Ok since we have a few out there which is the best way to root.
Im sure this will be a personal preference, but im wondering what everyone thinks on this.
Also do any of these not leave the bootloader "tampered"?
butterbuns said:
Ok since we have a few out there which is the best way to root.
Im sure this will be a personal preference, but im wondering what everyone thinks on this.
Also do any of these not leave the bootloader "tampered"?
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For rooting I used this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671577
Now that one doesn't include the unlock for the bootloader, I yet have to go threw this process because as of right now I prefer my phone to be stock. But if I were to unlock then I would use the HTC method, I did it in the past with my 3D and it worked out great that way.
megabiteg said:
For rooting I used this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671577
Now that one doesn't include the unlock for the bootloader, I yet have to go threw this process because as of right now I prefer my phone to be stock. But if I were to unlock then I would use the HTC method, I did it in the past with my 3D and it worked out great that way.
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I second this method. Just make sure you exit out of HTC Sync (if you have it installed) before you start or you will get weird errors in the script and the rooting will not work. Make sure you enable usb debugging too before you start.
The second time I rooted I did neither of these things because I was trying to do it really fast while my wife was waiting for me to come upstairs after taking a shower I was really getting pissed off but was trying to hide the fact I was playing with my new phone yet again...
I guess the question is do you just want root or do you want to unlock the bootloader as well?
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For rooting I used this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671577
Now that one doesn't include the unlock for the bootloader, I yet have to go threw this process because as of right now I prefer my phone to be stock. But if I were to unlock then I would use the HTC method, I did it in the past with my 3D and it worked out great that way.
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I used this method as well to root my phone. It was actually the very first thing I did after I powered it up from charging. Everything went smoothly. I have not unlocked as of yet either.
Related
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/preview_unlock_process
Will this process that they are offering to unlock the phone basically "root" my phone? I'm a little confused...Will it give me the capabilities to flash roms and do the things as if I rooted my phone with the processes and tutorials here on XDA?
No it won't only the bootloader no s off
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I dont see any point in it. It gets nothing done.
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Awe..that sucks..so I guess to really root my phone I will have to do it the other way then here. Ok. Thought it was going to be a super simple one click fix
If it's anything like rooting the Evo4g which I did as soon as it was available when it just released...it took so long and so much reading. That's the reason I haven't gotten around to doing it for my 3d yet >_<
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http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/preview_unlock_process
Will this process that they are offering to unlock the phone basically "root" my phone? I'm a little confused...Will it give me the capabilities to flash roms and do the things as if I rooted my phone with the processes and tutorials here on XDA?
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syypher said:
Awe..that sucks..so I guess to really root my phone I will have to do it the other way then here. Ok. Thought it was going to be a super simple one click fix
If it's anything like rooting the Evo4g which I did as soon as it was available when it just released...it took so long and so much reading. That's the reason I haven't gotten around to doing it for my 3d yet >_<
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to help clarify, the rooting process is two steps, same as the EVO 4G.
1) unlock the write protection on the internal memory, otherwise known as bootloader unlock or s-off
2) add root access to the device (Superuser.apk or su binary, etc)
there are currently two methods to unlock the write protection on the internal memory of the EVO 3D.
1) revolutionary.io which works on all hboot versions except the most recent. they unlock the write protection on all partitions in all modes.
2) htc official bootloader unlock which unlocks the write protection on some of the partitions in some of the modes.
personally, i've done the revolutionary method as some of the members are the same as unrevoked and the other members are also very helpful and intelligent. i do trust their work and they released their method before HTC so i didn't really have a choice at the time!
hope that helps clarify!
syypher said:
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/preview_unlock_process
Will this process that they are offering to unlock the phone basically "root" my phone? I'm a little confused...Will it give me the capabilities to flash roms and do the things as if I rooted my phone with the processes and tutorials here on XDA?
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Look for the Revolutionary method, that'll Root your phone!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192661
So like most users, I was very excited to hear about the ICS leak by Football since I've been waiting MONTHS for some sort of development on that.
Getting impatient on waiting for CM9 and Evervolv builds for the Amaze, I really wanted to try this new leak for T-Mobile. So I figured that in order to do that, I must get S-Off.
