Ok well I'm trying to get S off on my Rezound. But i see that the group that everyone tells you to use there stuff no longer supports Windows. i am on win 7 64 bit . Can anyone point me to another way to do it or am i screwed ?? and stuck with S on
Nothing has changed with the process, windows should work fine.. worst case, fire up linux on a live cd...
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It said the same thing when I did mine. And I am also on win 7 64 bit.
i don't know linux at all or how to have it on a live cd .. from what i have read the program no longer works on windows . they no longer have the windows download anymore ...
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
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Dammit Dammit Dammit! lol I have had the Dev preview on another SSD since the day it launched, and guess what happens? My Win7 Ultimate SSD crashed, so I feel all high and mighty I start diving into Win8 for real instead of just playing around and BAM Moto Drivers don't work with Win8 yet because they "Don't recognize the OS". My computer basically told me to get ****ed and that I can't root my brothers phone. I refuse to go back to Win7, guess I will go play on someone else computer!
Just thought I would give you guys a heads up, in case you wanted to migrate onto the Dev Preview or an Alpha/Beta. This is where it stands right now.
Windows 8 Dev Preview has Windows 7 compatibility mode... Right click the installer and set them to install that way. Let us know if that works....
Nope, I had tried that already.
Damn.... That's a pretty crappy bro... I tried it out on a spare HDD I had for a few days and the whole Metro interface being designed for a touch screen device just got cumbersome and I only tried installing some basic stuff like office, chrome, skype, and other things like that....
Most software works(even processor intensive CAD/Revit, Adobe CS5 products), and I rarely even see the Metro UI, I don't use it for anything. I just have my desktop extended across both screens.
True... I have an old dell lappy I might throw it on there and play with it some more.... Maybe that will make it heat up less....
I had to revert back to Windows 7 (no big deal) because I had trouble SBFing in Windows 8.
Meticode said:
I had to revert back to Windows 7 (no big deal) because I had trouble SBFing in Windows 8.
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Yea, for the same reason, lol. I am not too worried though. I am upgrading to the ReZound on Monday. But, I thought I would post this. I am sure there is someone smart enough to adapt the drivers, or knows another way we are not thinking of.
Could probably always partion the drive and have 7 or xp on another partition...
Hopefully this will be fixed when they decide to release Windows 8.
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Could probably always partion the drive and have 7 or xp on another partition...
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I have 4 500GB HDD's 1 1TB HDD and 2 256GB SSD's. I have plenty of space for Win7, but after being on Windows 8 there is no going back. Not to mention I don't want to set up an entire system just to root a phone I will only have for 3 more days
I was thinking about trying that other root method because it doesn't say anything about drivers, although, that might just be an obvious given. We will see, and I will let you guys know probably tomorrow. I am a Veteran, got things to do today that don't involve sitting in front of a computer lol.
BTW, Happy Veteran's Day to my fellow Brothers-in-Arms and Veterans alike! RLTW!
No Bueno...
I found elsewhere on the net a solution to windows 8 problem...
Extract the usb drivers from the motorola's driver MSI using Uniextract to a easy to find folder, then go into device manager and find the 'unknown usb device' and manually update drivers by pointing to the drivers you just extracted. Hope all that makes sense....
I should note that while this method has gotten me farther than I had previously, and allowed RSDlite to work SBF'ing my phone back to stock, but it seems ADB doesn't want to play nicely with windows 8. I've tried windows compatability mode, run as admin. no luck so far.
I don't have much of a clue of what I'm talking about but maybe its worth a shot...what if you ran a virtual of 7 inside of 8? Would you be able to use the drivers that way?
Sorry if I woke an older thread. Just curious..
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Does anyone think they could help me with a ubuntu install?
I seriously have tried everything i can think of and all it does is boot back into xp
over and over and over.
Its so frustrating. I just want ubuntu
Are you using some form of VM (Virtual Machine) to boot Ubuntu up or are you trying to get it to replace windows altogether?
Im trying to get it so i can choose ubuntu or xp on boot.
Thanks for the reply!
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doesnt work. on reboot it just boots to xp.
i am not interested in sandboxing it either.
i want to be able to install it to my harddrive and boot to it.
LinuxLive USB Creator didnt work, booted straight to xp
Wubi booted straight to xp.
My boot priority is set to
FLASHHDD
FLASHZIP
CDROM
HARDDRIVE
i just really dont understand. am i missing something? or have my last 3 computers just been ubuntu incompatible
Hmmm
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WindowsDualBoot
I don't know if you have tried it this way. I shrank my partition in windows and installed Ubuntu that way. I don't know if that helps you any. I had hell getting the boot loader right though. The easiest possible way i have seen is a clean install with Ubuntu first then install windows.
yea, im not sure your issue, the ubuntu install was way easier than even installing windows.
eh i give up
i guess god doesnt want me using linux or any dist. LOL
I have it running now! Its pretty much the smoothest thing ever.
Unless you game you'll never go back
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I have it running now! Its pretty much the smoothest thing ever.
