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[Q] visionary on mt4g

didn't see this answered anywhere else.... how long does VISIONary take to root your device? mine's been sitting for 20 minutes with the pic up and the message "rooting device, please wait"

Download and install visionary and setup to root on boot. Make sure fastboot is disabled in settings/applications. Reboot the phone and it should only take 30 seconds or so.

Mines in the area of a minute or 2
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Yeah, I had to restart the phone, then run it... took 15 seconds or so... thanks
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Visionary+
Hello, I'm new to droid comunity, so please forgive me for propably dump question.
I've got mt4g and installed visionary +
Now I have several options temproot now......or atempt permroot now?
I've read Mr Bill Florida's post and I want to ask, if every time I restart the phone I have to root again or how is it?
Thank you guys in advance.....I hope I did well in my first post ever

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bbb1617 said:
Hello, I'm new to droid comunity, so please forgive me for propably dump question.
I've got mt4g and installed visionary +
Now I have several options temproot now......or atempt permroot now?
I've read Mr Bill Florida's post and I want to ask, if every time I restart the phone I have to root again or how is it?
Thank you guys in advance.....I hope I did well in my first post ever
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Yes, if you don't perm root you'll have to use Visionary (or set it up to do it at boot) to temp root every time you reboot.
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visionary is not intended as a perm rooter i think, its mostly for if u have a single task u need to do once and need a root access for that...

We have 2 phones here, got mine first.. used visionary+ to perm root my phone. I can temp root my other one, but for the life of me can't figure out why the 2nd one won't perma root. Is there more then one update? Both are running 2.2.1. Maybe its fastboot? Hang on.. i'll try
Answer, nope.. no difference. Perma root still fails.

temp root loop help

when i try to use visionary perm root, it F**ed up my phone...
i get the visionary temp root loops
Tired rage method it didnt work either.
i searched up no real solution there.
(someone said i need to downgrade, but i have S-OFF and cant not get temp root, so its a no go for me)
G2 got OTA already and i can boot .. just cant root!
can someone help my friend please.

Do you have super user installed? And what exactly does visionary do when u try and root it?
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no super user installed
visionary just keep saying rooting please wait or something like that, sometime it just exist itself out and no temp root, sometimes it will stay at that rooting screen for hours, sometimes it went to a black screen which i have to take the battery out.
tried factory reset in fastboot, no luck either.
only thing i have there is S-OFF...

note : i can temp root before i tried to perm root with visinoary r14

Look at your running apps (in the manage application menu) kill everything that isn't stock. I was having the same problem, and when most people weren't complaining, thought an app of mine might be causing a conflict. And it worked for me, so try it out.
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qqyycchh said:
no super user installed
visionary just keep saying rooting please wait or something like that, sometime it just exist itself out and no temp root, sometimes it will stay at that rooting screen for hours, sometimes it went to a black screen which i have to take the battery out.
tried factory reset in fastboot, no luck either.
only thing i have there is S-OFF...
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so you have S off now? Can you get to recovery? If so download and flash a rocovery image like clockwork. After you get clockwork flashed just download and flash whatever ROM you want. They will all have root for you. If you cant get to recovery do a search for visionary boot loop fix. There was a whole post on the steps needed to fix it.
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[Q] z4root for htc evo shift

I just bought my htc evo shift...I was wondering if the z4root will work on this phone I have it downloaded n tried to install once but got scared and pulled the battery...can anyone tell me if this would be safe..I'm not trying to make my phone a paper wieght any info would be appreciated..

It works and is safe for temporary root only. Permanent root has not been established yet.

Already discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906711

z4root does work on evo shift
z4root worked on the evo shift, but as a temporary root exactly perfect for me I just wanted the overclock option and wifi tether...whoo I'm excited...thanks to u all who helped.

mlucero312 said:
z4root worked on the evo shift, but as a temporary root exactly perfect for me I just wanted the overclock option and wifi tether...whoo I'm excited...thanks to u all who helped.
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there is no ability to overclock.

overclock dnt work on shift
I'm disapointed tht overclock dnt work...but atleast I got tether

z4root borked my phone so badly I had to hard reset. Made it freeze up and slow down to a crawl after reboot.

silex said:
z4root borked my phone so badly I had to hard reset. Made it freeze up and slow down to a crawl after reboot.
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Happened to me the first time I tried it to. Try again and I bet it works like a charm!

shift refusing to factory reset
So I'm in need of some assistance I installed z4root n decided to unroot n just stick to my factory settings...so I uninstalled all root apps and z4root n then I tried to do a factory reset n it just refuses to do it...I tried the holding the volume button down then power on it justs gets stuck at the screen which says htc. What do I need to do?

z4root destroyed my phone :'( it lags to hell now. I tried to reapply it as was suggested, but it doesn't show up on my applications list. I can't even reinstall it... it takes a long time to try and install it and then it says "Application not installed."

