I'm wondering if there might be in the pipeline a method similar to weak sauce where you just downloaded an apk. and you can gain root access without having to go to the trouble of downloading Android sdk , etc, etc, command prompts etc and in my case having to go to the Internet cafe as I don't use PC /Laptop, much and all as I love HTC but it's a bloody nightmare when it comes to rooting compared to Samsung which was simple.
I already tried weak sauce and it force closes when I click on agree but I did read that it was really initially for Verizon in USA so I wasn't overly surprised it wouldn't work.
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To gain root escalation in that way there must be an exploitable bug. Until no holes are found, no temp root methods will be out.
Try again in a right method.
Shame as it has great potential
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Any update on this? Thank you.
I've gotten root since this post but still would be nice to see
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Is there a way to root without PC? Does Weaksauce work on the Google Play Edition?
rabaker07 said:
Is there a way to root without PC? Does Weaksauce work on the Google Play Edition?
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I don't think weak sauce ever worked for this device. Old exploits get patched. Using a method from years ago, won't work.
Try kingroot, although results have been mixed.
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Is there a way to root without PC? Does Weaksauce work on the Google Play Edition?
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you can flash TWRP with out using PC if your device is s-off then flash supersu.zip from there
do you have an s-off device ??
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I'm deciding whether or not I should buy this phone or not depending on if I can root it.
I'm very confused with all the different versions of rooting instructions for the various types of Plays so if someone can point me in the right direction.
All I want to be able to do when rooted (if it's possible) is to remove bloatware and wireless tether.
Thanks in advance.
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You can root the Verizon Xperia Play (R800x) via [HOW-TO] Root Phones w/ Android v2.2.x-2.3.x (zergRush Method) as long as you update to v2.3.3.
I used the step by step version and rooted mine before the 1 click version existed.
Just buy an unlocked gsm phone there is more support for them and not so much if a pain in the ass.
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jimthev said:
You can root the Verizon Xperia Play (R800x) via [HOW-TO] Root Phones w/ Android v2.2.x-2.3.x (zergRush Method) as long as you update to v2.3.3.
I used the step by step version and rooted mine before the 1 click version existed.
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Thanks for the information. Is it pretty easy to update to 2.3.3?
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Also, does it still allow for wireless tether for root app to work?
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It should. Use the latest version, set up WPA2 encryption and select "Nexus One (GSM)" as your device and it should work. Barnacle Tether works without any special configuring required, albeit it is only ad-hoc, but enough for tethering PCs.
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Thanks for the information. Is it pretty easy to update to 2.3.3?
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I just said 'yes' when my phone asked me if I wanted to update. Verizon has pushed out that update out so at most you have to 'check for updates' and then say 'yes'.
Keep in mind, that on verizon there is no free method to unlock the bootloader, and that there are precious few custom roms that even work with it. The verizon version of this phone is practically crippled compared to other versions. I know you said you wouldn't be doing any custom roms, but I used to say the same thing myself back when I had the Original Moto Droid. After I had root, I lasted about 3 days before I was looking for custom roms to put on it.
Hey, thanks everyone for helping me out.
It sounds fairly easy to root seems like. My only other concern is if I root now and ice cream sandwich comes out next year, will I be able to update?
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Hey, thanks everyone for helping me out.
It sounds fairly easy to root seems like. My only other concern is if I root now and ice cream sandwich comes out next year, will I be able to update?
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Yes. So long as you reinstall any apps you may have removed.
Also people, understand that not all of us have a choice of going with a GSM phone, hence us getting the 800x.
I would like to install some apps that require root privileges. On my previous phone (Moto Milestone), we had 2 root procedures: Soft root, that could be achieved my an app, universal one root, and a hard root, which would require flashing various stuff. I understand that HOX has some permanent root procedures, but is there any way of achieving soft root? I do not want to void my warranty yet, and am willing to wait for S-OFF for a few more months.
Are there any soft root methods available for the One X?
none mate. you need to unlock bootloader through htcdev.com
I was having the same consern as you do, but after I received my 3rd HOX (the other two were faulty) , i decided to wait about 8-15 days, and since everything was ok, I unlocked it and rooted it. so far so good.
I spotted this. Haven't tested it myself though.
http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/root-any-htc-one-x-windowsmaclinuxattinternationalone-click-method/
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KrisPerry said:
I spotted this. Haven't tested it myself though.
http://onexroot.com/one-x-root/root-any-htc-one-x-windowsmaclinuxattinternationalone-click-method/
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It work this ?
You must have unlock your bootloader to get root access or not ?
Anyone tried that method? Personally, I am suspicious of any procedure that doesn't come out of XDA..
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Anyone tried that method? Personally, I am suspicious of any procedure that doesn't come out of XDA..
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The comments posted on the article imply that HTC have patched this method. However perhaps it would work with earlier software versions
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This only works on the S4 chipset devices.
