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Rooting issue.. Cant get s off

Idk if its because im using android terminal emulator and not the regular one"wouldnt open kept force closing" but when I root using visionary 11 and atu, when I input last code "sh root.sh" it roots my phone but everytime I power down to check if the s is off it is still on.. Ive master reset and everything. Since I got the phone two days ago should I return for a new one and try to root that one??? Is there something im doing wrong.. Usb debugging on, fast boot off, on visionary last option checked.. Somebody...anybody.. Please help
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Does usb debugging have to be on with that method?
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yes turn debugging on and turn off fast boot

jstew6260 said:
Idk if its because im using android terminal emulator and not the regular one"wouldnt open kept force closing" but when I root using visionary 11 and atu, when I input last code "sh root.sh" it roots my phone but everytime I power down to check if the s is off it is still on.. Ive master reset and everything. Since I got the phone two days ago should I return for a new one and try to root that one??? Is there something im doing wrong.. Usb debugging on, fast boot off, on visionary last option checked.. Somebody...anybody.. Please help
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Are you 100% sure that you have it extracted and set up as sdcard/root/root.sh
I've seen a lot of people not pull the folder out and it it'll be set up such as sdcard/root/root/root.sh

Yea ive extracted root from androzip.. Im sure because the first time I did it but didnt extract the root file the root didnt go through from term emulator.. Error message like cant find root file
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I'm having this exact problem with my t-mobile replacement I just got.and its not me because I re rooted my bad phone with the same files and method and works fine... I'm very worried that htc or google may have locked us out... Please help guys I need to send my old phone I'm on now back and want to sort this out first... Mine haas dust under the screen.... In h-boot the info is identical to my old phone only difference is the part number on the phone. I'm very worried!

Also my replacement came with 2.2.1 from the box if that helps.I have pulled the battery and retried several times and no luck at all. Root.sh goes through like but when I reboot I always have so-on. I've done this several times on my old phone with no issues.

Soo I just got a new 4g.. since its within my 30 days.. and Ima use the same method... hopefully it works... ill keep y'all posted
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2rz_taco_sr5 said:
Also my replacement came with 2.2.1 from the box if that helps.I have pulled the battery and retried several times and no luck at all. Root.sh goes through like but when I reboot I always have so-on. I've done this several times on my old phone with no issues.
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I'm having the same issue with my replacement phone. The process goes through smoothly until I restart and find out that I'm still not rooted.

We might need a new root method... I hope not

Same issue here, gents. Tried a bunch and still showing s=on. Bum.

I pmed the mod to se ifeel we can post something up in the dev section to get this better noticed. Hope he agrees!

Dud you run visionary the second time?
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Hey man. Thanks for the tip. Ran multiple times and its still showing as s=on. Tried multiple methods with same results.
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dodgepot said:
Hey man. Thanks for the tip. Ran multiple times and its still showing as s=on. Tried multiple methods with same results.
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Did any of you have usb debugging check?

i promise its not a user error. i can root and unroot one phone and my new one WILL NOT root. i had already unrooted my phone to be returned and rooted it back in less than a min. but my new one will not root no matter what i try...

i feel dumb for taking so long to look at this method but this worked like a charm for me guys.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
if you just want s-off do these steps (from the link only simplified for s-off only which is all i cared about)
this uses adb so if you want you can try the method explained right after step 4 that uses only the phone.
Make sure you have visionary installed on your device. (If you were already permarooted w/s=off ignore this step.)
Download this file:
http://www.mediafire.com/?s7afymwe2wb3x60
md5sum: b73c56ca0e21664c5756d4ad295063c5
1. Now unzip the file into your SDK tools directory. (just put the files that are in the zip right into the tools folder that is in your sdk folder)
2. Plug your device into your computer. (have debugging on!)
3. Now go to your sdk folder and while holding shift down right click on the tools folder. Select open command window here. If you are in linux (ubuntu) right mouse click on your SDK tools folder, choose actions, and choose open command window(or whatever it's called). Otherwise, open a command prompt and cd your way to your SDK tools directory.
4. Type "adb push gfree /data/local" and hit enter.
Optionally, for those without sdk knowledge you could dl the file to your phone use androzip or something like it to unzip the file and then use root explorer to move the file named gfree to /data/local. Not the gfree.h file. All the other files are source code inlcuded for the gnu license. This would skip the first 4 steps.
5. Now unplug your device from the computer.
6. Run visionary to gain temp root.
7. Open terminal emulator on your device, type "su", and hit enter to gain root privileges.
8. Type "cd /data/local" and hit enter.
9. Now type "chmod 777 gfree" and hit enter to make the program executable.
10. Type "./gfree -f" and hit enter.
11. now to turn security off and set super CID the command is "./gfree --secu_flag off --cid 11111111" + enter.
reboot and s should be off again all credit to the link above this is just a simplified version for people like us who just want s-off. this is what i did and worked great. look at the thread for a list of things you can do with gfree like simlock off etc.

