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[Q] Failed to get Root

Hi,
I am trying to run revolutionary.io to get root access. But, I am getting an error saying - " failed to get root " error. I am currently on stock ROM
2.3.4
Software Number 1.52.720.3
Am I on too new a firmware for revolutionary to work? If so, how do I overcome this problem?
Cheers
JayK

DrunkenWarrior said:
Hi,
I am trying to run revolutionary.io to get root access. But, I am getting an error saying - " failed to get root " error. I am currently on stock ROM
2.3.4
Software Number 1.52.720.3
Am I on too new a firmware for revolutionary to work? If so, how do I overcome this problem?
Cheers
JayK
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Hi,
This is working now. Use tacoroot to gain temp access then when on temporary root - Run Revolutionaryio. This works and I have S-OFF now.
Cheers
Jayk

DrunkenWarrior said:
Hi,
This is working now. Use tacoroot to gain temp access then when on temporary root - Run Revolutionaryio. This works and I have S-OFF now.
Cheers
Jayk
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I was able to S-OFF by following this. Thank you for the idea!

DrunkenWarrior said:
Hi,
This is working now. Use tacoroot to gain temp access then when on temporary root - Run Revolutionaryio. This works and I have S-OFF now.
Cheers
Jayk
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Thanks, got it working for me too. Have posted a few more details here on the whole process.

[Q] fb chat problem

fb chat is really annoying, it shows me online all the tile can't put it off.
When i chat with som1 the messeged are delayed or arrive in wrong order. do i need to reinstall the app?
I'm not rooted, is there already a good way to s-off, root.
i'm kinda noob in this, thanks alot

and i have no xtc-clip

just heard i can unlock the bootloader with HTC-dev. after that i'm able to root...
Problem is i have never worked with skd, adb.. I don't really know what could go wrong if i just follow a guide and don't know what i'm doing.
Should i just try and see what happens?

g0rnex said:
just heard i can unlock the bootloader with HTC-dev. after that i'm able to root...
Problem is i have never worked with skd, adb.. I don't really know what could go wrong if i just follow a guide and don't know what i'm doing.
Should i just try and see what happens?
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Go to htcdev.com and follow the instructions to unlock your bootloader
You'll need software version 1.54 or higher tho, you can check in Menu>Settings>About Phone>Software Information
If you have a lower version than 1.54, than you need to update with this RUU:
swtesting.ro/alex/downloads/ruu_chacha_htc_asia_wwe_1.57.707.2_radio_47.23.35.3033h_7.51.35.19_release_228383_signed.zip
To update with this RUU, you'll need a goldcard:
theunlockr.com/2010/03/10/how-to-create-a-goldcard/
..then you are good to go with htcdev unlock
After that, search "everything for chacha" in the forum and you'll find instructions how to easily root your chacha I know it's long winded, but it's worth it
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g0rnex said:
fb chat is really annoying, it shows me online all the tile can't put it off.
When i chat with som1 the messeged are delayed or arrive in wrong order. do i need to reinstall the app?
I'm not rooted, is there already a good way to s-off, root.
i'm kinda noob in this, thanks alot
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I found it annoying too, I uninstalled it
In the meanwhile, going into facebook chat and clicking "Menu>Go Offline" is a temporary fix until you reboot

thanks alot, i will try to unlock today.
Once unlocked ill try a simple root program. (zroot or something like that) if that doesn't work ill follow a guide for the long way.

g0rnex said:
thanks alot, i will try to unlock today.
Once unlocked ill try a simple root program. (zroot or something like that) if that doesn't work ill follow a guide for the long way.
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No problem I found an easier goldcard guide here if you're interested http://droid-den.com/android-guides/android-guide-how-to-create-a-gold-card/
I just flashed superuser in clockwordmod recovery, and I had root
Rooting is dead simple, just the unlocking which takes longer to do
If you need any help, I've done it, so ask away

