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Trying to root but can't find visionary 11

I'm trying to root my new myTouch 4G but I can't get a temp root?

betin50 said:
I'm trying to root my new myTouch 4G but I can't get a temp root?
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Go to google. Type visionary r14
Its the first one that comes up
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i have that version but once i hit temproot now all it does is make screen flash and eventually it just goes back to the main menu

betin50 said:
i have that version but once i hit temproot now all it does is make screen flash and eventually it just goes back to the main menu
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Are you trying to temp root or perm root?
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I'm actually trying to perm root but the guide I'm reading says I have to temp root first, and this app won't work

you can find out if your temp rooted by bringing up your terminal emulator and typing the letters "su" and if u get access denied then ur not temp rooted and if you get a "#" symbol then u are temp rooted and go ahead and proceed to perm root phone.

betin50 said:
i have that version but once i hit temproot now all it does is make screen flash and eventually it just goes back to the main menu
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That is exactly what is supposed to happen. I am paraphrasing here, but this is the process:
1. Temproot via VISIONary
2. type 'su' via Terminal
3. Run the root.sh script (which you already downloaded to your microSD card)
4. Reboot
5. Permaroot via VISIONary
I understand that for some, it gets a bit "blurry" over on the Guide to permaroot thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834225
...but grankin01 did a really great job at outlining the steps. Again, borrowing from his thread...
1. Download the root.rar file and unzip it to /sdcard on your device.
2. Run VISIONary to gain temp root.
3a. Start terminal emulator up on your device.(I prefer this method b/c you can see the output.)
a. type "su" + enter to gain root privileges.
b. Type "cd /sdcard/root" + enter.
c. Type "sh root.sh" + enter.
d. Follow the on screen prompts.
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c. Now wait about 18 to 20 seconds and restart your device
5. Run visionary again and reboot again. This will make root stick.
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I have done this on 6 MT4G's thus far and it couldn't be any easier. Other than the reboot itself, this literally takes like 30-60 seconds. I have used VISIONary R14 each and every time and I have never, not once, run into an issue.
Just make sure and read, re-read and then re-re-read again. The 'reboot' is in those steps, but again, I understand how some might miss it.
Let us know how you make out!

As stated above, r14 works just like that! (Did for me.) I think your problem may be that you are still on 2.2 and i believe r14 pre req is that you be on 2.2.1

Fisherman619 said:
As stated above, r14 works just like that! (Did for me.) I think your problem may be that you are still on 2.2 and i believe r14 pre req is that you be on 2.2.1
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Good call Fishy. I think it comes down to this, OP. It looks like you've missed a few steps thus far, at least one - i.e. you didn't reboot and then attempt permaroot. Make sure you're on 2.2.1 as Fishy stated and make sure you haven't missed a step. It sounds like the one thing every person on this forum will scream until they're blue in the face - i.e. read, read and read some more...then read it again - was missed.

betin50 said:
I'm trying to root my new myTouch 4G but I can't get a temp root?
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Say thank you.
http://www.filedropper.com/commodacovisionaryplusr11stable
mirror.
http://www.filefactory.com/file/caa47c2/n/com.modaco.visionaryplus.r11_(stable).apk

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Say thank you.
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Thank you! Much appreciation

temp rooting
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HELP
i have a mytouch 4g and it was previously rooted... Would that mean it would be easy to root again

rickeyswenson said:
i have a mytouch 4g and it was previously rooted... Would that mean it would be easy to root again
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what method did you use to root before?

To the OP: are you on 2.3.4 or 2.2.1? I'm surprised no one has asked this!
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I believe that the OP has rooted his phone since January 2011. That would also probably be the reason why nobody asked him - it wasn't available back then
The only reason this post is up, is the question 2 posts above me. But why would anyone want to bring an old thread back with absolutely unrelated question - escapes me.

