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Problem rooting new MT4G

I have a red mt4g and is rooted no problem running cm7. My wife picked up a mt4g and wants rid of the sense crap. I've tried everything and can't get root to stick. I've been reading the threads and am curious people mention your phone being pre-ota. What ota update are they referring to. Only thing I've noticed is my phone is PVT ENG and hers is PVT SHIP.
Any thoughts?
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Edit. I'm an idiot forgot to turn fastboot off
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Nevermond its just not taking root. Here's her boot
GLACIER PVT SHIP
HBOOT-0.86.0000
Update 2.2.1
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Shortly after receiving my MT4G there was an OTA update. Supposedly this should occur for all MT4G's, afaik.

What method are you using?? Give us some more info. Gfree method has been known to work for others having issues. I'd suggest trying that out.

Same problem I encountered with my Bro's phone with the same HBOOT as yours. .86.00 is a new HBOOT and I think it needed to downgrade?
My phone is HBOOT .85 and I have no problem rooting it over and over.

ur doing it wrong.
temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot.
flash cwm recovery
flash roms, enjoy

smirkis said:
ur doing it wrong.
temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot.
flash cwm recovery
flash roms, enjoy
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No offense but I've rooted about a dozen of these in the last few weeks for friends with zero problems. Only thing different is this phone is a SHIP model with a newer HBOOT. I've been using grankins walkthrough using visionary r14 + terminal and root files. Haven't tried the afb method as I don't owner a computer to afb with
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scott.ragan said:
No offense but I've rooted about a dozen of these in the last few weeks for friends with zero problems. Only thing different is this phone is a SHIP model with a newer HBOOT. I've been using grankins walkthrough using visionary r14 + terminal and root files. Haven't tried the afb method as I don't owner a computer to afb with
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no offense, but i still think your doing it wrong.
my mytouch4g info is as follows
pvt ship s-off
hboot .86.0000
its rooted, running cm7 without issues...
your hboot being .85 if im not mistaken is you installed the engineering hboot as well.. if you only perform temproot, gfree, permroot, reboot. and don't do the engineering hboot, you will still maintain the .86 hboot which is fine for flashing custom roms.
the .85 hboot gives you more flashable abilities, ie official rom releases from other countries or whatever. unnecessary for someone who just uses custom known working roms..

My phone has the same hboot as the phone you are trying to root. I've never tried any other method but, I was able to gain root using grankin's True permaroot guide. But if I remember correctly you will need adb for it.
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I had this issue today. Ive rooted a few of these including floor models at local stores. This one today wouldnt turn s off. No matter what method I did. I ended pushing the root files through adb to the device and rebooting after everystep. Once it got s-off no roms would load except iced glacier. Royal glacier and thunderbolt both wouldnt make it past the splash screen. In the end got root but wondering why this was such a pain.
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[Q]Returning to Stock Hboot Desire Z? (Solved)

guys it is even possible ? safely returning to stock Hboot on desire z . i installed the ENG Hboot for updating my radio but i have a feeling that i cannot go back safely to stock Hboot again and the reason is the Wiki section?
Htc vision wiki is all about G2.... almost nothing about desire Z ......returning to stock section that is
im S-off via Psneuter method. i have nandroid backup of the Stock rom it came with ..... it was 1.34.405.5
currently im using virtuous 1.0.1 rom.....

hispeedworm said:
guys it is even possible ? safely returning to stock Hboot on desire z . i installed the ENG Hboot for updating my radio but i have a feeling that i cannot go back safely to stock Hboot again and the reason is the Wiki section?
Htc vision wiki is all about G2.... almost nothing about desire Z ......returning to stock section that is
im S-off via Psneuter method. i have nandroid backup of the Stock rom it came with ..... it was 1.34.405.5
currently im using virtuous 1.0.1 rom.....
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hello anyone ??????
Edit:figured it out myself with help of some mods.... solution posted here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999796

I think that you could return to the stock HBOOT but i dont know why you would want to

HELP ME Get S-ON

i currently have s-off and I am in 2.3.4.
i'm not rooted anymore but I want S-ON so i can sell or return this phone please help me out thanks?
DO i have to root the phone again?

killer174 said:
i currently have s-off and I am in 2.3.4.
i'm not rooted anymore but I want S-ON so i can sell or return this phone please help me out thanks?
DO i have to root the phone again?
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You can easily sell the phone with S-OFF. It can actually increase the value to so wanna be tech nerd who's too afraid to turn S-OFF himself.
Seriously go pick any phone and look them up on eBay. The rooted ones usually sell for more than the unrooted ones.