I just got a note 3 on tmobile, and I found that a lot of people have had success rooting there Verizon and att note 3s with kingo, but no one ever talks about whether or not it works on the tmobile note 3 ould someone whos tried it please answer my question please??
kingo root app
yes the kingo root app will work on t-mobile samsung galaxy note 3
Is that an app? What should I do to get it? Ain't got no pc at the moment. Xda bros help a brother out. Happy New Year Btw and thanx in advance
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transporterman said:
Is that an app? What should I do to get it? Ain't got no pc at the moment. Xda bros help a brother out. Happy New Year Btw and thanx in advance
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you must install kingo via a pc. no way to do it from the device. ask a friend who has a pc to help you out
Kingo App T-Mobile Note3
I hope I did not just unleash the Hell Hounds of Chinese hacking lore on my phone but the Kingo program was ridiculously easy... Go to the Kingo website click on your device D/L the program, install on PC, follow directions and in less than 5 min your rooted with Knox intact.
Stupid easy....
Kitkat root?
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I hope I did not just unleash the Hell Hounds of Chinese hacking lore on my phone but the Kingo program was ridiculously easy... Go to the Kingo website click on your device D/L the program, install on PC, follow directions and in less than 5 min your rooted with Knox intact.
Stupid easy....
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IS this still applicable with Kitkat? I have a new Note 3 with never rooted Stock 4.4.2 Kitkat. wanted to know if I just root using Kingo will it keep KNOX 0x0. I see references telling rooting in any way on Kitkat is tripping KNOX.
To the best of my knowledge, there's no way to root kit-kat directly without tripping Knox. There are ways to get to a rooted KK without tripping Knox, but you need to start on JB, root that and then upgrade to KK from there.
siff said:
I hope I did not just unleash the Hell Hounds of Chinese hacking lore on my phone but the Kingo program was ridiculously easy... Go to the Kingo website click on your device D/L the program, install on PC, follow directions and in less than 5 min your rooted with Knox intact.
Stupid easy....
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I know this is old but I like how you think. I have been pondering over what to do to unlock my phone for a long time. I trust (to some degree) Cyanogen and Chain fire (odin) but it seems they dropped interest in the Note 3 Tmo (or I just don't know what I am doing... that is a possibility)..... I did my best to try to read the code of towel root and read threads to see if my IMEI is going to be sent to some underground organization or get a key logger hooked into my device or (insert some warranted tinfoil hat concern here) and yet I tried it... and as it seemed safe enough.... it didn't work.
Long story short, did we ever determine if Kingo is safe?
Thanks for this thread
Hello everyone i am new to the htc one and i know about that temp root method released by justincase. However i recently became aware of TowelRoot, released by geohot. Which apparently is a new way of achieving permanent root for all unpatched roms, which includes the verizon htc one m7. However the device is system/write protected with S-on as i understand. So do i need to temproot, s=off using firewater, then use TowelRoot to permanently root my phone? OR am i just dreaming. Has anyone tried this process, the root exploit is new. Any advice would be greatly appreciated i do now want to brick my device. A link to the TowelRoot article.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=226061337
Geohot is still around? Wow its been a while since I used his PS3 jailbreak tools.
(Sorry just had a bit of a nostalgia trip there)
[1up] said:
Hello everyone i am new to the htc one and i know about that temp root method released by justincase. However i recently became aware of TowelRoot, released by geohot. Which apparently is a new way of achieving permanent root for all unpatched roms, which includes the verizon htc one m7. However the device is system/write protected with S-on as i understand. So do i need to temproot, s=off using firewater, then use TowelRoot to permanently root my phone? OR am i just dreaming. Has anyone tried this process, the root exploit is new. Any advice would be greatly appreciated i do now want to brick my device. A link to the TowelRoot article.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...mctr=(not provided)&__utmv=-&__utmk=226061337
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this is awesome achievement I am not trying to knock it, but for m7, s-off is s-off why not use weaksauce to temp-root then use the known working firewater for the m7?
just for curiosity sake
Weaksauce no longer works on newest update. Towelroot won't work for us currently because our /system part is write protected. Jcase has informed geohot how to handle this and he will supposedly update his exploit. Should work for us and m8 if and when that happens.
You can find this info in the rumrunner thread in m7 og development btw.
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Sweet hopefully he can update it to get us m7 lovers some root action, i love verizons network but the locked bootloaders really suck. It's like driving a Ferrari with bald tires. Powerful phone is basically no more useful than my old droid2, in fact its less useful because i can't even tether or block ads, unbloat ect ect.
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Sweet hopefully he can update it to get us m7 lovers some root action, i love verizons network but the locked bootloaders really suck. It's like driving a Ferrari with bald tires. Powerful phone is basically no more useful than my old droid2, in fact its less useful because i can't even tether or block ads, unbloat ect ect.
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Believe me, I know. I just picked up this phone used. They had already taken the newest update. It's the only phone I've never been able to root immediately. It is definitely a lesson in patience.
That being said, foxfi works on this phone without root for tethering and disabling apps at least keeps them from running and cleans up your app drawer.
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Worked on mine
Towel root worked on my M7 S-off Unlocked. I was updated to the latest OTA and root worked.
Zpersondude9 said:
Towel root worked on my M7 S-off Unlocked. I was updated to the latest OTA and root worked.
