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is there gonna be a new method to root the mytouch slide?

a method kinda like the mytouch3G?
because i am having alot of problems trying to root my mytouch slide
ive looked through all the guides and im really scared to brick my phone,
(i bricked my mytouch 3G :[ )
so can someone give me a guide tht shows what the phone is doing while ur doing everything on your comp? or something more clear?
because i am very afraid of bricking
please get back to me ASAP!

I can guide you through the process but everyone here spent hours figuring it out before simpleroot came out you should try that maybe.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using XDA App

Subu said:
a method kinda like the mytouch3G?
because i am having alot of problems trying to root my mytouch slide
ive looked through all the guides and im really scared to brick my phone,
(i bricked my mytouch 3G :[ )
so can someone give me a guide tht shows what the phone is doing while ur doing everything on your comp? or something more clear?
because i am very afraid of bricking
please get back to me ASAP!
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You really can't brick this phone as you can't do anything to the bootloader. Nothing short of pulling the battery while flashing the radio from the engineering image or something is going to brick it.
There have been no reports of anyone killing their phone yet.
Edit: will there be another method? You will have to go to a psychic forum to get the answer to that one.

actually there is a process but i really dont wanan tell anyone how to brick their mytouch slide.. just sees evil, ya know/

please link the guide to which youre talking about
haha

YouTube...
what a wonderful ally! Try googling for a video on rooting this phone. You'll find it there...or check out the ROM BIBLE for links...

Well, even though you should have looked first, here is the link to kingofyo's well done video of Eugene's method. After you have root, you HAVE TO flash the ENG ROM to DOWNGRADE your rom and radio. The link's in the ROM BIBLE, also. But make sure that once you're done with ENG and you flashed your chosen rom, make SURE flash the newest slide radio, also found in the "Bible". Good luck, Chuck...

lol i love how my community service speaks for itself and people recommend my stuff right off ^^

i thought i read somewhere that the NEWEST mt3gs has been patched in our root method.
the new mt3gs has smaller numbers on the top row of the physical keyboard

well i know of people who have already rooted theirs(the new ones) so i wouldnt say its unrootable

Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
oxi83 said:
And just when I was beginning to lose hope, everything worked.
I was using my program with the "stop after one 'offline'" setting. I'll upload a copy so that others can use it. It's a C#.NET program so you'll need windows and the .NET framework. It should be placed in the SDK tools folder. When your phone is on or starting, click "Run" and it'll take you through a full cycle telling you if it's successful or not (except if you tell it to stop after one "offline", then you should run adb devices to check if it worked or not). If it doesn't work, restart the phone and click Run again once it's far enough through the startup. It's by no means magic and if your phone is like mine, expect to do it many many times for it to work. However it does make it simpler since you only need to press 3 buttons every time you cycle.
"Adaptive timing" makes the program start the loop a second and a half before it detected offline mode last time. I'm not sure if that's any good, but others said that it works better when you loop for as little as possible.
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This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.

kingofyo1 said:
well i know of people who have already rooted theirs(the new ones) so i wouldnt say its unrootable
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thats really good to hear.

shadowmike said:
thats really good to hear.
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Yup. I had a new one and the easiest way to go about doing it is by keeping the battery cover off, keep loop running and keep going into recovery then battery-pulling if it doesn't work.
It's not exactly elegant, but it lets you get a ton of tries done in a fraction of the time - I was basically fully rooted within 10 minutes of starting after I started using this method.

shadowmike said:
i thought i read somewhere that the NEWEST mt3gs has been patched in our root method.
the new mt3gs has smaller numbers on the top row of the physical keyboard
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It can be rooted.

h.nocturna said:
Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.
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please make a video on it!
i need further description...
sorry guys im kinda slow!
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h.nocturna said:
Originally found this in the *Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010 on page 78.
This worked for me on the first try when other methods didn't come through. I'm not guaranteeing it will work for you too, but maybe.... just maybe...
Just unzip the file to your root SDK folder with adb.exe then make sure you have installed .NET framework then run the Autorun.exe. Good luck.
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downloading framework now....just put autorun.exe on my sdcard? or just run it

