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[How To] Unrevoked Forever | Stock 2.1 to Stock 2.2 ROOTED

This Is a How-to that I created after learning the process with help from the freenode #HTC-EVO IRC Channel and on XDA's forums.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT HAPPENS FROM THESE INSTRUCTIONS, THEY WORKED FOR ME ON 2 DIFFERENT EVO's WITH NO ISSUES.
Start with 2.1 Stock and skip step 1 if you are already rooted with unrevoked3.
1. Root with Unrevoked3. (unrevoked.com)
2. Install Unrevoked Forever. (See the Unrevoked Site for instructions unrevoked.com or use mine)
A. Transfer unrevoked forever.zip to sd card and shut down the phone.
B. Reboot your phone into recovery mode. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery; at the menu, press VOLUME DOWN to highlight recovery, then press POWER to select it.
C. select the "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard" select the unrevoked-forever.zip and install.
D. Reboot Phone.
E. After your phone starts, shut down phone and start back into HBOOT. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery;
F. Verify the First line on this screen says "S-OFF"
3. Create Stock Recovery installer and flash to Stock Recovery
A. go to Menu>Settings>System Updates>HTC Software Updates, click "Check Now".
B. Click OK to download the Update. Note, this will not install the update... yet.
C. Once the Download is complete, Choose "Install Later".
D. Use a program called "Root Explorer" or another file browser to transfer the file (/cache/OTA_Supersonic_3.26.651.6-1.47.651.1_releasexxxxxxxxxxxx.zip) to the SD Card.
E. From your computer create stock recovery installer by extracting the OTA zip onto your computer, extract the zip inside of the OTA zip called firmware.zip. Then add the files android-info.txt and recovery.img from the firmware.zip to a zip file called PC36IMG.zip.
F. Put this file onto the SD Card.
G. Reboot your phone into HBOOT. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery;
H. it will detect the update and ask if you want to update and press VOLUME UP to do it. It will then say update complete and ask if you want to restart the device.
I. press VOLUME UP to restart the device.
4. Install the OTA Update
A. Once the device boots up you can now install the OTA Update, go to Menu>Settings>System Updates>HTC Software Updates.
B. Click "Check Now" and Click OK to download the Update. (if needed).
C. Once the Download is complete, Choose "Install Now".
D. Now let it install the updates and reboot (10-20 mins).
5.Flash to a Custom Recovery to allow rooting.
A. Once your phone has finished loading up with the new update, you will probably want to root your phone with a recovery such as "ClockworkMod".
B. Place the file on your SDcard to replace the one you used before (make a backup of the previous one if you wish to replace the recovery back to stock after rooting).
C. Reboot your phone into HBOOT. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery;
D. it will detect the update and ask if you want to update and press VOLUME UP to do it. It will then say update complete and ask if you want to restart the device.
E. press VOLUME UP to do so.
6. Root/Install Superuser.
A. Now you will want to "root" your phone by using Superuser 2.3.1.
B. you will want to be sure to use the the Eclair/Froyo version su-2.3.1-ef-signed.zip. (Search XDA for the file)
C. Copy this file to your SD card.
D. Reboot your phone into recovery mode. You can do this by removing your phone's battery, holding down the VOLUME DOWN button, and inserting the battery; at the menu, press VOLUME DOWN to highlight recovery, then press POWER to select it.
E. Select the "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard" select the su-2.3.1-ef-signed.zip and install.
F. Reboot Phone.
7. (Optional) Flash back to stock recovery with the zip as in step 2 be sure to remove.
8. Remove PC36IMG.zip from your SD Card.
9. Enjoy!
10. Any problems should be taken to the #HTC-EVO IRC channel on Freenode.

Does it matter what 2.1 version you are currently running?
I am still on
firmware: 2.1-update1
bband: 1.39.00.05.31
PRI 1.40_003
PRL 60665
Not technically rooted - been more than happy just using Unrevoked(1) to give me s/u permissions on boot-up.
Been waiting for a definitive fool-proof way to get rooted 2.2 on my phone before applying ANY kind of root or OTA. The risk of jacking up my 4G or other issues just hasn't been worth the risk for me.
If you think this will work for me, I'll give it a shot.