Root with H-BOOT 1.27 and S-OFF Locked

Hi erveryone,
First i apologize for my bad english.
Here we go: i made the update to ICS and now im a little bit stuck because i cant Root or S-OFF my sensation with the revolutionarry method.
I wonder if there is a way to Root my phone then?
Thanks for your answers.
Envoyé depuis mon HTC Sensation XE avec Tapatalk

Kwal said:
Hi erveryone,
First i apologize for my bad english.
Here we go: i made the update to ICS and now im a little bit stuck because i cant Root or S-OFF my sensation with the revolutionarry method.
I wonder if there is a way to Root my phone then?
Thanks for your answers.
Envoyé depuis mon HTC Sensation XE avec Tapatalk
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Hi,
There are several ways to do this now.
Look HERE
HERE
Or use THIS TOOLKIT
Or THIS ONE

Thank you guy, even if i've already seen these threads.
The fact is my bootloader is locked but i've got the S-OFF.
Unfortunately, i still cannot install a recovery in order to root my Sensation XE.
I should have been more clearly: i just want to root my phone in order to make a backup with titanium backup (i don't want to lose my apps data).
Then, i would install an older RUU to backup my phone and S-OFF with revolutionarry.
So, there is an other way to root my phone (permanent root ain't necessary).
I dont wan't to lose my warrantly with HTC dev unlock either.

Kwal said:
Thank you guy, even if i've already seen these threads.
The fact is my bootloader is locked but i've got the S-OFF.
Unfortunately, i still cannot install a recovery in order to root my Sensation XE.
I should have been more clearly: i just want to root my phone in order to make a backup with titanium backup (i don't want to lose my apps data).
Then, i would install an older RUU to backup my phone and S-OFF with revolutionarry.
So, there is an other way to root my phone (permanent root ain't necessary).
I dont wan't to lose my warrantly with HTC dev unlock either.
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Download this: http://tinyurl.com/ICSHboot
Download my tool. It's in my signature. Follow all the instructions from the thread, but don't run any file.
Go to the tools folder inside the main folder of my tool, & paste the jb_hboot.zip file that you downloaded.
From inside the tools folder, run the file boot.bat
Once done, reboot to bootloader.
You should now have *JuopunutBear* instead of *locked*
If you only want root, then just follow all instructions from my tool thread and run the menu.bat as stated in the instructions. Make the appropriate choices & you'll have permanent root.

Kwal said:
Thank you guy, even if i've already seen these threads.
The fact is my bootloader is locked but i've got the S-OFF.
Unfortunately, i still cannot install a recovery in order to root my Sensation XE.
I should have been more clearly: i just want to root my phone in order to make a backup with titanium backup (i don't want to lose my apps data).
Then, i would install an older RUU to backup my phone and S-OFF with revolutionarry.
So, there is an other way to root my phone (permanent root ain't necessary).
I dont wan't to lose my warrantly with HTC dev unlock either.
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check my one click ROOTING TOOL present in the guide in my signature ..it just requires SOFF..no recovery needed too..and bootloader status doesn't matter
just connect your phone ..and then double click ..the required file(root.bat)
that's all you are rooted
EDIT:you can even use kgs tool for the same process too

It's getting wierd...
@ganeshp Hi man! I checked your thread yersterday and i didn't see that there was a rooting tool!
Unfortunately, the process worked perfectly ("EVERYTHING DONE..ROOT SUCCESS...ONE FINAL REBOOT NOW") but titanium backup or other apps which required root tell me that I'm not rooted..
I noticed that each time super user refuse root/super user access to these apps, i don't know. And yes i tried to change superuser automatic answer to "allowed" or "ask me".
@kgs1992 Thanks you. I tried it but when i launch boot.bat it tells me "waiting for device" (i tried to plug my phone in HTC sync mode too).
So then i tried to root with your tool and even if it tells me that the process succeed, titanium backup tell me that i'm not rooted.. Same problem as i said to ganeshp.
I'm a little but confuse now

