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[Q]What root method did I use?

I can't for the life of me remember what root method I used. I'm not to clued up on the really technical stuff, but I have been able to flash custom boot images and what ever the latest radio is.
Is there away to find out?
There are 2 reasons why I ask. One is that after have a read through the stickies recently I was reading about gfree, none of what I read sounded even vaugely familiar. But from reading around these forums the gfree method of rooting it is the best way of routing and the safest. Is this correct? And if I'm not rooted from using gfree should I consider unrooting and rerooting using the gfree method? And this bring me on to my second question, if I did want to unroot my phone to go back to stock would I need to know my rooting method?
Thanks in advance
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Edit, I'm a idiot, quoted my op instead of editing it

Hmm... am not sure if u can even find out. Well if u use the 1st method of rooting and getting the s-off using terminal and visionary with unforgivens way or you used rage which am not familiar with and the last one I know is the gfree way
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I need help rooting g2 2.3.4

Hi I need help rooting my g2 its running 2.3.4 ota
I used the oneclick but its not perm
is their a eazyer why then adb
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bord1er said:
Hi I need help rooting my g2 its running 2.3.4 ota
I used the oneclick but its not perm
is their a eazyer why then adb
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All of the oneclick methods have a high brick rate; the safest way to root is via adb as listed in the wiki. Its quite simple (I was drunk when I rooted mine), just follow the directions and double check your typing
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Follow the wiki guide. Follow exactly the guide. Should be no problem.
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The wiki is the best way.
Use the Wiki as it is the XDA approved method. Now you will need to down grade so you need to follow the wiki in the exact order that it is. If you cannot follow the instructions, then you probably should not be rooting your phone in the first place.
You may want to take it to a fried that you trust to do the work and show/explain to you what they are doing and why. What are your goals for a rooted phone.

I've rooted my Vision twice with ADB and it gets easier once you get the hang of it.

bord1er said:
Hi I need help rooting my g2 its running 2.3.4 ota
I used the oneclick but its not perm
is their a eazyer why then adb
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Well it's very common that people get intimidated at the mention of ADB when they start out to root their phone... You could follow rooting instructions on my blog www.desirez.strawmetal.com you could try out the HTC Super Tool or use the regular guide there.. hope i could help you

My response to another guy (with basically the same question) just earlier today pretty much covers my thoughts on the matter: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21280578&postcount=18
Wiki guide or strawmetals (or the guide in CM Wiki, for that matter) are essentially the same, I believe. But it looks like strawmetal was kind enough to package all the needed files into one download package, and simplify the steps a bit.

OriginalGabriel said:
All of the oneclick methods have a high brick rate; the safest way to root is via adb as listed in the wiki. Its quite simple (I was drunk when I rooted mine), just follow the directions and double check your typing
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Lml u was drunk...#jokes...anyway follow the cm wiki to root. 2.3.4 phone.
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The downgrade is the hard part, and that requires adb.
Once past that, you could use the visionary/gfree method (not the visionary perm root method). It's pretty safe from what I've heard. I know some will disagree, but I've done it 3 times successfully with gfree.

i try to set up adb but my computer is dumb!!
it never reads my phone i tryed like three diffrent adb still nothing

If you haven't already, check out the adb guide in my signature to see if that helps.
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hi i too need apps or method for rooting my phone of rom 2.3.3 offcial of bild number 2.42
please help meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Help rooting after update to 2.3.5?

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.

intrlude said:
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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{ParanoiA} said:
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!

No4g4Me said:
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.

Failed, remote: Not allowed

Yo, again problems with fckin htc devices.
I just downgraded the rom from gingerbread to 2.2 froyo.
After that I rooted the phone, but now I cant install cwm recovery via adb.
Always gettin the msg "failed, REMOTE: NOT ALLOWED "
Debugging is enabled.
Anyone can help me with that crap htc phone?

