Easy root for Thunderbolt on Mac OSX
I wrote this and seems to work fine the few times I have used it.
If you guys run into any problems or errors please let me know so I can see whats wrong.
Follow the Video set by step.
Sorry if I talked quietly I'm sick.
Enjoy!
Fixed. If you are getting a adb command not found error. Redownload the big file or download the runmefix.zip (Check your tube video) uncompress the file and put runme in the thunderbolt directory of your desktop.
If you download the big file after April 9th 2011 at 7:30am then you do not need this fix
Saw the video. Got the files. Will be doing this as soon as my phone is charged in the AM. Hopefully it works.
hkbladelawhk said:
Saw the video. Got the files. Will be doing this as soon as my phone is charged in the AM. Hopefully it works.
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Just now saw this. Did it work for you? Any problems after?
djkeller3 said:
Just now saw this. Did it work for you? Any problems after?
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Yes. Worked awesome. Takes a while, but it worked. Just make sure to follow directions to the T, I accidentally hit enter on a command too soon and had to start over. But all works as far as I can see. Super easy, but takes a while.
Thanks again to OP!
This looks great--no messing around in ADB?
Its uses adb but you don't have to worry about it or anything like that.. The download includes what it needs.
fryetech said:
Its uses adb but you don't have to worry about it or anything like that.. The download includes what it needs.
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Yeah it worked great for me, the first time around the phone booted earlier than it should have and I had to do the whole thing over, and the second time I tried to remover the Verizon Backup via titanium backup (**DO NOT TRY THIS**) and almost bricked my phone, and so the third time everything worked perfect and now Im running Perfect Storm by Chingy and its awesome thanks!
My phone isn't recognized. Usb debugging is checked but the terminal window just says checking for phone over and over. Any ideas ?
beavis1226 said:
My phone isn't recognized. Usb debugging is checked but the terminal window just says checking for phone over and over. Any ideas ?
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I had that happen for me as well. It seems that by default the Mac doesn't recognize it. Click ignore on the pop-up and click okay for charge only. Unless this is what you did. In that case try again
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thanks good work
how do you start over? do you just turn off the phone and restart the app on your computer?
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So I was up literally 6 hours trying to root my Inspire 4g. I was able to get the temporary software on the phone however when I try and do the hackerize-ace rage it says the file cannot be found and obviously the commad /data/local/tmp/rage doesnt work on the mobile terminal as well. I have tried both the "one" click root option and doing it manually serveral times and cannot seem to get passed that. I have also tried it on 2 different computers and same thing. I do not have any anti virus software installed on my computer.
Seperate isssue now is every time I try and start the process all over again I either get 2 different errors. 1st one is it cannot write the file because it doesnt have permission to and the second is the incorrect model id error when checking the file. I am using the same gold card I originally made.
Like I said I was up for hours trying to root this device and I am running into several issues. Maybe I was just tired and missing a step but any help would be much appreciated.
Side note im at work so I will not be able to do anything until later today but I remember details of the process so feel free to shoot ideas at me.
Thanks
dyna5ty said:
So I was up literally 6 hours trying to root my Inspire 4g. I was able to get the temporary software on the phone however when I try and do the hackerize-ace rage it says the file cannot be found and obviously the commad /data/local/tmp/rage doesnt work on the mobile terminal as well. I have tried both the "one" click root option and doing it manually serveral times and cannot seem to get passed that. I have also tried it on 2 different computers and same thing. I do not have any anti virus software installed on my computer.
Seperate isssue now is every time I try and start the process all over again I either get 2 different errors. 1st one is it cannot write the file because it doesnt have permission to and the second is the incorrect model id error when checking the file. I am using the same gold card I originally made.
Like I said I was up for hours trying to root this device and I am running into several issues. Maybe I was just tired and missing a step but any help would be much appreciated.
Side note im at work so I will not be able to do anything until later today but I remember details of the process so feel free to shoot ideas at me.
Thanks
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Have you tried zRoot?
I have not.
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I have not.
