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I perm-rooted my MyTouch 4G using Visionary Plus R14 and everything went smoothly until I tried flashing CyanogenMod 7.0.3 Stable Mod and the Google Apps, I did everything manually and it said that both of them installed and so I rebooted the phone. When the phone finally rebooted, the MyTouch 4G booted up as if it just recieved a factory rest. I just went along with it and set everything up and it seemed as if the installation failed or something, but once everything got set up, Visionary, the Rom Manager, Superuser, and my file manager (Astro), was all missing. I decided to try and root it again but when I tried to go download the file manager again, I couldn't find the Android Market. I did a factory reset 3 times and it still wouldn't pop up. What happened to it and what do I do to fix it??
Sometimes the visionary method doesn't stick...there have been alot of issues with that lately. Have you booted up into Hboot to see if you have s=off? If the visionary method didn't work, I recommend using the g-free method to root it. All of this information can be found under the HTC Glacier (MT4G) forums.
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I perm-rooted my MyTouch 4G using Visionary Plus R14 and everything went smoothly until I tried flashing CyanogenMod 7.0.3 Stable Mod and the Google Apps, I did everything manually and it said that both of them installed and so I rebooted the phone. When the phone finally rebooted, the MyTouch 4G booted up as if it just recieved a factory rest. I just went along with it and set everything up and it seemed as if the installation failed or something, but once everything got set up, Visionary, the Rom Manager, Superuser, and my file manager (Astro), was all missing. I decided to try and root it again but when I tried to go download the file manager again, I couldn't find the Android Market. I did a factory reset 3 times and it still wouldn't pop up. What happened to itnd what do I do to fix it??
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i´m not fully understand but i want to ask to you if you do FACT. RESET before flashing the rom or after...
correct mode is before because u are going to lose gapps if do it after flashing cianogenmod...
and of course when you flashes another rom you´re going to lose all your old apk´s... you need to reinstall it...
maybe i´m not understanded you.. if its like this sorry... if not well
Download Market.apk and install it. you can google it or you can check out the link in your private inbox
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Sometimes the visionary method doesn't stick...there have been alot of issues with that lately. Have you booted up into Hboot to see if you have s=off? If the visionary method didn't work, I recommend using the g-free method to root it. All of this information can be found under the HTC Glacier (MT4G) forums.
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Yes, I did do hboot and it did say S-Off. And I never heard of the g-free method, I'll look that up and try to root it that way. Thanks!
Did you flash Clockwork Mod with ROM manager? Did you wipe before flashing? If it says S=off, you should be good to go, and you should consider flashing the engineering bootloader.
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Did you flash Clockwork Mod with ROM manager? Did you wipe before flashing? If it says S=off, you should be good to go, and you should consider flashing the engineering bootloader.
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Yepp, I flashed Clockwork Mod. I did everything in the how to Temp Root the MyTouch 4G video, How to Perm Root the MyTouch 4G video and the how to Flash a custom rom to the MyTouch 4G video from the unlockr.
Here is a cool transparent one if you want it. Just install it with a file manager.
Hi I rooted and unlocked my Galaxy S 4G yesterday. Today I thought I'd try free up some space to get rid of some bloatware. But now my phone is no longer rooted. I noticed superuser was no longer installed. I re-installed that. I tried to install busybox as well, and it also says that I am not rooted. Titanium Backup also says I am not rooted, and root checker confirms I am no longer rooted as well. So decided to install superuser again, but it did no good. Anyone know how my phone could just unroot itself?
No idea why it would, but you could just try either using cwm or odin to install a prerooted rom on your phone.
when you unlocked your phone you probably unrooted it normally you would unlock and then root if I'm not mistaken could be wrong though
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did you flash the Bali kernel over KD1? I did that, and it unrooted. It happened to me twice...then on the 3rd try, root stuck, the only thing I did different was when I flashed Bali, I only did the lag fix on the /data, not /system...but eventually I did/system as well, and still kept root.
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killajerv0129 said:
when you unlocked your phone you probably unrooted it normally you would unlock and then root if I'm not mistaken could be wrong though
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I had to root the phone first before I could unlock it. Used 010 Hex Editor to get the unlock code.
Used this procedure.
just ran superoneclick. All rooted again. Hope this one sticks.
I'm on 1.85 was rooted but had not unlocked bootloader, I tried updating the software to 4.0.4 but it didnt work so then I used SuperUser to remove root. Still didn't work. I factory reset. still didnt work. I think the problem lies in that I had deleted the AT&T ready2go app. But I am running stock everything without anything else changed.