Jack_R1 said:
I believe that the OP has rooted his phone since January 2011. That would also probably be the reason why nobody asked him - it wasn't available back then
The only reason this post is up, is the question 2 posts above me. But why would anyone want to bring an old thread back with absolutely unrelated question - escapes me.
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Because people don't read, and that includes post dates.
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Evo Shift Root Exploit and Development Thread

Please place all of your discussions about obtaining root on the Evo Shift here.
Temp root:​Temporary root can be acheived a number of ways on the shift the easiest being either z4root app or the visionary plus root app.​
Z4root:
download here and install as you would any other apk
open the app and hit temporary root
let it run till you are notified of its success
you now have temporary root!!
*Note you have to reapply z4 each time you reboot your phone
Visionary:
full instructions and the link to visionary can be found here.​ http://android.modaco.com/content/h...m/320722/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/
IMPORTANT NOTE!
PLEASE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY OTA UPDATES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!​
they patched the root exploit on the desire z when they updated you can most definitely expect them to do the same for the shift so please for that sake of everybody being able to get proper root do not accept any updates unless further notified!!!
unless you just dont care about root that is.....

so far, we got a temporary root.
No point in trying unrevoked as it scans for the device name and shows
"sorry, the device 'speedy' is not suppored" (paraphrasing)
wish i knew alittle more about this.
You can get to hboot by Holding down the vol down while powering on

Also in a previous thread bubby323 requested a dump of /system and dnalevelc obliged:
* http://www.digglesworth.net/evoshift/system.7z
In another forum (androidcentral) someone noted that an app called VISIONary works to auto temp-root the Shift upon boot.
* http://android.modaco.com/content/h...m/320722/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/
Edit: Also there's code to temp root the G2 using a different exploit below. I haven't attempted to run it on my Shift. Possibly not relevant since it has a newer version but could be if an update is pushed to the Shift:
* https://github.com/tmzt/g2root-kmod/tree/scotty2/scotty2/psneuter

got the shift today. MAN this thing is fast! i'd love to see unrevoked release a small update that supports the shift. otherwise i can do it the long way but i can't wait to see the scores once i get a custom ROM on it.

Visonary does work, I turned on temproot on boot and then i pressed temproot now and it rebooted the phone. The phone was either taking its time or got stuck on the 4G for 2-3 mins so I pulled the battery and started the phone up again. I installed connectbot and typed su and got a #. Tried the reboot command and it wouldn't let me so I went into root explorer and it prompted the su app, gave it permission and started hacking away at bloatware..... no luck, it still came back from the grave :\

I successfully Temp rooted with z4root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953) and I couldnt get the download off the market so I just went to 4shared.com and searched z4root and picked up 1.3.0 which is the latest version....
It worked great and I used Titanium back up and a screen shot app that both needed root.

does anyone think the rageagainstthecage exploit will work on this? i assume people are working on it? cause if it does, that means unrevoked3 could possibly release a new version with shift support, right? since unrevoked is just an automated rageagainstthecage, right?
edit: i mean, for permanent root, S-OFF.

steven1022 said:
I successfully Temp rooted with z4root (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953) and I couldnt get the download off the market so I just went to 4shared.com and searched z4root and picked up 1.3.0 which is the latest version....
It worked great and I used Titanium back up and a screen shot app that both needed root.
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Z4Root temp root was a success but SU is telling me to upgrade by going into recovery, How do I go about this? I can't get any permissions for Rom Manager, Titanium, BusyBox, Etc...

rhodiggah said:
Z4Root temp root was a success but SU is telling me to upgrade by going into recovery, How do I go about this? I can't get any permissions for Rom Manager, Titanium, BusyBox, Etc...
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Nevermind, figured it out. I accidentally rebooted, therefore, I lost root...

yokken said:
does anyone think the rageagainstthecage exploit will work on this? i assume people are working on it? cause if it does, that means unrevoked3 could possibly release a new version with shift support, right? since unrevoked is just an automated rageagainstthecage, right?
edit: i mean, for permanent root, S-OFF.
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yes, the rage exploit is what works and is what z4root uses. However I couldn't get the actual binary to work from the CLI using adb.

