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[Q] Gingerbread ROM - Desire HD 2.2 (new system update)

Is it safe to root my Desire HD? (Will i loose all my games, apps contacts etc?)
Also, If i were to use this Where would i start. On a mac.
I have no knowledge of how to root, or even what a root is, i have looked around but i have googled, quite a bit , still no luck.
1. Whats clockworkmod. Is it a program, etc?
2. What exactly does root do, is it like Jailbreak in iOS?
3. Hm, is there a noob proof guide?, Like with everything explained, even like, how to double click?!
4. I think you get the idea, Im a designer not a hacker
Any help is warmly greeted.
(except lmgtfy.com )
My MSN: [email protected]

thetmyster said:
Is it safe to root my Desire HD? (Will i loose all my games, apps contacts etc?)
Also, If i were to use this Where would i start. On a mac.
I have no knowledge of how to root, or even what a root is, i have looked around but i have googled, quite a bit , still no luck.
1. Whats clockworkmod. Is it a program, etc?
2. What exactly does root do, is it like Jailbreak in iOS?
3. Hm, is there a noob proof guide?, Like with everything explained, even like, how to double click?!
4. I think you get the idea, Im a designer not a hacker
Any help is warmly greeted.
(except lmgtfy.com )
My MSN: [email protected]
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1. ClockWorkMod (or CWM) is a custom recovery, that allows you to flash unsigned (custom) ROMs.
2. Root gives you r/w access to your system files and superuser access to your phone to modify system settings. It's not exactly like a jailbreak because Android (unlike iOS) gives you the freedom to install non-market apps without root.
3. jkoljo's one-click s-off thread gives you easy and understandable guide and tools, but it's for Windows. I don't know if there is a tool similar to that for a mac. Actualy the only thing for which you need a computer, is the S-OFF. It's not required for root, but is for installing CWM.
There is one important thing which you need to know before proceeding. That's the version of your software. If it's 1.32 then you can root your phone straight away, but for 1.72 you have to downgrade first. There is a sticky in the dev section of the forum for that (never used it myself).
EDIT: Rooting does not remove any games, contacts, etc.

Soo, I'm on 1.72.405.3
Also, could this block visionary from appearing in the market?
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Download visionary r14
Paste visionary file to SD card. From Market download any file manager and install it.

Im trying this now, I hope i dont have to downgrade for a temp root right?

Hm, Visionary + seems to work,
But terminal emulator keeps giving a "Permission Denied"
And VNC Server Crashes (Shows black screen for ~5min and then says force close)

When U have permroot download this: One click Radio S-OFF
when U have Radio S-OFF then download from Market Rom Manager free and press Flash ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3. Download Gingerbread rom - paste on SD card. Reboot to CWM recovery. Make backup curent ROM. Find on forum file "FULL WIPE 1.2" flash it. At the end flash the Gingerbread ROM

YAY Understandable guide!
Hm, when i had temproot my phone speed dropped to about 10% of what it usually is, it was really laggy. Is this normal on a temproot?
Hmm, Didnt work. No root options avaliable, gave me a black screen.
heres what i did.
http://cl.ly/2h3x1c173C1z1l2X3D0k

seba84_2005 said:
When U have permroot download this: One click Radio S-OFF
when U have Radio S-OFF then download from Market Rom Manager free and press Flash ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.3. Download Gingerbread rom - paste on SD card. Reboot to CWM recovery. Make backup curent ROM. Find on forum file "FULL WIPE 1.2" flash it. At the end flash the Gingerbread ROM
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Where can I see if I'm Radio S-off?
When I press power button and down button, I can see "SHIP S-On"
Is this different?
Can I still follow the guide in your link?

nm8 yes you have S-ON so you can't install any modifited files (Recovery, ROM, Radio etc)
Follow the instructions: One click Radio S-OFF
thetmyster said:
YAY Understandable guide!
Hm, when i had temproot my phone speed dropped to about 10% of what it usually is, it was really laggy. Is this normal on a temproot?
Hmm, Didnt work. No root options avaliable, gave me a black screen.
heres what i did.
http://cl.ly/2h3x1c173C1z1l2X3D0k
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You must wait until the visionary finish temproot if you have still a black screen, wait long moment.

