I watched a video on youtube that showed a 1 step revo unroot process. I wonder if anyone here has tried it? I've never used adb so i'm nervous about the traditional revo unroot process.
I read in another forum this is by Chris Ridgeway of halfcab.
If anyone has tried it would you post your impressions? Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_3_p27m1mA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I'm amazed nobody has done this. Oh well, I don't know halfcab123 so I'm chicken.
I can't speak to the method you linked but if you're still looking I used a one click unroot tool from thunderboltforums last night and it worked perfectly. I was a little leery but no issues.
My phone was back to stock and ready for a warranty replacement in about 20 minutes. jcase's name was mentioned in the OP of the tool thread so I gave it a shot.
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Hi. A few months ago I rooted my htc EVO using the unrevoked method because I wanted to flash a better rom but, I didn't because I didn't know what kind of rom to flash. After a lot of research I got my eye on myn warn twopointwo, after reading the instructions of how to flash it and watching a video of the rom's installation the guy on the video said that is not recomended to flash a rom if we have rooted our phones with the unrevoked method because there's people complainig having problems with this root method. that's not the only video saying the same about unrevoked, and I've been reading on some other websites about the same thing with unrevoked and that's not a real root. well to tell you the truth the problems that I've been having after rooting my evo with unrevoked are the web browser connection, sometimes takes like 20 seconds to connect and before used to do it almost instantly and the second thing it's battery life before rooting it used to last a bit longer but, I don't know if that have something to do with it but, that's what is happening so I decided to unroot my phone and root it again with a diferent method so I was wondering if someone can help me with this, What kind of RUU shall I donwload and where to donwload it and what kind of root method shall I use on my htc evo and where to look for it. I have all my apps and data backed up already. Can someone please help me with this, I'll appreciate your help, thanks and take care everyone. R34Mspec
Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, but I searched and couldn't find any good step-by-step instructions...
I rooted my phone successfully using the Hack Kit. I'm actually getting a replacement phone sent to me (the one I had received had all these scratches on it), and would like to get everything completely back to stock and unrooted before I return this phone. Could someone please point me to the right place? Thanks!
look in bubbys one click faq. He tells you how there. First s on. Then run stock ruu. This is straight from the faq.
11.Q: How do I return my Inspire back to factory/stock? A: For warranty purposes, you may need to completely turn your phone back to the way it was when you bought it. This means S-On and non-rooted. To do this you have to two things: Download and run bubby323’stool from here: http:// www.mediafire.com/? 2ttk3b883p7ujbw Download and run the stock RUhere: http://www.filefactory.com/file/ b50b7a1/n/ RUU_Ace_Cingular_US_1.80.502.3_RadiMake sure you run the S-On tool first, as the tool requires root permissions. Once complete, you should have a phone that is completely stock, just like when you pulled it out of the box for the first time. You WILL lose all of your data that is not backed up.
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Hi, sorry if this has been asked before, but I searched and couldn't find any good step-by-step instructions...
I rooted my phone successfully using the Hack Kit. I'm actually getting a replacement phone sent to me (the one I had received had all these scratches on it), and would like to get everything completely back to stock and unrooted before I return this phone. Could someone please point me to the right place? Thanks!
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check out this post --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11419005&postcount=2
Awesome, thanks!
I think I'm finally giving up on getting my thunderbolt running the way it should, what's the best way to root the thunderbolt at this time?
Software Version: 1.70.605.0
I just rooted my first Thunderbolt 2 days ago easily. Just google randomtek thunderbolt root.
Do yourself a favor and use the Revolutionary method. If not that, do the ADB method. If bricking your device and having no support for it interest you, find one of the one-click methods. Those do a very good job bricking devices or leaving the user totally screwed.
I like the old adb method because its easier to go back to stock for replacements, and revolutionary took almost as long because I had to keep entering my info to get a key that worked.
Revolutionary worked flawlessy for me (once I figured out what the hell I was doing)
Revolutionary is the easiest.
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I did mine one of the one click methods and here I am 5 months later not bricked
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thoward93 said:
I did mine one of the one click methods and here I am 5 months later not bricked
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They do work for some people but they have a very high rate of failure compared to other methods. I would recommend the adb method or revolutionary, I personally like adb because I have to revert to stock on a weekly basis.
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Revolutionary is the easiest.
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Agreed! Worked great!