Same here. Running the original shipped OS with Unrevoked app for wireless and Titanium. I've been curious about this too.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

im coming from stock 2.1, rooted with unrevoked 3, and cannot get unrevoked forever to install because i am on baseband 1.39.00.05.31
does anyone know how to get around this?

Thakidfrom235 said:
im coming from stock 2.1, rooted with unrevoked 3, and cannot get unrevoked forever to install because i am on baseband 1.39.00.05.31
does anyone know how to get around this?
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How do you know the installation is failing b/c of you bband version? Is it giving you an error message or something?

yea gives me a error message that says its not supported
only basebands currently supported are:
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1.39.00.04.26
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2.05.00.06.10
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2.15.00.07.28

Thakidfrom235 said:
yea gives me a error message that says its not supported
only basebands currently supported are:
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1.39.00.04.26
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2.05.00.06.10
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2.15.00.07.28
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Well ****. I'm on xxxx.05.31 too. I'll let you know if I figure out a workaround.

Same problem here.
I've tried to go all the way back to toast's part 2 unlocking NAND method, but i cant even go through the adb shell commands. Nothing but "permission denied" at the prompt, which is a $, not a #, su gets permission denied, etc.
I wanted to do that method so that i could get the ENG HBOOT and do the How To Start Over method by witslack but obviously I cant do that either.
At this point i am thinking perhaps my best bet is to take the 1.47 OTA, use unrevoked3 again (since the OTA would effectively undo U3 from the 1.32 software, right?), and then go unrevoked forever, then to one of the stock rooted 2.2 roms like SteelH's version.
Thoughts, anyone?

drbadass said:
Same problem here.
At this point i am thinking perhaps my best bet is to take the 1.47 OTA, use unrevoked3 again, and then go unrevoked forever, then to one of the stock rooted 2.2 roms like SteelH's version.
Thoughts, anyone?
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After searching around, I believe this is your only option. Mine too.
I just want to be sure that the FOTA isn't going to leave me with the bad PRI. When I search for HTC updates, I find FOTA 1.47.651.1 (30.15 MB). Can anyone verify whether or not this will change my PRI from 1.40 to the one that's ****ed up?

I thought that it was the toast method that changes the pri. That's why I was thinking that doing the full unrevoked method would leave it untouched.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

greyopaque said:
I thought that it was the toast method that changes the pri. That's why I was thinking that doing the full unrevoked method would leave it untouched.
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I think you're right. I'll repost back my results.
EDIT: Did the 1.47 update (FOTA) just now. Still running 1.40 PRI and now on 2.05.00.06.10 baseband, which is supposedly supported by Forever.

ajd6c8 said:
Well ****. I'm on xxxx.05.31 too. I'll let you know if I figure out a workaround.
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You can flash a new radio before doing unrevoked forever. There's a thread in this forum with the title "[Radios] All EVO Radio & WiMAX Radio versions" that has all of the radio versions.
greyopaque said:
I thought that it was the toast method that changes the pri. That's why I was thinking that doing the full unrevoked method would leave it untouched.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
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That's correct, unrevoked doesn't touch the PRI.

Success! Thanks to the Unrevoked, ClockworkMod, and Superuser teams for all their hard work, and thanks to the OP for providing some noob-tastic instructions.

drbadass said:
Same problem here.
I've tried to go all the way back to toast's part 2 unlocking NAND method, but i cant even go through the adb shell commands. Nothing but "permission denied" at the prompt, which is a $, not a #, su gets permission denied, etc.
I wanted to do that method so that i could get the ENG HBOOT and do the How To Start Over method by witslack but obviously I cant do that either.
At this point i am thinking perhaps my best bet is to take the 1.47 OTA, use unrevoked3 again (since the OTA would effectively undo U3 from the 1.32 software, right?), and then go unrevoked forever, then to one of the stock rooted 2.2 roms like SteelH's version.
Thoughts, anyone?
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I'm having the same problem did you figure away to do this. I even try down grading the radio and nothing.

