Hello, yes, first post!
I am trying to root HTC Mytouch 4G.
I have adb and fastboot and am working through Mac OS terminal. That has worked great!
I was using this guide for gfree tem root and gfree perm root. http://simply-android.com/discussion/960/guide-how-to-permroot-g2-with-g-free-safest-method/p1 - originally starting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228, but wanting to use Gfree instead of vision for the permanent root part.
I pushed all the Gfree temp files to the sd card (su, superuser.apk etc) and ran the Terminal Emulator prompts to attain temporary root. I got the desired "forked #### childs" message - but when I reset term, the terminal just went to a blank terminal window - the guide says that Terminal will exit. Finally, after I pressed some keys it force closed. After that I could not re open Terminal Emulator at all. The system also seemed bogged down at this point, everything was lagging until I rebooted. Obviously I was unable to continue with the Gfree perm prompts - never having gotten a root prompt in Terminal Emulator, as I could not get it to reopen.
I retried this after several reboots (maybe 10 times). I always got through the "rage" prompts just fine to the "forked #### childs" message.
I hope that someone may know what is wrong with Terminal Emulator or why it would not reset and give me the root "#"prompt to continue with permanent root.
Thanks in advance - trying to get 10 posts to ask the actual developer - but even then the thread is 3 years old.
If you're rooting a mt4g why are you following guides to root a g2? You probably want to try a mt4g guide instead...
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Upncoming,
First off thanks for answering.
Second, I understood that you could root the my4g with the g2 instructions.
Finally, I could not try VISIONary because the link does not have a file anylonger.
Do you know a sure fire mytouch 4g method? The phone is sim unlock and s=on. I have the ota update to gingerbread and would like to root from there without reverting to Froyo, if possible.
Thank you in advance
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Ooh wow... Ok. For starters, you're going to have to downgrade. Here are some helpful links for you.
Visionary: http://www.modaco.com/topic/330718-visionary-download-link/ it's at the bottom of the thread.
Downgrade guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Root with gfree: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Wish I could help more, but I'm heading out the door. Good luck!
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To Root your HTC Glacier, Just use this tool.
HTC Quick Root v1.1.13 - ROOT ANY HTC!
That worked flawlessly for me, when nothing else would. I was having the same problems with Terminal and all.
Thank you. I'm aware of these steps. The problem is that visionary 14 didn't exist there anymore . Did you try to download it?
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Cool, but is this the 'rooter' tool that has messed up many phones?
There is an article that starts this is pretty much unsupported .
And do you know if it requires going back to Froyo or 2.2.1 from 2.3?
Thanks very much for your reply.
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Cool, but is this the 'rooter' tool that has messed up many phones?
There is an article that starts this is pretty much unsupported .
And do you know if it requires going back to Froyo or 2.2.1 from 2.3?
Thanks very much for your reply.
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The visionary method works of you just typed visionary.apk into Google you would get it........but if you have a bad emmc when it reaches the part to get s off root.sh won't work if u follow the guide on the unlockr.com u will be ok. You would just need to get visionary from else where and when it reaches the part to get permroot and u have to use the terminal instead of the instructions in the guud go down to the comments and get the file that the guy said worked for him and follow those instructions and u will get s off at which point you may go back to the unlocked to continue to get a custom recovery and ROM.............if your phone starts behaving strange beware the bad emmc chips and take precautions right away
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I know that this mytouch has the emmc that is considered to be bad. Should I forget about rooting all together?
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I know that this mytouch has the emmc that is considered to be bad. Should I forget about rooting all together?
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Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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N_otori0us_ said:
Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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Take my advice and enjoy it while it lasts...... Even non modded ones go..... I also have the bad emmc
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Cool. I had seen some others who just go with it. This mt4g has been super stable, I really don't know what symptoms to look for with a failing chip.
I did just download holo and it runs well and feels modified, much more usable than sense.
I guess I just want to mod so the annoying limitations are gone.
Thanks for the reassurance.
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Ooh wow... Ok. For starters, you're going to have to downgrade. Here are some helpful links for you.
