I have now Rooted Two 2.1 Eris the last few days. I dont know if this has been covered, I did a search and honestly searching here is a little fetch.
This is a place holder.
POST here if you want to know how to root 2.1 or post here and let me know if its already been known how to root.
Here is the Phone Information and Specs of the one i just rooted.
Firmware Version
2.1
Baseband
2.42.00.04.12
Kernel Verison
2.6.29-8a03cb9a
[email protected] #1
Build Number
2.36.605.1 CL165907 Release-keys
Software Number
2.36.605.1
Browser Version
WebKit 3.1
PRL Version
58005
ERI Version
5
Were the specs like this before or after the rooting?
After the root.
I should have got the specs before the root. I can tell you how to do it if you have a 2.1 its fast.
I just want someone on here to verify it.
Sure why not.
Just post how to do it instead of trying to drag on a thread and make yourself big, I honestly dont think you did root them or you would of posted a tutorial. prove me wrong... go for it.
FireSokar said:
Just post how to do it instead of trying to drag on a thread and make yourself big, I honestly dont think you did root them or you would of posted a tutorial. prove me wrong... go for it.
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Yeah honestly I'm with this guy ^.
Trust me i dont need to make myself big on xda i could care less.
Heres what I have been doing on them, push the 1.5 root to the phone reboot recovery install like you would root on 1.5 It should complete.
You will notice when it reboots that YOU DO NOT HAVE SUPER USER.
What i did was went to my cmd prompt typed adb shell, i have #. So i proceeded with installing recovery.
Once installing the new recovery i adb reboot recovery again. This time you get the green letters with the recovery, I installed the offical2.1with root over the OTB 2.1 with root. Pretty much you could install any rom with root on it.
Wiped and rebooted. Now i have 2.1 with superuser and root.
amoamare said:
Trust me i dont need to make myself big on xda i could care less.
Heres what I have been doing on them, push the 1.5 root to the phone reboot recovery install like you would root on 1.5 It should complete.
You will notice when it reboots that YOU DO NOT HAVE SUPER USER.
What i did was went to my cmd prompt typed adb shell, i have #. So i proceeded with installing recovery.
Once installing the new recovery i adb reboot recovery again. This time you get the green letters with the recovery, I installed the offical2.1with root over the OTB 2.1 with root. Pretty much you could install any rom with root on it.
Wiped and rebooted. Now i have 2.1 with superuser and root.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but by 1.5 root you mean the 1.5 to 2.1 rooted update and that only works for phones running 1.5 which we already had. Now there trying to get root for the 2.1 leaks/ota. not to mention i think the 1.5 root was a PB00IMG.zip which is not for recovery.
Okay so I initially didnt think i would have to spell this out.
Push PB00IMG.zip to root of the SDCARD on a 2.1 OTB eris.
Adb reboot recovery apply the PB00IMG.zip
Wait for complete and reboot phone.
When the phone boots up you WILL NOT HAVE THE SUPERUSER installed. Instead if you go to your cmd prompt and type adb shell you get the # < then install the recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img and flash image as usual.
Reboot recovery this time you get the Green Letters Recovery.
amoamare said:
Okay so I initially didnt think i would have to spell this out.
Push PB00IMG.zip to root of the SDCARD on a 2.1 OTB eris.
Adb reboot recovery apply the PB00IMG.zip
Wait for complete and reboot phone.
When the phone boots up you WILL NOT HAVE THE SUPERUSER installed. Instead if you go to your cmd prompt and type adb shell you get the # < then install the recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img and flash image as usual.
Reboot recovery this time you get the Green Letters Recovery.
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I would like it if you spelled it out even more. I am not familiar with all the ADB shell commands, so could you list the exact command for each step? That would help me out greatly, thanks!
AcidRoot said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but by 1.5 root you mean the 1.5 to 2.1 rooted update and that only works for phones running 1.5 which we already had. Now there trying to get root for the 2.1 leaks/ota. not to mention i think the 1.5 root was a PB00IMG.zip which is not for recovery.
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He is trying to tell you that he has the old root method working on 2.1.
I know that he has done this on two devices. One fresh out the box with 2.1 and one that was updated to 2.1.
I am looking for a 2.1 Eris myself to duplicate.
