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Is there a newer version of z4 root for froyo dk28

Hey everyone I'm new to xda and I just want to say how great it is to be a part of this site. My question is. Is there a new version of z4 root that works with the froyo update dk28 for the epic? Thanks again.
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Old one should work. Exploit still works.
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It didn't work it starts to spaz out
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Kcarpenter said:
Old one should work. Exploit still works.
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Won't work; I've tried a while back.
It'll just freeze at the "Acquiring Root" part.
So no, you cannot use z4root to root, unfortunately. However, there are various topics on how to do one-click roots on your phone, with all types of computers - Windows, Linux, or even Mac.

acer1096xxx said:
Won't work; I've tried a while back.
It'll just freeze at the "Acquiring Root" part.
So no, you cannot use z4root to root, unfortunately. However, there are various topics on how to do one-click roots on your phone, with all types of computers - Windows, Linux, or even Mac.
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Yeah I heard about it but can u unroot useing the same method
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Estewa_619 said:
Yeah I heard about it but can u unroot useing the same method
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Yes, when using the one click roots, you get a lot of options.
One being rooting the phone w/ cwm redirector.
And another that gives you the option to unroot the phone.
So basically, use the same method to unroot it as you do to root it, although choosing the correct option.
Simple as that

acer1096xxx said:
Yes, when using the one click roots, you get a lot of options.
One being rooting the phone w/ cwm redirector.
And another that gives you the option to unroot the phone.
So basically, use the same method to unroot it as you do to root it, although choosing the correct option.
Simple as that
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Ohh ok cool thanks a lot for your input ill try that and you said there is a version for mac
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Estewa_619 said:
Ohh ok cool thanks a lot for your input ill try that and you said there is a version for mac
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Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.

acer1096xxx said:
Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.
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Ohh for sho thanx man
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acer1096xxx said:
Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.
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Dang he beat me to it. I too rooted on a mac
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kenvan19 said:
Dang he beat me to it. I too rooted on a mac
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Its all good thanks for the reply.
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Rooting.

Thinking of unrooting my phone and rerooting it. Witch way should I do tjis with, gfree or the vishonary and terminal way?
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That depends, if i was you i would check to see which emmc chip you have as there is two of them and search which one is the good one,and if you have the good one go gfree if you need the sim unlock if not stick to the visonary. Just my two pennies. I rooted with gfree and havent had any problem..

Well im thinking of doing this because when I did it the first time I used vishonary and it screwed my phone up and got stuck on mytouch screen (aka bootloop). I used theunlckr.com vishonary way with my g2 didnt work so I looked through the comments and found an xda thread and did it that way. Did the same on mytouch and screwes it up. Had to pay 50 bucks to fix it
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gfree is VERY simple and has not been linked to the dying eMMC chip issues. That has been shown to be a hardware issue. i have the "bad" chip and have used gfree 3 times and my phone is still fine.

JDV28 said:
gfree is VERY simple and has not been linked to the dying eMMC chip issues. That has been shown to be a hardware issue. i have the "bad" chip and have used gfree 3 times and my phone is still fine.
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Well, actually gfree is linked to bad eMMCs, but it is not the cause. It seems that a phone with the bad eMMC can only be rooted with gfree (not the Visionary/root.sh method).

TeeJay3800 said:
Well, actually gfree is linked to bad eMMCs, but it is not the cause. It seems that a phone with the bad eMMC can only be rooted with gfree (not the Visionary/root.sh method).
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What i meant is that its not the cause of them dying.

Im confused should I do the gfree method or vishonary?
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Im sorry if this has been posted before too. I looked but I couldnt find anything.
And still noone has answered my other question
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Whichever works for you.
If you're already rooted - no reason to unroot, unless your phone stopped functioning.

NicksDevouredByTheSkyline said:
Im confused should I do the gfree method or vishonary?
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gfree. its the do-all
fast.simple.reliable.

Jack_R1 said:
Whichever works for you.
If you're already rooted - no reason to unroot, unless your phone stopped functioning.
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Im rooted and all but I have a feeling its wrong. Cuz I messed up my phone and than got it fix and it still said s-off after I flashed the PD15IMG.zip file.
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JDV28 said:
gfree. its the do-all
fast.simple.reliable.
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gfree works great, but the advantage to the Visionary method is you automatically end up with the engineering bootloader. The gfree method requires an extra series of steps to do that.

JDV28 said:
gfree. its the do-all
fast.simple.reliable.
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Should I use the unlockr.com to unroot it?
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NicksDevouredByTheSkyline said:
Should I use the unlockr.com to unroot it?
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noooooo!
to flash the engineering bootloader, it takes an extra 2 minutes. literally. and it isn't needed, but its recommended i guess

JDV28 said:
noooooo!
to flash the engineering bootloader, it takes an extra 2 minutes. literally. and it isn't needed, but its recommended i guess
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Okay
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NicksDevouredByTheSkyline said:
Im rooted and all but I have a feeling its wrong. Cuz I messed up my phone and than got it fix and it still said s-off after I flashed the PD15IMG.zip file.
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It will still say S-OFF, if rooted with gfree, whatever you do - because it turns off the security flag for real. Your feelings don't have anything to do with the fact that your phone is S-OFF now, and by unrooting it you won't accomplish anything - but judging by the amount of threads you've opened by now, it'll cost XDA a lot of server space .

