So what is the easiest way to root stock VZW LP 5.0?? I HAVE read around in the the forums for quite a bit but with all the updates going on to the software and with Sunshine 3.0 recently getting released, I haven't been able to find a solid answer.
I have held off updating, so I am completely stock on 4.4.4, with temp root via Weaksauce. I really only want root to run "Wifi tether router" for when I need it, and maybe uninstall some bloatware, otherwise I actually like stock just the way it is.
I know the update "breaks" root, and there isn't a way as of now to root 5.0, but then I see lots of people that have updated that are rooted.. So if anyone could be so kind as to explain how they are doing that, I would love to know. Is there maybe a Weaksauce 3.0 temproot on the horizon. I would be fine just running the update and waiting on that too as it's really not that big of a deal to go without it for a whlie. Thanks
baune7 said:
So what is the easiest way to root stock VZW LP 5.0?? I HAVE read around in the the forums for quite a bit but with all the updates going on to the software and with Sunshine 3.0 recently getting released, I haven't been able to find a solid answer.
I have held off updating, so I am completely stock on 4.4.4, with temp root via Weaksauce. I really only want root to run "Wifi tether router" for when I need it, and maybe uninstall some bloatware, otherwise I actually like stock just the way it is.
I know the update "breaks" root, and there isn't a way as of now to root 5.0, but then I see lots of people that have updated that are rooted.. So if anyone could be so kind as to explain how they are doing that, I would love to know. Is there maybe a Weaksauce 3.0 temproot on the horizon. I would be fine just running the update and waiting on that too as it's really not that big of a deal to go without it for a whlie. Thanks
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There's currently no way to unlock the bootloader of an m8 with the lollipop update and s-on. To really root (permanent, not temp weaksauce) you need a custom recovery. What you need to do in your situation is turn s-off while you still have 4.4.4. This is done with sunshine which will turn s-off and unlocks your bootloader. Then you can take the ota. Once on lollipop, since you are still unlocked, you can flash a custom recovery and then flash the binaries from within recovery to give you root access. That well be a "real root" which will persist through a reboot.
now that Jcase has released Sunshine 3.0, and most are having good luck with it, couldn't I take the update, run Sunshine 3.0 sometime later, install a custom recovery, then flash SuperSU from that? Or does it only provide S-off and not unlock the bootloader?
baune7 said:
now that Jcase has released Sunshine 3.0, and most are having good luck with it, couldn't I take the update, run Sunshine 3.0 sometime later, install a custom recovery, then flash SuperSU from that? Or does it only provide S-off and not unlock the bootloader?
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If you take the update sunshine3.0 will NOT work.
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I've just recently registered but have been lurking for a while and doing a lot of reading. I've seen there are a bunch of different options for rooting a evo. Also seems like there's a lot of out dated ways to root as well. I'm still new to this and have some questions. Looking to have full root access. As far as I understand it, I will need to run a rom after rooting the device? Will I still be able to receive sprint updates as need once I root? My main reasons for rooting is for the wifi teether, maybe overclocking to speed it up a little bit and to remove the factory sprint apps. I did have a friend tell me that once his buddy rooted his evo he noticed his battery life was a lot better. Anyone experience that? What other info do I need to provide you? Thanks
Update: Was running 2.2 froyo till my phone just did the 2.3 gingerbread update and now my internet doesn't work. Is there any way to root now or am I screwed and have to deal with sprint?
You don't need to flash a rom after rooting but you definitely can. As far as updating, I'm not 100% sure about sprint, but I think you need to be stock to receive an OTA update. For rooting your device, use unrevoked, its an incredibly simple one click root program.
Unrevoked is the quick and easy way to root. Once rooted you WILL NOT get Sprint updates. If you get your 2.3 Sprint update and apply it you WON'T be able to root.
You can run stock 2.2 Android with Sense rooted and not load any ROMs. I do not know if you'll be able to wifi tether by only being rooted. I do know that there are several ROMs that have Android 2.3 Gingerbread and have wifi tether working so if you do root your 2.2 install Amon_Ra recovery then flash Cyanogen Mod 7. Instructions are on his Wiki which I can't post a link to since I'm new forum user here.
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You don't need to flash a rom after rooting but you definitely can. As far as updating, I'm not 100% sure about sprint, but I think you need to be stock to receive an OTA update. For rooting your device, use unrevoked, its an incredibly simple one click root program.
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Should I even worry about the OTA updates then?
what is the sure way to root thunderbolt on the latest OTA, i was rooted before but lost root on the update i waited a few weeks before rooting again and now im searching if there is a way to root the device atm?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1401959 you need to go here you have to downgrade. Then you can use revolutionary
thank you for your support, after i downgrade how do i update and keep root?