I personally remember having a problem loading the root file on a 2.1 Eris, but I only tried one of them. Then I left it alone.
I think I gave up too easy when I was told that it could not be done with that file.
Exactly I was told it could not be done.
What happend was the one out of box I ended up launching the Root with out checking if it was 1.5 or 2.1 When the phone wouldnt reboot after trying to root i wiped the handset. It loaded after some time like 15 mins. I looked for the Superuser program and it wasnt installed.
Ended up checking software version it was 2.1. A little fustrated I ran my script for cricket WITCH REQUIRES ROOT.
It rebooted the phone and what did i notice my **** was on the phone without root. So i thought. I check adb shell and i got the #. So i hit up installing recovery and i was able to install it so i install the official 2.1 with root rom to get the superuser apk on the phone.
amoamare said:
Exactly I was told it could not be done.
What happend was the one out of box I ended up launching the Root with out checking if it was 1.5 or 2.1 When the phone wouldnt reboot after trying to root i wiped the handset. It loaded after some time like 15 mins. I looked for the Superuser program and it wasnt installed.
Ended up checking software version it was 2.1. A little fustrated I ran my script for cricket WITCH REQUIRES ROOT.
It rebooted the phone and what did i notice my **** was on the phone without root. So i thought. I check adb shell and i got the #. So i hit up installing recovery and i was able to install it so i install the official 2.1 with root rom to get the superuser apk on the phone.
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version 1.47 or 1.49?
amoamare said:
Exactly I was told it could not be done.
What happend was the one out of box I ended up launching the Root with out checking if it was 1.5 or 2.1 When the phone wouldnt reboot after trying to root i wiped the handset. It loaded after some time like 15 mins. I looked for the Superuser program and it wasnt installed.
Ended up checking software version it was 2.1. A little fustrated I ran my script for cricket WITCH REQUIRES ROOT.
It rebooted the phone and what did i notice my **** was on the phone without root. So i thought. I check adb shell and i got the #. So i hit up installing recovery and i was able to install it so i install the official 2.1 with root rom to get the superuser apk on the phone.
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What was the boot screen like? The Green Android people that wave at you or the HTC "quietly brilliant" screen
Holy **** It works!
I dont remember boot screen.
as far as version 1.47 or 1.49
Im not sure what your asking here, version of the PBIMG i used ?
amoamare said:
I dont remember boot screen.
as far as version 1.47 or 1.49
Im not sure what your asking here, version of the PBIMG i used ?
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No when you took the phone out of the box and started it for the first time after the green androids on skate boards did little green android guys wave or did you get the htc quietly brillant
amoamare said:
I dont remember boot screen.
as far as version 1.47 or 1.49
Im not sure what your asking here, version of the PBIMG i used ?
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HBOOT version I believe.
PusherRobot said:
Holy **** It works!
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Hey man, what are the commands you used? I pushed PB00IMG.zip to the sdcard, but when I do > adb reboot recovery , it simply restarts and shows that phone icon with the red triangle over it. When I manually pressed power and volume down, the same error as always occurs (version is older). What am I doing wrong?
amoamare said:
I dont remember boot screen.
as far as version 1.47 or 1.49
Im not sure what your asking here, version of the PBIMG i used ?
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Well congratulations, you found a bass ackwards way to root a phone with a (more than likely) 1.47 bootloader. We've had it for months, welcome to the party. Although, You're a little late...
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I was rooting my nexus one last night on a guide from theunlockr.com and got through every step except the last one where you have to install ''install-superboot-windows.bat'' when i clicked on it it showed a little blackbox with something in it for about half a second and nothing else showed up so i assumed it was finished. When i go into bootloader it says unlocked at the top and on the start up screen it shows a little unlocked sign at the bottom but i went into the market to download the torch application, the whole reason i rooted it and it told me that i was not rooted and it would not work.
You have root just don't have superuser permission. I say flash the cyanogen add-on if you don't to flash a rom that has su built in.
Reboot your phone. If you have a pic of a unlocked lock, then your phone has been unlocked, and you can flash the amon_ra recovery, then flash a custom rom with superuser permission.
Also, you can go to a terminal emulator and type in su.
david1171 said:
Reboot your phone. If you have a pic of a unlocked lock, then your phone has been unlocked, and you can flash the amon_ra recovery, then flash a custom rom with superuser permission.
