[Q] Need help rooting please htc vivid - General Questions and Answers

i have a htc vivid and i really need help i need someone to show me on skype or help me and i run on ubuntu operating system for my hp laptop so i hope you have ubuntu and know how to root on that or what ever but i really need help please help me as soon as possiable thanks post your skype below

http://theunlockr.com/2012/06/15/ho...lockworkmod-recovery-on-htc-vivid-smartphone/
This may help but I think it wont work with linux :/

You could try this in a virtual machine. After that you can flash a SuperUser/SuperSU zip file to root the stock rom, or install a custom rom from recovery.

good idea but virtual machines might be a bit troublesome but virtualbox will be fine I think.

Daniel120201 said:
good idea but virtual machines might be a bit troublesome but virtualbox will be fine I think.
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Yup VirtualBox should do just fine, I'd recommend a Windows 7 installation. There's no need to activate it, since you're only using it to root your device, after that you can just remove the Windows 7 virtual machine.

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help with my t-mobile pulse

just bought a t-mobile pulse today and was wondering if you you guys could help me with a couple of things.
i know that android can't run applications from the minisd card straight out the box. Could someone please list what needs to be done before the phone will do so. I know the phone will need rooting, does anyone know a simple rooting method for the pulse? and then what needs to be loaded to run applications from the sd card? Would anyone recommend doing these.
From what i've seen, this website seems a real community and this is one of the reasons i bought an android phone. Thank you for your time and help.
could someone help
No one is making root for pulse, no devs have one.
why is noone making a root for the pulse?
maybe this will help
http://www.linuxinstead.com/blog/?p=219
after you route your pule you can download app2sd from the market
thanks, i have windows 7 tho, how do i do it on windows 7
ropes27 said:
thanks, i have windows 7 tho, how do i do it on windows 7
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just do it the same way, if you need adb drivers ect use the vista ones, worked with my hero
you know how to manually update drivers using device manager init? just do it that way but use the relevent vista drivers
ty will give it a go! what is the best keyboard to install on android phones

[Q] Remove Windows on Netbook and Run Android

I know you can use different virtual applications that will allow a person to run Android on a Windows device. For example:
http://www.redmondpie.com/how-to-install-and-run-android-4.0-on-mac-windows-pc-or-linux-tutorial/
What I'm wondering is . . . is it possible to remove the Windows OS on a netbook and run Android 4.0 instead? If so, does someone have a link they can point me to?
*BUMP* Anyone?
Yes, it's possible. Just burn an ISO with Android-x86 (ICS RC1), delete all the partitions you have on your netbook and then create two - one ext3 for Android (4-8GB should be ok) and one fat32 for your data. Then boot Android installer and install on ext3 partition. And yes, it can boot as a normal system.
Teoretically it should work. Don't know if there are any more things to do.
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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disconnecktie said:
I might try to do this when my I disconnect service to my netbook. Is the android version that is installed rootable?
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For what I see, Android x86 comes with the SU command, so it's already rooted.
Hell yea. Since there isnt a boot loader there is no need for unlockig either.
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You probably want your data partition something other than FAT32, because it has problems with larger files...
Android-x86.org
There i got 4.0 fully ru.ning on pc
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mkm1126 said:
Thanks for the info, so you're saying it's possible to dual boot, windows or Android, just as long as I have the partitions set up correctly? Has anyone else done this? If so, do you have a link to a tutorial or thread? I appreciate the help!
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It is indeed possible, I have done it. If you have the partitions setup right the installation is pretty straight forward, it asks if you have Windows so it's dualboot capable, it will install GRUB and add the Android and Windows items to it for you.
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
icechen1 said:
Format your hard drive to ext, then install the Android-x86 project.
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You really don't even have to do this, you can install it to a FAT32 partition (I think even an NTFS. But by doing so you can't have root.
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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not sure the point of this , I **** canned WIN7 on my netbook and put Kubuntu on it and it flies now , Windows slowed it down, but Android I dont think would do anything for me, its like running Windows 8 on a desktop (which I am doing right now because I dont have an ARM available)
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Windows 8 consumer preview is not that bad on a desktop but Android is indeed not that useful on a desktop at all. Although on a laptop of any kind, it's pretty nice as an instant on.
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Well if thats the case just download the app Bluestacks, then you can keep Windows and run all your android apps in a second! Personally speaking , on the netbook ,windows uses too many resources for it to be useful , Kubuntu only uses what you want and therefore is far superior (on this platform)