I left it for 2 days now........ :S

thetmyster said:
I left it for 2 days now........ :S
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Hi, If your on 1.72 then ou need to follow this guide to downgrade, be carefull though, follow step by step. Worked for me....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003

[Tool]One Click Perm-Root & Busybox Installer (Cdma & Gsm S-off Only)

One Click Perm-Root & Busbox Installer​
Some devices need a certain version, so read the description. If yours isn't listed try them all starting from the latest.
How ever be warned this may not work on 2.3.6+ Gingerbead releases. As google patched it.If the script works on your device, please post or pm me to get it added. Also to note I put a good bit of time in this guide/script with that said do not copy or modify with out permission from myself. Though you may link to it or copy and paste as posted. With credit where you got it from.
Warning I am not responsible for what happens to your device. If it may be good or bad in some way.​
If you have Htc sync installed please remove it. Please make sure your device drivers are installed before reporting device not found. This will not s-off your device and was never meant to. Check the forums for your device.​
LATEST VERSION IS: 1.1​
Devices confirmed to be working on/version:
Version 1.0: Uses a older zergrush
Electrify (2.3.4 Unconfirmed, 2.3.5 Confirmed)
Htc Wildfire Cdma (Virgin mobile & Uscc Confirmed)
Htc Wildfire Gsm (Should Work)
Htc Merge (Froyo/Gingerbread unconfirmed/should)
Hero S (Unconfirmed)
Cdma Desire (Unconfirmed)
Version 1.1:
Electrify (2.3.4 Unconfirmed, 2.3.5 Does Not Work)
Htc Wildfire Cdma (Virgin mobile & Uscc Confirmed)
Htc Wildfire Gsm (Should Work)
Htc Merge (Froyo/Gingerbread unconfirmed/should)
Hero S (Confirmed by myself)
Cdma Desire (Unconfirmed)
Usb/Adb Drivers:
Htc 32bit/64bit: http://2fastroms.com/dm_eds/download.php?id=68
Motorola 32 bit: http://2fastroms.com/dm_eds/download.php?id=69
Motorola 64 bit: http://2fastroms.com/dm_eds/download.php?id=70
Downloads:
Version 1.0: http://2fastroms.com/dm_eds/download.php?id=66
Md5sum: 6a43e608e46f65e01e6f3c7807f8f45c
Version 1.1: http://2fastroms.com/dm_eds/download.php?id=67
Md5sum: 053b07ebcec6cc89ea0af13e57b10717
Directions:
Download the latest version or version confirmed to be working on your device.
Extract the contents of the zip to the desktop. You will need winrar, 7zip or the stock windows one may work. I prefer 7zip as it is free. OneClickRoot_xxx what ever version you downloaded it on the desktop.
Once extracted in your folder you put on the desktop. You should have a tools folder & a OneClickRoot.bat.
Enable usb debugging on your phone. As far as I know all devices have it in Menu>Settings>Applications>Devolopment>Usb Debugging.
Once enabled plug your usb cable in to the phone & your pc. Followed by select charge only at the usb prompt.
Now double click the OneClickRoot.bat, if windows 7 or vista you may need to right click and open as admin. Though shouldn't need too.
Now just set back the whole 1 min it takes to do it's thing. At prompts follow what it says. It will then reboot and you should has superuser installed and root permissions.
If not and you get a error, please post the output in your post.
Warning do not fill the thread with does not work. Please post the output of the script. You can put it in the post or copy and paste it on pastebin.org. Followed by putting the link to it in the post. If you decide not to follow the above directions, your post will be ignored.
Credits:
I do this for fun, how ever the followers make it more worthwhile. Where if it wasn't for you guys I would have probably stopped awhile ago. Then the next thanks goes to the ones that confirmed the devices.
Cdrice: Confirmed on electrify 2.3.5
Simmon: From android forums confirmed Virgin Mobile Wildfire S
Sparkey: Confirmed Uscc Wildfire S
Then off to the people if it weren't for them. So say thanks to the people or teams for the hard work.
Aplha-rev for zergrush, though is based on gingerbreak. Without this nothing would be possible.
Then chainsdd for Superuser

Reserved**

This doesn't work for me. GSM wildfire s A510e
My output:
http://pastebin.com/Ab9XsqNN

It will only work for WFS without the sim card slot.