Also, you can go to a terminal emulator and type in su.
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Where can i get a terminal emulator?
Hi mate, I had the same problem... I think you have unlocked your bootloader but failed to root your phone.
Im pretty sure the bit when you ''install-superboot-windows.bat'' doesn't work sometimes.
I had to manually re-do that bit ...
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open a command window in that folder by holding down your shift key and right clicking anywhere in the window. and selecting open command prompt here
type this command in your command prompt "fastboot-windows flash boot nexusone.superboot.1.1.img"
then enjoy your rooted phone.
viperman78 said:
Hi mate, I had the same problem... I think you have unlocked your bootloader but failed to root your phone.
Im pretty sure the bit when you ''install-superboot-windows.bat'' doesn't work sometimes.
I had to manually re-do that bit ...
---------------Manual Rooting---------------
open a command window in that folder by holding down your shift key and right clicking anywhere in the window. and selecting open command prompt here
type this command in your command prompt "fastboot-windows flash boot nexusone.superboot.1.1.img"
then enjoy your rooted phone.
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Thanks Do i have to put the phone into bootloader or do anything else on the phone?
No... just follow the last bit of this.
http://www.android-devs.com/?p=100
For some reason the batch file didn't do its magic, so I had to do it manually... Pretty sure you have the same issue .
And really??... the whole reason you voided your warranty was for the torch app???? You are not installing Cyanogen mod or anything?
viperman78 said:
No... just follow the last bit of this.
http://www.android-devs.com/?p=100
For some reason the batch file didn't do its magic, so I had to do it manually... Pretty sure you have the same issue .
And really??... the whole reason you voided your warranty was for the torch app???? You are not installing Cyanogen mod or anything?
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haha no but thats how i found out about rooting. Also you said just follow the last bit of the steps do you mean just do step 7, Sorry for all the questions im new to most of this and dont want to mess up my nexus.
Thanks, I got it to work but now wifi does not work
Install all the latest Cyanogen stuff and you should have no problems. Also you will have a lot more mem for apps!
Voiding your warranty just for a flashlight is a bit silly IMO.
GL
I installed the cyanogenmod 5.0 rom and everything was installed correctly and when i reset the phone it just shows the firework things coming together over and over again.
OK so I downloaded the original 2.1 leak.
It changed the boot loader (I believe that's the reason after the 2.1 update why people weren't able to rollback to 1.5, yes I know 2.1 rooted rom's can roll back now) and then installed 2.1 OTA "official"... guess it was the second attempt at 2.1 since VZW canned the first test ROM.
Anyway... so now I am running the latest OTA non-root ROM and if I hit power + volume up to enter recovery mode (or install other ROMs like EvilEris1.1.zip, Legend.zip) I get an Exclamation point.
Hitting Power and Volume down gets me into hboot where I could install the PB00IMG.zip (it checks for a few other names like this as well).
Is there anyway to restore that recovery functionality?
Also, which I am assuming because I'm running non-root ROM, when trying to use adb I cannot run "adb root", "adb mount", or "adb shell" and remount /system as rw. Complains can't do this because it's official rom?
Any help here getting me to the point that I can recover if necessary, install EvilEris, Legend, etc for testing purposes, even recover to rollback and start all over... would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
nemish13 said:
OK so I downloaded the original 2.1 leak.
It changed the boot loader (I believe that's the reason after the 2.1 update why people weren't able to rollback to 1.5, yes I know 2.1 rooted rom's can roll back now) and then installed 2.1 OTA "official"... guess it was the second attempt at 2.1 since VZW canned the first test ROM.
Anyway... so now I am running the latest OTA non-root ROM and if I hit power + volume up to enter recovery mode (or install other ROMs like EvilEris1.1.zip, Legend.zip) I get an Exclamation point.
Hitting Power and Volume down gets me into hboot where I could install the PB00IMG.zip (it checks for a few other names like this as well).
Is there anyway to restore that recovery functionality?
Also, which I am assuming because I'm running non-root ROM, when trying to use adb I cannot run "adb root", "adb mount", or "adb shell" and remount /system as rw. Complains can't do this because it's official rom?
Any help here getting me to the point that I can recover if necessary, install EvilEris, Legend, etc for testing purposes, even recover to rollback and start all over... would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
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it sounds like you installed an official non root image over root, replacing everything including the recovery img. We have no current way of rooting your phone.