[Root Question] Windows 8

So, A few months ago I downloaded and installed the developers preview of windows 8. I liked it a lot and backed up my windows 7 hd, wiped and fully installed windows 8.
Well, I bought the HTC One S yesterday. Amazing phone.
My problem, I can't root my phone because while installing the htc drivers it comes up with "~ doesn't recognize this OS" or something like that. Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Tom
Maybe you should revert back to windows 7 then if the drivers wont install, Its pretty much impossible to anything without drivers
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Maybe you should revert back to windows 7 then if the drivers wont install, Its pretty much impossible to anything without drivers
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I figured that was the easiest solution HOWEVER I really dont want to spend 3 hours of work (Backup windows 8, delete, repart, load and install windows 7, root phone, delete, repart, load and install windows 8) for something that takes less than half an hour to do.
If anyone has any nice work arounds i'd really, really appreciate it!
What about installing some kind of virtual machine and Win7 or even XP on it?
can't you find any kind of driver that will install on WIN8?
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What about installing some kind of virtual machine and Win7 or even XP on it?
can't you find any kind of driver that will install on WIN8?
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There are drivers for windows 8 I just can't remember where I saw them, but they here on xda somewhere, search for a bit
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I would try installing the Windows XP mode (virtual machine) if Windows 8 lets you, as mentioned above.. or perhaps download TinyXP and install as dual boot. maybe even a live install to a bootable usb drive.. although I've never been able to get that method to work well.
Or! I'll sell you my HP TC1100 already set up for HTC & Samsung phone modding!

Problems Installing Linux to Dell N5050

Is anyone having problems installing Linux to a PC recently? I have heard of possible issues with PCs that ship with Windows 8, but this Inspiron N5050 came with Win. 7, and has even been certified by Ubuntu to run Ubuntu perfectly. But i've tried Ubuntu 12.10 and maybe 3 different versions of Linux Mint, and they all hang during the install.
Basically they get to the screen where you input your name and a password, at the bottom it shows progress, like creating the file system, copying files, but it basically just stops there... you click continue and nothing happens, and all activity seems to halt for a long long time. Anyone know anything about this? I've read of some others having this issue with Linux Mint 14, but that's all i can find... and no fixes.
I really want to solve this if possible, i didn't get this laptop to run only Windows
Maybe you can try to install Ubuntu on Windows (wubi) or do another partition on your comp.
Hope it helps
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Maybe you can try to install Ubuntu on Windows (wubi) or do another partition on your comp.
Hope it helps
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Thanks for the reply. I didn't try wubi, i wanted it to have it's own partition alongside Windows, and no matter what i did, the different versions of Ubuntu and Mint would all hang during the installation. In the end Debian ended up installing fine., maybe since it seems to have a different installer. Guess i'll give that a whirl now, i still hope i find out what the issue is with this machine.

The unofficial galaxy s3 linux support thread

I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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Bierce22 said:
I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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I'm using Ubuntu but there's no way I'm playing with my phone on it - I have a Windows partition just for that sort of thing. Maybe if it weren't my daily driver, I'd be willing to give it a shot but, while I use Linux for just about everything, it's just easier to have a Windows partition for some things. This being one of them.
Hats off to you though - takes guts (& knowledge) I don't have!
Need to be on stock. Doesn't work without stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33491516&postcount=11
It worked for me on ubuntu 13.04
sjpritch25 said:
Need to be on stock. Doesn't work without stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33491516&postcount=11
It worked for me on ubuntu 13.04
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I'm rooted and ROMd with Carbon. Love my AOSP!
Bierce22 said:
I just wanted to start this thread for anyone who needs help with the s3 on linux whether its mounting sd/mtp or help with heimdall. I use Arch linux and let me tell you mtp is a pain in the butt, I ended up having to use a ftp server, and for my sd card I use a root ap called SG USB MASS STORAGE ENABLER by Mohhamad Abu-Garbeyyeh.
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A couple of things I have found:
1. While MTP did not work with my Mint 15 system and stock android 4.1.2 on my phone, once I rooted, unlocked the bootloader, and installed cyanogenmod, it worked like a charm.
Before, when I plugged in my phone, I would get multiple error windows saying the MTP system wasn't available. I had to use windows (yuck!) and odin to get root and unlock the bootloader (although I did not try the virtualbox windows until after I had done this). I installed the most recent version of cyanogenmod and now the Mint system recognizes the MTP just fine. No error windows or anything.
2. I was able to get a virtualbox windows machine to recognize the phone, although it required different usb filters for download mode and for typical mtp.
This required going into download mode, selecting the appropriate filter in virtualbox, unplugging the phone, booting up the virtual machine and then replugging the phone. After this, odin recognized the phone. I did not attempt to flash anything further, though, since I had already done so from a windows system.
I think Ubuntu ships with mtp and its libraries now
I used to use arch Linux. Such a fun distro. Then work started using a TS gateway and it started become too much a hassle. Installed Windows 8, no longer fighting the system :screwy:
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lazarus0000 said:
I'm using Ubuntu but there's no way I'm playing with my phone on it - I have a Windows partition just for that sort of thing. Maybe if it weren't my daily driver, I'd be willing to give it a shot but, while I use Linux for just about everything, it's just easier to have a Windows partition for some things. This being one of them.
Hats off to you though - takes guts (& knowledge) I don't have!
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What do you mean you have a windows partition? I have a laptop that's quad booted with Windows 7, Ubuntu, Fedora, and Pear OS 8. I want to take Windows out of the picture but I need it for things like this. Could you give me more details on this like does it act like a windows system? It'd be much appreciated.
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