Super Easy Way to Root Sprint .6 Release (might work for other carriers also)
Download the app from this post (or the one attached here) to your phone and install with Astro or the like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598
Run app, select appropriate version, hit root. Wait ~30 sec, see root confirmation. You are now rooted!!!!
Need a super easy way to get recovery image installed? Download ROM Manager (free) and install the ClockworkMod Recovery. You can now install roms with either ROM manager or thru recovery. You can even flash alternate recovery (RA 1.6.2) from rom manager.
This is stupid easy!!!!
I just did these exact steps about 10 min ago and it worked flawlessly. No messing with RUUs.
Not sure if boot-patched.zip should be flashed afterwards like in the original 2.1 root. Someone else please chime in on this.
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confirmed this works.
question...
I've rooted my Evo , but now tryin to help a buddy root his hero. New to this. I'm curious about some specifics of this. At what point can you nand backup and wipe? As I've noticed most peoples problems rooting come from not wiping data, dalvik cache, and factory reset.
Also, you need to do the 2.1 update before doin this, does it matter? My buddys hero is still on 1.5. Any extra info, specifics, technical info much appreciated.
Thanks in advance. Looks great, and thank you.
scottspa74 said:
I've rooted my Evo , but now tryin to help a buddy root his hero. New to this. I'm curious about some specifics of this. At what point can you nand backup and wipe? As I've noticed most peoples problems rooting come from not wiping data, dalvik cache, and factory reset.
Also, you need to do the 2.1 update before doin this, does it matter? My buddys hero is still on 1.5. Any extra info, specifics, technical info much appreciated.
Thanks in advance. Looks great, and thank you.
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Yes you would have to update to 2.1 for this to work, but since your 1.5 why not just root from there?
scottspa74 said:
I've rooted my Evo , but now tryin to help a buddy root his hero. New to this. I'm curious about some specifics of this. At what point can you nand backup and wipe? As I've noticed most peoples problems rooting come from not wiping data, dalvik cache, and factory reset.
Also, you need to do the 2.1 update before doin this, does it matter? My buddys hero is still on 1.5. Any extra info, specifics, technical info much appreciated.
Thanks in advance. Looks great, and thank you.
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The app has a 1.5 setting (I HAVE NOT TESTED THIS), but I would recommend doing the 2.1 update first as you will get a newer radio etc....
The point where you do the nandroid backup and wipe is after you install a recovery image. Once you have recovery image installed, you boot into recovery (all stuff you can do from rom manager) and then you do it from there.
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Yes you would have to update to 2.1 for this to work, but since your 1.5 why not just root from there?
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Hmmm. Ok. I just started lookin into this for him last night. This appears to be the easiest root method I've ever seen. Is there a root method or exploit for 1.5 that's as easy as this? Hard to imagine so. I've seen a 9 step root from 1.5 so far , but if this works from 2.1, it seems it'd be easier to update to 2.1, then do this.
This provides full root, recovery, and nand unlock, though, huh?
IDK if there's some other method that you know of that's easy, AND reliable, it'd be much appreciated. Don't wanna jack up my buddys phone. I'd never live it down.
Thanks though.
And @ swapped, thanks, I missed your reply before I posted this.
Oh, and is the superuser app included in this ? For my Evo, I had to put a SU zip on SD and flash it. Same for hero?
The app installs superuser
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I just used this on my wifes phone and I had some issues downloading the apk file initially but after that, this was the EASIEST way to ROOT hands down...almost too easy to believe to be honest. WOW....thank you all who contirbuted to this....
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Hmmm. Ok. I just started lookin into this for him last night. This appears to be the easiest root method I've ever seen. Is there a root method or exploit for 1.5 that's as easy as this? Hard to imagine so. I've seen a 9 step root from 1.5 so far , but if this works from 2.1, it seems it'd be easier to update to 2.1, then do this.
This provides full root, recovery, and nand unlock, though, huh?
IDK if there's some other method that you know of that's easy, AND reliable, it'd be much appreciated. Don't wanna jack up my buddys phone. I'd never live it down.
Thanks though.
And @ swapped, thanks, I missed your reply before I posted this.
Oh, and is the superuser app included in this ? For my Evo, I had to put a SU zip on SD and flash it. Same for hero?
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Dont know if this is the 9 step you're talking about but this is the easiest way to root 1.5
http://theunlockr.com/2009/11/18/how-to-root-your-sprint-hero-in-one-click/
Will this work for EvO?
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ku_ said:
Will this work for EvO?
sent from my EVO 4g on the best App XDA Developers !!!!
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Thanks everybody. (Too easy to believe sounds about right ) . Gonna flash buddies hero to official 2.1, then try this .
@Ku_ I can't see how this would work on Evo. Would need different files, I believe, different .ing
This worked great to get rooted. However, I'm wanting to put a custom ROM
(Fresh Hero 2.3.3.
on and I'm having trouble with not being able to flash Clockwork Mod Recovery in ROM Manager
"An error occurred while flashing your recovery"
Any thoughts?
rynoman01 said:
This worked great to get rooted. However, I'm wanting to put a custom ROM
(Fresh Hero 2.3.3.
on and I'm having trouble with not being able to flash Clockwork Mod Recovery in ROM Manager
"An error occurred while flashing your recovery"
Any thoughts?