Or maybe the easy way to root it like the droid x. Where you just connect your device and click on root me or unroot me.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk

Drzfr3shboialex said:
Or maybe the easy way to root it like the droid x. Where you just connect your device and click on root me or unroot me.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk
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I wish we could use flashrec: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...0bioAw&usg=AFQjCNFl4TpWi3QnwoU2WlTIns0-nL5Kjw
You can just dl the recovery then it flashes it for you, used it to root my g1 multiple times. Too bad it probably wont work on the MTS....Unless a dev could modify it for us...Would save a lot of trouble with dealing with loop or offline in rec.

Ace42 said:
I wish we could use flashrec: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sour...0bioAw&usg=AFQjCNFl4TpWi3QnwoU2WlTIns0-nL5Kjw
You can just dl the recovery then it flashes it for you, used it to root my g1 multiple times. Too bad it probably wont work on the MTS....Unless a dev could modify it for us...Would save a lot of trouble with dealing with loop or offline in rec.
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One touch root sounds like less of a headache

mulletcutter said:
One touch root sounds like less of a headache
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I'm gonna give the autoroot a try, if it fails like the others did for me then i'm gonna wait for a new method.

How to root

I know this seems like the most retarded question ever, but can anyone point me in the right direction? Yes, I've used search and the results were all bogged down with trivial crap. I want to root my Incredible so I can use a Gingerbread ROM. I'm completely ignorant when it comes to rooting and crap, so could someone preferably point me towards a beginners guide? Thanks.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App

Htcdinc said:
I know this seems like the most retarded question ever, but can anyone point me in the right direction? Yes, I've used search and the results were all bogged down with trivial crap. I want to root my Incredible so I can use a Gingerbread ROM. I'm completely ignorant when it comes to rooting and crap, so could someone preferably point me towards a beginners guide? Thanks.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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visit www.unrevoked.com and download their tool. it's very simple, read the instructions, if you're on windows install the correct drivers and just hit the button. but please read the FAQ and readme carefully and if you don't understand something feel free to PM me because I might not see this thread and i'll help you as best I can.
Edit: Any question like this messing with your phone is not stupid. This is a great community with knowledgable people and we all started out in the same boat. Ask questions you need to ask and I guarantee you a dozen people atleast will try to help you out bud.

I had trouble with the clockworkmod as I have an SLCD. Follow this link, it explains it better than I ever could.
http://jonsuh.com/2010/11/root-your-droid-incredible-how-to/

How does one un root the device?
Sent from my HTC Incredible

Cryous said:
How does one un root the device?
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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You use a RUU and flash it like a radio through your update. It will set your phone back to just like you got it from verizon. No CWM, ROM, Kernel, any evidence of tampering. It's the best thing to do if you break your phone. Although I sent my old one in that I bricked without doing it and they sent me a new one and never said anything.

How do I flash a radio? Just go into clockwork? Or?
Sent from my HTC Incredible

Cryous said:
How do I flash a radio? Just go into clockwork? Or?
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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You download the file and make sure it is named exactly PB31IMG.zip
then:
1. Put the PB31IMG.zip onto the root of your SD card
2. Turn your phone off (not reboot)
3. Hold volume down and the power button until your phone boots up into HBoot
It will ask you if you want to update, press volume up to update.
Then once it finishes it will ask you if you want to reboot, press volume down.
Here is the newest radio:
csseale said:
Incdoes is putting it out on his twitter..anyone wanna dive in and try it...I am not brave enough. Its an 11/19 baseband.
Linkhttp://db.tt/F9khqUy
Md5 sum:
e559db670e8c520b871e9a658f5acbb9
Checkerhttp://www.md5summer.org/
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from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=874355
Here is the official radio thread by adrenalyne: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=774155&highlight=radio
You need to be very careful doing this, while it is a simple process if the is at all corrupt or you interrupt the update you will brick your phone and won't be able to use it at all. Make sure the md5 sums check out. PM me if you have more questions and i'll help you to the best of my abilities. Good luck bro.