Visionary: http://www.modaco.com/topic/330718-visionary-download-link/ it's at the bottom of the thread.
Downgrade guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Root with gfree: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
Wish I could help more, but I'm heading out the door. Good luck!
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Ps thanks. This link for visionary works . I'll try it when I have a few hours to tinker .
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N_otori0us_ said:
Your choice. I have the bad emmc and im a massive flasher. nothing wrong yet
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Agreed. I too have this bad chip, and I have flashed several roms, kernels, and radios without a problem.
Please be advised, OP, you MUST downgrade to Froyo then root using the G-FREE. You are having the EXACT same problems I had when I first tried it a long time ago. Nothing else works, period. Trust me on this. It will save you hours of aggravation.
If you don't want to downgrade to Froyo then forget about it.
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Agreed. I too have this bad chip, and I have flashed several roms, kernels, and radios without a problem.
Please be advised, OP, you MUST downgrade to Froyo then root using the G-FREE. You are having the EXACT same problems I had when I first tried it a long time ago. Nothing else works, period. Trust me on this. It will save you hours of aggravation.
If you don't want to downgrade to Froyo then forget about it.
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Awesome, I appreciate it. I haven't addressed this because I've been playing with my phone and lost the ich to work on it. This is my wife's 4G and the more I use it the more I think it is a great phone -size, sleekness, screen and speed are all really nice. Too bad they don't start allowing people to add RAM to phones. (Unless it is possible and I just don't know it) That could keep older "cult" phones in play longer, much like Custom roms, but from a hardware standpoint. Anyway...
Ps - what roms have you had three best experience with for the mytouch?
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potatotree said:
Awesome, I appreciate it. I haven't addressed this because I've been playing with my phone and lost the ich to work on it. This is my wife's 4G and the more I use it the more I think it is a great phone -size, sleekness, screen and speed are all really nice. Too bad they don't start allowing people to add RAM to phones. (Unless it is possible and I just don't know it) That could keep older "cult" phones in play longer, much like Custom roms, but from a hardware standpoint. Anyway...
Ps - what roms have you had three best experience with for the mytouch?
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I am currently on Dark Unicorn v2.5 and it's insane amazing. Minus the lack of 720p recording, it's bomb-diggity! :victory:
If I would have to pick a best experience, I would say Stock 2.3.4 because everything works. Ha ha
Others:
Android Revolution HD
CM7.2
Yeah Dark Unicorn, and Synthetic's AOSPX. Pac-man and venom touch have good tweaks for their rom though .
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Interesting. Do you get markedly better performance with dark unicorn, due to the deoxing and kernal?
Honestly, debloating is a big factor in why I root.
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Hey guys ill be joining this side of the forums now on monday and I'm really excited. Just I'm kinda confused about a few things and I was wondering if anyone could help enlighten a few things for me.
I know what Root is, S-off, Cid yada yada and I'm not new to rooting at all. I have adb and etc and I kinda want to do this on ubuntu because my vista is kind of janky at times.
Now apparently there is Temporary Root and Permanent Root and of course I want Permanent root, s-off, etc.
1.Now from what I read there has been apparently an update that updated the G2 to 1.22 or something like that? I read its rootable apparently but you need a windows application called gfree or something? Is this possible to do using just ubuntu?
2. Now to obtain root, s-off etc do I have to obtain temporary root first, then permanent root? Its kinda confusing coming in a noob to this device and trying to figure this all out. And do the methods vary with which firmwire your phone comes with? I'm assuming mines will come with the newest OTA since I'm receiving it Monday.
3. Also from what I'm seeing apparently having S-off and root and what not matters on what rom your running also? I don't want to flash a rom then end up loosing root or something. And Noo I DO NOT want to stay stock once I obtain root. I'm kind of a flashoholic.
Thanks to anyone willing to help I really appreciate it.
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gfree is a program rum on your phone... it "sets you 'G'2 free"... but i had a lot of problems getting gfree to work with the new g2 i got in the mail... check out my post on cyanogen... this is how i got root and latest radio img's... its under forums and htc desire z / g2... how to fix a bricked g2 and root a g2 another way...