Nope,
As I said I have downloaded and installed the following
Beginning of March --
HTC 2.1 Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, REJECTED. Do not Install if you want root.
Rom: http://www.sendspace.com/file/frqze0
March 30 Installed --
HTC 2.1 Release Candidate (AKA OTA) Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, possible OTA leak. Do not Install if you want root.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RHNAWUR0
Never downloaded or installed any other ROM. Never installed a root ROM.
nemish13 said:
Nope,
As I said I have downloaded and installed the following
Beginning of March --
HTC 2.1 Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, REJECTED. Do not Install if you want root.
Rom: http://www.sendspace.com/file/frqze0
March 30 Installed --
HTC 2.1 Release Candidate (AKA OTA) Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, possible OTA leak. Do not Install if you want root.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RHNAWUR0
Never downloaded or installed any other ROM. Never installed a root ROM.
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sorry dude
well, you are not going to be able to install other roms since you do not have root. i believe you should be able to get into recovery, but only able to do basic functions such as data/wipe. you wont be able to install new roms via recovery. the only real function you will have is to go into hboot and flash the current build version or a higher build version of the pb00img.zip file.
like jcase said, there is no way to root your phone, unless you have the official build version 1.5.
ECLIPS3 said:
well, you are not going to be able to install other roms since you do not have root. i believe you should be able to get into recovery, but only able to do basic functions such as data/wipe. you wont be able to install new roms via recovery. the only real function you will have is to go into hboot and flash the current build version or a higher build version of the pb00img.zip file.
like jcase said, there is no way to root your phone, unless you have the official build version 1.5.
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I can do hboot (Power + Volume Down) but I can't do recovery at all (Power + Volume Up). Just get Exclamation Point.
So one of these Verizon Test Roms erased the "stock" recovery mode as it is no longer there and there is no way I can figure out how to restore that, forget a modified recovery.
just a question , what if someone backed up the files off the card to their computer or somewhere? i was just wondering cuz a lot i have been readin , people have downloaded the wrong file and lost root .if they have it backed up ,couldnt they just replace the files on the card with the ones saved and be able to do a recovery? i dont know much about how this works so dont rip me to bad lol just asking
HTC?!?!?!?
So someone from HTC needs to post a signed "su enabled" ROM...
Hello? HTC employees... help here like you did for the 1.5 "su enabled" leak that got us root... PLEASE!!!
nemish13 said:
So someone from HTC needs to post a signed "su enabled" ROM...
Hello? HTC employees... help here like you did for the 1.5 "su enabled" leak that got us root... PLEASE!!!
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Doubtful it will happen for the eris again.
jcase said:
Doubtful it will happen for the eris again.
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yeah but we can hope here... someone working for HTC has to be nice enough to take the OTA, enable root, sign it (most important) and post it...
I can't think people at HTC wouldn't share if they had the ability to help the community out now... LOL
More than likely only a hand full of people have the ability to sign the roms. We didn't get a release rom with root, we got a engineering rom.
Odds are in the favor or a root exploit, go see what Paul O'Brian has done with the HTD Desire and Legend . Hopefully that can help us.
Hi,
Thanks in advance for anyone who tries to help me.
A few weeks ago I tried to gain root access to HTC Eris. I followed the prereq and part one of the guide but stopped there. Rebooted my phone, checked the version (2.1) and went about reinstalling apps and such.
Now I want to install a different ROM so I went back and tried to start from the beginning and put PB00IMG.zip on my phone, went to hboot, let run but then I get the message "Main Version is older! Update Fail! Do you want to reboot device?"
So when I move onto III in the walk through, I get an error on the command
adb push flash_image /system/bin
It would seem like I've lost root right? Is there anyway I can check to see if I accidentally installed the leak w/o root?
Thanks,
Nate
Easy way is to do
adb shell
if the prompt is
$
your likely on leak
if the prompt is
#
your on root.
Once your on root, flash recovery.
I am anticipating the next question, so here is your answer. If you did indeed root your phone, you should have loaded a recovery image as jcase mentioned.
