[Q] New to Dell Venue and Android rooting - General Questions and Answers

Hi, this is my first android phone (Dell Venue). I got it about 2 weeks ago, and have been trying to root it since. I have tried z4, superoneclick several versions new and old, and universal androot 1.6.1. Not sure if any of those shouldn't be used on this phone but am completely new and I have no idea about the terms being used or anything for that matter. I have tried turning off my phone and turning it on for superoneclick. I have tried to toggle dev access. None seem to work. The closest i got was with the 2.1.1 superoneclick and trying to turn it back on when it says, "waiting for device", this goes all the way to step 5 and then it errors out saying "remounting/system with read-write access...error: closed. FAILED".
I have 2.2.2 froyo on it and not sure if you require any further information. I would really like to root this phone, if someone can help me with pictures or a video on how i can do this or tell me what it is i'm doing wrong, it would be much appreciated. I have tried this on windows 7 64bit, windows XP pro, windows xp, and windows 32bit.
Please can someone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks,
Vai

Have you googled?? I did that for you and found this and this

Yes lol, i have googled, and i have no only followed that but several other forums and ways. I have also followed the thread on this forum as well. For some reason it just will not work and mind you i have 3 of these dell venue phones that i have been trying to root.

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Search the forums for z4root, you can root your device from within android using the app.
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Hey, i have windows 7 and a captivate. I have mine rooted.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739304
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I have a Mac A Samsung galaxy s 3 i had root bricked my phone and did the OTA update 4.1.2 now i cant get root back. I know you guys are smarter than me i need real help.
VMware or VirtualBox or BootCamp, android has very little to no mac support you need to install windows
i just sold my macbook because I got tired or it and plus I have to many pc's
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I have a Mac A Samsung galaxy s 3 i had root bricked my phone and did the OTA update 4.1.2 now i cant get root back. I know you guys are smarter than me i need real help.
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Yea man.. powercamg4 is almost right (except for getting tired of a Macbook.. boo!) I was literally on these threads two nights ago with a very similar issue. I was never bricked or rooted to begin with but was trying to overcome rooting my phone already updated to 4.1. After hours of research and being stuck halfway through, it turns out the only way to get past the Jellybean bs is to either find a Windows-based computer to use, or use any one of those pieces of software powercamg4 suggests (or Parallels) to run Windows on. I know it sounds like a project, but unfortunately it's definitely the easiest option, and may even be the only at the moment. When you do that, head over to this thread in the dev section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439 and follow those directions. It works like a charm.
~animal
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