Jack_R1 said:
It will still say S-OFF, if rooted with gfree, whatever you do - because it turns off the security flag for real. Your feelings don't have anything to do with the fact that your phone is S-OFF now, and by unrooting it you won't accomplish anything - but judging by the amount of threads you've opened by now, it'll cost XDA a lot of server space .
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Ya. I really didnt mean to post that one rom thread 3 times. I reported them so they would be deleted. Im sorry
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don't be sorry dude, post as many threads as you need to help you learn, but just try not to got the forums. As long as each thread has a certain purpose, you are fine.

JDV28 said:
don't be sorry dude, post as many threads as you need to help you learn, but just try not to got the forums. As long as each thread has a certain purpose, you are fine.
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Yah thanm you
MyTouch4GCameAsRomans!

NicksDevouredByTheSkyline said:
Yah thanm you
MyTouch4GCameAsRomans!
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np, always trying to help

OTA Update

Does anyone know for sure if I can flash the gingerbread update pd15img.zip even though I'm rooted by gfree with the eng hboot?
I can't get the unroot method to work, that's why i'm asking.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
Does anyone know for sure if I can flash the gingerbread update pd15img.zip even though I'm rooted by gfree with the eng hboot?
I can't get the unroot method to work, that's why i'm asking.
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Flash the rooted version in recovery, wipe every thing first
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bmakk2055 said:
Flash the unrooted version in recovery, wipe every thing first
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You can't flash a PD15IMG.zip RUU in recovery. It's only flashable in the bootloader.

Please don't post advice if you don't know what you're talking about.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
No dip, I'm not stupid.
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bmakk2055 posted incorrect information, so I posted the correct info for the benefit of you or anyone else who might come across this thread. Take a chill pill, bud.

Either way, neither of you have answered the question, so I don't care. You could've kept that comment to yourself and so could he cause he obviously doesn't know a thing about what I'm talking about.
To others who view this, please don't post unless you know the answer. Thanks.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
Either way, neither of you have answered the question, so I don't care. You could've kept that comment to yourself and so could he cause he obviously doesn't know a thing about what I'm talking about.
To others who view this, please don't post unless you know the answer. Thanks.
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It wasn't a random "comment". XDA is a database like all forums, so even if you already knew the answer yourself, it's important to correct misinformation for anyone who may come across this thread in the future.

Not cool of you to get mad at him when he's just trying to help you.
That kind of an attitude will just deter people away from even wanting to help you out.
Just sayin'.
To answer your OP, why not use the Froyo PD15IMG.zip? Are you trying to unroot your phone?
Using the GB PD15IMG.zip probably wouldn't be the best idea even if it worked. Because if it worked then you're stuck at GB which can't be rooted ATM.

mackster248 said:
Not cool of you to get mad at him when he's just trying to help you.
That kind of an attitude will just deter people away from even wanting to help you out.
Just sayin'.
To answer your OP, why not use the Froyo PD15IMG.zip? Are you trying to unroot your phone?
Using the GB PD15IMG.zip probably wouldn't be the best idea even if it worked. Because if it worked then you're stuck at GB which can't be rooted ATM.
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I want the update though. And last time I did the froyo zip while perm rooted with gfree and stock hboot, it bricked the phone. I'm trying to collect all the info first cause apparently I want supposed to do that unless I have eng hboot.
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I2IEAILiiTY said:
I want the update though. And last time I did the froyo zip while perm rooted with gfree and stock hboot, it bricked the phone. I'm trying to collect all the info first cause apparently I want supposed to do that unless I have eng hboot.
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Then why not just flash the update? There's like 3 flashable versions out there in the developmental section.
I flashed it last night, not that great. Don't know how you could choose that over Virtual Unity's Sense 3.0, but I guess to each their own.
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mackster248 said:
Then why not just flash the update? There's like 3 flashable versions out there in the developmental section.
I flashed it last night, not that great. Don't know how you could choose that over Virtual Unity's Sense 3.0, but I guess to each their own.
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I have the 'bad' chip and I'm trying to lose root just in case something happens, I also want the update cause froyo was glitchy and I'm starting to have tiny but irritating issues with unity, like wifi calling and my home screen disappearing.
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Need answer

With the temp root can u put roms in and stuff i tryed and never worked idk if i spelled some words right am geting used to the kay pad
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xda hollow said:
With the temp root can u put roms in and stuff i tryed and never worked idk if i spelled some words right am geting used to the kay pad
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No you cannot flash roms and mods when you are temp rooted as you have to reboot. When you reboot you are no longer temp rooted. Be patient things are sorting themselves out ,a dev is on it people are trying to get him devices so he can achieve full root.