First, load the new ROM onto the root of your sd card. Next, power off your phone. Then, hold down the vol up button and turn on your phone. It should boot into the recovery console. From here to load another ROM, you need to perform a wipe and then load your new ROM by flashing. You should see a Wipe and Flash from Zip menu option in recovery.
In the Wipe menu, choose the first two options in order (factory reset and cache). Wait for each to complete. Next, pressing vol down should get you back to the main menu. From here choose Flash from Zip and then select the ROM zip file you loaded onto your sd card and wait for the update to complete. Last, reboot your phone from the menu.
jcase said:
Easy way is to do
adb shell
if the prompt is
$
your likely on leak
if the prompt is
#
your on root.
Once your on root, flash recovery.
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$
When you say "likely" you pretty much mean "sorry but you're non-rooted and I don't want to be the one to tell you" ?
xnatex21 said:
$
When you say "likely" you pretty much mean "sorry but you're non-rooted and I don't want to be the one to tell you" ?
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You have 2.1 from the OTA, or on phone at purchase or from an image you flashed?
try su
xnatex21 said:
$
When you say "likely" you pretty much mean "sorry but you're non-rooted and I don't want to be the one to tell you" ?
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adb shell
$ su
If you still have a $ then you most "likely" loaded a leak rather then root. If you get a # then you are in luck.
I don't remember if the the leak that included su had adb set to root by default.
good luck.
jcase said:
You have 2.1 from the OTA, or on phone at purchase or from an image you flashed?
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I followed a guide a few weeks ago that must have been for the leaked version of 2.1.
thisismyanonymousaccount said:
adb shell
$ su
If you still have a $ then you most "likely" loaded a leak rather then root. If you get a # then you are in luck.
I don't remember if the the leak that included su had adb set to root by default.
good luck.
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I get
su: permission denied
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I guess that means my phone I'm stuck with it...FML!
xnatex21 said:
I guess that means my phone I'm stuck with it...FML!
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Yes, sadly you are now stuck with the Leak.
Stay tuned as the devs are still working on it.
g00gl3 said:
Yes, sadly you are now stuck with the Leak.
Stay tuned as the devs are still working on it.
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Does anyone know what HTC says about all of this? Can I send the phone back to them and have them "restore" the phone to factory settings?
xnatex21 said:
Does anyone know what HTC says about all of this? Can I send the phone back to them and have them "restore" the phone to factory settings?
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Technically, modifying your device would void warranties. Even if they could "restore" the device, it would still have the newer bootloader that is causing the rooting issue. Some people have "lost" or "broken" the device bad enough that they could get a replacement from Verizon. However, there is mixed results as to what bootloader the refurbished devices come back with.
I posted before about the safety of re-rooting my eris from 1.5 to a rooted 2.2 rom, and due to lack of responses on any forums over the web, I jumped the gun today. First off my Eris after un-rooting it, wouldn't take the OTA update for 2.1, it downloaded and verified that, but after it rebooted, it was still at 1.5 saying no new updates are available. I cannot download the eris 1 click root app as it's only for 2.1 I'm assuming because it says it's not compatible with 1.5 firmware when I download it. I tried to follow this guide [Walkthrough] From stock (1.5) to rooted 2.1 (update - new link) - xda-developers and when I installed the PB00IMG.zip it downloaded but failed to flash and the screen read "Main version is older". I tried this guide All-In-One Auto-Root Script - Page 4 - xda-developers and when it says it's flashing the root image, it goes straight to a screen with only two options "recovery" something and "fastboot". None of which are listed as options in the guides. I am just trying to root my 1.5 eris and flash the KaosFroyo V3 eris rom with Amon Ra's recovery image. Thanks if anyone can help my problem, or shed light on the situation! Sorry if there's been a fix to this problem already stated, I've desperately been browsing many forums and hundreds of replies to no avail. Thanks again.
It looks to me like you got a pretty reasonable answer to the same question over on Android Forums
bftb0
i run unrevoked and nothing happens. this a new problem with the new update? this is my replacement phone anwaysy so.
anyone know anyways to root? i can't downgrade to old version. please help..
if you have s-off you just need to flash a custom recovery.
if you don't then i have no idea if the updated rom is rootable.
that would have been something to look for before upgrading
Good luck!