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Sorry! i Meant Z4Root but you probably knew that. lol. Download the apk here, and make sure you allow install of unknown sources. Then That will root your phone, if not let me know!
http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/System-Utilities/Enhancements/z4root-110178.shtml
Awesome. Will do. Ill try it tonight when i get home. Ill kepp you posted. Thanks for your help
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Awesome. Will do. Ill try it tonight when i get home. Ill kepp you posted. Thanks for your help
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No Problem! And dont forget to follow me on twitter Have a great week and let me know!
hi first of all i am a NOOB at this stuff but i am trying to learn
Sooo i used the one click root on my xoom and nothing happend. there wasnt any superuser app so i dont think it rooted. everything is working fine but my wifi says error. Please help i would like to just get my Xoom back to the way it was out of the box. i need to learn more about what im doing before i keep messign with my xoom haha. thank you for your time. please help me
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hi first of all i am a NOOB at this stuff but i am trying to learn
Sooo i used the one click root on my xoom and nothing happend. there wasnt any superuser app so i dont think it rooted. everything is working fine but my wifi says error. Please help i would like to just get my Xoom back to the way it was out of the box. i need to learn more about what im doing before i keep messign with my xoom haha. thank you for your time. please help me
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I had the same issue, I went back to the stock rom and rooted it doing the original ADB and fastboot method, could never get the 1 click to work correctly always ended up with an error on the wifi.
Lordao
how do I return to stock?
chuglife757 said:
hi first of all i am a NOOB at this stuff but i am trying to learn
Sooo i used the one click root on my xoom and nothing happend. there wasnt any superuser app so i dont think it rooted. everything is working fine but my wifi says error. Please help i would like to just get my Xoom back to the way it was out of the box. i need to learn more about what im doing before i keep messign with my xoom haha. thank you for your time. please help me
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I used the one click root on my wifi only and I received the wifi error. I re-ran the one click root ant it worked, just make sure when your running the on click root you don't click anywhere but the "OK" button and don't type anything it can goof it up.
all that the one click root does is type in the adb commands for you. It is literally the same process as adb. However, if you're running the one-click, you have to be PATIENT. Any clicks, any movements, even a gust of wind against your mouse, could cause the commands to miss the text box and that step wont work. I ran the one-click about 5 times before it got all the commands in; if I could do it again, I'd just use adb myself so I can troubleshoot as I go
Well here is something that I hope is the start of some hardcore hacking.
This is an ODIN that I created of stock-rooted ED1 for the DROID Charge. In the course of making this, I bricked my charge (first attempt failed in ODIN) and then created a working ODIN that un-bricked it. I then upgraded to ED2 (I confirmed that I lost root as well) so I could test if this will downgrade back to ED1 and it worked and I have root again!
Instructions for ODIN (for those who are unfamiliar with it):
1. Open ODIN.
2. Put the phone into download mode. Do this by powering off your phone, pulling out the battery, and then holding volume down while connecting it to your pc. A giant yellow triangle should be on the phone's screen and it should say 'Downloading...' ODIN should say 'Added!!' and one of the boxes will be yellow and say '0:[COM#]'
3. Click the button labeled 'PDA' and locate the file you are wanting to flash. For emphasis: YOU MUST USE THE PDA BUTTON!
4. Click start. Do not disconnect the phone while it is flashing, it can cause some serious damage.
5. Wait.
6. When finished, unplug the phone, put the battery back in and power up the phone.
Every time I've flashed this, the phone booted straight into recovery. Just select reboot (press home) and it boots up normally. It should probably be recommended to wipe data and cache afterwards, but I didn't and all of my data stayed in tact.
Multiple people have reported that this works. Use at your own risk. I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone if this doesn't work.
Thanks to imnuts for the HOW-TO thread on creating ODIN builds.
Download here.
Download ODIN here.
to my redbull habit if you feel the need.
I feel dumb for asking, but what are you using to flash this to the phone? I've never used anything other than simple one click root programs, so if you could give a little more detail I'd be happy to try it out.
Download Odin here: http://goo.gl/52aY1
Download Drivers here: http://goo.gl/Tbcca
Download stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5 http://goo.gl/kD3Ld
1. Open Odin3 v1.30
2. Remove battery,Hold Vol down. Connect USB to computer and phone then press power. It should take you to a yellow android.
3. Click PDA Button
4. choose stockrootedED1-20110517.tar.md5
5. Click on the Start button
6. Don't Touch and allow the phone to reboot
7. If its taking a while to start DONT PANIC, its perfectly normal
Thanks for the guide, but it doesn't do anything for me, seems like Odin doesn't even know my phone is there. When I plug it in I get the Verizon media manager link to pop up though.
I edited my first post with a link to ODIN and instructions. I guess I'm a little slow with the typing because you beat me to it medjam, but you left out the step of putting the phone into download mode.
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.
Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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Once rooted go into your build.prop file and every thing that says ED1 change it to ED2...that should quit the nagging to update. Then restart your phone
Credit goes to Jt3 for that info as he posted it in the Charge forum at android central.
Zeek215 said:
Works for me, though the first time I rebooted I didn't have any network reception. Another reboot fixed that.
Wish I could get rid of the "system update available" pop up, but at least I'm rooted again. Thanks!
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AWESOME!!! So glad to help!
Very nice!
I know that this will kick start the development of this device now that everybody can haz root.
so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance
streetlightman said:
so just to be clear here, this will bring you back from ED2 down to ED1. Does this method require you to have already rooted while you were on ED1 and then upgraded to ED2 and lost it or will this work for everyone?
Thanks in advance
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Should work for everyone. My Charge that I just ran it on was never rooted before.
das7771 said:
that's awesome...I gonna try this right now....If i brick my phone I will just swap it out a vzw..They are tarded and can't tell the difference any ways. Will report back once I finish.
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They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
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jt1134 said:
They certainly can tell. Don't send back a phone because you broke it. That makes ALL of us look like assholes and promotes the disturbing trend of locking bootloaders. Be an adult.
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OH OK...Well let me make change my statemet to be more adult like. If i brick my phone I will just go buy another full price so I don't seem like an asshole. I hope this pleases you Sir....
Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?
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Hey guys. First off, I'm psyched to see this come out.
When I try to do it, I get a driver installation failure telling me that the serial driver was not found and then ODIN never seems to see the phone. This is on W7.
Any help?
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Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?
wynalazca said:
Did you install the drivers that came with the phone?
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I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.
Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.
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I thought so, I can connect to USB storage, etc. I'll check it out.
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I think the issue is that my damn work laptop is locked down pretty tight so it won't let all the drivers install. Unlike many here, I'm actually not an IT professional so I can't circumvent it. I'll just have to try it at home tonight.
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Well this worked perfectly only thing that was different from your instructions was that my com ID was '0[COM12] instead of '0:[COM7]...So no one freak out if yours if different it's just what is being used by your comp. Much thanks to the OP for this..You need to set up a donation link so I can donate for this outstanding work.
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You're welcome! I'm very glad to help get this development stuff going. Also, there should be a donate button in the OP.
Hey guys, I'm a total noob (please don't hate). I've tried rooting my Nexus S running 4.1 for a long time now, but I just can't
seem to figure it out. I was wondering if someone could walk me though it step by step via some sort of
communication like MSN Messenger. I don't know whether I'm messing up the drivers or what it is, but my
I can't ever unlock my bootloader.
Thanks ahead of time.
Nexus S 4 life but you joined this month hmm lol
Which part are you stuck at?
I tried before I joined. I can't seem to make it say ULOCKED in the bootloader, but I think I'm screwing up the whole thing. Could you please guide me through it? You don't know how happy I'd be.
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NexusS4Life said:
I tried before I joined. I can't seem to make it say ULOCKED in the bootloader, but I think I'm screwing up the whole thing. Could you please guide me through it? You don't know how happy I'd be.
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Do you mean you can't get the Yes/No dialog to show up? Looks like driver problems. Make sure you installed all of the Nexus S drivers needed. While you're in bootloader you should see Android 1.0 under Device Manager on your computer. Installing pdanet usually fixes this..Good luck
i tried pdanet but it comes up with this error message that keeps getting stuck between 2 windows
NexusS4Life said:
i tried pdanet but it comes up with this error message that keeps getting stuck between 2 windows
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Not sure what you mean by that...but it looks like you lack fastboot drivers. Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786 and let me know how it turns out.
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Not sure what you mean by that...but it looks like you lack fastboot drivers. Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786 and let me know how it turns out.
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Dont understand what any of this means
How to install ADB and Fastboot:
1. download and place in the root of your C:\ drive
2. extract here (not into a sub folder)
3. now open up control panel
4. find system
5. goto advanced settings
6. goto environmental variables
7. in the box that says "system variables" scroll down to find a variable "Path"
8. highlight it
9. click edit
10. add this to the end
Quote:
;C:\android\tools
yes the ; is needed
11. click ok
i think i know why PDAnet wont work for me...i have windows 8 not 7
NexusS4Life said:
i think i know why PDAnet wont work for me...i have windows 8 not 7
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Hey NexusS4Life, if you still haven't rooted, I'd be glad to help you. I'm no expert, but I'm pretty familiar with the whole process now, seeings as how I've rooted a Nexus One and Nexus S.