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Had the same issue this morning. After a reboot cleared ROM Manager's download cache and it did the backup just fine.
Hope it helps.
JB
Had the same issue and I downlpaded it again but still no go....should I wipe again?
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Universal androot 1.61
Seems not to work on HTC Sprint Hero 2.1 with latest .6 update
anyone else confirm?
It worked for me i did it two days ago i had a non rooted cdma hero with the .6 i am running cm6 I didn't need to downgrade at all
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In case people didn't know the Universal 1-Click root works for the CDMA Hero even if it's running the latest RUU. I managed to root and install a custom recovery and custom overclocked kernel in about 15 minutes after flashing the RUU strictly "over the air" using no terminal commands.
Step 1: Download UniversalAndroot_1.6.1.apk from here
Step 2: Download a filemanager from market. Explorer works fine.
Step 3: Open the filemanager on your phone and navigate to where you downloaded UniversalAndroot_1.6.1.apk
Step 4: Install UniversalAndroot_1.6.1.apk through the filemanager (if you get errors about Unknown sources then go into settings > applications and make sure Unknown sources is checked)
Step 5: Open Universal Androot and click root
This will root your phone and install the latest Superuser.apk
Step 6: Download RomManager from the Market. Allow it su permissions and either install ClockworkMod Recovery or Amon_RA recovery.
Step 7: Download whatever Roms you want and flash away
If this has been discussed somewhere else I'll take it down. Hope this helps people with brand new Hero looking for a quick root with no terminal commands required.
Nice this should be a sticky.
Right on that's awesome! I agree definitely needs too be a sticky
ok how did u confirm it was rooted it said it was rooted but no root apps would work
and no superuser installed
First off, I'm really thankful for xda developers and everyone in it who make this site extremely helpful.
I've been running Cog2.2.9b1.3 simply because it was simple to flash with Odin.
(thank you DG)
Now, I want to try other roms that require Clockwork and rom manager. I understand all the steps to do those things, but one problem. I know it's necessary to flash to stock before getting a different rom, so i flash to stock via Odin one click no prob. Then I have to root it, which doesn't work at all.
I downloaded OCLF and opened it, but there is no option to root my phone. The only option is to check phone space. I tried doing it the old fashioned way through installing it through the PC then going into recovery mode and reinstall packages but it says update.zip/BAD.
I master cleared it, hard reset it, everything. No luck. So, I'm thinking it's the Odin one click that's not allowing me to root somehow, but I'm not sure.
If I can't root it in stock will it be okay to install another rom when I have Cognition 2.2b9 on it?
Just rooted my captivate which was recently upgraded to Froyo through the official Att release. I'm an exteme rookie when it comes to all this, so I'm looking for some help. I want to install a new rom/kernel. Done some research and I'm thinking of trying Cog4. As I said, I'm rooted, I have titanium backup and rom manager. I'm using one click lag fix, which from my research, everyone says is useless, and that voodoo is the way to go. So the question is, where can I get step by step instructions on the easiest way to load the new rom. Can anyone suggest a better rom? What ever your answer is, remember to dumb it down. I'm a chef not a computer guy. Much thanks for the help. I'm loving learning about all this.
Start reading here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Make sure you disable lagfix before you flash.
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wonner said:
Start reading here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Make sure you disable lagfix before you flash.
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Disabling oclf also means installing ext2 tools (just got good measure).
Good luck!
I did my first rom flash last week and chose Firefly due to reliability and smoothness. I read all of the threads about each of the roms for several months and read how people liked them plus features each offered. It will really come down to what you want/need in a rom. Besides using xda, I googled flashing roms for captivate and found many videos, etc. that helped guide me along the way. I watched countless hours to make sure I understood not only one way but many to install a rom. Just remember, save your data before you do anything else. Use titanium backup. It is great. Don't assume everything will go okay.
If you are running 2.2 Froyo stock you probably will have to understand how 3E works. If you don't know what this is, search for it on these forums! You have to change this setting before flashing a rom. Good luck!
mrhaley30705 said:
Disabling oclf also means installing ext2 tools (just got good measure).
Good luck!
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I meant to say UNINSTALLING, not install ext2 tools. Sorry for goof.
froyo has 3e recovery.... ugh... again with this today... good thing i bookmarked it...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
you researched OCLF and other stuff correctly so ill help you.
from stock
root / ( & allow non-market apps via oneClickRoot 1.8 if you need to sideload tibu or rootexplorer.)
fix 3e recovery (root explorer method best)
no OCLF.
tibu backup user apps and green system files (green ones ok between different roms)
copy your new rom.zip to sdcard root renamed UPDATE.zip
boot into stock recovery > reinstall package!
tibu restore all
done!
your new rom will have a kernel with CWM built in. no need for rom manager or the CWM update.zip just to flash the rom. rom zips now do a wipe as well.
If the next thread I open ends up being about 3e recovery I'm going to boycott both q&a and general... TRusselo you with me?
