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Can someone root this ruu?

Wondering if its possible for someone to take this and root it?
http://pcdphones.com/downloads/935-adr6250_2-1_mr_cellcom-zip
Cellcom 2.1 update for the Hero...
Thanks
Here are a bunch of other small carrier updates for the hero as well
http://pcdphones.com/our-devices/support/adr6250update

Are you asking if someone can take the update, add root and upload it or root it as it is running on the phone? Either way it's super easy.
If you already have root on your phone and you want a flashable version with root built in, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
and follow the instructions to install the kitchen, extract the rom, root, and anything else you wanna add and build and flash it.
If you are looking at rooting it on the phone, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581869
and follow the instructions.
Either way you should have used that handy "Search This Forum" button in the main threads page.

hexskrew said:
Are you asking if someone can take the update, add root and upload it or root it as it is running on the phone? Either way it's super easy.
If you already have root on your phone and you want a flashable version with root built in, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
and follow the instructions to install the kitchen, extract the rom, root, and anything else you wanna add and build and flash it.
If you are looking at rooting it on the phone, go here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581869
and follow the instructions.
Either way you should have used that handy "Search This Forum" button in the main threads page.
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OK thanks for that.. I'm pretty savvy to the search feature. Been around the block a few times brotha.
I'm pretty sure since you have the answers you would know that I've tried that rooting method with won't work with the Cellcom Hero, the rooting method there you get the wrong bootloader error, the BL on the 1.6 hero is newer than the one you use in that rooting guide... I was unsuccessful in doing it.
And no, this phone/rom/carrier doesn't have root yet.
If it was something sooo easy I certainly would just do it.

What version of hboot does this phone ship with?
Have you tried that guide they linked to lately? That guide has been updated with a new method that should work on phones that shipped with 2.1

oh.. my bad dude. Didn't mean to be so hasty on my comments. We have had a few people posting pointless threads lately here.. This is rather odd though. Give us all the info on what's running on the phone and we can check out what we can do to resolve it.

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Why is this so hard anybody

Look nice and simple i dont have superuser or clockwork but i have s-off for some reason superuser or cw dident flash but i have the dhd rom but no sound all i want is my freakn sound back and to be able to still see check unknown sources how can i do that ??? Just want sound is there a way to flash a kernel or radio to get sound back with out clockwork?

did you even flash the 98sme.zip or whatever it was? i think thats what you didn't do. you seem to have a hard time answering even basic questions or posting in the correct forum. makes it kind of hard to try to help.

i had never rooted an android device before, but i did it yesterday with flying colors. just follow the r34p3rex video, and the read me file from the hack kit., mostly the read me.

Can i flash that without clockwork??

to the best of my knowledge flashing without clockworkmod is a matter of properly formatting the file name to be recognized as a recovery image.

fwayfarer said:
to the best of my knowledge flashing without clockworkmod is a matter of properly formatting the file name to be recognized as a recovery image.
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I've seen others comment that renaming the ROM package PD98IMG.zip should allow it to be flashed without CWM. When you boot to bootloader it automatically looks for this file, so I would think that this would work. I have not done it myself, but like I said I've seen others comment that they flash this way

Forget all this my atrix was so simple im just going back stock and using wonder machine to load a few apks for him
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App

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I don't get why this is so hard for some people. The readme file lays it out step by step if you want to use the hack kit. There's even a step by step you tube video.
Rooting a phone is not rocket science people. Just take your time, read through the procedure until you UNDERSTAND what each step is telling you to do, if you don't want to take the time to understand how to do something then honestly don't root your phone.
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nucentury08 said:
Forget all this my atrix was so simple im just going back stock and using wonder machine to load a few apks for him
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App
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sir you shouldn't own either of those phones, nor should you be rooting or flashing them. i can't agree more with gunny, the instructions were clear enough i got it the first time.

fwayfarer said:
sir you shouldn't own either of those phones, nor should you be rooting or flashing them. i can't agree more with gunny, the instructions were clear enough i got it the first time.
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TBH the instructions were very detailed, and had to be followed exactly or else one will not get the right results. Simply adding a space where it shouldn't be could make or break or rooting experience. It takes some patience and diligence to work one's way through to the end. Some just don't have that patience.

fufuplatter said:
TBH the instructions were very detailed, and had to be followed exactly or else one will not get the right results. Simply adding a space where it shouldn't be could make or break or rooting experience. It takes some patience and diligence to work one's way through to the end. Some just don't have that patience.
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so, what you're saying is, it basically boils down to following directions? who knew?

i have already moved your OTHER off-topic thread to general where it belonged...yet you come right back to Development and start another thread? im closing this thread and let this be your last warning.

