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[Q] [q] Will there ever be easy root..

for those of us who just want to remove bloatware and sideload and not mess with losing all of our data and resetting all our apps?
Is anyone even working on a root without goldcard method anymore?
And, if I go ahead and do this with Bubby's method, how do I make sure all my stuff gets backed up before the process because titanium backup doesn't work non-rooted?

The rooting process is actually really easy, just go to this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0sQFoS_m_8
and follow the instructions closely.
As for backup, I'm not quite sure at all, but you might need to piece together apps.
I used android to export my contacts to sim, file master to backup my app apks, and just flew with it. If you have anything else important, look for an app to back it up, or if you know how, copy to your computer real quick.
Rooting for this phone sounds scary at first, but the process really 'felt' safe, and I gotta say, I wasn't scared at all during the process.
Hope this helped a bit!

The ace hack kit is an easy root, you just have to be able to read and follow closely.
For future reference please post questions in general.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12167571&postcount=3

When he says "easy" I think he means like a one click method used on Galaxy S devices and such.

Closest thing to easy root is a simple GUI like the one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406
The process is rather easy if you choose the ace hack kit.

sheanzyy said:
Closest thing to easy root is a simple GUI like the one here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406
The process is rather easy if you choose the ace hack kit.
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The exploit we have now works great, use Bubbys or the hack kit. I helped Bubby with a lot of the initial testing and his GUI overlay is about as easy as it's going to get, and he's also working on a few more things. Not for nothing though, the hack kit isn't that difficult to use either.
Anyone who's been on the Inspire threads for a while knows this war has already been fought.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12167571&postcount=3

The easy one is Bubby's as for that hack kit unless you are good with Command Prompt entry then FORGET IT, Bubby's does all of the command prompt for you, all you do is enter two lines on the terminal emulator on the phone and there is a video on the first post of that thread that show's the complete method of his root procedure. It is the one I used and since I did it Bubby has made it even easier to use.
As for what you are asking well it will be a long wait before that ever happens at all.

I came from a Captivate to the Inspire, so I was a bit overwhelmed at first by rooting this phone. I just did bubbys root last night, and it was extremely simple. It does suck that you have to wipe your data, but i was back up and running exactly like before in less than an hour.
Now the radio stuff, i'm still a bit confused on that, reading up on it, but that seems a bit too risky for myself to mess with.

the ace hack kit was stupid easy, never tried bubby's method but it seems like it is even easier. There are easy methods, and backing up takes less than 5min of your time. give it a shot!

Bubby's is super easy, just follow the video included in the thread, and it's tough to go wrong. Took me maybe 30-45 minutes, minus the downloading of everything (which takes a lot longer than the actual process).

Short of a true "one click" it probably wont get any easier than it is now.And as far as a method without using a gold card Im doubting that will ever happen.

lrs421 said:
Please move to general.....
The exploit we have now works great, use Bubbys or the hack kit. I helped Bubby with a lot of the initial testing and his GUI overlay is about as easy as it's going to get, and he's also working on a few more things. Not for nothing though, the hack kit isn't that difficult to use either.
Anyone who's been on the Inspire threads for a while knows this war has already been fought.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12167571&postcount=3
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I completely agree!
Its ridiculously easy now! With so many people rooted and running custom roms, and the phone (inspire) only being available for a little over a month now, shouldn't that be proof?
The methods we have work well and the developers busted their asses to make them available to us in a very short time frame.
A few hours of reading will result in a successful root, don't skimp on the research if you're a newbie.
We were all there once, its just a matter of whether or not you want to stay a newbie... all the tools are in front of you though, you found a good place to start learning.
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BUT I WANT AN OOMPA LOOMPA NOW!
In my day we had to work for things! You one click root wanting kids get off my damned lawn!

gunnyman said:
BUT I WANT AN OOMPA LOOMPA NOW!
In my day we had to work for things! You one click root wanting kids get off my damned lawn!
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uh oh gunny's been eating the shnozberries again...
Why would you want an "easy" one click solution? Where is the fun in that? Where is the sense of accomplishment? The thrill of the hunt? Do you really have more important things to do than sit down for an hour and follow instructions? A one click solution is more likely to brick your phone - I don't know about you guys but I've seen some really shabby vb coders hanging out around here and I wouldn't trust my inspire with them.

