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1 click root for Evo and Hero?

Ok THIS is cool (if it works)
http://www.unrevoked.com/

The code from it is what Regaw used in his thread on how to root 2.1. I just downloaded and it is an apk. I'm still rooted from 1.5 but it appears you can download from your phone and run the app and then you have root.
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i dont know if it works for hero users, but ive read quite a few success stories over at the evo forums.

I had a sneaking suspicion that the key to rooting the Hero was going to be tied to the Evo. The Evo gets rooted soon after Google I/O and they held the code back to get it done until evo release day, which makes sense. I'm quite happy with how things are looking. When I eventually scrape the pennies together to get the Evo I'll be able to root it easily.

That's going to be a lot of pennies. I told one of the guys from work I was getting the Evo and he was like "son of a b!tch" I can't afford one right now, but the look on his face was funny.
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&RoidRage said:
That's going to be a lot of pennies. I told one of the guys from work I was getting the Evo and he was like "son of a b!tch" I can't afford one right now, but the look on his face was funny.
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I can get one at new subscriber rates in 11 months. I'm hoping that in 6 months the Evo is old and busted and there will people dumping it for brand new hotness. What I'd really like is an Evo specced phone without 4G or it's upcharge.

gunnyman said:
I can get one at new subscriber rates in 11 months. I'm hoping that in 6 months the Evo is old and busted and there will people dumping it for brand new hotness. What I'd really like is an Evo specced phone without 4G or it's upcharge.
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Plus 1 on that! I'm not unhappy with my Hero though. I AM sort of regretting getting the Hero, because now I want the cool new phones! Actually, I'll blame it on the Instinct and being on the everything family plan, which give me premier account status, where I get the full upgrade every year...

&RoidRage said:
The code from it is what Regaw used in his thread on how to root 2.1. I just downloaded and it is an apk. I'm still rooted from 1.5 but it appears you can download from your phone and run the app and then you have root.
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Maybe Regaw will chime in on this and tell us what's going on with it, and if someone just took his work and turned it into an app.

Confirmed
I confirm this 1 click root does work on the Hero. Love this method. Great work from the developers.

jporter12 said:
Maybe Regaw will chime in on this and tell us what's going on with it, and if someone just took his work and turned it into an app.
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if you read his rooting guide, you will see that they collaborated.

did it root with 2.1, or with 2.1+the ota update that was recently released?

instructions
I went to the web address....there are no instructions on how to use it. Do you download to your phone or to your computer?

On your phone.
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nemesys504 said:
I confirm this 1 click root does work on the Hero. Love this method. Great work from the developers.
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I too did this, but now my Hero won't update the weather and I can't access the market...something about a data connection error.
Anyone else experiencing this?

oops, make that "a network error has occurred"

unrEVOked is a one-click-root tool by mmastrac who also got a lot of help from the likes of toastcfh, maejrep, and some other guys.
The exploit behind the tool is the exact same one used in Regawmod's root for 2.1, just the boot.img was patched to play nicely with our phones.
Then again, I don't see why this is in the development section.

so.. lol im not to new to this but is this flashing a recovery? or just gaining root and adding su ect ect.
well i will find out in a min either way lol
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worked perfectly, no problems here.

Is there any chance this has messed with my Hero? I can't get online and weather won't display or connect. I have done multiple soft resets. Is there something I am forgetting to do? I downloaded and ran the unrevoked apk.

try loading a custom rom.
or call customer service, Sprint shut off my data for now reason last week and couldnt tell me how it happend.
does the phone make calls? sms? mms?

Well, I did another soft reset, but this time pulled the battery and waited several minutes. The network access came back, weather started working again, etc. So then I downloaded/installed wireless tether and started to play with that but then the network access went down again. I can't figure out if its Sprint getting screwy or this phone

[Q] Use myTouch 3G without contract?

I switched my wife over to Sprint to be on my family plan and I thought it would be nice to use her old T-Mobile myTouch 3G as wifi-only Android device. I have already reset the device to stock. It was never rooted or anything.
The problem is that now it boots up and says "touch the android to begin". But we don't have T-Mobile service on it, so it won't let me get past the setup. I have Googled this and I can find is some stuff about touching the 4 corners, but it does not work.
I would just like to do two things:
1) Load the new 2.2 ROM
2) Use the phone on my home network
How? Please help.
I have experience with custom ROMs on Windows Mobile phones, I'm even running Froyo on my Touch Diamond, but I'm new to the native Android scene...