Il be pming you shortly, how do i md5 hash check?
Sent from my HTC Incredible

Cryous said:
Il be pming you shortly, how do i md5 hash check?
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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http://www.bullzip.com/products/md5/info.php

Cryous said:
Il be pming you shortly, how do i md5 hash check?
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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You can use Astro to do that. Click and hold on the file, then click details, and wait for it to display it.
Sent from my Droid Incredible running Myn's Warm Two Point Two RLS4.

morph3k said:
You use a RUU and flash it like a radio through your update. It will set your phone back to just like you got it from verizon. No CWM, ROM, Kernel, any evidence of tampering. It's the best thing to do if you break your phone. Although I sent my old one in that I bricked without doing it and they sent me a new one and never said anything.
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I've used a RUU with flashing WM,is it the same idea? Does one use a computer to flash, or is the RUU on the phone and flash off the SD card? I do appreciate you helping us newbees to android.

kmanuel74 said:
I've used a RUU with flashing WM,is it the same idea? Does one use a computer to flash, or is the RUU on the phone and flash off the SD card? I do appreciate you helping us newbees to android.
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I am not sure what "flashing WM" is. I am no expert at Android. I've had mine for 3 months but it's very addicting and i strive to learn more always and people were willing to help me and gave me the feeling that none of my questions were stupid. I hope I can make others feel the same.
You put the RUU on your SD card on the phone. The link I posted will go through it step by step but basically you just load the RUU (PB31IMG.zip) to the main directory of your SD card, power off, volume down + power button and press volume up when it asks you to update and most importantly DO NOT interrupt it. Make sure your battery isn't going to die, your battery won't accidently dislodge and if it seems like its frozen just let it sit there and seem like it is. It is very important not to interrupt radio's and RUU's

kmanuel74 said:
I've used a RUU with flashing WM,is it the same idea? Does one use a computer to flash, or is the RUU on the phone and flash off the SD card? I do appreciate you helping us newbees to android.
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Their are 2 options one like posted above that is flashed through hboot from the sd card or the RUU which is a Windows PC based .exe. You can find both with instructions here http://dougpiston.com/?p=7

I think I forgot to post the link but here is a great RUU walkthrough. Very easy to follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786436&highlight=stock

morph3k said:
I am not sure what "flashing WM" is. I am no expert at Android.
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I've flashed custom ROMs to Windows Mobile phones for awhile. You don't need to be an expert to help, just need to know more than me.

kmanuel74 said:
I've flashed custom ROMs to Windows Mobile phones for awhile. You don't need to be an expert to help, just need to know more than me.
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Yeah it'd be the same concept just root and make sure you do a backup (nandroid) so incase something messes up you can go into clockwork recovery and restore your backup and not lose everything

Htcdinc said:
I know this seems like the most retarded question ever, but can anyone point me in the right direction? Yes, I've used search and the results were all bogged down with trivial crap. I want to root my Incredible so I can use a Gingerbread ROM. I'm completely ignorant when it comes to rooting and crap, so could someone preferably point me towards a beginners guide? Thanks.
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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I Recently *Rooted* My Girlfriend's "HTC Droid Incredible" & *NOTE* This Was After The "OTA" Was Sent Out!! Lol!! I Say This Because Alotta Advice, & Posts I Read Didn't Work If You Received That "DAMN OTA"
But Finally, The Method That Worked For Me Was The *NEW* Method From "Unrevoked-Forever"
I Think I Was The 3.22 Method, But Can't Remember For Sure!!
Anyway, All You Have To Do Is Download: The Boot Drivers, The Unrevoked-Forever Zip., & The 3.22 Zip (Or Whatever The Newest Version Is Now)??
Then Install The "HBootDrivers" To Your Computer!! Follow The Video On The *unrevoked.com* Website!!
Then Open The File 3.22 File, & Click The Top Left File Button, Make Sure USB Debugging Is Enabled Settings/Applications/Development, Connect Your Phone & Let It Run!!
*Note* It Will Look Like It's Not Doing Anything, But It Is, Let It Run!
It Takes About Fourty Minutes To Complete & Will TELL YOU WHEN IT'S FINISHED!!
GOOD-LUCK!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

