I have tried every method and not one of them will turn the S-Off, if anyone has got this one to be permarooted let me know what you did.
Please post questions in the Q&A section.
Post the processes you used, the steps you took, and the results you saw. Commands entered, error messages seen. Etc.
We aren't mind readers. Nor psychics. We're not even Google or Facebook, who know what you do, when you do it, and where, and why. (Then sell the info.)
Without additional info, all we could say is, "The methods we used worked for us. Perhaps you did something incorrectly, or missed a step."
Guide to permaroot, s=off AND s=on!!!!!, than I tried the new way to root process which uses adb. But as soon as the battery is pulled its unrooted since the S never goes to off, I have followed those processes over and over, also I can not flash the recovery it says successful but not working
Try starting from the beginning of this guide
Read the whole thing and then start. Make sure you understand every step in the process before you start.
I have hboot 86 and I'm having the same problem kind of ive been trying as many methods as possible but im about to give up I got a new computer with windows 7 I downloaded the sdk and it says adb not found I was like wtf so I looked they moved adb and for all the searching I've done I cannot find a method that will fix that or help me get root without using adb if anyone can help it would be appreciated
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@hackulous try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928370
Thanks man but I figured out a method that doesn't require a computer at all
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sorry It took so long to reply the guide option94 gave me worked no problem I finally got that 4g rooted it was alot harder than mine so thanks for al the input/
help me root mytouch 4g with hboot .86
I need a method to root my myrouch 4g with the new hboot 86 without the adb or a computer because I have no access to one right now please help me!!!
spencerc360 said:
I need a method to root my myrouch 4g with the new hboot 86 without the adb or a computer because I have no access to one right now please help me!!!
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This is what worked for me....
Go to the unlockr.com and follow the guid on how to setup adb. Once you have done that, go to briefmobile.com and look at the directions on how to root the mytouch 4g. Once on that webpage you should see something that says "follow these 11 simple steps" or something alont those lines. And follow those directions and you should be all set
Im rooted and have the 0.86.0000 bootloader.
spencerc360 said:
I need a method to root my myrouch 4g with the new hboot 86 without the adb or a computer because I have no access to one right now please help me!!!
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well there are many guides, but i would say you should wait until you can get to a computer and set up adb, because that is the sure fire way to do it...
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hi guys i turned on s because iam sending this back to tmo. but i forgot to flash the stock recovery img and now i am attempting to root again with visionary. it says already rooted. but it wont give me permission. and the s is on. what do i do please help...
anyone...?
This is probably going to get moved to the Q & A forum before I can finish posting this.
I have yet to find an easier root process or an easier set of instructions to follow, than the following post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
Please read that in its entirety. This is such an easy process that anyone who gets lost or messes it up, might not want to try it in the first place. I'm being as honest as possible, not trying to be insulting.
Ultimately, S=On is part of the un-root process, soooo, you're back at scratch. This means you would need to start back at the top of that post above and follow the instructions on how to root your phone/get S=Off.
Good luck!
shlongwoodian said:
This is probably going to get moved to the Q & A forum before I can finish posting this.
I have yet to find an easier root process or an easier set of instructions to follow, than the following post...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
Please read that in its entirety. This is such an easy process that anyone who gets lost or messes it up, might not want to try it in the first place. I'm being as honest as possible, not trying to be insulting.
Ultimately, S=On is part of the un-root process, soooo, you're back at scratch. This means you would need to start back at the top of that post above and follow the instructions on how to root your phone/get S=Off.
Good luck!
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i understand BUT when i run visionary it tells me already rooted.... but when i type in su it says permission denied....
We're going to need some additional details. You on 2.2.1? Have you restarted your phone since and tried again?
I'll spell it out for you - it really is dead-simple...
(***paraphrasing the OFFICIAL instructions in the thread I linked to above***)
- Enable USB Debugging
- Extract the root.rar in the original post - MAKE SURE YOU PAID ATTENTION AND NOTICED THERE IS A ROOT FOLDER WITHIN A ROOT FOLDER - a nested folder. You do NOT WANT THIS. You want just one /root folder on your sdcard, within it at the .sh scripts.
- Install VISIONary
- Attempt Temp Root
- Run Terminal emulator, type su and follow the instructions in the original post to execute the script - reboot.