It seemed like a tedious process so I've been holding it off for a while. Now that I've got a copper wire and everything, I wanted to do the deed once and for all.
So I accidentally flashed a stock rom (which I thought was a good thing since the instructions said I needed a stock rom), but I seem to have lost root access. Superuser runs, but battery calibration says I need to have root first and Titanium Backup doesn't work. However, my phone still says unlocked and I can still run ClockworkMod Recovery. The S-Off program tells me that there's an error. Is there anyone that can help?
bri.kwong94 said:
So like most users, I was very excited to hear about the ICS leak by Football since I've been waiting MONTHS for some sort of development on that.
Getting impatient on waiting for CM9 and Evervolv builds for the Amaze, I really wanted to try this new leak for T-Mobile. So I figured that in order to do that, I must get S-Off.
It seemed like a tedious process so I've been holding it off for a while. Now that I've got a copper wire and everything, I wanted to do the deed once and for all.
So I accidentally flashed a stock rom (which I thought was a good thing since the instructions said I needed a stock rom), but I seem to have lost root access. Superuser runs, but battery calibration says I need to have root first and Titanium Backup doesn't work. However, my phone still says unlocked and I can still run ClockworkMod Recovery. The S-Off program tells me that there's an error. Is there anyone that can help?
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Well you are on T-mobile so you have two choices here. you can S-off if you want to have total freedom or you can revert your phone to stock and relock your bootloader and flash it and then re-unlock again. but remember flashign this without s-off may prevent you from getting s-off later on.
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Well you are on T-mobile so you have to choices here. you can S-off if you want to have total freedom or you can revert your phone to stock and relock your bootloader and flash it and then reunlock again.
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Well, I can't flash the PH85IMG without S-Off, right? Because on the HBoot screen, it would load the file but i wouldn't be asked if I wanted to install it. So I had no idea what to do. I thought I had to have S-Off to install it. Does this really mean I've lost root even though my phone says unlocked and I can run Clockworkmod?
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Well, I can't flash the PH85IMG without S-Off, right? Because on the HBoot screen, it would load the file but i wouldn't be asked if I wanted to install it. So I had no idea what to do. I thought I had to have S-Off to install it. Does this really mean I've lost root even though my phone says unlocked and I can run Clockworkmod?
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you can if you lock your boot loader and revert the phone to stock.
Ray196 said:
you can if you lock your boot loader and revert the phone to stock.
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Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
bri.kwong94 said:
Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
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i think you can use this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1493905
bri.kwong94 said:
Well, how do i revert it to stock and reroot it exactly?
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Pretty sure you just use fastboot to lock, open a command prompt with your phone attached in debugging mode, type in fastboot oem lock, then install the stock rom listed in the development section. (If I am wrong on this, someone please feel free to correct me.)
I've been lurking here for a while and i found a lot of good stuff, mostly for my old phone (HTC Incredible, LOVED it). When i rooted the Incredible, i really kinda winged it without fully understanding what i was doing and miraculously came out on top, with the help of a friend of mine. I kinda wanna avoid that this time with the Rezound, so i want to educate myself a little better. I have several questions and i wanted to consolidate them all to one thread, so please bear with me. I apologize ahead of time if anything i say is incorrect; i am not as adept with phones as i would hope
1) To start, for now, all i want to do is unlock/s-off the phone so i can set it up for a new ROM and get all the bloat off. I have found several ways of rooting the phone, mostly with Gingerbread, but i just upgraded to ICS about a week ago. However, from what i understand, the procedures seem to be pretty similar, but there are several of them online. What i have come across as the ones that i understand are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1829484
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504824 - The all-in-one tool
Basically, can i follow these steps and use the phone with stock ROM? I also heard something somewhere about affecting battery life, but cant remember if it was in a good or bad way; any truth to that?
2) I was planning on unlocking bootloader using the HTC Dev's site. Next thing i'm not totally understanding is what it means to "flash a recovery". I was planning on using Amon Ra, though im not sure what it means to do that.
3) Once i follow the steps (was planning on using the first thread i posted), will i be able to remove anything i want, even with the stock ROM on there?
