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[Q] unfinished rooting evo

hi all, need some help here. started the rooting process on an 2.2froyo evo. but it didnt finish....got to enrevoked stage and bottom line it restarted..it works and as far as i know its v2.1...what know? thanks

Ummm.
This question is better off in the questions and answer section.
You need to be more specific on your rooting process.
I am surprised if you did the long method and downgraded to 2.1 to get root and then plan to upgrade to 2.2. That's the old way.
There is a one click rooting method for 2.2 by unrevoked in beta but it works perfectly.

sorry new here...it was a new evo and had froyo installed already..was following tutorial ... and it restarted...am i screwed.. just want to get back to where i was.
thanks

so u saying u wanna go back to stock 2.2?
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Sprint HTC Hero ROOT is here 11/12/10

Hey All You Sprint HTC Hero Users Who Have Not Been Able To Root Your Hero With The Latest .7 Sprint Update, Go to App Brain And Down Load Z4 ROOT. I Have Been Looking For A Root That Works For 6 Months, I Rooted My Hero in 5 Minutes With Superuser Access, Then Downloaded Root Explorer (File Manager) And Finally Got Rid Of All Those Useless Factory Apps I Dont Need, Deleted Them All. HTC HERO USERS FINALLY A ROOT IS HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Um, most of us have been rooted for a year or so...
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fishvenom said:
]...I Have Been Looking For A Root That Works For 6 Months, I Rooted My Hero in 5 Minutes With Superuser Access, Then Downloaded Root Explorer (File Manager) And Finally Got Rid Of All Those Useless Factory Apps I Dont Need, Deleted Them All. HTC HERO USERS FINALLY A ROOT IS HERE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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You were not looking in the right spot if you have been looking for 6 months...root for the Hero has been around for quite awhile.

I always pay more attention to a post when every word begins with a capital letter...

For the 3 previous post responses
Whats it like to know it ALL, the posts are here to help anyone having trouble with their mobile device. I have encounterd 100s of hero users who have not been able to root since the firmware .7 update, sorry if you three are above reading comments meant to help those of us who are having problems with Rooting.
P.S. you might want to check out app brain and see how many users have downloaded this app today alone, before you pass judgement on any one. AND READ ALL THE COMMENTS.
Ignorance is bliss !!!

fishvenom said:
Whats it like to know it ALL, the posts are here to help anyone having trouble with their mobile device. I have encounterd 100s of hero users who have not been able to root since the firmware .7 update, sorry if you three are above reading comments meant to help those of us who are having problems with Rooting.
P.S. you might want to check out app brain and see how many users have downloaded this app today alone, before you pass judgement on any one. AND READ ALL THE COMMENTS.
Ignorance is bliss !!!
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Its the fact that the OP said "HTC root is finally here." Its not finally here, its been here for a long time.
No one is passing judgement, we are just saying root is not new...even for .7. That app might be new, but root is not.
P.S. if those 100's of Hero users running .7 had read XDA, or done a simple Google search, they would have known you can root. .7 hasn't been out for 6 months, so you could have used Androot.
At any rate, enjoy your rooted phone.
Sent from the XDA App on my FroYoed Sprint Hero...so forgive possible typos

ranger61878 said:
Its the fact that the OP said "HTC root is finally here." Its not finally here, its been here for a long time.
No one is passing judgement, we are just saying root is not new...even for .7. That app might be new, but root is not.
P.S. if those 100's of Hero users running .7 had read XDA, or done a simple Google search, they would have known you can root. .7 hasn't been out for 6 months, so you could have used Androot.
At any rate, enjoy your rooted phone.
Sent from the XDA App on my FroYoed Sprint Hero...so forgive possible typos
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Agreed
//this is iphone?/

Nice try, dosent work never did
Androot doesnt work for sprint htc hero with .7 firmware update, nor does SuperOneClick.

Thats why we dont use one click methods
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Exactly. I've been playing with rooting devices since I had a HTC Mogul running WinMob.
These one-click solutions are nice and all but are usually the polish to an otherwise multi-step solution that has been around for quite a while.