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You have an m7vzw, do you?
Zpersondude9 said:
Towel root worked on my M7 S-off Unlocked. I was updated to the latest OTA and root worked.
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It worked because you were already S-OFF. Those of us who just picked up the phone for whatever reason (warranty replacement, new device, etc) cannot obtain S-OFF currently because there is no root method for the newest update (firewater requires root). Once we have root, we can run firewater and obtain S-OFF. Vicious circle.
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You have an m7vzw, do you?
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I don't understand the question.
This Forum is devoted to the Verizon model of the HTC One. When you just say m7, it might be for Verizon, or AT&T,or some other carrier. If the HTC One is meant to run on Verizon,. it is model m7vzw.
Towelroot Now works for M7
I don't know if anyone has tried this, but I have the latest update for the M7 and have been trying to gain root and S-off. If you download the latest version of towelroot then tap "welcome" 3 times, the mod strings comes up and if you change the last number from "0" to "1" then tap "Make it Rain", you can gain temporary root to the M7. Unfortunately, I still cannot find anything that gives S-off. Firewater, sunshine, rumrunner, none of them have worked. Has anyone got a working s-off exploit? Because even with towelroot, any change I make, like uninstalling bloatware, just gets undone when I reboot the phone.
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georgeisdead said:
I don't know if anyone has tried this, but I have the latest update for the M7 and have been trying to gain root and S-off. If you download the latest version of towelroot then tap "welcome" 3 times, the mod strings comes up and if you change the last number from "0" to "1" then tap "Make it Rain", you can gain temporary root to the M7. Unfortunately, I still cannot find anything that gives S-off. Firewater, sunshine, rumrunner, none of them have worked. Has anyone got a working s-off exploit? Because even with towelroot, any change I make, like uninstalling bloatware, just gets undone when I reboot the phone.
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BTW it is the VZW M7 that I have. It is 100% stock.
If it's actually gaining root then firewater should work.
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tylerlawhon said:
If it's actually gaining root then firewater should work.
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I will try again tonight. I verified root and it is actually getting root access temporarily using the method i described. Maybe I am doing something wrong with firewater. Will post results tomorrow. Hopefully I will have some luck.
I also got the towelroot temp root confirmed and when I run firewater it enters root but then says "this kernel has an anti-firewater patch, get a new kernel" (not an exact quote) just got my HTC one last week with the new update, was so looking forward to getting a new ROM on this...
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I also got the towelroot temp root confirmed and when I run firewater it enters root but then says "this kernel has an anti-firewater patch, get a new kernel" (not an exact quote) just got my HTC one last week with the new update, was so looking forward to getting a new ROM on this...
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I get the same message ERROR:kernel contains HTC anti-firewater patch!
Looks like we are SOL for now.
georgeisdead said:
I get the same message ERROR:kernel contains HTC anti-firewater patch!
Looks like we are SOL for now.
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Yeah another thread said firewater will not be updated for the VZWm7 but sunshine will be and they're waiting for more devices to be supported before it's released.
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They still make 25 bucks a root pop, this is almost encouraging them to update.
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Yeah another thread said firewater will not be updated for the VZWm7 but sunshine will be and they're waiting for more devices to be supported before it's released.
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He said he won't release his ROOT until more devices need it, not an s-off. As far as I know, there are no s-offs waiting to be released.
beoxify said:
He said he won't release his ROOT until more devices need it, not an s-off. As far as I know, there are no s-offs waiting to be released.
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Gotcha, maybe i was just hoping it was an s-off method, but even root will be greatly appreciated, I'm not patient enough for this!
im going to make this short and sweet. Ive tried every method on the internet that i can find to root this phone. Methods include; stumproot, towelroot, framaroot, and root methods using the pc and running other programs. My software version is D58110r idk if that is what is stopping it from working or not. Ive also tried to use the lg mobile support upgrade tool just to upgrade to lollipop. im coming from a nexus 5 so this is my first time rooting a non nexus device in years(other one was the lg optimus v on virgin mobile). PLEASE SOMEBODY HELP ME...
Google is your friend. That software version fixed the exploit. You need to downgrade, root and then upgrade using one of a couple different methods out there.
You do not need to downgrade just use this One Click root and honestly its impossible to screw up your phone with this method. This will root your phone regardless of what firmware you are on. Link Provided below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951
Thanks guys I'm going to try that right now. Didn't mean for post post to come off as too forward just really frustrated. Thanks again
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Reading through that forum it seems familiar, I think I tried it about a month ago but I'll give it another try tonight
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vel0city said:
You do not need to downgrade just use this One Click root and honestly its impossible to screw up your phone with this method. This will root your phone regardless of what firmware you are on. Link Provided below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-lg-firmwares-kitkat-lollipop-t3056951
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I can confirm that this method works flawlessly on 10r. I also strongly advise staying on stock root, using SkyDragon !.61 kernel with recommended settings in OP if you want things like your camera and LTE to work without big hassles. I also used Titanium to freeze what little bloat/unused apps, and I can report 0 FC's, and at least 24 hour battery. Ihave gotten as much as 64 hours. Good luck! :good: