Why can't I use adb when phone is rooted

[George M]

I have my new Evo rooted with the stock ROM. I have "rooted only apps" insalled and working fine (Rom Manager, Setcpu, Quick Boot etc.), which tells me that it is rooted

After reading some of the forums I want to switch to using Amon RA recovery. I dowloaded the file and started up adb, but it will not let me interact with the phone. It sees the phone ok, but it says it dosen't have permissions.

Also the shell comes up with a $ rather than a # which I believe means it doesn't have root access.

Is there anything I can do because the install directions for Amon RA says I need to use adb or fastboot (by the way the fastboot method failed also saying "remote not allowed?

Thanks
George M

[TruSlide]

You don't need to use adb to run Amon_RA. If you go into ROM Manager to the bottom of the options you'll see an option to change your recovery. You can do it from there. But... it sounds like you don't have root.

Plug your phone into your computer, enable debugging mode, put your phone on charge on.

Open a terminal(MAC) or command prompt for windows.

Navigate thru the adb to your tools folder, where the adb is found.

Then type
adb devices

your device should be listed

Then type
adb start-server
it should either start a server or say a server is already running

then if you type
adb shell
you'll be able to directly input commands to the phone.

If you got an $ when you typed SU, you're not full root.

What's your hboot#, version of your phone (002, 003, 004) and what method did you use to root?

[TruSlide]

Another thing to check...

power down your phone. Then turn it back on using the Vol Down + Power

When the phone turns on and takes you to the boot screen, at the top of your phone it should say "blah blah version S-ON or S-OFF"

If it says S-ON you're definitely not rooted and wont be able to flash

If it says S-OFF then there's something else going on with your phone...

[silentevo]

don't forget to sync up your phone to your pc