I've looked around quite a bit for simple rooting wizards, other than visionary, I a pair of videos showing a g2 rooting wizard available from g2root.info
Is this a legitimate wizard? It seems suspicious to me.
Its a scam , it promises to root your G2 for you after you fill out some surveys, it will not root your phone. This has been posted here before and removed by forum Mods.
Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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Thanks man, I was pretty sure this was fake, I just wanted to reassure myself lol.
Looks like I'm gonna have to get adb & whatnot up & running on my comp =l
Wish this was as simple as jailbreaking, I felt tough when I hit my ipod touch when I was 12 lmao
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You can try this no ADB needed, make sure to follow everything to the "T"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10048382&postcount=3
I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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I have lookd into this method before, but I don't know if I'm ready for this. I purchased my phone in late December, so it has the newest updates & many users have commented poorly on this method. Do you believe the risk is worth it? And is this method that much easier than the rage method?
Thanks again.
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If your comfortable with the rage method, then you might as well use the gfree method, by far the least amount of issues rooting, the method in the link above is how I oringinaly rooted my phone and so have many more, but if you were to get a census from the forum I think the majority of members would tell you to root using gfree. There is a way to run gfree using temp root with visionary, then use something like rootexplorer to place the needed files in data/local and use terminal emulator to run the commands. Search the threads it in here somewhere. But bottom line if your gonna mod your phone you might as well set up AndriodSDK and learn some basic ADB, never know when something might go wrong and you need it. Good Luck.
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Thank you for your advice, I sincerley appreciate it. It's people like you that make the rooting experience more friendly, and less scary. =)
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may i ask what a rooted epic will do? & how does it compare to an original epic?
Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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seconded. this entire forum is basically about rooting and what it does/what you can do. you shouldnt have any trouble figuring it out
Thirded.
If you don't know what it is, you haven't read enough.
If after reading you don't know what it is, you still haven't read enough.
If after reading more, you still don't know what it is, you probably have some reading comprehension issues, but also search and read some more.
Starting a new post as your FIRST post on XDA asking people to explain to you what it is, UGH.
shouldn't this be in General?...But for starters, I would recommend beginning at the one-click root forum, and whatever you do, don't be scared to brick your phone, I have yet to brick mine and I am constantly flashing my phone! Good luck!
Come on guys. Really? Is this the kind of community we want to be? Everyone's gotta start somewhere. Just suggest reading up first, and point him to where he's gotta go. Remember, there was a point where you didn't know what rooting was either.
Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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Well since no one wants to be nice...
Rooting is basically giving you root access to the phones operating system. The reason for doing this is to allow you to customize and optimize your phone for your specific needs. The two biggest reasons for rooting are the ability to remove bloatware and for flashing custom roms/kernels. Rooting also gives you access to programs in the market that require superuser permissions (root).
The difference between an unrooted epic 4g and a rooted one, unrooted is a handicaped device that is little more than a fancy toy that can browse the web and make phone calls. A rooted one is really what ever you want it to be. A cool toy or an amazing tool or both.
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Thank you, holy crap so many evil people in the world why are slipping into XDA? Just answer the question, did we not all start at 1 post?
To add to that, Rooting gives you Access to tether your internet connection from your epic to a laptop wirelessly, This is the only reason i'd root the Epic.
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Honestly if you don't know then you probably shouldn't be rooting or even considering rooting in the first place
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At one point in time everyone "didn't know", you have to start somewhere.
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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Perhaps the OP's question would have been well received if it was posted in the correct forum.
Edit: just noticed the OP's username is "loser504". Troll account?
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LOL..im a noob with the android os. but thank you to those who helped me..
I love my G2 but I really like the sense ui so I want to jailbreak my G2 but I want to know which is the best way I have been reading through the forums and can't find a clear answer any help would be greatly appreciated
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
Scroll down to the root guide and begin.
cant get adb
thanks but that way is hard and i cant figure it out i cant really get adb down enough to truly trust my self to do it
Please don't use the term jail break unless you are referring to an actual iphone
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my bad "Root" its been a while since i had to ask anything last question i posted was about my g1
This is about as easy as it can get, thought it really isn't the recommended method anymore. If that's still too hard for you, then you need to slow it down and start reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
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This is about as easy as it can get, thought it really isn't the recommended method anymore. If that's still too hard for you, then you need to slow it down and start reading.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
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Please note that any means other than the wiki have resulted in many, many bricks; as long as you follow the wiki guide perfectly, double check your typing, etc. you'll be fine.
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the www.threunlockr.com guide worked for me perfectly.