morph3k said:
visit www.unrevoked.com and download their tool. it's very simple, read the instructions, if you're on windows install the correct drivers and just hit the button. but please read the FAQ and readme carefully and if you don't understand something feel free to PM me because I might not see this thread and i'll help you as best I can.
Edit: Any question like this messing with your phone is not stupid. This is a great community with knowledgable people and we all started out in the same boat. Ask questions you need to ask and I guarantee you a dozen people atleast will try to help you out bud.
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I Agree With "Morph3k"
Ask Your Questions!! And.... (@Morph3k) Good Post!! Edit: Section!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

Well, after reading more into it I think I'll forget about rooting my Inc...don't think I'm tech savvy enough. I'd probably end up bricking the phone. I appreciate the help though.

Htcdinc said:
Well, after reading more into it I think I'll forget about rooting my Inc...don't think I'm tech savvy enough. I'd probably end up bricking the phone. I appreciate the help though.
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I Understand.... But If It Makes You Feel Any Better, I Have Hardly Any Patients, Get Pissed Easily With "Tricky-For-No-Reason-Wording" BUT.... Tell You The Truth If You Go To Unrevoked Like I Said You Can More Or Less, Look At Step By Step Pictures, On How To Load The Drivers!! Well Either Way, If You Change Your Mind, Holla At Me, I'll Walk You Through It!! Happy Holidays!!
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

How to put cyanogen with visionary?

Hi, I'm sorta a noob with rooting so bare with me. First, what version of visionary should I use to root my device? Will it work after the ota update? What are the chances of visionary bricking my phone or doing anything that would make my phone unusable? Will it put SU on my phone? And now for the main question, how will I get cyanogen on my g2? Thanks for any help!
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

As far as i know visionary is not gonna brick your phone ,in regard to changing your rom you also need to s/off your phone, and to do that you need to setup ADB on your computer i suggest you read this posts first ,you will find all the answers you are after
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=857390
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=855764
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
After you root and s-off your phone you need to setup rom manager so you will get clockworkmod recovery and you can boot in to that and flash a new rom or kernel through there.
and i am not sure about the question you had about the update.
yes you will get su after rooting.

Hwoarang747 said:
Hi, I'm sorta a noob with rooting so bare with me. First, what version of visionary should I use to root my device? Will it work after the ota update? What are the chances of visionary bricking my phone or doing anything that would make my phone unusable? Will it put SU on my phone? And now for the main question, how will I get cyanogen on my g2? Thanks for any help!
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
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Ok, first there are already many threads on this subject, so next time you should try a search first,
for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850141
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882546
Next the following links will help walk you thru rooting your phone using visionary r14. I have not had any problems with it, many people have rooted this way. If something goes wrong it is usually operator error. This method is for after the OTA. All needed files and links are in the video instructions.
Visionary has bricked phones before when not properly used, the videos show how to use it properly, use all the same settings in the videos.
This is the visionary method, but works perfectly when done correctly..
No adb needed.
Follow the videos to a "T", remove visionary and superusers from you phone if you already have them installed from a previous temp root before following the videos, start fresh, follow the videos starting with temp root then onto perm root then onto flashing a rom. Do everything just like the videos start to finish and you should have no problems.
Temp root first:
http://theunlockr.com/2010/10/20/how-to-root-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision-visionary-method/
Then perm root
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/30/how-to-gain-permanent-root-and-s-off-on-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Then flash a rom
http://theunlockr.com/2010/11/30/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2-htc-vision/
Remember don't assume you know how to temp root properly, follow all three videos start to finish and you should have no problems
Also the video "Load a custom rom" will give you a link to flash your first rom. There are a couple of choices to choose from.
Good Luck.
Editlease see post #32 in this thread for a testimony from someone who just followed the videos and rooted his phone.