Having custom recovery is not the same as rooting (Superuser acess). Unfortunately, at the moment, Unrevoked won't work on the new OTA and if you install SU pack after the OTA it will just hang during boot up and you'll be in reboot hell. You can have Clockwork with the new OTA, just not root access.
downgrading to stock then s-off and upgrading work?
update. i tried downloading the super back to stock thread and the hboot says the file is older and i can't by pass it.. so hmm
I am in the same boat. Just got the phone and the f-ing salesman decided to install the OTA for me while he was setting it up. So do I return this thing in the hopes of getting one without the OTA or is it likely it will be rooted?
guessing no ones able to do anything with the new update to reroot yet huh... any manual way to actually do root or downgrade to where the hboot doesn't recognize it as a older version?
dadsterflip said:
guessing no ones able to do anything with the new update to reroot yet huh... any manual way to actually do root or downgrade to where the hboot doesn't recognize it as a older version?
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Nope, can't downgrade...I'm out of ideas. Pretty pissed off actually to the point where I'm ready to take it back and get one that doesn't have the god damn OTA applied. I HATE owning devices that I don't really own.
i rooted with unrevoked. it will stay waiting on root or something then you stop kill the program after phone is booted up.
imma be lazy and let you do the work but...
1. use unrevoked (not forever) http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe
2. wait for it to say waiting for root and phone is restarted, then exit unrevoked.
3. place clockwork mod on sd card as pb31img.zip http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/recovery/clockworkmod/PB31IMG.ZIP
4. go into recovery(volume down + power button) and let it detect pb31img and let it install
5. then use clockwork mod to install superuser apk manually http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6408470/su-releases/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
and yes this works, because i done it to 3 phones already
and yes this isnt hard...think outside of the box
I seem to have a problem. I was following the Bob Denny procedure to apply the OTA. Everything was going good until I got to the second step of booting into HBoot and reapplying the Clockwork recovery again. I cannot get into the Recover option in HBoot, it gets me stuck with the triangle over the phone image. I can boot normally and the phone is working but no root. In addition if I plug the usb cable into the phone, it charges but will not allow me to connect the phone as a disk drive, as well as the USB Debugging option is not there. I went to settings and tried the Connect To PC option but it FCs on me. The OTA part of this was successful (if you want to call it that). Any ideas on how to get this rooted again? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Cary
caleris said:
I seem to have a problem. I was following the Bob Denny procedure to apply the OTA. Everything was going good until I got to the second step of booting into HBoot and reapplying the Clockwork recovery again. I cannot get into the Recover option in HBoot, it gets me stuck with the triangle over the phone image. I can boot normally and the phone is working but no root. In addition if I plug the usb cable into the phone, it charges but will not allow me to connect the phone as a disk drive, as well as the USB Debugging option is not there. I went to settings and tried the Connect To PC option but it FCs on me. The OTA part of this was successful (if you want to call it that). Any ideas on how to get this rooted again? Any help is appreciated.
Thanks,
Cary
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press Volume Up + Power I think when you see the triangle
magneticzero said:
i rooted with unrevoked. it will stay waiting on root or something then you stop kill the program after phone is booted up.
imma be lazy and let you do the work but...
1. use unrevoked (not forever) http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.21/reflash_package.exe
2. wait for it to say waiting for root and phone is restarted, then exit unrevoked.
3. place clockwork mod on sd card as pb31img.zip http://downloads.unrevoked.com/forever/recovery/clockworkmod/PB31IMG.ZIP
4. go into recovery(volume down + power button) and let it detect pb31img and let it install
5. then use clockwork mod to install superuser apk manually http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6408470/su-releases/su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
and yes this works, because i done it to 3 phones already
and yes this isnt hard...think outside of the box
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But???????????? This will only work if you are already s-off, correct?
blackwolf77 said:
But???????????? This will only work if you are already s-off, correct?
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if you have clockwork mod installed with S-On and updated the ota already, you can flash unrevoked forever through clockwork recovery... that will take S-Off to off. I was messing around earlier and did that..
I am not sure how you got clockwork installed. Everytime I try it recognizes the PB31IMG and then just skips over it. It never asks about installing it.
The file name has to be PB31IMG.ZIP right? Also the LCD works different right?
SLCD PB31IMG.ZIP
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Would the old downgrade and root process work? I upgraded my stock INC to 2.2 before Unrevoked worked on it. I went through a fairly painless, albeit time-consuming, process of downgrading to 2.1, rooting, and then installing 2.2.
