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What's the best rooting method for post OTA g2

Does the r14 visionary work with post OTA g2? I heard it did but very sluggish. What would be the best rooting method. Rooting a friends new g2
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Use the one found on the cyanogenmod wiki, it worked perfectly for me on three different g2's

aim1126 said:
Use the one found on the cyanogenmod wiki, it worked perfectly for me on three different g2's
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Thanks, will check it out
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Well I used the 1st method of rooting by Unforgiven. Its the quickest and for me I had to problem. Gfree method is the safest tho
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can i root or downgrade

hi im new at this, but it all seems interesting so i would like to learn. i just bought an evo shift with 2.3 installed i have there is no way to root yet but is there a way to downgrade?

The search feature is your friend
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142115
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thank you for pointing me in the right direction, it sucks that there is no root available yet

Overclockin question

I seen on YouTube somebody clock there Touch to 1.7 ghz but whenever I clock my touch it can't go higher than the stock 1.0 ghz why is this happening ?
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What ROM &/or kernel are you running? Certain ones allow for higher overclocking...
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Stock Rom & kernel I had 3 failed attempts at perm root so been temp rooting
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Tez MyTouch said:
Stock Rom & kernel I had 3 failed attempts at perm root so been temp rooting
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Follow Gfree method and I assure you you'll get perm root.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4B4y0CQUDo
Also, you can't get higher than 1ghz because the stock kernel caps at 1ghz. You'll need to perm root and flash either a new kernel or a new ROM to allow OC'ing past 1ghz.

Tez MyTouch said:
Stock Rom & kernel I had 3 failed attempts at perm root so been temp rooting
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That would be why. First of all, the stock kernel can't be overclocked, it's coding won't allow that (or if it can be overclocked, it can't be very stable). Secondly, you must perm root for any custom clock settings to stick after a reboot. If you haven't been able to perm root, it may because you have the "bad" eMMC. A rooting method that works in that case is posted as a sticky in the dev section.

Thanks both of u anyway just in case I have a bad emmc can I have a link to dev way of rooting with that bad emmc
TeeJay3800 said:
That would be why. First of all, the stock kernel can't be overclocked, it's coding won't allow that (or if it can be overclocked, it can't be very stable). Secondly, you must perm root for any custom clock settings to stick after a reboot. If you haven't been able to perm root, it may because you have the "bad" eMMC. A rooting method that works in that case is posted as a sticky in the dev section.
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Just because you might have the bad chip dose not mean that can't root its because of the bootloader
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tvotony said:
Just because you might have the bad chip dose not mean that can't root its because of the bootloader
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you are incorrect. a plethora if users with the "bad" emmc have reported inability to root via visionary.

I still don kno if I have the bad emmc or not but I was still able to root it via gfree yesterday
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search on xda. you will find the thread on how to check.

I can attest to the gfree + visionary method posted under the stickies. I was brand new to rooting and this method worked flawlessly for me. Only a week ago I didn't even know what rooting was, now I have the ULTIMATE s-off with engineering hboot (0.85.2007) and I have flashed the virtuous unity 1.31 pyramid with v4 kernel. I also loaded the Perfect Rosie 3.0 mod and the panache radio. XDA has been the best resource for me. I just wish I had enough posts to "thank" all the devs out there for the tools to get it done.

New phone

Your looking at a new owner of the nexus s... Now I'm wondering the easiest and quickest root and recovery and the best rom for this phone?
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Try out one click root. Its very easy...... I'm using the oICS Rom and its been pretty good thus far
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Shabbys one click root worked for me . I used cwm recovery then I flashed twrp which is fine for me.
I crack flash but I haven't been on gingerbread since November . So the rom is your choice. Also math kids kernels are great so is that new speedy kernel
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Try using the Search button and reading.

Downgrade from 2.3.4 so I can root

Hi I'm new to this forum, I know about rooting and such as I did root before on my, now bricked, motorola backflip and my rooted Motorola Atrix 2, but I am buying a mytouch 4g from my friend and it is on 2.3.4 and I've seen on the forum that you can only root on 2.2.1, do I have to use the complicated way in this guide, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912, to downgrade or is there a faster and easier way?

Nope. Thats the only way unless you wanna use htc-dev which is horrible. It looks more difficult than it actually is.

please read EVERYTHING before attempting this...
this is the guide i used and it worked perfectly :
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HERE is a youtube video that shows the steps also
(( theres also a GFREE method but that didnt work for me but this method did ))
you'l need to downgrade them temp root then perm root
good luck
here's the perm root when your done w/ that ^up there^
RAWR
also has a youtube guide
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in the world of hacking anything ( except the ios... babystuff ) your gonna come across those kinds of guides that have alot of stuff
its scary but once you do it, you realize it wasn't that hard.. just take ur time and read through it , its not as hard as it looks
+ once ( if ) you start flashing roms your gonna be happy that you did this.
oh.. and once this is done, you can flash a rom that will upgrade you from 2.2 (froyo) to at least 4.0 ( ics )
i recommend Virtuous Infinity's latest build or if you want something more iphone-ish ...flash Skytouch 4g

There's no "easy way" in the world of hacking, you can't be lazy when it comes to this...but the method isn't really that hard.
-Saranhai

Gfree works on all eMMC's. Root.sh does not. Fyi.
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estallings15 said:
Gfree works on all eMMC's. Root.sh does not. Fyi.
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whats eMMC??
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whats eMMC??
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Embedded Micro Memory Controller.
The glacier shipped with two different types. The older model, which was seemingly less prone to failure, was on devices that could be rooted with root.sh. On the later chips, including mine, you had to use gfree, as whatever exploit root.sh used no longer worked.
This is what I've gathered from my time on the boards. Jack_R1 would know for sure.
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