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Basic's of Rooting

I was just wondering if anyone could just post the basic's of rooting, not how to do it, but everything I need to know and keep in mind, what everything means, if say something goes wrong, or need to re-flash a rom, just the basic's, I can follow directions just fine, so I don't think ill have any problems rooting.
I did the unrevoked method, just to get superuser and install a few apps, waiting to do the toast method once a good ROM comes out, and now that Fresh is out, I think it is time.

It is really pretty easy. I think setting up adb is the hardest part and it's not too bad either if you follow a guide here.
If searching xda isn't enough try youtube.

This is a bad idea.
Rooting isn't that hard, the instructions are clear. If it became any easier then everyone would do it and we would have people coming out of the woodwork asking for help for this that and the other.
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nenn said:
This is a bad idea.
Rooting isn't that hard, the instructions are clear. If it became any easier then everyone would do it and we would have people coming out of the woodwork asking for help for this that and the other.
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Who cares if "everyone comes out of the woodwork"???? People take this far too seriously...it's a freakn' phone. If there are a ton of noob questions on here, so be it. The world will not end. If you don't like the questions, there is a button on your mouse that will help you skip past it. I thought that's what forums were designed for in the first place??

oOflyeyesOo said:
I was just wondering if anyone could just post the basic's of rooting, not how to do it, but everything I need to know and keep in mind, what everything means, if say something goes wrong, or need to re-flash a rom, just the basic's, I can follow directions just fine, so I don't think ill have any problems rooting.
I did the unrevoked method, just to get superuser and install a few apps, waiting to do the toast method once a good ROM comes out, and now that Fresh is out, I think it is time.
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it's honestly REALLY EASY, you flash a zip, reboot, flash another zip then flash a rom and your done.

Installing the ROM on my phone wasn't what I was concerned about.... but whatever, flashing now.

How do you install unrevoked? I would like to try this method if is possible since I had my evo rooted then I unrooted and install the OTA and now I can't root it anymore.

http://unrevoked.com/m/
Go there, and then click the image, it will install itself. Make sure in the options you make it so it can download unautorized files.

[Q] Unlocking the New HTC EVO 4G

I know, I know, I know...
I am a member of a few different forums for other things and there is always a neb that comes on and asks a question that has been beat to death.
I have heard that God kills a kitten ever time someone post a thread before doing a search on what you are trying to get answered. So for my sake, God's sake and that poor kitten sake, I did read through a lot of post before I had the sack to post this question
I am posting this question because there seems to be a lot of different answers to a lot of different questions, so, I was hoping for very direct answers to these questions that I know have been asked plenty of times...
Here it goes...
I have purchased the HTE EVO w/ android 2.2 and I have had it for about 2 weeks.
I want to root my phone, which is my first ever smart phone.
This is what I would like to happen...
1) I want to be able to have the restore point so that I can flash my phone back to stock so that if something happens the warranty will still be good.
* Does this save on my home pc or sdcard? Or Both?
I have read that you need to download here not there(ruu...clockworks/rom manager)...no here not there...If you download anything but this you will not be able to get it back to the stock setting and Sprint will know you have rooted the phone...The whole thing started to get a little confusing.
I am a very simple person so I am hoping for a very simple answer, if there is one.
1) How do I root my HTC EVO that has the android 2.2?
2) How do I make sure that I can have a recovery point incase I mess it up (brick, etc...)
3) How do I make sure that I can flash my phone back to the original settings just incase I have to send it in to be fixed for some reason, which rom manager lets me do this?
4) Is it legal to do this?
5) What might be the biggest no-no to do before, during and after you root your phone?
Thank you in advance for taking the time to read this.

Visit the wiki, that should answer most of your answers.
1. Rooting voids warranty
2. Always perform a nand backup if you want to revert to your previous state.
Visit the wiki, the instructions are simple.
EDIT: Actually the wiki will answer all of your answers.
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Sorry for the silly ? But what is the wiki?

It is a sticky in Android Development called Evo Wiki. You have to put effort in searching, I believe in you!
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if you figure out if you want to root, i will be glad to help you do it. [honestly, that seems to be my self-chosen job on this subforum]

dkdude36 said:
if you figure out if you want to root, i will be glad to help you do it. [honestly, that seems to be my self-chosen job on this subforum]
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I need help PLEASE!!!! I just got my EVO on 11/18/10 and nothing works
(think its operator era ME! not even unrevoked3 and that's suppose to be simple if you can help me root my phone i got some lunch money for you
thanks for any thing you can do!