A wildfire with a simcard slot would be gsm. Where gsm or cdma will not matter. How ever it gained temp root but according to the output your system is to small to push the needed stuff. Which I find a bit weird.
If someone will what is adb shell and then df's output?

Anthony3h18 said:
This doesn't work for me. GSM wildfire s A510e
My output:
http://pastebin.com/Ab9XsqNN
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What version did you use? How much free space do you have on your internal memory and memory card?

hi, so will this work for wildfire s in the uk?

infected85 said:
What version did you use? How much free space do you have on your internal memory and memory card?
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11.39mb for system. 15mb for data.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

But for perm Root your Wildfire s must be S Off.

Not that I am doubting you but says who? I know there is several cdma ones that have tried it. How ever I don't know if they were s-on or off. I will say though that my htc merge and hero s was s-on when the tool was ran. Which I know they are emmc where the wildfire isn't. Where the only device that I have close to the wildfire is the desire, but is already s-off.

2fast4u88 said:
Not that I am doubting you but says who? I know there is several cdma ones that have tried it. How ever I don't know if they were s-on or off. I will say though that my htc merge and hero s was s-on when the tool was ran. Which I know they are emmc where the wildfire isn't. Where the only device that I have close to the wildfire is the desire, but is already s-off.
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With all do respect but are u sure that you are posting this tool in the right thread?
All of the time you are talking about "wildfire" codename HTC Buzz, and this thread is about "wildfire s" codename HTC Marvel.
Anyways I've tried it and this is the result
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My phone has 59mb of internal memory free and more than 6gb free on memcard.

If you read the thread I am for sure posting in the right spot.... Just because I didn't put a simple letter by s doesn't mean I'm not. Honestly just shorter for me to type wildfire. I know the error in your post as two cdma's have mentioned it and now you two guys. I can verify the tool works as others have tried it, the only thing is I am pretty sure they were s-off.
Now unless htc has did something different on the Wildfire S (See there be the S) S-on or off doesn't matter. As now that I recall when playing with the cdma desire when they were locked on froyo you could gain temp root and push stuff still with s-on. Which is what the tool is doing. I won't for say call it perm-root as my definition of perm root is you can do what ever. How ever the tool only allows for root to stick on a reboot.
Which as you can see by your output of the script. That zerg gained temp root but is spitting out errors of not enough space. Which what you referred to as in your card and storage has nothing to do with where the stuff is being pushed to. What I mean by this is the sd card is not even used by the script. Then where the stuff is being pushed is to system. Where your internal storage free is referring to the data partition.
Edit: Keep in mind I also do not have the device and have depended on others to confirm anything I did works.
If you want to know what is free on the system partition it is adb shell then df -f or df.

Don't think it will work. Its just revolutionary, like alpharev these software tools dont work on wfs, due to other type of memory.

didn't notice any errors during the process, it said it gained root etc, but when it restarts the phone, the root is gone again.
this is on my Wildfire a510e on 2.3.5 s-on. other temp root methods work for apps that need root though.

Henry_1 said:
Don't think it will work. Its just revolutionary, like alpharev these software tools dont work on wfs, due to other type of memory.
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You are comparing different things, also two things that are the same. Revolutionary is unrevoked & revolutionary's new name. They are s-off tools so that is why it doesn't work, as they write modded h-boots. This tool is not a s-off tool. I am also aware of what the wildfire s is. It is a nand device, same thing as the desire. Where in all honesty there is a reason they can be had so cheap. Which is due to the old technology.
Gloris said:
didn't notice any errors during the process, it said it gained root etc, but when it restarts the phone, the root is gone again.
this is on my Wildfire a510e on 2.3.5 s-on. other temp root methods work for apps that need root though.
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This is not a temp root tool. How ever if you don't let it reboot you will have temp root if you like. I can change that part in the script though. As honestly a reboot isn't needed. I don't know who from your guys parts confirmed it but supposably the htc super tool. That was originally made for the design 4g, confirmed it worked. Or it says it in his first post that it is confirmed on the wildfire s.
Where if that tool is one you are referring to or if it does work. It uses the same exploit as this, which is zergrush. As I said though the only experience I have with nand is from the desire where I was able to gain temp root on it to play with stuff. At that time I never thought to try perm-root on it. Where if you guys do need s-off I will change the first post to needing s-off. Otherwise I do not know as no one has showed nothing that it is needed. I will have to see what I can find out.
Edit: The more digging I do I can switch this to temp root for s-on and perm root for s-off. Where it looks like even though you get temp root nand is still not write-able.

