I am getting a MyTouch for my wife. I think I need 1.5 to root. I understand the MyTouch comes with 1.5. Being an old WM guy I would like to be able to root the new phone by usb cable with no sim card in the phone. Is this possible with an Android? I am trying to avoid having to remove 1.6 and load 1.5 manually if T-Mo updates the phone over the air before I can root. Thanks for help and advice re rooting. Never rooted before. Would hate to ruin my wife's new phone before she can even use it.
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Now i heard some peopel say i can go to default rom with sensi UI on telus htc hero but do i need any backup or anything?
Also, is there a root where i can have my mobile save the apps on SD? it really slows my mobile down if i get too many apps on. I dont want to get rid of my sense UI so is there any root that offers both and be able to run telus htc hero unlocked (not rooted yet though)?
Also ive almost rooted my phone but stuck aat step 5
please read following thread
[GUIDE 16/11/09] Get started rooting Telus HERO130! (No need for QMAT!)
I cant get to make the sd card to work to verify its content. It makes me do format and when i do that, everythings clean. what can i do about it?
Um I use modaco hes nice and stable and you get to keep sense. But your stuck on 1.5.
Not sure about the rooting issues though I'll get my mate to talk to you about it he knows things....lol
i was given a lost or reported htc magic 32b, dude just wanted a newer phone
so it got blacklisted, im using it as a test phone to learn rooting flashing roms etc
i made a goldcard i copied the sappimg.nbh and FlashRec files etc and all went well, then i get to the welcome screen emergency call change language
i cannot go any further if plug in the usb cable i get nothing, as i cannot activate
the phone to get into menu add the rest of the files to flash etc i have sdk working but like i said it does not see the phone, as i said i am using it as a tester for my actual working htc magic 1.6 that i want to flash cyanogen rom.
i thought id rather brick the blacklisted one as it wont work anyway, before i try the methods on my working one.
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I don't think you can.. I tried that without data plan but noway to pass the activation for mytouch 3g. just use your other mytouch simcard (assuming you have dataplan) and activate it..then do all the rom install.. from then on..you don't need the dataplan..you will have a skip option with all roms...
(borrow friend's sim for few seconds to activate)
(get the dataplan and cancel it when you think you don't need it)
I have a T-Mobile MyTouch 3g 1.2 and I have tried to unroot it and load the original rom back on it and for the life of me I can't. It updates the sappimg just fine in hboot until it gets to system and then I get some sort of error and have to reroot it and flash CM6.1 RC1 back on. I have tried running Universal Androot to unroot it with no success. Well, today I downloaded this nice little app from the Market called z4root by RyanZA(I think that's his name) and low and behold it actually unrooted my phone. I confirmed this by rebooting, opening rom manager app and it told me I need root to use it. I used z4root to reroot with no problems. My question is how would I flash the original T-mobile rom if I use this app to unroot my phone. Could I use the RUU.exe or is there a better way? I really want to go back to stock when the OTA for this phone comes out. I don't need to right now, but I just want to know how and try it so I know I can do it when the time comes. Would it be best to use a goldcard after unrooting to load sappimg? If anyone has any ideas or experience doing this please advise and I appreciate everyone here. This forum is great. I am a noob to Android devices and have been coming here about every day to read, read, read. I have learned so much here. Some of it is still gibberish to me, but I am learning. Thanks all!
When not flash a 32A 'port' of the mytouch 1.1 froyo ROM? It will perform exactly the same as any official update.
I was thinking about doing that, but after trying to go back to stock and failing I have kind of made it a challenge to get this done and figure it out. I guess since no one knows what to do I will just keep trying blind and keep reading. Thanks all and have a great day.
i just got a new sprint evo 4g a few days agot o replace my PRE and im trying to root it. i never had htcsync installed. i installed the HBOOT drivers and they are reconized by dev manager. I run Unrevoked 3 and it reboots the phone and gets stuck at "waiting for root" the phone has booted up completely but nothing has changed. I tried rebooting my pc and the phone and trying again but it does the same thing. if i unplug usb and reattach i get the error failed to root, this happens sometimes. i have debugging on and charge only enabled. Am i missing something?
