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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
ericc191 said:
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.
Pirateghost said:
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.
Ashaman_Kupo said:
the www.threunlockr.com guide worked for me perfectly.
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+1, this way also worked for me.
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Spastic909 said:
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.
redpoint73 said:
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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amacg1 said:
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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Spastic909 said:
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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lainvalenajr said:
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.
Is there a way or a profile option to make the display stay on when plugged into a USB source?
I miss having thus option from my nexus. Nope there's no USB on feature.
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rosedog said:
Is there a way or a profile option to make the display stay on when plugged into a USB source?
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Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>Stay Awake
gazment said:
I miss having thus option from my nexus. Nope there's no USB on feature.
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Umm......let's not respond to questions we do not know the answer to ok ?
KillaHurtz said:
Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>Stay Awake
Umm......let's not respond to questions we do not know the answer to ok ?
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Thanks but that is not it. Following your directions only show me:
1. USB debugging (Debug mode when USB is connected) [ ]
2. Allow mock locations (Allow mock locations) [ ]
Neither of these have anything to do with keeping the screen on indefinately while connected to a USB source.
Also please don't start flaming. Gazment has a valid point.
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I should also note, mine is T-Mobile USA non-rooted.
KillaHurtz said:
Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>Stay Awake
Umm......let's not respond to questions we do not know the answer to ok ?
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I was going to say same thing that you did only diff is I went to make sure first... All ways check before giving someone an answer or trying to correct someone else or your likely to make an ass out of yourself
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KillaHurtz said:
Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>Stay Awake
Umm......let's not respond to questions we do not know the answer to ok ?
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I did check before posting. C'mon now.....Here's proof.
Im curious then, is this only something that can be achieved by rooting? Does rooting a stock rom open up new/hidden options?
KH can you post your numbers - rom/build/ect...
rosedog said:
Im curious then, is this only something that can be achieved by rooting? Does rooting a stock rom open up new/hidden options?
KH can you post your numbers - rom/build/ect...
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I think it may be dependent upon which custom ROM you are running after root. My phone is rooted and running a custom ROM/kernel and under Development the only options I see are:
USB Debugging
Allow Mock Locations
KillaHurtz said:
I did check before posting. C'mon now.....Here's proof.
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What rom are you using?
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Juggs 5
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your sig says stock.
rosedog said:
your sig says stock.
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Sue me. I don't change it every time I flash. You're welcome by the way for answering your questions.
KillaHurtz said:
Sue me. I don't change it every time I flash. You're welcome by the way for answering your questions.
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What is there to thank? You came in all full of yourself acting like a jerk with your advice. Then only because of your faulty advice I had to ask you to verify if you were running stock or not - I only asked that BECAUSE of your sig.
So how about you take your condesending attitude and be off with yourself. You are/were more problems than help.
KillaHurtz,
You must not be running Jugs 5.0 because I'm running 5.0 and I have that option...
Screenshots to prove it:
coraldayton said:
KillaHurtz,
You must not be running Jugs 5.0 because I'm running 5.0 and I have that option...
Screenshots to prove it:
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LOL, I said I DO have it. Are you reading all the posts or just assuming ?
rosedog said:
What is there to thank? You came in all full of yourself acting like a jerk with your advice. Then only because of your faulty advice I had to ask you to verify if you were running stock or not - I only asked that BECAUSE of your sig.
So how about you take your condesending attitude and be off with yourself. You are/were more problems than help.
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If you don't like the answers or advice you are always more than welcome to search the 1,000,000 existing threads or here's a weird one.........experiment yourself !
KillaHurtz said:
LOL, I said I DO have it. Are you reading all the posts or just assuming ?
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Obviously if you don't have that option you're doing something wrong.
rosedog said:
Is there a way or a profile option to make the display stay on when plugged into a USB source?
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u might need to be rooted and run a custom rom to get that stay wake feature. i noticed it said in the juggernauts feature list it said "Stay Awake Option". if it was in the stock rom he probably wouldnt mention that. lol
This question might be dumb but should I root my phone
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Its your choice. I'd say go ahead and root it. But read about what your doing. Nobody can tell if you should or not. there's not a definite reason not to... that I know of.
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Ok thanks bud Im considering whether should I root it
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Hi,
Maybe some ideas...:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1676821&highlight and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1600006&highlight or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1633438&highlight
Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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smalss said:
DO IT. Flashing roms is an addiction though. Just a warning.
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Very, very addicting!!!
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I'd say go for it, if you're at least moderately technically inclined.
At the very least unlock the bootloader (this will wipe your phone so backup any photos etc!). Rooting can be done later if you do that first.
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
No question, definitely root without a doubt.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
Logseman said:
If you don't root your phone, it's not yours. You're not responsible for it if it gets messed up, but you are limited in what you can do with it. You're a licensee, not the owner.
I am of the opinion that I should own what's mine.
Swypesation
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Can't tell if srs..
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
I just recently rooted my phone and am relatively new to flashing ROMs but I'm totally addicted. I would agree that you should do as much research and read thoroughly through the forums. Great experience for me so far.