[Q] Rooting Sprint's Nexus S 4G

Hi, I just registered on this forum hoping to learn the ins and outs of rooting. Been doing a lil research reading a couple of sites on the topic. Bear with me, but I feel like a complete noob cause a lot of the language is sailing straight over my head. I think I have the gist of it, but it seems a lot of the information are scattered and there's a lot of different ways to root.
I just recently got the Nexus S (Sprint's 4G version) and I have been reading some of the ROMs aren't compatible with the 4G version yet. This has me a little worried...would rooting the phone be any different since its a 4G model? I really don't want to brick my phone on my first try. Is there a comprehensive guide with easy step by step instructions on how to root this particular version of the phone?
I do agree the 4G version needs its own tab to prevent confusion since a lot of the guides here are for the regular Nexus S. Many thanks in advance.

If you look in the developers section there is a sticky at the top for the Sprint variant of the Nexus S. In it there are rooting instructions and such.

fraspas said:
Hi, I just registered on this forum hoping to learn the ins and outs of rooting. Been doing a lil research reading a couple of sites on the topic. Bear with me, but I feel like a complete noob cause a lot of the language is sailing straight over my head. I think I have the gist of it, but it seems a lot of the information are scattered and there's a lot of different ways to root.
I just recently got the Nexus S (Sprint's 4G version) and I have been reading some of the ROMs aren't compatible with the 4G version yet. This has me a little worried...would rooting the phone be any different since its a 4G model? I really don't want to brick my phone on my first try. Is there a comprehensive guide with easy step by step instructions on how to root this particular version of the phone?
I do agree the 4G version needs its own tab to prevent confusion since a lot of the guides here are for the regular Nexus S. Many thanks in advance.
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It's actually quite hard to brick the Nexus devices. The gist of it is as follows:
Boot into fastboot (hold pwr up and turn the phone one).
Fastboot oem unlock to unlock the device (this wipes)
Install a custom recovery via fastboot (fastboot flash recovery downloaded-image.img)
flash the su binary package via recovery
This is the same process for all variants of the phone - there's nothing 4G specific about it other than don't try to use an old version of CWM (the i9023 can't either).
Guides are here for the 4G though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071500
The only way you are going to brick your device is:
- Flashing a GSM radio to your CDMA device
- Pulling the battery DURING a radio flash
- Using ODIN and flashing a full rom package not meant for your device.

fraspas said:
Hi, I just registered on this forum hoping to learn the ins and outs of rooting. Been doing a lil research reading a couple of sites on the topic. Bear with me, but I feel like a complete noob cause a lot of the language is sailing straight over my head. I think I have the gist of it, but it seems a lot of the information are scattered and there's a lot of different ways to root.
I just recently got the Nexus S (Sprint's 4G version) and I have been reading some of the ROMs aren't compatible with the 4G version yet. This has me a little worried...would rooting the phone be any different since its a 4G model? I really don't want to brick my phone on my first try. Is there a comprehensive guide with easy step by step instructions on how to root this particular version of the phone?
I do agree the 4G version needs its own tab to prevent confusion since a lot of the guides here are for the regular Nexus S. Many thanks in advance.
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pretty sure I used this guide.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/12/17/how-to-root-the-samsung-nexus-s/
then i deleted a bunch of stuff i had no use for and am happy.
good luck

krohnjw said:
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The only way you are going to brick your device is:
- Flashing a GSM radio to your CDMA device
- Pulling the battery DURING a radio flash
- Using ODIN and flashing a full rom package not meant for your device.
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I've actually seen people unbrick after flashing the wrong radio... LOL pretty amazing.

I could really use some help please. Im using these guides to root and I've gotten the bootloader unlocked, but when I get to the part where I flash CWM recovery in the command prompt, I get a message that says:
cannot load recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-crespo
That is the file they said to download, and I inserted it into the tools section of android sdk folder. Any ideas? The unlock bootloader command worked perfectly, but Im getting stuck at this step.
EDIT: I figured out my problem. I wasn't placing the recovery file in the Platform-tools folder, I was putting it into the regular tools folder. I have my moments.

dazednconfused1144 said:
I could really use some help please. Im using these guides to root and I've gotten the bootloader unlocked, but when I get to the part where I flash CWM recovery in the command prompt, I get a message that says:
cannot load recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-crespo
That is the file they said to download, and I inserted it into the tools section of android sdk folder. Any ideas? The unlock bootloader command worked perfectly, but Im getting stuck at this step.
EDIT: I figured out my problem. I wasn't placing the recovery file in the Platform-tools folder, I was putting it into the regular tools folder. I have my moments.
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Make sure you rename the image too.

wild1z said:
Make sure you rename the image too.
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I finally got it. Worked like a charm once I figured out what I was doing wrong. Do we still have to rename the file (install-recovery.sh and rename to install-recovery.sh.bak) in root explore to make it stick? I have rebooted several times and it is still there so I was just wondering.

These are pretty great instructions, especially the link. Since Sprint shipped with version 2.3.4 of Android with the build GRJ22, do the rooting instructions still work for our model?

dazednconfused1144 said:
I finally got it. Worked like a charm once I figured out what I was doing wrong. Do we still have to rename the file (install-recovery.sh and rename to install-recovery.sh.bak) in root explore to make it stick? I have rebooted several times and it is still there so I was just wondering.
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Got no idea. I was referring to renaming the clockwork image file. But I think you answered your own question since root has um... rooted. Cheers.

fraspas said:
These are pretty great instructions, especially the link. Since Sprint shipped with version 2.3.4 of Android with the build GRJ22, do the rooting instructions still work for our model?
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I rooted mine just fine. You should be good.

Which method did you use? I'm reading a lot about bootloader being unlocked/locked and some methods requiring a backup and some without. This really adds to the confusion. Then there's a Superboot method which seems a lot easier but it doesn't seem to have the GRJ22 model. I'm pretty sure its easy once I get to it, but the overwhelming information makes it extremely difficult to follow lol. Information overload.

Rooting and custom roms

I was looking at getting the galaxy 3 but since it looks like another week I think I'm going to get the x one but my question is how hard is it to root and be able to install custom roms as I remember old htc phones being a lot of trouble?thanks

We have one click root and recovery installs for either shipping firmware version. After rooting we also have one click bootloader unlock.

hightechlive said:
I was looking at getting the galaxy 3 but since it looks like another week I think I'm going to get the x one but my question is how hard is it to root and be able to install custom roms as I remember old htc phones being a lot of trouble?thanks
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The devs have dealt with nearly all of our troubles already. As gunnyman said, we pretty much have one-clicks for everything then it's just normal flashing from there.

Everything you need is compiled here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
In particular, the guides at the bottom of Post 1 of the Index thread will run you step by step through the process.
But to answer your question, I wouldn't consider it "hard", but that's completely subjective. But there are several steps you will need to go through. Namely:
1) Obtain root (as mentioned above, this is one-click and easy)
2) Change to SuperCID (again, one-click)
3) Register at HTCDev.com, and obtain an unlock token
4) Unlock the bootloader using the token (not hard, just follow instructions on given by the HTCDev.com website, and the XDA tutorials mentioned above).
5) Install recovery. CWM can be installed one-click. But TWRP recovery is good, too, and easy to install.
Then you are ready to install custom ROMs.

thanks alot looks easier than it used to be with htc phones so im going to get my htc one x tonight and see what happens.

Suppose it depends on what HTC device you are coming from. Every generation of HTC device is a bit different (since HTC keeps changing up its security). Revolutionary S-Off and root was real easy for user to implement (not one-click, but pretty damn close). Gfree was pretty complicated (at least a lot of ADB commands to type). But overall, I'd say the One X is not hard. Just multiple steps to go through, most of which are easy. And if you've used ADB and fastboot in the past, its a breeze.
Also, be sure to hit the "thanks" button if my post helped you.

