If you’re looking for information on how to root the HTC Evo, then you’ve come to the right place! We have all the latest instructions for you to root your HTC Evo, so dig in!
This process didn’t take the developers too long to figure out, and they’ve successfully gained root access to the HTC Evo, permanently! We all know that the Evo was just released June 4th, but some guy who went to the Google I/O event were gifted with an Evo before the national release date, allowing them to dig in and get started on the rooting process a lot sooner than June 4th! So, without further ado, let me get into the guide on how to root the Evo.
First off, you will not want to use any RUU other than the one that will be posted here, if you need to restore your Evo for any service or anything like that. If you use another RUU than the one here, you may possibly permanently lose root access to your Evo until it is found again.
That being said, here’s a list of things that will happen with your Evo once you get it rooted:
- you will lose all data/settings. do a backup first, or make a note of what you have. Sync contacts, etc.
- you’ll be able to flash custom ROMs.
- you will be able to boot into a custom recovery program
- you can write to system, boot and recovery partitions through recovery console.
Things that you still cannot do with this current root method:
- cannot write to system or recovery while you’re in nandroid
- cannot flash a custom recovery that you can boot into by holding vol-down and power on.
Now that you’ve got an idea of what you’ll be able to do once you root your HTC Evo, let’s jump into the guide explaining how to get this job done!
First off, you’ll need two files, both of which can be obtained below.
- PC36IMG – This is the rooted ROM you’ll be flashing once in recovery.
- EVO-recovery – The recovery program you’ll be getting familiar with.
Now, you’ll need to follow these instructions closely. failure to do so may cause your HTC Evo to detonate, resulting in a massive explosion that you may not live through. Seriously, though, follow the instructions and you won’t have a problem!
Root the HTC Evo
- Once you’ve downloaded the 2 files above, place the PC36IMG.zip onto your phone’s SD Card.
- Turn off the phone.
- Hold Volume Down and Power On until you see a white boot loader screen.
- After a few seconds, it starts finding files (up to 1 minute may pass), including the PC36IMG.zip you put on the SD Card. It will then list all the images inside that zip and ask if you want to flash them, say YES.
- When it is finished flashing the files, it will ask if you want to reboot. Say YES.
When it reboots, it will be using a rooted ROM, so in short, you’ve rooted your phone!
Now, you need to rename the PC36IMG.zip file. Plug your phone into your computer using the USB cable, then go to your tools folder (ie C:\Android\tools) and type the following command:
adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/root-PC36IMG.zip
That will rename your ROM zip file from PC36IMG.zip to root-PC36IMG.zip.
Flashing Recovery Console
Here are the simple steps to load the Recovery console onto your phone, allowing you to flash custom ROMs and make backups and some other cool things as well.
- Extract the EVO-recovery.zip file to your desktop.
- Plug your phone into your computer using USB.
- Go into adb shell, and enter the following commands:
adb reboot recovery
- This will reboot your phone into recovery. Now, go to the directory you extracted EVO-recovery.zip to, and run recovery-windows.bat . In windows XP, just double click it to run it, and in Windows Vista and Windows 7, run it as admin by right-clicking and selecting Run as Administrator. If running Linux, in a shell, run the following: ./recovery-linux.sh
- Now, go to your phone and create a Nandroid backup. Once you do that, you can now flash custom ROMs, write and make changes to your phone’s system.
To flash a custom ROM, download the ROM, place it onto your SD card, boot into recovery, and flash the ZIP.
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