Kwal said:
It's getting wierd...
@ganeshp Hi man! I checked your thread yersterday and i didn't see that there was a rooting tool!
Unfortunately, the process worked perfectly ("EVERYTHING DONE..ROOT SUCCESS...ONE FINAL REBOOT NOW") but titanium backup or other apps which required root tell me that I'm not rooted..
I noticed that each time super user refuse root/super user access to these apps, i don't know. And yes i tried to change superuser automatic answer to "allowed" or "ask me".
@kgs1992 Thanks you. I tried it but when i launch boot.bat it tells me "waiting for device" (i tried to plug my phone in HTC sync mode too).
So then i tried to root with your tool and even if it tells me that the process succeed, titanium backup tell me that i'm not rooted.. Same problem as i said to ganeshp.
I'm a little but confuse now
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Well if SU installed, then you are rooted.
You need to reboot to bootloader before running boot.bat

Yes, SU is installed but it does'nt grant root access to my applications!
I tried to run boot.bat, the process failed.
I dont know what is the problem now..

Kwal said:
Yes, SU is installed but it does'nt grant root access to my applications!
I tried to run boot.bat, the process failed.
I dont know what is the problem now..
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Did you download jb_hboot.zip and put it in the tools folder before running boot.bat? I linked you to it before.

Yes i did, i followed exactly what you told me to do.
By the way your URL is wrong, so i downloaded jb_hboot.zip from here http://unlimited.io/hboot-downloads/ (i took the pyramid-ICS one).

Kwal said:
Yes i did, i followed exactly what you told me to do.
By the way your URL is wrong, so i downloaded jb_hboot.zip from here http://unlimited.io/hboot-downloads/ (i took the pyramid-ICS one).
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Yes, it's ICSboot, not Hboot, sorry.
Anyway, it should have worked. are you sure it didn't?
try opening this zip (attached) & putting this boot.bat in the same folder and running it.

It worked! Thank you so much!
I can see that "Juopunut Bear" above the S-OFF
I'm gonna try to root and install recovery now. If i have an other problem i'll make a double-post in order to up the topic. Otherwise i will just edit this one.
Thank you again for your help, your damn great guys

Kwal said:
It worked! Thank you so much!
I can see that "Juopunut Bear" above the S-OFF
I'm gonna try to root and install recovery now. If i have an other problem i'll make a double-post in order to up the topic. Otherwise i will just edit this one.
Thank you again for your help, your damn great guys
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No worries mate.
Thanks to you I too found a small flaw in my code!
And thank ganeshp man, whatever I have made, is all thanks to him!

Need help unrooting my htc sensation

Hi guys need some help here as you are my last resort I have tried everywhere to no avail .
As I know nothing about rooting or Un rooting I need someone to till me in laymans terms how can I Un root my sensation please ?
The thing is I bought the phone from someone not knowing it was rooted , all I want is it Un rooted so I can install ota ics , I heard somewhere that it can ruin your phone if it's rooted and you try to update with ics ota ?.
Please if anyone can help I would really appreciate it .

Blinkey101 said:
Hi gus need some help here as you are my last resort I have tried everywhere to no avail .
As I know nothing about rooting or Un rooting I need someone to till me in laymans terms how can I Un root my sensation please ?
The thing is I bought the phone from someone not knowing it was rooted , all I want is it Un rooted so I can install ota ics , I heard somewhere that it can ruin your phone if it's rooted and you try to update with ics ota ?.
Please if anyone can help I would really appreciate it .
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First before guiding you further
Can you post some details
I want details present in hboot/bootloader
To do that.. You need to do the steps as I told you
Power off your phone... Remove battery.. Reinsert it... Then hold volume down + power button.... It will take you to bootloader a white screen
So what ever it shows post it here
Then to get back to normal.. Just select the reboot option there.. Use vol down/up buttons to browse through list... And power button. To select the reboot option
FYI.. Rooting no way causes problems.. As long as you follow the steps.. But rather it gives complete privileges to modify the phone what ever way you want.. To use the phone to its fullest potential
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