Goddamit don't try to root new evos wih unrevoked or you could be bricked for eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it could be impossible for you to root because you ran unrevoked, but might as well give it a try. Gtalk, email, and Im are all [email protected] and like I said earlier, rooting evos seems to be my job.

Ok...
I am a new b at this. How can I get my evo rooted?
I noticed not to use unrevoked, but that is the only thing out there when I do a search.
Can someone please point me to the right dirction. some idiot proof instructions, videos, etc...
Thank you in advance.

dkdude36 said:
Goddamit don't try to root new evos wih unrevoked or you could be bricked for eva!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! it could be impossible for you to root because you ran unrevoked, but might as well give it a try. Gtalk, email, and Im are all [email protected] and like I said earlier, rooting evos seems to be my job.
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How many have you done? I would like to do it to line but I would like to have the answers to the questions on my op. Does not week like anyone has been able to simplify an answer yet? Thanks for your help, my ears are open.

chefdrew said:
How many have you done? I would like to do it to line but I would like to have the answers to the questions on my op. Does not week like anyone has been able to simplify an answer yet? Thanks for your help, my ears are open.
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i have helped like 4 people root on hboot .79, and i am in the process of helping 3 people (at once heh) to root 2.02. i have never actually rooted 2.02, but me and the people i'm working with should finish soon.

Juan Camaney said:
Ok...
I am a new b at this. How can I get my evo rooted?
I noticed not to use unrevoked, but that is the only thing out there when I do a search.
Can someone please point me to the right dirction. some idiot proof instructions, videos, etc...
Thank you in advance.
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DO NOT RUN UNREVOKED OR YUO COULD PERMANENTLY CORRUPT YOUR PHONE!!!!! at the moment, there is no brainless way of doing it. you need to manually set up the adb and usb drivers, and then do some coding work, along with downloading like 1/3 gig of files.

[Q] Help Updating Rooted Epic

I have a rooted Epic on Froyo with CWM. No custom mod or kernel.
I got the OTA Update, and it failed.
I downloaded the Zip and tried CWM to install it. And it fails with this message :
Code:
I:Update location: /sdcard/update.zip
Opening update package...
Installing update...
FSR VERSION: FSR_1.2.1p1_b139_RTM
minor position size units id
1: 0x00000000-0x00040000 0x00040000 1 0
2: 0x00040000-0x00080000 0x00040000 1 1
3: 0x00080000-0x00a80000 0x00a00000 40 20
4: 0x00a80000-0x00bc0000 0x00140000 5 3
5: 0x00bc0000-0x00d00000 0x00140000 5 4
6: 0x00d00000-0x01200000 0x00500000 20 21
7: 0x01200000-0x01980000 0x00780000 30 6
8: 0x01980000-0x02100000 0x00780000 30 7
9: 0x02100000-0x12d80000 0x10c80000 1074 22
10: 0x12d80000-0x32f80000 0x20200000 2056 23
11: 0x32f80000-0x3de80000 0x0af00000 700 24
12: 0x3de80000-0x3eb00000 0x00c80000 50 11
(0)(0) bad mapping information
No BadUnit RsvUnit
0: 775 4090
1: 1023 4089
2: 1053 4088
3: 2879 4087
4: 2894 4086
5: 2944 4085
6: 3446 4084
MountFn : RFS File System, location : system
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/stl9 at /system: Device or resource busy
Verifying current system...
file "/system/bin/recovery" doesn't have any of expected sha1 sums; checking cache
failed to stat "/cache/saved.file": No such file or directory
failed to load cache file
script aborted: assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/recovery", "f729fa2bfefbcd4cc31428ad35078d910bbaa369", "1c924ddea21616379df7c7ac4445eb2e54e5b11d")
assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/recovery", "f729fa2bfefbcd4cc31428ad35078d910bbaa369", "1c924ddea21616379df7c7ac4445eb2e54e5b11d")
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Do I have to do a full flash and wipe my phone to get to GB? Can I unroot & try?

You need to use the search function.
But here, let me say this again. YOU CANNOT GET THE OTA UPDATE WHILE ROOTED.
You either need to revert back to STOCK and update or manually install GB yourself.. which you CAN do while Rooted.
You're probably going to ask how to do both, so I'll provide these for you as well.
If you want to update this manually while rooted, follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337453
If you want to revert back to stock, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
then follow part 2 (For Stock) in the link that was provided for manual update.
Any other questions?

marschmellau said:
You need to use the search function.
But here, let me say this again. YOU CANNOT GET THE OTA UPDATE WHILE ROOTED.
You either need to revert back to STOCK and update or manually install GB yourself.. which you CAN do while Rooted.
You're probably going to ask how to do both, so I'll provide these for you as well.
If you want to update this manually while rooted, follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337453
If you want to revert back to stock, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
then follow part 2 (For Stock) in the link that was provided for manual update.
Any other questions?
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Hey, I am sure a billion other people are asking this same question left and right, but do you know if any roots are available yet for the 2.3.5 gingerbread update? I am well aware that it takes a while for one to be developed. I am currently rooted with the 2.2.1 froyo and love it so I don't mind waiting for the new root. I just wasn't sure how the headway is going with it. Also, the revert back to stock link you posted, is that to unroot the phone? I'm sure all will be explained for us in due time, unrooting the 2.2.1... installing the 2.3.5... rooting to gingerbreak... yada yada yada...
But yeah, any advice would be great.

I was told be 2 Epic users & Best Buy sales rep, you can get OTA update if you are rooted. But I've also heard that you can't aswell. Hence the question.
So can you unroot without losing data?

infyrno676767 said:
Hey, I am sure a billion other people are asking this same question left and right, but do you know if any roots are available yet for the 2.3.5 gingerbread update? I am well aware that it takes a while for one to be developed. I am currently rooted with the 2.2.1 froyo and love it so I don't mind waiting for the new root. I just wasn't sure how the headway is going with it. Also, the revert back to stock link you posted, is that to unroot the phone? I'm sure all will be explained for us in due time, unrooting the 2.2.1... installing the 2.3.5... rooting to gingerbreak... yada yada yada...
But yeah, any advice would be great.
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Yes, there is a root available. I'm currently rooted & running ACS ICS v4.
Take a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KesCXPpa3cI
DjFarout said:
I was told be 2 Epic users & Best Buy sales rep, you can get OTA update if you are rooted. But I've also heard that you can't aswell. Hence the question.
So can you unroot without losing data?
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Preeeetty sure you cannot get OTA with Root, you need to manually install or flash back to Stock. There are lots of threads about this, with the same answer. Also, Best Buy doesn't know a thiiiing. A friend of mine works there, and she's pretty damn stupid.
Well, since you're rooted.. you should probably invest in Titanium Backup. It can backup your data (contacts, messages, apps. you name it) and restore this all as well. Once you back up all of your data, revert to Stock, upgrade to the OTA, root it, then install Titanium Backup & you'll have it all back.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en (free)
https://market.android.com/details?...iY29tLmtlcmFtaWRhcy5UaXRhbml1bUJhY2t1cFBybyJd (paid)

I Odined back to stock, ran the update.zip, Odined a recovery, flashed su and then started flashing roms to test. I save my messages with mms backup & restore, but other than that, most of the things I use save to sd. I like a really clean install so I know where my problems are coming from.

marschmellau said:
You need to use the search function.
But here, let me say this again. YOU CANNOT GET THE OTA UPDATE WHILE ROOTED.
You either need to revert back to STOCK and update or manually install GB yourself.. which you CAN do while Rooted.
You're probably going to ask how to do both, so I'll provide these for you as well.
If you want to update this manually while rooted, follow this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337453
If you want to revert back to stock, follow this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
then follow part 2 (For Stock) in the link that was provided for manual update.
Any other questions?
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Thanks for breaking my phone and costing me HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to get a new phone, because you linked me (and everyone) to that very old thread. In there, it is telling us to check everything in Odin and now cuz of you, a lot of people have broken phone.

ThunderOKC said:
Thanks for breaking my phone and costing me HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to get a new phone, because you linked me (and everyone) to that very old thread. In there, it is telling us to check everything in Odin and now cuz of you, a lot of people have broken phone.
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You're very welcome!
This isn't very hard to understand. You do your research, you follow directions, and you'll have success. If you decide not to do it correctly and break your phone, that is on YOU. You broke your phone simply because you did not read. That is your own stupidity.
Also, you don't check everything in ODIN. You obviously do not know what you are doing, so I suggest reading some things before attempting this again.
Both guides worked for me, without any issue. The same goes for many others as well.