Visionary way was mad easy for me. Check out unlockr.com for it
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GhostZini said:
Visionary way was mad easy for me. Check out unlockr.com for it
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Link to it?
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Shaquiel Harris said:
Link to it?
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Here this link has the video links in it for the unlockr
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10244704&postcount=2
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Here this link has the video links in it for the unlockr
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10244704&postcount=2
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Shouldn't yall warn him about using VISIONary first? SOMETIMES, no NOT all the time but SOMETIMES people get stuck in a boot loop from using the VISIONary method. I would not recommended it, if you have know how to use ADB, use it. I'm pretty sure that they have ADB for Linux because they do have the Android SDK on Linux(at least I think they do). All you need to do in order to root with the safer/recommended way is ADB. All you have to do is ADB Push some files to your phone then run them on your phone's Terminal Emulator App, its pretty simple. Though I have not personally rooted a G2 yet(I get mine tomorrow) but I have spent at least a week learning about how to root the G2.
Check out the wiki, explains how to root using rage+gfree.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
I followed these instructions and rooted my phone fairly easily.
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Shouldn't yall warn him about using VISIONary first? SOMETIMES, no NOT all the time but SOMETIMES people get stuck in a boot loop from using the VISIONary method. I would not recommended it, if you have know how to use ADB, use it. I'm pretty sure that they have ADB for Linux because they do have the Android SDK on Linux(at least I think they do). All you need to do in order to root with the safer/recommended way is ADB. All you have to do is ADB Push some files to your phone then run them on your phone's Terminal Emulator App, its pretty simple. Though I have not personally rooted a G2 yet(I get mine tomorrow) but I have spent at least a week learning about how to root the G2.
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First of all follow the link I gave him, did you bother to do that, there was a warning, second of all I've helped a lot of people root following the videos and have had zero bricks as long as they do everything I posted in the link, third I rooted this way with zero problems, when people brick their phones its not visionary that bricks phones it people that think they know how to properly use visionary when they don't that bricks phones, its not just pressing the " attempt perm root" button to root your phone, you have to press certain settings in order to use it right.
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First of all read the entire link I gave him, there was a warning, second of all I've helped a lot of people root following the videos and have had zero bricks as long as they do everything I posted in the link, third I rooted this way with zero problems, when people brick their phones its not visionary that bricks phones it people that think they know how to properly use visionary when they don't that bricks phones, its not just pressing the " attempt perm root" button to root your phone, you have to press certain settings in order to use it right.
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You may be right, but all the bricks that I have seen on this forum are from people using the VISIONary app. I haven't seen a single person brick using the Rage and GFree method.
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You may be right, but all the bricks that I have seen on this forum are from people using the VISIONary app. I haven't seen a single person brick using the Rage and GFree method.
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I've seen bootloops from people using rage and gfree too, guess you better search a little harder since your gonna attempt perm root tommorow.
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I've seen bootloops from people using rage and gfree too, guess you better search a little harder since your gonna attempt perm root tommorow.
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Alright and how would one fix a boot loop caused by Rage and GFree? I have searched before but I never found anything on it.
EDIT: And if you could, please show me some links with people stuck in a boot loop caused by Rage and GFree, I would like to read it and learn from their mistakes so that I don't do them.
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Alright and how would one fix a boot loop caused by Rage and GFree? I have searched before but I never found anything on it.
EDIT: And if you could, please show me some links with people stuck in a boot loop caused by Rage and GFree, I would like to read it and learn from their mistakes so that I don't do them.
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When I get home i'll find the links for you, and you know I got to hand it to you, at least you do research and learn before you even got your phone, I wish more people would take the same approach as you.
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Im rooted and done, Just got the phone today....used this method on this wiki..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
Well I'm doing research on it as well. thanks you guys for your resposes. I love this community people actually attempt to help. Trust guys I did my research and all that so I'm not a noob. Just a noob to this device that's all.