Calling your g2/dz crap doesn't make it so, it just sounds like you don't know what you're doing and then complaing that it must be the phones fault... kinda flawed logic.
But if you want some help rooting it why don't you post a copy of your cmd output/imput and we can see where you went wrong. Also maybe link the guide you're following as there may bed a better one that is easier for you to understand
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demkantor said:
Calling your g2/dz crap doesn't make it so, it just sounds like you don't know what you're doing and then complaing that it must be the phones fault... kinda flawed logic.
But if you want some help rooting it why don't you post a copy of your cmd output/imput and we can see where you went wrong. Also maybe link the guide you're following as there may bed a better one that is easier for you to understand
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Htc is crap. I got also a sensation. I got more than enough bugs after the ics update.
Well, nvm
B2T
Downgrade guide : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
root : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XG4I6W8MMnQ

Well that is the right downgrade guide, now you need to root it, follow the xda wiki to do that... if you have issues post the imput output of cmd
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demkantor said:
Well that is the right downgrade guide, now you need to root it, follow the xda wiki to do that... if you have issues post the imput output of cmd
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The phone is already rooted and S-off

During the rooting process and gaining true radio soff you will have a custom recovery.
Did you follow the YouTube video to root then?
The only method you won't to use to root is with gfree
Either follow the xda wiki
Cyanogens wiki
Or straw metals PDF guide
For the most part anything else you do will cause you problems
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Yea, I followed the youtube video.
How can I roll it back to s-on?

i just quickly looked at the youtube video and it seems it was having you run gfree for the exploit which is good but doing it through terminal emulator not through adb. shouldnt be an issue doing this but im too lazy to go through the video and see if it was telling you all the right things, either way you need to check and see if gfree worked.
check THIS POST out, follow the steps at the bottom and see if gfree worked. if you have true radio s-off than flash one of the pc10img.zips through hboot or fastboot - fastboot is the preferred method as if there is an error it will tell it to you and you can choose not to reboot until it is fixed.
if you need further help feel free to ask

Just checked it.
But got one question
"~make nandroid in recovery"
How can I make a backup without recovery? :x

As long as it says secure flag zero you are safe to use the pc10img.zip
The nandroid is just so you can restore easy, instead just flash a new rom
But you may just want to flash the recovery through fastboot if you're not interested in changing radios etc, so long as you have an engineering SPL you can do this, if not flashing the pc10img.zip will give you one.
More info here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27796375
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[Q] Please guide me in the right direction....

Good evening everybody! I have a problem that's been driving my batty the past couple nights. My cousin gave me his old Droid Incredible 2 to mess around with and try to get a little faster. I do have some experience with the phones, so I'm not completely new to this. Here is my problem: I went to look up a way to root the phone and found a tutorial that shows me how to root it and unlock the bootloader from the HTCdev site. I have successfully unlocked the bootloader and achieved root as well. From that point I installed an ice cream sandwich 4.0.3 custom rom. After messing around with the phone and the newly installed rom for a while, I decided that I wanted to revert back to the stock rom and start fresh.
If I understood what I researched correctly, I shouldn't have unlocked the bootloader from HTCdev and just went ahead and did the s-off? This is where I'm confused. I tried to relock the bootloader and it gave me the security warning. When I try to run revolutionary, it tells me HBoot, .98 isn't supported at this time. So...I think I have to figure out how to downgrade the HBoot to .97, am I right? Can someone please give me a detailed instruction guide, or link on how to get this back to normal?
Thanks. Brian

well to get your phone back to stock flash a ruu your bootloader will still be locked but as far as s-off goes read this thread > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298990
follow the instructions and you wont have a problem i used this to root myfiances inc2 a while back

Linch89 said:
well to get your phone back to stock flash a ruu your bootloader will still be locked but as far as s-off goes read this thread > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1298990
follow the instructions and you wont have a problem i used this to root myfiances inc2 a while back
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Flashing an RUU is putting the PG32IMG file on my sd card, right? I've done that and it says that "Main version is older". So do I keep the bootloader locked and get s-off? Since the phone stays in the bootloader when I relock it through adb.

Unlock again and keep it at the sense stock and follow the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28290187
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GoonAssJuan said:
Unlock again and keep it at the sense stock and follow the following http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28290187
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Thank you so much! That did it!

08fofose said:
Thank you so much! That did it!
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Glad to hear. :thumbup:
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