http://www.dailyappnews.com/2011/03/13543/root-htc-inspire-4g-soff-click-root-tool/
i've been asking the same question...this is about as easy as it gets...so close to one click root tool.

lwfb said:
I completely agree!
Its ridiculously easy now! With so many people rooted and running custom roms, and the phone (inspire) only being available for a little over a month now, shouldn't that be proof?
The methods we have work well and the developers busted their asses to make them available to us in a very short time frame.
A few hours of reading will result in a successful root, don't skimp on the research if you're a newbie.
We were all there once, its just a matter of whether or not you want to stay a newbie... all the tools are in front of you though, you found a good place to start learning.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA Premium App
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This.. I can't even begin to know how many threads I read on rooting and now on new ROMs that come out. I was greener than grass when I first started with this stuff. Gunny knows. I'm by no means an expert but I'm way more comfortable doing this stuff now than a month ago. I tried both methods to root and one was easier than the other. Both will work as we all know at this point.

It took me two tries to root. Worst part was the Gold Card. Personally, I dislike anything one-click.
CM7 Inspire 4G

TheBassman369 said:
It took me two tries to root. Worst part was the Gold Card. Personally, I dislike anything one-click.
CM7 Inspire 4G
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The gold card took 2 minutes. An app on the phone and an app on the pc, and a couple clicks.

harlenm said:
The gold card took 2 minutes. An app on the phone and an app on the pc, and a couple clicks.
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Bubby's method essentially does the gold card for you. If you know how to copy, paste, and save an image from an email, you're pretty much golden.

Bubby's "one click" w/radio update
which ever rooting method you choose...each one includes the "PD98IMG.zip" rooted rom that ultimately becomes the finished poduct. (1) Simply download the radio you wish to flash (2) open the PD98IMG.zip file contained in the root method of your choice using winzip/winrar/7zip (3) replace "radio.img" file in there...with the one you wish to use & let it re-pack as normal (4) then run your rooting regiment & it will load the updated radio along with rom as it finishes up. Easy-Peachy & no scary "ENG S-OFF" to fret over! Hope that helps a little.
PS....this IS NOT theory.....I actually did this & it worked like a charm.....

Rooting Thunderbolt on First Day?

I'm getting my thunderbolt in the mail on 4/21 and i've never had an android device before but after doing a lot of reading ive decided i want to root it because of all the bloatware the device comes with. Does anyone have any tips besides doing A LOT of reading? What are the chances of bricking it? Anything specific i should do to avoid it? I wouldn't want to break my brand new phone on the first day... Thanks in advance.

Read the stickies, read the instructions, read forum posts.

What are your reasons for wanting to root it?
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Following the method jcase made/post is the way to go. it is fairly simple because you can just copy and paste the commands. The most difficult thing will be setting up adb, but this isn't hard either. I would suggest that you watch and follow these videos, they will help out quite a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPSe12YDxQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6EMdPpF6o&feature=related
Of course if you have any questions ask in the IRC or here on the forum. Happy rooting!

athorax said:
Read the stickies, read the instructions, read forum posts.
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On it
JoseGutierrez said:
What are your reasons for wanting to root it?
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Well as i mentioned i know the phone comes with a lot of bloatware that kills the batteries and i want my phone to be nice and fresh
Busphan said:
Following the method jcase made/post is the way to go. it is fairly simple because you can just copy and paste the commands. The most difficult thing will be setting up adb, but this isn't hard either. I would suggest that you watch and follow these videos, they will help out quite a bit.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKPSe12YDxQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mc6EMdPpF6o&feature=related
Of course if you have any questions ask in the IRC or here on the forum. Happy rooting!
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Thanks a lot, i'm actually on a mac and i've read through all of:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011623
hopefully everything will go well. Thanks!

I did the 9 step process. First time rooting a phone. I sweating bullets the whole time.
Sent from my rooted Thunderbolt with VirusROM AirborneTB. Xda premium

raider3bravo said:
I did the 9 step process. First time rooting a phone. I sweating bullets the whole time.
Sent from my rooted Thunderbolt with VirusROM AirborneTB. Xda premium
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im nervous already and i didn't even get my phone yet.