ganeshp said:
First before guiding you further
Can you post some details
I want details present in hboot/bootloader
To do that.. You need to do the steps as I told you
Power off your phone... Remove battery.. Reinsert it... Then hold volume down + power button.... It will take you to bootloader a white screen
So what ever it shows post it here
Then to get back to normal.. Just select the reboot option there.. Use vol down/up buttons to browse through list... And power button. To select the reboot option
FYI.. Rooting no way causes problems.. As long as you follow the steps.. But rather it gives complete privileges to modify the phone what ever way you want.. To use the phone to its fullest potential
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Hi thank you so much for your reply .
Ok I held down volume and power this is what I see .
****locked***
Pyramid put ship s-off RL
Hboot - 1.18.0000
Radio -10.14.9035.01_m
Emma-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52

Blinkey101 said:
Hi thank you so much for your reply .
Ok I held down volume and power this is what I see .
****locked***
Pyramid put ship s-off RL
Hboot - 1.18.0000
Radio -10.14.9035.01_m
Emma-boot
Aug 2 2011,22:35:52
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It says locked in the bootloader that means you are stock completely.. (forget about soff.. That won't hurt the OTA)
Ca you check the root access... Using root check basic app
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves

ganeshp said:
It says locked in the bootloader that means you are stock completely.. (forget about soff.. That won't hurt the OTA)
Ca you check the root access... Using root check basic app
Sent from my pyramid.. Through blazing fast sonic waves
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Cool so does that mean I'm not rooted ?
I ran root check and it says congratulations this device has root access ?

Blinkey101 said:
Cool so does that mean I'm not rooted ?
I ran root check and it says congratulations this device has root access ?
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hmm you do have root access then
in the apps ..there will be either "superuser" or "supersu" ... open that app ..in settings of that app ..there will be full unroot / remove root ...do that that will bring you out of root (i mean it will take out root)

ganeshp said:
hmm you do have root access then
in the apps ..there will be either "superuser" or "supersu" ... open that app ..in settings of that app ..there will be full unroot / remove root ...do that that will bring you out of root (i mean it will take out root)
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Ok I have that app opened it and can see temp unroot ? Do I tick that box will this fully restore me to stock ?

Blinkey101 said:
Ok I have that app opened it and can see temp unroot ? Do I tick that box will this fully restore me to stock ?
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ohh you have superuser then ..and it doesnt have full unroot ?
then do this
install "supersu" app ...open it ..in settings it will have full unroot ...do that
that will make you stock ...or probably not (might still have custom recovery ..can you check that from bootloader ? ...select recovery from bootloader and say what recovery you got )

ganeshp said:
ohh you have superuser then ..and it doesnt have full unroot ?
then do this
install "supersu" app ...open it ..in settings it will have full unroot ...do that
that will make you stock ...or probably not (might still have custom recovery ..can you check that from bootloader ? ...select recovery from bootloader and say what recovery you got )
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I ran super user and clicked temp unroot then deleted super user then I ran boot checker and now it tells me I do not have root access ? So I downloaded super root again to Un check temp unroot to try supersu but now super user won't let me check the box for temp unroot ?
Hope you understand what I mean ?

Blinkey101 said:
I ran super user and clicked temp unroot then deleted super user then I ran boot checker and now it tells me I do not have root access ? So I downloaded super root again to Un check temp unroot to try supersu but now super user won't let me check the box for temp unroot ?
Hope you understand what I mean ?
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Sorry I meant super user not super root my bad

Blinkey101 said:
Sorry I meant super user not super root my bad
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thats fine you lost the root...
try this last ..if its fails fine no worries
install supersu app
this one to be precise
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
then in settings of that app..try to do full unroot ..if it didnt worked fine ..no probs there
btw can you check the recovery part too

ganeshp said:
thats fine you lost the root...
try this last ..if its fails fine no worries
install supersu app
this one to be precise
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
then in settings of that app..try to do full unroot ..if it didnt worked fine ..no probs there
btw can you check the recovery part too
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Yes I opened supersu and get this message there is no su cannot instal it. This is a problem !
Ps when I scroll to recovery what do I hit to open recovery I hit the power button a few min ago and a red triangle cam up on my screen I?

Blinkey101 said:
Yes I opened supersu and get this message there is no su cannot instal it. This is a problem !
Ps when I scroll to recovery what do I hit to open recovery I hit the power button a few min ago and a red triangle cam up on my screen I?
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ohh good ..you have stock recovery then
if you are still stuck at that screen
press ..all three buttons once ..i.e. power + vol down + vol up
it will give you some options ..there select reboot
and after reboot all done ..and you are completely stock (forget the su part ..that is needed for root )

ganeshp said:
ohh good ..you have stock recovery then
if you are still stuck at that screen
press ..all three buttons once ..i.e. power + vol down + vol up
it will give you some options ..there select reboot
and after reboot all done ..and you are completely stock (forget the su part ..that is needed for root )
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Oh my god you are my hero you dont know how many times I have tried to find out how to get unrooted .
So your saying I am back to factor settings not rooted ?
:laugh:
Shall I not bother with soff ? So I can now except ota ics with no worries ?

What version of android is your phone currently running?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Blinkey101 said:
Oh my god you are my hero you dont know how many times I have tried to find out how to get unrooted .
So your saying I am back to factor settings not rooted ?
:laugh:
Shall I not bother with soff ? So I can now except ota ics with no worries ?
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yes you can check for OTA
also for thanking ppl ..there is a thank button for that ..press it for useful posts

Version ? How do I find that ??

Settings> about phone > software I think
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Android version 2.3.4

You should be able to check for the ota in settings > software
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

how to unlock bootloader and s off after u took sense 5 update(5.18)

ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.

please report here if it works for you.
please report about your experience if u tried this method. thanks

grigoriisi said:
please report about your experience if u tried this method. thanks
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You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa

pandasa123 said:
You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa
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Would you mind sharing a link where it says how to unlock hboot 2.18 and soff? On software version 5.18?

pandasa123 said:
You know, this method has already been shared by @timmaaa
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hes is the first one ive seen to have had success. in this thread a couple different folks claimed it to be NOT working.

scotty1223 said:
hes is the first one ive seen to have had success. in this thread a couple different folks claimed it to be NOT working.
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Dude that is about firewater . Did u even read my thread ? It worked to get soff using weaksauce and rummrunner on stock att sense 5 android 4.2.2 period.

grigoriisi said:
Dude that is about firewater . Did u even read my thread ? It worked to get soff using weaksauce and rummrunner on stock att sense 5 android 4.2.2 period.
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Dude,calm down I'm on your side
Yes,that's Firewater. You're the first I've seen to get s off on 5.18 using anything. Sorry I should have been more specific but I was in a hurry. My most humble apologies

This worked for me as well i now have s-off

grigoriisi said:
ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.
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hey, Im new to this, I have 4.2.2 on sense 5.0 on the HTC one x att, Never did any kind of rooting or unlocking, did I update to far or is it still possible for me to unlock and root?

blakcsuit16 said:
hey, Im new to this, I have 4.2.2 on sense 5.0 on the HTC one x att, Never did any kind of rooting or unlocking, did I update to far or is it still possible for me to unlock and root?
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Did you read the OP?
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timmaaa said:
Did you read the OP?
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sorry for being a noob but I dont know what you mean by OP:/

blakcsuit16 said:
sorry for being a noob but I dont know what you mean by OP:/
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OP = original post = first post.
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timmaaa said:
OP = original post = first post.
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I did, I'm just not sure what it all means, if I follow his steps this should go smoothly is what I'm gathering.

blakcsuit16 said:
I did, I'm just not sure what it all means, if I follow his steps this should go smoothly is what I'm gathering.
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Yes it should go smoothly.
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grigoriisi said:
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root.
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Is there any risk in running the weaksauce app in between reboots while the rum runner process is working? Could anything potentially go seriously wrong with the phone if weaksauce returns the "root failure" message while rum runner is trying to work?

YellR0ck said:
Is there any risk in running the weaksauce app in between reboots while the rum runner process is working? Could anything potentially go seriously wrong with the phone if weaksauce returns the "root failure" message while rum runner is trying to work?
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It can only make rummrunner fail if it can't get root access.

grigoriisi said:
It can only make rummrunner fail if it can't get root access.
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Did you encounter this, or did it work for you the first time?

YellR0ck said:
Did you encounter this, or did it work for you the first time?
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Worked on first try.

grigoriisi said:
Worked on first try.
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It worked! Thank you! FYI, I was completely stock/unrooted on the at&t One X and had taken the latest (5.18) OTA.
The only thing I would add is that I had to run weaksauce over and over on each reboot until it gave me the "root activated" message.

Wow glad to know someone else did this too !
grigoriisi said:
ok it worked on my att htc one x but you doing this at your own risk. there is no liability what so ever. YOUR OWN RISK.
ACTUALLY ITS SIMPLE.
ALL THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVS THAT SPENT LOTS OF TIME TO DEVELOP THE TOOLS USED HERE.
1. GO HERE http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2699091 and temporarily root your device. i had to do multiple reboots before the reroot actually worked.
2. then go here http://rumrunner.us/ and READ the instructions , i used the universal tool.
NOTE: the tool says to not touch your device but my temproot wasnt working at boot so when the tool reboots the phone as soon as the phone starts i was running the weaksauce app to regain root. ( U DONT HAVE TO DO THIS IF THE SCRIPT REROOTS YOUR PHONE AT START UP LIKE IT SUPPOSE TO. MINE WAS ACTING FUNNY SO I DID IT MANUALLY EVERYTIME IT RESTARTED THE SYSTEM.
NOW I HAVE S OFF AND UNLOCKED BOOTLOADER ON 5.18 SOFTWARE. ONE MORE TIME IF I HELPED U CAN PRESS THANKS BUTTON BUT THE CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPER OF THIS TOOLS
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.
GOOD LUCK.
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Yes , i did the exact same thing and it works . I used weaksauce to get temporary access to root while i was running rumrunner , and it finally gave in . Good stuff by the developers. Sending my contribution and thanks to them soon !
Just breaking it down in case a newbie (like i was 3 days ago) can make his/her life simpler.
1. rumrunner works in most cases for HTC ONE X (AT&T , USA) version for getting S-OFF. But it needs root access. One way to try and do this is to get WeakSauce installed on your phone (i also installed SuperSU from the app store) .
2. Now once u start executing rumrunner , make sure you use weaksauce to get super user access . Rumrunner will reboot ur machine ,and sometimes weaksauce did not work on my phone after a reboot , and in such cases i manually ran the app on the phone (though rum-runner says no). This lets rumrunner continue and get your phone to S-OFF successfully.
3. Once rumrunner reports that its done (pouring..followed by something that suggests its done, cant remember what , right now), you will get S-OFF on your device ( reboot into bootloader by pressing vol down +power) and check the status.
4. After this you can do anything you want ! like install cyanogenmod (cyanogenmod evita , i run cm11 snapshot 10)
And these developers are awesome ! Also @grigoriisii , sorry if this looks like im hijacking the thread , just trying to give a bit more details for the lazy one/newbie checking the last post
jcase
beaups
mattlgroff
Dr_Drache - lots of testing
AND THE RUMMRUNNER TEAM.