Just curious--with this temp root, will the wireless tether app work? At least until the phone is restarted. I use that app quite a bit with my Hero, to get on the sites blocked at work on my ipad

tatonka_hero said:
Just curious--with this temp root, will the wireless tether app work? At least until the phone is restarted. I use that app quite a bit with my Hero, to get on the sites blocked at work on my ipad
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yes as reported by others i dont have yet but want...

http://twitter.com/unrevoked/status/24492360310198272#

riggsandroid said:
http://twitter.com/unrevoked/status/24492360310198272#
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blocked at work (thus the wifi tether needed )
what's it say? lol

Yes we finally got a forum
But on to the good stuff and not so good stuff
Even though we only have temp root partitions on the shift can be flashed using dd I won't go into exactly how to do it till I get home because the commands have to be EXACT!!!! Or u risk bricking your phone... I've had to ruu a couple times now
O btw the ruu that was previously leaked appears to be exactly what was released on the shift.
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"Maybe good news for people with the HTC Wildfire. We're looking at it. (Also maybe good news for people with Evo Shift 4G sooner or later.)"

Here is a link to the thread with the leaked RUU if anyone needs it
linky

BrandoKC said:
Here is a link to the thread with the leaked RUU if anyone needs it
linky
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has this been tested? is this the stock RUU that ships with the phone? can it be flashed no problems to return to factory if i mess something up with root? (like remove an application that is integral to the OS or to sense or something)

StAlphonso said:
has this been tested? is this the stock RUU that ships with the phone? can it be flashed no problems to return to factory if i mess something up with root? (like remove an application that is integral to the OS or to sense or something)
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Take a look at bcnice's post two above mine

riggsandroid said:
http://twitter.com/unrevoked/status/24492360310198272#
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Great tip. It's just a matter of time now...

Rooting Difficulty?

Just wondering where the MyTouch rates as far as rooting difficulty? Are other android devices generally harder or easier to root? I have rooted 3 MyTouches with no difficulty at all, but it seems like some people have quite the time trying to get it done.

Well the sticky root guide in the developer thread was pretty straight forward. It was my first time rooting and to me the guide was a lot less daunting than others I came across. But for some reason I lost superuser
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Did you use the gfree method? The other ones seem hit or miss since the OTA.

Ya I did use the gfree method. The su app is corrupted tho... Ive been rooted since last Month and this problem just started today
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My old mytouch was pretty easy, my Vibrant was ridiculously easy, my G2 was fairly easy and my MT4G was not bad at all. My hardest time was with my wife's MT Slide. I actually had to learn ADB for that one. Good knowledge but it was quite the learning process.
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lowandbehold said:
Just wondering where the MyTouch rates as far as rooting difficulty? Are other android devices generally harder or easier to root? I have rooted 3 MyTouches with no difficulty at all, but it seems like some people have quite the time trying to get it done.
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The MyTouchHD is stupid easy to root. I had it rooted with s=off before i even left the t-mobile store.
I'm in the same boat i have no clue why some people have such a difficult time rooting this phone.
the process i used was
Prior to even getting the phone
Download the VISIONary.apk and stored it on the SDcard
Download the root.sh script file
when i got the phone
installed the Astro File Manager via the market
installed the Term Emulator via the market
installed VISIONary via astro
Ran VISIONary
from the term emulator
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard/root
# sh root.sh
and i was rooted with s=off.. no clue why it's so hard to manage to do that.

The method above doesn't work at least for me.... getting real irritated .... root just not sticking can temp root fine.... any advice ive tried over and over reading over and over i memorized the terminal part...pls help i really dont wanna do the gfree way just feels to dangerous to revert
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I have only used the Gfree way. Yea it would take a little work to go back..but worth it.

Plus if it really came down to it I have insurance on my phone...I would just run it over and suck up the $100 for a new one.