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Did any of you have usb debugging check?
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Yeah, I had that option selecteed.
Edit: trying that way now, 2rz

any luck? i tried to simplify it as much as possible for those of you just starting out...

Just one question, the section about downloading the file directly to the device, it says copy to /data/local, the local directory doesnt exist. Do I create that dir? I may have to sdk from my windows machine. Sorry for tbe trouble.
2rz_taco_sr5 said:
any luck? i tried to simplify it as much as possible for those of you just starting out...
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Copy a file wpa_suppliment

I am trying to copy this file into the /wifi folder and soon as I hit paste the original file disappears after it asks me to overwrite it. If I hit refresh the folder is empty. for the life of me I cant get that file on there. I am using root explorer. Its a custom file for using LEAP authentication here that other android people are using and it works for them but they have a Galaxy and I have an Aria..

greyclear said:
I am trying to copy this file into the /wifi folder and soon as I hit paste the original file disappears after it asks me to overwrite it. If I hit refresh the folder is empty. for the life of me I cant get that file on there. I am using root explorer. Its a custom file for using LEAP authentication here that other android people are using and it works for them but they have a Galaxy and I have an Aria..
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it's because aria is S-OFF (NAND-LOCKED)...you'll have to do this via adb.

zervic said:
it's because aria is S-OFF (NAND-LOCKED)...you'll have to do this via adb.
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I did some research on this and on my boot screen it shows S-ON. Supposidly unrevoked was supposed to give me root access but I guess it failed? Where would I go from there can you run unrevoked again?

greyclear said:
I did some research on this and on my boot screen it shows S-ON. Supposidly unrevoked was supposed to give me root access but I guess it failed? Where would I go from there can you run unrevoked again?
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That's what i meant, sorry. S-ON is correct. You probably have root access. either way, you need to do this from ADB while you are in clockwork recovery. there are directions on this on the aria forums.
Edit: When i say directions on this i don't mean exactly what you are attempting to do but rather, the concept of pushing things to the phone with adb.

Please Help! Permanently Root MyTouch 4G

Hello,
I have been trying to figure this out for over 24 hours. I feel like I am so close yet so far. I have watched video after video, read guide after guide and still no luck.
I have tried the adb method (no luck whatsoever) and the root folder + visionary and cannot get my phone to permanently.
My android version is 2.2.1
I have Root File Manager installed
I have Super User installed
I have Visionary r.14 installed (tried MULTIPLE versions)
TempRoot works fine until my phone reboots (which is supposed to happen) but when I press Attempt PermRoot my phone reboots and it goes back the to the way it was unrooted.
My goal here is to put a new ROM on my phone (i.e. GingerBread) or something like it.
Can someone PLEASE help me?
Thank you in advance
Matt

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Use this thread. Follow the instructions to the "T" and you will be fine. It is very simple and pretty much dummy proof. This is the g-free method. I have rooted 3 phones with this method with no issues, and this is my first Android phone. Good luck!

Thank you very much! I did get it rooted and I am working on installing my ROM. That was a very quick response, Thank you

You are very welcome.

i dont mean to sound like a noob, but can you push the gfree files to data local by using the terminal on your phone correct?

LewsTherin006 said:
i dont mean to sound like a noob, but can you push the gfree files to data local by using the terminal on your phone correct?
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I haven't used the gfree method but you need atleast temp root access to make data R/W (read write) so unless you have temp root no. But if you do it'd be easier to just use a root explorer.
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i have temp root right now, but whenever i use file manager, it doesnt show data local for some reason. Im just trying to do everything from my phone. I prolly should just learn adb shell and get it over with.