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Sadly my pc isnt built to game, with a 2.4 pentium 4 and a gig of DDR ram i can barely run minecraft. so its no big deal LOL.
That is the specs for a perfect Ubuntu box. Hope you enjoy it. IMO the latest distro sucks compared to its predecessor. I don't like the way we are getting Unity and the likes forced upon us. There is classic gnome but it still is awkward.
I felt the same way when kde4 rolled out (which was pure dog vomit) and I haven't used it since. Linus is now using xfce and I may join him.
See: www.theregister.co.uk/2011/08/05/linus_slams_gnome_three/
--or--
http://www.ajopaul.com/2011/04/26/ubuntu-11-04-uninstall-gnome3-and-revert-to-gnome-2-x/
On a closing note: Get a Linux for Dummies book!!! I learned Red Hat 8 with one and it helped out a lot!
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I'm about to get a replacement phone, Which means I have to tango with Juopunutbear again.
But I'm on Windows 8, The troubleshooting on Unlimited.io says it doesn't work with windows 8,
But it also says that it doesn't work with Win7 64 bit, Which is all I have ever used, And have succeeded the wire trick 4 times with it.
Their "prerequisites" are much more strict than they actually need to be it seems.
SO I just wanna know if anyone's tried it.
I guess no one's tried it haha, almost 100 views, no reply.
Forum creepers...
Can't_Live_Without_My_Evo said:
I'm about to get a replacement phone, Which means I have to tango with Juopunutbear again.
But I'm on Windows 8, The troubleshooting on Unlimited.io says it doesn't work with windows 8,
But it also says that it doesn't work with Win7 64 bit, Which is all I have ever used, And have succeeded the wire trick 4 times with it.
Their "prerequisites" are much more strict than they actually need to be it seems.
SO I just wanna know if anyone's tried it.
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i havent heard anything at all and i wouldnt personally know since i run linux
I couldn't even get my phone to recognize in BL when i tried messing around with Windows 8. It may work, but i had a rough go. However, I also don't care for Windows 8.
A common theme I seem to see around here is those who want to S-Off but have the wrong OS. I'm not sure why this is a problem as the unlimited.io team lays out the linux option pretty clearly, but yet still many complain of having the wrong OS..So, here you go. I'll try to lay it out as simply as I can for those who maybe just don't understand.
This is the set up for building a bootable USB drive.
First off, go here and download the latest Ubuntu Desktop ISO image :
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?release=latest&bits=32&distro=desktop&status=zeroc
Now download Universal USB installer from here :
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.2.4.exe
Ensure that your USB drive is Fat16/Fat32/NTFS formatted. The USB installer is very easy to use. Just select your ISO and your flashdrive and click install. It does all the work.
Once the drive is completed safely eject your flash drive and shut down your PC. You need to set your PC to boot from USB. This method might be different for you than it was for me. My laptop I tap F9 while booting. You will have to check into this for your particular machine.
Once you have the the USB booting you will be presented with a few options. Just pick Run Live (I think it's the first and default option). This will boot you into a fully fuctional Linux 32bit desktop. Just what you need to S-OFF! From here just go to the Unlimited site and follow their directions to the letter. Do all this and you should be S-Off in about an hours time.
If this is laid out somewhere else, Mods feel free to delete. If you found it to be helpful, hit the thanks. Be well fellow tweakers.
P.S. This makes no changes to your PC. Once done shut down, remove the pen drive, and boot normally to Windows.
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A common theme I seem to see around here is those who want to S-Off but have the wrong OS. I'm not sure why this is a problem as the unlimited.io team lays out the linux option pretty clearly, but yet still many complain of having the wrong OS..So, here you go. I'll try to lay it out as simply as I can for those who maybe just don't understand.
This is the set up for building a bootable USB drive.
First off, go here and download the latest Ubuntu Desktop ISO image :
http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/thank-you?release=latest&bits=32&distro=desktop&status=zeroc
Now download Universal USB installer from here :
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/downloads/Universal-USB-Installer/Universal-USB-Installer-1.9.2.4.exe
Ensure that your USB drive is Fat16/Fat32/NTFS formatted. The USB installer is very easy to use. Just select your ISO and your flashdrive and click install. It does all the work.
Once the drive is completed safely eject your flash drive and shut down your PC. You need to set your PC to boot from USB. This method might be different for you than it was for me. My laptop I tap F9 while booting. You will have to check into this for your particular machine.
Once you have the the USB booting you will be presented with a few options. Just pick Run Live (I think it's the first and default option). This will boot you into a fully fuctional Linux 32bit desktop. Just what you need to S-OFF! From here just go to the Unlimited site and follow their directions to the letter. Do all this and you should be S-Off in about an hours time.
If this is laid out somewhere else, Mods feel free to delete. If you found it to be helpful, hit the thanks. Be well fellow tweakers.
P.S. This makes no changes to your PC. Once done shut down, remove the pen drive, and boot normally to Windows.
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You may want to change the title of your thread. I was not expecting this at all when I opened it up. I was expecting a question. Maybe something like 'How to get Ubuntu to obtain S-Off' or something of that nature.
Just my opinion.