Private message me, as soon as I see it we could set up a time to chat on MSN or whatever so this goes quicker.
Well, I was helping him in PM but he hasn't said anything else so A. He's rooted and having the post-root jitters, B. Pissed and sleep
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Well, I was helping him in PM but he hasn't said anything else so A. He's rooted and having the post-root jitters, B. Pissed and sleep
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I just need the fastboot drivers...if someone could help me with that...i have windows 8 so pdanet doesnt work
Can anyone help me now? Ill be on at 12pm central time if anyone wants to help me out tonight. You can post on here
so i can private message you when im online. Thank you.
maybe this will help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583801
Hey guys so i havent seen a updated 2013 hard brick solution. I hard bricked my phone trying to install the APOK rom, mistakenly i installed a international versoin on a sch-i535. No button combinations works, wont turn on, can boot to any mode. Only thing that shows life is a little sound when u plug it into the computer. Odin doesnt detecting. Anywho any options besides jtag
Epsilon50 said:
Hey guys so i havent seen a updated 2013 hard brick solution. I hard bricked my phone trying to install the APOK rom, mistakenly i installed a international versoin on a sch-i535. No button combinations works, wont turn on, can boot to any mode. Only thing that shows life is a little sound when u plug it into the computer. Odin doesnt detecting. Anywho any options besides jtag
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Try this out and follow the instructions exactly as they are given. Quite a few have had success already with it.
SlimSnoopOS said:
Try this out and follow the instructions exactly as they are given. Quite a few have had success already with it.
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Thanks, i found this video before i posted in case it didnt work. Only a few more minutes left, hopefully it works
mannn didnt work. wont even turn on..
On the bright side you have a new paper weight:good:.
Epsilon50 said:
mannn didnt work. wont even turn on..
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You did that via Linux right? And did you use a class 10 microsd card with the same GB size as your phone? It took some people multiple tries to get it to work. Maybe you can ask or pm nconfer13, Cnexus, or edfunkycold and see what they say.
nc did it with windows 8.
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nc did it with windows 8.
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It is meant to work on Linux which you can dual boot to your computer.
im not to fimiliar with linux is there a trusted site for me to get it?
so do i just dual boot and write the disk image again? I wasnt able to find where he was talking about linux and how to use it. Can you direct me to the page number?
According to @Sandman-007 over in this thread, Ubuntu is popular. The link above is actually another thread where a user is in the same situation as you.
Edit: this is the Sprint GSIII thread that has additional information about this unbrick method. There's not a more clearly defined list of directions anywhere else.
I will also add the link to Ubuntu OS and here it is: Ubuntu .
So essentially the only difference is im using linux to write the debrick image to the sd card where as the other method was to use windows32 to write the image onto the sd?
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So essentially the only difference is im using linux to write the debrick image to the sd card where as the other method was to use windows32 to write the image onto the sd?
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From what little I understand of it, the entire process needs to be done via Linux. I couldn't begin to explain why you need Linux since there's only the info from both threads to go on. However, following all steps through Linux works.
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From what little I understand of it, the entire process needs to be done via Linux. I couldn't begin to explain why you need Linux since there's only the info from both threads to go on. However, following all steps through Linux works.
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alright, well i got unbuntu to dual boot late last night. Ill try this method today and hopefully it all goes well.
Epsilon50 said:
alright, well i got unbuntu to dual boot late last night. Ill try this method today and hopefully it all goes well.
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Cool, post back with your results
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SlimSnoopOS said:
From what little I understand of it, the entire process needs to be done via Linux. I couldn't begin to explain why you need Linux since there's only the info from both threads to go on. However, following all steps through Linux works.
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Well Android is technically a mobile version of Linux and the process uses the terminal app built in all Linux OS which the terminal app for Android is emulating.
jmxc23 said:
Well Android is technically a mobile version of Linux and the process uses the terminal app built in all Linux OS which the terminal app for Android is emulating.
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I guess what looks weird to me is that it just looks like you're running ADB commands. It's all good that it works on Linux, its just that there's little documentation already so from outside looking in, I can't see what is Linux specific.
God damnn it just my luck. When ever i put my sd card into my adpater unbuntu goes into a black screen saying, could not write bytes: broken pipe. Checking battery state and i cant do anything. The sd card is completely nothing on it.
okay so i got over that by fixing the timing. Anywho in step one after doing the sudo thing i dont see my sd with a letter next to it. only numbers such as sdc1 and so on...