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JUST picked up my Vibrant....

I'm very torn. I have been using a myTouch for the past year and loved it. The guys in the G1 forum have been awesome and my phone was modded about as extreme as possible.
But now I have this beauty. Its so pretty and runs so smooth out of the box. Do I root right away or enjoy the bloatware for a bit?
Anything I should check out right away?

do whatever you want to. can't go wrong either way. (rooting is extremely easy)

There is an awesome sticky at the top of this forum. I suggest you start there

All~G1 said:
There is an awesome sticky at the top of this forum. I suggest you start there
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dang it....go to a forum enough and you skim right over the stickies.
Thanks!
PS: I'm no stranger to rooting. I played with the bloated stuff for a solid half hour. I'm over it now.
Time to root!

rudeguy said:
PS: I'm no stranger to rooting.
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You know the rules and so do I.
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rudeguy said:
dang it....go to a forum enough and you skim right over the stickies.
Thanks!
Ps: I'm no stranger to rooting. I played with the bloated stuff for a solid half hour. I'm over it now.
Time to root!
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root root! :d

Just picked mine up today. Had a mytouch 3G rooted the day I got it. Did the same with my new beast! Played with it stock for a few hours and then rooted!
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I too just picked up a Vibrant today. Coming from a Sprint HTC Hero. Haven't rooted yet. Will be in the next couple of days. Loving the phone so far.

good to see folks switching over

And I think I already borked it. Did I do something bad if when installing clockwork, I chose to partition?
After the boot logo, I just get a black screen. I even tried Odin and that didn't work???

You're not supposed to partition with clockwork. When u do that ur partitioning, ur partitioning internal and not SD card. There's a thread about it for a brick. Find it.
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zephiK said:
You're not supposed to partition with clockwork. When u do that ur partitioning, ur partitioning internal and not SD card. There's a thread about it for a brick. Find it.
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Thanks! I foung the thread. I'll give it a whirl when I get home.

I used unrevoke 3 to root my evo and it seemed to work, however...

When I run wireless tether it starts and seems to work, but I don't see it as an option in my wifi on my laptop. I'm thinking my phone's wifi should be on, but it isn't and it won't start while running the program so maybe that's the problem?
edit: I found the correct version to download, now it is working=)

I have two evo's one is older and I got it rooted but the other is new and nothing I try works , wtf help please I'm going crazy
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try this
ntbfw1 said:
I have two evo's one is older and I got it rooted but the other is new and nothing I try works , wtf help please I'm going crazy
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I used unrevoked 3. Goto unrevoke dot com and select your phone and follow the directions. It does say it won't work with phones after 11/16 or something which I don't understand since the software should be the same unless they hardwired something to prevent it. I wasn't able to do it till this newer version of unrevoked came out.

Before retards ruin your phones with unrevokoked you need to check which bootloader your phone shipped with. If it has hboot 2.02 you cannot use unrevokoked. You need to follow the guide "hboot s-off fresh like pinecones" to achieve root.
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I just got a refurbished evo it has a hardware 3 and doesn't have hboot 2.02 I should be good to go to root
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ttieder said:
I just got a refurbished evo it has a hardware 3 and doesn't have hboot 2.02 I should be good to go to root
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I'm only a retard so I couldn't say for sure. I just followed the directions on unrevoked and it worked like a charm. I really just wanted to get WiFi tether to work and it does now. I would think there would be lots of people posting that their phones got bricked by unrevoked3 if that were the case, but again I'm only a retard hehe.

I have tried unrevoked like 5 times now and it keeps getting stuck , and I tried the s off 2.02 and it will not let me flash recovery it changed the Rom and put it back to 2.1 but that's it , nothing I have tried works this is the first time I have ever seen one do this
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jeffrimerman said:
I'm only a retard so I couldn't say for sure. I just followed the directions on unrevoked and it worked like a charm. I really just wanted to get WiFi tether to work and it does now. I would think there would be lots of people posting that their phones got bricked by unrevoked3 if that were the case, but again I'm only a retard hehe.
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There were A LOT of them lol

[Q] EVO hotspot hack?