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david279 said:
Im rooted and done, Just got the phone today....used this method on this wiki..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
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hey david279, which radio(bandbase) did you have on your new G2 when you rooted with GFree?
Hmm just to make shure. I obtain root first, then use that gfree app on my rooted vision to get sim unlock, s-off etc?
Never mind just read it. This is actually really simple. *facepalm* sorry guys for the thread space ill get my topic removed.
I had the 26.03.02.26. I updated it to the newest one in the radio thread in the dev forum. I gotta use to those long radio version numbers.
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david279 said:
I had the 26.03.02.26. I updated it to the newest one in the radio thread in the dev forum. I gotta use to those long radio version numbers.
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Thanks, just confirming that 26.03.02.26 was still rootable with the wiki root instructions, there seems to be some confusion about if you can still root the 26.03.02.26 radio with the wiki, and you just confirmed that you still can.
Thanks Again, and happy flashing.
Rooting this phone reminded me of when I had a hero. That simple. I got a evo too and that was something to root when it first was released.
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I had the 26.03.02.26. I updated it to the newest one in the radio thread in the dev forum. I gotta use to those long radio version numbers.
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Exactly the info I was looking for I will be rooting later today.
I'm sort of a noob and I have no computer or laptop to root and install a custom rom so I was wondering if there's a way to root and install a custom rom directly from my g2. Any information will help. Thanks
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Hey,
As far as I know, you need a computer of sorts so that you can get the full root and S-OFF as SIM-Unlock is optional depending on your preference. It is possible to root without a computer via VISIONary (which is not recommended by this community) but it will not S-OFF your phone (which is a good idea to do and is recommended by this community).
Best way would be to ask a friend who does have a computer and borrow theirs to root and S-OFF your phone via ADB. Otherwise, you're stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Good luck!
This is about the most painless route I've seen for rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
themeltingclock said:
This is about the most painless route I've seen for rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
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Yep, there you go. There is no need for computer. the files can be downloaded and moved to proper places with a file manager (like Astro in the market) and then the commands can be ran with Terminal Emulator (also in the market).
themeltingclock said:
This is about the most painless route I've seen for rooting:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
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This is the visionary method (one not highly recommended). It has messed up some phones, but worked for others. You don't need a computer. However, as stated before I would recommend trying to borrow someones computer to root your phone with adb.
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Permroot via visionary is not recommended.
The post above is fine.
I used visionary for perm s-off and it was sooo quik n painless. 5 min root. Am aware of dangers people ***** about. Was unfounded by following specific instructions, Duh. Winning!
meXdroid GingerMex Habanero fast
Whats the problem with visionary??
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nonione said:
Whats the problem with visionary??
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Some people reported failures using permroot that jacked their device. I have never had a problem, personally, but it's use has been discouraged overall. Also, if the permroot did not take, users were experiencing additional difficulties with other root methods. Again, never experienced this myself.
Sounds creepy lol I had no idea about that, I used visionary as well and no problems so far, I think I pretty much had to cause I needed to sim unlock
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Thanks guys. I had my friend root and install the dezire z sense rom and my hpone is running smoother than ever
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What's the easiest I used the s-off method the best one straight from my phone but I got it replaced with tmo and gfree looks too complicated to do and undo any easy way that I can.do it on my phone Idk how to use adb
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This one does not use gfree or ADB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021. It uses Visionary and worked great for me.
Does hboot matter since I have .86
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Just follow the guide step by step. I have 86 with no issues.
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After following that procedure, you'll have the 0.85.2007 bootloader. The version number is lower, but it's actually better because it's the engineering version.
can someone help i have tried just about everymethod. can someone plz email me or call me at 17142130538 or [email protected] i have been trying to root my mytouch 4g for the longest time... i had an old one i rooted with no problem but my screen cracked.. now they sent me a new one 4 days ago and i cannot root it and it is frustrating.. a rooted phone is the best way to goo and i feel useless without my phone rooted. HELP plz
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can someone help i have tried just about everymethod. can someone plz email me or call me at 17142130538 or [email protected] i have been trying to root my mytouch 4g for the longest time... i had an old one i rooted with no problem but my screen cracked.. now they sent me a new one 4 days ago and i cannot root it and it is frustrating.. a rooted phone is the best way to goo and i feel useless without my phone rooted. HELP plz
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You really shouldn't post your email or your phone number on here... but try using the visionary method mentioned above
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i tried that method right and now and it still said s-on :/
Visionary ROOTS the phone.
