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My phone is rooted the old hboot way but I figured I would go all the way with gfree but I'm having some problems. I've got adb working and everything but I think the kernels I have don't work with it. The only kernels I see around here are ones that are said to not work. The suggestion that is given in the wiki is one that I don't know how to do. Is there an easily flashable kernel that will work with gfree that someone can point me to? Any help would be appreciated.
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My phone is rooted the old hboot way but I figured I would go all the way with gfree but I'm having some problems. I've got adb working and everything but I think the kernels I have don't work with it. The only kernels I see around here are ones that are said to not work. The suggestion that is given in the wiki is one that I don't know how to do. Is there an easily flashable kernel that will work with gfree that someone can point me to? Any help would be appreciated.
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I PM'ed you, check your inbox.
Update try here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
Oh, I don't know why I didn't think of using past cyanogens. I'm gonna give that a try, thank you very much.
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That worked. I feel dumb. Thank you very much for the help my friend.
No problem
EDIT: for those in the same situation he used Cyanogen 6.1.0 to run gfree
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Just wondering if you guys can tell me what's the best method of rooting my phone with hardware 003 Hboot 2.10 ? Sprint sent me a refurbished phone because my other EVO died.
Unrevoked, I think it works for all evos. Google it or search xda. I can't post the link
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Search feature ftw...Anyway as of today, EVERY Evo can be rooted with unrevoked 3 don't let anyone tell you otherwise
The last time I tried unrevoked I got a error saying something was missing and didn't work. I'll download and give a try again, Thanks for the responses
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LuvThyMetal said:
The last time I tried unrevoked I got a error saying something was missing and didn't work. I'll download and give a try again, Thanks for the responses
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304
Just follow those instructions, and you'll be good. Just be sure to have the hboot drivers installed correctly.
I used unrevoked, worked great for me. I'm new to flashing roms and it was easy. Just google it and download it from their site. Happy rooting!
LuvThyMetal said:
Just wondering if you guys can tell me what's the best method of rooting my phone with hardware 003 Hboot 2.10 ? Sprint sent me a refurbished phone because my other EVO died.
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Bad game
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huludical said:
Bad game
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DUDE! I know this sucks GRRR! Our offense looks so bad man, it's embarrassing . Who would you rather kings play in playoffs, Vancouver or San Jose?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=787304
Just follow those instructions, and you'll be good. Just be sure to have the hboot drivers installed correctly.
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This should help me out thanks
Okay, so I just tried unrevoked and I got a error that said "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?" I don't know what to do now.
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Okay, so I just tried unrevoked and I got a error that said "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?" I don't know what to do now.
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Hmm. So you installed the hboot drivers successfully? You have USB Debugging checked, right? There are a number of things that can interfere with the Unrevoked process, such as HTC Sync, Anti Virus Programs, PDAnet, doubletwist, etc etc. Basically, you want to be sure that there are no programs running that can communicate with your phone or interfere with it when it's plugged in, other than the Unrevoked program. Be sure all other things are disabled. Also, which version of Unrevoked are you using? Just to be sure, it's the newest one, correct? Version 3.32, right? ( http://downloads.unrevoked.com/recovery/3.32/reflash_package.exe ) Once you've confirmed all of those things, try running Unrevoked a second time, and see if you have success. I've used unrevoked a number of times, and it's succeeded for me every time, it should definitely work.
Edit: And I just double checked the links in the thread I linked you to earlier, and the download links are current and up to date. So if you downloaded from that link, then you are on the current Unrevoked version of 3.32. So that answers that question. I would temporarily disable your anti virus, be sure that no other programs that can interfere are running, and try running Unrevoked again.
~~~ HTC EVO - Universal Auto Root ~~~ v2.4 (works with all US EVOs)(3/12/11)
I believe autoroot works with ALL evos. I've used it to flash several evos flawlessly. Make sure you have htc sync and the android SDK installed before you do to ensure you have all the necessary drivers.
Thread Here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
Yes...but so does unrevoked and its more newbie friendly
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LuvThyMetal said:
DUDE! I know this sucks GRRR! Our offense looks so bad man, it's embarrassing . Who would you rather kings play in playoffs, Vancouver or San Jose?
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Penguin....
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LuvThyMetal said:
DUDE! I know this sucks GRRR! Our offense looks so bad man, it's embarrassing . Who would you rather kings play in playoffs, Vancouver or San Jose?
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I'm gana have to go with Vancouver :-/
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LuvThyMetal said:
Okay, so I just tried unrevoked and I got a error that said "Error: failed to get root. Is your firmware too new?" I don't know what to do now.
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I've gotten that error before...make sure hboot drivers r installed on PC correctly. Delete the HTC sync drivers and if that doesn't work reboot ur computer. I had to reboot computer for some reason but after that it worker great
Thanks for all the responses guys. I restarted my computer and It finally worked woot.I'm having trouble with the wireless tho, it turns off all the time and doesn't scan for networks.
huludical said:
I'm gana have to go with Vancouver :-/
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I was going for the same but I guess we playing against the Sharks. Im scared to watch the playoffs
iitreatedii said:
Penguin....
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Isn't Crosby done for the season and playoffs?
Check wifi settings / Menu - Advanced / sleep policy to never
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Hey, guys. needs some advice here.
I rooted my evo like long time ago. However, I unrooted it since I have to bring it back to Sprint store to fix the charging port.
Anyways, i checked here, xda, and a few youtube clips. unrEVOked 3.3.2 from unrEVOked website, auto root from XDA, and the guide by Fred from here. I just wonder how you guy feel about these 3 ways, which way you guys recommend best to do now?
Just one quick question, unrEVOked 3.3.2 will trun NAND off too, right?
Created by the master himself!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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unrevoked is the wuickest and easiest, and yes it willl give you nand unlocked.
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Created by the master himself!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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Thanks, d3rk.
what's difference between this auto root and unrEVOked? i mean, seems it still use unrEVOked Forever at last?
teh roxxorz said:
unrevoked is the wuickest and easiest, and yes it willl give you nand unlocked.
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Thanks. But it seems, at last, all other methods still use unrEVOked Forever. Is that true? why is that?
JvIo55iBl3r said:
Thanks, d3rk.
what's difference between this auto root and unrEVOked? i mean, seems it still use unrEVOked Forever at last?
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This method is newer and its pretty good. When I used unrevoked I successfully rooted but my fastboot doesn't work. Everything I have to flash is done in hboot or recovery. Unrevoked is pretty damn good though.
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dirkyd3rk said:
This method is newer and its pretty good. When I used unrevoked I successfully rooted but my fastboot doesn't work. Everything I have to flash is done in hboot or recovery. Unrevoked is pretty damn good though.
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True dat, I noticed that the latest 2.5 auto root is just out like a week ago. And I watched the video guide about that, it takes much longer than unrEVOked. But it seems very automatic, just need some patient.
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True dat, I noticed that the latest 2.5 auto root is just out like a week ago. And I watched the video guide about that, it takes much longer than unrEVOked. But it seems very automatic, just need some patient.
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Unrevoked is the easiest method though. Get back in the rooting game man!
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dirkyd3rk said:
Unrevoked is the easiest method though. Get back in the rooting game man!
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XD.
like the first time, i chose toasted method, since it was the most complete way to root back then, even it's much more steps than unrEVOked. I want to do it more right this time too. i have to admit that all methods improved a lot now, just want to hear you guys' recommendation.
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XD.
like the first time, i chose toasted method, since it was the most complete way to root back then, even it's much more steps than unrEVOked. I want to do it more right this time too. i have to admit that all methods improved a lot now, just want to hear you guys' recommendation.
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Well you have 2 votes in here for unrevoked forever!
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Well you have 2 votes in here for unrevoked forever!
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Again, thx.
any one else would like to share some experience here? I really appreciate it.
I have seen to many users run into problems with unrevoked. I did it manually using adb commands and it took a while but I knew what was going on if something messed up. That said, I watched a vid on that autoroot tool and it gives you a decent step-by-step with log if something messed up. I would recommend it, or of course, you could still use the manual method in the dev forum. The title says they are no longer updating it, but no releases have occurred since then so everything in it still applies.
Link added to manual method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045&highlight=stranger
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Again, thx.
any one else would like to share some experience here? I really appreciate it.
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I have used the auto root method on about 5 evo's worked like a charm everytime.. I spent about a month researching countless forums.. Was about to use unrevoked however was detoured because some people were not getting full root and various other problems.. From what I read now they all work.
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cmurray77 said:
I have used the auto root method on about 5 evo's worked like a charm everytime.. I spent about a month researching countless forums.. Was about to use unrevoked however was detoured because some people were not getting full root and various other problems.. From what I read now they all work.
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I have seen to many users run into problems with unrevoked. I did it manually using adb commands and it took a while but I knew what was going on if something messed up. That said, I watched a vid on that autoroot tool and it gives you a decent step-by-step with log if something messed up. I would recommend it, or of course, you could still use the manual method in the dev forum. The title says they are no longer updating it, but no releases have occurred since then so everything in it still applies.
Link added to manual method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045&highlight=stranger
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I really appreciate it, guys.
I've rooted 2 evos 2 heros a g1 a g2 an incredible and an eris all with unrevoked3 and it worked flawlessly. Just follow instructions and enjoy
Rooted 3 evos, 1 over xbox live, with unrevoked, and no problems. Just need the hboot drivers, install then uninstall htc sync, then run.
And don't forget to turn on usb debugging.
I'm opposite of some here, I've heard of tons of issues with Autoroot & the Evo, but fairly few with unrevoked.
I'd have to place my vote with unrevoked if you're looking for an automatic rooting process. Just remember that whatever you do, read the directions thoroughly.
plainjane said:
And don't forget to turn on usb debugging.
I'm opposite of some here, I've heard of tons of issues with Autoroot & the Evo, but fairly few with unrevoked.
I'd have to place my vote with unrevoked if you're looking for an automatic rooting process. Just remember that whatever you do, read the directions thoroughly.
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I agree, most people have issues with autoroot, from what I've seen and dealt with.
Thanks for those reminding and experience sharing. I guess it's much simpler to use unrEVOked there, besides, i m using MacOS, so no need to download those driver or sync for unrEVOked, am I right?
JvIo55iBl3r said:
Thanks for those reminding and experience sharing. I guess it's much simpler to use unrEVOked there, besides, i m using MacOS, so no need to download those driver or sync for unrEVOked, am I right?
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Everything you need for the Mac is contained in the unrevoked pkg. I've rooted 4 Evos using my Mac and it doesn't get any easier. Enjoy the root goodness and good luck!
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.
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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.
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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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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).
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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.
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just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.
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just tried htcdev method to unlock phone. phone now shows unlocked. success with booting twrp recovery, will try to flash rom utilizing same method as EVO 3D users with HBOOT 1.50, should be the same. will update.
Edit: Okay, just booted up SWAG ROM. Unlocked using HTCDEV method. Pushed the kernel via adb fastboot, boot.img from the unzipped ROM folder. Then flashed the zip which was on the root of the SD card, just as described in the EVO 3D development forums, using twrp1.1.1.
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Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.
and speaking of revolutionary, lets focus on something more universal like an apk rooting method
thank you church.
Awesome work man. Thankyou for that.
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roids87 said:
Thanks for this, you should set up a guide to help others through the process.
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Here's what I came up with. Still may do a video. Hope it makes sense, it was very early/late when I wrote this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1458491
Slightly off this topic, but along the same lines, so I didn't want to start another thread.
I rooted back in November, prior to the latest OTA update - and had a pretty good understanding of what I was doing - I think.. heh
I NEVER flashed a new ROM, Kernel, Radio, etc. Only backedup, rooted, removed some bloatware, and that's it.
I still have superuser su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip (I think?) in my root folder of my SD Card. Nothing else.
I backed up my Nandroid to my computer, as well as all the TitaniumPro backups of bloatware.
I saw Brad560's two posts - both Barebones and Stock ROM's.
In the Stock post, he listed Deodex'ed, Odexed, and Original UnRooted ROM. This confused me, as I'm still trying to wrap my head around the flashing part. Then I saw a reply about Radios?
I think at this point, I definitely want to remain rooted, but would like the "official" release from HTC/Sprint (in root form, stable, as close to the original as possible, for now).
Which ROM should I grab?
Will I need to flash a new kernel? I don't have any desire to overclock or anything.
And will I need to update the Radios separately?
Thanks, sincerely appreciate any help.
Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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Just read in brads thread and all your answers will be there.
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Thanks for replying.
I have read it. That's the first time I had heard of those things, which is why I asked here.
I think some folks forget what's it like to learn this stuff.. and while many here have been around for awhile and have absorbed over time, there are people like me (a military pilot btw lol) who has a tough time grasping some of the verbiage. I had the rooting thing down. Flashing a ROM seemed easy enough, though hadn't done it. Then someone throws up 3 versions in that post and 2 in the other. I get his barebones stuff - for the most part - he stripped stuff out.