I think my only option is to run RUU 1.85 and then try to update that way. my question is now that I'm not rooted can I run RUU on a windows computer and will anything bad happen if I'm unrooted?
Sorry if this is a noob question. I tried searching.
Could missing at&t ready2go really be that big of a deal for updating?
Yes that will work fine.
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Yes that will work fine.
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Thank you gunnyman. you're awesome and extremely helpful I've been a closet XDA reader for a few months now.
On another note, could me just simply rooting again and installing my at&t ready to go app from my tittanium backup solve my update woes?
No idea. But I'm sure if you're patient a stock rooted flashable release will be out.
Just in case any newbies like me are wondering, deleting the app AT&T Ready2GO may cause your update to not work.
I went back to my titanium backup and reinstalled the backup of the app. Worked like a charm on the first try.. amazing.
you can run the 2.20 ruu
http://dl3.htc.com/application/htc_one_x_RUU_2.20.502.7_att_us_08022012.exe
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Just in case any newbies like me are wondering, deleting the app AT&T Ready2GO may cause your update to not work.
I went back to my titanium backup and reinstalled the backup of the app. Worked like a charm on the first try.. amazing.
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Deleting ANY system app will prevent the OTA from working.
I just applied the OTA update (VRLG7) and it seems to have broken root. When running the superuser.apk and attempting to update the binary, I get the following...
"Gaining root access... fail!"
Using the terminal app shows that /system/xbin/su has the "-rwxr-xr-x" permissions, but when I try to execute it, I get a "Permission Denied", but the usual popup that the superuser.apk app shows for granting superuser permissions. I checked the superuser.apk, and the terminal and superuser apps are allowed to have root.
Has anybody run across this? Do I have to re-root it? From what I can remember, rooting it just puts the superuser.apk and su binary in the proper locations....but if they already exist, how would re-rooting it fix it?
Thanks!
Yeah there's a few other threads on this and people were able to re-root and unlock.
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just run the rootdebugfs program and reroot...no biggie!
Thanks for the responses. I left my usb cable at home today, so I will have to wait. I did the update at work, and I'm just kind of stuck for the time being.
Hopefully the reroot will work out for me and life will be good again!!
Thanks!
I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
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I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
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you wont lose root by flashing a modem...he flashed the entire g7 rom update. this breaks root, no big deal, just need to reroot and unlock. this latest g7 ota update is safe.
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I am running the ( VRLG7 ) modem since I downloaded it 3 days ago and have not lost root or unlock, Maybe you missed it but one of the #1 rules is to not except OTA updates from Verizon because they will break your root and your unlock and possible brick your phone
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I stuck to the #1 rule, but everybody here and everwhere said it was safe and you can still root and unlock the bootloader. I figured that since everybody said it was safe, why not.
Like others said, I re-rooted it and it was fine. Last time, I used odin, but this time, used casual. It worked well, but after the root, I went into superuser and did an 'update'. The phone rebooted into the 'lock' screen for a minute, rebooted, and things came up fine. Strange, but it worked. Hopefully, it's not a sign.
You guys notice any better signal resulst from updating to the newest radio?
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You guys notice any better signal resulst from updating to the newest radio?
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After updating to the new modem, I do not really see any improvement to my signal strength.
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After updating to the new modem, I do not really see any improvement to my signal strength.
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What about speed? anything new there?
My phone restarted to clockwork and asked me if I wanted to install it. I took a chance and said yes and after holding my breath, clockwork asked me it looks like root might have been lost.. Fix? I said sure and sure enough after rebooting I had the latest update and I was still rooted. It did say update failed but I still have the latest firmware and there is no newest update.
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droidstyle said:
you wont lose root by flashing a modem...he flashed the entire g7 rom update. this breaks root, no big deal, just need to reroot and unlock. this latest g7 ota update is safe.
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I tried to root with this option without any luck after update, is there anything special that need to be done for it to work.... It runs and completes and says it should have root but no SU installed and device reports normal..
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My phone restarted to clockwork and asked me if I wanted to install it. I took a chance and said yes and after holding my breath, clockwork asked me it looks like root might have been lost.. Fix? I said sure and sure enough after rebooting I had the latest update and I was still rooted. It did say update failed but I still have the latest firmware and there is no newest update.
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What version of Clockwork do you use?
Thanks
Ok so heres my first question?........... Is there any possible way of gaining root access through linux for my android ? ....Like running certain commands to do so......I know u have to change permissions and make changes to the android file system......And was wondering since linux uses root in terminals and so on and so forth would it work to access root in linux and maybe use a file manager to open your android system files in linux to make these changes so u may root. .. Instead of waiting for a DEV to create a method or script that will work ... Isnt there a way we can gain this back without waiting for an actual script to release . I rely on my root for a vast majority of my apps and i am lost without it . I know it may be more complex and diffucult for some people but to gain root access back this way ... But it would be great.