But it worked with the ROM you would have had 6 months ago when you said you started searching.
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Sent from the XDA App on my FroYoed Sprint Hero...so forgive my inevitable typos

My guess is this guy is the dev because he has an almost exactly the same thread over on Android Central.
Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!

fishvenom said:
Androot doesnt work for sprint htc hero with .7 firmware update, nor does SuperOneClick.
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I just got my Hero replaced through Sprint and it came with .7...I can tell you that SuperOneClick worked just fine.

Still can not root my phone Help please
guys can someone help me I got to step 9 # 3 and when I put in adb push unrevoked\sdcard I get fail to copy 'unrevoked' to sdcard \ unrevoked ermission denied? today I went to unlockr and did there on push root and when I got to Rom Manger it froze up so I put the old software back on the phone and tried to root the phone the right way and now I dont know what I can do. Can someone please help me get this phone rooted the right way?

edivens said:
guys can someone help me I got to step 9 # 3 and when I put in adb push unrevoked\sdcard I get fail to copy 'unrevoked' to sdcard \ unrevoked ermission denied? today I went to unlockr and did there on push root and when I got to Rom Manger it froze up so I put the old software back on the phone and tried to root the phone the right way and now I dont know what I can do. Can someone please help me get this phone rooted the right way?
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are you using regaw's root for .7 method???
if so i would say go to theimpaler747 thread for cyanogenmod Q&A, the OP is VERY helpful. I used regaw's root and my freind as well, worked fine for our heros, reread the steps just to make sure you didn't miss anything.

I tried all these one click solutions on mine with the .7 upadate and they didn't work. I looked around for hours like most noobs do before they post... and the only thing that worked for me was to run the RUU to get it back to basics.
So my little first contribution/suggestion, if it's worthy, would be to note in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572) where it says .6 underlined, to read .6 and above .7.8.9..ect.
Good luck to the OP.

wild1z said:
I tried all these one click solutions on mine with the .7 upadate and they didn't work. I looked around for hours like most noobs do before they post... and the only thing that worked for me was to run the RUU to get it back to basics.
So my little first contribution/suggestion, if it's worthy, would be to note in this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572) where it says .6 underlined, to read .6 and above .7.8.9..ect.
Good luck to the OP.
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There is the Easy Root thread, works with .7 and takes 5 minutes.

I ruu'ed back to 2.1 and then accepted all the updates and used superoneclick it worked.

None of the one click stuff worked for me. Trying to get http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572 to take and everything worked accept the "Superuser Permission". I'll try from scratch in the morning. Point is, for me, the one click stuff didn't seem to work. At least the manual way is a step in the right direction. Remember to load the older 2.1 in the second thread.
Good option though FISHVENOM

bluntlunchbox said:
None of the one click stuff worked for me. Trying to get http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572 to take and everything worked accept the "Superuser Permission". I'll try from scratch in the morning. Point is, for me, the one click stuff didn't seem to work. At least the manual way is a step in the right direction. Remember to load the older 2.1 in the second thread.
Good option though FISHVENOM
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No need to downgrade if you read my post.

Which Root Method To Use?

I just got an Evo 4G yesterday, the last time I rooted an evo I had was a few months after release. But I left sprint for another carrier for almost a year, it was a 002 verison. Any how this evo has the Following
2.10 Hboot
004 revison
Baseline 2.15.00.11.19
Build 3.70.651.1
Software 3.70.651.1
PRI 1.90_003
PRL 60676
I have no idea which root method to use i've searched and seen so many but not sure which one to use, last time I was using unrevoked, cant remember if I had to use shell commands like it was during the first rooting process of the Evo. It seems that it has got a little more confusing. Can anyone give me a LINK with a method that would work with my EVO. Thanks in advance.

Unrevoked.
http://htcevorooting.x10.mx/wiki/index.php?title=How_to_root_your_current_EVO_4G_with_Unrevoked3

Thanks for the speedy reply, giving it a go right now.

Wow, where are the people saying "Unrevoked sucks! You're lazy if you use it and if you do, you deserve to get herpes!" that usually come out for questions like this?
I second unrevoked. I know what I'm doing, but unrevoked worked fine for me. Why do extra work if it's not needed?

