OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?
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OK I know this problem has been posted hundreds times before but i've read several of them but still can't find out what i did wrong. SO: I got my G2 rooted with S-OFF as i looked in the bootloader. I rooted the phone using rage method. So if i have my S-OFF that's obviously that i am rooted right?
And I definitely have my adb set up right cuz i could not root my phone if i didn't have adb set up. The question is Why every time I try to do adb remount, it will keep saying remount failed operation not permitted.
Even when I try doing adb shell and su it would say access denied too.
Just a little frustrating, What can i do to fix this?
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I am not %100 if this is your problem but i think you need ENGINEERING HBOOT
to run adb commands ,you can do it by reading the wiki http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...Z.2FG2.2FDHD.29_-_OPTIONAL_and_UNNECESSARY.21
But if you want to do it be very very carefull becasue if you do it wrong you will brick your phone and there is no way back
S-OFF is different from having your phone rooted, so it sounds like your rooting hasn't worked. If you have S-OFF and the eng hboot, you could use fastboot to flash Clockwork recovery and then install a custom pre-rooted ROM.
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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steviewevie said:
Or you will need to go through the rooting procedure again to see what has gone wrong.
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I did notice that while I was rooting. A command said no such file or directory. So I wonder if that was it? I thought it was supposed yo happen tho lol
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wang1404 said:
If that's the case that my phone hasn't been rooted. My rom manager worked. I flashed clock work successfully and I did checked that I had it by rebooting into recovery. I even used n1 torch high brightness to make sure I was rooted. Then extra step was asking su in my terminal emulator too. But I still had hboot.img tho. Should I do an engineering hboot ?
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If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.
joemm said:
If you can boot into CWM recovery just flash a custon rom they all have root built into them.
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It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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wang1404 said:
It's my wifes phone so I don't wanna do something too complicated for her. I mean the easier for her to use the phone the better. But will that fix the problem? Adb remount problem? If yes than hell yeah I would flash cyan right away lol.
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Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
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Should fix any problems with mounting, heres a link for a stock rooted rom, so she wont be able to tell the diffrence, also since you can boot into CWM recovery make a backup of your current rom before flashing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836042
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The ADB remount command requires the ro.secure property to be set to 0 (even if you are rooted). If you want to remain on the stock ROM, flashing the linked ROM will do it for you (and is way easier than doing it yourself manually). Most (if not all) of the custom ROMs will set this property for you if you wanted to try others as well.
Thank you guys very much. I never faced this problem before since my n1 was rooted and flashed rom using the phone not adb our anything related to computer.so thanks guys. Case closed. Happy me lol
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Im planning on rooting the Slide tomorrow and was wondering if I could keep the Stock rom and just install SU to have a rooted stock rom? does anyone know if this is possible? and does anyone have a flashable zip with Su and goodies in it?
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Im planning on rooting the Slide tomorrow and was wondering if I could keep the Stock rom and just install SU to have a rooted stock rom? does anyone know if this is possible? and does anyone have a flashable zip with Su and goodies in it?
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when u do root u do keep the stock rom. its not like the g1 where u had to flash a rom. on our phone u don't have too.
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There are a couple custom roms that are basically the stock rom rooted, and maybe just s few extras.
Hey I tried CR's new OTA rom but I can't seem to delete any apks from /system/app. Makes me feel like im not rooted
Did you try doing it from recovery or when the phone was booted? I've always done it in recovery, mounting the system partition, and then launched adb shell.
fermunky said:
Did you try doing it from recovery or when the phone was booted? I've always done it in recovery, mounting the system partition, and then launched adb shell.
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Yup I just learned I had to do that last night, if I could ask though, Why? Its not like this on Droid, Eris, or Nexus that I've used in the past. Is it some sort of Lock HTC has put in?
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Yup I just learned I had to do that last night, if I could ask though, Why? Its not like this on Droid, Eris, or Nexus that I've used in the past. Is it some sort of Lock HTC has put in?
