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Unrevoked Root Guide

- Unrevoked is a root method for some major HTC phones on Android 2.2. Below are the phones supported;
  - Evo 4G
  - Hero (CMDA)
  - Wildfire
  - Aria
  - Desire
  - Droid Incredible
  Installing this is actually pretty simple, and only takes a couple clicks.

  OS X and Linux machines already have HBoot drivers installed but if you are on windows you will have to follow the below steps to install them. If you on OS X or Linux then just skip ahead.

  First step is to download the drivers. Open up this URL in your browser: "http://www.imjake648.com/android-usb-driver.zip" It is a zip file so unzip it to your desktop.

  Now shut your phone down and boot into recovery. Do this my simply powering on the phone while holding the volume button. Then use the volume rockers to scroll down to HBOOT.

  Next go to your computer and open device manager by opening Computer>Properties>Device Manager. You should see a screen like the one below. You should see Android 1.0

  Right click Anroid 1.0 and select Update Driver Software. A screen like the one below should open.

  Then browse for your driver software. Go to your desktop where saved it and click on the unzipped folder.

  It should then install, ignore any warnings. When finished you should get a screen like this;

  Alright, OS X and Linux users can rejoin us.

  Download the file you need for your phone phone: "http://unrevoked.com/". Make sure you do not have HTC Sync installed. This will cause conflicts.

  Before you open the app you will need to enable USB Debugging. This can be done by opening up Settings>Applications>Development then check USB debugging.

  Now open the file you download. You should get a screen like this:

  Now go ahead and plug in your phone and it will do the rest for you!

  When finished your phone should re boot a couple times and then you want to check for an app called: "Superuser Permissions"