or will it work after the first initial time? I'd think it always needs root.

pdanet over 4G was pretty fast

 

[playya]

pdanet worked great.. and sprint wont see that and charge my friend?

also using z4 for temp root, then adding Wireless Tether to the SU list. that will only work while Temp rooted right? so he'd have to temp root everytime he wants to wireless tether? or will it work after the first initial time? I'd think it always needs root.

pdanet over 4G was pretty fast

It will work for as long as his phone is on.. Just remember that pdanet is a temp fix unless you pay for it..... temp root is simple after the first time just an app to click and thats it. You will also be able to run some other root apps as well

 

[xguntherc]

I've used temp root with z4 plenty. But he'd have to re temp root every time he wanted to wireless tether. that gets a little tedious.

so far pdanet working great.

 

[Buff McBigstuff]

I've used temp root with z4 plenty. But he'd have to re temp root every time he wanted to wireless tether. that gets a little tedious.

so far pdanet working great.

no he only has to re temp root when he reboots his phone

 

[snowboarda42]

If he does end up rooting it "semi-permanently", you might want to load him up with a ROM like Sprintlover's. Reason being, he might get random Force Close problems if he sticks with the stock rooted one. Sprintlovers is completely stable and looks totally stock for people like your buddy. Wireless tether should work awesome with it.

HTH.

 

[playya]

I've used temp root with z4 plenty. But he'd have to re temp root every time he wanted to wireless tether. that gets a little tedious.

so far pdanet working great.

ok but just remember if you do not pay for PDANET it will shut you down from secure websites and it also does not have wireless only bluetooth and wired

 

[tgruendler]

If he does end up rooting it "semi-permanently", you might want to load him up with a ROM like Sprintlover's. Reason being, he might get random Force Close problems if he sticks with the stock rooted one. Sprintlovers is completely stable and looks totally stock for people like your buddy. Wireless tether should work awesome with it.

HTH.

I am pretty sure you cannot load a ROM with the temp root. You need full nand access to load ROMS on the EVO. I would just use unrevoked3 and be done with it. I have used it on a ton of evos for my clients and have had no issues at all.