ThunderOKC said:
Thanks for breaking my phone and costing me HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to get a new phone, because you linked me (and everyone) to that very old thread. In there, it is telling us to check everything in Odin and now cuz of you, a lot of people have broken phone.
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Seriously? You're *****ing at this person because you failed to take the time and research these forums. I spent an entire day reading threads and watching QBKing77's videos to gather all the necessary information and files before doing anything. Also, spare me with any replies to you not having enough time to do so.
Hope you walk away from this with a new found respect for doing research.
Edit: You even posted in the "Everything EI22" thread in the General forum where I gave a typed out how-to for a clean install, or full ODIN to Froyo then the upgrade to Gingerbread. You could've simply scrolled up on page 10 to this post. (Seeing as your post created page 11 of that thread.)

marschmellau said:
You're very welcome!
This isn't very hard to understand. You do your research, you follow directions, and you'll have success. If you decide not to do it correctly and break your phone, that is on YOU. You broke your phone simply because you did not read. That is your own stupidity.
Also, you don't check everything in ODIN. You obviously do not know what you are doing, so I suggest reading some things before attempting this again.
Both guides worked for me, without any issue. The same goes for many others as well.
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No, you are in the wrong. You're out to brick as many phones that you can. Everyone in the chat told me that the thread/instruction is very old and all wrong. The picture used was wrong. Everyone told me that I did nothing wrong and that I followed everything right.
Warning to everyone, don't try his link to revert back to stock. It will immediately show a red fail in the first box, then your phone will never, ever...not now, not ever...turn back on. Then expect to shell out hundreds for a new phone.
This isn't funny. Not one bit.

ThunderOKC said:
No, you are in the wrong. You're out to brick as many phones that you can. Everyone in the chat told me that the thread/instruction is very old and all wrong. The picture used was wrong. Everyone told me that I did nothing wrong and that I followed everything right.
Warning to everyone, don't try his link to revert back to stock. It will immediately show a red fail in the first box, then your phone will never, ever...not now, not ever...turn back on. Then expect to shell out hundreds for a new phone.
This isn't funny. Not one bit.
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They see me trollin'..
You're obviously an idiot. I used the method to return to stock just last week. It's not my fault that you can't comprehend simple instructions. That is not the wrong picture, btw. ODIN looks like that.
Also, Out of oh.. I don't know, all of the people I've linked this to, you're the only one who had any issue. It's damn near obvious that you were the one who screwed up.
Do some damn research before you even post anything else.
Oh! And, if you actually used the search function you would learn how to get your phone into download mode so you can reflash stock rom.
I think this is pretty hilarious, btw.

Incorrect!
In the picture, it shows everything checked. Everyone in the chat room informed me that its wrong.

@ThunderOKC,
I live in the OKC area. I imagine you are from here. If you need hand holding help, PM me. I've been around snooping the forums since January. I am now confident enough to answer questions, troubleshooting, and also start producing my own mods. There is always someone willing to help.

I can do this. It just been a long time since I've messed with this.
I just realized the title of that linked thread "How to Restore a semi-brinked Epic..." and this thread is most likely not proper for those with phones being just fine and all they want is to revert back to stock. I"ve searched for the real thread on reverting back to stock, but I can't find it. Nothing stays stickied on here for long. When I get access to my comp, everything there is bookmarked.
For now, don't check all the options as it says. lol

ThunderOKC said:
Thanks for breaking my phone and costing me HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS to get a new phone, because you linked me (and everyone) to that very old thread. In there, it is telling us to check everything in Odin and now cuz of you, a lot of people have broken phone.
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The only people with the broken phones are the ones who haven't the slightest clue on what to do. Just because you know how to download odin, doesn't mean you should use it. Btw, your phone is soft bricked and its your own fault. Send it to me, ill have it working in 5 minutes fool.
Sent from my Ei22 Epicaladocious

ThunderOKC said:
Incorrect!
In the picture, it shows everything checked. Everyone in the chat room informed me that its wrong.
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Well then, the picture itself is wrong. Don't rely on pictures for a guide, half the time they aren't correct. Next time, follow it step by step from the directions, not pictures.
b16flybye said:
The only people with the broken phones are the ones who haven't the slightest clue on what to do. Just because you know how to download odin, doesn't mean you should use it. Btw, your phone is soft bricked and its your own fault. Send it to me, ill have it working in 5 minutes fool.
Sent from my Ei22 Epicaladocious
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Lol, Pretty much what has been said.
Also, ThunderOKC. You do realize that to fix the "soft brick" on an epic means returning it to STOCK. So yes, you idiot, you can use that thread to return to stock without it having a soft brick.
like I said, do some more research