Thanks soooo much!!! I have another question, how will I be able to get gingerbread after rooting? Or should I wait? Do I need to wipe my phhone? And what if I just want vanilla android with su and cyanogen?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Hwoarang747 said:
Thanks soooo much!!! I have another question, how will I be able to get gingerbread after rooting? Or should I wait? Do I need to wipe my phhone? And what if I just want vanilla android with su and cyanogen?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
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Everyones still waiting on gingerbread, but it looks like Cyanogen is in the lead for releasing it.
Any time you flash a new rom you need to wipe data/cache in recovery. Updates to the same rom a wipe is not needed.
As far as what you want in a rom, my suggestion is to start flashing diffrent roms and give them a try. I thought I didnt like sense but I am currently running a sense rom (Virtuous). So you dont know till you try.

1) Don't use Visionary. People have had brick after brick when using it. Use the rage method.
2) There's a beta version of CM7.0.0 out. The devs are still working out the bugs in it.
Sent from a Western Union telegram.

blackknightavalon said:
1) Don't use Visionary. People have had brick after brick when using it. Use the rage method.
2) There's a beta version of CM7.0.0 out. The devs are still working out the bugs in it.
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1)Show me one brick from someone following the videos I posted and Ill take the links down. Yes a lot of people have bricked using visionary, but thats because they assumed they knew what they were doing when in fact they did not. Visionary causes bricks when not properly used, the videos shows how to use it properly. You must follow all the steps from start to finish including the temp root settings they use in the videos.
2)and yes there is a beta version of gingerbread out CM7 but Cyanogen did not officially release this version, and there are so many bugs in it I hardly think a noob needs to flash CM 7.0.0.

What exactly its the range method?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Hwoarang747 said:
What exactly its the range method?
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Its Rage method and heres a link to the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228&highlight=rage
I recommend you read this thread and make informed desicions, if you know how to use ADB, then this is another method. But if you dont the method I posted above is your other option, it doesn't require the use of ADB.
As far as ADB goes this is something I highly recommend learning, but we all know some people just dont get it. It took me a lot of reading and watching videos to understand ADB. Now that I know how to use ADB its pretty simple, but I remember when I first started with rooting ADB was like reading greek. But I really cant stress enough the importance of learning ADB.

Hahah sorry, i was using swype. And yeah, so what do you recomend, cause i really dont wanna brick my phone for its fairly new.

Oh, and another thing, if i root with visionary or rage, that only gives me root access. But if i flash a rom then i will also have cyanogen? And i was reading, since i wanna oc, whats this kernel stuff? Please forgive my noobish ways

Hwoarang747 said:
Hahah sorry, i was using swype. And yeah, so what do you recomend, cause i really dont wanna brick my phone for its fairly new.
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I used the videos to root my G2, there have been a lot of bricks using Visionary but I have yet to see anyone say they followed the videos to the "T" and it bricked there phone. As for the Rage method, there have been almost no reports of bricks from this method, but I have seen a few bootloops (stuck on the HTC screen). It requires using ADB, so if your ok with ADB use the Rage method, if not, you'll have to weigh the risks based on your own ability. My suggestion, watch the videos, all of them and if its something within your skill range go for it.

Hwoarang747 said:
Oh, and another thing, if i root with visionary or rage, that only gives me root access. But if i flash a rom then i will also have cyanogen? And i was reading, since i wanna oc, whats this kernel stuff? Please forgive my noobish ways
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Ok, get rooted first then you can worry about kernels, I believe Cyanogen 6.1.1 already comes with an overclocked kernel up to 1.42GHz. So all you have to do is flash CM 6.1.1 his latest release, then down load a cpu controlling app from the market like setcpu(which I use) or cputuner(free) and set the parameters you want your cpu to run at.