I would think the process could be utilized here, the only difference being specific files used. One may even be able to follow the process as is. The end result would be S-OFF, which would allow you to do whatever you wanted (upgrade to 2.2 + recent OTA, install custom ROM, etc)
If anyone gets this to work, please let everyone know.
Nitrogenus said:
Would the old downgrade and root process work? I upgraded my stock INC to 2.2 before Unrevoked worked on it. I went through a fairly painless, albeit time-consuming, process of downgrading to 2.1, rooting, and then installing 2.2.
I would think the process could be utilized here, the only difference being specific files used. One may even be able to follow the process as is. The end result would be S-OFF, which would allow you to do whatever you wanted (upgrade to 2.2 + recent OTA, install custom ROM, etc)
If anyone gets this to work, please let everyone know.
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tried it out, didn't work. the su trick with rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin does not work.
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Standing by!!!!! Will it work with s-on?
It shouldn't matter s-on or off. I have the SLCD screen don't know if it will make a difference. Just FYI
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ok so i recently picked up a used mytouch 4g. i rooted it and have superuser ability along with rom manager. have tried and think i have installed 3.0.2.4 clockwork recovery. i flashed that multiple times.
however when i try and boot into recovery i merely get to the phone with the red !. am i missing something?
thanks for your time!
kdm212 said:
ok so i recently picked up a used mytouch 4g. i rooted it and have superuser ability along with rom manager. have tried and think i have installed 3.0.2.4 clockwork recovery. i flashed that multiple times.
however when i try and boot into recovery i merely get to the phone with the red !. am i missing something?
thanks for your time!
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does you phone say s-off at the top when you boot into hBoot?
neidlinger said:
does you phone say s-off at the top when you boot into hBoot?
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s-on. however i thought you could still root and flash roms with it on. looks like im wrong?
kdm212 said:
s-on. however i thought you could still root and flash roms with it on. looks like im wrong?
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you are correct in your assumption.
The HTC Glacier and Vision have a security protocol in place that will revert the phone back to a 100% stock fashion every-time you turn off the phone. If you wish to do custom ROMs, recovery images, and radio files you must turn the "s-on" to "s-off".
neidlinger said:
you are correct in your assumption.
The HTC Glacier and Vision have a security protocol in place that will revert the phone back to a 100% stock fashion every-time you turn off the phone. If you wish to do custom ROMs, recovery images, and radio files you must turn the "s-on" to "s-off".
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ok so i did see the thread for s-off yet it seems very intensive. im also assuming theres no other way to get s-off.
kdm212 said:
ok so i did see the thread for s-off yet it seems very intensive. im also assuming theres no other way to get s-off.
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You can try the sh root.sh method.
1a ) download and install VISIONary.apk. Download from here
-Looks like you've done that since you have come this far.
1b) when you run VISIONary make sure both set system to R/W and Run Visionary.sh are both checked.
2) Download the script to the root of your SDcard
This is the file
3) Extract the folder from the .zip and store the folder with it's contents onto the root of the SDcard.
4) Download Terminal emulator from the market
-Link to the market for this app.
5) open the Terminal Emulator and type
Code:
$ su
#
The Dollar Sign " $ " should change to a pound sign " # ". If the Super user program ask for your permission, you'll want to grant it. You're screen should look like the box just above this line.
6 ) Change the directory to the root folder
Code:
# cd /sdcard/root
7) run the script
Code:
# sh root.sh
make sure you do not get any errors.
If you havent you can reboot into hBoot and look for s-off.
i personally used this method to root my phone before i left the t-mobile store when i bought the phone.
I CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PHONE. ROOTING ONES PHONE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS AND SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IF YOU SHOULD BLAME ME I WILL LAUGH AND POINT.
neidlinger said:
You can try the sh root.sh method.
1a ) download and install VISIONary.apk.
-Looks like you've done that since you have come this far.
1b) when you run VISIONary make sure both set system to R/W and Run Visionary.sh are both checked.
2) Download the script to the root of your SDcard
This is the file
3) Extract the folder from the .zip and store the folder with it's contents onto the root of the SDcard.
4) Download Terminal emulator from the market
-Link to the market for this app.