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Depends on your reason. I have learned tons about my phone by rooting and then breaking it.....
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Same. You really do learn about your device and the way Android works. I've had some good and bad experiences with flashing, but I've learned a lot. It's fun and you can apply so many mods to make your device unique to yourself.
joshnichols189 said:
If you have to ask, no you probably shouldn't.
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This.
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And open up thousands of questions.
Give it a shot. Be sure to follow every step. There is a lot of benefits to it.
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DLD511 said:
Root your phone if you want to unlock thousands of new features and constant updates that'll fix bugs and a powerful dev teams that work on the best phone in the root world.
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And create thousands more bugs at the same time
Does anyone have any information on the ability to unlock/root the Verizon M8? I tried sorting through the information on the One (2013), but I can't really get a good read on the capability of unlocking/rooting a Verizon M7 on 4.4.2.
i hate blink feed, and wish to root asap
coolguy71261 said:
i hate blink feed, and wish to root asap
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Jus remove it
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Exactly. I switched to Google Launcher within an hour of trying blinkfeed.
coolguy71261 said:
i hate blink feed, and wish to root asap
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You can remove it as a widget...
I need root in order to run Elixir and some other things as system apps.
sean67854 said:
I need root in order to run Elixir and some other things as system apps.
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You'll have to wait for the root, it will be out very soon though...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694564
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Are you talking about blinkfeed or the actual launcher? I hate the launcher but love blinkfeed.
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daorderdillon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2694564
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Does not work for the Verizon version of the phone.
matt95 said:
You'll have to wait for the root, it will be out very soon though...
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The root instructions linked in another post here indicate unlock and root is not possible on Verizon. Is that just not yet or not ever?
sean67854 said:
The root instructions linked in another post here indicate unlock and root is not possible on Verizon. Is that just not yet or not ever?
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Not yet obviously... just wait a couple of hours and you'll be able to root your device
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The root instructions linked in another post here indicate unlock and root is not possible on Verizon. Is that just not yet or not ever?
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Not yet because that method relies on HTC dev unlock, something verizon forces HTC to disallow.....therefore you can't flash a custom recovery and root zip file. However many devs are already working on s-off, root etc so just be patient and thank them when its out.
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Not yet obviously... just wait a couple of hours and you'll be able to root your device
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WoW! You have me grinning from ear to ear!
someone convince me to upgrade from the m7
coolguy71261 said:
someone convince me to upgrade from the m7
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You can remove blinkfeed that's must of sold it for you
jaythenut said:
You can remove blinkfeed that's must of sold it for you
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You could do it even with sense 5.5, nothing new
I'm running a gpe rom, sorry for hijacking but does anyone know the exact mesument that is outputted through ogt cable. i know my Fiio e17 works on gpe roms but not on some others.
I wanna jump on this Verizon by-one-get-one promotion but I'm hesitant b/c there is no root yet.
Should I worry about that at all?
I know there aren't any ETA's for root, but does anyone have an educated guess?
Thanks. (I need to tether for work.)
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David 617 said:
I wanna jump on this Verizon by-one-get-one promotion but I'm hesitant b/c there is no root yet.
Should I worry about that at all?
I know there aren't any ETA's for root, but does anyone have an educated guess?
Thanks. (I need to tether for work.)
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Assuming you only need root on your phone, get them and only activate the one. Just wait until root to use yours (the free one). It's easy math.
Hello, I regretfully make this thread to ask how long it usually takes to get root for a phone without a pc.
Currently, I'm out of the county visiting family and they asked me to trouble shoot their laptop. The short version is that I need to use the ZenFone to mount an image file so I can reinstall the OS. Of course this requires root so I can't do it. And since I have no other access to another computer, I'm stuck hoping to find root without a pc.
Thank you in advance and remember, I'm just asking for general knowledge for the timing for a semi popular phone and I in no way demanding to have it.
Just so you know, before you get yelled at by others, ETA's are generally looked down upon.
But to sort of answer your question, it completely depends on what method was used to root the device.
raynan said:
Just so you know, before you get yelled at by others, ETA's are generally looked down upon.
But to sort of answer your question, it completely depends on what method was used to root the device.
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That's why I was trying to state that I'm not in a hurry. I have never had to wait for a root before so I'm unsure of how long it takes.
reaply said:
I have never had to wait for a root before so I'm unsure of how long it takes.
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Lucky you... :laugh:
ultramag69 said:
Lucky you... :laugh:
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True to an extent. I've always bought phones that were 2-4 years old so they had time to mature. Having a newer phone takes time to get stuff so it's an even trade off.
Is there any way to flash the pre-rooted system image without using a PC?
Possibly kingroot? There is an xda thread. I don't know off anybody has tried it.
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corrsea said:
Possibly kingroot? There is an xda thread. I don't know off anybody has tried it.
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I've tried kingroot and it gets stuck at 40%
Perhaps ask in their thread if they can add the root method for our device to their tool?
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corrsea said:
Perhaps ask in their thread if they can add the root method for our device to their tool?
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Good idea, will do.