Thanks, but a boot loop is fixable right?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

It usualy is you can boot in to recovery and wipe and flash another kernal or rom. Just have a look at the links that I posted ,you will get all the answers.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

Hwoarang747 said:
Thanks, but a boot loop is fixable right?
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App
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Not always hopefully if this happens you have gotten far enough along to put a recovery on your phone, or sometime you can stock recovery factory reset but if those options arn't there guess what you would have to have AndriodSDk installed on your computer with ADB, but you would have to do everything in fastboot mode which is giving commands from your computer to you phone. So it wouldn't be adb because you have to be booted into Andriod to use it, it would be fastboot and run commands similar to ADB, so for this purpose you would have to know how to use ADB. And even then no guarantees. So if you are looking for a guarantee you wont brick your phone there are none, and I wont give you one, these methods have been proven to work if you follow them exactly, mess up and you have a brick.
I know most people dont have $500+ laying around and I know I dont but for me the rewards far outweighed the risk. I just got a pm from another member that followed the videos and guess what he is rooted, he did it today. I asked him to post in this thread with his success story, so hopefully he will.
Here is a quote from him from my PM "it worked! i got so frustrated with adb, i gave it a shot and success!"
Edit: He just posted success his user name is robot_agenda and his post is #32 in this thread.

wait so what did he give a shot? the gfree method?

Hwoarang747 said:
wait so what did he give a shot? the gfree method?
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He rooted his phone with visionary following the videos I posted.

and also, have you heard of the issue with visionary where the phone boots into recovery when being charged?

Hwoarang747 said:
and also, have you heard of the issue with visionary where the phone boots into recovery when being charged?
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That has nothing to do with visionary, thats has to do with ClockworkMod recovery, if your phone is powered off and you plug it in to charge it boots into recovery, if you want root you have to deal with this issue untill they fix the bug in clockworkmod recovery. Also the phone shuts off fine unless its pluged in. Everyone with a htc vision phone who is rooted has this issue. as for me I charge my phone while it on so it doesn't bother me.
heres a link to the problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884516

[rom] basic stock rom

Here's a basic stock rom in case you need it sometime
the only modifications made are the su and flash_image binaries are included and ro.secure has been turned to 0 so you can adb remount.
How to flash download the rom from here
Place rom on sdcard
wipe data and all else
then flash rom
reboot and do what you need to do

Cool, you never know when you might need this.

Thank you! Appreciated.
Sent from my VM670 using XDA App

Asadullah said:
Here's a basic stock rom in case you need it sometime
the only modifications made are the su and flash_image binaries are included and ro.secure has been turned to 0 so you can adb remount.
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How is this comparable to the rom listed here?
bit ly backslash fBEJnU
I want to have a known working recovery before I make any more changes to my phone. I am not exactly a newbie to this stuff (I have a Pandigital Novel that has been rooted and hacked into a nice tablet) but this is taking things to a whole new level for me and I need my phone. So I'm a bit nervous.
Of course I really wish I'd asked around some before I got to work on removing some of the stuff on it already (mostly known junkware from Virgin Mobile and stupid stuff like weblinks pretending to be native apps) after rooting it with superoneclick and installing root explorer. I need to know if your rom or the one I linked to will be able to allow me to roll back to a default installation that I can revert to if there are any issues down the road. Can you help me?
I apologize if this isn't the right place for this question. Thank you for the many mods I have seen you do already. I look forward to trying them once I have a fallback plan.
--bornagainpenguin
PS: I am a new user here so not allowed to post links. I hope you got the idea of where I was trying to point you to.

bornagainpenguin said:
How is this comparable to the rom listed here?
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PS: I am a new user here so not allowed to post links. I hope you got the idea of where I was trying to point you to.
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I'm not actually sure what your talking about but I've posted this on three different sites so far. I do that for the guys that don't go to other forums. There probably isn't any difference in the roms.

Asadullah said:
I'm not actually sure what your talking about but I've posted this on three different sites so far. I do that for the guys that don't go to other forums. There probably isn't any difference in the roms.
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I'm talking about the one by takehull posted on sdx-developers here.
Yours is not exactly stock since you added su and flash_image binaries--or does that really not matter?
Thanks for the reply.
--bornagainpenguin
PS: I appreciate that you try to post your work as far and wide as possible, it made it easier for me to find it.
PPS: Which forum is best to follw for work relating to the LG Optimus V?