I used a different method to fix 3E recovery, did not know about the root explorer method but can't find the link now. I placed the file in pda on odin and put my phone into download mode and placed it on my phone. That was the first time I used odin but it was very easy for me. Would be very interested to try it with root explorer if the need arose.
studacris said:
If the next thread I open ends up being about 3e recovery I'm going to boycott both q&a and general... TRusselo you with me?
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If you guys boycott, I will add in some posts then so I can get my count up!
megatronisabeast said:
I used a different method to fix 3E recovery, did not know about the root explorer method but can't find the link now. I placed the file in pda on odin and put my phone into download mode and placed it on my phone. That was the first time I used odin but it was very easy for me. Would be very interested to try it with root explorer if the need arose.
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congrats you just flashed a kernel!
oh your not the op. but anyway this is how i do it.
i guess you can root then root explorer the 3e recovery then rom manager then flash but how do you root before you fix 3e, doesn't a meathod that doesnt use recovery require a computer anyway? seems like a lot of work and if you are at the computer anyway odin flashing a cwm kernel seems way better. oh well.
Here is the method I used to root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739304
It didn't require a fix for 3E since I wasn't flashing a rom but it was painless. I did a lot of research and found the way I thought would be easiest for me to root and flash a rom. The great thing is there are many ways to do it so you really have to not be looking to get one that doesn't work.
Dani897 said:
congrats you just flashed a kernel!
oh your not the op. but anyway this is how i do it.
i guess you can root then root explorer the 3e recovery then rom manager then flash but how do you root before you fix 3e, doesn't a meathod that doesnt use recovery require a computer anyway? seems like a lot of work and if you are at the computer anyway odin flashing a cwm kernel seems way better. oh well.
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Dani897 said:
congrats you just flashed a kernel!
oh your not the op. but anyway this is how i do it.
i guess you can root then root explorer the 3e recovery then rom manager then flash but how do you root before you fix 3e, doesn't a meathod that doesnt use recovery require a computer anyway? seems like a lot of work and if you are at the computer anyway odin flashing a cwm kernel seems way better. oh well.
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Kinda the same idea here , but I use kernel flasher (i know some say it's a bad thing, but I've never had a problem that wasn't because of my own stupidity).
The only reason I don't use Root explorer or other ones like it is because I only have one phone and can't afford to really mess something up. I play around with Linux on some of my computers but I have more than one and the one I practice code on is a play computer. I think it is good to learn at least some of the coding but for an inexperienced flasher they should either wait until they learn code then flash or use an easier method if they are dead set on rooting and romming their phone.
Ok.. I have a captivate with 2.2 kb1
Please dont just tell me to do research. Ive read 300 pages worth of posts in the last 24 hours and this is my conclusion
I have the 3e recovery and obviously cannot load CWM due to the verification process required amongst installing packages.
I want to flash Cognitions ROM and cannot find an easy way to do it that i feel confortable diving into just yet.
My phone is rooted and i used titanium to remove most of ATT crappware.
I basically am looking to see if my thoughts are correct on my next steps so i do not start my next post with "OMG Help"..
Will this work....
1. use ODIN (not one click) to flash to 2.1 JF6 (if my research proves beneficial that will give me the 2e recovery)
2. Root
3. Download CWM and rename as update.zip
4. Load custom ROM from CWM.
Will ROM manager be needed this process? If so why? I understand it.that RM is used to install CWM(which i later found out that doesnt work on KB1)
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OK....
I used the one click to get back to JF6, flashed CWM then Cognition.
still had no 3 button due to the one click method. so i found the 3 button fix.zip and flashed it with cognitions built-in reboot to recovery all is good and im up and running, only took three days to find out what i wanted and how to do it.
whats the first things i should be doing in cog to take advantage of all the hard work i have managed to put myself through (even though im sure there was a much easier way
BTW DG, Cog is really good looking so far. The main reason i wanted a custom rom was to help save battery, any tips on how to do that now would be fantastic.
Thanks in advance for any advice
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I've looked, I've tried. I apologize in advance if I am bothering anyone with my question.
My phone (Galaxy s 4g- T-mobile) has been rooted via oneclick. twice. The first time, I was running stock ota gingerbread 2.3.6 as soon as I rooted, CWM recovery was installed no problems. After switching roms a couple days after root... something went wrong! I fixed my brick using odin and got back to stock 2.2.1 which is where I am now, rooted.
I've attempted to use Kies (before root) No go.
I've attempted to use Odin to upgrade, No go.
I've attempted to use Hemidall. No go.
I've also attempted to do everything manually. -Download new kernel (to obtain cwm) and flashing from within the stock recovery, no go...
I've read, I've searched... I just can not seem to figure it out.
ANY help is appreciated...
Also! I've read something about getting a generic imei number through rooting/flashing/recovery and when I check for my imei under settings, I don't see one. But, I can use my phone no problems. and when I check via dial pad, It pops up.. I DID back up my esf when I first rooted, but no imei seems to be in it... idk
Thank you in advance. :fingers-crossed:
Read through the first and second link in my signature. Then use the second link to flash GB.
Thank you!! I am on GB finally! Now getting back to root... lol :laugh: