Requesting help with Rooting w/o Wiping on 3.16.651.3

[slikrishi]

Hello,

I have a stock unrooted LTEvo on software version 3.16.651.3.

I would like to flash newer roms as I'm tired of waiting for OTA updates.

However, I need to backup many important apps and app data (for work) with Titanium before wiping my device for new roms.
I can't use Titanium until I'm rooted.

Any ideas of how I can root without having to wipe my device.
After I'm backed up, I'm of course happy to wipe.

So far, I've read up on facepalm, moonshine, htcdev, dirty/babyracun.

Thanks for your help.

 

[jocarog]

No way, to root you need to do the HTC unlock, and that wipes out everything but your internal and external sd card...

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[slikrishi]

No way, to root you need to do the HTC unlock, and that wipes out everything but your internal and external sd card...

Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk 4

Hmm, that sucks.

Any ideas on how to backup apps + appdata on this nonrooted phone?

 

[jocarog]

Don't know if it's possible but maybe thru adb... Without root I think you are very limited... If you find a way let us know...

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[Sloth]

You could mount your phone to your PC and copy and paste all the files from your phone to a folder on your PC. Make sure you mount both sdcards.
Or try this but I'm not sure if it will work on the EvoLTE this guide was for the HTC One but...
Backup: Step #4

adb backup -apk -all -f backup.ab

Restore:Step #33

adb restore backup.ab

Source:
http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-windowsmaclinux/