- When your phone comes back up, run VISIONary again
- Attempt Temp Root
- Attempt Perm Root
There is really no way to mess this up. I have done this on 6 MT4G's, so if it's not working, you didn't follow the instructions - no doubt, no question. You don't need ADB - you can do this all from your phone with a file explorer (I use EStrongs) and a terminal emulator (I use Android Terminal Emulator).
I'm surprised this hasn't been moderated yet...
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i understand BUT when i run visionary it tells me already rooted...
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What do you mean it "tells you already rooted"? I am rooted and just running VISIONary - that is, launching VISIONary - it doesn't tell you anything. If you click Temproot now, is that when it shows that?
You know you have to first do Temproot and then do Permroot, right? From what I've seen, you can't "over root," so honestly, I highly recommend starting over again. If possible, I would literally type out each and every step you're taking. Maybe it will show us where you're messing up.
Try a different version of visionary... r11 is my preference
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ESKIMOn00b said:
Try a different version of visionary... r11 is my preference
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Good call. I thought about that as soon as I finished my last reply - i.e. check the VISIONary version.
I've been using r14 since my first MT4G and haven't had a single issue on any of the MT4G's I've used it on.
guys loook.... i am using r11 when i click root now.... it says already rooted i can access the clock work recover and everything but s is on and i dont have super user permission.... i turned the s on but now i cant turn it of. i dont have super user permission in terminal
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i turned the s
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So that means you used the unroot.rar file and the process outlined in the first post? That's how you got S back =On again?
ok finally i got it. but now it wont let me flash the stock reocovery image i tried in adb and terminal in terminal it says file not found. and in adb sending reovery<3948kb> falled< status malformed help..... i have to send this back tomorrow
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ok finally i got it.
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So what was it? It would help if you posted your mistake, so maybe it can help someone else that runs into problems.
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So what was it? It would help if you posted your mistake, so maybe it can help someone else that runs into problems.
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i had to unroot it restart the temp root again then permroot.
done ... i flashed stock recovery....
Please post questions in Q&A section.
I have the newer mytouch 4g and none of the rooted procedures have work for me. Can someone please explain to me what to do or does this mean it cant be rooted. Thank you in advance i highly will appreciate the help.
tgary said:
I have the newer mytouch 4g and none of the rooted procedures have work for me. Can someone please explain to me what to do or does this mean it cant be rooted. Thank you in advance i highly will appreciate the help.
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976465
None of us are mind readers. What did you try, and where did you fail? There are several different rooting procedures that can be used -- but all require careful attention to each step in the process.
(Some people who have difficulty with written instructions have had great help from video instructions, and vice versa. Perhaps you might look into "alternative media" if what has you have read or watched just confused you.)
Ive been following mostly videos of it to the T, and still not couldnt get it to s off. I can temp root it with my eyes close but its no s off for me to perm root it
tgary said:
Ive been following mostly videos of it to the T, and still not couldnt get it to s off. I can temp root it with my eyes close but its no s off for me to perm root it
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again what method were u trying? the gfree method or the visionary?
Ive visionary
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Ive visionary
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follow this to the T it should work (i cut and paste the commands that go into command prompt)
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_myTouch_4G:_Full_Update_Guide
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Ive visionary
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Visionary is only a temp rooting tool. It will not permaroot your phone nor will it turn s=off. It is only used to gain SU access so you can permaroot the device.
If that is all you are doing that is why you cannot turn s=off.
I've seen people have trouble using the Cyanogen method that is posted in the link above this.
Use the link in my signature to get your ADB set up and working so it will pick up your device.
Once you've done that use This Method for complete "rootness" of your phone but you may end up bricking the device you must be very very very careful with what you are doing. Or you can Use this method to root the phone with little chance of bricking it. That will turn s=off but will not install the ./gfree nor SuperCID and will leave the hBoot screen alone but it has the least chance of bricking your device.
thanks for all the feed back but i believe you were absolutely right about me watching videos which i realized is much easier for me. those links are very helpful but i just cant get em down pack to complete them which brings me to a conclusion of a unrooted phone. this sucks for me so bad
The unlockr pages has videos.
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i used to have a mt4g black in december and i didnt have a problem with the root then, and now i have a new one white and im doing the same steps i did back then and i cant root my new phone, so if theres anyone who can help me, i would really thank you for that stock version is good but nothing like the roms this dev's make!!!
i can help u
Use the gfree free method posted in MT4G android development. Works perfectly, just follow the instructions. It is in a sticky right on top of the forum. It says something to the effect of True Root Perm S=Off blah blah blah...