JayoxD said:
im nervous already and i didn't even get my phone yet.
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That's good, it means you'll be careful and the odds of bricking the phone are much lower, just follow the instructions and you'll do fine. I used to feel the same way about my phones, but after you get used to it all it becomes easy.
The only thing I recommend is knowing that you have to install some sort of recovery on your phone like Clockwork recovery mod, that is a program you boot into which can backup your phone saving everything, all of the programs, data, and the stock rom/settings which your phone comes with, making a backup is essential each time you change anything so you can always revert back. I never fully understood the whole idea at first completely, but it works great once you get it.

The links Provided by Busphan will help you get an idea of what to do. Follow the instructions here: "www(DOT)androidpolice(DOT)com/2011/03/19/exclusive-how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-its-bootloader" and by using copy/paste of the commands.
I read up for about 2 days while I was waiting and already had all the files downloaded and ready to go. That seems to take awhile so if you can do it before then it will save you some time. Go ahead and get the Android SDK on your computer as it also takes some time to install. Within 90min of actually receiving my phone I had it rooted and ready to go.
So my quick answer made long... Do the prep work before your device shows up that way you are ready to get ADB and start rooting right out of the box.

To be honest with you, if I were you, I'd just use the phone stock for a couple of weeks (at least during the buyer's remorse period) and just get a feel for android and see if it's right for you.
Couple of reasons:
1. If you don't like it or have issues with the phone, you don't have to worry about trying to unroot the phone to return it.
2. Rooting a phone gives you some advanced features. At least get a feel for the basics before trying the harder stuff. (learn to walk before you can fly).
Just my 2 cents

I rooted mine the day after I got it. Unrooting is easier than rooting.
Luke

Hi guys, I'm also getting a thunderbolt and going to root it eventually (probably not within the first couple of weeks).
I have gone through the tutorials and the youtube videos. Everything seems fine as long as you follow the instructions. Just had a couple of questions :
1) Which are all the sense-less ui roms available atm? Virus and Das Bampf (what about Remix?)
2) When it comes to saving battery by using setcpu, is this basically how it goes: overclock the cpu speed but underclock the voltage? Wouldn't overclocking the cpu lower the life of the cpu?
Thanks everyone

If i can give any advice that would be to follow the procedure for rooting that jcase put together. It is simple, easy to follow, and you will gain a little understanding of adb. Try to stay away from the easier methods. If you have a problem with jcases procedure it is easier to walk you back and see where the problem occurred. The "easier" methods are much harder to find where a problem occurred. Again, just my opinion.
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[Q] Looking for someone to root a HTC Inspire 4G

Looking for someoe around charlotte,NC or Mooresville, NC that know how to root a Inspire 4G from At&T.

It's almost foolproof. If you're capable of reading and have the reading comprehension skills of a 6th grader, you should be able to do it yourself w/out issue and save some money.

its really easy.use the ace hack kit..just read the ''effin maual'' run it and it does all the work for u

Read everything you can in these threads and the hack kit thread linked below. Then read the effin manual. Then read it all again for a week...do your research. Then root it yourself. If you pay someone to do it for you, you wont learn anything. At which point you will be asking all kinds of questions that you could have learned by doing it yourself.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
I got your 10 char right here

Have to agree with the above replies. If you do the research, and don't try to rush, you can do it. Turn 63 in a couple of weeks, and if I can do it anyone can.

1ChesterD said:
Have to agree with the above replies. If you do the research, and don't try to rush, you can do it. Turn 63 in a couple of weeks, and if I can do it anyone can.
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You, my friend, are an inspiration.
My mom (42) just got her first android phone and can't figure out Facebook without my help.
Edit: but seriously, between reading the effin' manual and the IRC (IF you actually need help past the manual) it's a snap.

I coudnt root my inspire 4g , tried couple of times , and still no result! every time its stucks somewhere..., i dont know why

Amigoo said:
I coudnt root my inspire 4g , tried couple of times , and still no result! every time its stucks somewhere..., i dont know why
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Using which method? Did you try the Advanced Ace Hack Kit?