Easiest and reliable are not the same thing. The Wiki method is most reliable.
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Please don't use the term jail break unless you are referring to an actual iphone
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Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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The method posted by OriginalGabriel is the way to go. Trust me. I did it and was smooth as butter. I'm not sure why it has such a bad rep since I have heard of NO bricks from the easy root method. I think people see "Visionary" and get scared. It's perfectly safe for temprooting but a VERY bad idea for perm-root. The Gfree method is used for that... all you will be doing is running the scripts for Gfree instead of keying them in manually. No ADB, no hassle, much less room for error. Once you are rooted, get rid of Visionary and enjoy.
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Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really?
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Naw, I agree with Pirateghost. Jargon exists for a reason. If one does not use the proper terminology, its hard to know what they are talking about. For instance, sometimes people ask "How do I unlock my phone?". Its impossible to know whether they are asking how to root, or how to unlock the SIM.
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the www.threunlockr.com guide worked for me perfectly.
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+1, this way also worked for me.
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Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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who coined the term jailbreak on ps3? geohot? you mean the infamous iPhone guy???
its not pretentious. iphones and androids are worlds apart.
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Naw, I agree with Pirateghost. Jargon exists for a reason. If one does not use the proper terminology, its hard to know what they are talking about. For instance, sometimes people ask "How do I unlock my phone?". Its impossible to know whether they are asking how to root, or how to unlock the SIM.
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This +100
People coming over from the iPhone world may not know what all is going on here, so it is important to not confuse terminology. exactly like redpoint73 said, how do we know if they mean UNLOCK or ROOT or ROM?? do you know? if you do, then by all means help the guy out, i would prefer to not get the terminology muddled with inconsistencies.
Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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Again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
If you want fast, safe and reliable, this is it. Read the thread if you have doubts.
amacg1 said:
Is the unlockr.com a good way to go
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i used the gfree method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764
edit: go with what he said ^^
killswitch11 said:
Again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
If you want fast, safe and reliable, this is it. Read the thread if you have doubts.
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Can you say pretensious? C'mon dude really? You can jailbreak a PS3...that's not an iphone
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Ahaha but we android users want to call it root, just to make it different from iphones
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Ahaha but we android users want to call it root, just to make it different from iphones
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Um, no ... Android is Linux/Unix based and "root" is the full access user to Linux/Unix; we're not trying to be special, we just are
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I'm thinking about stealing a friend's car, better learn how to jailbreak that *****.
Sorry, the term "jailbreak" is most definitely for the iPhone, not any Android device. Don't be disrespectful now.
The title says it all. The only prerequisite is that you already have the drivers for your phone installed. Which i assume most people looking at this thread do as they were needed to get root in the first place.
Always back up your stuff and any apps before using.
Features:
Restores back to stock 2.3.4
Relocks Bootloader
Removes root
Fixed:
1. Now it will not run when gsm users try to use it.
2. Runs alot smoother thanks to Indirect.
Download this zip.
Extract it
Click on run.bat
and follow the onscreen instructions
now your phone should be back to 100% stock
Thanks to pete for the img files
Thanks to Indirect for the fixing problems with gsm users using this.
so this will unroot, relock, and put stock recovery back on?
Yes it returns it to the same way it was when it came out of the box. So be sure to back up any data on your internal memory you want to keep.
sweet, thanks to you and pete
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sweet, thanks to you and pete
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No problem. I just decided to automate his process. And include all the files you need. Also if anyone needs the drivers just use pdanet as described in the one click root thread
yea i know there are the purests out there that dont believe (so to say) in the one clicks but those of us who are only partial idiots and cant figure out sdk, odin, and whatever else there is the one clicks really help. i know what i want my phone to do i just want the "for dummies" way to do it
It's like a dream come through, I now know this ns4g section of XDA is the best section.
Thanks to Mike & Pete for their Energy and Persistence.!!!
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hellcatt said:
yea i know there are the purests out there that dont believe (so to say) in the one clicks but those of us who are only partial idiots and cant figure out sdk, odin, and whatever else there is the one clicks really help. i know what i want my phone to do i just want the "for dummies" way to do it
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No problem. Thats how i am too. Thats why i make everything i use flashable or simple and easy.
Thank you SO SO SO SO SO much! I had installed the netarchy-nexus kernel on mine, which killed my battery way to fast, and I couldn't remove it...not even with my nandroid backup.
Jyro275 said:
Thank you SO SO SO SO SO much! I had installed the netarchy-nexus kernel on mine, which killed my battery way to fast, and I couldn't remove it...not even with my nandroid backup.