ThunderOKC said:
I can do this. It just been a long time since I've messed with this.
I just realized the title of that linked thread "How to Restore a semi-brinked Epic..." and this thread is most likely not proper for those with phones being just fine and all they want is to revert back to stock. I"ve searched for the real thread on reverting back to stock, but I can't find it. Nothing stays stickied on here for long. When I get access to my comp, everything there is bookmarked.
For now, don't check all the options as it says. lol
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Funny thing is that thread works for everyone but you. No one has cried about it semi-bricking the phone or that they can no longer afford to get the breast implants, or whatever the surgery was you claimed you couldn't get to because you had to buy a new phone. That statement alone showed your mentality and level of competence. The Red fail means your stock cable is a piece of crap and you should spend $2 of your surgery money to get a good cable. If you just red through the thread instead of running your mouth everywhere you would have seen that is common for Odin and stock cables.
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ThunderOKC said:
No, you are in the wrong. You're out to brick as many phones that you can. Everyone in the chat told me that the thread/instruction is very old and all wrong. The picture used was wrong. Everyone told me that I did nothing wrong and that I followed everything right.
Warning to everyone, don't try his link to revert back to stock. It will immediately show a red fail in the first box, then your phone will never, ever...not now, not ever...turn back on. Then expect to shell out hundreds for a new phone.
This isn't funny. Not one bit.
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Actually it is funny. Your level of incompetence shows you should not be rooting or messing with your phone. You are very rude and have no gratitude for people trying to help you. Stay out of the love connection chat rooms asking for help with your phone.

I followed the instructions exactly. In the picture AND in the instructions, say to check it all. Stupid kids, learn how to read and understand. Not my fault. Hell, even had the whole chat room support laughing at how wrong the thread was.
I fixed it on my own. Grow up, kids.

@ ThunderOKC
It's your choice to hack your phone. With that choice comes the responsibility to do proper research beforehand and make educated decisions based upon that research. Otherwise you will likely end up with a paper weight. That is the inherent risk of hacking the phone.
You've been posting all over this forum complaining, and the tone has been down right rude. Welcome to the ignore list.

ThunderOKC said:
I followed the instructions exactly. In the picture AND in the instructions, say to check it all. Stupid kids, learn how to read and understand. Not my fault. Hell, even had the whole chat room support laughing at how wrong the thread was.
I fixed it on my own. Grow up, kids.
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This is why your stupid. You rely on a picture, and whatever chat room you have laughing at xda devs, are just as idiotic as you are. Your not welcome here douche. Good luck in the future. I think your dumbass should stick with what sprint gave ya.
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Utmost help needed please.

Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.

marvi0 said:
Sorry for being noobish, just got a nexus, UK and it's on 4.0.1, been reading a lot, and very much overwhelmind, now, coming from my galaxy s2, which, I had been used to flashing and routing daily. I managed to use the toolkit, to root my phone, smashing app, will definitely donate, to the dev, as i managed to root, in pretty much 5mins. My problem is, whats the best route, to follow, in order for me to have the latest stock 4.0.4, because I have read a lot of stuff, so now muddled as to what path to take. Is it a matter, of just downloading the official rom, in the general section, and flashing it via custom recovery, sorry for the noobish questions, it's been a long day, trying to get to know the phone, am sure, if someone can help me from here, all be fine. I also tried to seek for an update, under about, but phone says am on latest firmware, which is 4.0.1,so appreciate your guidance please.
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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...

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Follow the directions here. Note that this will wipe your data...
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Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.

marvi0 said:
Phew cheers buddy, haven't tried this yet, as at work, will give it a short when I get home, anything easier than this please, as i just have a forbia for anything called adb please? Also, don't understand why my device is still on 4. 0. 1, been hitting the update button continously with no luck, but prepared to use other means, as suggested above, to get the device updated. Thanks again in advance.
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You CAN flash factory images through the toolkit you know. You can download them at Google, put them in the correct subfolder of the GNEX toolkit folder and flash away. In order to do that you do have to have an unlocked bootloader and you will loose your root. Unlocking the bootloader will loose all your data (including under the SDCARD folder (so everything you stored will be gone)!. Rooting can be done again through the toolkit...
Or you can download a different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.

Hmm thanks this looks more like my sort of of a thing "different flashable zip file that you can flash from CWM recovery.", were can i find this please?. Thanks.