DINC help with downgrading
Dont know if benholtz or anyone can assist but I got to step 3-D and there's no file in /cache. Wiped and redownloaded the 2.2 OTA 3 times and nothing stores in that folder after hitting install later.
I have:
DINC w/ 2.1 update 1
ROOOTED with unr3voked 3 and forever
build 1.22.605.2 CL161494
base band 1.00.03.04.06
thanx in advance, friends

So let me just verify something here. I have 2.1 rooted with unrevoked 3 FYI.
If I follow these instructions to step 4, does this mean I'll have the official 2.2 but NOT rooted? If so, I guess then I could run the new unrevoked 3.2 (when they re-release it, lol) to get rooted 2.2.

Ok I answered my own question there but now I'm stuck.
Here's what I did.
1. Started with 2.1 rooted with unrevoked 3, like I mentioned.
2. Ran unrevoked forever and have S-OFF. I verified this.
3. Flashed a stock recovery (since I had clockwork obviously).
4. Installed 2.2 OTA.
5. Verified 2.2 and it is running and of course non-root.
6. Since I still have S-OFF, I go to install clockwork from link off the unrevoked forever wiki. It says do you want to apply the update, I hit yes, it does it and says it's good. I reboot and it still says supersonic at the top. I've tried this over and over.
WTF? Why won't clockwork recovery install? I have S-OFF...

Cool!!! This is what I was looking for.
I love my stock ROM (2.2) and rooted with Unrevoked3 mainly for the wifi tether.
So, I was really trying to figure out a way to get OTA with my phone rooted and this tutorial here did the job! It was a pain in the ass to try to get PRI and radio updated manually, they actually broke my 4G connection.
I just finished installing the OTA update and the phone works great.
So here is a few pointers for other guys looking to do the same:
1. I was unable to find my OTA update in /cache/OTA... so I found this post which list the latest OTA update for download:
(unfortunately, I'm a noob here and cannot post links, lol... so just search google for "Update HTC EVO 4G To Latest Version [OTA And Manual Method]"
2. I just re-run Unrevoked3 and it seemed to have worked.
Thanks!

Just to follow up. The procedure I did above worked fine. My phone has the new OTA and it is now rooted.

Cant fine OTA_supersonic...... upgrade in cache
When i goto my cache, it says its an empty folder. Do i need special permissions to open up the cache? I am using ES File Explorer and also tried super manager. I know its there somewhere on my EVO..... I did a search for all the zip files on the phone/card and also did not find it.
Thanks,
Kent

2.31.651.7 fix.... No computers... No flash backs... Just root, recover and flash!!!

After receiving my second Hero I had noticed something weird about its software version... From what I remembered, it started with 2.27 on the last one I had and raised my curiosity/concern. I had heard about a root patch that was being sent out OTA by Sprint and after a little digging found the extremes that everyone was going through to achieve a successful root. The most common was to flash back .6 then to .5 which doesn't have the patch. I spent over an hour trying to find ANY copy of the 2.31.651.6 update and could not find anything. Then there where methods using the SDK which I'm sure could work, however the bootloader was a b!tch to access. I thought it would be entertaining to see If Sprint's new .7 root patched could be broken simply by the android market and third party developers; no use of Odin, unrevoked, HTC sync, no messing with debugging, not custom 2.31.651.7 (careful) and absolutely no flash backs! So here it is... enjoy.
All you will need ready is:
1).zip file of whichever OS you plan to flash. (I prefer the cm build's).
2)Rom Manager from the market (work's well with clockwork and cm).
3)Heroroot101.apk (Don't remember if it's on the market or third party).
4)NANDROID!!!!!!
All you do is run heroroot010 and push the root me button.
Reboot your phone and let it fully boot back up (give it a minute or two).
Turn it off and boot into recovery by holding down volume button and power.
I'll be damned there is a recovery image now by darchstar.
At this time there is no need to wipe just choose and flash rootme.zip
When you reboot you will see that sprint know's you're rooted already and wants to update you... This is fine.
Open Rom Manager, flash Clockwork (replacing darchstar) reboot into recovery mode and flash your new OS (DON'T FORGET TO WIPE).

I like your detailed method, but SuperOneClick was really easy too.
Install HTC Sync (v2 for Hero)
Enable USB debugging
Open SOC
Click Root
Plug in phone when prompted
Wait a bit.... then done.

There really is alot of outdated information on these forums. All versions of the stock ROMs can be rooted one way or another.
Above is two possible solutions

I agree with porkrinds but y would you replace Darchstar Recovery its the best IMO Thanks Darchstar
Root-Hack-Mod-Always™

Porkrinds said:
There really is alot of outdated information on these forums. All versions of the stock ROMs can be rooted one way or another.
Above is two possible solutions
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Forum update, prune, re-sticky time?

I used one click method & there's no recovery image.

Great Way to Root Hero with 2.31
Used this without a hitch, has recovery & all took about 2 minutes...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=643

cybertimber2007 said:
I like your detailed method, but SuperOneClick was really easy too.
Install HTC Sync (v2 for Hero)
Enable USB debugging
Open SOC
Click Root
Plug in phone when prompted
Wait a bit.... then done.
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Hey man I just used your little posts instructions to root my Wife's hero (my evo is already rooted)
I can't believe how easy that was thanks so much everything appears to be working I have superuser authority and am going to try flashing a new rom momentarily

[Q] ALL steps to root Motorola Xoom 4.0.4?

So I recently got a Xoom and would like to root it. I can easily search through forums and follow instructions, but I want to be sure on what I have to do. I've rooted and flashed several Android devices already, so I'm no newbie, but once I bricked an Atrix so since then I've always been super cautious.
So now.. how do I root and install CWM on the Xoom? It's on 4.0.4 OTA.
Do I have to unlock the bootloader first?
Specific references to threads and step by step instructions preferred. Thank you!

xFrozen said:
So I recently got a Xoom and would like to root it. I can easily search through forums and follow instructions, but I want to be sure on what I have to do. I've rooted and flashed several Android devices already, so I'm no newbie, but once I bricked an Atrix so since then I've always been super cautious.
So now.. how do I root and install CWM on the Xoom? It's on 4.0.4 OTA.
Do I have to unlock the bootloader first?
Specific references to threads and step by step instructions preferred. Thank you!
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Yes, you will have to unlock first. There's a bit to set up first, but if you read the instructions and get everything you need set up in one place it's pretty easy. Also, it's actually hard to really brick a Xoom. A few have managed but it's not easy.
Try this guide...everything should still work fine, and it explains a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Good luck!

Hello Everyone im new to the boards here
I'm Trying to root my Friends Xoom for him. He told me he already started the process and unlocked stuff but cant flash anything or succesfully root. I dont know what he actually did and to be honest neither does he..... * put a gun in my mouth haha*
So my question is can i just follow the guide posted and start from the very first step and redo everything and still be ok ?? He has it updated to OTA ICS 4.0.4 I found several guides for 4.0.3 but im not sure if those instructions would still work if anyone could clarify this for me i'd greatly appreciate it

okantomi said:
Yes, you will have to unlock first. There's a bit to set up first, but if you read the instructions and get everything you need set up in one place it's pretty easy. Also, it's actually hard to really brick a Xoom. A few have managed but it's not easy.
Try this guide...everything should still work fine, and it explains a lot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1249798
Good luck!
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Ah, thanks, it worked
Dooms87 said:
Hello Everyone im new to the boards here
I'm Trying to root my Friends Xoom for him. He told me he already started the process and unlocked stuff but cant flash anything or succesfully root. I dont know what he actually did and to be honest neither does he..... * put a gun in my mouth haha*
So my question is can i just follow the guide posted and start from the very first step and redo everything and still be ok ?? He has it updated to OTA ICS 4.0.4 I found several guides for 4.0.3 but im not sure if those instructions would still work if anyone could clarify this for me i'd greatly appreciate it
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I also had a problem after unlocking. It unlocked fine, but then I couldn't flash CWM through fastboot. My problem was the Application Variable thing, I assume. What I did was go to the platform tools folder (which for me was C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools ). I held shift and right clicked Platform Tools, then pressed "open command window here" and then I flashed CWM through fastboot in that window. Just make sure the CWM image is in the Platform Tools folder, along with fastboot.exe.
If you have any issues with that, PM me and I'll try to help.

omg Frozen thank you so most for that post i literally had the same problem CWM would not flash till i did exactly what you said in the last post thank you soo much greatly appreciated