S-OFF means UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER.
Please read and understand the big difference between the 2. There is a ton of info, both on the forum and in Google. And if you don't understand - please refrain from messing with your phone.
Ive rooted before it just does not let me
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Drzfr3shboialex said:
Ive rooted before it just does not let me
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All I can say is you're not following it correctly. Dozens upon dozens (or more) have used these guides with no problem, so if it's not working, the only other variable is user error. Plus, you didn't tell us anything about what's not working, so how could anyone help?
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All I can say is you're not following it correctly. Dozens upon dozens (or more) have used these guides with no problem, so if it's not working, the only other variable is user error. Plus, you didn't tell us anything about what's not working, so how could anyone help?
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I just have s-on after doing it
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s=on and i can't change it.
yeah, i just got a new mytouch 4g last week as well, and though i've rooted it with visionary, it won't stay rooted and s still =on. i can't get s=off. i've tried the gfree method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021, this one, (and the sdk adb one also)
and one prooblem i might be having, is i don't know what you mean when you say reboot or rather, i don't know if your saying to restart the phone or power off completely, or remove the battery, i'm really confused about your specific language.
thanks.
Drzfr3shboialex said:
I just have s-on after doing it
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I'll ask in a simpler fashion i guess.
1) we know you've previously rooted your phone
2) we know you are now only keeping s-on.
What errors are you getting when you try to do the ./gfree method or the root.sh method..
if they are not working you are getting errors. What are they.
I dont want to use gfree since I see a lot of newbies having problems unrooting
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nevermind...
so, i used gfree correctly this time i guess, it worked quite brilliantly. sorry for the noob-ness.
There is a method in the development section stating how to do because I have the 86. Bootloader and the gfree works fine for me
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Well it is now official that gingerbread has been leak/released for our G2 and I'm sure lot of us who had soft bricks are happy to know we can unbrick it and now to our next problem rooting it
I have tried 2 ways so far first is the wiki way with psneutur and gfree, and other is temp root with visionary
My results for both came negative,
Gfree/ psneutur gave me permission denied after I pushed it in
Visionary jus gave me black screen
And gingerbreak requirs s-off
So let's gather info and or figure out a way to root new gingerbread if any tried downgrade method let all us know with steps what you did
Here is the info for new gingerbread
Ship s-on
Hboot 0.82.0008
Radio 26.08.04.30M3
eMMC-boot
Apr 13 2011,
So hope we can find solution to root and we can get custom roms back on it
you need to try to gain temproot with gingerbreak. can you please come over #g2root ?
I just said I tempted and it just stuck on trying to root nothing happen and I will go what irc server? Freenode?
Let's wait for an update from paul on visionary
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Let's wait for an update from paul on visionary
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I dont know about that...once you put out something that bricks a ton of phones, i tend not to trust it ever again...
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I dont know about that...once you put out something that bricks a ton of phones, i tend not to trust it ever again...
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Well... I've never used any method but Unforgivens Method. Well hopefully we find a new way to root it.
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Well... I've never used any method but Unforgivens Method. Well hopefully we find a new way to root it.
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Visionary (as evidence by the sticky at the top of the dev phone saying DONT USE VISIONARY TO PERM ROOT) has bricked many a phones that have only now been able to be fixed. I think its just a trust issue and comes to down to each individual and what they personally think and believe I personally would never use visionary again no matter how many times its updated or "fixed". The trust has been broken.
Idk why there's hate on visionary... I rooted my phone the second day the process was released and I've never had an issue since...? And I've rooted 2 other g2s well after and still never had any issues... just followed instructions. I understand it can brick your phone, but then again... was it really visionary that bricked it? Or was it an user error placing blame?? Just saying....
