Procedure to Root HTC Shift EVO 4G:
- First up you will have to install the ADB on your computer to root the phone and also to flash the Engineering HBoot process.
- Once the above step is done, you now need to download a zip file wherein you will get the Busy box, Super user and also a file which will help you to achieve the temporary root access. Please note that in the process of extraction, it will prompt you to enter the password, enter the password as “androidadvices.com” without the inverted comas.
- Now, up next is you need to extract the Super user as well as the temporary root packages after which simply copy the contents with the help of the Busy box to the same folder that is in the folder of the adb which is in the path of /platform tools within the Android SDK Folder.
- Now, with the help of the USB cable which you got at the time of purchase of HTC Evo Shift 4G, connect the phone with the computer. But before that, ensure that the USB Debugging mode is turned ON in the device. The USB debugging can be turned ON from the path of Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging.
- One can follow the procedure of installing the Android SDK in their computer and then you need to get the ADB Shell on your computer.
- In the computer, open the terminal window to run the below mentioned series of commands.
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
adb push rage /data/local/tmp/
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
adb push root /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/*
- Now, after this in your HTC Evo Shift 4G Phone, you will have to install the TERMINAL EMULATOR which you can download from the Android Market Place.
- Upon successful download and installation, you will now have to enter the below mentioned command,
/data/local/tmp/rage
- Now, after a period of around less than 4 minutes, you will see a message which is Forked #### childs. Now, all you need to do is to just press the Menu button and select the Reset Term after which the terminal emulator will be exiting out.
- After this you will have to launch the terminal emulator again and you will see that you will be getting the force close errors, while if you launch it again, you will be then having the root shell and after which just type in the below mentioned commands.
/data/local/tmp/root
sync
- After entering the above commands, you will see that the process will be finished and after which just proceed to the next step which is the flashing of Engineering HBoot.
