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ok so my mt3gs is rooted blah blah blah but it wont book to clockwrk thrw the rom manger it just comes up with a triangel and the ! mark (cant spell it) my question is y ? do i need to flash the eng spl or what ? thanks in advanced
rok0187 said:
do i need to flash the eng spl or what
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Yes, you do.
Edit: And your post would be Q&A, not development.
Did u try pressing volume down and power at the ! Screen? I know clockwork usually comes up directly using rom manager, but you can still get to clockwork that way.
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rok0187 said:
ok so my mt3gs is rooted blah blah blah but it wont book to clockwrk thrw the rom manger it just comes up with a triangel and the ! mark (cant spell it) my question is y ? do i need to flash the eng spl or what ? thanks in advanced
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You need to update the recovery from rom manager.
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None of these suggestions are going to do any good if he hasn't the flashed the engineering image.
ok just relized its in the wrong section and yea i read some wear u didnt need to flash the eng spl but i guess i have to so off to do that
I did previously flash the ENG build and I have to go through the first part of the root process every time I want to use Clockwork. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...
Sleef said:
I did previously flash the ENG build and I have to go through the first part of the root process every time I want to use Clockwork. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...
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for real well iam not in any rush to flash the eng spl so i think iam just stick with the push methoid
rok0187 said:
for real well iam not in any rush to flash the eng spl so i think iam just stick with the push methoid
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Why would you not flash the eng? It takes 5 minutes that save on asking repetitive questions. Many people will tell you that you DON'T need to flash it, but if everybody flashed the eng build, everytime there was a problem people wouldn't have to ask, "Did you flash the eng build?" Kind of a time-saver and yes it irons out ALL the kinks other than user error.
The belief that it WASN'T necessary was started by Wes Garner because one of his ROMS never installed correctly, but to this day, it still remains uninstallable...so it has nothing to do with the eng build being the prob.
Just my 2 cents, bro.
jreed3786 said:
Why would you not flash the eng? It takes 5 minutes that save on asking repetitive questions. Many people will tell you that you DON'T need to flash it, but if everybody flashed the eng build, everytime there was a problem people wouldn't have to ask, "Did you flash the eng build?" Kind of a time-saver and yes it irons out ALL the kinks other than user error.
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The engineering rom being optional is like saying leaving gas in your car is optional. I mean, sure, you could always leave it empty and walk to the gas station with a can and come back every time you wanted to start it, but its a heck of a lot easier if you just leave some gas in the tank for next time.
Tick...tick...tick....
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The engineering rom being optional is like saying leaving gas in your car is optional. I mean, sure, you could always leave it empty and walk to the gas station with a can and come back every time you wanted to start it, but its a heck of a lot easier if you just leave some gas in the tank for next time.
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BOOM!!!!! goes the ATOM BOMB!
Sleef said:
I did previously flash the ENG build and I have to go through the first part of the root process every time I want to use Clockwork. I'm sure I'm doing something wrong...
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is the update.zip file on your memory card. If it is then all you have to do is flash the update.zip from the recovery menu or just use rom manager
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lstevens86 said:
is the update.zip file on your memory card. If it is then all you have to do is flash the update.zip from the recovery menu or just use rom manager
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It is on my SD card but I have to do the adb loop process and push the update after unsuccessfully flashing the update just like the first time I rooted. Rom Manager is not getting me into Clockworkmod recovery.
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It is on my SD card but I have to do the adb loop process and push the update after unsuccessfully flashing the update just like the first time I rooted. Rom Manager is not getting me into Clockworkmod recovery.
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did you use eugene's eng on your phone or wes's champion build
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lstevens86 said:
did you use eugene's eng on your phone or wes's champion build
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Pretty sure it was Eugene's. I also later ran the corrected .nbh file.
What an odd typo. I meant the ESPRIMG.zip.
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Pretty sure it was Eugene's. I also later ran the corrected .nbh file.
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You have restored your phone back to stock recovery doing that. You need to reinstall the engineering image.
falken98 said:
You have restored your phone back to stock recovery doing that. You need to reinstall the engineering image.
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Yeah Falken is right reinstall the engineering image. And that should solve it.
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Even before I ran the ESPRIMG.zip I couldn't get straight into Clockworkmod.
Thanks for helping, by the way. I have to go into work now but I'll give re-flashing the ENG build later.
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Even before I ran the ESPRIMG.zip I couldn't get straight into Clockworkmod.
Thanks for helping, by the way. I have to go into work now but I'll give re-flashing the ENG build later.
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Just make sure you keep the update.zip on your sd. It didn't let you get straight into clockwork anyway. You need rom manager or bootloader to recovery then update.zip will get you in everytime with the ENG build
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Im planning on rooting the Slide tomorrow and was wondering if I could keep the Stock rom and just install SU to have a rooted stock rom? does anyone know if this is possible? and does anyone have a flashable zip with Su and goodies in it?
