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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.

[Q] Endless Boot Loop after installing SERVICES.JAR to remove data throttling

Hi all,
I'm having an issue and hope someone can point me to the right direction (thanks).
I followed the all the steps from this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052064) and after the rom manager asked me to reboot my phone and it went into the endless boot looping. The LG screen show up for around 15 seconds and went back to do the same thing over and over again.
Here are what I've tried so far.
1. Remove the battery to turn back on and issue still persist
2. Tried using the Power button + Volumn down to boot into recovery mode. What it did here was the screen shows the android guy jumping out of the box for around 20 seconds and the screen turn off, then the LG login screen comes back doing it things again.
I have very limited knowledge on android base so I'm not sure what else to try to get my phone back to life again.
I had a post on that thread to ask some other people in there but they seem to ignore my post so if anyone here could help me please, I would appreciate it.

Did you nvflash recovery? If so reflash the stock rooted rom (or any other you want). If you didn't nvflash the recovery you going to have to now to fix the situation..
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squish099 said:
Did you nvflash recovery? If so reflash the stock rooted rom (or any other you want). If you didn't nvflash the recovery you going to have to now to fix the situation..
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Hi Squish099,
Thanks for looking into my issue.
I've never done nvFlash recovery before, so according to your response, you said
"If you didn't nvflash the recovery you going to have to now to fix the situation.."
How do I have going to fix the situation? Sorry for my stupid question.
If you could, can you please provide me some basic steps/direction? Like I said, I have very limited knowledge on how android work so if you could, I would really appreciate.

you can try this
justin13902 said:
Hi Squish099,
Thanks for looking into my issue.
I've never done nvFlash recovery before, so according to your response, you said
"If you didn't nvflash the recovery you going to have to now to fix the situation.."
How do I have going to fix the situation? Sorry for my stupid question.
If you could, can you please provide me some basic steps/direction? Like I said, I have very limited knowledge on how android work so if you could, I would really appreciate.
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read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052396
not sure if you can do this if the phone is already messes up.
But before you do things you need to read. you could of saved yourself a lot of heartache because the throttleing thing doesnt work at all anyways. and there are a couple threads here already that state that.
I searched and thats the best i found for ya. hopefully someone is more informed with your situation and can help but in the mean time read through that and see if you find anything helpful.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086687

eagle1967 said:
read this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052396
not sure if you can do this if the phone is already messes up.
But before you do things you need to read. you could of saved yourself a lot of heartache because the throttleing thing doesnt work at all anyways. and there are a couple threads here already that state that.
I searched and thats the best i found for ya. hopefully someone is more informed with your situation and can help but in the mean time read through that and see if you find anything helpful.
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Eagle1967,
Thank you. I will follow on that thread and see if I could save my phone's life back to live. Thanks again.

I suggest you do this...
It's down at the bottom
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Bootloop_problem
Good luck and be patient!
And P.S. this is the download you want, to go back to Stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274

Thank you all for the suggestions !!

Mikeglongo said:
I suggest you do this...
It's down at the bottom
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Troubleshooting#Bootloop_problem
Good luck and be patient!
And P.S. this is the download you want, to go back to Stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
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Unfortunately, I don't think he can do that if he can't boot into recovery at all.
@justin
I had the same problem with my old G2, I couldn't boot into recovery and ended up getting a new phone because no one knew what to do to fix it. Since you didn't use Nvflasher to flash clockworkmod recovery, you can't boot into recovery manually, you have to use the ROM manager app to boot into recovery.
I'm not sure what you can do to fix it honestly, I spent days searching for answers

Oops, damn your right ^. I misunderstood the wikipedia page =/

Mikeglongo said:
Oops, damn your right ^. I misunderstood the wikipedia page =/
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Yes, I spent couple hours already searching for resolution but can't find definite answer. I'm sure someone else out there having the same issue but was able to fix the issue.
I don't think people can easily throw away a good phone like this. Hope there is a resolution for this very soon

My new theory:
Noob + endless bootloop + no recovery = brick
I'm sorry to say but methinks thou art ****ed. Hopefully you have assurion and can just claim you lost it. Well actually I hope you fix it but .. well you know what I'm gonna say. Gl hope it works out for ya....
"If Satan lived in heaven he'd be me... "