Amigoo said:
I coudnt root my inspire 4g , tried couple of times , and still no result! every time its stucks somewhere..., i dont know why
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I'm willing to bet you missed and skipped over something in the effen manual, either way the IRC chatroom is not just for show..if you're having a real problem, they are there to help..I really don't understand why people continue to ignore that

Its not as easy as rooting other phones, or at least didn't use to be, but now with the Ace Hack Kit, if you read the effen manual, its pretty much a one click process.
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I used bubby's method. It wasn't a cake walk but I done it. Took me about 45 mins to do, but once done stays that way. I have changed my rom alot and love the ability to be rooted and have full control of my device.

blktalon456 said:
I used bubby's method. It wasn't a cake walk but I done it. Took me about 45 mins to do, but once done stays that way. I have changed my rom alot and love the ability to be rooted and have full control of my device.
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Bubby's is outdated and should not be used...the new hack kit is unbelievably easy to follow so long as you read.

wow thats crazy, i actually used to live in Mooresville, i went to NTI. But i actually just switched from being an advanced iphone hacker to android and trust me im having to re-learn everything aswell. the effin manual tells u step by step how to do it, u just have to read the WHOLE thing. dont be lazy.

OP your lucky there are experienced people around here making the simplest root methods for us.
When the inspire came out I had to read for a few weeks to make sure I didn't eff up... Now after reading XDA for the past year I can do anything root related easily... Just Read!
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Yep just use the ace root kit. I read a bunch of wikis and forum posts about making gold cards etc. then I found the root kit, ran it, and was done instantly.
Just don't do what I did and try to modify the tool. I tried to make it flash CM7 instead of the stock ROM and boot looped it. I just had to install the ROM via clockworkmod recovery but still it was scary for me as a noob.
Inspire 4G - CM 7.1 Nightly - TalonACE

Do u still need ur phone rooted
BORI'S WACKED OUT EVO

Has anybody tried the SuperOneClick method to root their Inspire? Seems almost too easy to be true, which makes me very wary.

gregski said:
Has anybody tried the SuperOneClick method to root their Inspire? Seems almost too easy to be true, which makes me very wary.
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There is no working super-one-click for the Inspire. The Ace Hack Kit is the only game in town.

Gene Poole said:
There is no working super-one-click for the Inspire. The Ace Hack Kit is the only game in town.
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which at this point is almost as simple as a one-click solution..IMHO

OK this thread as gone far enough.
OP if you can't figure out how to root your phone then maybe it is not something you should be doing. Custom roms are not for average users. They take work and most people are just to busy to spend the amount of time it takes run a custom rom. Just food for thought.
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Rooting/Flashing Inspire 4G

Figured I don't know any other way to ask, but is there any possibility of a one-click root application for the HTC Inspire 4G? Being a Samsung Captivate user, I pretty much just used Odin OneClick for my phone and rooted it with ease, then put Miui 1.11.11 on my phone a little while after, and have been absolutely amazed by what my phone was capable of. Now a friend of mine wanted to root his phone and see if we could do the same, and I found that Miui is available for the HTC Inspire, but I don't really see much organization to the forums and haven't figured out how to flash it, or even root it for that matter.
Any suggestions?
P.S., his phone is currently on stock 2.3.3, HTC Sense 2.1, if that makes any difference.

AAHK is the only rooting game in town unless you want to do it all manually. It's as close to one-click as you're going to get for your stock 2.3.3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352

The.Se7enth said:
Figured I don't know any other way to ask, but is there any possibility of a one-click root application for the HTC Inspire 4G? Being a Samsung Captivate user, I pretty much just used Odin OneClick for my phone and rooted it with ease, then put Miui 1.11.11 on my phone a little while after, and have been absolutely amazed by what my phone was capable of. Now a friend of mine wanted to root his phone and see if we could do the same, and I found that Miui is available for the HTC Inspire, but I don't really see much organization to the forums and haven't figured out how to flash it, or even root it for that matter.
Any suggestions?
P.S., his phone is currently on stock 2.3.3, HTC Sense 2.1, if that makes any difference.
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Really no organization? The hack kit and stickies in each forum helps you easily navigate where you want to be. I hear searching is a great way to start . As Gene said, the hack kit is the only game in town. Seeing how you're no stranger to the root business, I still recommend (since I can't demand you to haha) to read the entire OP, the effen manual that is included and do some more searching before you attempt this. While Attn1 has done great work to make this pretty easy, it's far from a real one click like you're use to on the Cappy and should be taken a little more seriously. A lot of the issues people have when rooting the inspire stem from not reading for comprehension. If you do read for comprehension, you'll have no problem man! good luck!!