There is one VERY important piece that is left out of most threads.
The newest Xooms that were release overwrite CWM files upon reboot unless you take specific steps to make sure it doesn't... e.g.
have the update.zip you want to use preloaded on the sdcard via pc
or
use a usb with a otg and a version of CWM that can apply update.zip from the USB drive.
Also beware of threads that dont mention what version of the OS they are for. For example its very easy to root your device, but it be on an on 3.x OS and then the OS will update it to 4.04 on the next boot cycle, and wont give you a chance to pick your ROM update. As a result your device is not rooted at this point, and CWM is not installed because you didnt have root in time to move these files:
adb shell mv /system/recovery-from-boot.p.old /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.old /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
while in root.
Really sucks.
So in a nutshell those with the latest Xoom tablets that were released, must make sure you find a update.zip that is compatible with ICS 4.04 and then get it to your SDCARD or USB Drive via any method possible - and then flash the right CWM that supports what you want to do, then catch that as it reboots the very first time but pushing the down button and then up button of the volume controls, and then you can install the root (update.zip).... then if all is well you will be able to boot normally, and then go back and get into CWM and install the ROM of your delight.
Experts feel free to chime in so I don't mislead anyone. I wouldn't follow the above advice until an expert puts their AOK on it.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242241
Any Xoom any update BTW I had my mz601( Telstra ) on offical ics rooted by this method.

[Q]

Hi, all. I am using the super utility located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1668276 by kgs1992 (thanks!) (I am using an HTC sensation 4g)
I have successfully S-OFFd the phone and it now displays JuopunutBear on the white bootloader screen, and I also did step #3 & 4 successfully (install 4EXT + root phone).
I was able to SU using ConnectBot so the phone appears to be rooted OK, still on the Stock ROM that came with the phone (android 4.0.3)
What is next? Do I need to go through all the remaining steps 5-10 to be able to fully install custom roms etc and really be "rooted"? (CID, firmware, zip from recovery, install PG58IMG.zip, flash boot.img etc). Are steps 5-10 required etc?
My goal is to be able to download some other roms and play around, I just want to make sure my phone is good to go.
Thanks again to the author kgs1992!

If you look through the description, you'll see that these are bullet points, not steps. What you installed is a tool that will allow you to perform these functions if you want to.
If all you wanted to do is root your phone, it would appear you've already done that. If you want to play around with new ROMs, you can do so. The other features of the tool may help you accomplish that in some cases.

ALWAYS INCLUDE THREAD TITLE

Htc one m8 - im 70 and rooting this phone on my bucket list

Ok my friends, my name is ska, im 70 yrs old and if i dont type in caps, i cant see what i am typing. I would like to correctly root my phone and unroot it later if need be, before i die and so i have come here for assistance. Although i have worked in multiple engineering fields, i no longer have the mental capability to comprehend or follow any rooting instructions unless they were written for a 6 yr old. Getting old is no fun so dont do it.
Can anyone slow it down a few gears and help me with this bucket list item?
Here is what i have:
Htc one m8(metal)
originally verizon now has straight talk sim
model number: Htc6525lvw
imei: 990 004 998 964 591
android version 5.0.1
htc sense version 6.0
software number 4.17.605.9
htc sdk api level 6.55
it took me 21 minutes to type out this information. Which i will never get back. I just want to have a outta sight phone to show off at bingo and use it as an ice breaker on dance nights.