You dont. Just run the downgraded. Or flash a custom rom if u want root. The radios from the upgrade are available in the dev section as well. If u want them. Supposidly better handoff betweeen 4g and 3g with the new radio
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thank you for your support, after i downgrade how do i update and keep root?
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I know a little late on the scene and don't know if you figured this out but..
If you mean by "update", running the stock 605.9 then..
-after downgrading to 605.5 using the provided link
-root with revolutionary
-at that point you can flash the "rooted" version of 605.9 or any other ROM as mentioned before, this will allow you to keep root and prevent Big Red from trying to push the OTA
Just got my new M8. What rooting process should I follow with 4.4.2? I have not upgraded to 4.4.3 as of yet. Not sure how this affects my rooting process. Can I just flow the rooting guide here?
Thanks,
Rob
If all you want is root you should stay on 4.4.2 since that's the only way to keep temp root (weaksauce) without going through the whole unlock boot loader unlock s-off method. If you do want to go that route instead, if you stay on 4.4.2 there might be a slim possibility you can unlock and s-off for free using the firewater method. Other wise you will have to pay $25 for sunshine (from the same developer as weak sauce and firewater) and that is guaranteed to get you s-off and unlocked. If you do update the only way to s-off and unlock will be the sunshine method. Hopefully this helps you out in making your decision
Thanks for the crazy fast reply. My goal is to root, and have the ability to install custom ROM's. I haven't rooted since the OG Droid/Thunderbolt days so I'm a little rusty. I'll look through the rooting guide here. I just don't want to brick my new phone.. I think I'll be good to go once I know where to start in the guide.
Rob
BubbaRob1978 said:
Thanks for the crazy fast reply. My goal is to root, and have the ability to install custom ROM's. I haven't rooted since the OG Droid/Thunderbolt days so I'm a little rusty. I'll look through the rooting guide here. I just don't want to brick my new phone.. I think I'll be good to go once I know where to start in the guide.
Rob
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Definitely try the firewater method first on 4.4.2 (if it works, donate if/what you can). If it doesn't work, you can take the OTA but I wouldn't recommend ever taking OTAs. I haven't used sunshine but I've heard it works amazingly and it's super easy...well worth the $25. If Firewater does work, updating to the newer firmware is a breeze too.
BubbaRob1978 said:
Thanks for the crazy fast reply. My goal is to root, and have the ability to install custom ROM's. I haven't rooted since the OG Droid/Thunderbolt days so I'm a little rusty. I'll look through the rooting guide here. I just don't want to brick my new phone.. I think I'll be good to go once I know where to start in the guide.
Rob
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Here's a tip... After you do the adb reboot and before you run firewater open the weak sauce app on your phone.
If you aren't super hard up for cash just do Sunshine, I tried firewater for like 6 hours, Sunshine takes 6 minutes. Just buy it, install and hit go. Well worth the $25.
I just got this phone and debating if I should root and unlock this phone. I'm a big fan of CM. I traded a friend for this phone. I used to have a gs5 and touchwiz was driving me crazy and that it could not be unlocked. This phone is way better. I have been rooting and unlocking since the days of the htc eris. I'll never buy another Samsung phone again. Sorry for the dumb post.
So do you have a question? Or what's the point behind the post
Yes, you should root and unlock. I have flashed more than a few roms on this pbone, but I have been on stock rooted for a couple months now. Mostly because it has the least amount of issues and most consistent performance. I got it all tweaked up though. IMO HTC did a great job on the stock ROM but to each there own.
And another big plus is that you can easily unroot and relock your phone back to 100% stock state (thankfully we have all the most recent stock ROM ruu's). So really as long as you know what your doing which it sounds like you do, you can only gain by rooting/s-off
No, wait a few weeks first so you know the phone works. You don't want to be those guys that spam issues in rom threads only to find out it's your phone and not the rom.
A rule of thumb I always follow is make sure it runs properly before you start modding. (Cars, phones, computers, etc.)
the real question is why wouldn't you unlock an S-OFF - full control over YOUR device for only $25 AND you can always go back to S-ON. :good:
I tried to unlock the boot loader through HTC Dev with no luck. My boot loader says ***software status*** Modified
***Locked**
He was running the phone on T-Mobile. I was wondering if he had it flashed to T-Mobile to work. Any Ideas!!