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That's a good question and I don't know if any of us has a definite answer, if we did I'm sure some one wuold have figured out how to bypass it (not the overlay method). It's just how HTC or T Mobile set it up *sigh*
For now we have to do all system writes via recovery
This is what has kept me from rooting. I loved having the freedom with my G1 to do what ever I wanted when I rooted but its almost like even after rooting the slide your still not really rooted. You can get SU but if you try to delete a system app from the terminal emulator you cant. Once we have true root status I'll probably root.
I am pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that we still dont have a "true root". The /system folder is set to read-only or something along those lines when not in Recovery.
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Hey I tried CR's new OTA rom but I can't seem to delete any apks from /system/app. Makes me feel like im not rooted
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Yeah, it's one major thing I hate, would be nice to have rw access on /system while booted - without creating sym. links or doing an overlay. Damn you NAND!!!
I have the newest cyanogen 6.1 on my g2 and I dont have the stock zip anymore, How do I go back to stock, I need a stock froyo download, I dont care if I lose root...
Go to the development section and look at the sticky. You'll find one that has the how to revert back to stock using a hex editor. In the 6th page of the how to thread I posted a link to a hex editor. It's cake.
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It's cake.
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Mmhhh.... Tasty
Did it.... But now superuser is still there lol ... I want to go back to CM 6 but what should I do so if I ever want to go back to stock it will be there, also what should I do to get all my apps over on CM 6.1
and now my wifi doesnt work, It just says error when I click the check box on in settings
Stock image did you use? I used the one linked in the how to and had no problem.
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I used that one as well, also did superuser still show up when you were back to stock?
Your probably didn't flash all the way. After restoring from an official image you should be completely stock.
how do I flash all the way? I did what the steps said, and this is what im running now:
Android 2.2
Baseband:
12.22.60.09bU_26.02.01.15_M2
Kernel Version:
[email protected]#1
build number:
1.19.531.1 CL255798 release-keys
I see that it still says cyanogen mod on the kernel version...
But when I boot up it boots regular and does not have the CM 6.1 screen and has the G2 screen instead, and looks like stock froyo....
I try using the method stated above and get the error, then Im stuck on this part I guess:
"**IMPORTANT**
If the flash has failed you must reboot back into the OS and use HexEditor which i have attached to the thread. DO NOT PROCEED UNTIL YOU HAVE DONE THIS!!
Open up an ADB Shell and run the following command:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img
this will then export the misc.img file we need to edit to the root of the sdcard.
Mount your sdcard and save the misc.img file to your PC and Open the file with HexEditor.
You should now see the version number on the right hand side of the application and it should read "1.22.531.8" YOU MUST CHANGE THIS TO "1.19.531.1" you can now save the file as miscnew.img and place it on the root of your sdcard and then unmount the sdcard from windows.
Now go back to your ADB Shell and run the following command
dd if=/sdcard/miscnew.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
you can now make sure you have copied the PC10IMG.zip file to the root of your SDCARD and power off your phone and proceed to step 2."
I am using terminal emulator and it says "cannot open for readermission denied, " when I enter this in the emulator "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/sdcard/misc.img"
NVM forgot to su lol silly me
will keep updated on my progress
Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?
icolorado303 said:
Okay, I am back to stock, thanks to you all who pointed me in the right direction... Now If I go back to CM 6.1, what should I do to back up my phone in its stock state?
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You can only back up the phone from it's stock rooted state. Correct?
Anyways, if you going to reroot the phone I highly suggest you use rage instead of visionary.
where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...
icolorado303 said:
where do I get rage from? and Is it a similar process.... and IDK you tell me lol, I am new to the android scene, coming from an iphone 4 on tmobile.... I have read lots and lots before attempting to root, lots of stickies etc, all I ever heard about was visionary nothing about rage...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
Start here. The instructions and files are all there and work. I've just done 3 G2s using this method and had no problems at all.