I love this thread and really hope you can figure it out!
You'll need a few things to accomplish this. First you'll need to get s-off (which I explain below), then you get root access, and finally you install a custom recovery. Once that's done, you're good to go, and can install whatever custom ROM or flashy modifications you want without worry that you'll permanently ruin your phone. Here's a list of things you'll need to do it: KingRoot app, Sunshine app ($25! No way around this...), working Android Device Bridge (ADB) connection to a PC.
Note, rooting your phone (up to the custom recovery) will not erase any of your user data, however further changes (such as flashing a new ROM) likely will, so you'll want to back up everything.
s-on/off: This refers to the security setting of the phone. By default, the phone comes s-on, which protects access to reserved memory and prevents you from rooting your phone. You'll need to change this to s-off first. Once done though, it'll be s-off for good. There are ways to "return to stock" and set it back to s-on, or at least appear as such to a level 1 tech.
First thing you're going to want to do is get ADB working on your computer and ensure you can communicate with and control your phone from the ADB command line. This is arguably the hardest step for a lay person. Detailed instructions on how to get that working can be found here.
Once you can see your phone in ADB and have ensured that's working, you'll want to download the KingRoot app and Sunshine app to your phone using the sites I've linked. KingRoot will be used to get temporary root access to your phone. Once you get tempRoot, if you reboot your phone, you'll have to do it again. Temporary root access is required for Sunshine to do it's thing and set your phone to s-off. Once you have s-off you're essentially done, and the last bit of work is to install the custom recovery and then any custom ROMs or modifications you'll want.
So you have ADB working and downloaded the two apps above. Lets get started.
First, launch KingRoot on your phone, and let it do it's magic trying to get you temporary root access. It'll likely fail a few times, but just keep doing it again until it works.
Once KingRoot says you have root, run Sunshine. It'll evaluate your phone and check if it has root access. If all is well, it'll prompt you to go pay $25 for the app, and will reboot your phone.
Once the phone has rebooted, launch KingRoot again and check to see if you still have tempRoot. You'll likely need to re-run KingRoot a few times until it gets root again.
Now that you have tempRoot again, and have paid the $25, go ahead and run Sunshine again. This time, it'll know you're ready to go, so let it run and it'll set your phone to s-off and reboot when it's done.
At this point, you've broken the man's lock over your phone! Go you!
The last step is to install a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP, which will allow you to backup and restore your phone, and also install things like a custom ROM. Details of how to install TWRP can be found here. You'll be using the ADB to push the code to your phone which is why we set it up and tested it first.
Once TWRP is installed, I recommend making a backup of your phone so you don't lose any information. You can do this in TWRP.
As a final step, and a way to show off your technological prowess, you can install a custom ROM. a whole forum of options and detailed explanations on how to install them can be found here. Some retain the same look and feel you're used to, while others use different user interfaces to offer a modified experience. Review the options and feel free to ask questions!
Good luck!

Hope you get this done, I will help in anyway I can.
You shouldn't need kingroot anymore, just download the sunshine app (http://theroot.ninja) to your device, install it and follow the steps.

I was 68 when I did mine. Just read here and follow the instructions.