2fast4u88 said:
Where it looks like even though you get temp root nand is still not write-able.
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That is correct.
I tried the process on my Wildfire S, and I get the same results as on the previous screenshot.
I proceeded to do the process on my Linux box, copying&pasting each line with the required path/changes for the OS, and even though I am "root", I can't write to anything on /system, even though it shows the partition as r/w.

Thanks for the info For now I am switch it over to s-off only till I can play with a different one for the wildfire s.

2fast4u88 said:
If you read the thread I am for sure posting in the right spot.... Just because I didn't put a simple letter by s doesn't mean I'm not. Honestly just shorter for me to type wildfire. I know the error in your post as two cdma's have mentioned it and now you two guys. I can verify the tool works as others have tried it, the only thing is I am pretty sure they were s-off.
Now unless htc has did something different on the Wildfire S (See there be the S) S-on or off doesn't matter. As now that I recall when playing with the cdma desire when they were locked on froyo you could gain temp root and push stuff still with s-on. Which is what the tool is doing. I won't for say call it perm-root as my definition of perm root is you can do what ever. How ever the tool only allows for root to stick on a reboot.
Which as you can see by your output of the script. That zerg gained temp root but is spitting out errors of not enough space. Which what you referred to as in your card and storage has nothing to do with where the stuff is being pushed to. What I mean by this is the sd card is not even used by the script. Then where the stuff is being pushed is to system. Where your internal storage free is referring to the data partition.
Edit: Keep in mind I also do not have the device and have depended on others to confirm anything I did works.
If you want to know what is free on the system partition it is adb shell then df -f or df.
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Just for future references the wildfire s is also referred as the WFS which is even shorter than just wildfire...
I hope that the feedback from us that tested the tool will help you further develop it.

pat da punk said:
hi, so will this work for wildfire s in the uk?
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If your in the uk you will be on GSM. And if your near any major city then just go to it and ask somebody selling phone cases in the street to unlock your phone. It coat me only £15!
Sent from somewhere too far away from my computer

Doesn't work on WildFire S 2.3.5 - same results as infected85.

[Q] HTC desire 2.2.2 vs Unrevoked 3.32

Heya. I've been browsing the forums back and forth and I wasn't able to find the specific answer I wanted for my question. Here goes:
First of all: Great program!
I have a HTC Desire running 2.2.2. I’ve been running Unrevoked 3.32.
I get the following error message ““Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?”
So, my question is. Do I have to downgrade my firmware? Or will there be a new version of Unrevoked that supports 2.2.2 any time soonish?
Or Might I in fact be doing something wrong?
I know about revolutionary.io but that doesn't seem to give me root access, which was what I really wanted.
I heard about this amazing program, for the first time, to days ago. Ever since I’ve been really curious and impatient about getting root access.
So, in your experiences eyes, what should I do?
Sincerely
Naggert

If you got revolutionary to work but didn't have root, then why not just download superuser app on the market?

I never tried installing revolutionary since the forum said I wouldn't give me root access. Thought it might cause more problems if I had to remove it again and all...
But you're saying it's possible to use revolutionary and then download "superuser" app from Android market? I mean, that would totally solve my problem :O
EDIT:
Been looking on Android market. It seems like superuser requires root access.. So that won't work, if revolutionary doesn't grant root access, right?

Revolutionary will give you s-off. You can practically do anything afterwards. Just read up before you go do the actual process.

Ah.. Yeah currently I have s-on...
Hm. I will most likely try and install revolutionary once I get back home from work. However I don't think it will work with the root access and all...
Superuser is the first app a user should install after rooting, if the rooting method didn't do it already. "Rooting" a phone allows a user to establish total control over the device, but Superuser is the app that provides the button for that control. With Superuser installed, any app that needs root privileges to run will have to ask permission, and an informative pop-up will display with the option to give it those privileges. This app is an absolute must for any of the other apps on the list to even run.
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naggert said:
EDIT:
Been looking on Android market. It seems like superuser requires root access.. So that won't work, if revolutionary doesn't grant root access, right?
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Read this. http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary
Specifically read question #4 on the Common Problems & Questions section.