Anyway, I suppose I will take the plunge and pick one of the ROMs, then suppose flash the latest radios.
Thanks!
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I had to go to htc update 3 x first was a security patch, phone rebooted, then back to htc update little larger file this time, phone rebooted, went back to htc update and finally got the 35mb 2.3.5 update, phone rebooted. I have new hboot now to as well. If my usb port dont work at all is there a way to root just from the sd card and is it even possible?
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For the time being, only way to "root"/unlock is via HTCDEV method which requires you be connected to your computer via USB sync cable.
Please forgive me, ive read the forum and found no information on how to root an 2.3 Evo with HBoot version 2.18. i did find rooting guides but only for the 2.15 or 2.16. even tried running revolutionary anyway and got "2.18 is not supported at this time". any info on a helpful thread or how to go about it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance....Later
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Please forgive me, ive read the forum and found no information on how to root an 2.3 Evo with HBoot version 2.18. i did find rooting guides but only for the 2.15 or 2.16. even tried running revolutionary anyway and got "2.18 is not supported at this time". any info on a helpful thread or how to go about it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance....Later
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473373 there you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1499922
Here's an easy to understand one.
I apreciate the info guys, Ill be bouncing over here from the Heroc forum soon nice to wee theres some folks here as cool as the people there. Think ill feel right at home. I bought this Evo from my boss jist to see if id like it, and i do . Ill be useing it to practice on till i get new ones for the wife and myself. Ill be seein ya and Thanks again....Later
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The new HTC tool can root that.
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You mean on htcdev? I just checked and didn't see our phones in the list.
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You mean on htcdev? I just checked and didn't see our phones in the list.
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Ok so I went to htcdev, followed the instructions to the tee, when I open the command to get the token I get "waiting for device" and then nothing, just sits there and waits. Any suggestions???
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Ok so I went to htcdev, followed the instructions to the tee, when I open the command to get the token I get "waiting for device" and then nothing, just sits there and waits. Any suggestions???
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is usb debugging enabled ?Did you try reinstalling the drivers?
yes sir, to both questions
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yes sir, to both questions
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maybe try a reboot of your PC and phone
Thank you for your responses, I tried rebooting phone and pc, with no luck. Out of curiousity I opend my command prompt and adb isnt recognizing my device. Going to try uninstalling and reinstalling sdk and jre and go from there. Curious, what version of sdk are we useing, r16?
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AWESOME, I now have root. Only other question, What is the advantage to taking it further and useing revolutionary or unrevoked???. Just curious.
BTW. Thank you for your assistance, it is greatly appreciated
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AWESOME, I now have root. Only other question, What is the advantage to taking it further and useing revolutionary or unrevoked???. Just curious.
BTW. Thank you for your assistance, it is greatly appreciated
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You gain full s-off. With s-on unlocked you can't write to the radio partition and others. So if a rom comes with a custom kernel you will have to flash the boot.img from fastboot then the rom I think
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Well I guess it will be worth it to go the full rought then. I feel like kind of a dip****, lol problems last night turned out to be a bad USB cord, what a noob mistake. Anyways Thanks again for the assistance.
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Well I guess it will be worth it to go the full rought then. I feel like kind of a dip****, lol problems last night turned out to be a bad USB cord, what a noob mistake. Anyways Thanks again for the assistance.
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i recommend down grading to 2.3.3 and using revolutionary
ok so i decided to attempt to get s-off useing the method at the end of this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1473373 . when i run the flash_image commands in adb it doesnt actually flash it just mocks the commands. I know the device is recognized by adb, i went back to stock rom rooted , even tried useing the RArecovery, so what could the issue be or is there an alternative method of acheiveing s-off ?,,,Thanks
evo4gnoob said:
i recommend down grading to 2.3.3 and using revolutionary
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and how would I go about this??? Thanks
EDIT:F#@K it, problem solved, Thanks
evo4gnoob said:
You gain full s-off. With s-on unlocked you can't write to the radio partition and others. So if a rom comes with a custom kernel you will have to flash the boot.img from fastboot then the rom I think
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You can flash custom kernels fine with just the unlocked bootloader. The boot partition is unlocked, along with the system and recovery partitions.