I really want to root my phone but i would really like to know the pros and cons
Pros are you can use more apps to control your phone, backup all your apps and even use then across android devices (I have a nook color also). There aren't really any down sides, I think the only reason they don't come rooted is do people can't break it as easy on accident.
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So if i root and dont like it how do I go back yet
In superoneclick rooter just click unroot
Alright I'm going to do it thanks
Seymour2884 said:
Alright I'm going to do it thanks
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Aroot from DG is a cleaner root but requires a basic know how with adb
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BBock9 said:
Aroot from DG is a cleaner root but requires a basic know how with adb
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Correct, use aroot to root and superoneclick to unroot.
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K so now that I rooted what apps should I get
Seymour2884 said:
K so now that I rooted what apps should I get
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Titanium
Root Explorer
Barnacle
...just to name the obvious
Related
I was rooted on this Thunderbolt and went back to stock since the phone isn't really mine and I really didn't want to play the support role any longer. The owner of the phone now installed the latest Verizon update which is pretty good but the owners misses Wifi Tether so I agreed to re-root the phone. Everything is well until I try to do the "dd if=/data/local/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17" command in adb, the md5 checksum is an exact match but I get a permission denied error which I didn't get before.
Any idea how I can get around this? Thanks!
I had the same thing I'm not sure what was the Cuase but I did the 3 click root and worked for me hope that helps
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ampinc said:
I had the same thing I'm not sure what was the Cuase but I did the 3 click root and worked for me hope that helps
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Do you happen to have a link? I want to make sure I use the same one.
Sebrina said:
I was rooted on this Thunderbolt and went back to stock since the phone isn't really mine and I really didn't want to play the support role any longer. The owner of the phone now installed the latest Verizon update which is pretty good but the owners misses Wifi Tether so I agreed to re-root the phone.
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No good deed goes unpunished
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I don't know where the 3 click root went I have to check my computer when i get back from work if still can't find it i can email u the root prog
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ampinc said:
I don't know where the 3 click root went I have to check my computer when i get back from work if still can't find it i can email u the root prog
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Thanks, I appreciate it!
sublimaze said:
No good deed goes unpunished
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Tell me about it!
I just used the root procedure in the development section. It worked fine. Sounds like superuser didn't take. Try again and make sure you do exactly what is written.
Man I looked everywhere could not find u anyway the file I have is big 1.5 gig I don't know a way to upload the files let me know if u know how or still needed
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ampinc said:
I don't know where the 3 click root went I have to check my computer when i get back from work if still can't find it i can email u the root prog
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ampinc said:
Man I looked everywhere could not find u anyway the file I have is big 1.5 gig I don't know a way to upload the files let me know if u know how or still needed
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I assume you mean this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005292
and it's instructions: http://bit.ly/qsvOkN
Psneuter adb
Absolute_Zero said:
I assume you mean this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005292
and it's instructions: http://bit.ly/qsvOkN
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Yeap looks like that is it
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Is there anyway to root my captivate without using a computer? froyo.uckb1 kernal2.6.32.9
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check to see if z4root works on your phone
i dont believe there is a way. but the captivate is a very easy phone to root. there is a superoneclick batch file for that phone.
I cant use z4 because of non market
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z4root
sweetnsour said:
z4root
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he cant use z4root bc he has side loading disabled. thanks AT&T.
but anyways dude just get to a comp and u can get it rooted or if u need help pm and il get u squared away.
side loading
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side loading
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and that is why im a noob lulz
Thanks
whats the best method to root my mopho?? thanks a lot guys
I don't think you can go wrong with the AIO one click root at
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217416
(follow 'download' link to android creative syndicate forum)
did mine and my wifes no problems
A lot of people have good luck with the AIO method. I personally don't like it though. I prefer the photon-torpedo method. But that's just my preference.
I used AIO One Click Root myself, and it always works, that is true, you cannot go wrong with it as long as you follow the few directions.
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I use the Photon-torpedo method and always works like a champ.
CCallahan said:
I use the Photon-torpedo method and always works like a champ.
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I will have to try that sometime, the next time I have to root a Photon.
CCallahan said:
I use the Photon-torpedo method and always works like a champ.
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Agreed
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aio is the best
question is everyone rooting straight out the box or running the System update then rooting
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Doing a System Motorola Software Update, then Rooting. If you have the device, I personally recommend System Update, Install Proper Drivers To Your PC, and Using the AIO One Click Root Method. It is arguably the easiest.
I can't make it work
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getting a photon in less than a month researching root methods still on the fence about unlocking. no 4g around me for 100 miles but still can't seem to bring myself to intentionally screwing something up. think IM going to root and run stock ROM
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Joker has a rom that can be used with a locked bootloader.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331648
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getting a photon in less than a month researching root methods still on the fence about unlocking. no 4g around me for 100 miles but still can't seem to bring myself to intentionally screwing something up. think IM going to root and run stock ROM
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AIO One Click Root is the foolproof way for me personally.
It's different fir everyone I guess.
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I too used AIO method from ACsyndicate
Beautiful thing about this phone . You can use custom rom and kernal and if 1 day u wanted to go back just flash the sbf with rsd.
AIO all the way
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thanks for all ur help people
If you don't have 4G in your area, then you gotta unlock the BL and flash one of Joker's ROM's and Kernel's, makes the phone ridiculously fast. Plus it still serves its main purpose, being a phone. To me, that's full of win. Plus I'm in Diego with no 4G.
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thanks for all ur help people
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Anytime, that is what we are here for.
Ok I have had my photon for a few months now and I am coming from a evo and a hero before that. Those phones needed to be rooted to get the best out of them. I was looking around the development section and while I know there isn't a lot of roms, I just wanted to get everyone's opinion on rooting. I really have no need for wireless tether, and while I would like to remove some of the bloat, I just don't know if its worth it on this phone.
Just throwing it out there to get some input from other photon users.
Thanks guys
For me, it was worth it just to run an adblocker. That's all I use it for.
It's a very fast and easy process.
The photon runs great as it is, but like willysp said just the ability to use adfree makes it worth it.. and of course if you like modifying little things here and there to make the device more yours
And to me was actually the easiest device I have rooted thanks to the one click root script.
There's a couple of other ways to root it but that was the first I found.
I came from Hero and EVO as well. This phone is great as it is. No need to do anything else. I have to said beside Nokia, Motorola is the best phone in term of reception.
Which method did you use? Did you flash a rom after rooting or did you just keep it stock and just use ad blocker?
kbrn said:
The photon runs great as it is, but like willysp said just the ability to use adfree makes it worth it.. and of course if you like modifying little things here and there to make the device more yours
And to me was actually the easiest device I have rooted thanks to the one click root script.
There's a couple of other ways to root it but that was the first I found.
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I root for adfree and LED's hack mainly but also quite a few other that I can't think of. Editing the build.prop is also a huge plus gotta have my GAMELOFT fix lol
You can use the one click method which takes 5 minutes.
One good reason to root is to use SetCPU, which easily doubles your battery life by letting the CPU slow down when not in use.
So what is the process? Root and then flash a custom recovery? I just need a step by step of what to do.completely forgot about setcpu. But don't you have to have a custom kernel in order to use setcpu?
ronnienyc said:
You can use the one click method which takes 5 minutes.
One good reason to root is to use SetCPU, which easily doubles your battery life by letting the CPU slow down when not in use.
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ronnienyc said:
.....One good reason to root is to use SetCPU, which easily doubles your battery life by letting the CPU slow down when not in use.
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That's incorrect.
SetCPU requires more than root. Needs a custom kernel, which requires unlocking. And we don't have a fully functioning unlocker.
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One good reason to root is to use SetCPU, which easily doubles your battery life by letting the CPU slow down when not in use.
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Slowing down your CPU (underclocking) doesn't save any battery life, undervolting however does.
And yes a custom kernel is required to undervolt and to flash one we need to unlock the bootloader.
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stricklerjosh said:
So what is the process? Root and then flash a custom recovery? I just need a step by step of what to do.completely forgot about setcpu. But don't you have to have a custom kernel in order to use setcpu?