Root HTC One X

Ok i struggle with rooting devices if there wasn't a easy mode tool my kindle Fire first gen wouldn't be rooted. Only way i found on the forums to root a AT&T HTC One X with 318 firmware OS 4.1.1, Linux was needed. I'm not looking to put another rom on it if i lose HDMI output reason being i want to root is to use ARunchained so my phone works with my app radio 3 atm its a unsupported device and the pioneer app doesn't work with my phone only mirrors to the radio leaving me to hold my phone as i drive to control stuff (i have ibolt dock but the radio doesn't see it when on the dock). Anyway is there a windows route of rooting my device and a tutorial?

Darthdiddy said:
Ok i struggle with rooting devices if there wasn't a easy mode tool my kindle Fire first gen wouldn't be rooted. Only way i found on the forums to root a AT&T HTC One X with 318 firmware OS 4.1.1, Linux was needed. I'm not looking to put another rom on it if i lose HDMI output reason being i want to root is to use ARunchained so my phone works with my app radio 3 atm its a unsupported device and the pioneer app doesn't work with my phone only mirrors to the radio leaving me to hold my phone as i drive to control stuff (i have ibolt dock but the radio doesn't see it when on the dock). Anyway is there a windows route of rooting my device and a tutorial?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952038
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470972
Have fun. The latter tool needs vista or windows 7, But is the best tool I've used.

Thanks
tjhooker73 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952038
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672284
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2470972
Have fun. The latter tool needs vista or windows 7, But is the best tool I've used.
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The last of the 3 worked (thank you ) but now i still need to root, these tools/methods were supposed to root but far as i got was bootloader unlocked and even says that on fastboot screen tampered/unlocked.
Is there any simple root method i can do? my clockwerk recovery won't run says i need root access so i know its not rooted even superuser app says binaries are out of date but errors out on updating in either recovery mode or plain install. Any advice?

Darthdiddy said:
The last of the 3 worked (thank you ) but now i still need to root, these tools/methods were supposed to root but far as i got was bootloader unlocked and even says that on fastboot screen tampered/unlocked.
Is there any simple root method i can do? my clockwerk recovery won't run says i need root access so i know its not rooted even superuser app says binaries are out of date but errors out on updating in either recovery mode or plain install. Any advice?
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If you have TWRP/CWM Then just flash superSU 1.65.zip but the tools should give root. (You probably need to flash a Rooted ROM)

tjhooker73 said:
If you have TWRP/CWM Then just flash superSU 1.65.zip but the tools should give root. (You probably need to flash a Rooted ROM)
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it said it laid the TWRP/CWM and su zips on the device and sends reboot command but instead of going in to recovery or fastboot mode it bricks to where i have to disconnect the usb cable and hold the power button for a minute before it boots back up. so i can't get into clockwerk to flash anything
lol i'm almost there atleast my loader is unlocked

Never mind i got it tyvm

Darthdiddy said:
Never mind i got it tyvm
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In future please post questions or troubleshooting threads in the q&a section, not sure why this was posted here.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
In future please post questions or troubleshooting threads in the q&a section, not sure why this was posted here.
Sent from my Evita
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Because these forums are sloppy to navigate and too many threads every thing is buried, makes things hard to find.

See screenshot, how is that sloppy to navigate? The sub-forums within our device forum are clearly titled.
Sent from my Evita

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See screenshot, how is that sloppy to navigate? The sub-forums within our device forum are clearly titled.
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Agreed. Come on man, how is this forum hard to navigate? Of the clearly labelled forum sections, you thought "Themes and Apps" would be the appropriate place? Really???
Its clear you need to research and learn a lot more before you should do any more fiddling with your device. Asking for a "simple method" such as a toolkit or one-click is no replacement for proper learning and understanding. Such methods can get you in a lot of trouble; as they enable you enough to do major damage, but don't give you the skills or knowledge to fix it.
Most resources needed for this phone can be found here (Sticky at top of General, and linked in the rollup at top of Development): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
Start reading.