Unrevoked3 currently does not root the newer EVOs. Since you said you got it a few days ago, I assume you are on HBOOT 2.02 or 2.10. You need to use another method besides unrevoked3 to root or wait until the unrevoked team puts out an updated package to root the new EVOs. You can find root methods in the Development Section.
[ROOT] ~~~ HTC EVO - Universal Auto Root ~~~ (updated for 2.02)(12/15/10)
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[ROOT][GUIDE] HBoot 2.02/2.10 SOFF -Yea, Yes Im On Top Edition - Upd. 12.19.10
Good luck
Hey Maz,
I'm in the same boat. It's all to do with the new update that the Evo's received. I didn't know that taking the update (I really missed Swype from my Epic, lol) would kill our ability to root. We just have to hang back until unrEVOked, or another dev, comes up with a new one-click root that will accommodate our baseband/firmware/etc. /sadface... That'll teach me to leap before reading..
thanks for the replies guys. does simpleroot support my version? i tried that a few minutes ago but im getting error that the versions are wrong or something in hboot
The second link is one that I used. It says it should even work with 2.10 Hboot. As long as you follow the directions exactly you should be good to go.
since i attempted the root my evo seems to be responding slowly now. i formatted the sd card as one forum suggested. not sure it that had to do with it needing to sync up everything or something but i used task killer to kill the apps but its still running slow
I have a stock myTouch 3G 32B that won't progress past the initial login screen. I have taken pictures of the different screen/areas that I can get to. I have tried multiple SIM cards at no avail. Any help appreciated! Thanks!!
That is not a brick. Not even close to being a brick. Imagine this, you try to turn your phone on and you're greeted with the old familiar splash screen, but it stays like that, nothing happens, you start to worry and decide to boot into recovery, same thing happens, you freak out and try fastboot, same result. That's a brick. That doesn't happen to too many people, but when it does, its effing scary.
Now onto your problem. Are you sure the Sims you tried had working data? Did you try them in another phone to verify?
Thanks tvall ... I guess I should have used a different word that bricked since I know a true brick is completely non functional. This phone however is completely useless at this state though. :-(
As for the SIM cards, they were taken out of my HD2 (running Android), my wifes HD2 (also Android), Samsung Vibrant, and then a dumb phone. All the smart phones have data plans and work when their proper SIM cards are installed.
Well the phone suggested to call customer care, and it is a SMARTphone. Try taking its advice?
What I do when I have major problems is flash a sappimg and start over. (That is also the only times my phone runs stock software. I rooted on day one and flashed cm haven't gone back to stock)
Maybe, if your ok with root, do the goldcard rooting process and see if a custom rom can get data?
The phone was purchased used off craigslist ... wasn't sure if that would come up or matter if customer care was called. The whole point of this is that I was hoping to root and get a custom rom on there (trying to fix up for my niece to use). The problem is though that I don't think that I can root without a goldcard and I can't create a gold card without getting into the settings page and getting info about the phone (right?). If there is a way to do any of this using ADB or any other method I am all ears.
Also you said something about flashing a sappimg and starting over ... can I do this without the phone being rooted? It is 100% stock AFAIK.
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The phone was purchased used off craigslist ... wasn't sure if that would come up or matter if customer care was called. The whole point of this is that I was hoping to root and get a custom rom on there (trying to fix up for my niece to use). The problem is though that I don't think that I can root without a goldcard and I can't create a gold card without getting into the settings page and getting info about the phone (right?). If there is a way to do any of this using ADB or any other method I am all ears.
Also you said something about flashing a sappimg and starting over ... can I do this without the phone being rooted? It is 100% stock AFAIK.
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You can make a goldcard with any HTC android phone
tvall said:
You can make a goldcard with any HTC android phone
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I was thinking that the gold card that is used to root the phone would have to be made with that phone as well. So I can use my G1 to make a goldcard that I can use to root this myTouch3G?
NickPDX said:
I was thinking that the gold card that is used to root the phone would have to be made with that phone as well. So I can use my G1 to make a goldcard that I can use to root this myTouch3G?
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Yep. Goldcards are not phone specific
Thanks! I have never seen anything saying that in all of my research. I would have never figured that out on my own. I will create a gold card with my G1 when I get home from work and root that myTouch with it.
Thanks again!
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