3rd vote for Unrevoked.

4th unrevoked for noobs there's no better way and its quick
sent from my HTC evolution running a freshly baked gingerbread with the 4gs in it

I am in the Exact predicament, just got a new Evo today. My old rooted/nand unlocked one broke and my best-buy warranty got me a brand new out in box, 100% free. Now im looking to re-root it. Last time i rooted i used toasty's method(think that was his name) and it took a while with some adb terminals. Does unrevoked root and unlock nand? I just want to be able to run Cyanogen Mod and tether wifi.
Thanks guys.

I just tried Unrevoked 3. I have the correct Evo drivers installed via HTC Sync, i had uninstalled HTC Sync, and i had successfully installed the Hboot drivers. I then ran unrevoked and it found my Evo but after a few minutes of the program working, i got this error.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ed5368123295155
Anyone know of a way to root/nand unlock brand new Evo's? mine came with 2.2

Just ran it as Admin and all is well. My stupid fault, and wow was that allot easier then the like 80 step guide i fallowed for my first evo.

Daugusta12 said:
I just tried Unrevoked 3. I have the correct Evo drivers installed via HTC Sync, i had uninstalled HTC Sync, and i had successfully installed the Hboot drivers. I then ran unrevoked and it found my Evo but after a few minutes of the program working, i got this error.
http://www.imagebam.com/image/ed5368123295155
Anyone know of a way to root/nand unlock brand new Evo's? mine came with 2.2
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Go ahead and give it another try and run as admin. Make sure you have HTC sync uninstalled and have the Android USB Driver installed. And also make sure your downloading the latest version of Unrevoked.
EDIT: I just noticed your last post... Oh well.. Glad you got it rooted.

+1 sometimes with the newer hardware you have to try it a few times before it'll work.
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I was in the same boat in February. Spent two weeks reading through every thread on here trying to decide - especially since mine is a company phone and I didn't want to brick it that quick.
I ended up doing the Auto Root. I watched the youtube for the 25 minutes, then ran it on mine while the video ran again. Worked in perfect time with the youtube video and have not had a problem with it at all.
Auto Root thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448

Unrevoked.
Unrevoked.

hah i am usually one of those people saying unrevoked will give you herpes, but it has gotten better over the past few months, and now works perfectly fine.
if you want to take the hard/fun way, use the link in my sig. it is the manual way to do it that teaches you how to use basic adb and flashing and stuff. very helpful if you want to learn fast.
again, my unrevoked hating days are over, but i still reccomend this method.

I have rooted several methods. Manually and with unrevoked. Unrevoked works fantastically and I have never had a problem. Noob or just lazy like me, its perfectly fine
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same here unrevoked 3.32 worked flawlessly for me i was very curious about rooting and if hadn't been for unrevoked i probably would have never done it i saw a video on youtube and looked so simple, it was like for clicks it worked for me in two i was so surprised i didnt belive i was rooted and checked and rechecked and i was fully rooted

unrevoked here as well. I originally rooted using Toast's method back at launch, but my new phone came a few days ago and I had the same debate. Unrevoked just plain works fast, and it has a tiny download.

Rooting New Gingerbread release

Well it is now official that gingerbread has been leak/released for our G2 and I'm sure lot of us who had soft bricks are happy to know we can unbrick it and now to our next problem rooting it
I have tried 2 ways so far first is the wiki way with psneutur and gfree, and other is temp root with visionary
My results for both came negative,
Gfree/ psneutur gave me permission denied after I pushed it in
Visionary jus gave me black screen
And gingerbreak requirs s-off
So let's gather info and or figure out a way to root new gingerbread if any tried downgrade method let all us know with steps what you did
Here is the info for new gingerbread
Ship s-on
Hboot 0.82.0008
Radio 26.08.04.30M3
eMMC-boot
Apr 13 2011,
So hope we can find solution to root and we can get custom roms back on it

you need to try to gain temproot with gingerbreak. can you please come over #g2root ?

I just said I tempted and it just stuck on trying to root nothing happen and I will go what irc server? Freenode?

Let's wait for an update from paul on visionary
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androidfeen809 said:
Let's wait for an update from paul on visionary
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I dont know about that...once you put out something that bricks a ton of phones, i tend not to trust it ever again...

xsteven77x said:
I dont know about that...once you put out something that bricks a ton of phones, i tend not to trust it ever again...
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Well... I've never used any method but Unforgivens Method. Well hopefully we find a new way to root it.
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lainvalenajr said:
Well... I've never used any method but Unforgivens Method. Well hopefully we find a new way to root it.
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Visionary (as evidence by the sticky at the top of the dev phone saying DONT USE VISIONARY TO PERM ROOT) has bricked many a phones that have only now been able to be fixed. I think its just a trust issue and comes to down to each individual and what they personally think and believe I personally would never use visionary again no matter how many times its updated or "fixed". The trust has been broken.

Idk why there's hate on visionary... I rooted my phone the second day the process was released and I've never had an issue since...? And I've rooted 2 other g2s well after and still never had any issues... just followed instructions. I understand it can brick your phone, but then again... was it really visionary that bricked it? Or was it an user error placing blame?? Just saying....
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yeah i rooted my g2 using the visionary method and have had no issues. and it seems like a lot of the bricking has occurred since i rooted, so i dont get it.

i did visionary root with success, but put yourself in the other end of ppls shoes who did use visinary an you get a brick and no way out of it, other than have gfree with jus pushing, and everythign else is done for you, i would go that route than a higher chance of bricking,
But this thread is not bout bricking this is about how to obtain root on the new stock rom that is out

Yes please! if anyone finds out how to root the G2 with stock Gingerbread could you please post! thanks in advance!

shady503403 said:
Idk why there's hate on visionary... I rooted my phone the second day the process was released and I've never had an issue since...? And I've rooted 2 other g2s well after and still never had any issues... just followed instructions. I understand it can brick your phone, but then again... was it really visionary that bricked it? Or was it an user error placing blame?? Just saying....
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user error? lol in a one-click root... maybe they were pressing the top right corner of the button and that's their error lol

I don't know, either, but there has to be some reasonable explanation, doesn't there? After all, many people (myself included) had no trouble rooting with Visionary. OTOH, this is my second G2 - the first went back under warranty. With the first one, Visionary was unsuccessful at perm-rooting. This one, worked on the first try. Odd? Computers are NOT supposed to behave randomly - so why the difference?

when someone comes up with the visionary source, there are people that can understand it. until then it's a black box.

+1
I'm in the same boat. I just got a brand new G2 off craigslist, and was very happy to see that it had gingerbread. But to my extreme dissappointment, I cannot root it or downgrade it to gain root. Below are the things I have tried and didnt work.
Visionary
Gingerbreak (v1,0, 1.1, 1.2)
Rage
Super One-click
Z4Root
Androot
Gold card, for downgrading, also tried Gold card with above root methods.
I have also tried taking the stock Froyo PC10IMG and modified the info txt to read it as a newer version, and it loaded it, checked it, then just went back to the bootloader screen like there was no image there at all. Last night I was thinking that if I pulled the internal battery (the little tiny one) then it would lose its info, allowing me to load any PC10IMG I wanted. NOPE. Rom and all its info and settings are still intact. Weird, cuz I thought that's what that little battery was for. So, I'm out of options. I love the rom, it's fast as hell and the battery life is far better than when I had my last G2. I just wanna overclock, add some sounds without using Zedge or something (want internal mods that arent dependant on memory using apps), and do some theming. Oh, and removing that horrible pink bloat >:]
I just know that our awesome Devs will come up with something.
XDA ROCKS!!!!!