I don't know if any one has found this but the incredible has been able to do it by changing the system software without rooting it. My friend did this and he was able to use the tether on/off switch on the settings menu without ever having to pay the extra amount. Does anyone know of a method like this for the EVO? I believe its called dun hack.

Yep just run the mikfroyo Rom and its already built in.
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swaze said:
Yep just run the mikfroyo Rom and its already built in.
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exactly how would you do this? can someone provide a step by step guide?
Thanks!

@Swaze - he says without rooting the phone. Installing a ROM would require rooting.
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If you would like a good step by step guide go to WWW.androidforums.com and go to the EVO section then look in the 'All about Root' section. There will be a 'Rooting guide for Dummies' at the very top. Follow this guide and they will help u with any problems or concerns
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Thanks for your input all. But my primary goal is to enable wifi for free without rooting the phone at all, just re programming the setting do that using wifi would use my data plan.

How do you know whether or not he's rooted?

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How do you know whether or not he's rooted?
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He's not rooted cuz all he did was turn on the tether on the phone from the setting menu and I was able to connect my evo on the verizon network. He has actually done this for two months already without verizon knowing our an increase in his bill.

sounds like he's rooted, that's how you do it on a rooted phone. some reason you don't want to root?
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I installed new roms almost weekly when I used Windows Mobile devices, but I'm a little shy about trying it with my Evo. Other than this hot spot stuff, I don't even see a benefit. Should I just suck it up and do it?
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:O:O
Speed, storage space, getting rid of all the sprint crap apps,more memory, custom themes to pretty much anything you can think of! Better battery!

Not rooting an evo is like... buying a Ferrari and the dealer told you, no faster than 20mph.
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aray92 said:
Not rooting an evo is like... buying a Ferrari and the dealer told you, no faster than 20mph.
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More like "keep it under the speed limit"

skeene85 said:
I installed new roms almost weekly when I used Windows Mobile devices, but I'm a little shy about trying it with my Evo. Other than this hot spot stuff, I don't even see a benefit. Should I just suck it up and do it?
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Yes. Just go to unrevoked.com and do it, simple, easy peasy...
Then flash a rom, they all have free tether..
I just did this yesterday, took 10 mins. DONE.

What's best way r00t for new Evo

Well I've read through the wiki and I'm still lost... what's the best way to root a new Evo for 004 hardware? I've been told Unrevoked is good but I've also read threads that it doesn't work with 004. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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I heard they updated unrevoked to root 004.
Search the dev section. You will find the root guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304
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here is what I used.. and it will work for 004.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
it is not the easiest way.. but it will teach you want you are doing at each step and why.
uses unrevoked and amon_ra
these are solid.. and will be great for future mods.

Unrevoke is the easy way off rooting, but make sure to have hboot drivers install( windows only) before rooting
sent from my evil evo!!

No worries
I use Unrevoked all the time and it works flawlessly on Hardware 2 through 4 phones. Just make sure you download the latest version at:
http://unrevoked.com/#evo
Other methods as mentioned above work too but can be somewhat complicated. In the end, they all use Unrevoked to achieve S-OFF.

Add one more vote for Unrevoked.

Dan330 said:
here is what I used.. and it will work for 004.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045
it is not the easiest way.. but it will teach you want you are doing at each step and why.
uses unrevoked and amon_ra
these are solid.. and will be great for future mods.
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This is what I used and I have 004 hardware.

Another vote for Unrevoked. For the phones it supports it's as easy as it gets!