Also, you'll need to get adb working on your PC to be able to use rage.
See this guide on adb - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.
anyone? 10char
mcp2009 said:
will the method discussed work for me? I'm on the current build of cyanogenmod and used the gfree method to free all (super cid, sim unlock, real s-off). I need to revert to stock to send phone back because I'm getting a replacement due to signal issues. Any help is appreciated thanx.
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You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
steviewevie said:
You're on a G2, right ?
This should work for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
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yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.
mcp2009 said:
yea using g2 thnx man I'll try when my replacement gets here. Is it a sure thing? Says for temp root and I'm perm rooted. Gosh I feel like a noob lol.
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That guide will let you downgrade to the stock ROM, yes. There's a note at the bottom saying it's not a rooting method (not sure why that note is there really), is that what you mean ?
Is there a method of flashing CWM3 via update.zip in samsung recovery? I don't have a functional USB cable to use with the One Click method :/. Sorry if this has already been answered, I couldn't find an answer through searching. Thanks in advance!
No, but luckily USB cables are dirt cheap these days, I'm sure you can find one for < $5, or if worst comes to worst go to Sprint and beg a rep to replace your cable.
Lost the one that came with the phone, only have one which I stole from another charger and the device isn't recognized at all (tried it on multiple pcs). I really don't want to buy one as I never use it except for the CWM flash. I have a SD card reader to eliminate the need for cables.
Well, you need one if you're going to flash CWM, if anything just think of it as making your life easier in the long run, no more taking the SD card out just to put files on it.
Frankly I wouldn't mind if there were a way to do it manually in terminal.
*bump* Anyone have any ideas for a method of using terminal to do this?
it can be done in terminal, just open the batch file and read what it does via adb and do that in terminal
I started to do that but cant get past the exploit (rageagainstthecage). I get permission errors and can't even copy the file to /data/local/tmp. Any ideas?
EDIT: It's because the data partition cannot be modified without root access. Somehow adb bypasses this.
Adb runs with root access i suppose... let me look at something..
I basically need a method of obtaining temporary root on the device without using a computer. If i can do that, I can flash cwm using redbend_ua and then flash a rom/kernel for perm root. If it helps, i'm on OTA EC05
EDIT: Does redbend_ua require root access?
EDIT2: Nevermind. I tried running redbend_ua to flash the recovery image and got an error about /data/local/fota missing.
does z4root work on froyo?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
if it does.. then
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/redbend_ua /data/local
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
chris41g said:
does z4root work on froyo?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
if it does.. then
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/redbend_ua /data/local
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
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I thought of z4root, and no it doesnt work on froyo, not since eb13 it appears :/. I then thought "if ONLY i hadn't updated to ec05 (my phone came with di18)". Is there a way to get back to di18 without odin or custom recovery? Thanks for all your efforts thus far by the way.
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Is there a way to get back to di18 without odin or custom recovery?
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Is there another method of rooting I can do manually? That's the real problem here. I need root to run redbend_ua and from there i can do everything using clockwork. OR some other way to flash clockwork that doesnt require root but it seems that doesn't exist.
Well previously koush had an update.zip that would run in stock recovry and install cwm.. but it stopped working as of froyo, I'm assuming the recovery signature changed. Maybe contact him via twitter or something and see if he ever made a new one..
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chris41g said:
Well previously koush had an update.zip that would run in stock recovry and install cwm.. but it stopped working as of froyo, I'm assuming the recovery signature changed. Maybe contact him via twitter or something and see if he ever made a new one..
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Thanks for the heads up, I PM'd koush. Crossing my fingers on this one >.<!
trobertson said:
Thanks for the heads up, I PM'd koush. Crossing my fingers on this one >.<!
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Doesn't look like he's going to answer me. I tried getting him on IRC as well and was simply ignored :/.
I don't think he checks these forums often
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First I wanted to say hi to all of you. Evo 4G is my second Android phone. I'm still a noob in training but I'm getting by.