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Im planning on rooting the Slide tomorrow and was wondering if I could keep the Stock rom and just install SU to have a rooted stock rom? does anyone know if this is possible? and does anyone have a flashable zip with Su and goodies in it?
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when u do root u do keep the stock rom. its not like the g1 where u had to flash a rom. on our phone u don't have too.
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There are a couple custom roms that are basically the stock rom rooted, and maybe just s few extras.
Hey I tried CR's new OTA rom but I can't seem to delete any apks from /system/app. Makes me feel like im not rooted
Did you try doing it from recovery or when the phone was booted? I've always done it in recovery, mounting the system partition, and then launched adb shell.
fermunky said:
Did you try doing it from recovery or when the phone was booted? I've always done it in recovery, mounting the system partition, and then launched adb shell.
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Yup I just learned I had to do that last night, if I could ask though, Why? Its not like this on Droid, Eris, or Nexus that I've used in the past. Is it some sort of Lock HTC has put in?
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Yup I just learned I had to do that last night, if I could ask though, Why? Its not like this on Droid, Eris, or Nexus that I've used in the past. Is it some sort of Lock HTC has put in?
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That's a good question and I don't know if any of us has a definite answer, if we did I'm sure some one wuold have figured out how to bypass it (not the overlay method). It's just how HTC or T Mobile set it up *sigh*
For now we have to do all system writes via recovery
This is what has kept me from rooting. I loved having the freedom with my G1 to do what ever I wanted when I rooted but its almost like even after rooting the slide your still not really rooted. You can get SU but if you try to delete a system app from the terminal emulator you cant. Once we have true root status I'll probably root.
I am pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that we still dont have a "true root". The /system folder is set to read-only or something along those lines when not in Recovery.
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Hey I tried CR's new OTA rom but I can't seem to delete any apks from /system/app. Makes me feel like im not rooted
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Yeah, it's one major thing I hate, would be nice to have rw access on /system while booted - without creating sym. links or doing an overlay. Damn you NAND!!!
I have the newest cyanogen 6.1 on my g2 and I dont have the stock zip anymore, How do I go back to stock, I need a stock froyo download, I dont care if I lose root...
Go to the development section and look at the sticky. You'll find one that has the how to revert back to stock using a hex editor. In the 6th page of the how to thread I posted a link to a hex editor. It's cake.
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ddgarcia05 said:
It's cake.
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Mmhhh.... Tasty
Did it.... But now superuser is still there lol ... I want to go back to CM 6 but what should I do so if I ever want to go back to stock it will be there, also what should I do to get all my apps over on CM 6.1
and now my wifi doesnt work, It just says error when I click the check box on in settings
Stock image did you use? I used the one linked in the how to and had no problem.
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I used that one as well, also did superuser still show up when you were back to stock?
Your probably didn't flash all the way. After restoring from an official image you should be completely stock.
how do I flash all the way? I did what the steps said, and this is what im running now:
Android 2.2
Baseband:
12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2
Kernel Version:
[email protected]#1
build number:
1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys
I see that it still says cyanogen mod on the kernel version...
But when I boot up it boots regular and does not have the CM 6.1 screen and has the G2 screen instead, and looks like stock froyo....
I try using the method stated above and get the error, then Im stuck on this part I guess:
"**IMPORTANT**
If the flash has failed you must reboot back into the OS and use HexEditor which i have attached to the thread. DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THIS!!
Open up an ADB Shell and run the following command:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img
this will then export the misc.img file we need to edit to the root of the sdcard.
Mount your sdcard and save the misc.img file to your PC and Open the file with HexEditor.
You should now see the version number on the right hand side of the application and it should read "1.22.531.8" YOU MUST CHANGE THIS TO "1.19.531.1" you can now save the file as miscnew.img and place it on the root of your sdcard and then unmount the sdcard from windows.
Now go back to your ADB Shell and run the following command
dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
you can now make sure you have copied the PC10IMG.zip file to the root of your SDCARD and power off your phone and proceed to step 2."
I am using terminal emulator and it says "cannot open for readermission denied, " when I enter this in the emulator "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img"
NVM forgot to su lol silly me
will keep updated on my progress
Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?
icolorado303 said:
Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?
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You can only back up the phone from it's stock rooted state. Correct?
Anyways, if you going to reroot the phone I highly suggest you use rage instead of visionary.
where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...
icolorado303 said:
where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
Start here. The instructions and files are all there and work. I've just done 3 G2s using this method and had no problems at all.
Also, you'll need to get adb working on your PC to be able to use rage.
See this guide on adb - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.
anyone? 10char
mcp2009 said:
will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.
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You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
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You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
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yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.
mcp2009 said:
yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.
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That guide will let you downgrade to the stock ROM, yes. There's a note at the bottom saying it's not a rooting method (not sure why that note is there really), is that what you mean ?
OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?
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OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?
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I am not %100 if this is your problem but i think you need ENGINEERING HBOOT
to run adb commands ,you can do it by reading the wiki http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Z.2FG2.2FDHD.29_-_OPTIONAL_and_UNNECESSARY.21
But if you want to do it be very very carefull becasue if you do it wrong you will brick your phone and there is no way back
S-OFF is different from having your phone rooted, so it sounds like your rooting hasn't worked. If you have S-OFF and the eng hboot, you could use fastboot to flash Clockwork recovery and then install a custom pre-rooted ROM.
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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steviewevie said:
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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I did notice that while I was rooting. A command said no such file or directory. So I wonder if that was it? I thought it was supposed yo happen tho lol
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wang1404 said:
If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.
joemm said:
If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.
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It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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wang1404 said:
It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
joemm said:
Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
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The ADB remount command requires the ro.secure property to be set to 0 (even if you are rooted). If you want to remain on the stock ROM, flashing the linked ROM will do it for you (and is way easier than doing it yourself manually). Most (if not all) of the custom ROMs will set this property for you if you wanted to try others as well.
Thank you guys very much. I never faced this problem before since my n1 was rooted and flashed rom using the phone not adb our anything related to computer.so thanks guys. Case closed. Happy me lol
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Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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swagnificent said:
Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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No way to root it sorry can only root 2.3.3 down ATM
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Actually just came to my senses if you have hboot needed for revolutionary then you should be fine I believe it was 2.16 and 2.15. To check your hboot pull battery out hold power button and volume down at the same time
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Nah h-boot version like 2.18.000. After the new upgrade.
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seems like another htc gotcha! so if your not rooted before the ota, and you updated, no root/unlocking for now i think is the consensus.
brad560 said:
seems like another htc gotcha! so if your not rooted before the ota, and you updated, no root/unlocking for now i think is the consensus.
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Its basically confirmed no root; until revolutionary [if] the update the method to include the 2.18 hboot. Also #2 thread.
U have an evo on2.3.5 stock?
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vabeachfc3s said:
U have an evo on2.3.5 stock?
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Recent ota happened and changed hboot and switched it to 2.3.5 from 2.3.3
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Sweet. Now im bout to lose money until a method is developed. Good thing theres an ass load of other phones ppl need flashed and rooted
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swagnificent said:
Ok so I've been wanting to root for a while now but never did, so I could read up on it more. If anyone knows how to root my Evo 4g after today's update to 2.3.5 I would be very greatful. Thanks everyone very much.
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if you had been reading up on rooting and really doing your research then you should have learned that you never accept an update right when it comes out because you lose the ability to root until a fix is found (and it often takes some time).
teh roxxorz said:
Its basically confirmed no root; until revolutionary [if] the update the method to include the 2.18 hboot. Also #2 thread.
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just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.
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just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.
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Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.
and speaking of revolutionary, lets focus on something more universal like an apk rooting method
thank you church.
Awesome work man. Thankyou for that.
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roids87 said:
Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.
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Here's what I came up with. Still may do a video. Hope it makes sense, it was very early/late when I wrote this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458491
Slightly off this topic, but along the same lines, so I didn't want to start another thread.
I rooted back in November, prior to the latest OTA update - and had a pretty good understanding of what I was doing - I think.. heh
I NEVER flashed a new ROM, Kernel, Radio, etc. Only backedup, rooted, removed some bloatware, and that's it.
I still have superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (I think?) in my root folder of my SD Card. Nothing else.
I backed up my Nandroid to my computer, as well as all the TitaniumPro backups of bloatware.
I saw Brad560's two posts - both Barebones and Stock ROM's.
In the Stock post, he listed Deodex'ed, Odexed, and Original UnRooted ROM. This confused me, as I'm still trying to wrap my head around the flashing part. Then I saw a reply about Radios?
I think at this point, I definitely want to remain rooted, but would like the "official" release from HTC/Sprint (in root form, stable, as close to the original as possible, for now).
Which ROM should I grab?
Will I need to flash a new kernel? I don't have any desire to overclock or anything.
And will I need to update the Radios separately?
Thanks, sincerely appreciate any help.
Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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Thanks for replying.
I have read it. That's the first time I had heard of those things, which is why I asked here.
I think some folks forget what's it like to learn this stuff.. and while many here have been around for awhile and have absorbed over time, there are people like me (a military pilot btw lol) who has a tough time grasping some of the verbiage. I had the rooting thing down. Flashing a ROM seemed easy enough, though hadn't done it. Then someone throws up 3 versions in that post and 2 in the other. I get his barebones stuff - for the most part - he stripped stuff out.
Anyway, I suppose I will take the plunge and pick one of the ROMs, then suppose flash the latest radios.
Thanks!
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I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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For the time being, only way to "root"/unlock is via HTCDEV method which requires you be connected to your computer via USB sync cable.