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[Q] g2 s-off problem

i hope someone can help me out. ive got a g2 that i have perm rooted using visionary r14. unfortunately, no matter how many times i reroot and reboot the phone, i cannot get s-off. i have su rights immediately when the phone boots up into android, but when i start it up using the power and vol down button, it says s-on in that screen. what am i doing wrong? can anyone help me out?
Laz

You're lucky that you haven't totally bricked your phone yet. Just use the rage method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965

ibemad1 said:
You're lucky that you haven't totally bricked your phone yet. Just use the rage method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
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LOL, he's not lucky, he didn't even disable write protect. Couldn't possibly have hurt it.

bouzouki said:
i hope someone can help me out. ive got a g2 that i have perm rooted using visionary r14. unfortunately, no matter how many times i reroot and reboot the phone, i cannot get s-off. i have su rights immediately when the phone boots up into android, but when i start it up using the power and vol down button, it says s-on in that screen. what am i doing wrong? can anyone help me out?
Laz
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you never flashed the hacked hboot.
forgo that step now, and just use gfree. it's safer.

thanks
hey damnoregonian, i used the gfree method and it worked flawlessly. took all about 20 seconds to complete. HAHAH. that was great. thanks again.
Laz

i turned on S now it wont let me turn it back on please help

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...

2012iawait said:
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

2012iawait said:
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.

shlongwoodian said:
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.

[Q] Cannot root with hboot 00.86.0000

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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[Q] please help!!

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

tgary said:
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

tgary said:
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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[Q] Trouble Rooting and geting "SU" permissions Mytouch 4g. HELP!

This may sound stupid, but does anyone know how to root specifically a RED mytouch 4g?? Maybe the color is intimidating or something, but I have successfully rooted 6 mytouch 4g's and not run into any problems.. I spent a week on this one to no avail. Its running 2.2.1, software number 1.17.531.2, build number 1.17.531.2 CL277036. Is there a manual way without using visionary? It wont grant me permissions even after temp root. Thanks.

try using the gfree method which is in the development section. It seems thats the only way to root the newer mytouches.

Update: Tried every single forum that appeared in the first 10 pages of google for 50 different search terms, and frankly, I'm ****ing beat.. I found a few similar topic forums, but only ONE exact build number, and everything with the SAME EXACT SYMPTOMS.. Is there really nobody out there that has tackled this debockle? I'm not sure what to do at this point, am I doomed?? I'm not a noob with this phone, but I'm not a developer or a programmer either. Anyone got any alternative root methods, other that the visionary, or flashboot methods for the exact specs on my phone??

I'm having the same issue with my red MT4G, had it since Feb. 11 Was able to root but not able to get the s-off same build and software as yours. Help Please!

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I'm having the same issue with my red MT4G, had it since Feb. 11 Was able to root but not able to get the s-off same build and software as yours. Help Please!
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Thats weird, I achieved s=off, using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
But I can't get superuser permissions to flash the older version of the bootloader, or use gfree. What did you use to root it?

Are these MT4Gs completely stock and out of the box? When I rooted a friend's device, VISIONary wouldn't even temproot at first. He later uninstalled some app and tried VISIONary again and temproot stuck, so maybe something else on the device is getting in the way? Either that or HTC incorporated some fix, we'd need more people with brand new MT4Gs to confirm.

gfree issues
I seem to be having the same issue but when I go to "chmod 777 gfree" I get the ./gfree: permission denied error

bvince05 said:
I seem to be having the same issue but when I go to "chmod 777 gfree" I get the ./gfree: permission denied error
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Temp root with visionary then try again. Make sure fastboot is disabled before doing it. If it doesn't temp root try an older version of visionary. I used a combo of gfree method and visionary to get root and s off
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EDIT: i replied to this while half asleep so figured i would be a little more clear.
i had the gfree permission denied error you got. so temp rooted with visionary(latest) but just froze up my phone. tried a older version and it temp rooted fine. went in to ADB got SU and threw the chmod command at it again and it went through.
hope this helps, not 100% sure it went through because of what i did but its worth a shot.