Unrevoked FTW

Awesome... thanks for the reply everyone... I'll hit the Thanks button for each of you once I get to my PC later.... Just one more question... what's the best way to unroot and get back to stock Rom if I need to go for a warranty exchange in the future? Thanks again...
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Unrevoked is the noon way so if your unfamiliar with adb and such, that is the method for you sir
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m00nshake said:
Awesome... thanks for the reply everyone... I'll hit the Thanks button for each of you once I get to my PC later.... Just one more question... what's the best way to unroot and get back to stock Rom if I need to go for a warranty exchange in the future? Thanks again...
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Run the Unrevoked S-ON tool and then run a current RUU. Easy as pie.

iitreatedii said:
Unrevoked is the noon way so if your unfamiliar with adb and such, that is the method for you sir
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Don't use the noon way of rooting. You will still be a noob after.
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m00nshake said:
Well I've read through the wiki and I'm still lost... what's the best way to root a new Evo for 004 hardware? I've been told Unrevoked is good but I've also read threads that it doesn't work with 004. Any help would be greatly appreciated...
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the all in one root method. search the dev section for it. very easy & simple.

Ha... I'm familiar with Adb, have Android SDK setup on ubuntu and windows, but the sheer amount of info here for the Evo, its overwhelming, a lot of defunct procedures and conflicting info, I just didn't want to start down the wrong path. I'm seriously considering getting the Thunderbolt, I'm in the 30 day trial with Sprint and although I like the Evo with all the development here, the Thunderbolt is looking
awfully appealing... Cheers to everyone for your assistance...
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fixxxer2008 said:
the all in one root method. search the dev section for it. very easy & simple.
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holy crap fixxxer, you're still around haha, what's up man

regaw_leinad said:
holy crap fixxxer, you're still around haha, what's up man
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why wouldn't i be? i jumped from the hero to an evo like everyone else!

fixxxer2008 said:
why wouldn't i be? i jumped from the hero to an evo like everyone else!
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Idk, it's just been a while haha. Good old days on the Hero

regaw_leinad said:
Idk, it's just been a while haha. Good old days on the Hero
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yup, don't you dev anymore?

fixxxer2008 said:
yup, don't you dev anymore?
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Yeah, I do. I just got back from a 4 month cruise ship contract playing the saxophone.. So I'm getting back into it. Just finished a rooter for the newer Hero build lol starting small...

Easiest Root Method Ever

Hi guys. I am looking for the easiest perm root method ever. I've tried many methods and failed all. Please help.
Thanks in advance
P.S. take it easy on me. I'm only 13
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longhorn24 said:
Hi guys. I am looking for the easiest perm root method ever. I've tried many methods and failed all. Please help.
Thanks in advance
P.S. take it easy on me. I'm only 13
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I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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h22aboi said:
I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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hahahaahaa yes i totally agree
your other thread was answered so either do the research yourself or take the advice you were already given...

h22aboi said:
I think you should just stop and not root your phone just from looking at how you've asked this question twice in the same section as well as in the dev section.
Having a rooted phone doesn't make you cooler or give you special powers no matter what your friends told you, trust me.
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Well seeing how I'm 15 and (and starting football and powerlifting camp today) building my own roms and a tester for TeamRoyal it can't be too hard but really to the OP you can't post multiple times, its a good way to get your question dismissed by the community. But to actually answer your question, the easiest would probably be the gfree method which is stickied in the development page.
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smatthew45 said:
hahahaahaa yes i totally agree
your other thread was answered so either do the research yourself or take the advice you were already given...
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I agree the same. At least try to keep the thing in only one post.
To root my MyTouch 4G took me over a week, of reading extensive posts here on XDA. Until i got it with the Link that i Posted on your last Discussion.
So every step, from the beginning, slowly. When you see that something is not going right, stop, and tell us Exactly what is happening
And yes, PERMROOT Wont give you special powers to show offf to your friends. Most likely if you do something wrong, say bye to that phone or have ready 100 $ to pay someone to fix it for you.