I'm having a bit of a issue with trying to use some apps for root only and keep getting that I need to be rooted. Yes S-Off is displayed but I'm still running into this issue no matter what. Did I miss something? I'm still searching the forum to find a answer but I haven't found anything as of yet.
Let me know what you guys think.
Thanks
Z3r0
Edit: I figured out what the problem was. Me being stupid and not reading enough. Mods go ahead and lock/delete this thread.
to double check, there is an app in the market called "root check" by joeykrim.
and for apps to gain access to the phone you should have the app "superuser" it gives other apps permission to access root.
As someone previously stated, you'll need an app called "superuser" to allow apps to use root permissions.
Greenfieldan said:
As someone previously stated, you'll need an app called "superuser" to allow apps to use root permissions.
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This.
Running Revolutionary Roots your phone, but you need superuser to give programs root access. To give programs root access, you will need a rooted ROM with the superuser application or just download the superuser app.
oldwesterncowboy said:
to double check, there is an app in the market called "root check" by joeykrim.
and for apps to gain access to the phone you should have the app "superuser" it gives other apps permission to access root.
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Yeah I figured that out after reading the sticky at the beginning. My fault for not paying attention. I'm now rooted and loving it.
Thanks for the reply's guys.
I really did it now!!!
Ok so I'm back to ask some questions due to a noob mistake. Now I have been reading many of the threads that are available to fix my actual issues that I'm dealing with. I'm going to be very detailed so I apologize in advance.
So like a dumb dumb I decided to unroot my Evo as I was sure/ uncomfortable using the rooted OTA update to up date. So now I did some more reading and I did not need to unroot. Sorry I dont' know what I was thinking.
I've tried to run Revolutionary but all it does is aborts the operation everytime. I tried to change the recovery from Clockwork to Amon RA as I read that it is better so I tried to do that too. Nope that doesn't work either.
I was able to update the root OTA update but that was all that was done. So now I'm here asking for more help as I did more reading how to fix the current issue I'm having and its not working.
PLEASE Help me or guide me in the right direction to fix this.
This is all I am trying to accomplish:
1. Figure out why and what happend and get my Evo rooted
2. Apply the Amon RA recovery
Now if I need to completely wipe my phone I will do it if that is what you think is needed to be done. I know how to back up my app/ contacts etc. So just assist this dumb dumb please!
Anyone have any ideas?
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So are you s on or s off when you go into hboot?
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revolutionary s-off
Another noob here.... Ok I used revolutionary.io to root my 2.3.3
Hboot says s-off, downloaded superuser app, and astro file
Why does it say can't delete file when I try to delete pre installed files like Amazon mp3, ect
Ran root checker app from market said
Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted.
Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - version 3.0.5 is installed!
System Environment PATH: /sbin /vendor/bin /system/sbin /system/bin /system/xbin
The adb binary is set to default shell user access as a standard non-root user
Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/bin/su:
/system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/su:
/system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Alternate su binary location:
/sbin/su: Permission denied
Alternate su type binary location:
/system/xbin/sudo: No such file or directory
SU binary not found or not operating properly
tommytomatoe said:
So are you s on or s off when you go into hboot?
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s on which I know is not rooted. No matter what I try it refuses to accept the revolutionary root program. Should I try a different root method or is Revolutionary for 2.3.3 the only method? I've looked and can't find any other way.
z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
s on which I know is not rooted. No matter what I try it refuses to accept the revolutionary root program. Should I try a different root method or is Revolutionary for 2.3.3 the only method? I've looked and can't find any other way.
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What is your HBOOT version, when you go into Bootloader?
Last I checked revolutionary won't s-off anything besides hboot 2.15 & 2.16. Not even the revolutionary hboot 6.xx
tapatalk signature here. lovely.
2.16
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2.16
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First, I would flash an unrooted stock ROM - the latest, if possible (see this post).