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qbking77 has made video tutorials, subscribe him on youtube.
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Isn't the bootloader unlocked, but 4G is borked?
The bootloader is perfectly fine, the 4g issue is because sprints security keys for wimax look at the bootloader state. Not even the official test phones have 4g.
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Isn't the bootloader unlocked, but 4G is borked?
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moonzbabysh said:
I root for adfree and LED's hack mainly but also quite a few other that I can't think of. Editing the build.prop is also a huge plus gotta have my GAMELOFT fix lol
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What led hack?
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LexLuger82 said:
What led hack?
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An old app that was removed from the Market a year ago
The one that turns the green led into kryptonite, sorry i had to.
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What led hack?
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if i rooted than i factory reset, does it make unroot again ?
Or it can cause error ?
willysp said:
An old app that was removed from the Market a year ago
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Could u provide a link to this app
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zeguym said:
if i rooted than i factory reset, does it make unroot again ?
Or it can cause error ?
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No factory reset won't make it unroot or cause any error.
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njankit said:
No factory reset won't make it unroot or cause any error.
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Thanks. Now i can try factory reset.
So I finally got my dinc 4g!! I'm reading through the threads and it looks as though the htcdev site has been shut down.
I wanted to root mainly to remap my soft keys. So my question is, can I use the toolkit to root and apply the mod or am I screwed til further notice??
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mpetruzz said:
So I finally got my dinc 4g!! I'm reading through the threads and it looks as though the htcdev site has been shut down.
I wanted to root mainly to remap my soft keys. So my question is, can I use the toolkit to root and apply the mod or am I screwed til further notice??
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There is no other known way to root the device at this time. I'm sure something will come over the next weeks to months but at the moment you are "screwed".
To save yourself from being criticized post any questions in the Q and A forum and not in the dev forum.
Thanks!! Ill make sure to post there in the future. :thumbup:
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mpetruzz said:
Thanks!! Ill make sure to post there in the future. :thumbup:
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I'm not 100% sure as I haven't looked, but I think you can temp-root the phone, do some search on that.
Ill look around. The main thing I wanna do I use the soft key remap to get rid of the black menu bar at the bottom!!!
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andybones said:
I'm not 100% sure as I haven't looked, but I think you can temp-root the phone, do some search on that.
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I tried a couple different methods and found that none of them worked, mainly because I couldn't get any permissions on /data
mpetruzz said:
So I finally got my dinc 4g!! I'm reading through the threads and it looks as though the htcdev site has been shut down.
I wanted to root mainly to remap my soft keys. So my question is, can I use the toolkit to root and apply the mod or am I screwed til further notice??
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HTC dev is closed? Thank god I unlocked my bootloader before hand... This phone is a lot better without those 3dot menus taking space on our screen
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I've never temp rooted a phone. What are the drawbacks??
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mpetruzz said:
I've never temp rooted a phone. What are the drawbacks??
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root access wont remain after a reboot....you still can freeze/unfreeze with tibu
Gotcha, so a temp root is like a tethered jailbreak on the iphone. It'll work until I need to reboot. If I temp root I'm assuming I can flash a ROM and the softkey remap??
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Gotcha, so a temp root is like a tethered jailbreak on the iphone. It'll work until I need to reboot. If I temp root I'm assuming I can flash a ROM and the softkey remap??
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well you cant flash it because temproot doesnt allow you to install a recovery (afaik)
you could conceivably push the files to /system/ while temprooted and then reboot to apply the changes...but i dont know if the changes stick (never actually temp rooted, but there is some wackiness)...maybe someone else can chime in
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well you cant flash it because temproot doesnt allow you to install a recovery (afaik)
you could conceivably push the files to /system/ while temprooted and then reboot to apply the changes...but i dont know if the changes stick (never actually temp rooted, but there is some wackiness)...maybe someone else can chime in
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From my experience:
Temp root simply adds the su command to the /system partition and allows user-apps to call on it when needed. If you can flash a recovery image via a su terminal, then it would allow a recovery, but I think that is where different phones vary in their temp root capabilities.
You can put files on the /system partition, but replacing the entire partition over ADB would be quite a stretch.