5) open the Terminal Emulator and type
Code:
$ su
#
The Dollar Sign " $ " should change to a pound sign " # ". If the Super user program ask for your permission, you'll want to grant it. You're screen should look like the box just above this line.
6 ) Change the directory to the root folder
Code:
# cd /sdcard/root
7) run the script
Code:
# sh root.sh
make sure you do not get any errors.
If you havent you can reboot into hBoot and look for s-off.
i personally used this method to root my phone before i left the t-mobile store when i bought the phone.
I CANNOT AND WILL NOT BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE IF YOU MESS UP YOUR PHONE. ROOTING ONES PHONE IS SERIOUS BUSINESS AND SHOULDN'T BE TAKEN LIGHTLY. IF YOU SHOULD BLAME ME I WILL LAUGH AND POINT.
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tried that and it does have s-off. thanks! however when i try to boot into recovery im still stuck with the phone and !...
EDIT: /sdcard/root/wpx.ko failed (function not implemented)
kdm212 said:
tried that and it does have s-off. thanks! however when i try to boot into recovery im still stuck with the phone and !...
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After doing the above method you're gonna have to reinstall the recovery from Rom Manager. Watch it carefully do not let the phone sleep (I recommend going to delopment check never sleep while charging and plug it into a charger while it downloads.) You have to pay attention because it will ask for SU permissions when it finishes downloading, and it for some reason only gives you like 3 or 4 seconds instead of the usual ten. If you have already tried installing the recovery you may wanna go to the SU App and make sure that Rom Manager didn't get denied premission which is the default if you do not select Allow fast enough.
got it! thank you very much! cant wait to play with a new rom. any recommendations?
Virtuous Fusion 1.0.6 with sense 3.0/3D is fantastic!. Give it a go.
kdm212 said:
got it! thank you very much! cant wait to play with a new rom. any recommendations?
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Try out a sense rom and non sense to decide which you like best. virtuous fusion 1.0.6 is pretty nice sense rom and cm7 or royalginger are awesome non sense roms.
im going to try both!
kdm212 said:
im going to try both!
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Make sure to do Nandroid Backups prior to flashing new ROMs. And just a fair warning you might want to install the .85 (engineering) hBoot.
what is that hboot all about?
neidlinger said:
Make sure to do Nandroid Backups prior to flashing new ROMs. And just a fair warning you might want to install the .85 (engineering) hBoot.
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Absolutely a great idea, little nerve wracking to make changes to hboot and radio but very worth it. The directions how to do engineering boot loader are in the ultimate s-off sticky. Confusing at first, but after you do it once it gets easier.
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kdm212 said:
what is that hboot all about?
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It's a option that helps prevent bricking the device. Allows you to flash section of to phone's workings
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Shivansh said:
Virtuous Fusion 1.0.6 with sense 3.0/3D is fantastic!. Give it a go.
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+++++100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 BEST ROM I HAVE EVER USED!!!!!
*so far
so first i must thank you all for the help. now the bad, i decided to buy another mytouch 4g. my fiance liked the old one so much that she took it. so now im here with a new one and have nothing but problems.
im running 2.2.1 and seem to be able to root the phone. su icon is on and everything. BUT if i reboot the phone its like i have to start over. im not just temp rooting either. second, i cant get ANY terminal emulator to let me have su access.
visionary, z4root, adb. you name it and i seem to think ive tried it. lol this is unfair, my chicks phone is way better than mine.
any help would be so awesome.
kdm212 said:
so first i must thank you all for the help. now the bad, i decided to buy another mytouch 4g. my fiance liked the old one so much that she took it. so now im here with a new one and have nothing but problems.
im running 2.2.1 and seem to be able to root the phone. su icon is on and everything. BUT if i reboot the phone its like i have to start over. im not just temp rooting either. second, i cant get ANY terminal emulator to let me have su access.
visionary, z4root, adb. you name it and i seem to think ive tried it. lol this is unfair, my chicks phone is way better than mine.
any help would be so awesome.
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Trade phones back so she gets the new one. Problem solved!
Seriously though, some of these phones won't root with visionary root.sh method. Bad news is if it's not working you will need to try gfree method to root which is indicative of a phone with the emmc chip that is considered to be faulty. For more info search for the thread about emmc chips.
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so this is not a rootable phone?