For the record, I like it as is.
Saves me the trouble of having to root all over again.
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I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say his probably doesn't have the binaries in it, I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say that his doesn't have the binaries in it. I don't know. Honestly the only way to know for sure that it's stock rom is to get someone that hasn't rooted yet flash the recovery and get a backup of system. I've been waiting for someone like that to come along but ... It hasn't happened yet.
I won't tell you which forums to watch but I'm partial to xda cuz I been on here since my first android phone and it doesn't have those flash ads that pop up cover your entire screen until you click the x.

Asadullah said:
I'm not sure exactly how his is different since I didn't build it. I'm gonna guess and say that his doesn't have the binaries in it. I don't know.
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Well upon further re-reading the other thread I saw this posted:
takehull said:
The only modifications this has are the two binaries that you put into /system/bin when you root. You can remove them by using Superoneclick Root and selecting "unroot."
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My only excuse is that it was late when I found the thread and I wasn't reading clearly. Going by that statement his rom and your rom basically seem to be the same things.
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Honestly the only way to know for sure that it's stock rom is to get someone that hasn't rooted yet flash the recovery and get a backup of system. I've been waiting for someone like that to come along but ... It hasn't happened yet.
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Forgive my ignorance, but isn't rooting actually a requirement of obtaining the backup? Or did I misread the instructions somewhere? It'd be nice if someone at Virgin Mobile were to leak the complete rom somewhere so people had a fall back option besides trying to return the phone as bricked. (If that's even possible?)
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I won't tell you which forums to watch but I'm partial to xda cuz I been on here since my first android phone and it doesn't have those flash ads that pop up cover your entire screen until you click the x.
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Sounds like a good reason to pick a forum. Not sure if I'm a member of any places that do that since I run with adblock and noscript enabled most of the time.
Any chance you could link me to written instructions on how to flash the rom you have here? I know you have video tutorials but those are harder to follow for me because I am hard of hearing. Music I can do because it is "beautiful noise" and I can usually find some lyrics to get the words of. Your video HOWTOs are not good for me because I have to strain to hear what is being said.
Thanks again for your time and patience in replying to me.
--bornagainpenguin

Thanks. Dude above me, there is a rom flashing tutorial at prepaidandroids.net. We will help you out there. Its a site that specializes in on the Optimus v itself.
(Optimus V - Contracts Suck)

Thanks for posting this. It just came in handy when I was changing my virgin phone number. Part of the process is dialing ##841446# to bring up the activation menu, but the ## prefix on CM7 does not work, apparently only a stock ROM can do that.

Any way to put it on a phone friendly site? No matter what browser I use on my phone it will not download from google docs.
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THANKS, this worked perfectly.
It's pretty much as described, a stock Opt V rom, with Super User already set up and installed.
Titanium worked on it no problem as well.

thanks a ton man! i needed to flash back to stock to get my 3G working again. if you flash a custom rom while youre between payments, you know, during down time, you may need to flash back to stock and run the activation app next time you put service on your phone.
worked like a charm. i thought my 3G was broken. im doing a happy dance now!

Anyway I can get a link to the stock rom with all the bloatware removed but not rooted?

DarkLG said:
Anyway I can get a link to the stock rom with all the bloatware removed but not rooted?
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Tell me what you consider bloatware and ill make it for you.

tvall said:
Tell me what you consider bloatware and ill make it for you.
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Well those apps that come preinstalled like the virgin radio and such .If you could add in the newest market,g+,music I would greatly appreciate it

DarkLG said:
Well those apps that come preinstalled like the virgin radio and such .If you could add in the newest market,g+,music I would greatly appreciate it
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Zipping, will flash and test then upload.
Its just de-bloated. Nothing added (yet)
http://db.tt/fsvq1JB6
Haven't tested yet. I'm lazy

tvall said:
Zipping, will flash and test then upload.
Its just de-bloated. Nothing added (yet)
http://db.tt/fsvq1JB6
Haven't tested yet. I'm lazy
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haha let me know normally I would do it myself the whole making and adding but everything java and android based don't woprk o my pc :/

ES file explorer is a great way to remove bloat from your phone

D710 Source Code Released!

http://briefmobile.com/samsung-epic-4g-touch-source-code-released
https://opensource.samsung.com/
Scroll down to find D710 and have fun building those kernels!