I have a working linux set up on my comp already with working adb /sdk installed ..... If anybody can help me with rooting my phone it would be very much appreciated. Im not new to this at all im very familiar with linux and how to use it. i basically need help with the rooting process and what to do when it comes to that.
I do not have an unlocked bootloader if that makes any difference.
Took 9.30.1 OTA and lost root.
As far as i know there is no script/method to root for the new OTA 9.30.1 update.
Tryed rooting already with Linux but my file system wont allow anything to be written to it.. Its Read Only File System. I think it has to be Read/Write
I really hope there is a root script/method released soon if this way isnt possible
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you
No. Unless an exploit is found, you are out of luck.
Sent from my Droid RAZR HD under an Eclipse.
iBolski said:
No. Unless an exploit is found, you are out of luck.
Sent from my Droid RAZR HD under an Eclipse.
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Do you have any idea what the progress lioks like for an exploit coming out soon for this update?
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Do you have any idea what the progress lioks like for an exploit coming out soon for this update?
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I doubt there will be another exploit. This phone is a year old now and most devs are focusing on custom ROMs.
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Do you have any idea what the progress lioks like for an exploit coming out soon for this update?
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Mostly likely none. Because at this point 95% of people know to protect root before taking an ota. Or just don't take it.
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My phone is the not-unlockable one and locked.
I happend to click yes when this update question came. After realizing what was happening, I set my phone to flight mode, and the update downloading is now paused. Is there anyway to cancel this downloading/update process?
I have installed safestrape and backup my stock ROM before this. The worst is that I restore the backup and the update question will be prompted again, right?
Or is there other way to stop the update downloading in progress?
Another question, if root is lost through the OTA update, can I restore the backup through Safestrape and get root again? Or is everything gone?
xknobi said:
My phone is the not-unlockable one and locked.
I happend to click yes when this update question came. After realizing what was happening, I set my phone to flight mode, and the update downloading is now paused. Is there anyway to cancel this downloading/update process?
I have installed safestrape and backup my stock ROM before this. The worst is that I restore the backup and the update question will be prompted again, right?
Or is there other way to stop the update downloading in progress?
Another question, if root is lost through the OTA update, can I restore the backup through Safestrape and get root again? Or is everything gone?
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Once root is lost after the ota has been fully applied, the backup will do you no good as there is a new kernel applied.
As for it being paused, I believe you should be okay. Just because you started the download doesn't mean it's been applied. Freeze the updater apk and reboot. I believe that will cancel the download and with the frozen updater, you won't get bothered again.
You could apply the update if you save root with voodoo root keep but if you ever have to reimage your phone, you will lose root permanently. I'd just hold off and wait and see if an exploit is ever found.
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Once root is lost after the ota has been fully applied, the backup will do you no good as there is a new kernel applied.
As for it being paused, I believe you should be okay. Just because you started the download doesn't mean it's been applied. Freeze the updater apk and reboot. I believe that will cancel the download and with the frozen updater, you won't get bothered again.
You could apply the update if you save root with voodoo root keep but if you ever have to reimage your phone, you will lose root permanently. I'd just hold off and wait and see if an exploit is ever found.
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Thanks for the info. I have just restored the backup stock rom and all is good. Installed Root Keeper anyway.
Anyone working on a root exploit for 9.30.1
So is anyone working on an exploit to root this update?? I just don't want to have to keep SBF'ing my Razr Maxx HD back to older versions and reconfiguring all my stuff. For what ever reason, I could not get OTA's. I was rooted(motochopper) and used superuser and voodoo. Protected my root, temp unrooted, downloaded the update, but then it would fail on install. I even tried flashing back to the stock recovery and it failed. So just to see what the 9.30 did, I installed it through Droid Razr HD Utility 1.34...of course I lost root, can't put a custom recovery on it, but my phone seems to run pretty good for a stock rom. So, I'm just wondering.
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Mostly likely none. Because at this point 95% of people know to protect root before taking an ota. Or just don't take it.
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I had root with the 9.30.1 update. I backed up root with OTA RootKeeper but my phone was acting up so i factory reset it and all went to hell...!!! I protected everything and backed up hoping that would do the trick but unfortunately it didnt save the root like it should have now i sit I regret ever resetting it thats for sure. It was risky on my part playing with the reset option knowing there was no exploit out yet and i payed the price
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So is anyone working on an exploit to root this update?? I just don't want to have to keep SBF'ing my Razr Maxx HD back to older versions and reconfiguring all my stuff. For what ever reason, I could not get OTA's. I was rooted(motochopper) and used superuser and voodoo. Protected my root, temp unrooted, downloaded the update, but then it would fail on install. I even tried flashing back to the stock recovery and it failed. So just to see what the 9.30 did, I installed it through Droid Razr HD Utility 1.34...of course I lost root, can't put a custom recovery on it, but my phone seems to run pretty good for a stock rom. So, I'm just wondering.
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I have a few guys looking into it for me im hoping to hear back soon with some good news
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So is anyone working on an exploit to root this update?? I just don't want to have to keep SBF'ing my Razr Maxx HD back to older versions and reconfiguring all my stuff. For what ever reason, I could not get OTA's. I was rooted(motochopper) and used superuser and voodoo. Protected my root, temp unrooted, downloaded the update, but then it would fail on install. I even tried flashing back to the stock recovery and it failed. So just to see what the 9.30 did, I installed it through Droid Razr HD Utility 1.34...of course I lost root, can't put a custom recovery on it, but my phone seems to run pretty good for a stock rom. So, I'm just wondering.
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im assuming your bootloader is unlocked?
if so, search for a flash-able zip of SU. you can root any build, problem solved.
I know our RAZR HD's are old, but there's nothing better out there. At this point, I'm willing to pay cash money for anyone able to find a new root exploit for this dumb 9.30 update. I took all the precautionary steps and have an unlocked phone, yet for some reason as soon as the update applied I lost root. It happened during the last ota and I got lucky that the warranty covered me. Not gonna happen now with a unlocked booty. So once again, please find a root exploit and I'll pay you. I dont want to get rid of my razr. Thanks yall
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I know our RAZR HD's are old, but there's nothing better out there. At this point, I'm willing to pay cash money for anyone able to find a new root exploit for this dumb 9.30 update. I took all the precautionary steps and have an unlocked phone, yet for some reason as soon as the update applied I lost root. It happened during the last ota and I got lucky that the warranty covered me. Not gonna happen now with a unlocked booty. So once again, please find a root exploit and I'll pay you. I dont want to get rid of my razr. Thanks yall
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there is no need for a new exploit if you have an unlocked bootloader.
search for a flash-able SU zip or search razr forum for the rooting unlocked bootloader thread.
problem solved, cash payments preferred
bweN diorD said:
there is no need for a new exploit if you have an unlocked bootloader.
search for a flash-able SU zip or search razr forum for the rooting unlocked bootloader thread.
problem solved, cash payments preferred
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I've tried every su time there is in here and other sites. They fail every time. I've tried recovery through twrp and cwm and they both fail. As a matter of fact since I took the update neither one of those will work now either. I'll keep trying new stuff until I succeed or brick this phone. All other devices that are currently available can't hold a flame to the RAZR.
razrretard said:
I've tried every su time there is in here and other sites. They fail every time. I've tried recovery through twrp and cwm and they both fail. As a matter of fact since I took the update neither one of those will work now either. I'll keep trying new stuff until I succeed or brick this phone. All other devices that are currently available can't hold a flame to the RAZR.
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Then are you sure you have an unlocked boot loader? If not, then you are hosed. We're just going by the fact that you posted " Not gonna happen now with a unlocked booty".
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Then are you sure you have an unlocked boot loader? If not, then you are hosed. We're just going by the fact that you posted " Not gonna happen now with a unlocked booty".
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I get the "warning, boot loader unlocked" message every time I power up. Used *#*#4636#*#* and checked that device shows root. I took all the precautionary steps before installing the ota, and I was having problems that both 9.20 and 9.30 fixed. Was running eclipse as a ROM before all this went screwy lewy
tried using motochopper (no winning)
All boxers are checked, however when I get the true ending to check my SU, it gives me some bogus message about needing to update SU, however it says I have an HTC device, I'm very confused on this, and don't understand what it is even referring too.
Anyone know what I'm reading about here?
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I get the "warning, boot loader unlocked" message every time I power up. Used *#*#4636#*#* and checked that device shows root. I took all the precautionary steps before installing the ota, and I was having problems that both 9.20 and 9.30 fixed. Was running eclipse as a ROM before all this went screwy lewy
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http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php?/topic/20473-[How-To]UNIVERSAL-Recovery-and-Root-ANY-{Unlocked-Bootloader-XT926-&-XT907}-Easy! I have used this twice after I've taken an update from vzw... If if your phones not being recognized it could be your drivers or the cable
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