[Q] To root or not to root?

Hey I'm new to the site so hope not to get shot down in flames for my ignorance (yes i did watch the sign up video).
I have a htc desire hd and am getting realy frustrated at not being able to do use it to its full potential because its not rooted.
I have downloaded the aahk-13012012 tool from this site and have read as much as i can on the subject, problem is I'm getting stuck on a few things i want to do some research before i take the plunge as i cant afford a new phone if i brick this one.
I have looked on this sight and i know im in the right place but its so vast Im getting the needle n haystack feeling. is there any one that can give me a breif explanation of a few of the terms such as "flashing rom or radio" I'm not dumn just new I realy want to root this baby but want to understand what im doing.
And mainl if it does go belly up is there a way to factory reset or recovery option. Thanks in advance.

Baskey7261 said:
Hey I'm new to the site so hope not to get shot down in flames for my ignorance (yes i did watch the sign up video).
I have a htc desire hd and am getting realy frustrated at not being able to do use it to its full potential because its not rooted.
I have downloaded the aahk-13012012 tool from this site and have read as much as i can on the subject, problem is I'm getting stuck on a few things i want to do some research before i take the plunge as i cant afford a new phone if i brick this one.
I have looked on this sight and i know im in the right place but its so vast Im getting the needle n haystack feeling. is there any one that can give me a breif explanation of a few of the terms such as "flashing rom or radio" I'm not dumn just new I realy want to root this baby but want to understand what im doing.
And mainl if it does go belly up is there a way to factory reset or recovery option. Thanks in advance.
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First of all, let me say welcome to xda and hope you will not be disappointed by the people as there are many helpful folks around with some brainiacs (devs ) around.
Let me say that it can get really easy to very very complicated depending on what type of person you are lol.
Flashing custom roms is something that becomes a hobby (well at least for me) and you can choose one from various options, the one which suits YOU!
First off, you should think about giving some threads in general section a read, google around how to flash custom roms and get familiar with it as most of the methods require you a recovery setup known as ClockWorkMod (google it and read about it). Once you flash clockworkmod, you're pretty much secure from soft bricks and all those sort of problems because you can always access recovery and flash the rom again or clear cache or backup and restore which gets your phone working....
Once you're confident about ClockWorkMod and flashing roms. You should think about these steps and do them if you want to, as you mentioned "using the device to its full potential"
1. Use this tool to S-Off in order to unlock bootloader (in other words, you can flash custom roms freely).
2. Once you think you've done the steps properly, you should shutdown the device then once it's shut down properly. Hold volume down + power to access hboot and if on the top lines, it states s-off then it means you're ready for the next step.
3. This part requires you to flash clockworkmod by looking at this thread.
4. Once you're done with clockworkmod, you can access hboot again by that combination and use volume key to navigate to "recovery" then once you press power button on it, you'll be directed to Clockworkmod.
5. In clockworkmod, you can look for the downloaded zip from your sd card and flash it
Now custom roms, you have a variety to choose from. DO those steps and then you'll know more as you start moving in the direction.
Happy flashing

Baskey7261 said:
Hey I'm new to the site so hope not to get shot down in flames for my ignorance (yes i did watch the sign up video).
I have a htc desire hd and am getting realy frustrated at not being able to do use it to its full potential because its not rooted.
I have downloaded the aahk-13012012 tool from this site and have read as much as i can on the subject, problem is I'm getting stuck on a few things i want to do some research before i take the plunge as i cant afford a new phone if i brick this one.
I have looked on this sight and i know im in the right place but its so vast Im getting the needle n haystack feeling. is there any one that can give me a breif explanation of a few of the terms such as "flashing rom or radio" I'm not dumn just new I realy want to root this baby but want to understand what im doing.
And mainl if it does go belly up is there a way to factory reset or recovery option. Thanks in advance.
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To put it another way....if a Taliban suicide bomber was running towards you, when your standing there with your family and you have a AK47 in your hands...to shoot or not to shoot?
LOL...anyway...hell yeah...root it dude...u won't regret it.
Matt

Thank you so much for the info.
Exactly the sort of info i was looking for. I've certainly got a lot to learn by the looks of it but such a relief knowing where to start.
Can i just say that if it wasnt for guys like you this world would be moving a hell of a lot slower.
Regards Baskey.

yes rooootttttt

Cant find the multi tool
Is it just me? but i followed the link for the multi tool and after about an hour could not find a way of downloading it.