Just use gfree. Its the only method that works %100 when done correctly.

neidlinger said:
The MyTouchHD is stupid easy to root. I had it rooted with s=off before i even left the t-mobile store.
I'm in the same boat i have no clue why some people have such a difficult time rooting this phone.
the process i used was
Prior to even getting the phone
Download the VISIONary.apk and stored it on the SDcard
Download the root.sh script file
when i got the phone
installed the Astro File Manager via the market
installed the Term Emulator via the market
installed VISIONary via astro
Ran VISIONary
from the term emulator
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard/root
# sh root.sh
and i was rooted with s=off.. no clue why it's so hard to manage to do that.
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i tried doing this 3 times today and it didnt work at all. I cant get the superuser app to stay in my drawer, but i lose root. I guess i will have to try the gfree way. I tried it with both visionary 11 and 14

I had lots of problems using thoses ways too the gfree way worked for me.
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Dude, you guys are doing waaay to much. Safest, fastest most reliable way is always "Super One-Click"... click temp root.. then when its done click regular root. Now u gotta perm root with s=off. Then goto market, install Rom Manager and install CWR and your on your way.
Idk why everyone made it so complicated when its easy as hell the way i just said.
I was stumped reading it because I do NOT like adb at all. But i tried something and found it to work within 10 minutes.
Hope this helps someone out.
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I wish it was that easy,i rooted every phone I ever has that could be rooted but this phone I cant get in to,for 3 months I cant even get su .no s-off nothing
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djmunster said:
I wish it was that easy,i rooted every phone I ever has that could be rooted but this phone I cant get in to,for 3 months I cant even get su .no s-off nothing
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What do u mean u wish? I'm telling you that it works. I'm talking to you from my Glacier that i used that method on.
Shell root, then perm root using super one click. I promise you.
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Then im doing something seriously wrong because I cant root this phone ,ill be more then glad for you to explain what im doing wrong
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I only know that in my own experience it seems hit or miss even with gfree. I've personally attempted rooting 4 different mt4g's with gfree and only 2 of them worked. The other two would not set the system r/w no matter what method I tried (Visionary, one-click, gfree), so I could never get them to root. The two good ones rooted right away with no trouble.

real frusterating
i cant seem to root this damn phone for the life of me ive tried and tried and tried

Just tried the super one click way i must be missing something still s-on pls post what you did
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Just tried the super one click way i must be missing something still s-on pls post what you did

How to Root G2X

I am coming from Dell Streak, I hope someone would post step by step instructions on how to root this wonderful device. Maybe the nods would provide a "How to" section keep this forum neat so that people would know where to go when they need something. Like how to root, how to do nandroid backup, how to flash a Rom etc.
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I'm sure guides will come, but for now, the only one is how to root the device. Look in the development section. It's like 4 steps.

Here you go bro. They already have a guide to root the G2x
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039985

Nivek91 said:
Here you go bro. They already have a guide to root the G2x
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039985
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Seen that already bro, thanks for the reply, gave you the thanks button! Still waiting for the unlock code from cellunlocker, unfortunately, 3g/4g does not seem to work on this device as reported by fellow at&t subscribers and news also came out that at&t launched an update for my former device. Sigh... Hope someone will be able to crack the code so we (at&t subs) could get 3g/4g on this awesome piece of device.

I just got it. posted instructions in that thread.

Ok. I'm completely confused about this whole rooting thing. I've done a search and either I'm not seeing it or just confused. LOL but what is rooting and what are the advantage and disadvantage of rooting your phone.

sgt_addyjp said:
Ok. I'm completely confused about this whole rooting thing. I've done a search and either I'm not seeing it or just confused. LOL but what is rooting and what are the advantage and disadvantage of rooting your phone.
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http://tinyurl.com/y8kdngs

sgt_addyjp said:
Ok. I'm completely confused about this whole rooting thing. I've done a search and either I'm not seeing it or just confused. LOL but what is rooting and what are the advantage and disadvantage of rooting your phone.
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Rooting
Obtaining root ("administrator", or "full") access to the device. This means you can mount its internal memory partition as read/write, which lets you do various things: have USB or Wi-Fi tethering, uninstall applications you otherwise can't uninstall (e.g. the Amazon MP3 store), install applications that need root access (such as AdFree), disable the camera shutter sound (simply by deleting the shutter sound file), overclock or underclock the CPU, install and boot Debian, and so on.
With the ability to root and unroot these days, I don't know why anyone wouldn't root even just to get rid of the bloatware from t-mobile.