4) Last one is kind of an outsider, but i used to have a laptop with bluetooth capability, and i used my phone essentially as a remote control for music since it was hooked up to some nice speakers. On my desktop now, i have a USB dongle, but when i try to hook it up, it keeps telling me that i need Mobile Hotspot/Tethering, when pretty much all i do is want to play music over the computer speakers. Any solution to that/will rooting fix that "problem"?
I understand a lot of this is already posted, but none of them were really explained as in depth as i would have hoped. Any help here, be it answering the questions, posting some good articles to further educate myself, etc. is much appreciated. Thanks in advance guys, and thanks for making an awesome phone even better!:good:
You need to unlock the bootloader before you root it.
Step 1: Unlock bootloader
Step 2: Flash AmonRA recovery
The command is:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-(rest of name).img
Step 3: Boot into recovery, then either flash a custom ROM or SuperSU for the stock ROM
Once you have root you can freeze/uninstall bloatware to your desire.
Are you sure the USB dongle for your desktop is bluetooth and not wifi?
wlmeng11 said:
You need to unlock the bootloader before you root it.
Step 1: Unlock bootloader
Step 2: Flash AmonRA recovery
The command is:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-(rest of name).img
Step 3: Boot into recovery, then either flash a custom ROM or SuperSU for the stock ROM
Once you have root you can freeze/uninstall bloatware to your desire.
Are you sure the USB dongle for your desktop is bluetooth and not wifi?
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thanks for the response, will look into doing those steps in order
I am positive the dongle is bluetooth. i can pair the device, but when i try to connect it, it will tell me i need to purchase hotspot/tethering to use this feature. the only thing i want to use it for is play music through the computer, so if there is an option in the bluetooth settings that i can change so it knows i dont want to use the network, im alright with changing that.
fatfruitcake said:
thanks for the response, will look into doing those steps in order
I am positive the dongle is bluetooth. i can pair the device, but when i try to connect it, it will tell me i need to purchase hotspot/tethering to use this feature. the only thing i want to use it for is play music through the computer, so if there is an option in the bluetooth settings that i can change so it knows i dont want to use the network, im alright with changing that.
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I've never heard of that happening, but once you root it, you can disable/remove all the Verizon crap so it won't bother you anymore.
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wlmeng11 said:
You need to unlock the bootloader before you root it.
Step 1: Unlock bootloader
Step 2: Flash AmonRA recovery
The command is:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-(rest of name).img
Step 3: Boot into recovery, then either flash a custom ROM or SuperSU for the stock ROM
Once you have root you can freeze/uninstall bloatware to your desire.
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i just finished all the steps leading up to installing superuser successfully, but it still says that the phone is s-on. What do i do now in order to root it so i can take off the bloat, etc.?
fatfruitcake said:
i just finished all the steps leading up to installing superuser successfully, but it still says that the phone is s-on. What do i do now in order to root it so i can take off the bloat, etc.?
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S-off is achieved in a completely different way. You are boot loader unlocked, which means you can only get root and install ROMs.
GrayTheWolf said:
S-off is achieved in a completely different way. You are boot loader unlocked, which means you can only get root and install ROMs.
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So if i wanted to s-off the phone, is the only way to do that through the wire trick? i tried doing the Perm Root in the all-in-one kit, but i cant really get it to work. I got it to flash the zip, but still says s-on. anyone had luck with the all-in-one tool to root?
fatfruitcake said:
So if i wanted to s-off the phone, is the only way to do that through the wire trick? i tried doing the Perm Root in the all-in-one kit, but i cant really get it to work. I got it to flash the zip, but still says s-on. anyone had luck with the all-in-one tool to root?
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S off has nothing to do with root.
If you want soff you have to do the wire trick.
You dont need soff for root.
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Wondering if anyone knows how to flash to Page Plus?? I have to also flash a Droid Razr Maxx and found info on how to do that so wondering if I can use the same process? Any information would be very helpful and greatly appreciated.
I need some advice, I have two problems I need to deal with on my new LTE phone.
First: I received my EvoLTE two days ago and immediately Rooted using HTCDev and the TWRP recovery. I wrongly believed this would give me S-Off and obviously I was wrong about that. So...I need to learn how to get S-Off after Rooting. From reading on the forum it seems I have to do the S-Off procedure and then go through the Rooting process again.