Thanks guys
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problem too
i have tried gfree a few times and a few other methods including adb. i can't get s = off ... now when i type "su" i get "su: unknown user root" .. i completely give up and i want to trade this phone or something, the stock stuff is so boring.
BradyArmobile said:
i have tried gfree a few times and a few other methods including adb. i can't get s = off ... now when i type "su" i get "su: unknown user root" .. i completely give up and i want to trade this phone or something, the stock stuff is so boring.
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check your bootloader because i had the same problem. if you have the 86 bootloader there is a thread about that in the devolpement section
here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
Hi,
I hope someone can help. And yes I did search for other threads to find my answer but no luck, so please no smart answers, if you can direct me to the right answer I will be happy . So I followed the steps on unlockr.com to root my friends mytouch 4g but something went wrong, not bricked, I know I messed up a step somewhere cause I do not have complete root access. I want to simply reset the entire phone so I can try it again. I can't do the unroot method from unlockr, because since something went wrong I do not have the necessary materials to follow the unroot steps. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
CarlosCruz15 said:
Hi,
I hope someone can help. And yes I did search for other threads to find my answer but no luck, so please no smart answers, if you can direct me to the right answer I will be happy . So I followed the steps on unlockr.com to root my friends mytouch 4g but something went wrong, not bricked, I know I messed up a step somewhere cause I do not have complete root access. I want to simply reset the entire phone so I can try it again. I can't do the unroot method from unlockr, because since something went wrong I do not have the necessary materials to follow the unroot steps. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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What problem are you having exactly?
if you're s-off you really don't have to unroot to reroot we just need to solve your problem.
Same problem he has
My Mytouch 4g IS rooted but has s-on still??? I literally have tried EVERY METHOD i could find. Im sort of noob so that could be the reason but i have rooted G1/Mytouch 3g many times and also HAD a s-off on y Glacier before but have no clue how it got to s-on. Help PLEASE
i don't know what you did but one time it happen to me i did this first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832642 and then I use this to root http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996 hope this help for you
I have tried that before but havent really had success because adb doesn't recognize my device. This is a daunting problem that i somehow cannot find answers for.
Ok people, this is not my first post, although it says it is. I used to be on here and a few other sites as ldawg214. I've done some things but alas I quit for awhile and can't remember my old password (so if any mods can help me there that would be cool.) But the reason for this post is that I'm trying to get a custom rom on my mytouch 4g with 2.3.4 Gingerbread. I know I need to downgrade to froyo using adb but the files fre3vo and misc_version_01 are just blank data files. I don't know if they are supposed to be like that but everything I've searched for on this is at least 3 years old. I've gone ahead and tried adb but it always just tells me the the file or directory doesn't exist. Does anyone know if this method still works?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Starting to feel like this is impossible and I know what I'm doing lol.
luda214 said:
Ok people, this is not my first post, although it says it is. I used to be on here and a few other sites as ldawg214. I've done some things but alas I quit for awhile and can't remember my old password (so if any mods can help me there that would be cool.) But the reason for this post is that I'm trying to get a custom rom on my mytouch 4g with 2.3.4 Gingerbread. I know I need to downgrade to froyo using adb but the files fre3vo and misc_version_01 are just blank data files. I don't know if they are supposed to be like that but everything I've searched for on this is at least 3 years old. I've gone ahead and tried adb but it always just tells me the the file or directory doesn't exist. Does anyone know if this method still works?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Starting to feel like this is impossible and I know what I'm doing lol.
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Haven't rooted a glacier in a while. But I'll try to help you. Here's a link to the rooting process. I've always used gfree. If you need any files let me know and I'll upload them.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_glacier#Rooting_the_HTC_Glacier
Thank you so much but it turns out I was just missing a few steps (as usual) lol. So I am now perm rooted with s=off. I think that's all I have to do and now I can flash a custom rom. That's what I'm on my way to do now. Thank you again.
luda214 said:
Thank you so much but it turns out I was just missing a few steps (as usual) lol. So I am now perm rooted with s=off. I think that's all I have to do and now I can flash a custom rom. That's what I'm on my way to do now. Thank you again.
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Okay, I think this can be deleted. I've got s off and installed sabsa_prime and so far it's working great. If anyone sees this though, after all that root checker basic says that the phone doesn't have root access.........WHAT??? How is that possible?