[VIDEO GUIDE] FULL S-OFF ROOT for Evo SHIFT. Froyo (2.2) + Gingerbread (2.3.3+2.3.4)

[drewkj09]

cool

Thanks guys keep up the great work learning alot from these forums

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Thanks guys keep up the great work

 

[.Elite_The_King.]

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"

 

[VICODAN]

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"

Try to run Froyo RUU 2.2. With phone connected via USB.

 

[crump84]

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"

It should be

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.

 

[VICODAN]

Thanks crumpy. Will update the guide.. again. Lol

Sent from my brick

 

[.Elite_The_King.]

It should be

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.

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.

 

[VICODAN]

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

 

[.Elite_The_King.]

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

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.

 

[VICODAN]

guide updated.

 

[VICODAN]

Updated the guide, added links to popular updated/current ROMs and CrashV2010's GAPPS thread.

 

[sajmonides]

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...

 

[crump84]

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...

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

Sent from my PG06100 using Tapatalk

 

[shiftmyevo4g]

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?

 

[VICODAN]

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.

 

[shiftmyevo4g]

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?

 

[sparksco]

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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[shiftmyevo4g]

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...
Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App

 

[shiftmyevo4g]

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?

 

[VICODAN]

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?

Did you install HTC Sync?

 

[zdavidzz]

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!