I have a Droid Charge right now and I'm planning on getting a Google Nexus as soon as I have some time to go up to the store to actually get the phone.
But the question I have is, how do I root it? The Verizon LTE version. Because... it simply comes down to this; if I can't root it, I don't want it.
With the manual way. The adb way. Or the fast boot way. I also seen this on Droid-Life yesterday and it seems like one of those quick "one click root" methods. I never tried it so I don't know. Here's the link
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/01/1...-receives-load-of-new-features/#disqus_thread
I found this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
I'm assuming that that's what I need to root this beast?
Also... do I have to unlock the bootloader? I've never had to unlock a bootloader, the Droid Charge which I have right now didn't have a locked bootloader.
trparky said:
I found this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
I'm assuming that that's what I need to root this beast?
Also... do I have to unlock the bootloader? I've never had to unlock a bootloader, the Droid Charge which I have right now didn't have a locked bootloader.
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You have to unlock the bootloader by setting up ADB after installing the android SDK to your computer. There are a ton of step by step guides for this but it is super easy and requires only one command after the set up is complete "fastboot OEM unlock" then I recommend using the CF-Root method that also has the guide here on XDA. The CF-Root method is also on command and basically just adds root to your stock rom.
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badassirocz said:
You have to unlock the bootloader by setting up ADB after installing the android SDK to your computer. There are a ton of step by step guides for this but it is super easy and requires only one command after the set up is complete "fastboot OEM unlock" then I recommend using the CF-Root method that also has the guide here on XDA. The CF-Root method is also on command and basically just adds root to your stock rom.
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Here is the CF-Root link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396952
So you don't recommend using the method in the forum thread I mentioned?
I already have ADB installed on my computer and have used it multiple times to do shell-related stuff and to push/pull files.
I would use regular ADB command prompts. Download and install the Samsung drivers and go to town. The only thing you may experience is after you install the drives and start ADB command if it hangs on waiting for device you need to go into device manager on you computer and you should see your phone listed with a yellow question mark or exclamation point. You need to select it and manually install the drivers from there. Still a piece a cake and the must fool proof way to go.
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So you don't recommend using the method in the forum thread I mentioned?
I already have ADB installed on my computer and have used it multiple times to do shell-related stuff and to push/pull files.
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use the post that you found, if you have driver problems install PDAnet. It will work like a charm, just make sure you read all the way through first then start again from the beginning and do it step by step. Don't need to bother with adb anymore that the rootkit is out, its quick and easy and a great tool if your not comfortable with ADB
Edit: Also not to be a jerk, but you really should just search the development forum instead of cluttering the forums. You found the answer yourself.
I used the GNex Toolkit found on the development forum.
GSM Version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
LTE / CDMA Version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1400871
Really simple and easy to use. It does it all for you. All you have to do is know what current build your phones running, by going into Settings->About Phone.
Load it up, select build version, hit the Unlock,Root,Recovery option.
I'd recommend you do this immediately, as unlocking the bootloader wipes your phone.
Hey im a new member the forum, but i've been surfing it for quite some time, and have also been trying to root a Desire Z 2.3.3 for a while now, and im no good at ADB (complete newb), and have failed in every other "Noob friendly" guide . So i was wondering if anyone didnt mind to set up a remote session and root it for me and maybe either teach me or to flash a ROM or two.
Much thanks
~Trev
just follow the wiki guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
if you have questions related to that guide post it here or pm me...
it´s actually not that complicated
Funny that was one of the first ones i tried, and i am willing to bet i made a mistake in more than one place. Didnt even come close to working it haha. I take noob to a new meaning of the word XD
ok i will try to help you...
first thing you need to do is get adb to work. follow the guide i posted to do this...
to see if it worked do the following:
enable usb debugging on your phone connect it to your pc open cmd.exe go to your platform-tool folder and type "adb devices" if your phone shows up you are good to go....
Make sure you downgrade first. Not trolling, just throwin it out there
Sent from my HTC Vision using xda premium
Ive got it working following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912 and now i have run into the wall that the stock rom DL for the Desire z (vision) is down or not working anymore, if anyone has another source to dl it PLEASE share quick!
EDIT: NVM i found it!
honestly, i found that the guide on cyanogenmod was the easiest by far.
i tried xda's way and kept getting frustrated. no offence to anyone by any means, but for my personal perspective cm's way was much easier for me. and i was a complete newb, even though ive have some knowledge with cmd.
Had a few questions here. I researched and found this tool. However, I can't post in the thread to ask questions because of my noobtasticness and I searched and couldn't find a similar problem elsewhere.
My first question is, can I use the root and backup tools in the toolkit with no access to the screen whatsoever? I damaged my phone and the touch and lcd screens aren't functioning, but I can plug it in and access memory via usb.
Secondly, I've received the replacement phone. Is there an order I should do all of this in? My first guess is to root/backup the old phone (if possible), then activate the new phone, then root/restore on the new phone. Does that sound about right?
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Had a few questions here. I researched and found this tool. However, I can't post in the thread to ask questions because of my noobtasticness and I searched and couldn't find a similar problem elsewhere.
My first question is, can I use the root and backup tools in the toolkit with no access to the screen whatsoever? I damaged my phone and the touch and lcd screens aren't functioning, but I can plug it in and access memory via usb.
Secondly, I've received the replacement phone. Is there an order I should do all of this in? My first guess is to root/backup the old phone (if possible), then activate the new phone, then root/restore on the new phone. Does that sound about right?
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The phone with the broken screen isn't rooted already? If it is rooted this may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353828
Cosmic Phoenix said:
The phone with the broken screen isn't rooted already? If it is rooted this may help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2353828
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Thanks, I found that thread too actually, but this phone isn't rooted. I was mainly contemplating root, if it's an option, as a way to take advantage of the more expansive toolset/backup options available to rooted phones in the toolkit. I just wasn't sure if rooting was an option for a phone with a broken screen.
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Thanks, I found that thread too actually, but this phone isn't rooted. I was mainly contemplating root, if it's an option, as a way to take advantage of the more expansive toolset/backup options available to rooted phones in the toolkit. I just wasn't sure if rooting was an option for a phone with a broken screen.
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Oh, ok. I hope someone comes along to answer your question because now I'm curious... lol.
Edit: Also posted your link in that thread to possibly grab someones attention
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Oh, ok. I hope someone comes along to answer your question because now I'm curious... lol.
Edit: Also posted your link in that thread to possibly grab someones attention
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Awesome, thanks. I checked on that post and someone responded about having usb debugging on...which I don't. So it looks like I may have to just do the straight backup without rooting unfortunately. :/
You don't need root to use my method, you just need a custom recovery...and remember NOT to boot into the system at all, only recovery or else the stock recovery will be reflashed
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
CNexus said:
You don't need root to use my method, you just need a custom recovery...and remember NOT to boot into the system at all, only recovery or else the stock recovery will be reflashed
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
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Followed the instructions on the post, and when I get to "./adb devices", I get "Permission denied" in terminal. This is with booting into recovery.
That means that the adb binary on your computer doesn't have executable permissions. Nothing to do with the phone.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
CNexus said:
That means that the adb binary on your computer doesn't have executable permissions. Nothing to do with the phone.
Sent from my S3 on Sense 5 (you jelly?)
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Ok, so tried this again, as I'm less familiar with terminal on my Mac than I am on my PC. Got my device discovered, twrp.img loaded into tmp. But when attempting to install I get a "/dev/block/mmcblk0p18: cannot open for write: Permission denied"
So I'm new to the HTC One, (Literally, just got it 25 minutes ago) and coming from the Note 2 about 6 months ago, was the last time I rooted and Rom'ed a phone. Since then, I have had a completely stock Galaxy S4, and since I was unable to ROM it up, I stopped caring. Now that I just got the HTC One, I searched up the forums and see things from Bootloader isnt unlocked, to S off, etc. I am so lost, and I'm unsure where to begin. I just honestly want to find out the steps in which I need to install a ROM, since its been so long. I read the stickies, and I don't understand what is the difference between S Off, Bootloader etc. I dont even know what S Off is! lol
Thank you for helping me out, and just point me to the right direction of what to do first. Please don't be snobby, I have searched, I just dont see what you have to do first, and so on.
Also, is there a way to do any of this on a Mac? If not, I can use my laptop, but just prefer on my mac.
Thank you again!
ONLY FLASH ROMS YOU FIND IN THE VERIZON HTC ONE SECTION - roms you get from the general htc one section or ANY OTHER section will not work and will cause you major headaches. Read through this Q&A section and you will see what happens when you try and flash things you shouldnt.
Before the first thing you do you need to get the adb/fastboot stuff download the sdk from here - Android SDK - the main things you will need from the zip file you download is the "platform - tools" folder. This will give you adb and fastboot. I would suggest renaming the folder to something simple and moving it to the root of the C: drive. Any file you send to your phone via adb or fastboot needs to be in this folder.
Well the first thing you will need to do is figure out what software version you are running. To do this you need to boot your phone into the bootloader. The bootloader is a special part of the phone where you get access to fastboot, you use fastboot to flash things like recoveries, boot/system and such images as well, you also can get to the RUU tool from fastboot. To boot into the bootloader I find it easiest to power down the phone completely, once completely powered off press and hold the volume down button and power button until you get to the boot loader
Here is an image of the bootloader screen - http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/04/att-one-bootloader-unlocked.jpg
In the bootloader you use the volume buttons to move up and down and the power button to select.
The software version of your phone is the number next to the "OS-" in the bootloader screen it will be "OS-1.10.605.x". Once you know what software version you have, download the rumrunner tool - [s-off] rumrunner s-off for Verizon HTC One - READ the post more then once and make sure you follow the instructions exactly, with any luck you should get s-off without much trouble.
S-Off means you can change any aspect of your phone, this is a double sided sword because once s-off have more ways to turn your awesome phone into a fancy desk paperweight
Unlocked Bootloader - this is for people who unlocked there phones via htcdev, the phone is not s-off so you can not do things like install custom kernels but you do get the ability to install custom recoveries.
Custom Recovery - The tool you use to flash roms, backup your current rom, wipe your phone and restore nandroids. With the Verizon HTC One you get Clockwork or TWRP, personally I like TWRP.
Post back here when you get Rumrunner to work and I will post more instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473644
very meticulously follow these directions. you should try to understand what s-off, unlocking the bootloader, root etc. all specifically. that said, this exploit does it all for you.
you're going to need the htc one windows drivers (if you're on windows), minus the actual htc manager software (google/search these forums for them) and you're going to need adb/fastboot, which you can find in the android sdk (google it), or in a smaller download somewhere on this forum.
Thank you. Once I finally finish movie night with the wife I want to read this all and follow through. Thank you
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No, you can't use your mac, unfortunately. Ya gotta use your pc.
So I cant download RUU for my phone, the webpage is down? Im trying to download it for 1.10.506.8 (whatever the last digit is for 8)
justinisloco said:
So I cant download RUU for my phone, the webpage is down? Im trying to download it for 1.10.506.8 (whatever the last digit is for 8)
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RUU or Rumrunner? At this point, unless there has been a step you did not tell us, you should just need to run Rumrunner. RUU would be used to flash back to stock at some future point.
The links to Rumrunner seems to be having issues. I have been having problems with most of the links coming from goo.im. Here is a mirror you can use:
http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/
There is a lot on this page, but assuming you are running the .8 firmware on your phone right now use this link:
http://rumrunner.us/rumrunner_downloads/rumrunner_m7wlv_1.10.605.8.zip
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RUU or Rumrunner? At this point, unless there has been a step you did not tell us, you should just need to run Rumrunner. RUU would be used to flash back to stock at some future point.
The links to Rumrunner seems to be having issues. I have been having problems with most of the links coming from goo.im. Here is a mirror you can use:
http://rumrunner.us/downloads-2/
There is a lot on this page, but assuming you are running the .8 firmware on your phone right now use this link:
http://rumrunner.us/rumrunner_downloads/rumrunner_m7wlv_1.10.605.8.zip
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Yes I meant romrunner. I tried last night but it would say "don't pet your phone" stuff then it would fail. Ill try again
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justinisloco said:
Yes I meant romrunner. I tried last night but it would say "don't pet your phone" stuff then it would fail. Ill try again
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I too had a few issues getting it to work at first. Make sure you read the prerequisites very well and everything is perfect. Also make sure any anti-virus and firewall programs are disabled or completely uninstalled even. My firewall was causing it to hang up. Then even after that it took a few trys to get it to take. And make sure you have the correct version of rumrunner for the version of firmware your phone is using.
I also had issues getting the recover to flash, and I ended up having to update my SDK Tools and run the CMD from inside that folder where I also put the recovery. This may be common knowledge but at the time I didn't know that.
justinisloco said:
Yes I meant romrunner. I tried last night but it would say "don't pet your phone" stuff then it would fail. Ill try again
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Few things to make sure you have done for Rumrunner to work
- YOU HAVE TO USE USB2.0 if you use USB 3.0 the program will not work
- Uninstall HTC Sync and any other programs on your computer that are used with your phone
- Enable USB Debugging
- Disable Fastboot
- Enable "Unknown Sources"
- Disable "Verify Apps"
- Make sure there is no security on your phone, no passcodes, faceclock or anything else
- Disable Lock Screen Security
- Make sure you run the soju,exe with admin privileges
If that doesnt work, copy the text from the program so I can see where it went wrong.
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Few things to make sure you have done for Rumrunner to work
- YOU HAVE TO USE USB2.0 if you use USB 3.0 the program will not work
- Uninstall HTC Sync and any other programs on your computer that are used with your phone
- Enable USB Debugging
- Disable Fastboot
- Enable "Unknown Sources"
- Disable "Verify Apps"
- Make sure there is no security on your phone, no passcodes, faceclock or anything else
- Disable Lock Screen Security
- Make sure you run the soju,exe with admin privileges
If that doesnt work, copy the text from the program so I can see where it went wrong.
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I have all of that. I updated to 1.10.605.10 so maybe that may work, and rebooted my pc. I'm just getting home now so I'll see if anything changes
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OK Here is my Log-
==================== rumrunner S-OFF 0.0.3 ==============================
rumrunner S-OFF comes with NO WARRANTY (express or implied)
and NO GUARANTEE OF FITNESS for any particular task.
We have made every effort we can to make this a safe process for users
however the authors disclaim any liability for damage to your phone
or other materials or devices used during this process.
The entire risk of running rumrunner S-OFF lies with you, the user.
By using this software you acknowledge and accept that the authors
are not liable for any loss, material or otherwise howsoever caused.
Do you understand the implications of this warning?
(Yes/No)
Yes
Dear User: We will expect that YOU:
(1) Know how to use ADB and FASTBOOT binaries
---- [Yes, use these tools to test USB connection BEFORE running rumrunner] ----
(2) Realize that rumrunner S-OFF cannot support every CUSTOM rom in this world
(3) Understand that irc support IS NOT A GENERAL HELPDESK
(4) Are able to identify and download the CORRECT package for YOUR device
(5) Know how to enable USB-debugging on YOUR device (Yes, do that now)
(6) Understand that you may NOT repack or redistribute rumrunner S-OFF
Ok?
(Yes/No)
Yes
!! Do NOT for any reason taunt, unplug, drop, eat or pet your device !!
Please wait....
..........
ERROR: run rumrunner again and READ
Press ENTER to exit
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OK Here is my Log-
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Make a Ubuntu live cd, that might help. A lot of people have success with that when windows was failing them.
Edit: Depending on your computer, you might be able to make a Live USB. Live USB's are my preference but your bios has to support booting to the usb drive.
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Wozzie said:
Make a Ubuntu live cd, that might help. A lot of people have success with that when windows was failing them.
Edit: Depending on your computer, you might be able to make a Live USB. Live USB's are my preference but your bios has to support booting to the usb drive.
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Use this to download Ubuntu - Ubuntu Desktop Download - make sure you download the 32-bit version.
When loading Ubuntu, you do not have to install it, you can click "Try Ubuntu" when prompted and not have to worry about having things setup on your computer to have two os's.
Wozzie said:
Make a Ubuntu live cd, that might help. A lot of people have success with that when windows was failing them.
Edit: Depending on your computer, you might be able to make a Live USB. Live USB's are my preference but your bios has to support booting to the usb drive.
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May have to be my first time. Finally an excuse to try it out. just curious, can I run this OS on a Mac? From a flash drive? I can use my windows but it's mainly for work and now that I think of it they may have put some internet blocking thing on there (not antivirus) because of sensitive information
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as a complete noob myself, this thread was very helpful. Thanks guys
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OK Here is my Log-
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That looks like a Driver issue. Verify you can connect with ADB, if not you need to double check you have the HTC drivers installed correctly. Sometimes you have to let the phone site for a bit for all the drivers to connect correctly the first time.
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That looks like a Driver issue. Verify you can connect with ADB, if not you need to double check you have the HTC drivers installed correctly. Sometimes you have to let the phone site for a bit for all the drivers to connect correctly the first time.
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Can you point me in the correct direction for the Drivers?
Usually, if I'm not mistaken, they usually automatically download on Windows when I plug the phone in. When I used to root the Nexus 7 for example, it wouldnt connect. The HTC I am able to connect to my PC and trade out storage, and I do not have HTC Sync installed on the Windows becauase I have nothing but work stuff on there anyway.
Im at work right now, maybe I'll use this computer and see if this helps rather than my laptop at home.
justinisloco said:
Can you point me in the correct direction for the Drivers?
Usually, if I'm not mistaken, they usually automatically download on Windows when I plug the phone in. When I used to root the Nexus 7 for example, it wouldnt connect. The HTC I am able to connect to my PC and trade out storage, and I do not have HTC Sync installed on the Windows becauase I have nothing but work stuff on there anyway.
Im at work right now, maybe I'll use this computer and see if this helps rather than my laptop at home.
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It is listed as a requirement in the rumrunner thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473644 If you dig in the thread a bit there are some good links. I think this may be the one you will end up needing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376761
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It is listed as a requirement in the rumrunner thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2473644 If you dig in the thread a bit there are some good links. I think this may be the one you will end up needing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2376761
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Alright, Work computer is a no go. When I get home, I will download those drivers and try this again. Im getting so used to keeping my phone stock at this point that I dont even know if its worth it! LOL.
Thanks again for your (and everyone so fars) help. It is appreciated!
FINALLY GOT PAST THE SCREEN!
Call me an idiot, but I didnt have USB Debugging enabled! I Couldve sworn it was already enabled! I feel like a total noob!
Now I will just follow the directions in that first thread and I should be good to go?