Hm.. See that makes my heart beat a little faster! Thank you so far... Think I'll spend the last half hour at work, playing with this little tool.
Thanks for your guidance so far! I will report back once my telephone is totally broken

Sure no problem. I've used unrevoked and never had the chance revolutionary so hopefully everything would run smoothly. As i've said earlier read up
Depending on how much tweaking you'll do with your phone, you'll eventually would want to s-off your phone anyway. Good luck.

I made it work!!!
Getting the revolutionary beta key was really hard! :O All those I / l and = 0 / O 's...
I tossed it [NIGHTLY][ROM][GWK74] CyanogenMod 7 for vendor Bravo (HTC Desire GSM)
So far it's running smoothly. Phone contacts have been loaded and I'm currently copying all my old music and photos back over on the phone!
Only thing tho... No android marked... Guess I have to do a little reading on this.

Cyanogenmod doesn't include the market app but you can flash it or manually copy the apk to the /system/app folder since you are s-off. Just dont forget to change the permissions.

Flash google apps

stankyou said:
Just dont forget to change the permissions.
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Yeah I see this quite a lot... Still not sure how to... I think I've installed Android Marked but I get an error.
I get this far:
Says I'm supposed to add an account to the unit. If I press "yes" it just closes back to the previous screen.
EDIT:
Btw I made dir called: system/app/vending.apk
I think it's installed correctly
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Revolutionary fixed it for me too!
Running android 2.2.2 on HTC Desire, did eveything unrevoked told me, and then found this thread, revolutionary finally gave me S-OFF
Thanks!

Okay guys, I have a question, too!
So, I bought a used Desire (though the only sigh that it was used are a couple of schratches on the covers) and I just thought a good thing would be to root it...
So, revolutionary did its thing just about 5 mins. ago... Hooray, I have S-OFF!
But how the heck do I get it rooted with the stock ROM? I don't want to lose any data on it (although the only valuable data is the Temple Run savegame)...
I only need root to repartition my SDcard so apps could be installed there...
Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!

http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/439627-guide-revolutionary-s-off-rooting.html
go there and ur s-off so skip half of it. u need to flash superuser.zip to gain root. ul find the superuser.zip file there, cant upload it coz im on my phone.
Sent from my HTC Desire

[SOLVED] Please help me root my G2.

..I have an S-Off T-Mobile G2 shipped from US ( I'm from India) and I need to get it rooted. I've been through many tuts on the internet but they are too complicated. The primary issue is I don't know where to start from as it is an S-OFF phone ie; it works on any sim. It would be very very helpful if anyone can help me by a step by step procedure to root this S.off phone.

On a G2 s-off means security off by hboot I don't think s-off means its unlocked to any career ....and if u have s-off go on theunlocker.com and look for perminant rooting the G2 using visionary and since u say u have s-off than all u have to do is use visionary to root..one click....be careful as visionary have chances of brick if u don't know what ur doing
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium

I recommend the following TUTORIALtutorial from cyanogen wiki
I rooted mine with this method and everything went smooth. i heard visionary is not recommended so my advice would be avoid visionary. take a look at that tutorial and see.

Barry:// said:
On a G2 s-off means security off by hboot I don't think s-off means its unlocked to any career ....and if u have s-off go on theunlocker.com and look for perminant rooting the G2 using visionary and since u say u have s-off than all u have to do is use visionary to root..one click....be careful as visionary have chances of brick if u don't know what ur doing
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
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* But i have upgraded to gingerbread & the VisioNARY app from modaco gives me this warning: " This application is no longer being updated and is only recommended for use on Froyo builds."
* i dont know what s-off exactly means ...but my phones unlocked and im using an indian carrier.