wewoapsiak said:
Rooting
Obtaining root ("administrator", or "full") access to the device. This means you can mount its internal memory partition as read/write, which lets you do various things: have USB or Wi-Fi tethering, uninstall applications you otherwise can't uninstall (e.g. the Amazon MP3 store), install applications that need root access (such as AdFree), disable the camera shutter sound (simply by deleting the shutter sound file), overclock or underclock the CPU, install and boot Debian, and so on.
With the ability to root and unroot these days, I don't know why anyone wouldn't root even just to get rid of the bloatware from t-mobile.
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The only think I'm worried about is I am worried about messing it up and bricking my phone and on top of that it voids your warrenty on the phone.

sgt_addyjp said:
The only think I'm worried about is I am worried about messing it up and bricking my phone and on top of that it voids your warrenty on the phone.
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there is an unroot button. if this bricks your phone, you'll be the first out of thousands. if you're that scared, don't do it though. enjoy your tmobile bloat.

crazythunder said:
there is an unroot button. if this bricks your phone, you'll be the first out of thousands. if you're that scared, don't do it though. enjoy your tmobile bloat.
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It's not that I'm scared or anything It's I'm nervous doing something I've never done before. I have no clue where to even begin.

sgt_addyjp said:
It's not that I'm scared or anything It's I'm nervous doing something I've never done before. I have no clue where to even begin.
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well then, be patient. keep reading all night. learn. absorb. ask.

The main reason I'm thinking about rooting is because my battery life sucks.

Super one click root.
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sgt_addyjp said:
It's not that I'm scared or anything It's I'm nervous doing something I've never done before. I have no clue where to even begin.
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We all started somewhere and xda is a good place to start. Read, read, and read some more. All the answers are out there. If you follow the instructions in these forums TO THE LETTER you won't brick your device.
First do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039985
Then do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13330651#post13330651
Your phone will be almost impossible to brick with Clockworkmod Recovery installed.

ok I have superoneclick downloaded and the drivers downloaded and now I don't know what to do from this point. I don't know where to install the drivers at...if I do on the computer or in the phone and if they go in the phone where do I put them at. The process I found doesn't say to much about where to put the superoneclick and the drivers at, any help would be great.
I'm just lost and wish someone would explain it more in detail to me.

sgt_addyjp said:
ok I have superoneclick downloaded and the drivers downloaded and now I don't know what to do from this point. I don't know where to install the drivers at...if I do on the computer or in the phone and if they go in the phone where do I put them at. The process I found doesn't say to much about where to put the superoneclick and the drivers at, any help would be great.
I'm just lost and wish someone would explain it more in detail to me.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049154

ok but that doesn't tell me anything about where to install the lgdriver at and stuff like that. didn't help me at all.

sgt_addyjp said:
ok but that doesn't tell me anything about where to install the lgdriver at and stuff like that. didn't help me at all.
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if you've been using a computer for at least a month or so, you should know .exe {executables} get executed on your pc.