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Glad to hear i helped
hellcatt said:
yea i know there are the purests out there that dont believe (so to say) in the one clicks but those of us who are only partial idiots and cant figure out sdk, odin, and whatever else there is the one clicks really help. i know what i want my phone to do i just want the "for dummies" way to do it
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You and me both. I just learned earlier this week that fastboot and adb were drivers that come with sdk. It is confusing without a literal step by step guide. I would like to learn all the processes and make a guide for total beginners. Unless anyone else knows of one already in existence for the NS4G?
I must admit, though, that the more threads I read the more confident I get about following through with it. All of you devs and themers and advanced users, I tip my hat to your knowledge and helpfulness with threads like these.
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HareyCarey said:
You and me both. I just learned earlier this week that fastboot and adb were drivers that come with sdk. It is confusing without a literal step by step guide. I would like to learn all the processes and make a guide for total beginners. Unless anyone else knows of one already in existence for the NS4G?
I must admit, though, that the more threads I read the more confident I get about following through with it. All of you devs and themers and advanced users, I tip my hat to your knowledge and helpfulness with threads like these.
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Things get easier with time. Also having the great people on this forum around helps too
Big thanks to you! I was having screen issues and this made my life easier so i can take my phone to sprint tomorrow!
difrent7 said:
Big thanks to you! I was having screen issues and this made my life easier so i can take my phone to sprint tomorrow!
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What screen issues are you having?
thanks for this. I wanted to return to stock for the update and did it the long way,because i don't think this was posted yet. I think anyone that is rooting their phone should at least learn how to use sdk and the commands. Im glad I had to force my self to do it that way, but this will really help for the next time with one click root and now unroot its great. I had to root again because it was delayed and cant stand stock
No problem and yes the long way is beneficial from a learning standpoint. But i prefer quick and easy and anyone who wants to learn the long way just open the run.bat file in notepad and teach yourself
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No problem and yes the long way is beneficial from a learning standpoint. But i prefer quick and easy and anyone who wants to learn the long way just open the run.bat file in notepad and teach yourself
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Does it have detailed step by step instructions or more of an overview?
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HareyCarey said:
Does it have detailed step by step instructions or more of an overview?
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open it and look, its the commands you would have to type in
This is way awesome, thanks
Some think this is a lazy way, but some of us have to find work arounds for stuff like this. Right now I'm stuck using Wxp/ home, tried everything I could think of and still couldn't get sdk installed . This helps enormously. I don't mind learning the hard way, but I also like to do things efficiently and save time.
Thanks
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Joey_ufc said when he runs. Bat, says he is missing files, any help
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Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
wrong section bro. General.
tlisak25 said:
Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
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The odin3 method is honestly very simple. You literally can root your phone in less than 3 minutes with the click of a button. I've used terminal emulator and adb methods of rooting and I can say that the only other easier method other than odin3 that I've used was z4. You can do it. Just have faith and confidence. Terminal emulator is much more harder than using odin3.
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Just follow directions it is so easy. when I had my sgs4g I felt the same way, then I grew the balls and used Odin. That wasn't to root it was to convert to gb but believe me when I tell you it is easy and pretty much flawless. Just do it follow steps
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Why haven't you used superoneclick? Takes 2min.
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Odin might be one of the simplest ways of rooting around. Although in the vibrant days it was extremely unreliable. No so any more, its pretty much rock solid.
Create a bounty.
I'll let CLShortFuse know that you're going to pay him for something he's already done. Somebody please close this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
InGeNeTiCs said:
Create a bounty.
I'll let CLShortFuse know that you're going to pay him for something he's already done. Somebody please close this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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mikeyinid said:
I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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Yes it does.I have rooted 9 GSII.with version 2.2.will root all gingerbread.up to 2.3.7.and a version for Ics is in the works.
From a glaxay better than yours.
mikeyinid said:
I'm pretty sure superoneclick does not root our phone.
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You should have verified that before posting!
teh_lorax said:
You should have verified that before posting!
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+1
From a glaxay better than yours.
tlisak25 said:
Sorry for this thread and it might be dumb to somewho are a little more savy with odin and computers. I had over 12 android phones nexus, evo,nexus s,g1 mytouch 3g n so on. Never had to root using odin it was usually unlocking bootloader or just using terminal. It would be greatly appreciated if this could happen and im sure there are many people that think same way. So please if u wanna bash me n say i shouldnt root if i cant use odin then fine but this is a new method and so would alot of other ppl cause it seems we have a good development crew popping up roms n mods n kernals right and left. If a bounty is needed i will be more than happy to donate. Ty for your time.