Skipjacks said:
You can easily sell the phone with S-OFF. It can actually increase the value to so wanna be tech nerd who's too afraid to turn S-OFF himself.
Seriously go pick any phone and look them up on eBay. The rooted ones usually sell for more than the unrooted ones.
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yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks

killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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Download visionary r14 make sure delevopement is check in applications then click attempt permroot root. reboot then open terminal emulator type su if u get a # sign u have full root
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Tez MyTouch said:
Download visionary r14 make sure delevopement is check in applications then click attempt permroot root. reboot then open terminal emulator type su if u get a # sign u have full root
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i don't think visionary works with gingerbread 2.3.4? correct me if i'm wrong...

saranhai said:
i don't think visionary works with gingerbread 2.3.4? correct me if i'm wrong...
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oh total forgot he had gb. I seen s = off
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killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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How much if you dont mind me asking.. i wanted another mt4g, but now i'm looking to maybe get samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.. still researching..

jr_718 said:
How much if you dont mind me asking.. i wanted another mt4g, but now i'm looking to maybe get samsung galaxy s2 or nexus prime.. still researching..
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well I don't know....
how much do you want for it?

killer174 said:
well I don't know....
how much do you want for it?
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Honestly I don't know.. but I don't want to discourage your intended price. So if you post it at ebay.. post the link Here, otherwise, am still researching on the galaxy s2 or nexus prime...
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killer174 said:
yea but my phone is not rooted is that okay?
it is in 2.3.4 and S-OFF
and yea Im going to sell it on eBay thanks
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Root it real quick!
All you need is to put the 2.2 PD15IMG.zip on your SD card and reboot into bootloader and you'll have a 2.2 phone pretty quick. Then you can run Visionary and you'll be set. Should take a total of 15 minutes, including the time to download 2.2 and Visionary.
Then you'll have a fully rooted S-Off phone to sell on eBay. Be sure to put that in big letters in the auction description.

Skipjacks said:
Root it real quick!
All you need is to put the 2.2 PD15IMG.zip on your SD card and reboot into bootloader and you'll have a 2.2 phone pretty quick. Then you can run Visionary and you'll be set. Should take a total of 15 minutes, including the time to download 2.2 and Visionary.
Then you'll have a fully rooted S-Off phone to sell on eBay. Be sure to put that in big letters in the auction description.
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That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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This is the thread you need if you have S-OFF already and want to root it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200147
The first PD15IMG.zip in that thread gives you Clockwork Recovery, and then you can boot into that to apply the Superuser zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Also if you have S-Off already, you can downgrade to 2.2.1 using the appropriate RUU or PD15IMG.zip, and it won't care about version number.
And the instructions for reverting to S-ON from Gfree are here partway down in the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996

saranhai said:
That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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You can if you have the downgraded bootloader can't you? And if he's got S OFF I assumed the bootloader was already downgraded.
In any case, it's super easy to downgrade it and fully root it no matter what the steps are. And if it's rooted it's worth more on eBay

Skipjacks said:
You can if you have the downgraded bootloader can't you? And if he's got S OFF I assumed the bootloader was already downgraded.
In any case, it's super easy to downgrade it and fully root it no matter what the steps are. And if it's rooted it's worth more on eBay
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so can I downgrade to 2.2.1 even if I have 2.3.4 with S-OFF?

cmstlist said:
This is the thread you need if you have S-OFF already and want to root it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200147
The first PD15IMG.zip in that thread gives you Clockwork Recovery, and then you can boot into that to apply the Superuser zip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
Also if you have S-Off already, you can downgrade to 2.2.1 using the appropriate RUU or PD15IMG.zip, and it won't care about version number.
And the instructions for reverting to S-ON from Gfree are here partway down in the post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
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I'm going to try to downgrade to 2.2.1 since i have s-off using the pdm15 file.

saranhai said:
That won't work... You can't downgrade to 2.2.1 through the PD15IMG file
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but I have S-OFF can I still downgrade?

killer174 said:
but I have S-OFF can I still downgrade?
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What's your bootloader version?
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saranhai said:
What's your bootloader version?
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0.85.2007 that is my bootloader

killer174 said:
0.85.2007 that is my bootloader
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does it say eng bootloader or something like that?
cause that sounds like the engineering bootloader if i'm not wrong. no wonder you got s-off...

saranhai said:
does it say eng bootloader or something like that?
cause that sounds like the engineering bootloader if i'm not wrong. no wonder you got s-off...
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oh wait it says HBOOT-0.89.0005

Downgrade and unlock sim

So I'm running vu 2.39 on my phone and I had rooted the phone using the root.sh/visionary method, not the gfree method. Now that I'm comfortable with it, I was trying to figure out how to unlock my phone. After backing up my phone, should I install the rooted stock rom, unroot using visionary, and then root using the gfree method OR install an unrooted stock rom (which I assume will restore everything back to factory) and then gfree OR something else??
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htc_sandman286 said:
So I'm running vu 2.39 on my phone and I had rooted the phone using the root.sh/visionary method, not the gfree method. Now that I'm comfortable with it, I was trying to figure out how to unlock my phone. After backing up my phone, should I install the rooted stock rom, unroot using visionary, and then root using the gfree method OR install an unrooted stock rom (which I assume will restore everything back to factory) and then gfree OR something else??
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they have instructions on how to unlock in the gfree thread...

I think gfree only works with froyo kernels. It wasn't working correctly for me on virtuous
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You need to flash not only the stock 2.2.1 ROM but also the appropriate bootloader and possibly radio, to run Gfree. The easiest way to get all of that at once is to PD15IMG.zip or RUU back to that ROM after doing your nandroid backup. Then follow the full instructions for temp root and Gfree, and that's when you can enter the command that gets Gfree to SIM-unlock your phone. Once you've installed Clockwork again, revert to your nandroid backup.

cmstlist said:
You need to flash not only the stock 2.2.1 ROM but also the appropriate bootloader and possibly radio, to run Gfree. The easiest way to get all of that at once is to PD15IMG.zip or RUU back to that ROM after doing your nandroid backup. Then follow the full instructions for temp root and Gfree, and that's when you can enter the command that gets Gfree to SIM-unlock your phone. Once you've installed Clockwork again, revert to your nandroid backup.
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K cool this makes sense but is the PD15IMG.zip the rooted stock Froyo or unrooted stock froyo?
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htc_sandman286 said:
K cool this makes sense but is the PD15IMG.zip the rooted stock Froyo or unrooted stock froyo?
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Pure stock, just like how you first bought it from Tmobile.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
Sent from my fist to your nuts, enjoy!

great so i made an attempt to downgrade but i ran into a problem...i downloaded a stock rom, checked the md5 sum, and then tried to install following instructions but it turned s-on, reverted the h-boot version to 0.86.0000 and says main version is older, update fail!.... the rom is still rooted cause i used root checker to check and cwm 5+ is still installed so now i dunno what to do...

I followed this yesterday from stock 2.3.4 unrooted and it worked. Its rooted running Virtuous unity, and unlocked I tried my friends simple mobile sim and it worked.
http://theunlockr.com/2011/10/25/ho...ire-z-desire-hd-and-mytouch-4g-back-to-froyo/
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Oh crap... I forgot that could happen after root.sh.
Check the downgrade guide - if you're rooted with S-ON the only step you should need to do is the misc version step, and then you should be able to flash the PD15IMG.ZIP again without getting the main version error.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
Thanks to the guys in the G2 IRC chatroom, i was able to fix the problem and unroot using the gfree method!!! made 1-2 silly noob mistakes and it costed me time and hrs, but a good lesson learned.

htc_sandman286 said:
great so i made an attempt to downgrade but i ran into a problem...i downloaded a stock rom, checked the md5 sum, and then tried to install following instructions but it turned s-on, reverted the h-boot version to 0.86.0000 and says main version is older, update fail!.... the rom is still rooted cause i used root checker to check and cwm 5+ is still installed so now i dunno what to do...
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Made a thread for this exact problem a couple days ago. Here you go..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1356607
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Stock unrooted 2.3.4 GB rom

I want to return my phone to original because the speaker is dead. I am currently 2.3.4 rooted S-off with a MIUI rom. I was going to download the unrooted rom but it was on megaupload. Where can I find it now? Please excuse me if I wrote something noobish.

I found a rooted 2.3.4 stock gingerbread, but now the reverse gfree method is not working. It always freezes at the dd if=/your part7number.bin part. Does anyone know the problem. Thank you.

Did you download a file called PD15IMG. IT its the stock rom. If you have the file just drag it from your comp to your sd card. Restart the phone holding the volume button down and the power. Hboot screen should come up, press volume up and it will automatically install the stock rom, press volume up when it asks if you want to update. If you dont have the file private message me and I will send it to you via email bro
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Yeah. I got the pd15img, and now I am stock 2.3.4 unrooted. The problem I still have s-on. Do you think HTC will care?

McSurge45 said:
Yeah. I got the pd15img, and now I am stock 2.3.4 unrooted. The problem I still have s-on. Do you think HTC will care?
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If you have s-on then you are good. They shouldn't even know it was rooted.
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My B. I meant s-off. I tried to do the method to revert in the true perma root post, but it does not let me dd if= the part7 backup. My phone just freezes and reboots. Will they care if I have s-off?

McSurge45 said:
My B. I meant s-off. I tried to do the method to revert in the true perma root post, but it does not let me dd if= the part7 backup. My phone just freezes and reboots. Will they care if I have s-off?
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I doubt they would even care. Better to be safe than sorry though.
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I am trying to be safe, but the method on the perma root post does not work. Is there another way?

Wow. Speaker randomly fixed itself. Now to reroot. Is it any different since I already have S-off but not root.

McSurge45 said:
Wow. Speaker randomly fixed itself. Now to reroot. Is it any different since I already have S-off but not root.
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Just run through gfree method, it's easier and less nerve wracking the second time around.
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eqjunkie829 said:
If you have s-on then you are good. They shouldn't even know it was rooted.
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+1
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