sgt_addyjp said:
ok but that doesn't tell me anything about where to install the lgdriver at and stuff like that. didn't help me at all.
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so chillll...till the next episode....
First off ...seriously chill. Like the man says as long as you follow directions to the t, you'll be fine. secondly first rule of thumb when modding...anything... dont listen to any one who says "hey TRY this!"
don't try. DO.
I know it sux, but reading is your friend. read read and read some more. GO to the android forums and read there as well(im talking like android general/development)
Chill is your friend. smoke a doob, or drink a brewski, do yoga or whatever it is you do to chill out. The last thing you wanna do is work on your phone/computer/whatever in a frenzied panic state of mind.
rooting is easy.
like the man said super one click. the way to go.
drivers? zip?
check it:
dl zip to desktop. make a folder with said file name. put zip inside. unzip.
right clik and runa s administrator.
your pc will do the rest. hit run or just dbl click or whatever you gotta do
I made a folder "superoneclick" inside is the exe file which should be andy with a red glow.
BUT FIRST make sure you got usb drivers!
usb drivers? easy. No need to worry because if you dont have them your pc wont recognize the phone.
go to lg and get them. OR google. or search this forum.
DL and instal dont worry about where your computer will do that for you!
now plug in your phone
make sure usb debuging is on also probably a good idea to set the "allow unknown aplications"
do not hit "mass storage"
your GTG!
now hit S1C
it should recognize your phone
hit root!
DONE !
Woot!
easy no?
I hate to be an ass but if you are that nervous about it maybe you should wait.
spend a few days reading and when you are confortable....root that bizNATCH!
root rules but....its not the end of the world if you dont have it.

Anyway to gain temproot for now?

Hey,
I was wondering, is there anyway to gain temproot until we have full root? Am I right in thinking that temproot allows programs requiring root access to work e.g. AdFree?
Thanks
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There's an app called gingerbreak which works on the S E Arc (it roots anything on Gingerbread) so I wonder if it will work on the Sensation?
I'm waiting to get mine at the moment...
Hopefully tuesday

Hi !
I've fund this, but can't try, the sensation is not yet available in France
http www zenilshroff.com/ how-to-root-htc-sensation-android-2-3-gingerbread-smartphone/
(sorry, I can't post URL, i'm new on this forum)
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Roccoswell said:
Hi !
I've fund this, but can't try, the sensation is not yet available in France
http www zenilshroff.com/ how-to-root-htc-sensation-android-2-3-gingerbread-smartphone/
(sorry, I can't post URL, i'm new on this forum)
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Is that saying you need to remove HTC Sync from the device, and then run Gingerbreak?
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credits to this guide: http://www.zenilshroff.com/how-to-root-htc-sensation-android-2-3-gingerbread-smartphone/
1. First download the Gingerbreak.apk file.
2. Save on your computers desktop.
3. Connect the phone to your computer. (do not connect using htc sync)
4. Mount SD card as flash drive as you generally do for USB cable file transfers.
5. Copy the downloaded Gingerbread apk file to SD card root.
6. You should have any File Manager (e.g., Astro File Manager) on your phone. If not, download from Market. These are generally free apps.
7. Disconnect your phone from computer and launch File Manager. You will find in the menu of the phone.
8. Follow the onscreen instructions on File Manager to install APK to your phone from SD card root. You may also use the default application installer software to do this.
9. After installation completes, open the APK.
10. Press ‘root’ button. Simple, isn’t it?
11. The APK exploit will run for some time. Usually it runs for around 10 minutes. Your phone will be rebooted. In case it takes more than ten minutes for auto reboot, please reboot it yourself. Not to panic, this happens a lot of times.
12. Your device is now rooted. Congrats!
13. Make sure that SuperUser app is installed and is running. This is very important for you to enjoy the benefits of rooting.
In order to test if your phone has been successfully rooted, just click a screenshot of your phone. That should show that your phone has been rooted.

Yeah, but does it REALLY work?
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Gingerbreak exploit is patched on the SGS II so doubt that will work. Also if phone needs to reboot, no way will root persist due to signed locked bootloader. Go ahead and try but we will need some L33t devs to break this phone.
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drspikes said:
Gingerbreak exploit is patched on the SGS II so doubt that will work. Also if phone needs to reboot, no way will root persist due to signed locked bootloader. Go ahead and try but we will need some L33t devs to break this phone.
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Yeah, I'm not really willing to believe it works either mate.
If the guide has some proof (i.e. a bootloader photo) then I will try it. If not, it's all just based on theory, but nothing practical.