You'll need to just throw a data enabled SIM in to activate and you'll be good after. You'll have to have one for T-Mobile though unless you unlock the phone. A lot of people have had success getting an unlock code from T-Mobile though so that shouldn't be too hard, just a phone call.
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So to be clear, there's no method to simply connect the phone to my computer using USB and bypass activation and/or load a new ROM? Keeping in mind that I don't want to use any cellular service with it...

nick_danger said:
So to be clear, there's no method to simply connect the phone to my computer using USB and bypass activation and/or load a new ROM? Keeping in mind that I don't want to use any cellular service with it...
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cant you just skip the sign in part? then just use wifi?
if not, maybe you need to root it andload cm or something on it
on my backup mt3g, which is rooted, with cm6, i can skip the sign in, and then use wifi

He can't bypass the activation on the stock ROM. It'll be a pain to root without being able to access the phone unless he's got ready access to another Android powered device.
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DonJuan692006 said:
He can't bypass the activation on the stock ROM. It'll be a pain to root without being able to access the phone unless he's got ready access to another Android powered device.
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more evidence of:
stock=bad
root=good
btw, with UniversalAndroot, you could root that sucker in literally one or two clicks, my 7 year old niece could do it, then install rom manager, and if you dont have a file explorer, here's root explorer
after that, i would wipe all, flash cm nightly 221 over that stock junk and add pershoot's kernel
problem solved-skip sign-in and use your mt3g on da wi-fi

That would be great if he didn't have to get past the activation screen on the stock ROM initially to do all of it. Not trying to troll you, just saying.
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DonJuan692006 said:
That would be great if he didn't have to get past the activation screen on the stock ROM initially to do all of it. Not trying to troll you, just saying.
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guess he just needs to borrow a friend's tmo sim card, then
oh well
just went back and read his op
"I have already reset the device to stock. It was never rooted or anything."
curious as to why he "reset" if it wasnt rooted? should have just left it alone
wonder if the friendly folks at the Tmo store would let him borrow a sim for a few minutes

[Q] Selling a rooted MT4G with custom ROM

Hi there I rooted and installed Virtuous Unity with Sense 3.0 with Clockwork Mod successfully on a MyTouch 4G and I also installed the Genius button fix to make it work. It was my first root and custom ROM installation, yay, and it is certainly not my last one either I didn't unlock it for AT&T or Simple Mobile because of the possible risks involved. It runs absolutely awesome and I am planning to sell it on Craigslist since that phone is an extra one that I bought for $ 180 on Craigslist a while ago. Unfortunately, that phone has the "bad", washed out screen but the ROM looks surprisingly good on the screen. I really have absolutely NO idea how much I could ask for it. Do people pay more because of the root and custom ROM? I want to at least break even, preferably make a little bit of money extra. Any input is greatly appreciated !!
Thanks !!

If you post it in the market section, they are going for about 220 right now.

FYI any Simple Mobile sim will work on the phone without the need to unlock as i was thinking the same when i got mine and it was a matter of just putting the sim in and fire it up Simple Mobile = T Mobile.

Thank You !!
elpuertorro said:
FYI any Simple Mobile sim will work on the phone without the need to unlock as i was thinking the same when i got mine and it was a matter of just putting the sim in and fire it up Simple Mobile = T Mobile.
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Wow, that is very interesting !! I didn't know that IF AT&T actually gets the green light to take over T-Mobile, we're planning on changing over to Simple Mobile. I am still hoping that the merger won't go through, but then, if it does, we'll be all set. Thank you for the info !!

Xperia Play 4g

All this stuff is good for verizons xperia play and att's xperia play 4g right??
just got rid of my samsung infuse and it looks like Xperia play is a little more complicated then that was
also, don't have to as im going to try to do reasearch but if anyone wants to point out threads that'll get me started on rooting and ice cream sandwiching my new phone, i'd appreciate it, ill delete this thread in 24 hours as to not clog up space
and if your gonna be a jerk, don't bother =)

Rylin210 said:
All this stuff is good for verizons xperia play and att's xperia play 4g right??
just got rid of my samsung infuse and it looks like Xperia play is a little more complicated then that was
also, don't have to as im going to try to do reasearch but if anyone wants to point out threads that'll get me started on rooting and ice cream sandwiching my new phone, i'd appreciate it, ill delete this thread in 24 hours as to not clog up space
and if your gonna be a jerk, don't bother =)
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AT&T version (r800at) is fine I've got it, I wouldn't buy the Verizon version (r800x) because thry haven't released any source for it so development it's really rough. I'd recommend getting your bootloader unlocked to flash cm 7.1 or another ROM and dooms kernel. With the r800i, r800a, and r800at being the exact same hardware all the firmwares and updates work across all of them.
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zergrush for root, get theme files for ICS theme, push through adb, install launcher with ICS theme
Check the development and theme/app sections, there are some easy to find threads in both that will prove useful to you.
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So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.