Then, try rooting via Revolutionary again (revolutionary.io). Sometimes during the unrooting process, everything isn't completely restored to stock, so you might just need to flash a completely stock ROM to get back to the point where Revolutionary will work again.
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First, I would flash an unrooted stock ROM - the latest, if possible (see this post).
Then, try rooting via Revolutionary again (revolutionary.io). Sometimes during the unrooting process, everything isn't completely restored to stock, so you might just need to flash a completely stock ROM to get back to the point where Revolutionary will work again.
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Thanks for the heads up on this info. Now with the Stock RUU being RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.53.651.1_Radio_2.15 .00.0808_NV_2.15_release, does the 2.15 represent the HBOOT? As mine is the 2.16 or does that not matter?
z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
Thanks for the heads up on this info. Now with the Stock RUU being RUU_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.53.651.1_Radio_2.15 .00.0808_NV_2.15_release, does the 2.15 represent the HBOOT? As mine is the 2.16 or does that not matter?
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The file name has nothing to do with the HBOOT version. It doesn't matter. If the HBOOT version you currently have is newer than the version in the RUU, it will simply skip updating it.
Ok ill test it when I get home from work tonight.
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z3r0t0l0rEnCe said:
I've tried to run Revolutionary but all it does is aborts the operation everytime. I tried to change the recovery from Clockwork to Amon RA as I read that it is better so I tried to do that too. Nope that doesn't work either.
Now if I need to completely wipe my phone I will do it if that is what you think is needed to be done. I know how to back up my app/ contacts etc. So just assist this dumb dumb please!
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All you need to is flash another hboot for the evo. (Any of them will work. Doesn't really matter. Look around for the files and a guide is out there I'm sure. If not, PM me. Anyway, flash it. And then run revolutionary. It should work then.
I did not know that, tommytomatoe. But regardless, what I suggested would work if my thinking is correct.
IamNotSureX said:
All you need to is flash another hboot for the evo. (Any of them will work. Doesn't really matter. Look around for the files and a guide is out there I'm sure. If not, PM me. Anyway, flash it. And then run revolutionary. It should work then.
I did not know that, tommytomatoe. But regardless, what I suggested would work if my thinking is correct.
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He said he has Hboot 2.16. If I'm not mistaken you cannot downgrade your Hboot version from something like 2.16 to 2.15 or 2.10. Either way, Revolutionary will be able to root 2.16 just fine. Seems like all he needs to do is follow Captain Throwbacks advice to get his phone out of "What the hell are you doing to me" mode.
I have yet to perform the flash. I got caught up at work late last night. I'll do it tonight for sure when I get off work.
Thank you all for the input and I'll let you all know if my Evo will let me get it out of ""What the hell are you doing to me" mode.
I recently aquired a mytouch slide 3g from a freiend, I wouldn't call my self a noob but I need some help. On almost any guide I try I seem to have troubles I haven't been able to push anyfiles through adb the main problems I keep having are my adb server is "out of date" and has to be killed every command half the the the server can't restart and also on some files I try to push its says it can't because the system is read only. Any advice would be gladly welcomed. Of and I'm on the 2.2 update
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I had the 2.2 update on my phone when I got it. It was a real pain to get root, I used the guide at theunlocker. I still don't have s-off though and cannot adb push files to system. I have to make all mods to rom and then flash it.
onlychevys said:
I had the 2.2 update on my phone when I got it. It was a real pain to get root, I used the guide at theunlocker. I still don't have s-off though and cannot adb push files to system. I have to make all mods to rom and then flash it.
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push things in CWM recovery. Just remember to mount /system before you do so
daniel60104 said:
push things in CWM recovery. Just remember to mount /system before you do so
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Wow, that works great. Thanks, not that we helped the origanal post much.
I tried the unlockr guide on the myroot command. Pretty much nothing its supposed to do works =(
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Try Htc Super tool v2 on this forum. It sais it works for mt3gs