[Q] Noob needs a little help

Ok so I just got me a New samsung showcase. It came with 2.2 installed build number sch-i500.ee25. Ok so i find out about rooting and all this so i start researching all about it. Here is where i am. I rooted with SuperOneClick. Worked fine. I installed ROM manager to get the clockworkmod but it did not work so I used Odin to install clockworkmod. That worked fine. So at this point I decided i need to backup the stock ROM. I try this using ROM manager but no go. it reboots into clockworkmod and gives me the sd card not mounted stuff. So I read and read and read but i can't seam to find a solution to this problem. I know there other people that have had this problem. I have read through the step by step guides and i really see nothing on this. Anyone have any type of solution.

Running on stock 2.2 rom manager doesnt work. You will need to go into cwm by turning off phone, holding power,vol up and down at same time. after samsung blinks 2nd time let go of buttons and you will boot into recovery.

Thank you. I thought I tried that before but I guess i did something wrong. Worked that time. Now if my memory is correct from reading that will not back up two things. The kernel and something else. How do I back up the kernel? Or am I just not thinking correctly cause I have not had enough sleep.

Samsung Galaxy S with Cellular South
I had to have Kies Mini open and running on my computer to root my phone

First, Welcome!
Second, Download and familiarize yourself with a program called Odin. This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
Third, Showcase files are not common. Send me a PM and ill give you my email address. I can better help over email.

studdyhalllooser said:
This phone is hard to brick. From nearly every situation you can flash back to stock with Odin.
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Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.

add144 said:
Not true; that's what we call a false sense of security.
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that is true. ive seen phones get restored that have been flashed with roms for other phones and wont even get past the samsung logo. he said nearly, I'm sure you can come up with some weird far out situation but don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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sageDieu said:
don't try and scare the newbies off this early.
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What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.

add144 said:
What will scare newbies off is when they start flashing crazy **** for another phone in the Phone box in ODIN or something and can't fix it by just ODIN'ing like you guys are suggesting.
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It's ok he's the only one still here so he'll have to help them.
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You say that but the fact that you said it means I'm not the only one.

Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll

add144 said:
Ooooohhhh someone's getting technicallllllllll
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dang right
Sent from my MIUI SCH-i500

Same phone
I have the exact same phone as you. I just rooted my phone for the first time yesterday and I am having trouble installing CWM. Can you explain to me how you used Odin to flash CWM. And after you flash CWM, is it possible to revert back to stock recovery? If so how?

Rooting GB 2.3.4

I used [ROM-Leak][ODIN] Gingerbread 2.3.4 T959VUVKG4 and it worked flawlessly but I want to root it and they give you the .tar files to flash it I just wanted to ask where do I put the .tar files in ODIN? I just don't want to mess anything up. I'm going to guess I put it in the PDA but im not sure.

im not trying to be mean, but you have to at least search for things instead of starting new threads.

jager555 said:
im not trying to be mean, but you have to at least search for things instead of starting new threads.
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I understand. I did but I just didn't find anything about where to put the zimage-root-tar file I need to root the phone. After the scare I had last night I'm just trying to be super careful.

jager555 said:
im not trying to be mean, but you have to at least search for things instead of starting new threads.
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Ok I found that I was supposed to put it in PDA and I did. I got the fish like it said and tried to go back into download mode but when I did my phone now says "firware upgrade encountered an issue. Pease select recovery mode in Kies & try agian" what did I do wrong now??
I can't get into download mode...
I got it to work..... I think im done doing this for a while.... I'm having to many heart attacks cause things aren't going smoothly.....

it will be easier next time. just make sure you read and understand what it is you are doing. its a pretty straightforward process (to me) once you understand WHY you are doing things.
anyway, glad you got it to work. enjoy GB!

jager555 said:
it will be easier next time. just make sure you read and understand what it is you are doing. its a pretty straightforward process (to me) once you understand WHY you are doing things.
anyway, glad you got it to work. enjoy GB!
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Thank you for you help. And I am loving GB it run sooooo much smoother.