toxicpaulution said:
So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.
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Unless you have the dev cable you need to pay the $25. The Dev cable is more then $25. If there were an easier way to unlock the bootloader everyone would be doing it so just pay the $25 abs move on man.
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toxicpaulution said:
So please help me... I have in fact rooted my att play 4g but I need help unlocking the bootloader without paying the 25$ I have tried the one on the Ericssonwebsite without luck bc my light turn s green not blue :/ and I want to download kernals and Rome can you please help with that? I don't have a recovery menu like I had when my tablet was rooted... I do not have access to a computer everytime I want a kernal or rom so anyway to do it off my phone? And please don't point me in direction of forums bc everytime I ask all I get are people being assholes to me and telling me to check Google even though that's why I'm here.
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There is no way to unlock your bootloader without paying. The only two tools able to do it is. Omnius and SETool. Both of these applications require "credits" to perform an unlock!

Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc

toxicpaulution said:
Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc
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Good luck then.
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toxicpaulution said:
Then I shall instead of paying even more to enjoy this phone I am just going to sell it it lags and I fiured I'd get a rom and a kernal to oc and fix the lag but I already spent 425 on it and its not worth it to put anymore into it.... it was a dud I may come back whenever the duo comes out... and there were many of people on here posting about the Ericsson website being able to worth and a lot of people said it did and I even seen a video of it working on the arc
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Then you should of researched your purchase beforehand. Then you would know only sim free, unbranded factory unlocked plays can get the bootloader unlocked from the sony website. This is because unlocking the bootloader removes all security from the phone including sim lock. If sony offered this to sim locked devices, it would make network providers very unhappy.
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If people can use xda to complain about a phone, why can't they use it to research beforehand? Don't whine just because you were ignorant and chose to spend money on something you hadn't read up on.
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Clienterror said:
AT&T version (r800at) is fine I've got it, I wouldn't buy the Verizon version (r800x) because thry haven't released any source for it so development it's really rough. I'd recommend getting your bootloader unlocked to flash cm 7.1 or another ROM and dooms kernel. With the r800i, r800a, and r800at being the exact same hardware all the firmwares and updates work across all of them.
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How did you unlock your bootloader? I currently have a R800x and I'm getting a R800at today or tomorrow but I read somewhere that the R800at can't be unlocked for free. I unlocked my R800x using sony's website just fine.. Is it the same or will I have to pay someone to unlock it for me? The SIM is already unlocked. And I'm sorry if this question is a little old.

Brandon.Bissonnette said:
How did you unlock your bootloader? I currently have a R800x and I'm getting a R800at today or tomorrow but I read somewhere that the R800at can't be unlocked for free. I unlocked my R800x using sony's website just fine.. Is it the same or will I have to pay someone to unlock it for me? The SIM is already unlocked. And I'm sorry if this question is a little old.
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Look up XDA user Alejandrissimo. He will unlock your XP AT&T bootloader for free via the testpoint method. Best method is to contact him via gmail, he will provide you with a download link of all the required PC software to install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=3484087

Here yea go, a free method to your problem! :victory:

Why is it called the 4g? Loopys method rocks btw and is free and easy
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I cant get my sprint galaxy tab rooted!!!!

Anyone have a guide for my sprint tab to get rooted. I cant seem to find one except superoneclick or z4root and neither one of these worked. Also is there a good cwm? Im very experienced at rooting and flashing just cant seem to get my tab rooted.!!! Thanks!!!
update: i cant believe i couldnt find it it was right in front of my eyes im soooo sorry for this post!
In case anyone wants the link its here and i am now rooted it was super easy!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1156605
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don't be sorry...
because you helped ME! i have a sprint galaxy tab and have not done anything with it since i got my gnote, so i have been searcing for how to root this thing...it did update once ota (i think--i have the whole set of tabs, and a captivate--it gets a bit confusing going from one to the other, i just tried using a non existent touch screen on my pc...) so i will try this. how did it go for you? mine is not activated thru sprint, i use it wireless only and cannot wait to get the sprint crap off of it!

You should already be on EF17 Gingerbread. Do this one instead: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1161033&highlight=sprint
It doesn't matter if you are using 3G or not.

As I found out! I was getting frustrated until I realized that everything I found was going in a big loop to nowhere! Thanks for your input, i REALLY appreciate it, and will let you know how I do!
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Just a quick question... Do I need to worry about these downloads to my pc as far as malware? I did download some files that came back as a threat with my anti virus - - files that were for ClockworkMod or even a whole kit to root a device (my tab--but i figured out they were for the version before the update that i have now) , but i think it is because it is software that roots android, and not because it is a real threat. I do worry about some of these download sites with the 'download' links all over the place... And only one of them is the file we need (i know how to tell the difference but still I can make a mistake - - My virus protection has indeed saved my ass a few times) any words of advice about this?
thanks again!
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No, no need to worry, they are false positive.