Go to this guide.
Run the 'Gaining Temp Root' and 'Temp-Rooting to Backup' sections only.
Enjoy root.
-Nipqer

eternalchrist99 said:
* But i have upgraded to gingerbread & the VisioNARY app from modaco gives me this warning: " This application is no longer being updated and is only recommended for use on Froyo builds."
* i dont know what s-off exactly means ...but my phones unlocked and im using an indian carrier.
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First, you can't/don't want to use Visionary. This is not effective to achieve root if you're running Gingerbread, and it can potentionally brick your phone.
Since you are S-OFF (Security Off) you should be able to follow this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Since you already have S-OFF you should be able to just do the "Gaining temp root" and obtain permanent root. The root should stay because you are S-OFF. But I do wonder if you are really S-OFF because you said your phone "works with any carrier," but that does not mean you have S-OFF. That simply means you're SIM unlocked. When you boot into the bootloader (by pressing Power and Volume down) what does your phone say? The first line should say something like: VISION PVT ENG S-OFF

Ditamae said:
First, you can't/don't want to use Visionary. This is not effective to achieve root if you're running Gingerbread, and it can potentionally brick your phone.
Since you are S-OFF (Security Off) you should be able to follow this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Since you already have S-OFF you should be able to just do the "Gaining temp root" and obtain permanent root. The root should stay because you are S-OFF. But I do wonder if you are really S-OFF because you said your phone "works with any carrier," but that does not mean you have S-OFF. That simply means you're SIM unlocked. When you boot into the bootloader (by pressing Power and Volume down) what does your phone say? The first line should say something like: VISION PVT ENG S-OFF
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yes it does say "S-OFF" ...!!

eternalchrist99 said:
yes it does say "S-OFF" ...!!
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Okay, then you have more than enough info to proceed.

Ditamae said:
Okay, then you have more than enough info to proceed.
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alright...so you mean i just need to do the "Gaining Temp Root" procedure?!
thanks!

eternalchrist99 said:
alright...so you mean i just need to do the "Gaining Temp Root" procedure?!
thanks!
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Do "Gaining Temp Root" and "Temp-rooting to Backup" and you should be rooted.

Ditamae said:
Do "Gaining Temp Root" and "Temp-rooting to Backup" and you should be rooted.
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okay ...i'll get back soon ...after trying that ... thankss for the response!!

eternalchrist99 said:
okay ...i'll get back soon ...after trying that ... thankss for the response!!
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Okay I'm sorry if I'm sounding noobish but this is what happened.
* the 'Gaining temp root' section went all well and the device got exploited hence I exited adb shell.
* While doing 'Temp rooting for backup all the commands went well except the 'superuser' installation....it gave me the error 'INSTALL FAILED ALREADY EXIST'. Then i remembered that superuser was actually ther in my phone from the day I bought it but the app isn't responding.(still). So i skipped the step. But when I tried open titanium backup as the guide said... it wasn't able to get root access & asked to check whether my Rom is rooted.
[Q] Do I need to follow the further steps & downgrade from gingerbread to Froyo ??
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This is the present condition of the boot loader.
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It might be an old version of SuperUser, see if you can update it in the market.
If the fixsu.sh script finished properly, the SuperUser app should be the only thing holding you back from having root.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
It might be an old version of SuperUser, see if you can update it in the market.
If the fixsu.sh script finished properly, the SuperUser app should be the only thing holding you back from having root.
-Nipqer
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On market it was showing superUser installed hence I tried the SuperUser update fixer. When I open the app & try fixing it shows:
Checking Signatures.....fail
Extracting tiny busy box.......OK
Extracting SuperUser.apk.......OK
Gaining root access........... fail!
"Try downloading and flashing an update.zip from androidsu.com"

uninstall the current SuperUser app you have. then use the one included in the zip.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
uninstall the current SuperUser app you have. then use the one included in the zip.
-Nipqer
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But I guess its a system application & it doesn't have a uninstall option!! How do i do that???

It shouldn't be a system app. See if you can uninstall it via market, or just in app settings.
-Nipqer

Nipqer said:
It shouldn't be a system app. See if you can uninstall it via market, or just in app settings.
-Nipqer
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No uninstall option!!

We could find the app and manually remove it.
Get temp-root, in adb shell:
Code:
cd /system/app
ls | grep user
That should ouput a name (Superuser.apk on mine, could be something like com.chainsdd.superuser.apk)
then use:
Code:
rm -rf <name of app>
and it'll be gone.
-Nipqer

1.57 s-off

is there an exploit for hboot 1.57.0000 to s-off this phone?? tia

Not yet.