[Q] phone gets suck on sprint screen

OK so i went and done did messed up. I unlocked rooted i was gonna stop there but then i seen the extended power menu mod and figured thats kinda cool so i tried it so i flashed CWM and then extended power menu. Tried rebooting and it wont go past the sprint screen ive tried all of the resets and reboots ive tried re flashing every thing like 3 times and so then i used the modded stock sprint rom from fallnsaint, (i couldnt download the one from mattlgroff every time i clicked the link it says page can not be found or some thing like that.
Can some one please give me a hand? id donate like $20 to you for getting my phone to turn back on!

oldskoolerhatch said:
OK so i went and done did messed up. I unlocked rooted i was gonna stop there but then i seen the extended power menu mod and figured thats kinda cool so i tried it so i flashed CWM and then extended power menu. Tried rebooting and it wont go past the sprint screen ive tried all of the resets and reboots ive tried re flashing every thing like 3 times and so then i used the modded stock sprint rom from fallnsaint, (i couldnt download the one from mattlgroff every time i clicked the link it says page can not be found or some thing like that.
Can some one please give me a hand? id donate like $20 to you for getting my phone to turn back on!
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That wasn't a rom that I posted bud, it would help your situation now if it were complete, but it isn't and you don't flash it like a rom.
We can still get you up and running though, no problem.
Follow this link and follow the directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33391825&postcount=9
-Saint

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That wasn't a rom that I posted bud, it would help your situation now if it were complete, but it isn't and you don't flash it like a rom.
We can still get you up and running though, no problem.
Follow this link and follow the directions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33391825&postcount=9
-Saint
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I know it wasnt exactly rom but i didnt know what else to call it. Thanks for the reply im bout to check it out ill let you know if it works.:good:

oldskoolerhatch said:
I know it wasnt exactly rom but i didnt know what else to call it. Thanks for the reply im bout to check it out ill let you know if it works.:good:
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Should have asked first but... I don't suppose you made a backup with cwm before flashing the extended power menu? Would make this a whole lot simpler...
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Nm, just saw your other post.
-Saint

fallnSaint said:
Should have asked first but... I don't suppose you made a backup with cwm before flashing the extended power menu? Would make this a whole lot simpler...
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Nm, just saw your other post.
-Saint
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nope i sure didnt thats why imma noob lol but i sure feel like a dumb *** for not backing up.

fallnsaint you are the man! how do i donate to you? lol

oldskoolerhatch said:
fallnsaint you are the man! how do i donate to you? lol
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Glad you're good bud. Don't fret a donation, happy to help. That's what this place is about.
Btw, the reason the power menu didn't work is due to your system and framework still being odexed. Make a backup first, and flash rangerbry's deodex.zip here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874303, then the power menu will take. Might want to charge your phone first after this lil fiasco tho.
Good luck.
-Saint

fallnSaint said:
Glad you're good bud. Don't fret a donation, happy to help. That's what this place is about.
Btw, the reason the power menu didn't work is due to your system and framework still being odexed. Make a backup first, and flash rangerbry's deodex.zip here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874303, then the power menu will take. Might want to charge your phone first after this lil fiasco tho.
Good luck.
-Saint
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software is all good but now theres a prob with network authentication im getting an COMMS_SOCKET_ERROR also ACTIVATE_OTA_APN

oldskoolerhatch said:
software is all good but now theres a prob with network authentication im getting an COMMS_SOCKET_ERROR
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Did you take the system update before rooting? I think there is something about that in the update thread. Make a phone call and stay on the line, it is redirected to a sprint rep? Something like that.
If you used the RSD file I posted correctly it should have wiped out all of the update tho. Did it flash all the way through?
-Saint

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Did you take the system update before rooting? I think there is something about that in the update thread. Make a phone call and stay on the line, it is redirected to a sprint rep? Something like that.
If you used the RSD file I posted correctly it should have wiped out all of the update tho. Did it flash all the way through?
-Saint
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yes i did and ok i think thats how it goes.
and yes i did but i dont think it stuck because even after that i was getting suck on the sprint screen

Its all golden thanks a bunch for your help i was ready to tear my hair out haha. ill be definitely doing backups more often

oldskoolerhatch said:
Its all golden thanks a bunch for your help i was ready to tear my hair out haha. ill be definitely doing backups more often
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Cool. Lesson learned.
-Saint