We needs that root ...
Then you know ****s about to go down ....

iSaint said:
We needs that root ...
Then you know ****s about to go down ....
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Root is easy. Port the recovery, flash it then flash su. BINGO!

I know its easy but no one has done it yet ... thats the problem lol

iSaint said:
I know its easy but no one has done it yet ... thats the problem lol
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I'm going to work on it. Samsung has provided us unlocked bootloader, and source. All I have to do is find out what partition the recovery is on.
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Awesome, things should go quickly now!

Can't wait to see how custom colonels will utilize our duel core processors!

I just hve to say, so far, Samsung is being quite awesome
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greengoldmello said:
I just hve to say, so far, Samsung is being quite awesome
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Hopefully they will be good with timely updates as well..but we'll see. So far I like what i see though

Korey_Nicholson said:
Root is easy. Port the recovery, flash it then flash su. BINGO!
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no need to port recovery for that...
just change ramdisk/initramfs to push SU files to /system
done its rooted

DooMLoRD said:
no need to port recovery for that...
just change ramdisk/initramfs to push SU files to /system
done its rooted
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Can you do that for the E4GT?

Please help us!!!
Wow Doomlord..You make it sound so EZ!!! I've been trying everything and anything..I dont wanna Hard Brick this thing cause I know I'd have to wait,who knows how long seeing that they are on Back Order!!

jaybizza said:
Wow Doomlord..You make it sound so EZ!!! I've been trying everything and anything..I dont wanna Hard Brick this thing cause I know I'd have to wait,who knows how long seeing that they are on Back Order!!
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It is that easy. It's just that getting R/W access to /system may or may not be trivial. I haven't tried yet, I'm still getting used to this ginormous screen in my pocket....It is a little disorienting, and I'm coming from an E3D lol.
I'm from HTC so I don't have any familiarity with how this works...
does the "update.zip" (based on model number or other identifier) method work for anything? Since the bootloader isn't "locked" (crypto-signed) does that mean that update.zip's (or their equivalent) signature's aren't crypto-signed...or signed at all?
If the security is that lax, well, it is a matter of minutes until any one of us walks right into root....by accident

Rooting & Security
If this is not the right thread to ask this in, I apologize as I am not trying to hijack this thread. That being said, I am new to Android having only had my Samsung View 4g since its release and my new Epic Touch since last night. I have read several news articles that have indicated that a rooted device somehow is less secure then a stock device and I am wondering if this is true and if there is a way to have Root access and still remain secure or if this is just another thing the non-tech media are over hyping?

Blu3Fr0g said:
If this is not the right thread to ask this in, I apologize as I am not trying to hijack this thread. That being said, I am new to Android having only had my Samsung View 4g since its release and my new Epic Touch since last night. I have read several news articles that have indicated that a rooted device somehow is less secure then a stock device and I am wondering if this is true and if there is a way to have Root access and still remain secure or if this is just another thing the non-tech media are over hyping?
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They are over-hyping it, you have nothing to fear unless you actually are looking for an app to mess up your phone. Root access has an app called superuser which lets you control which apps can use root access to the system or not. Don't worry, its safe!

update.zips
update zips are signed updates from like samsung, we either can apply zips in CWM, which has been pushed to epic either via ADB originally or via ODIN and flashing a TAR to a partition Odin makes the world go around and around for noncrippled samsungs (im pointing at the replenish my mom has)

Can this be ported to Galaxy S2 - i9100

If samsung keeps this up, I may have to put my HTC away for a couple months. Does samsung have skins like htc phones?