LewsTherin006 said:
i have temp root right now, but whenever i use file manager, it doesnt show data local for some reason. Im just trying to do everything from my phone. I prolly should just learn adb shell and get it over with.
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you need
1) root permission
2) root explorer
3) root permission for that root explore.
just astro or file manager will not work, they do not have SU access.
try Super Manager...https://market.android.com/details?id=gpc.myweb.hinet.net.TaskManager&feature=search_result

Question, i used visionary on my mt4g, but wondering i have to do this on someone elses phone and for the g2 there is the visionary gfree method via phones terminal emulator....is there a similar method for the mt4g? Adb does not want to cooperate with me on my computer so i gave up
sent from the rooty tooty fresh and fruity cm7 nighly powered G2

Bell - HTC Desire Z rooted + Cyanogen mod7

I'll say this from the start, I'm a total newbie when it comes to smartphone rooting, modding and developing.
So today I decided to go ahead with my Bell mobility HTC Desire Z and get it rooted.
I read through the forums ans all the threads related to desire z and vision phones.
Knowing that I had a version of 1.84 I knew that a downgrade was the only way for me. Got a goldcard created, downgraded to 1.34 got all the nifty tools and finally rooted the phone permanently and loaded Cyanogen mod7.
All this to say that the Xda community put up some damn fine guides.
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Right on dude grats, total new device on cm7.
Im also on a bell dz but on the rogers network. Loved the look on the bell reps face when i told her i was gonna use it on rogers and she laughed at me, 2 hours later i went back to make her eat her words...it was priceless.
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Welcome to the community and great on you to root and load up a custom rom. I also have the Bell DZ but on the Telus network running Virtuous G-Lite. Few people would do what you did (patience and reading before acting) so props to you!
Have fun with the device

Thx guys!
Definitely noticed that it's running faster with Android 2.3.3 also. I'm quite happy with the modification.
Had to test it on mine first before I started playing with my friends DZ... he's been hounding me to do it for a few weeks.
I had free time on my hands and I honestly have to mention that I did screw up once on the initial rooting, took a second pass at it and figured out what I did wrong.
It's been running fine since 3pm EST yesterday. Had to load all my apps again which was a pain at first but it's slick now.

fluxgfx said:
I'll say this from the start, I'm a total newbie when it comes to smartphone rooting, modding and developing.
So today I decided to go ahead with my Bell mobility HTC Desire Z and get it rooted.
I read through the forums ans all the threads related to desire z and vision phones.
Knowing that I had a version of 1.84 I knew that a downgrade was the only way for me. Got a goldcard created, downgraded to 1.34 got all the nifty tools and finally rooted the phone permanently and loaded Cyanogen mod7.
All this to say that the Xda community put up some damn fine guides.
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Hi im sort of a newb to this and im in the same situation as you. can you help me with rooting my bell htc desire z? i used a guide to create a goldcard. but when i got to the step that needed the misc.img, it said u need super user. but i didnt have root or temp root and visionary dosent work to temp root. how can i pass the step of finding the misc.img and changing it?

All right which part are you stuck at. I need the link to the guide your following... After I created my goldcard there's a process using hxd hexeditor to make some changes to your IMG file that you'll need to save to the SDcard top header so that when you try to use PC10IMG.zip will validate correctly and allow you to downgrade.

This is the processed I fallowed to get my Goldcard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832503
Part 1 GoldCard
1) Format the microSD card to FAT32 format (in card reader).
2) Put the microSD card in your device and boot it.
3) Open Up an ADB shell this doesnt need to be ran as root.
4) Enter 'adb shell cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc2/mmc2:*/cid' and press enter. You should get a very long number copy it.
5) Visit this page, paste in your number and reverse it.
6) Visit this page, enter your reversed number and create your goldcard image, which will be e-mailed to you.
7) Open the HxD hex editor. If you are using Windows Vista or Windows 7, you must run the application as administrator.
8) Go to the 'Extra' menu and select 'Open Disk'. Under physical disk, select Removable Disk (your microSD card), uncheck 'Open as Readonly' and click OK. Note that you should select physical disk NOT the logical disk. This is important!
9) Go to the 'Extra' menu again and select 'Open Disk Image'. Open the goldcard image that you received by email.
10) You should now have two tabs - one is your removable disk, the other is your goldcard image. Press OK when prompted for 'Sector Size' (selecting 512 (Hard disks/Floppy disks)) and click OK.
11) Click on the goldcard image tab. Go to the 'Edit' menu, choose 'Select All' then select the 'Edit' menu again and select 'Copy'.
12) Click on the 'Removable Disk' tab. Highlight offset (line) 00000000 to offset (line) 00000170 (including the 00000170 line), then click on the 'Edit' menu and select 'Paste Write'.
13) Click on the 'File' menu and select 'Save', accepting the warning.

This will allow you to be able to use PC10IMG.zip to be able to downgrade to 1.34. From that point on fallow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
Point #7.
Hopefully this helps you.
-/ I'm located in Ottawa so if your in my city I could help you out. Cheers mate.

well were somewhat near by. im in toronto, ontario lol. ok i got past that step but the step im stuck on is when i go into the boot loader after i created a new misc.img, it says no image or wrong image?