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yeah i rooted my g2 using the visionary method and have had no issues. and it seems like a lot of the bricking has occurred since i rooted, so i dont get it.
i did visionary root with success, but put yourself in the other end of ppls shoes who did use visinary an you get a brick and no way out of it, other than have gfree with jus pushing, and everythign else is done for you, i would go that route than a higher chance of bricking,
But this thread is not bout bricking this is about how to obtain root on the new stock rom that is out
Yes please! if anyone finds out how to root the G2 with stock Gingerbread could you please post! thanks in advance!
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Idk why there's hate on visionary... I rooted my phone the second day the process was released and I've never had an issue since...? And I've rooted 2 other g2s well after and still never had any issues... just followed instructions. I understand it can brick your phone, but then again... was it really visionary that bricked it? Or was it an user error placing blame?? Just saying....
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user error? lol in a one-click root... maybe they were pressing the top right corner of the button and that's their error lol
I don't know, either, but there has to be some reasonable explanation, doesn't there? After all, many people (myself included) had no trouble rooting with Visionary. OTOH, this is my second G2 - the first went back under warranty. With the first one, Visionary was unsuccessful at perm-rooting. This one, worked on the first try. Odd? Computers are NOT supposed to behave randomly - so why the difference?
when someone comes up with the visionary source, there are people that can understand it. until then it's a black box.
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I'm in the same boat. I just got a brand new G2 off craigslist, and was very happy to see that it had gingerbread. But to my extreme dissappointment, I cannot root it or downgrade it to gain root. Below are the things I have tried and didnt work.
Visionary
Gingerbreak (v1,0, 1.1, 1.2)
Rage
Super One-click
Z4Root
Androot
Gold card, for downgrading, also tried Gold card with above root methods.
I have also tried taking the stock Froyo PC10IMG and modified the info txt to read it as a newer version, and it loaded it, checked it, then just went back to the bootloader screen like there was no image there at all. Last night I was thinking that if I pulled the internal battery (the little tiny one) then it would lose its info, allowing me to load any PC10IMG I wanted. NOPE. Rom and all its info and settings are still intact. Weird, cuz I thought that's what that little battery was for. So, I'm out of options. I love the rom, it's fast as hell and the battery life is far better than when I had my last G2. I just wanna overclock, add some sounds without using Zedge or something (want internal mods that arent dependant on memory using apps), and do some theming. Oh, and removing that horrible pink bloat >:]
I just know that our awesome Devs will come up with something.
XDA ROCKS!!!!!
Waiting?!
Any updates regarding the root?
I tried everything, and nothing works.
I even tried to resend it to the repair center to get froyo, they returned it back saying that they could no longer Downgrade it!
well this is my argument, you can call them and ask them for one that is froyo
complain to them that you have netflix and paying for a service to use on your phone reason why you got it, and since "THEY" updated and made it unsuably they are obligated to give you one that can use netflix or a replacement that can use it as they have done something that was not confirmed with you if you sent it for simple repair, you did not get your phone back to how it was you got something different...
start this fight you will probably end up with a mytouch 4g
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...Last night I was thinking that if I pulled the internal battery (the little tiny one) then it would lose its info, allowing me to load any PC10IMG I wanted. NOPE. Rom and all its info and settings are still intact. Weird, cuz I thought that's what that little battery was for.
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Hi!
The config options that you would have to change are written to the emmc on partition17 (main version) or partition7 (S-OFF, SuperCID, SIM-Lock) so that will not change if you pull any kind of battery.
The only chance to root this rom is that we find a new temp-root method and then do the usual things (misc_version, goldcard, downgrade, gfree, ...)
I do not expect that someone publishes a new temp-root before either T-Mobile/HTC rolled out the OTA or a different device running 2.3.4 really needs it.
Have fun - Guhl
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guhl99 said:
Hi!
The config options that you would have to change are written to the emmc on partition17 (main version) or partition7 (S-OFF, SuperCID, SIM-Lock) so that will not change if you pull any kind of battery.
