So I am one of the few that cannot do the goldcard method. I was wondering if anyone has tried to use the G1's one click method on the mytouch 1.2?
I want to try it but I fear that I may just brick my phone (I JUST UPGRADED AND CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY ANOTHER ONE ANYTIME SOON).
I was wondering if anyone out there knew where I could find the motherboard specs and radio / spl specs for the G1? If they are in any way alike I will def be testing the G1 method on my phone but for now...I dont want to risk it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
P.S. hope this is in the right section,
There is only the Goldcard method for now, sorry.
whats wrong with the goldcard method?
Its not the easiest our safest way to root, but its worth it.
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it wasnt that hard... I got through it pretty easily once I spent an hour to realize I didnt have USB debugging turned on
h it was easy for me too, was a general statement. might I ask why you can't do it that way? Is it just you have an incompatible sd?
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I was thinking about trying to flash an epic 4g radio to the mezmerise similar to the fascinte radio to mezmerise method.... I am assuming the experts would advise against this.... but I guess the real question is... will this permanently brick my phone, or could I theoretically just odin back to stock if it jacks my phone up too much?
My suggestion is that if you aren't sure exactly what your flashing is going to do its not a good idea in fact its a very bad idea....won't work anyways 4g isn't just software or firmware its different hardware.
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I understand that the 4g radio is a completely separate thing, and while there may be worthless software added, perhaps the 3g radio is similar... Either way I have seen unbrick guides that should technically unbrick just about anything. This is why I want to take such a careless risk, as there is no sprint radio for the i500 devices. I dont imagine a verizon radio helping me with getting this sucker to work properly with my boost account while a sprint radio would help greatly.
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I understand that the 4g radio is a completely separate thing, and while there may be worthless software added, perhaps the 3g radio is similar... Either way I have seen unbrick guides that should technically unbrick just about anything. This is why I want to take such a careless risk, as there is no sprint radio for the i500 devices. I dont imagine a verizon radio helping me with getting this sucker to work properly with my boost account while a sprint radio would help greatly.
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so how did the flash go?
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My ballzieness shrunk back down to a logical level when the alcohol wore off, and I am now afraid to attempt such a thing as it seems idiotic to me now.
sidicious said:
My ballzieness shrunk back down to a logical level when the alcohol wore off, and I am now afraid to attempt such a thing as it seems idiotic to me now.
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Haha that's funny **** right there bud! Im glad you didn't bork your phone while drunk as I have found its harder to read how to fix things when the screen is fuzzy and the room is spinning! Even tho it is likely that if you can get to download mode you can fix these phones.
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well, i had thoroughly researched bringing the mesmerize back from really stupid flashes... like people flashing captivate roms to their i500... so I honestly think it would have been a series of odin flashes. but regardless, dumb idea, and i have full 3g working on a pick n pack mesmerize rom/radio.
Hey guys, this may seem like a dumb question to you, but I'm coming from the Nexus S 4G and before that the Evo with Sprint. To save 4G when I was rooting I had to back up my RSA keys otherwise I would never get 4G again. Is there anything you need to do for LTE or can you just flash a rom once rooted and not worry about it?
Thanks in advance.
nope no need to back up anything because we have SIM CARDS BABY!
rami98 said:
nope no need to back up anything because we have SIM CARDS BABY!
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That.
There's nothing special you need to do to keep your data connection, in fact I didn't even know rooting phones with other carriers required you to do that!
OK great, thank you guys. I didn't know you had to back them up the first time either, so I never had 4G on my Evo. Pretty stupid that you would have to back them up if you ask me.
Well if you're new to rooting the Charge(or just rooting in general) make sure you check out the guide linked below, I would not have been able to root my phone without it, it's so helpful to noobs (especially considering you need to use Odin to root the Charge and not many people have used that before) I seriously wish I could thank Chadness more for his efforts :]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122657
Hi all,
I'm going to be getting an HTC Evo Shift from someone, which I think has Android 2.2 Froyo on it.
The phone was reported lost and a replacement obtained, then after getting the replacement the old phone was found.... but Sprint said they had written it off, and didn't want the old one back. The ESN remains blocked on Sprint because of this, but they won't unblock it and just said they didn't want it.
Soooo, I'm going to use it as a WiFi only device... but I'd really like to get Gingerbread 2.3 onto it somehow... which I'm assuming can't be done OTA if the ESN is blocked on the Sprint network?
Also, I'm in Canada so once I get it, I won't have access to the Sprint network at all.... and I don't know if the update can be downloaded and installed manually through the computer or what. Anyone know?