The cleanest way to root is with Ubuntu, like this:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/in...ads-all-outdated-post1364019.html#post1364019

pazzo02 said:
The cleanest way to root is with Ubuntu, like this:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/in...ads-all-outdated-post1364019.html#post1364019
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how is that the cleanest? he would have to download the livecd, boot to it, and figure out basic navigation.
windows pc works just as well....

Pirateghost said:
how is that the cleanest? he would have to download the livecd, boot to it, and figure out basic navigation.
windows pc works just as well....
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Agreed. Unless you are familiar with getting ubuntu set up and working then just using aahk on windows would be the easiest option.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

Gizmoe said:
Agreed. Unless you are familiar with getting ubuntu set up and working then just using aahk on windows would be the easiest option.
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium
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O I so agree with you and PG!
The Hack Kit is so easy to use as long as you read. We already see so many threads open up with people complaining because they are stuck. They blame the Hack Kit but in reality it is their laziness. Imagine if everyone of those people had to use Ubuntu or the Ubuntu live cd? Yeah we would see so many more useless threads open up with people trying to root the phone when they can barely turn on the computer.
I got your 10 char right here

And after you read the effen manual, do yourself a favor and read it again.

Holy giant wall of quote replies, Batman!
Gene Poole said:
AAHK is the only rooting game in town unless you want to do it all manually. It's as close to one-click as you're going to get for your stock 2.3.3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
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Yeah, I checked up on that, but I'm a little skeptical for only one reason. It seems like it's something I could probably figure out for him, but just to make sure, there's no "must" to having the ADB SDK or whatever installed, right? Because there've been a few mods or tweaks to the Captivate that required ADB to work, and my phone never showed up when using "adb devices" no matter what. I had no issues doing any other mods on my phone (and am currently using Miui 1.11.11 for it, although I probably should flash to one of the newer fixes), but ADB simply refuses to ever detect my phone.
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Really no organization? The hack kit and stickies in each forum helps you easily navigate where you want to be. I hear searching is a great way to start . As Gene said, the hack kit is the only game in town. Seeing how you're no stranger to the root business, I still recommend (since I can't demand you to haha) to read the entire OP, the effen manual that is included and do some more searching before you attempt this. While Attn1 has done great work to make this pretty easy, it's far from a real one click like you're use to on the Cappy and should be taken a little more seriously. A lot of the issues people have when rooting the inspire stem from not reading for comprehension. If you do read for comprehension, you'll have no problem man! good luck!!
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Yeah. I read up on a lot of the posts, but it does feel significantly unorganized in comparison to the Captivate boards. I'unno, it may be because the Captivate is part of the Galaxy S series, which makes it a very popular phone for mods/tweaks, but I was able to find numerous ROMs for it and how to tweak everything, even skins on Swype, all within seconds. Here, I was like "...er, where's the thread explaining how to root your phone?" until I realized the only way to root it involves actually flashing a ROM in the first place, which I found a little awkward. But I guess HTC has it's limitations.
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The cleanest way to root is with Ubuntu, like this:
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Pirateghost said:
how is that the cleanest? he would have to download the livecd, boot to it, and figure out basic navigation.
windows pc works just as well....
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Agreed. Unless you are familiar with getting ubuntu set up and working then just using aahk on windows would be the easiest option.
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I actually have a physical copy of both Ubuntu and Kubuntu CD's, but I personally don't find that worth the hassle. I rarely restart my computer because I leave a lot of my IM clients, Steam, uTorrent, and other sorts of programs running in the background overnight, and there's no logic for me personally using an operating system I seldom use just for rooting process. It'd be frustrating for me. I know enough about Ubuntu to navigate, but I never understood the terminal, so I gave up on the OS.
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And after you read the effen manual, do yourself a favor and read it again.
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Haha, yeah. That's where you don't have to worry. Unlike a lot of stubborn kiddies who think they know what they're doing before they even read the manual, then come here to complain, I'm the type to thoroughly read over instructions time and time again just to make sure I have it all figured out before I ever do anything. That way I know I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do, how I'm supposed to do it.
In the long run, there's a good chance I may not do it at all. While he does want his phone to run better, I don't feel comfortable potentially jeopardizing his phone's ability to even be used in case I do manage to do something wrong. Not to mention that Titanium Backup requires root to even work, and rooting the phone apparently involves flashing a ROM which would wipe out all the apps, so he'd have to reinstall every single app. It's just a little more of a hassle than I personally feel comfortable with, since it's not my device. But I definitely appreciate all the responses, and I'll definitely look over all the details and let him know what he'd need to do if he wants to work it over himself.
Once again, thanks for all the replies. I'm glad to see XDA is a mature, respectable community. Definitely brings a smile to my face to see a forum where I can actually get straight answers to a simple question.