You can s-off hboot 1.57.0000 by firewater

sopont said:
You can s-off hboot 1.57.0000 by firewater
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this method works.
:good:

synisterwolf said:
this method works.
:good:
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Unless you're on the OTA that includes Sense 6 and the like. Then you're still SOL until someone releases a new exploit.

is there someone working on this actively, or did those people move to the m8

d0m_ said:
is there someone working on this actively, or did those people move to the m8
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yep there are still people working on an m7 exploit

beoxify said:
yep there are still people working on an m7 exploit
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Haven't seen or heard any posts abount an m7 exploit popping out of the wood work. Jcase even said he wont burn another until more than one phone needs the exploit. Rock and a hard place since towelroot works on the m8. Still hoping he'll update sunshine to support the new m7 update since that route actually makes them money.

asacado said:
Haven't seen or heard any posts abount an m7 exploit popping out of the wood work. Jcase even said he wont burn another until more than one phone needs the exploit. Rock and a hard place since towelroot works on the m8. Still hoping he'll update sunshine to support the new m7 update since that route actually makes them money.
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First of all, JCase said he wouldn't burn another ROOT until another phone needs it (btw, there is a working temp root on the M7, if you're not aware), not an S-OFF or booloader unlock. and second of all:
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First of all, JCase said he wouldn't burn another ROOT until another phone needs it (btw, there is a working temp root on the M7, if you're not aware), not an S-OFF or booloader unlock. and second of all:
Sorry if I came off mean....
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That's exactly what I said, nigh word for word. Temp root is pointless without the ability to S-Off. Only good news comes from that twitter post.

you guys are talking about 2 different things.
ROOT VS S-OFF
although there isn't a new Root method, firewater works for S-off on Hboot 1.57

synisterwolf said:
you guys are talking about 2 different things.
ROOT VS S-OFF
although there isn't a new Root method, firewater works for S-off on Hboot 1.57
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don't you need to have root in order to s-off?

asacado said:
That's exactly what I said, nigh word for word. Temp root is pointless without the ability to S-Off. Only good news comes from that twitter post.
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Oh i thought you were referring to something else I guess, well then.

synisterwolf said:
you guys are talking about 2 different things.
ROOT VS S-OFF
although there isn't a new Root method, firewater works for S-off on Hboot 1.57
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But without root, firewater doesn't work. ("SU or FU!" it says.)
So, they are pretty much interlinked, sadly.
And no, there is not a working root, temp or otherwise, for the Verizon M7 if you have the Sense 6 OTA. Towelroot does not work. WeakSauce does not work. "temproot" does not work. So, there is no way to S-off, unlock the bootloader, etc, etc. Basically, if you want to do anything such as install CM (which is what I want to do), you are S-O-L for the time being.

ModemMisuser said:
But without root, firewater doesn't work. ("SU or FU!" it says.)
So, they are pretty much interlinked, sadly.
And no, there is not a working root, temp or otherwise, for the Verizon M7 if you have the Sense 6 OTA. Towelroot does not work. WeakSauce does not work. "temproot" does not work. So, there is no way to S-off, unlock the bootloader, etc, etc. Basically, if you want to do anything such as install CM (which is what I want to do), you are S-O-L for the time being.
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Actually using towelroot to temproot does currently work, but everything else is patched so that doesn't change the fact that Sense 6 users are still SOL

beoxify said:
Actually using towelroot to temproot does currently work, but everything else is patched so that doesn't change the fact that Sense 6 users are still SOL
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Didn't work for me. It acted like it did work, but using root checker indicated that root failed.
And yeah like you said, doesn't matter, still no way to S-off or unlock the bootloader, so ... stuck.

ModemMisuser said:
Didn't work for me. It acted like it did work, but using root checker indicated that root failed.
And yeah like you said, doesn't matter, still no way to S-off or unlock the bootloader, so ... stuck.
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hmm thats odd, it works on mine, just tested it again a few mins ago... just making sure, you are setting towelroot to temproot right? just making sure..

beoxify said:
hmm thats odd, it works on mine, just tested it again a few mins ago... just making sure, you are setting towelroot to temproot right? just making sure..
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Yeah, tap the banner 3 times and then change the last 0 to 1? It acts like it works, but root checker says no root.

ModemMisuser said:
Yeah, tap the banner 3 times and then change the last 0 to 1? It acts like it works, but root checker says no root.
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Hmm rather odd, whats your sw number?

beoxify said:
Hmm rather odd, whats your sw number?
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4.10.605.3