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Is there a simple root?

I was wondering if there was a way to root and enable sidelong without any roms or gold cards or anything?
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Kent Melton said:
I was wondering if there was a way to root and enable sidelong without any roms or gold cards or anything?
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Nope. If there was, it would be all over the dev section.

The hack kit is very simple, just takes a little patience.

Hack kit is the best, read the instructions there r videos on you tube that are also very helpful
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I rooted with the GUI method from Bubby, and it was very easy to follow. You do have to temporarily downgrade the ROM before restoring it to the stock AT&T one, but you're guided through the process. I recommend it.

Thank you so much! I was wondering if I had to do the gold card thing and what is s-off??
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Kent Melton said:
Thank you so much! I was wondering if I had to do the gold card thing and what is s-off??
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Either way you do it, with the hack kit or the one-click, you'll still need a gold card. S-off is is security off. It allows you to flash custom ROMs/Kernels/Radios
If all you're looking for is sideloading, the sideload wonder machine will do this without root
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I have been using the side load wonder machine and if I root will I be able to sideload right on my phone without the side load wonder machine?
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New to rooting.

Hi all. I'm new to this. I'm looking for a fool proof way to root my hero. Not sure if it has been rooted before since I bought it used. I would like to know the best and easier root method out there plus the easiest way to load roms.
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It has not been activated yet. Does it have to be activated to root it? This is my first official post here as well.
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Z4root

Ok for rom manager and titanium is z4root sufficient?
Or do I need root for more steps in the flashing process?
All in all is a temp root sufficient or do I NEED perma root?
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tiwey said:
Ok for rom manager and titanium is z4root sufficient?
Or do I need root for more steps in the flashing process?
All in all is a temp root sufficient or do I NEED perma root?
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Do the full root, i don't think z4root will do anything.
You have to have S-OFF to flash anything btw.

Perma. Fully root your phone to avoid problems. You lose root when you turn off your phone so if you wanna flash something, you WILL need Perma root.
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And s-off like wade7919 said. But that will be taken care of during the rooting process
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just a question will this z4root work on any android device

Help root

Can someone please tell me how to root my friends shift. Quite honestly I haven't beeb on xda in forever I have an incredible not a shift but my friend wants cm7 so I figured id help them out but every set of instructions I use fails. I don't plan in reading a ton so if anyone can help that would be great. Also she just got her new one yesterday it's a refurb if it matters.
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The only thing you have to do is read, follow instructions and make sure the proper files are in the proper locations.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277448

Thanks haven't seen that before. Would the sdk and drivers from my incredible work? I can use adb on her phone. My problem was I can't even get temp root
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Thanks haven't seen that before. Would the sdk and drivers from my incredible work? I can use adb on her phone. My problem was I can't even get temp root
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Yes. SDK and drivers from HTC incredible SHOULD work. If you can get adb you're half the way there.
Please post the errors/problems you are having with getting temproot.

Lg lucid root trouble

I have been trying to root my lucid for 2 days and I can't get it I followed all instructions and nothing the "lucid root tool" link tells me that it is invalid can someone please help me or direct me to a link that works I have downloaded every root package I have seen and none of them work. Any help would be greatly appreciated
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What sys are you running GB or ICS?
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I'm on ics 4.0.4 and I can't find a way either
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I'm going to try and help solidsnake0928 get another lucid as a tester phone. He seems to believe he can unlock the boot loader and can continue forward from there. Hopefully we will be able to get some custom ROMs up soon once he gets it unlocked without fear of boot looping or bricking. ( other than the normal , not following instructions bricks)
Also I used the lg spectrum root package to root my 4.0.4 lucid
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