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Superoneclick:
program on computer with friendly GUI
plug in phone
click button - root
Odin:
Program on computer with friendly GUI
plug in phone
click button - root
*added benefit of recovering from brick or restoring to stock*
One of the great things about XDA is you dont have to be all that tech saavy and there are plenty of people to help with questions.
However, one should make an honest attempt to familiarize themselves with all of the tools available.
You have nothing to lose and you just might learn a lot from the experience. Then it might be your turn to help someone else
ive had a handfull of android phones also. i had never used odin and i was kindof leary when it came to using it. but it super simple maybe the ezest root method ive used. step out side the box -youll probrobly like it
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ive had a handfull of android phones also. i had never used odin and i was kindof leary when it came to using it. but it super simple maybe the ezest root method ive used. step out side the box -youll probrobly like it
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Agree, I never used odin until this phone and it was extremely easy.
There is enough hate in the world. Why can't we all get along here ...?
i just got a g2 and it has 2.3 on it im a noob as this and i really dont know how to root i heard from a friend that i have to downgrade it but idk how
is there a way that i can just root it with to?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
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Sorry to say that, but if you can’t use the search function, you should probably not be trying to root your phone
OriginalGabriel said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
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Thanks
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Before goin into root u must get a clear idea about it..otherwise you l end up in bootlop problems.
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The best way to safely root you g2 >
Google unlockroot this is a software that roots your phone all you need is an internet connection this software will root your phone with super user installed and you have no problem
NO need to do complecated stuf enable USB debugging connect to pc and follow the instruction
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
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strip419 said:
The best way to safely root you g2 >
Google unlockroot this is a software that roots your phone all you need is an internet connection this software will root your phone with super user installed and you have no problem
NO need to do complecated stuf enable USB debugging connect to pc and follow the instruction
HIT THANKS IF I HELPED
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Huh, I can't imagine this to be the safest way to root your phone, being I have only now just hearted about it from you I can't say I am an authority on this, but just browsing the site a bit it seems like the opposite of safe... reminds me of lots of the one click root ideas... yeah I know some work fine but... yeah I suggest be skeptical and read up first before doing this
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Well how do you want a noob to use adk for this that process is quite long and has realy scared people fom rooting and enjoying thier phones....i dont know of where you were told this is not safe i have rooted my G2 and GS2 with this and a lot of my guys phones too not even a pin droped and every thing worked.....or do you know of any phone that has been bricked with that software??????
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demkantor said:
Huh, I can't imagine this to be the safest way to root your phone, being I have only now just hearted about it from you I can't say I am an authority on this, but just browsing the site a bit it seems like the opposite of safe... reminds me of lots of the one click root ideas... yeah I know some work fine but... yeah I suggest be skeptical and read up first before doing this
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you dont fancy testing it for us then :laugh:
strip419 said:
Well how do you want a noob to use adk for this that process is quite long and has realy scared people fom rooting and enjoying thier phones....i dont know of where you were told this is not safe i have rooted my G2 and GS2 with this and a lot of my guys phones too not even a pin droped and every thing worked.....or do you know of any phone that has been bricked with that software??????
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I think a lot of your information is outdated, for example Visionary is extremely outdated for most of the firmwares that's out now. The method outlined in the XDA Wiki as well as the Cyanogenmod Wiki is proven to work without fail (with the assumption that the end user actually follows the instructions to the letter).
The one click method tends to have problems and ends up in here for help, and far as hearing about it, normally hear complaints about their phone being bricked and how to fix it, they don't go into details exactly on "how" they bricked it, just that they whine and whine to unbrick it.
PS: I wish there was a way to remove an accidental thanks.
Well true there are some bad one click softs out there thats why i recommended what i have tried without problems........the fact that some are bad does not make dem all bad if only we bring up those that have bricked phones and those that helped cos not anybody has it easy with the XDA method by the way i recommend what i have tried so trust me what will i get by bricking someones phone (same module and and it worked)
PS:giving back your thanks.....
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strip419 said:
Well true there are some bad one click softs out there thats why i recommended what i have tried without problems........the fact that some are bad does not make dem all bad if only we bring up those that have bricked phones and those that helped cos not anybody has it easy with the XDA method by the way i recommend what i have tried so trust me what will i get by bricking someones phone (same module and and it worked)
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But of course with lack of information (ie: what phone did you have, what firmware was it at, was it originally Froyo, etc?), people attempting to do the same tends to cause problems.
Though in my opinion, if you can't handle the method outlined in the XDA wiki (which will work with any version of the phone, including instructions for making a gold card), then it's probably not the best idea to even attempt having a rooted phone.