Waiting?!
Any updates regarding the root?
I tried everything, and nothing works.
I even tried to resend it to the repair center to get froyo, they returned it back saying that they could no longer Downgrade it!

well this is my argument, you can call them and ask them for one that is froyo
complain to them that you have netflix and paying for a service to use on your phone reason why you got it, and since "THEY" updated and made it unsuably they are obligated to give you one that can use netflix or a replacement that can use it as they have done something that was not confirmed with you if you sent it for simple repair, you did not get your phone back to how it was you got something different...
start this fight you will probably end up with a mytouch 4g

fallen368 said:
...Last night I was thinking that if I pulled the internal battery (the little tiny one) then it would lose its info, allowing me to load any PC10IMG I wanted. NOPE. Rom and all its info and settings are still intact. Weird, cuz I thought that's what that little battery was for.
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Hi!
The config options that you would have to change are written to the emmc on partition17 (main version) or partition7 (S-OFF, SuperCID, SIM-Lock) so that will not change if you pull any kind of battery.
The only chance to root this rom is that we find a new temp-root method and then do the usual things (misc_version, goldcard, downgrade, gfree, ...)
I do not expect that someone publishes a new temp-root before either T-Mobile/HTC rolled out the OTA or a different device running 2.3.4 really needs it.
Have fun - Guhl
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guhl99 said:
Hi!
The config options that you would have to change are written to the emmc on partition17 (main version) or partition7 (S-OFF, SuperCID, SIM-Lock) so that will not change if you pull any kind of battery.
The only chance to root this rom is that we find a new temp-root method and then do the usual things (misc_version, goldcard, downgrade, gfree, ...)
I do not expect that someone publishes a new temp-root before either T-Mobile/HTC rolled out the OTA or a different device running 2.3.4 really needs it.
Have fun - Guhl
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Damnit WE really need it!
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xsteven77x said:
Damnit WE really need it!
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Either demand it now and be greedy, or wait and it will be universal. =]

Lost phone..new one came with stock 2.3.4

So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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lxcrazzydxl said:
So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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I just received my exchange today and very upset mine came with 2.3.4 also I can't lie it's better than I expected but than again I was using a G1 while waiting a month for my phone I have pre-paid but I was so looking foward to using the new evil d sense 3.0

lxcrazzydxl said:
So I lost my phone..the new one came in last night. And it came with 2.3.4.. I tried to down grade it..followed all the instructions from the forum and everything worked fine..until the bootloader part. It said that it couldn't find the
PD15img.zip file when I put it in the root of the sd card. And then I followed the FAT32 method to make the phone read my sdcard..but that still Didn't work..now what?? Used the search bar but could find anything..
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Look in the vision g2 section I was in the same boat as you there is a tut in those forums for downgrading to 2.2.1 with adb it also works for mt4g wish I still had link but its there

Same here... Lost my phone and received the replacement yesterday (off course version 2.3.4). Turned out it is a refurbished, the speaker not working, the earpiece not working. I missed another release of lovely Miui

I just happened to see this post and am curious what the problem is... Why are you downgrading it???
I have a Mytouch 4g (HTC Glacier) which was having issues and I just got the replacement. I have not even turn it on, but I have not doubt it will be 2.3.3-- their latest OTA udpate.
Is there going to be any problem rooting this?? Again, it alarmed me that people were trying to downgrade..
Has the firmware/bootloader changed???

syntropic said:
I just happened to see this post and am curious what the problem is... Why are you downgrading it???
I have a Mytouch 4g (HTC Glacier) which was having issues and I just got the replacement. I have not even turn it on, but I have not doubt it will be 2.3.3-- their latest OTA udpate.
Is there going to be any problem rooting this?? Again, it alarmed me that people were trying to downgrade..
Has the firmware/bootloader changed???
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There is no method to root 2.3.4 yet. That's why people have to downgrade.

Do you mean like downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 root it, and then upgrade to 2.3.4?
But the only way to do that is if we had the stock 2.3.4 rom, which we don't have, correct?
So I can skip the root and wait, or I can downgrade and be able to use 50% of the apps which I would otherwise be unable to use as they require root.
This sucks.... I am sure someone is working hard on this... but I am surprised there has not been any method (even one that was risky -- as in one typo and you've bricked it) figured out by someone...
Ummm.. Next question then, Can anyone tell me any obvious benefits of the TMO 2.3.4 stock? Is it fast, or mediocre? Or is it just worthless due to the fact that you cannot root it?