The only chance to root this rom is that we find a new temp-root method and then do the usual things (misc_version, goldcard, downgrade, gfree, ...)
I do not expect that someone publishes a new temp-root before either T-Mobile/HTC rolled out the OTA or a different device running 2.3.4 really needs it.
Have fun - Guhl
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Damnit WE really need it!
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Damnit WE really need it!
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Either demand it now and be greedy, or wait and it will be universal. =]
Ive rooted 3 phones before the one i am doing now. I am useing the same files, visonary, and this phone will not allow temp root. i did a full factory reset and still not allowing. what could be making this happen??? Thanks sorry wont let me post in development section
the bad eMMC chip....visionary (root.sh) only works with the good chips, while gfree method is used for both the good and bad chips. give the gfree method a try if youre having problems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
also look here first to see if you have the bad chip or not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243
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the bad eMMC chip....visionary (root.sh) only works with the good chips, while gfree method is used for both the good and bad chips. give the gfree method a try if youre having problems http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
also look here first to see if you have the bad chip or not http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081243
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Keep in mind with a rooted phone and a bad eMMC, you are using a ticking time bomb. Keep in mind the phone will fail [brick], it might not be now, it might not be a week but it will happen.
That's not true... It will only fail if you don't know what you are doing and that could happen w a good chip too ... When u root via gfree, proceed to also flash the 85. 2007 ENG bootloader
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That's not true... It will only fail if you don't know what you are doing and that could happen w a good chip too ... When u root via gfree, proceed to also flash the 85. 2007 ENG bootloader
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There are well educated, when it comes to Android, people all over the Internets when it comes to this phone going FUBAR due to a faulty eMMC chipset.
If the chip set is bad it's a ticking timebomb.
That's an opinion that anyone is entitled to but I am speaking purely based on personal experience... I have rooted many phones with both good and bad chips, none of which have ever had in any problems... And based on actual results the phone with a "bad" eMMC chip holds max overclock much better and easier than my phone with a good chip... I was one who went back to stock on the bad chip without flashing stock radio and everyone said it was the end of the world and it would never have s off again... However after editing the misc. Img in mmcblk0p17 with hex editor I now have s off... So it just depends on who's flashing the phone
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I was using the gfree method to root the phone the problem is trying to get temp root it stayed on the visonary screen, trying to temp root and stayed that way over night, never was able to temp root to even get started. i tried visonary + and ver. 11 also. so not sure were to go from here
Use visionary 14. Check only the second and third boxes then click temproot. Run commands through Android terminal emulator.
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Use visionary 14. Check only the second and third boxes then click temproot. Run commands through Android terminal emulator.
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tried that. same thing. oh well should i send the phone in for a "warrenty" problem and get a new one ????
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Use visionary 14. Check only the second and third boxes then click temproot. Run commands through Android terminal emulator.
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tried that. same thing. oh well should i send the phone in for a "warrenty" problem and get a new one ????
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Check this out, i would be willing to bet this will work. It sounds much more difficult than it actually is. Just follow the steps and it will be simple.. i downloaded HEX QL editor which is free and super easy to use.... the version number that u need to edit is on the furthest right side (misc.img). The directions below are easy to follow and worked for me to get s off and root when it seemed impossible. Long story short, you will pull the misc.img to your sdcard and then plug phone into computer and open the misc.img on sdcard using the hex editor. Change the version number and save that file as miscnew.img and place on sdcard. Important to remember that the version you will be flashing is unable to obtain root however gfree and visionary will still carry out the proper root process you just wont notice permroot until a custom rom is flashed....i realized this after running the gfree process at least 8 times lmao . Ask any questions u have that are unclear from this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-832642.html
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Check the bootloaders, if its the .85 use Visonary method and if its .86 the gfree method will work.
forget visionary r14 and go with r11 that version will work 100%
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none of the visonary versions work at all. not sure what to do.
Most probably you have Gingerbread on your MT4G, or you're talking about Panache, and forgot to mention those facts.
Please go and check Android OS version in Settings/About.