Question: I'm Rooted presently, can I follow the S-Off procedure while Rooted which will un-Root me apparently, then once again do the Rooting steps? I don't know if I have to un-Root first, then do the S-Off steps, then Root again, or if I can just do S-Off which will un-Root me then Root again.
I haven't found a clear answer yet and appreciate any and all help.
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Question: I've had my LTE for 2 days now, I've rooted and added apps that I had on my OG Evo but have not installed a custom ROM yet. From the beginning my phone turns it's sound profile to "Silent" automatically without my input. I can go to the Sound Profile and it will be turned to "Silent", I press on the "Normal" button and Normal shows up under "Sound". Within a couple of minutes the Sound profile reverts to "Silent". It's more than annoying to say the least. I need to fix this as I need "Sound" with the phone.
I do have Extreme Call Blocker installed and have it set to "1st Ring Mute", I wonder if that could be affecting the phone and making it go into the Silent setting? On my OG Evo I used Extreme Call blocker for over 2 years and it didn't affect anything. Just throwing this out there in case anyone has ideas.
I can't find any other Settings that would affect the Sound or that would make the phone revert to "Silent". I need some help on this one guys.
I appreciate it,
Thanks,
DC
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I need some advice, I have two problems I need to deal with on my new LTE phone.
First: I received my EvoLTE two days ago and immediately Rooted using HTCDev and the TWRP recovery. I wrongly believed this would give me S-Off and obviously I was wrong about that. So...I need to learn how to get S-Off after Rooting. From reading on the forum it seems I have to do the S-Off procedure and then go through the Rooting process again.
Question: I'm Rooted presently, can I follow the S-Off procedure while Rooted which will un-Root me apparently, then once again do the Rooting steps? I don't know if I have to un-Root first, then do the S-Off steps, then Root again, or if I can just do S-Off which will un-Root me then Root again.
I haven't found a clear answer yet and appreciate any and all help.
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As far as I'm aware, it shouldn't matter if you're rooted or not. If you do the dirty racun method (not what I did), you should be ok. There are a couple of stickies in the HTC EVO 4G LTE Original Android Development forum that you wanna check out. I used the method under [HBOOT 1.19/1.15 S-OFF] Downgrade HBOOT 1.19 and lower on HTC EVO 4G LTE method, and it worked perfectly. I didn't even do it right the first time I tried it (tried to skip steps!!), and I was still able to go back and follow the steps to correct my screw up. I prefer the one where I do all the steps, because I can account for where something might go wrong.
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Question: I've had my LTE for 2 days now, I've rooted and added apps that I had on my OG Evo but have not installed a custom ROM yet. From the beginning my phone turns it's sound profile to "Silent" automatically without my input. I can go to the Sound Profile and it will be turned to "Silent", I press on the "Normal" button and Normal shows up under "Sound". Within a couple of minutes the Sound profile reverts to "Silent". It's more than annoying to say the least. I need to fix this as I need "Sound" with the phone.
I do have Extreme Call Blocker installed and have it set to "1st Ring Mute", I wonder if that could be affecting the phone and making it go into the Silent setting? On my OG Evo I used Extreme Call blocker for over 2 years and it didn't affect anything. Just throwing this out there in case anyone has ideas.
I can't find any other Settings that would affect the Sound or that would make the phone revert to "Silent". I need some help on this one guys.
I appreciate it,
Thanks,
DC
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Turn off your profiles? I've been using CM10, and that's what I'd recommend. I don't know for sure, but I'd figure it was an issue either with the ROM, or a setting that you didn't think of. I don't really use profiles myself, so I don't know what would be causing that. See if it follows you into another ROM.
running dirty racun method shouldn't unroot u. are u actually rooted or just bootloader unlocked? if you are actually rooted u have super user or supersu app on your phone. if u are just bootloader unlocked and have twpr installed you are not fully rooted. u have to relock the bootloader, then run dirty racun, then u can just flash a rooted rom. that is basically what i did.
i unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, relocked, ran dirty racun for s-off, then unlocked again, then flashed meanrom and i was rooted with full access and s-off.
whether i needed to go through the unlock and lock to begin with i don't know.
sand1303 said:
running dirty racun method shouldn't unroot u. are u actually rooted or just bootloader unlocked? if you are actually rooted u have super user or supersu app on your phone. if u are just bootloader unlocked and have twpr installed you are not fully rooted. u have to relock the bootloader, then run dirty racun, then u can just flash a rooted rom. that is basically what i did.
i unlocked bootloader, installed twrp, relocked, ran dirty racun for s-off, then unlocked again, then flashed meanrom and i was rooted with full access and s-off.
whether i needed to go through the unlock and lock to begin with i don't know.