syntropic said:
Do you mean like downgrade from 2.3.4 to 2.2.1 root it, and then upgrade to 2.3.4?
But the only way to do that is if we had the stock 2.3.4 rom, which we don't have, correct?
So I can skip the root and wait, or I can downgrade and be able to use 50% of the apps which I would otherwise be unable to use as they require root.
This sucks.... I am sure someone is working hard on this... but I am surprised there has not been any method (even one that was risky -- as in one typo and you've bricked it) figured out by someone...
Ummm.. Next question then, Can anyone tell me any obvious benefits of the TMO 2.3.4 stock? Is it fast, or mediocre? Or is it just worthless due to the fact that you cannot root it?
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Didn't quite understand what you mean but yes, if you got the phone pre-installed with TMO's 2.3.4 then there's no way to root that. You would have to downgrade back to Froyo then root it.
There really are no benefits to TMO's stock 2.3.4 since CM7 2.3.5, VU's 2.3.4 and MIUI's 2.3.5 GB are all better and faster. And even if you liked TMO's GB version for some reason there are rooted and deodexed versions to flash in the dev section. So there really is no downside to rooting.
And as previously stated, the only way to downgrade would be to use that thread in the G2 section which requires ADB.

If you have any questions I just finished downgrading my replacement phone and and rooting via gfree last night.
And before last night I've never even used ADB before.
Found 2 threads that helped me do just that.
Got it all downgraded then followed a video to root gfree. (mackster248)
(Never rooted that way before either.)
Anyway PM if you need help. Maybe I can help you out.

nguyendqh said:
If you have any questions I just finished downgrading my replacement phone and and rooting via gfree last night.
And before last night I've never even used ADB before.
Found 2 threads that helped me do just that.
Got it all downgraded then followed a video to root gfree. (mackster248)
(Never rooted that way before either.)
Anyway PM if you need help. Maybe I can help you out.
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I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.

same thing happened to me, I tried the adb process but it's hard. so I gave up.. Good luck to you

mikeyinid said:
I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.
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Thanks for the links. Going to have the phone on Monday with the hope that the phone is working fine so i can play with that.

mikeyinid said:
I came over from Sprint Sunday. I bought a new MT4G, and it had 2.3.4 on it. I had a bad feeling there wasnt gonna be a root method for it. I jumped on my PC and did a few google searches. I came up with this method to downgrade:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
It went perfect. I also looked at a few of the root methods. I found this one to be easiest for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I only post this becuase I havent seen any links posted and I imagine alot more people are gonna end up with the GB MT4G's out of the box. Total time to downgrade and root was less than 30 minutes.
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Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo

nguyendqh said:
Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo
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thank you. gotta bookmark these.

I posted the same link twice? Lol, my mistake. I'll post the root method also.
*Here is the root method I used.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
nguyendqh said:
Those 2 links are both for the downgrading btw.
The links here will help.
(ADB) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
(Downgrade) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
(Root) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo
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mikeyinid said:
I posted the same link twice? Lol, my mistake. I'll post the root method also.
*Here is the root method I used.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
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But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?

syntropic said:
But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?
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Yes you would half to downgrade to 2.2.1 to root there is no way to root 2.3.4 right now

Yea, unlike most of the other HTC. Phones that got a 2.3.4 update, revolution doesn't support unlocking the mytouch 4g without a downgrade. On the first page of this thread I posted a link to downgrade and the easiest way I found to root. Someone also posted links on this page. I found a few other root methods but they required you to install apps to gain temp root access or download files on the phones browser. The link I found actually only requires you to dl and unzip a few files to your PC and run maybe 10 or 12 commands in a terminal. Very easy.
syntropic said:
But this method cannot be used if you have 2.3.4 stock, correct? I looked at it quickly.... it doesn't seem to mention downgrading (unless I overlooked it), so it would require downgrade to Froyo first, correct?
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2012
Seems like even a year later the best method to root the mytouch 4g is downgrading. I can see why people hate HTC phones

DurtyKing said:
Seems like even a year later the best method to root the mytouch 4g is downgrading. I can see why people hate HTC phones
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A little more work for a better build quality is worth it.
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