Might as well get use to stock roms... could be a WHILE!! lol no one even has a clue. all we know is a few people are looking into it. with HTC having a stick up there *** and not releasing the GB kernal/rom we are stuck waiting.

no, you need full root
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=936

So I was in g2x forum, and they said you can flash a recovery without root. Then with recovery you can flash a rom.
Don't know if it works like that with our phones though.
Evo SHIFT

You need full root to flash recovery. End of story
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need s-off to the nand isnt write protected

Aka FULL ROOT
Talk non geek
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Oh okay. How is it possible with the g2x then?
Evo SHIFT

kyhassen said:
Might as well get use to stock roms... could be a WHILE!! lol no one even has a clue.
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Things change fast =)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
^ Shift Faced

Yes they do . Let's be happy we have some talented people on here.

Enraged21 said:
Oh okay. How is it possible with the g2x then?
Evo SHIFT
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Completely different phone. Perm rooting is dependant on the hardware's boot loader security. With the GB update on the shift hboot got updated and changed the security.
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Hi

Hi guys im new here and new to all this, i only got my wildfire a couple of days ago and was wondering on how to mod it and do all the things you guys have going on on your phones?
I should also add im scared of ruining my phone so yes i am a newb but we all gotta start somewhere havent we

Don't worry bricking your phone is unlikely unless you do something silly and don't follow the guides correctly.
This is the best place to start, you'll find everything you need in this one thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
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Welcome to the section. Check out the guides for rooting and installing custom roms on your phone. There isn't really a big chance of getting your phone bricked. Once you root it, you'll feel alot safer because the worst thing that can happen is a bootloop. (Which can be repaired!)

Scratch0805 said:
Don't worry bricking your phone is unlikely unless you do something silly and don't follow the guides correctly.
This is the best place to start, you'll find everything you need in this one thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
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thanks but it looks like i will need to downgrade and the possibility of me losing my phoneis too scary lol

wishmasterdjl said:
thanks but it looks like i will need to downgrade and the possibility of me losing my phoneis too scary lol
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You're on 2.2.1? Can't you use revolutionary?

Justice™ said:
You're on 2.2.1? Can't you use revolutionary?
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lol im a newb and dont know how

Its fairly simple when you actually do it, revolutionary does all the hard work for you. The guides just look scary as there's so much in them.
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Its fairly simple when you actually do it, revolutionary does all the hard work for you. The guides just look scary as there's so much in them.
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can you point me in the right direction for an idiots guide of how to do it step by step lol

This worked first time for me on mine and my girlfriends wildfires.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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Scratch0805 said:
This worked first time for me on mine and my girlfriends wildfires.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1145035
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do i connect my phone when running step1.bat

wishmasterdjl said:
do i connect my phone when running step1.bat
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Try it with and without the phone plugged in. I think you'll probably have to have it plugged in.
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okay i did all that now its stuck on the cyanogen loading screen what can i do

You've done the hard part don't worry its not broken. It should take around 5-10 minutes for first boot anyway so if its only been a minute or two and the rhythm of the boot logo is still turning smoothly and not pausing or restarting just leave it a little longer but if the logo freezes and restarts over and over this is called a bootloop. Easily fixed by rebooting into recovery again then select the wipe menu and wipe dalvik cache, cache and data then install your cm7 zip again. Everything should work then.
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hmm i may have ruined it then for i just re did the installing of RUU_Buzz_HTC_WWE_1.14.405.2_R_Radio_13.45.55.24_3.35.15.31_release_130814
then left it at that for it worked then lol, is there anything i can do to get it actually done from there

You might need to run revolutionary againcan you still get to clockwork recovery?
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Scratch0805 said:
You might need to run revolutionary againcan you still get to clockwork recovery?
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yes i can still get to clockwork recovery by rebooting into hboot and going through recovery, ive also got the super user app in my apps

Just check in hboot that you are s-off and as you can still get recovery you're good to go, remember to wipe dalvik cache, cache and data when changing roms, if its an update you might get away with not wiping data sometimes. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Before you flash cm7 again just run the backup in cwm then if it goes wrong again you can just restore.
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Scratch0805 said:
Just check in hboot that you are s-off and as you can still get recovery you're good to go, remember to wipe dalvik cache, cache and data when changing roms, if its an update you might get away with not wiping data sometimes. You'll get the hang of it soon enough. Before you flash cm7 again just run the backup in cwm then if it goes wrong again you can just restore.
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cwm?? sorry for being dumb but whats that

Clockwork mod recovery.
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Scratch0805 said:
Clockwork mod recovery.
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woohoo it works, now all i have to do is find a decent theme and my apps and games