If you have the Superuser APK showing up go into Settings, Applications, and uninstall it. Then pull the battery or power down and restart.
That's what helped me.
It took a while but Z4 showed back up on mine and I was able to uninstall it. I'm using +Visionary now myself and it has been great, just have to uninstall Superuser everytime I power off.

I tried to use Z4 version 1.1 (the link downloaded that one) and it didnt work. It begun to do the root process and then it froze. I reset my phone and uninstalled it. Then I found out about the newer version 1.3 and tried that one and has worked flawlessly the 2 times I had to use it.

visionary+
Worked great, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that z4root has been blocked with the evo shift. So after I messed up my 1st phone n replaced it n rooted with visionary+ n I like it..I. havnt tried the permaroot because I don't think its been worked out yet but if anyone has permarooted the evoshift let me know....I want to overclock my phone...so ill be waiting

For those of you breaking your phones with Z4root, you should definitely Run the RUU from Sprint in order to "unroot" and not just try to delete the items you installed in order to root in the first place. Download the proper HTC drivers or HTC Sync, download the RUU that can be found on the Android Development page on the Evo Shift Forums here at XDA, and Run the Ruu straight from your computer while having your phone plugged in and USB Debugging on OR you can do it from Recovery mode OR you can do it from Fastboot. Either way, as soon as you run the RUU, everything will be done for you and you won't have to do a thing but sit back and watch! Hope this helps.

z4root
Z4root is great and I don't blame it for my stupidy I messed woth some stuff I knew nothing about...

I think I will wait for something permanent do I don't potentially mess up my phone after all the hours I put in to set it up.
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My "uptime" so far is 169:17:40 and counting since I rooted my phone with Z4Root. I can't wait for perma root...
What's your uptime so far...?

z4root works fine for me as long as I run it immediately after reboot. Otherwise, it can hang, or reboot the phone into a weird state, etc.

I'm using visionary+ now...I heard that the permaroot they use for the htc desire will work on the shift since they are basiclly the same phone...z4root takes up 24mb n visionary takes up like 2.8mb of space so I decided to stick with visionary+
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Oh n temporary root will not likely mess ur phone up since pretty much everything stays stock
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[Q] Z4Root method Time?

Is the Z4Root method supposed to last more than 20 minutes? I ADB pushed the app to the phone and all normal. When I run Z4Root app and click on the Permanent root it, it just hangs there for a really long time. Is that normal? How long does it take to root the phone?
Any insight will be greatly appreciated.

sometimes when it gets stuck I have to reboot then try again & it works the 2nd time is pretty fast & its immediately after I've sbf'd
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Pull the battery and try again. It will work quickly

After an SBF I don't even try to run z4root right after I install it anymore. I usually just install, reboot, and perm root and it takes like 10-15 seconds.

It took mine and a friend of mine a fair time to root as well but it will complete successfully if you just wait a bit.
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[Q] OTA update mt4g w/VISIONary+

aight, I tried searching, and the few threads that mentioned this, was for full rooted phones... I'm on stock sense, permarooted using VISIONary+, etc... I got the OTA update at 12am, tried to do it, and the phone locked up on the screen with the phone and a red lightning bolt... did a battery pull, did the "unroot" via VISIONary, and the phone works fine... am I going to receive the OTA update again, or should I DL the zip file from the other thread, put it on my SD card, and power up + volume key, etc... pretty much, any help or suggestions is appreciated... lol

kevo817 said:
I'm on stock sense, permarooted using VISIONary+, etc... I got the OTA update at 12am
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Impossible. You must not be truly perm rooted since rooted phones (even those running the stock ROM), don't get OTA updates. You must have TEMP rooted with Visionary. The only way to truly perm root with Visionary is in conjunction with the root.sh script.

i didn't edit any script past what visionary does... it's probably the equivalent of a temproot, but I don't have to redo it every time I reboot... I haven't touched it in months... I used the unroot function, so I'm not sure if the "run visionary.sh after root" or the "set system r/w after root" were checked... I know jack **** about this stuff, that's why I'm here... lol

this means youre not rooted. so if you want the update just walk in to a tmo store and have them update it with their sd card update.

That's funny.. my superpower, shootme, and TI backup are working... like I said.. I didn't s-off root my phone, but I do have SU privledges
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kevo817 said:
That's funny.. my superpower, shootme, and TI backup are working... like I said.. I didn't s-off root my phone, but I do have SU privledges
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Somehow your temp root is sticking after a reboot. Superpower? It's called Superuser. Sorry, but I LOLed at that.

TeeJay3800 said:
Somehow your temp root is sticking after a reboot. Superpower? It's called Superuser. Sorry, but I LOLed at that.
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SU is stuck too, but the app is called SuperPower... it's a battery management app, but after reading further, root isn't required, just recommended to use all of the features
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/superpower-battery-saving-app-updated/