Thanks!
nice write up
i personally preferred to use win 7 32bit though
i guess im just comfy using windows
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nice write up
i personally preferred to use win 7 32bit though
i guess im just comfy using windows
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Well, me too..but my machine is Windows 7 64bit and after all the warnings I didn't want to chance any screw ups. After running the live Ubuntu session I was amazed at how easy it was. Figured I'd share the love for those who may not understand how easy it really is.
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This should be common sense for those used to Linux but I forgot and it took me a while to figure out:
Make sure you are running the Racun tools from a drive that is Linux-formatted (using ext3 or ext4 for example). Otherwise, you will not be able set the proper permissions and you may encounter errors like I did. * facepalm *
I just ran it through Windows 7 64 bit with no Linux...it was easy as pie.
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I ran mine using Windows 7 64-bit. No issues
The advice is free....the bandwidth, not so much
Yup, another Win7 64bit user here. I've obtained s-off on both of my Evo LTEs using that setup. Went perfectly smooth and I didn't have to run anything twice or do anything manually. Was like it was a made for Win7 64bit!!
That said, it is super easy to make a LiveCD. I have a LiveCD and have used it to boot in to Ubuntu multiple times. I just wanted to see how far along it would get. I was pleasantly surprised that it finished, and was using successful as well!! After one Evo LTE was a success, I ran it on the second one as well!
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It's good to hear so many success stories using 64bit..with all the options out there I really can't see any reason for anyone in these forums to not S-off. The information and help is here.
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It's good to hear so many success stories using 64bit..with all the options out there I really can't see any reason for anyone in these forums to not S-off. The information and help is here.
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Nevertheless thanks for this thread.
#Root-Hack_Mod*Always=LTE
I actually used Windows 8 Pro 64 Bit. Everything fine except for step 14. My device was not being recognized. I used Ubuntu (just for step 14) and bingo!
Live usb works but last I checked Unlimited did not support live usb so if you run into problems they will be very reluctant to help
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Live usb works but last I checked Unlimited did not support live usb so if you run into problems they will be very reluctant to help
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Correct! The last time I checked as well, Team Unlimited does not support this method. I believe that it's due to your system's response speeds. When it's reading from a USB Stick/Drive it will be slower than when reading from a disc. I could be totally off base here, as this is just my own thoughts and I haven't heard Team Unlimited say. I'm simply relating my response to the reason 64bit isn't supported. People were saying that the Team just didn't want to take the time to test 64bit systems, which is completely incorrect!! The drivers needed to achieve s-off simply don't function properly on 64bit systems (and take longer to react, if I'm remembering this correctly).
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Disclaimer: Just because myself and others have been successful using 64bit does NOT mean that everyone, or anyone else for that matter, will have success using a 64bit system. If you are not comfortable with your phone messing up during the process and no one being willing to help/assist you then do NOT use Team Unlimited's tools on a 64bit system! Team Unlimited will not assist you if you're using a 64bit system (and yes, they WILL be able to tell). As long as you comply to their simple requests, if you need their help at any point (before, after, or during) use of their tools, then Team Unlimited will happily assist you on their IRC channel!
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I say this because I don't want anyone getting in to a situation with their phone where they get stuck, confused, or anything, and are not able to go directly to the developer of the tools for help! I really just want everyone to have a good experience with their Evo LTE and wish everyone good luck in everything/anything they do with their Evo LTE!! I remember my first Android experience, so I know what it's like to be new to Android and not fully understanding all of the terminology, how the operating system works, or what system pieces rely on what to function properly. While I had been unlocking and flashing WinMo phones for a while, Android is a different animal and could be a little overwhelming in the beginning. Plus, think of it like this - the more that people enjoy this phone then the more they will tell a friend, or someone will simply overhear them talking about it and become intrigued themselves. Thus, increasing Androids user base(and hopefully hurting Apple ) and maybe even improving HTC's profits!!
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I didn't realize that USB was not supported. After checking the site again I noticed that it indeed mentions a live CD but doesn't talk about using USB. I'm going to ask a mod to remove or close this thread due to this coming to my attention. I don't want anyone having issues at my hands.
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If you try to root on windows 8, you may run into an issue where the phone seems to brick.
I found that the best solution is if you have a windows 7 machine, try from there. I just went thru this headache and just want to try to save people some grief.
What step? My root went flawlessly running on Windows 8.
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My buddy said the other day he had issues with Windows 8. He said the problem is that if the driver is unsigned, Windows 8 will simply ignore it without giving you a notification. Rather bad programming but hey, it's windows. I think they're trying to keep people from saying windows gets viruses constantly or something
Anyways check to make sure the drivers are actually installed.
i didnt have a problem either on windows 8
Went without a hitch on my Windows 8 pc as well
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as soon as i flashed the first kernel is where mine bricked. I could not do anything on the phone period. Put it on my windows 7 machine, and it went flawlessly. I showed no driver conflicts either. I am not sure what the hell happened lol.
No problem here on Windows 8, in fact it worked even though my Windows 7 PC didn't.
I did mine last night Windows 8 works perfect.
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