Morning mate.
You actually need the PC10IMG. Zip on your sdcard root that's the recovery OS
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i do have it on my sd card rooot. but i downloaded as the zip file from a friend because i couldent find the zip file from the ruu

also since were in the same timezone, do you think you could stayonline for a few minutes to help me?

I'm not home. But if you followed the goldcard process once in recovery it should detect the img file and verify it before asking to complete recovery.
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I followed the guide exactlly, and everything was good until part 4 where i had to go into bootloader. i copied the pc10img file to the root and when i do the hboot, it says checking for imp then it says no img or wrong img.

All right then you haven't done the goldcard process correctly. Did you use the hxd hexditor to open the misc.img file and copy the top part as indicated to the sdcard header on the hexditor tool?
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i think i did it right but il try again and get back to you thanks

ok one quick question. i have the wwe ruu. once i run that, where do i find the .zip file on my computer?

Having any more luck?
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no, i think i can solve the problem if i can just find the original .zip file from the 1.34.405.5 ruu. everytime i run it i cant find the .zip file. i have been using another one right now. where do i find the .zip file?

Hey,
I wouldn't know since I didn't get the ruu pack. I just downloaded the PC10IMG. Zip file.
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[Q] I can't downgrade my HTC Mytouch 4g

Good morning,
I'm trying to downgrade and root my device but I'm always stopped:
1- when i reboot my device on bootloader it scan the PD15IMG.zip and nothing(wrong zipped file) .
2- I can't proceed to recovey that dont work .
I want to root my HTC mytouch 4g and have the ability to explore it's capacities.
I'm so sorry for any mistakes in my english thats my first speech.
Have I a chance to root my device?
Thank's
with greeting
snayfer

snayfer said:
Good morning,
I'm trying to downgrade and root my device but I'm always stopped:
1- when i reboot my device on bootloader it scan the PD15IMG.zip and nothing(wrong zipped file) .
2- I can't proceed to recovey that dont work .
I want to root my HTC mytouch 4g and have the ability to explore it's capacities.
I'm so sorry for any mistakes in my english thats my first speech.
Have I a chance to root my device?
Thank's
with greeting
snayfer
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Go to cyanogen glacier wiki you will find a the info and links you need to download
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SAME THING HAPPEN TO ME FOR SOME REASON SOME HTC MYTOUCH 4gs WONT LET YOU MANUALLY DOWNGRADE don't know why. I have rooted over 3 mytouch 4gs and never had this happend.. Will I found a solution to finally root mine.
use this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
**Make sure you do the Fast boot Method INSTEAD OF MANUEL DOWNGRADE if you are having the problem where you can't downgrade MAKE SURE YOU READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY
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That seems way harder than just grabbing the stock rom, renaming it PD15IMG.zip, holding volume down + pwr button on boot and flashing it. Why all those extra steps with adb and whatever?
Search this forum for a new zip file if the one you have is wrong.

willshep said:
That seems way harder than just grabbing the stock rom, renaming it PD15IMG.zip, holding volume down + pwr button on boot and flashing it. Why all those extra steps with adb and whatever?
Search this forum for a new zip file if the one you have is wrong.
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Why? Because for newer ROMs it doesn't work this way, and they're not rootable. That's why it's called "downgrading".

Jack_R1 said:
Why? Because for newer ROMs it doesn't work this way, and they're not rootable. That's why it's called "downgrading".
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Oh, I didn't realize that. I figured the hboot process would replace the system with the one from PD15IMG.zip. I guess we learn something new everyday

HBOOT only does it when it "thinks" the PD15IMG.ZIP contains something newer than what actually is on the phone. Thus the need to "hack" the /misc partition to make the HBOOT "think" it's older than it is.

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I had this problem as well. Luckily there is a solution.
Plug in your phone, and open up My Computer and click on your Removable Disk icon so that it's highlighted (do not double click).
On the bottom, does it say File System: FAT32?
If the file system is not FAT32, you will receive that error.
There is a way to convert your SD card to FAT32, but this will clear all data on your SD card. Hence, I recommend making a backup. The process is quite simple, it took me about two minutes.
Open up command prompt (cmd in the search)
Now type in the following command at the prompt, replacing the X with the letter of your external hard drive of your SD card (For example, if plugging in your phone makes a Removable Disk (G appear, then replace the X with a G):
format /FS:FAT32 X:
This will format your SD card to a FAT32 file system. Once this is done, try flashing again and please tell me if it works.
Good luck