Somebody has to be the guinea pig.

Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Somebody has to be the guinea pig.
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Well, I have tried it, doesn't seem to do a thing so far.
It does say it fails a lot, but still, zero proof that is works, I'm very suspicious that it's all ********

It would be great if we could get this partial root. I personally don't mind not being able to flash custom ROM, but it is very important to me to be able to use some apps that require root permissions like adfree or titanium backup. From what I understand, this 'half-root' should not be very difficult to achieve cause it is not needed to mess with the bootloader for this purpose. The only requirement is to be able to uninstall htc sync for some time.
Here also a link detailing the differences between root levels and clarifying vocabulary. I am posting this cause it has been very useful for me to help understand, so it might also serves others..
http://androidforums.com/evo-3d-all-things-root/329819-no-need-panic-about-locked-bootloader.html

madindehead said:
Well, I have tried it, doesn't seem to do a thing so far.
It does say it fails a lot, but still, zero proof that is works, I'm very suspicious that it's all ********
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Thank you for trying it. I think you should now do a full factory reset, to totally get that thing off your Sensation. It does not do what it's supposed to do and who knows what it might be doing behind the scenes. Yea, be very suspicious!

Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Thank you for trying it. I think you should now do a full factory reset, to totally get that thing off your Sensation. It does not do what it's supposed to do and who knows what it might be doing behind the scenes. Yea, be very suspicious!
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Yeah, doing a full reset was in the back of my mind. Think I will go do that now
I'm not optimistic thought. They who owns the website emailed me (I posted a comment doubting it, and it was deleted, so I reposted, and he emailed me), to say the guy who posted it hadn't got back to him, so he was removing it from the site until he had confirmation that it did work. I am still VERY sceptical of it. He said, uninstall HTC Sync from the PC, as that causes problems with root? VERY random thing IMHO.

madindehead said:
Yeah, doing a full reset was in the back of my mind. Think I will go do that now
I'm not optimistic thought. They who owns the website emailed me (I posted a comment doubting it, and it was deleted, so I reposted, and he emailed me), to say the guy who posted it hadn't got back to him, so he was removing it from the site until he had confirmation that it did work. I am still VERY sceptical of it. He said, uninstall HTC Sync from the PC, as that causes problems with root? VERY random thing IMHO.
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Well, a factory reset and trying to run GingerBreak right after hasn't done a thing. It says to reboot after it doesn't succeed after 10 mins, and that this happens a lot. But EVERY attempt I have been rebooting after 10 mins.
If the guy who "discovered" it can't even post proof, it sounds like a load of ****.

madindehead said:
Well, a factory reset and trying to run GingerBreak right after hasn't done a thing. It says to reboot after it doesn't succeed after 10 mins, and that this happens a lot. But EVERY attempt I have been rebooting after 10 mins.
If the guy who "discovered" it can't even post proof, it sounds like a load of ****.
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Yea, if they discovered it they can prove their claim with a simple photo.
This speaks to not only the lack of credibility of the person who posted it, but also to the site that allowed it to be posted and remain till the complaints came in. A very untrustworthy source is how I view them because of this.

Gingerbreak won't help you, as there will be a nand lock, and the fact the kernel will be patched...

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Gingerbreak won't help you, as there will be a nand lock, and the fact the kernel will be patched...
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Yeah, I didn't think it would work to be honest. That really as wishful thinking. The person who posted that seems like a proper idiot

this will work once we get s-off to perminate root and then you can flash the recovery from fastboot or rom manager

xboarder56 said:
this will work once we get s-off to perminate root and then you can flash the recovery from fastboot or rom manager
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Given your confidence, we'll let you test it first.

Darnell_Chat_TN said:
Given your confidence, we'll let you test it first.
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Gingerbreak won't help you, as there will be a nand lock, and the fact the kernel will be patched...
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Even the website states we need s-off so when that is achieved it will work and i will test it once we find a crack for the radio to get s-off/nand lock.