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[Q] Cant root incredible says firmware to new

Hi everyone. I am new to the incredible section...I am not a newb to rooting and flashing as I come from the HD2 section. However I am trying to root a friends incredible and I have done everything needed to get unrevoked on on my computer with the correct drivers. I tried to root it several times and it just gives me the "error root failes, is your firmware too new?".
I have tried to do the Z4root way like mentioned in another thread and I just get the same thing. Does anyone have any solid help or advice? Trust me I have searched over and over.
Thanks in advance!

jdmitr said:
Hi everyone. I am new to the incredible section...I am not a newb to rooting and flashing as I come from the HD2 section. However I am trying to root a friends incredible and I have done everything needed to get unrevoked on on my computer with the correct drivers. I tried to root it several times and it just gives me the "error root failes, is your firmware too new?".
I have tried to do the Z4root way like mentioned in another thread and I just get the same thing. Does anyone have any solid help or advice? Trust me I have searched over and over.
Thanks in advance!
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Did you use the newest reflash package? What is the number ?
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it is downloaded directly from unrevoked v 3.32...I also tried it by selecting "disk drive" instead of "charge only as suggested in another forum.

jdmitr said:
it is downloaded directly from unrevoked v 3.32
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On the main screen did you pick incredible.... just try this delete that package and download a new one but make sure its for the incredible
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newtoroot said:
On the main screen did you pick incredible.... just try this delete that package and download a new one but make sure its for the incredible
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Yeah I picked the incredible and I have already tried to delete and re-download and still no difference.

Is it an AMOLED or Super LCD? I remember having a fight with my GF's SLCD incredible because it gave the same error. Do you have the ADB driver installed properly?

Mithos der Held said:
Is it an AMOLED or Super LCD? I remember having a fight with my GF's SLCD incredible because it gave the same error. Do you have the ADB driver installed properly?
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It seems to be a AMOLED...I turned it on with the lights out and the screen didnt glow before the HTC screen (I read that was the way to check). I do have the drivers installed correctly. I have tried on two different computers too...one is windows 7 and the other is Vista.

jdmitr said:
It seems to be a AMOLED...I turned it on with the lights out and the screen didnt glow before the HTC screen (I read that was the way to check). I do have the drivers installed correctly. I have tried on two different computers too...one is windows 7 and the other is Vista.
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Go to Doug pistons website and ask him if anyone can help its him
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Did you install the bootloader drivers listed on the unrevoked site?
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jdmitr said:
Hi everyone. I am new to the incredible section...I am not a newb to rooting and flashing as I come from the HD2 section. However I am trying to root a friends incredible and I have done everything needed to get unrevoked on on my computer with the correct drivers. I tried to root it several times and it just gives me the "error root failes, is your firmware too new?".
I have tried to do the Z4root way like mentioned in another thread and I just get the same thing. Does anyone have any solid help or advice? Trust me I have searched over and over.
Thanks in advance!
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I sent you a pm check it out I bet it'll help
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newtoroot said:
I sent you a pm check it out I bet it'll help
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Thanks for the help...I tried the everything to the T on the link you sent me...even uninstalled dropbox and still no luck. Says the same thing "firmware too new".

might have an answer...
Hi dude,
I just rooted using the same method, and the first time I got the same messege about new firmware, then on the second attempt, I discovered my mistake... you're supposed to have your phone un-plugged before clicking on the start button, then plug in. Hope it helps, I'm rooted now, Yah!

cpomike13 said:
Hi dude,
I just rooted using the same method, and the first time I got the same messege about new firmware, then on the second attempt, I discovered my mistake... you're supposed to have your phone un-plugged before clicking on the start button, then plug in. Hope it helps, I'm rooted now, Yah!
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Yes you don't plug it in till you have the reflash open if you had it plugged in the hole time you will get errors good find I didn't think of that
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Thanks guys...I have tried it that way and no change.

it may sound stupid but have you tried rooting without the sd card on the phone...