Never mind I just used sunshine apk and worked. Thank god
Bootloader still says modified. Only getting temp root, but s off
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Bootloader still says modified. Only getting temp root, but s off
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To get permanent root you will need to install a custom recovery and flash the supersu.zip and that will get you full root. You can then get rid of the temp root by uninstalling the apk
I figured it out. Its been awhile since I rooted and s-off. I already fixed the bootloader saying modified. Had to connect it to htcsync and do a repair. Thanks guys. I'm enjoying cm again.
Hey everyone. I was wondering if some here with a HTC One can point me in the right direction. I am looking to finally take the plunge and permanently root, flash a custom recovery, backup my stock, and install a new custom rom on my Verizon M8.
This is my first HTC device playing with, I have always had Motorola stuff and am pretty familiar with the process on those, but this HTC stuff is still a little blurry. S-on/off, CID, MID, RUUs????
I have been reading these forums for quite a bit and still a little unsure about what the steps would have to be. I am currently on the latest stock VZW temp rooted with the new weeksauce basically just to have tethering via a 3rd party app (Wifi tether router). I actually really, really like the stock Sense 6.0 UI and this phone is pretty much perfect all around.
What I want to do is, permanently root, install TWRP as that's what i've used on Moto and my Sammy Tab, backup my stock system so I can go back, and then install a custom ROM. Can TWRP on this do more than one ROM slot and run dual roms? What if everything gets jacked up and I have to go back to complete out of the box stock? How is that done with HTC? I think with Moto it was like an .FXZ file or something like that and you boot the phone into download mode and just flash that file from the computer and you're back to 100% stock. Same with Samsung using ODIN.
I'm also not sure what ROM I want to try, so I am open to suggestions there too. I would like to maybe try a pretty clean Lollipop ROM with good battery life and very stable. Would that be the GPE?
Thanks for reading and for any help.
baune7 said:
Hey everyone. I was wondering if some here with a HTC One can point me in the right direction. I am looking to finally take the plunge and permanently root, flash a custom recovery, backup my stock, and install a new custom rom on my Verizon M8.
This is my first HTC device playing with, I have always had Motorola stuff and am pretty familiar with the process on those, but this HTC stuff is still a little blurry. S-on/off, CID, MID, RUUs????
I have been reading these forums for quite a bit and still a little unsure about what the steps would have to be. I am currently on the latest stock VZW temp rooted with the new weeksauce basically just to have tethering via a 3rd party app (Wifi tether router). I actually really, really like the stock Sense 6.0 UI and this phone is pretty much perfect all around.
What I want to do is, permanently root, install TWRP as that's what i've used on Moto and my Sammy Tab, backup my stock system so I can go back, and then install a custom ROM. Can TWRP on this do more than one ROM slot and run dual roms? What if everything gets jacked up and I have to go back to complete out of the box stock? How is that done with HTC? I think with Moto it was like an .FXZ file or something like that and you boot the phone into download mode and just flash that file from the computer and you're back to 100% stock. Same with Samsung using ODIN.
I'm also not sure what ROM I want to try, so I am open to suggestions there too. I would like to maybe try a pretty clean Lollipop ROM with good battery life and very stable. Would that be the GPE?
Thanks for reading and for any help.
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First you need s-off/unlocked boot loader to perma root..also there is multi ROM support for this device. An if you want to return to pure stock cause something got messed up then you download the ruu an use fast boot via pc to flash your ruu.zip it will wipe your whole phone an return you to out of the box. if your looking for a sense Lollipop from. Santod has a nice ROM an you can also check out the ROM by andybones is also runs very nice an has themes an mod support. If you like GPE then there is one of those also for our device.
Thanks for the info. So in my reading up on doing this, is the "firewater" method of achieving S-off and root no longer working on this phone with 4.4.4? And also, as I understand it, the Sunshine method of achieving the two may or may not work on 4.4.4 either, kind of a 50/50 shot??? So I guess at this time it might just be worth it to wait until either the new sunshine is released or Verizon pushed the 5.0 update out and see what that is like.
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Thanks for the info. So in my reading up on doing this, is the "firewater" method of achieving S-off and root no longer working on this phone with 4.4.4? And also, as I understand it, the Sunshine method of achieving the two may or may not work on 4.4.4 either, kind of a 50/50 shot??? So I guess at this time it might just be worth it to wait until either the new sunshine is released or Verizon pushed the 5.0 update out and see what that is like.
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Firewater is dead....sunshine might work you can download the app for free an run it to see if it will work with your device is free too. Then if you want to run sunshine that's when you pay the 25...so I would advice against taking anymore ota till you r able to s-off.