jdkoren said:
Are these MT4Gs completely stock and out of the box? When I rooted a friend's device, VISIONary wouldn't even temproot at first. He later uninstalled some app and tried VISIONary again and temproot stuck, so maybe something else on the device is getting in the way? Either that or HTC incorporated some fix, we'd need more people with brand new MT4Gs to confirm.
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I've tried stock out of the box, used it for a while, got s=off, and it stuck even after factory resetting the phone between trying various different methods.
I agree with you regarding a patch of some sort on the software though. I've found this issue on 2 red htc glaciers now.
And although It's new, and shipped with 2.2.1, a buddy of mine goes through them like candy, and I've rooted every single one of them, no problem. even when they started shipping with 2.2.1 it wasnt an issue. So I think it's the newer manufacture build number etc with the red ones..

mustk1ll20 said:
Temp root with visionary then try again. Make sure fastboot is disabled before doing it. If it doesn't temp root try an older version of visionary. I used a combo of gfree method and visionary to get root and s off
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EDIT: i replied to this while half asleep so figured i would be a little more clear.
i had the gfree permission denied error you got. so temp rooted with visionary(latest) but just froze up my phone. tried a older version and it temp rooted fine. went in to ADB got SU and threw the chmod command at it again and it went through.
hope this helps, not 100% sure it went through because of what i did but its worth a shot.
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I have not tried that yet. Where can I find an older version of visionary? I looked for it on their website, but can't seem to find anything but the current version. (maybe I'm not looking hard enough) but.. Hopefully this will work

think this is the one i used. should be R11. may have been updated though, just got the link from another root method that says it r11.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7C2BMH3O

It's definitely r11, I'll try this as soon as I get home. thanks!

No problem, hope it works for you.
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I dont think It's working. I installed it, then reboot my phone, then ran the app, and At first It looked really REALLY unstable and kept flashing and doing weird things, so I rebooted again, ran it, and now it looks like it's not doing anything at all. How long did it take for your phone to say root successful, maybe I'm just being impatient.

thats what mine did. Just let it do its thing. If its to unstable to put in your commands use adb. I used adb from start to finish just cuz I find it easier.
Didn't take long. It did flash a black screen things like that. But just follow the guide you were using to a T and once you get temp root it shouldn't be a problem from there
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I'm kicking myself in the face for not documenting my method I used. I finally did it, but in such a weird way, I'm not sure exactly WHAT it was. I installed visionary 11, uninstalled r14, uninstalled superuser, and ran r11. out of frustration, I scared up some old methods for rooting 2.2, and installed z4 root.. That made it to the second stage, but froze there. So I RE-installed visionary r14, achieved a temproot, and from there flashed gfree, etc.. and eventually stuck a permaroot with s=off.. I apologize for not figuring out exactly what I was doing wrong, or what I did right to solve the problem.

****kkkkk man your slacking -______- I was looking forward to the answer I'm going crazy as well I rooted 3mt4gs in like 5min but my brothers is driving me nuts >=O
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I'm kicking myself in the face for not documenting my method I used. I finally did it, but in such a weird way, I'm not sure exactly WHAT it was. I installed visionary 11, uninstalled r14, uninstalled superuser, and ran r11. out of frustration, I scared up some old methods for rooting 2.2, and installed z4 root.. That made it to the second stage, but froze there. So I RE-installed visionary r14, achieved a temproot, and from there flashed gfree, etc.. and eventually stuck a permaroot with s=off.. I apologize for not figuring out exactly what I was doing wrong, or what I did right to solve the problem.
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sh root.sh
Im getting passed everything, but when i try to run sh root.sh it say can't open root.sh Someone please help me.

I had troubles rooting my Red Mytouch until I came across this.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
Follow this to a T and then do yourself a favor and downgrade your Hboot to 0.85.2007

I rooted mine. Go here. http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/10/ho...s-off-on-the-t-mobile-mytouch-4g-htc-glacier/ took me a bit to figure it out. But on this link it tells you to update if you arnt 2.21 or higher or if you haven't received the outa update. Well I did but when I tryed this method with out the update it didn't work so update anyways. IT WORKS!
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