I heard the Evo Shift can be rooted as well, but that sounds very complicated to me... so I'm still figuring out what my options are with regards to getting the software as updated as possible.
Any advice would be appreciated
id personally recommend reading up on how to root your fone..
and once you get that going...
you can just install a diff rom that has 2.3 on it..
=D
hey
I did a bit of reading on rooting bit it seems like its different for all devices and some are "one click" solutions while others are multi-step instructions full of unfamilliar terms and procedures which could ruin the phone. lol
I did read some instructions that pertained to the Evo Shift, but there was much involved that my brain shut off after reading the first few steps.
I was really hoping for something simple. but that might be a pipe dream, eh?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-976605.html
Looks like the simplest root method for the shift. I haven't tried it, but since it is on xda good chance it is well supported.
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Thanks for the link.
Still sounds scary... but I'll finish reading the rest of the discussion later and see what others ultimately had to say about it.
Still open to comments from others too if anyone has any.
I dont have the phone yet, I'm just getting prepared so I can get to work updating it as soon as it arrives.
Easy and fast root method
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The link that was posted would be the easiest for someone but the perm root instructions that are stickied in the development section is what I have used many times on my shift and my girls shift when I root, you can do it either from the pc or from terminal on your phone just have to make sure the commands are exact so I would say just use the pc and copy from the root instructions and paste in command prompt. There are a few gingerbread ROMS to choose from 2 are stock, one is newkidds the other is X99s ROM, then there is MikShiFted-G which is a very optimized and snappy GB, and last there is Elite v1.2 over on themikmik which is based off MikShifted-G but has carousel Rosie and 3D widgets, whatever you do don't try the ota if it goes through you will be stuck with a OS that hasn't been rooted yet
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Thanks for the replies guys.
I might give it a shot when it arrives.
There is a lot more I need to look into first.
I've seen lots of people say that if a CDMA phone has a carrier blocked ESN, that you can flash another carriers ROM onto it and activate it with them. I think Cricket Wireless or Boost Mobile was mentioned, but I can't remember.
Here in Canada, Bell still runs CDMA but they will NOT allow a non-Bell CDMA phone to be connected to their network, under any circumstances. HSPA/GSM they will though.
It I could flash the ROM to a carrier other than Sprint, that might be a good idea. That way the thing can potentially have some value as a phone too, and maybe serve me as a roaming device when I travel to the US. Or, would just installing one of the third party ROM's allow it to be activated on another carrier?
I'm really not familliar with the way the US carriers operate.
I have Sprint HTC Evo Shift 4g using android 2.3.4, I have searched everywhere and i can't find an answer to this, My HTC Evo micro usb port is broken and i am trying to root my phone but can not find a way to root it that doesn't require me to connect my phone to my computer, i transfer files to my Phone through Airdroid or taking my SD card out.
Is there a way to root without having to connect my phone to my computer? I appreciate any help that i can get.
If you can get it downgraded to 2.2 Froyo then yes it can be rooted from terminal emulator on the device its self. But the whole downgrade process will need a USB IIRC
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Did a Google search just for the Hell of it. Came up Zeros . Didn't think it was possible, but thought someone may have come up with something.
yeah iv'e looked everywhere I can think of, thanks for trying though.
If anyone else figures out a way or has any ideas I appreciate any help that I can get
Didn't indirect have a script? Or was derp_null? Forgive me if I'm remembering wrong
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I don't remember seeing any. But if you can find it, I'd like to take a look at that.
bump Anybody's help is greatly appreciated.
I've done Multiple searches, and have come up with nothing. Sorry . That does not mean a Method does not exist. It just means I cannot find one.
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Didn't indirect have a script? Or was derp_null? Forgive me if I'm remembering wrong
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The script you need a computer and USB cable. I don't think there is a way to root version 2.3 and up without those things
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Seriously I've done many, many, many searches. If there is a way to root the Shift on 2.3.4 without a USB Cable, I'd like to know it
I'm not greatly familiar with hboots in general, all I've ever toyed around with is the Shift's. However I'm kind of considering attempting to flash Desire Z's through the same process used with replacing the T-Mobile G2's hboot, which allows the G2 to then boot Desire Z ROM's without flaw. I'm still in the early attempt thought stages with this. I have a motherboard to brick so I figured why not give it a try? If anybody can offer some insight into why this wouldn't work to save me a motherboard or if anybody has tried this? let me know. Its ran off the same chipset, I honestly don't believe a hard brick to be capable unless there's just that much to the dynamics of an hboot.
Maybe the difference in radios? GSM vs cdma
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It seems that it would just be fine since it works in one direction, it should work in the other as well