Could someone please school me on this...but isn't the oneclick method pretty much the same as adb. only difference is that adb you have to manually type the commands and push the files to the phone. thanks.
amahabir said:
Could someone please school me on this...but isn't the oneclick method pretty much the same as adb. only difference is that adb you have to manually type the commands and push the files to the phone. thanks.
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The problem is without taking apart the script and finding out exactly what it's doing and what files it's supposed to be using, you can't tell if it works. Most of the one-click scripts came out before RUU 1.70. Forget it if you're devices is updated to RUU 2.11 GB. More of them will **** your device up than root it if you're on that update. We have a stickied thread on this subject in development by a guy who invented the ADB root method for the Tbolt. Every one-click script is based off of that, however his guide and files have changed over time to work with all the OTA's. The one-clicks don't keep up with it, and there's no way to know until you take the script apart. I've helped too many people try to recover from these stupid, lazy-ass one-click cop-outs on doing it right to help one more fool who's read what I've written and done the opposite.
So.... Basically, if you want a root method with support, you're going to use ADB or Revolutionary. Pretty simple.
Ahhhh, I see. the next one i root, i will definitely use adb then...thanks man.
I now feel like i've dodged a bootloop bullet.
thoward93 said:
I did mine one of the one click methods and here I am 5 months later not bricked
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It won't brick it later ! It's during the process that the risk of bricking it is higher. If it works, all is well.
I used revolution for the 1st time this week on a restored stock Tbolt. It worked great for me and was much faster than ADB.
The only thing I dont like is the new blue text on black screen that gets loaded for CWM. I find this hard to read compared to white text on a black screen.
You can replace the recovery console that they link to. I have to agree with you too, blue text on black background is not the easiest thing to read.
I did my first root a few days ago with revolutionary.io. I've been reading on rooting my bolt for quite awhile. I decided to wait until the GB OTA then work on the root process. I was one of the few who received the OTA and was extremely unimpressed!
I was amazed at how easy it was to gain s-off. I was nervous at first taking the plunge. Now that it's done I've flashed 2 different roms. Currently using synergy 262 and thoroughly enjoying it.
I have a biased opinion since I've never tried "one-click" or ADB. However, revolutionary works, easy to understand, and it's also easy to revert to stock it needed.
Went with synergy yesterday... love it so far
Thanks everyone I was able to get root with revolution, but then had to make the connection to download rom manager or how to load from the new bootloader.
Running BAMF right now, meh it's ok but was expecting more from what I felt people were so hyped up about.
i rooted my phone but now i can't install roms. and there's a verizon update that keeps auto-updating on my phone and that **** ****s it up
Will Revolutionary work with the new GB OTA installed? If not, what will? I am fed up with these uninstallable apps eating my battery.
I know you're going to say use search function, but everything I keep finding is very complex and difficult, or the downloads are no longer available. And sometimes there's a disclaimer saying that doing it that way could brick the phone. I wanted to try oneclickroot but it doesn't seem to be available at this time. So obviously the question is whether or not there's a (somewhat) simple way to root my GS3. I rooted my Droid Incredible twice and it didn't take more than 5 steps and 10 minutes each time, it appears to be A LOT harder for the GS3, and it's pretty much scaring me out of trying it, out of fear of bricking my phone. Thank you!
It's super easy, just read and follow all of the steps. And there's always a chance of bricking your phone.
I followed this guide and it was very simple and straight forward but I was on ICS. JB is a little different.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
This is for JB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
Raindeux said:
I know you're going to say use search function, but everything I keep finding is very complex and difficult, or the downloads are no longer available. And sometimes there's a disclaimer saying that doing it that way could brick the phone. I wanted to try oneclickroot but it doesn't seem to be available at this time. So obviously the question is whether or not there's a (somewhat) simple way to root my GS3. I rooted my Droid Incredible twice and it didn't take more than 5 steps and 10 minutes each time, it appears to be A LOT harder for the GS3, and it's pretty much scaring me out of trying it, out of fear of bricking my phone. Thank you!
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There is only one way to root jb at this time. Bob linked you to the post. It really is not as hard sf out looks, Judy follow the steps and you'll be fine. One tip make sure you unplug before trying to boot into recovery
If I helped you in some way.... pass on the favor and help the next person!
I went from rooting my droid incredible to rooting this phone and while it is slightly more complicated, if you have a pc there's really no reason you can't do it by just following the instructions.
Raindeux said:
I know you're going to say use search function, but everything I keep finding is very complex and difficult, or the downloads are no longer available. And sometimes there's a disclaimer saying that doing it that way could brick the phone. I wanted to try oneclickroot but it doesn't seem to be available at this time. So obviously the question is whether or not there's a (somewhat) simple way to root my GS3. I rooted my Droid Incredible twice and it didn't take more than 5 steps and 10 minutes each time, it appears to be A LOT harder for the GS3, and it's pretty much scaring me out of trying it, out of fear of bricking my phone. Thank you!
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Odin is really not as scary as it seems. It's actually a pretty straight-forward, easy procedure once you have the hang of it. Just remember that everything on GS3 is flashed in the "PDA" section of Odin.
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Odin is really not as scary as it seems. It's actually a pretty straight-forward, easy procedure once you have the hang of it. Just remember that everything on GS3 is flashed in the "PDA" section of Odin.
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This!
If I helped you in some way.... pass on the favor and help the next person!
bobAbooE said:
It's super easy, just read and follow all of the steps. And there's always a chance of bricking your phone.
This is for JB: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
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So I could brick my phone even if I follow the instructions perfectly? :\ That seems like a huge risk. Would that be covered under warranty lol?? I just got this phone a week ago.
And I have a few questions before I start. Where on my phone do I put the superuser and bootloader folders? The root of the phone? Or in a specific folder? And when I run the Samsung USB driver folder one of them keeps failing. It's called SAMSUNG_ANDROID_SCH-i535. Here's the error message. http://imgur.com/Z3RRp. My device isnt getting unplugged and it always fails. I tried 3 times.
I had issues installing the drivers too. I installed kies then connected my phone. After that all went smooth I re tried flashing via Odin and it worked perfectly. FYI I ran it on my wife's win vista 64bit system tho Odin runs fine on any current-ish windows.
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I had issues installing the drivers too. I installed kies then connected my phone. After that all went smooth I re tried flashing via Odin and it worked perfectly. FYI I ran it on my wife's win vista 64bit system tho Odin runs fine on any current-ish windows.
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I installed Kies and I'm still getting the device unplugged error. :\
And do you know where I would put the folder for the superuser and bootloader on my phone?
Edit: Nevermind I tried it again, but this time I waited 5 minutes after the error, not intentionally, I just never closed the box. And it starting downloading it again in another slot and then it worked...SCH-i535 Successfully Installed. Yay.
But I still need clarification on where to put the Bootloader and superuser files on my phone. Do I need to put them in downloads? Or in the root of my phone like on my old Droid Incredible. I don't wanna mess that part up.
I had them in my external card root directory. However it's doesn't really matter where you put the zip files as long as you know where you put them when you go to flash it. During the flashing process it installs them in the correct directory.
I'm new to the GS3 on Verizon, just got the phone Thursday, was rooted that night. Granted I'm coming from Sprint's GS2 so I'm familiar with Odin, however, just as pdykstra said, it's not as scary as it seems.
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
I'm just trying to get an idea of the failure to success rate for the Casual Root, Unlock, Recovery tool. It seems that a handful of people in the thread have had a problem, but most others haven't. At least one person had to send his phone to a JTAG repair service.
I haven't used this tool yet and I'm both anxious and leery. If I had a backup phone to use, I would go for it.
EDIT: I just realized this is probably not the right forum for this post. Mods, please move to the appropriate area and forgive me.
Works every time for me. I had it fail one time. Closed it and started over and perfection.
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Used it for both my parents' phones, and they live 2.5 hours away and are as technically competent as a chicken. It must have worked, they haven't called to say it didn't
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See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
I'm just trying to get an idea of the failure to success rate for the Casual Root, Unlock, Recovery tool. It seems that a handful of people in the thread have had a problem, but most others haven't. At least one person had to send his phone to a JTAG repair service.
I haven't used this tool yet and I'm both anxious and leery. If I had a backup phone to use, I would go for it.
EDIT: I just realized this is probably not the right forum for this post. Mods, please move to the appropriate area and forgive me.
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Awesome, simple to use tool. Worked like a champ for me!!
I was previously on MB1, having used the old root/unlock method posted by openyoureyes. I used Odin to flash the MF1 stock image. I then followed the instructions and used Casual. It worked great. I was rooted and the bootloader unlocked correctly. I immediately loaded CR7 and haven't had any problems.