Alllllrightttttty then !!!! When can you come over and do it>????
drumz0rz said:
I love this thread and really hope you can figure it out!
You'll need a few things to accomplish this. First you'll need to get s-off (which I explain below), then you get root access, and finally you install a custom recovery. Once that's done, you're good to go, and can install whatever custom ROM or flashy modifications you want without worry that you'll permanently ruin your phone. Here's a list of things you'll need to do it: KingRoot app, Sunshine app ($25! No way around this...), working Android Device Bridge (ADB) connection to a PC.
Note, rooting your phone (up to the custom recovery) will not erase any of your user data, however further changes (such as flashing a new ROM) likely will, so you'll want to back up everything.
s-on/off: This refers to the security setting of the phone. By default, the phone comes s-on, which protects access to reserved memory and prevents you from rooting your phone. You'll need to change this to s-off first. Once done though, it'll be s-off for good. There are ways to "return to stock" and set it back to s-on, or at least appear as such to a level 1 tech.
First thing you're going to want to do is get ADB working on your computer and ensure you can communicate with and control your phone from the ADB command line. This is arguably the hardest step for a lay person. Detailed instructions on how to get that working can be found here.
Once you can see your phone in ADB and have ensured that's working, you'll want to download the KingRoot app and Sunshine app to your phone using the sites I've linked. KingRoot will be used to get temporary root access to your phone. Once you get tempRoot, if you reboot your phone, you'll have to do it again. Temporary root access is required for Sunshine to do it's thing and set your phone to s-off. Once you have s-off you're essentially done, and the last bit of work is to install the custom recovery and then any custom ROMs or modifications you'll want.
So you have ADB working and downloaded the two apps above. Lets get started.
First, launch KingRoot on your phone, and let it do it's magic trying to get you temporary root access. It'll likely fail a few times, but just keep doing it again until it works.
Once KingRoot says you have root, run Sunshine. It'll evaluate your phone and check if it has root access. If all is well, it'll prompt you to go pay $25 for the app, and will reboot your phone.
Once the phone has rebooted, launch KingRoot again and check to see if you still have tempRoot. You'll likely need to re-run KingRoot a few times until it gets root again.
Now that you have tempRoot again, and have paid the $25, go ahead and run Sunshine again. This time, it'll know you're ready to go, so let it run and it'll set your phone to s-off and reboot when it's done.
At this point, you've broken the man's lock over your phone! Go you!
The last step is to install a custom recovery, I suggest TWRP, which will allow you to backup and restore your phone, and also install things like a custom ROM. Details of how to install TWRP can be found here. You'll be using the ADB to push the code to your phone which is why we set it up and tested it first.
Once TWRP is installed, I recommend making a backup of your phone so you don't lose any information. You can do this in TWRP.
As a final step, and a way to show off your technological prowess, you can install a custom ROM. a whole forum of options and detailed explanations on how to install them can be found here. Some retain the same look and feel you're used to, while others use different user interfaces to offer a modified experience. Review the options and feel free to ask questions!
Good luck!
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WOW THE LAST TIME I HAVE HAD MY MIND BLOWN LIKE THIS WAS BY A YOUNG LADY IN KOREA. I GUESS MY NEXT QUESTION IS WHAT IN SAM HILL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT ? I'M GOING TO ATTEMPT TO FOLLOW YOUR INSTRUCTIONS BUT I THINK THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I'M GONNA BREAK A HIP IF I TRY TWRPING.!!! AS SOON AS MY NIECE GETS HERE TO TAKE ME TO WALMART TO GET SOME PAPER FOR MY PRINTING UNIT. I WILL PRINT ALL THIS OUT AND START READING. I'M ONLY GOOD FOR ABOUT 5 PAGES OF EASY READING BEFORE I NOD OUT ONLY TO BE WOKEN UP BY THE IMPACT OF MY HEAD ON THE KEYBOARD. HAD TO WALK AROUND WITH GHBNM IMPRINTED ON MY HEAD FOR A WEEK LAST TIME. I'LL KEEP YOU ABREAST ON MY PROGRESS. THANK YOU FOR ALL THIS INFO AND YOUR QUICK RESPONSE ALTHOUGH I'M NOT TO SURE OF MY ABILITY TO COMPREHEND ANY OF IT.
THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE MY TOASTER. PUT BREAD IN CLICK ONE BUTTON WAIT AND DING ALL DONE AND NOW HAVE YUMMY TOAST. to be continued........

To make this super simple here are the steps:
1) http://theroot.ninja/download.html (Do the first link and after you finish that do the second.)
2) At this point you could potentially go to the app store, download TWRP which is a recovery program that is almost like a computer bios would be on a computer. Once you have that you could install it after selecting your phone and the TWRP version you want, I would select 2.8.0.0 as I had issues when I tried to flash higher the first time.
3) if that doesn't work you will need to install TWRP via Fastboot the directions for which are here:
https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html
You can just put your phone in Fastboot mode and in a terminal on your computer that your phone is attached to type:
"fastboot devices" to make sure your phone is being seen.
"fastboot flash recovery twrp.img" to flash TWRP.
"fastboot reboot" to reboot the phone.
4) Here's the hardest step if you can't install TWRP from the app, installing ADB and Fastboot but just go to Youtube and look up some videos on that. There are some more details involved but you can ask when you get this done as this is all you'll need to install the custom ROMs.

Throttled to a halt in two ways is taking its tole on my project
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Well gents, my carrier has throttled my speed so slow that it feels like I'm on dial-up in Bedrock. Looking at all those Utube videos and printing out instructions ate up 5 Gb in 3 days. So to make downloading the programs I need "time out" before they can be fully downloaded. But I'm still at. So bear with me. Did I mention that I got throttled? Not only by my carrier, but my doctor had to one up my carrier by informing me that I had a heart attack while shopping for print paper with my niece. I think I had a few more when she was driving me to the ER. So I'm a bit slower this week, but I still at it. Thanks for everyones help thus far. I better get to this before it gets to me.