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Does anyone know if z4root is compatible with the Epic 4G? If so is it as good/as safe as the 1-click root method?

Why not just 1-click root it ?
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I did use one-click root personally, but I've had other users on another forum ask if they could use this as they wanted to root without using a computer. And I'm always open to another root option - just wanted to get the developers' opinions on it.

ragnarokx said:
I did use one-click root personally, but I've had other users on another forum ask if they could use this as they wanted to root without using a computer. And I'm always open to another root option - just wanted to get the developers' opinions on it.
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I knot it works on the froyo leak but it don't install cwm
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mysteryemotionz said:
I knot it works on the froyo leak but it don't install cwm
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Does it work on Eclair as well?

ragnarokx said:
Does it work on Eclair as well?
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Haven't tried. You can be the first to do so but I don't see why not
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I just used it on my epic running stock eclair...works great, since all other forms of rooting failed for me. A+++
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Just make sure your have debugging on, aswell as switching to stock launcher--if using launcher pro or adw etc.
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I literally just used it 2b minutes ago to root from stock and its was quick. Took me about 7 minutes to root and reboot.
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Strange, I just tried it on my stock Eclair too but didn't work, it got stuck "running the exploit". It changed once to "saving file" but it returned to the previous state and just hung there. I forced rebooted my phone (aka take the battery out) and tried it again, no luck for me in the end.....
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I used z4ROOT to uninstall root on my 2.1 stock rom.
works instantly quick.

Easy, worked like a charm.

root and unroot on stock epic worked fine!
Need a little help here so I don't screw up.
installed ROM manager - download clockworkmod 2.5.1.0
tried to backup Current Rom
goes to Backup Name Window with date.time
click ok
phone goes to Install from package
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
e:failed to verify whole-file signature
e:signature verification failed
Installation aborted:
I use the select reboot option, reboot and back to where I started.
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance for an assist.

zen_phone said:
root and unroot on stock epic worked fine!
Need a little help here so I don't screw up.
installed ROM manager - download clockworkmod 2.5.1.0
tried to backup Current Rom
goes to Backup Name Window with date.time
click ok
phone goes to Install from package
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
e:failed to verify whole-file signature
e:signature verification failed
Installation aborted:
I use the select reboot option, reboot and back to where I started.
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance for an assist.
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Rom manager will not work on the stock kernel on the epic- I wish that Rom manager included that in the support notes- you need a custom kernel - your best bet is to install noobnl clockworkmod

Thanks for the tip. Off to try noobnl clockworkmod.

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I have tried EVERYTHING to get into ClockworkMod with no luck. At first I tried rom manager and when I found out it wouldn't work I uninstalled it and downloaded tried to use one click and the 3 finger method and no green :-( I'm positive I'm rooted because z4 said I'm rooted, I can take screen shots, I have setcpu, I have titanium backup, root explorer, you get the point and the are all running without problems. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong? I am the first to admit I'm a total "noob" as you all call it when it comes to anything involving technology but I want to try and theme. I also had previously tried one click root on both my windows pc and my pc running linux. I'm sure I'm just missing something obvious lol.
PS yes I have superuser and it grants permission when running root apps also I sucessfully installed busybox if that matters...I'm just dirt duh der I'm sure
I already backed everything and returned my phone to stock again and that didn't help. It gives me the same message at boot up as the poster above if it matters
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I had this problem as well. I ended up having to download and use the super one click root method that has clockworkmod recovery built in. make sure you have the sdk installed and place the unzipped one click folder in the tools folder of the sdk. Also download the correct drivers for your computer. I originally rooted with z4root and was in the same boat as you, you can check out the thread I started to get the answer just search ( can I flash froyo beta with out root or clock work???) Shouldn't be to hard to find. Good luck. If you need any help pm me.
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Thank You
I gave up. I just wanted to get better battery life and have more options for customizing but it isn't looking hopeful at this point. Both of my desktops and my laptop had some issue causing me not to be able to install ClockworkMod. I am not computer savey and for sanity reasons I said **** it.
I'm sure ill get a hair when I'm not fed up...
Is it normal that when my phone is in usb dubugging that it pops up an error and won't allow me to connect my usb to a computer? Its a new thing. Everything is backed up on 2 different computers so I think I'm going to try and return my Epic to stock. Maybe that will help, maybe not
Thanks again for trying to help
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Did you download the drivers with the one click root?
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Cant root after Flashing New SBF...

I installed the new 2.2.320 sbf from TBH, just to start fresh. I have now tried 6 different programs to root my phone. None of them are working...Is anyone else having this issue? And if you got it working, what steps did you take to fix it? Thanks in advance

Use z4root. Had The same problem. This is a one click root application.

Yup, same problem here too. I was actually going to ask if anyone has the z4 root app because it disappeared from the market. It was the only thing that worked the first time I flashed the new SBF.

ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.

Thanks for the help everyone...
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s0n- said:
ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.
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I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.

z4root worked fine for me

deadpixell said:
z4root worked fine for me
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YEs it works. That was the point of this thread. lol

I had to wipe data to get z4 to work. I don't know why but if I downloaded all my apps again and set everything up it wouldn't work.

Put your phone in airplane mode, reboot, run z4root, let it reboot you phone. Once it powers on take it out of airplane mode and you should be rooted.
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I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.

SleekDX said:
I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.
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I used z4root also make sure debugging is turned on
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Breakthecycle2 said:
I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.
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Rooting through ADB works... z4root is much easier of course.

The .340 OTA installed on my phone today. Lost root.
I tried the DarkOnion batch file (DoRootWin_2.1.4) several times and could not get it to run to completion.
As mentioned, Z4 (in airplane mode) worked fine.

I tried this...my phone is telling me it cannot down the file because the file type is not suported by my phone. What am I missing? Thank you!!!

I too am having issues with rooting after the ota update. I initally was rooted using the rootmyx2 one click gui from sli3ntki11 and did the update, now nothing will give me root access, I tried z4, rootmyx2 (again), and tried the doroot.bat method through the android sdk install. Kinda at a loss. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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So I believe I figured it out. I have two existing superuser.apk in my system/app folder. This from what I read in some other posts is confusing z4 ( go figure smart enough to root but not to overwrite, lol) but the directory is read only. The other post gave a link to the steps to access it but the page was not found. Can anyone give me the steps to take to gain access to the directly and make it read/write so I can remove those two rogue files and get rooted?
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z4root not supported on my droid X
hi,
i updated my Droid X to the latest version. 2.3.340. and downloaded the z4root through my phone from the link here and i get an error message that the file is not supported on this phone. please help i am new to this and still don't fully understand all of the terms. i tried to download the z4root 1.2 from 4shared.com but the phone hangs and nothing happens. any type of help will be appreciated, thanks.

did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.

crxin said:
did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.
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what is the name of the apps installer i need to use the Z4root.

Droid 2 bootstrap not working

HI, just rooted yesterday for first time. Bought koucsh bootstrap. When I hit bootstrap recovery it says failure. What am I doing wrong. Does any setting need to be enabled? Thanks

Your sure the root worked? Do you have the superuser app and did the bootstrap ask for su permission?
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Yeah, root worked. Have the super user icon. Been playing with wifi. Recovery says working directory null environment

Try updaing busybox that helped me when bootstrap didn't work right. Update is 1.8 something.
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I must be missing something. What is busybox? Is that something extra I need to download?

sgerlach said:
Try updaing busybox that helped me when bootstrap didn't work right. Update is 1.8 something.
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Yeah I'm not sure why that would happen. Try doing this and see if it helps.

Figured it out. I was temporarily rooted. Would not work. I permanently rooted and it all worked. So far so good. Thanks

Bucknasty said:
Figured it out. I was temporarily rooted. Would not work. I permanently rooted and it all worked. So far so good. Thanks
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Glad you got it working. Have fun!
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Having the same issue. I did a 1 click root a LONG time ago and I am now trying to load a custom rom, but after I downloaded bootstrap, it doesn't launch into recovery. SU is on the phone but does not ask for permission when I click bootstrap recovery. I've tried to steps to re-root the phone, unroot the phone, and nothing is successful. Did a hard reset, still nothing. Anyone know what could be wrong? Thanks

Droid Pro Update ... does it support root?

Latest update is out in the wild: 3.8.7.XT610. Info here
apparently this is a 43.8MB file
updated Blur
not Gingerbread
Wonder if it supports root??

jhalsey205 said:
Latest update is out in the wild: 3.8.7.XT610. Info here
Wonder if it supports root??
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I saw a post by Android wizard extraordinaire, CellZealot, over at MyDroidForums, who claims :
"... it supports root and is an excellent build. It also supports using the band unlock and GSM performance is far superior to the previous radio firmware. Overall this build is incredibly stable and without question the best build yet for this phone."
That's good enough for me.

Has anyone received this OTA yet? Nothing yet for my two in NY (one rooted, one not).
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Does this update require that I unroot my phone prior to it?

Could any person who has received the update upload it somewhere, please? I cannot wait to update my phone and root it again. I have tried to update it but it keeps telling me I have the latest software version.

Scanned the net and no one has posted the update...hopefully someone here will soon

nottin in new jersey checked on moto droid pro system update whats up with this enyone got this update runnin thankssss

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:-(
Was rooted. Installed OTA update without problems. Then applications like Titanium Backup can not longer get root privileges. Ran Z4Root to Permanent Root again, it crashes and leaves phone unstable, most of the time freezing a few seconds later and I have to remove battery :-(

fpont1 said:
Was rooted. Installed OTA update without problems. Then applications like Titanium Backup can not longer get root privileges. Ran Z4Root to Permanent Root again, it crashes and leaves phone unstable, most of the time freezing a few seconds later and I have to remove battery :-(
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Blarg, don't like the sound of that. I'm nit sure that my wife uses any root apps but there is just something wrong with an android phone that does not have root.

I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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raphael888 said:
I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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Thanks, will try it myself then...

raphael888 said:
I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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Thanks very much for the tip... worked a treat!

Guys pleaaaaaaaaaaase, can someone upload the update file off his SD card?

received the update and rerooted again
Received the update and was able to root using the aroot method, z4root will not work .
Download aRoot!

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Guys pleaaaaaaaaaaase, can someone upload the update file off his SD card?
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I second that!! Bloody takes them ages this time ... wonder why the holdup with some devices?? Its not like theres a million of Droid Pros out there ...

OK, so I can also root with SuperOneClick 1.7 after the update, but the apps like Titanium still can't get root from the SuperUser app. adb shell su also gets Permission denied (after reboot). Any hints?
Edit: problems solved by using aRoot. My conclusion: run aRoot post-update, not z4root nor SuperOneClick.

I lost root after the update and tried Z4Root with no results. SuperOneClick worked after I tried both root methods and rebooted the phone.
I am using AntTek App Manager to remove bloat without any issue. The phone seems more responsive and I have not had any random reboot until now.

Yep - aroot after the update worked. Re-froze the junk via Titanium and my Pro is running well.

For those like me who didn't know how to use aRoot:
Quoted from designgears
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981866
http://ponack.net/designgears/atrix/aRoot/
"How to use:
note: xp users, you will get an error about the TIMEOUT function, ignore it.
Enable USB Debugging on your phone (settings > applications > development > enable USB debugging)
Plug your phone into your computer
Extract aRoot.7z
Run aRoot.bat (run unRoot.bat to unroot)"

Atrix shows Superuser app but is not rooted

I have an AT&T Atrix on the 1.5.7 firmware. I do have all drivers installed, USB debugging enabled, and am using Windows 7 (dual booted on a macbook 2011).
I believe my problem is that I originally rooted it on the old firmware and then i installed the 1.5.7 OTA update. I now have the Superuser app on my phone but it does not give anything root permission. I've attempted to root again via Superoneclick but it gets hung right after pushing pneuter or gingerbreak to the phone. I have also tried unrooting but that gets hung up as well.
Can anyone give me some things to try or even walk me through something?
Thanks so much!

search the dev forum for gladroot as to why it doesn't work...
and you can try to re-root using gingerbreak, which is also in the dev forum.
basically updating without following the proper steps will not keep your root. and also.
NEVER USE SUPERONECLICK!
spend some time in the dev forums. you'll learn a lot.

Thanks! I'll look into the gladroot issue.
I have tried Gingerbreak but when I run the program with my phone connected, the spinning loading cursor displays for a second then nothing happens. I've ran as administrator but that doesn't do anything different.

It's worth noting, on 1.8.4 Gingerbreak 1.2 worked fine. I know recovery wasn't playing nice unless plugged in. That could also help. Obviously it won't hurt.

notanatheist said:
It's worth noting, on 1.8.4 Gingerbreak 1.2 worked fine. I know recovery wasn't playing nice unless plugged in. That could also help. Obviously it won't hurt.
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There is no 1.8.4

Meh, 1.8.3 I means. Although I just noticed Greyblur takes it down to 1.5.7
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Update to 1.83 and use gingerbreak. You'll need an external SD card though. It works great.

Not sure if this is the place to put this, but I'm having a similar problem, even if I got here differently.
I tried superoneclick, and I tried gladroot. In each case, the program seemed to run successfully, did everything I expected from the directions, no error messages. Claimed success at the end of the run. The superuser app is installed, but no apps are listed. When I try to run an app that needs root, like Root Explorer, it just complains that my phone isn't rooted.
I used the directions and downloads here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
Build number was OLYLA_U4_0.37.4
My phone is on Bell, so I used the Bell directions. Anyone else have or overcome this problem?

i am rooted, all root apps work.
my problem is android commander says am not rooted (windows xp)
and adb dont work
any solution?

Use gingerbreak and report back
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So I tried doing the webtop hack anyway, and when I got to this step:
Code:
adb shell
su
my phone prompted me to allow root access. Finished the process and it's working fine. Ran Root Explorer, it asked for permission, and now it works fine, too.
Maybe doing something as explicit as 'su' in adp shell was the kick in the pants it needed. Either way it's working now...
I thought maybe I'd added superuser to auto-end list, for whatever reason, but when I checked it wasn't there...

tjjensen23 said:
Use gingerbreak and report back
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my sig says i used gingerbreak m8