On a captivate, windows won't see your phone in adb, unless you have the nexus s drivers installed. My windows computer wouldn't see My captivate on MIUI, but my Linux partition would.
Use the Ubuntu method.it's a lot easier than everything you have to do in windows. And drivers aren't a problem.

The.Se7enth said:
Holy giant wall of quote replies, Batman!
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Not gonna quote it all, but the new hack kit doesn't require you to flash a rom anymore. It leaves your phone in the state it was before you ran it, only rooted and s-off.
Sent from my HTC Inspire 4G using Tapatalk

[Q] Rooting question: Manual versus AAH Kit

Just a question as it pertains to rooting methods.
I just bought a used HTC Inspire 4G to play around with and regarding rooting methods almost every search through any forum inevitably leads to the AHH Kit. I've rooted and flashed a few phones (Samsung's and Motorola's) using my primary Linux distro, SDK commands/terminal manual root methods with no bricks or other issues (I avoid Windows as much as possible). It may seem a bit more involved but I really don't trust a cure all one click method everyone seems to jump on and then subsequently have to pour through all the pages of trouble shooting post click, so to speak.
My question is, has anyone else used the method as described in RootWiki? See link >> http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/HTC_Inspire_4G
Is it really just a matter of preference? Manual vs click?

I'm just not a big fan of "I don't know how it works, I just clicka on da button and if it does work "praise Jesus it's a miracle!" Even if a little more complicated as least I get what's happening via manual methods. Is that just me? Hopefully there's a good manual method.

Wouldnt know, I rooted mine using AAHK and Ubuntu over 8 months ago. Im sure things have evolved to root the Inspire, but hey what ever works to get your phone rooted is all that matters.

Aimless Rambler said:
I'm just not a big fan of "I don't know how it works, I just clicka on da button and if it does work "praise Jesus it's a miracle!" Even if a little more complicated as least I get what's happening via manual methods. Is that just me? Hopefully there's a good manual method.
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This is simple. If you use the Rootzwiki method, you will scr#w your bootloader miserably and will be begging for someone to help you fix it. The only working method is the Hack Kit and it is not exactly one click. It does all the job of course but you need to interact and follow commands.
Unfortunately, there are a lots of out of date threads that have never been updated. Flashing a froyo RUU or Hboot in a GB shipped device, will mess the bootloader and put it to work in super slow motion. Your phone will take about 10-15 minutes just to boot.
Besides, the Hack Kit does not only root your device but also gains S-OFF and superCID, which is what you really want to have complete control of your device.
Hope this helps you to take the decision...:good:

I rooted my HTC Inspire 4G with AAHK within one week of getting it, and it was literally the first time I had so much as touched an Android phone. I'm an experienced developer and comfortable with learning new technologies, but I think anyone with a modicum of tech aptitude can make the AAHK work if you follow the instructions and read every word of the Effin Manual. And there's always the AAHK chat room as well if you run into trouble. If you don't read the Effin Manual, you'll probably get kick-banned, but otherwise you can get some really excellent help there.
So given that you've rooted a couple phones before, I think AAHK would work very well for you. But if you want to learn more of the internals of rooting, while taking on a bit more work and associated risk, then the manual method may make more sense. Also I highly recommend you use Ubuntu liveCD if you root with AAHK. Ninety percent of the problems seem to come from Windows stuff running in the background.

AAHK toolkit
I recommend using the AAHK toolkit, it's so much easier to use.

AAHK is retired as of this morning anyway.