Well, just the sake of trying it, just uninstall any user app you installed. I was getting the problem, the unrevoked website mentioned the possibility of some apps interfering. I only had 3 installed, but it made a difference.

jdmitr said:
Hi everyone. I am new to the incredible section...I am not a newb to rooting and flashing as I come from the HD2 section. However I am trying to root a friends incredible and I have done everything needed to get unrevoked on on my computer with the correct drivers. I tried to root it several times and it just gives me the "error root failes, is your firmware too new?".
I have tried to do the Z4root way like mentioned in another thread and I just get the same thing. Does anyone have any solid help or advice? Trust me I have searched over and over.
Thanks in advance!
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-Make sure USB debugging is Checked on the phone
-Allow ADB and anything else to connect to internet when Unrevoked is running if you have a firewall installed
-I think HTC Sync should be UNINSTALLED but someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
-And for goodness sakes restart your computer atleast lol just kidding but seriously I hope this helps

Well I finally got the root to take! What finally did it was uninstalling some apps! Thanks again everyone for your help!
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i know you have already got it working but i just wanted to add something because i did not see it suggested, by the way glad you got it figured out.
when i first did mine i was having exact same issues, and tried 3 different computers, all with win 7, i was using zonealarm extream security on them, which is a fire wall and virus software, i was dissabling it on all atempts but what i forgot was win7 automatically turns on windows firewall when you dissable a aftermarket one. well i finaly remembered that and turned it off and it work first try.
so just wanted to throw that in for anyone reading this, just one more thing to check if you are having issues.

[Q] Can't get phone to re-root, please help

Previously I had installed on my phone (I believe, but could be mistaken) a Twilight Kernel and Hurricane v1.6 Rom. Well, I had nothing but problems with the rom, and put up with them for some time, just because I didn't have time to go through and find a rom I liked and flash it. I decided to do just that yesterday.
Apparently my mind broke and I did something wrong (probably numerous things). I had first attempted to put the shiney new CWM9 with Shadow Kernel on, rather, I made the mistake of trying to just put the Shadow Kernel on after having done a full (triple) wipe on my phone. I got the boot loop for the kernel since there was no rom (duh) loaded. Okay, no problem, I'll toss a rom on the SD and boot into CW3 and flash it? Yeah, not so much. I got a short "Samsung" logo boot loop and could not get into CW3 after that.
So, I Odin'd it back to EL30, thinking I'll just start from fresh, right?
Wrong.
Next in the series of mistakes I made, I forgot that I had already downloaded and installed the Samsung drivers (don't ask, my brain was apparently on leave yesterday) and attempted to re-install them. They did not like this and would not progress and I had to End Process the install from Task Manager. I then uninstalled the drivers completely fearing that I may have corrupted them by trying to re-install and then EP'ing them.
I then re-installed them, or so I thought. Plug phone in and start again with One Click Root. Fail. The script couldn't find my device.
Hours of searching and trying different things later, script still couldn't find my device, though I now have both the phone recognizing there is a USB connection, and the computer has stopped yelling at me that there are no drivers (I believe it finally gave up and installed the Windows drivers for it). But still can't get it rooted or do anything but stock stuff.
So..
1:Samsung drivers won't install, running Windows 7-64 Ultimate; error at end of install just states: "The MMS InstallWizard was not successfully installed SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones v1.3.450.0."
2hone previously recognized USB Debug mode, but no longer. Will only Recognize standard USB connection, and with the connection made to PC, the script will not recognize the device.
3:adb for all intensive purposes does not appear to be loading..per the message from the script "Root was not obtained after 60 seconds. Make sure the phone is connected and that adb is working. If adb shell isn't root, reboot the phone and try the script again." I've rebooted numerous times, but I'm pretty certain that since it's not going into Debug, it's just not being recognized.
I have even tried Gingerbreak with no luck, just continuously sits on the rooting screen, but never proceeds (upwards 45 minutes I let it go).
Please please please please help me fix all the mistakes I did and get this thing working again and get the damned drivers installed proper.
(Baseband-S: D700.0.55.EL30, Kernel version 2.6.35.7, Build number: Gingerbread.EL30)
Note* I am happy with any root/kernel/rom at this point, I don't care, I just want the damned thing rooted again.

And of course after I finally cave and post for help, I find the thread where it clearly states OneClick Root no longer works for Gingerbread...so we'll add that into the mistakes I made...
Question still stands, how do I get this rooted again?

Qbking77 youtube him...
Or I could do it for you remotely via teamviewer... either way
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AtrophiedAnnie said:
And of course after I finally cave and post for help, I find the thread where it clearly states OneClick Root no longer works for Gingerbread...so we'll add that into the mistakes I made...
Question still stands, how do I get this rooted again?
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If you are up and running EL30 just Google How to Root Samsung Epic on EL30 and a qbking77 youtube video will pop up and all the links are there as well for the files you need. If you are not up and running then you need to go into the Roll Up sticky thread in Development and click on How to Restore a semi-bricked Samsung Epic....all links are there for that including 64bit drivers.
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Found it all, getting it working now. Thanks all. We'll chalk this up to ...noobi-ness....(ignoring that I've been rooted and doing this for a year now... >.> )

AtrophiedAnnie said:
Found it all, getting it working now. Thanks all. We'll chalk this up to ...noobi-ness....(ignoring that I've been rooted and doing this for a year now... >.> )
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Sounds more like serious root rust to me. Gotta keep up...lol. Samsung tries to make it harder to root...that works for 5 minutes around here...LOL.
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IT'S DONE!!! Again thank you both so much1

So I'm Pretty Sure My Wife Is Going To Kill Me

So I offered to put a custom ROM on my wife's Galaxy S II T989, because she likes my S3. First problem was it would NOT root. It would install the superuser app but it wouldn't verify as rooted, says the su binaries were not installed... Ok. I wanted to use the CM11 Kit Kat Rom, so the instructions said that I had to be rooted so I kept looking and finally found one for su v0.92, it failed in CW recovery so I tried it using Odin, and again it failed. So I rebooted the phone to try again later and it is now stuck in a boot loop. I have read that Odin can be a little finicky so I kept trying and to no avail. I even tried Heimdall Suite and it said that it detected my device but after I tried to install the root package that way it said device could not be detected and threw an error. I couldn't figure that out, so I verified that the USB drivers were installed and they were. The forum says I have what's called a soft bricked phone and to download a recovery kernel for it and it should fix the problem, but I can't find one for android version 4.1.2.
I have tried two different USB cords, and two different USB ports and nothing. I am just so lost confused. I completely abandoned Android after Froyo and went to a Windows Phone for over 2 years but recently came back because of the lack of app support. I used to flash ROMs on my LG Optimus T all the time without a problem. Things have changed I guess. I'm pretty sure that my wife is going to have a cow when she wakes up this morning. Any help that anyone can provide would be most helpful. Thanks in advance!

So I fixed the problem with the boot loop. Odin finally wanted to cooperate this time. I downloaded a stock time and extracted the md5 file out of it and flashed it using Odin v1.85 with defaukt options checked and it worked! I hope this helps someone who was having the same problem I was with the Galaxy T989.
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[Q] Problem is beyond me

Ok so i bought a phone from a guy on craigslist a couple months ago and everything was fine its a sprint lg g2 that was running a tmobile rom he said never had an issue with it.. today i was working on my motorcycle and i must have hit system update in my pocket :/ well i have been trying to fix this phone for about 8 hrs now and im not having much luck.. first i tried to flash a new rom but couldnt get the drivers to be recognized by any computer i tried.. so i resorted to the flash tool and thinking i had a sprint g2 i downloaded the stock sprint .tot and dll. files the flash tool thinks my phone is a d801at so i downloaded the appropriate files and flashed again and it worked flawlessly i thought now the phone just force shuts down and reboots and if you lock the screen it reboots i have tried flashing it again and again and also preforming a factory reset from the phone im lost and dont know what to do if you could lead me to water i will drink lol but im lost and dont even know where to begin please help as i need my phone

someone please help...