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Thanks to both of you for your suggestions. I successfully used DirtyRacun this morning after first having my phone bricked and my 16g sd corrupted and ruined last night. The guys with DirtyRacun were great and walked me through an Ubuntu procedure that brought the LTE back to life. This morning I was successful in getting S-Off using DR. (what a relief!)
I've got to reinstall TWRP and will be reading on the forum about how to do that. I did the one procedure where you get it unlocked and TWRP installed with S-ON before backtracking and doing DirtyRacun's S-Off bit of magic. "Bricking" my phone last night and running the fix erased TWRP so I have to install it again.
thanks,
DC
Easiest way to get twrp is,
Play store... Goo Manager,
In Goo Manager press menu button and select 'install openrecoveryscript'...
That installs current version of twrp
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KaptainRandom said:
Easiest way to get twrp is,
Play store... Goo Manager,
In Goo Manager press menu button and select 'install openrecoveryscript'...
That installs current version of twrp
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I think that is what I did. Piece of cake
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I just got a replacement rezound because my other one had a million problems. The new one seemed to work perfectly so I unlocked the bootloader and installed a cm11. Everything seemed to work great until I realised that I couldn't make phone calls. Whenever I would call or someone would call me the call would instantly end. I figured it was a problem with cm11 so installed another rom and had the same problem. Then I installed a sense rom and still no calls. I have tried those Ruus and it just says that it can't update my phone. I even tried the ota stock rooted rom and that didn't even flash because it was corrupted. I just need to get back to stock so I can return this stupid thing.
gabezermeno said:
I just got a replacement rezound because my other one had a million problems. The new one seemed to work perfectly so I unlocked the bootloader and installed a cm11. Everything seemed to work great until I realised that I couldn't make phone calls. Whenever I would call or someone would call me the call would instantly end. I figured it was a problem with cm11 so installed another rom and had the same problem. Then I installed a sense rom and still no calls. I have tried those Ruus and it just says that it can't update my phone. I even tried the ota stock rooted rom and that didn't even flash because it was corrupted. I just need to get back to stock so I can return this stupid thing.
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1.) are you s-off? 2.) The ruu's and most ota's will only work while s-off and a relocked bootloader 3.) are you a sim card user or verizon?
REV3NT3CH said:
1.) are you s-off? 2.) The ruu's and most ota's will only work while s-off and a relocked bootloader 3.) are you a sim card user or verizon?
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So I have to go through the pain in the ass to get s-off? Damn. And yeah I'm on Verizon. Don't I have to have linux to get s-off?
gabezermeno said:
So I have to go through the pain in the ass to get s-off? Damn. And yeah I'm on Verizon. Don't I have to have linux to get s-off?
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its actually not a pain at all...i can do it in 5 minutes...just follow my 2 guides and you will be all set bud....you can run linux from a live cd...no need to install on pc....i recommend the 32 bit to make it even easier on you
REV3NT3CH said:
its actually not a pain at all...i can do it in 5 minutes...just follow my 2 guides and you will be all set bud....you can run linux from a live cd...no need to install on pc....i recommend the 32 bit to make it even easier on you
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Which guides would those be exactly? I can run linux from a usb drive no problem but I don't know where to look for the most current wire trick for s-off
They are right here in the q&a section....one is an s-off guide which is required for downgrading to stock and the other is a downgrade/upgrade guide...once on stock ROM and recovery there is another method for gaining son back so you'll have straight from factory stock....but if you plan on keeping and using the phone I suggest keeping s-off....when I get a few minutes and access to PC I'll dig up links unless you find them...they both are on first page of q&a section
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