I just want root to install custom roms. I had a Samsung vibrant before and it was so easy to root.
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You people are funny with the whole root giving power thing, but I swear root gave me +100hp and eng hboot gave +100mp extra. But ya rooting is easy and you don't even need a PC. Story behind it...
I lost my HD2 (Leo1024) as it was my first dev-phone so I heavily modded it and few had personal things I never even released to public so now some prick walking around with it. When this happened dual core based phone the LG-Opt2x and Moto-Atrix (dual core) was still 4months behind and I couldn't wait for it so next best thing I got was MT4G (spec wise DHD-US model), so week before I got MT4G I did total run down from known issues with MT4G to root, ect. So I walk in to the TMoStore and the rep try to "sell" me MT4G so I told the guy save yourself some trouble I already know about the device and so we can skip all this BS and wanted to for it direct.
So I told him to open the box so I can verify it was superior display (by then we already knew about inferior SH model). So he started asking other silly questions how hard it was rooting and back then the meth was lil weird as you needed battery pull. Since I lost my phone they verified my account and gave me a new simcard free and provisioned my line on the spot. So I downloaded all the files needed from my phone for TheUnlockr meth to SDCard and rooted it in front of him using TempROOT (VISIONary+) and PermROOT (root.sh).

So what exactly is the easiest way?
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longhorn24 said:
So what exactly is the easiest way?
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Follow the TheUnlockr meth which takes 1min to root using VISIONary+ to obtain TempROOT and when you have it you can get PermROOT by running root.sh script.

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So what exactly is the easiest way?
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OMG. IM NOT kidding this time. I GAVE YOU THE D*$%N link dude!.
Use that one. IS the easiest and asured way!!! One more time;.. you dont ned to ADB files, you barely need a PC only to transfer like ONE file to your SD card, y even told you what App to use instead the PAID app ( root Explorer).
Why better not ask to send your phone to someone and root it for free?!
Send it to me and ill do it, but Stop asking the same question if you are not even trying to READ the post that i gave you.
Dont want to go back to your older post and finde the link, ill paste it again for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
I DID THIS and i already have used 3 Roms, in the last 3 days. Im only asking you to read. If you Fail one Step, Let us know, and we will HELP.

PD150000 said:
Follow the TheUnlockr meth which takes 1min to root using VISIONary+ to obtain TempROOT and when you have it you can get PermROOT by running root.sh script.
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The Unlockr Method does not work on all MyTouch 4G FYI. I tried doing it that way, and it failed all the time, unitl i found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549

I tried ur method 1 more time and it said error reading input
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When does it says that?
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I tried ur method 1 more time and it said error reading input
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Nicgraner said:
Well seeing how I'm 15 and (and starting football and powerlifting camp today) building my own roms and a tester for TeamRoyal it can't be too hard but really to the OP you can't post multiple times, its a good way to get your question dismissed by the community. But to actually answer your question, the easiest would probably be the gfree method which is stickied in the development page.
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You really had to mention teh football, and powerlifting camp thing? All it really says is you don't do either of those and the only connection to the football team you have is when they are beating you up and down your highschools hallways

DANCCS said:
OMG. IM NOT kidding this time. I GAVE YOU THE D*$%N link dude!.
Use that one. IS the easiest and asured way!!! One more time;.. you dont ned to ADB files, you barely need a PC only to transfer like ONE file to your SD card, y even told you what App to use instead the PAID app ( root Explorer).
Why better not ask to send your phone to someone and root it for free?!
Send it to me and ill do it, but Stop asking the same question if you are not even trying to READ the post that i gave you.
Dont want to go back to your older post and finde the link, ill paste it again for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
I DID THIS and i already have used 3 Roms, in the last 3 days. Im only asking you to read. If you Fail one Step, Let us know, and we will HELP.
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Hey Longhorn, Im a complete NOOB and I used this method and it worked. I dont think theres an easier way than this. No PC needed, Love it.

ionic7 said:
You really had to mention teh football, and powerlifting camp thing? All it really says is you don't do either of those and the only connection to the football team you have is when they are beating you up and down your highschools hallways
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Hahaha ok whatever you want to think bro, because I'm pretty sure I'm center on my jv team number 57. So yea and trying to make me look bad doesn't really solve the problem just changes the subject.
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DANCCS said:
The Unlockr Method does not work on all MyTouch 4G FYI. I tried doing it that way, and it failed all the time, unitl i found this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=995549
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If the root.sh method doesn't work chance are you have a bad eMMC and you will permanently brick your phone
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