if the build.prop was edited to make it think it was a different phone other then the sprint lg g2, you would have to fix the build.prop then re use the flash tool and tot it back to sprint stuff. You may have to flash a zip in recovery (if you have custom recovery), to fix the build prop. Make sure you have the latest drivers installed on the computer and try different usb ports and cords as well if the drivers aren't installing.

jcwxguy said:
if the build.prop was edited to make it think it was a different phone other then the sprint lg g2, you would have to fix the build.prop then re use the flash tool and tot it back to sprint stuff. You may have to flash a zip in recovery (if you have custom recovery), to fix the build prop. Make sure you have the latest drivers installed on the computer and try different usb ports and cords as well if the drivers aren't installing.
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I have the drivers installed now i dont really know how to edit the build prop but could probably figure it out but the problem is i dont have a custom recovery and I only have a maximum of 45 sec to root and install one lol If i press to many buttons on my phone it reboots or says error

brickedg2 said:
I have the drivers installed now i dont really know how to edit the build prop but could probably figure it out but the problem is i dont have a custom recovery and I only have a maximum of 45 sec to root and install one lol If i press to many buttons on my phone it reboots or says error
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Post your issue on this thread. XxZombiePikachu is real helpful there. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2692223
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You had a Rom called "Justin's Rom" on it. Many people had this issue. Take your SIM card out, go back to stock using the flash tool, root with auto rec, then flash cloudystock.it works for tmobile out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2661866
Also read my post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2729370

Lollipop root problem

LG 10.1 wireless only. I upgraded to Lollipop and I am trying to root with the one click script I get a screen that says download mode I start the script my tablet switches to a screen that says updating firmware and that is where it sits. What am I doing wrong? I installed the drivers and Windows can see the tablet when it is on.

I tried many methods to root Lollipop stock on my G Pad 7, but this one is the only that worked for me. It requires to do steps manually, but it works! I was in your same situation, hope it helps..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59309508&postcount=1
[ zer0lab.dev ~ Lollipop stock on LG G2 ~ xda free ]

Thanks I'll try that in the next day or two.
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jpisini said:
LG 10.1 wireless only. I upgraded to Lollipop and I am trying to root with the one click script I get a screen that says download mode I start the script my tablet switches to a screen that says updating firmware and that is where it sits. What am I doing wrong? I installed the drivers and Windows can see the tablet when it is on.
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Try with the version 1.3 LG one click root

I have always had to do steps manually. The auto-rooter app only worked once for me across all my devices. It seems to not always work reliably, typically requiring 3 or more attempts before the script actually takes off and roots the device.

player911 said:
I have always had to do steps manually. The auto-rooter app only worked once for me across all my devices. It seems to not always work reliably, typically requiring 3 or more attempts before the script actually takes off and roots the device.
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Mine rooted first try with kingroot on lollipop , but use at least version 4.1 and 4.5 update from kingroot allowed me to use supersume to switch for upersu with successful binary update... For some reason I am NOT seeing anyone else anywhere mentioning have done this method like me so I'm curious why more people haven't figured that one out lol or I'm just missing a bunch of post somewhere
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dadrumgod said:
Mine rooted first try with kingroot on lollipop , but use at least version 4.1 and 4.5 update from kingroot allowed me to use supersume to switch for upersu with successful binary update... For some reason I am NOT seeing anyone else anywhere mentioning have done this method like me so I'm curious why more people haven't figured that one out lol or I'm just missing a bunch of post somewhere
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There are a few different posts around regarding using Kingroot for the G Pad. I had a significant delay in root appearing/working initially then getting king off of the pad. But recently updated everything, tried again and didn't have as many problems.

Yeah it was not a lot of issues to kingroot and switch to supersu, the problem now is I rebooted one day all the sudden and it is stuck in a boot loop I cannot get out of or find clear instructions on how to get out of. I can get to the Verizon logo, or recovery where any option send me to the fast boot screen and it will send me to a blank screen. I don't have a computer and don't really know what to do with it. The crazy thing is I didn't do anything at all that would have cost that it just did it, unfortunately it's just one of the risk of rooting
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