Is it possible to downgrade my HTC Hero CDMA from 2.31 to 2.27? I had to RUU back to sense when I did an ESN swap and I was unaware of the root block patch so I just did 2.31. Now I can't root it for the life of me. I have tried using this method:
[ROOT] Easy Root, works with any Stock ROM (Including 2.31.651.7!) - xda-developers
I have tried using AndRoot, Super Oneclick and another ADB push method.
I have also tried rooting with z4root. Temp root works fine until I reset, If I try to perma root with Z4 root it gets to the "Rebooting...." phase and doesnt ever leave from that page. I have rooted plenty of phones as well as this one before but never had this much hassle. Am I missing something?
I even went as far as to reflash the 2.31 RUU just to set everything BACK from all the root attempts, then open Z4 root and no bueno.
In order to downgrade I've tried the "Goldcard" method as well as running older RUU.exe files. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? I've already went through faq's and searched all over, nobody ever has a response besides "try z4 root mine worked", obviously theres still issues.
how do you go about downgrading from 2.31 to 2.27? I have tried z4 root, androot, superoneclick, ive tried pushing the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin files through the cmd prompt, ive only been able to temp root with z4 with success, anytime i try to load the bootloader it always says S-On, anytime i try to perma root with Z4 it gets stuck in the "Rebooting...." part and never ends up fully rooting itself.
SupaSqueegie said:
Is it possible to downgrade my HTC Hero CDMA from 2.31 to 2.27? I had to RUU back to sense when I did an ESN swap and I was unaware of the root block patch so I just did 2.31. Now I can't root it for the life of me. I have tried using this method:
[ROOT] Easy Root, works with any Stock ROM (Including 2.31.651.7!) - xda-developers
I have tried using AndRoot, Super Oneclick and another ADB push method.
I have also tried rooting with z4root. Temp root works fine until I reset, If I try to perma root with Z4 root it gets to the "Rebooting...." phase and doesnt ever leave from that page. I have rooted plenty of phones as well as this one before but never had this much hassle. Am I missing something?
I even went as far as to reflash the 2.31 RUU just to set everything BACK from all the root attempts, then open Z4 root and no bueno.
In order to downgrade I've tried the "Goldcard" method as well as running older RUU.exe files. Can anyone please point me in the right direction? I've already went through faq's and searched all over, nobody ever has a response besides "try z4 root mine worked", obviously theres still issues.
how do you go about downgrading from 2.31 to 2.27? I have tried z4 root, androot, superoneclick, ive tried pushing the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin files through the cmd prompt, ive only been able to temp root with z4 with success, anytime i try to load the bootloader it always says S-On, anytime i try to perma root with Z4 it gets stuck in the "Rebooting...." part and never ends up fully rooting itself.
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When using z4root you have to pull the battery and manually reboot once it gets to rebooting text. Once rebooted you will be rooted
私のEVO 3Dから送信される。
There is this help page :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13479613
I always unroot with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8551240
Then I root with the "one click method"
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743289
Both never fail me....
Good luck
V's CDMA Hero
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Did anyone else lose root?
Is there a fix in the works?
Yes I lost root as well.
I have a Droid 1 and I don't know why I installed the OTA update, but now my root access is gone and z4root will not get it back.
I found out there is a fix though, we just have to go through the whole manual root process again:
Unfortunately I cannot post links here, so PM me if you want the how-to on fixing this.
You should be still able to use the RSDLite method. That one is permanent..i don't think the OTA would even wipe it out. Who knows though, i'm on UD2.3
wierdo124 said:
You should be still able to use the RSDLite method. That one is permanent..i don't think the OTA would even wipe it out. Who knows though, i'm on UD2.3
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Not true, I rooted via RSD Lite and it wiped mine out
How to remove updater file
My rooted Droid with 2.2 just downloaded the recent update also, but I have not allowed it to install yet. Is there a way to delete the update so it will not install and lose root? I used z4root to root the phone (worked great...very easy). I see from other posts that after the update z4root will not be allowed to re-root. Is this correct?
Thanks
mrchurch49 said:
My rooted Droid with 2.2 just downloaded the recent update also, but I have not allowed it to install yet. Is there a way to delete the update so it will not install and lose root? I used z4root to root the phone (worked great...very easy). I see from other posts that after the update z4root will not be allowed to re-root. Is this correct?
Thanks
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If you have the option to not update, DONT UPDATE IF YOU ARE ROOTED until there is a root fix. Myself and a lot of people have buggy phones now that root has been disabled. We're all waiting for a solution. One Click Root didn't work for my Droid.
mrchurch49 said:
My rooted Droid with 2.2 just downloaded the recent update also, but I have not allowed it to install yet. Is there a way to delete the update so it will not install and lose root? I used z4root to root the phone (worked great...very easy). I see from other posts that after the update z4root will not be allowed to re-root. Is this correct?
Thanks
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Yes and no.
No, being z4root will not work after the 2.2.1 update.
Yes being you can be rooted once again after 2.2.1
I just re-rooted (manually) and it's working great now with 2.2.1
I've had a couple people PM me about it.
Follow this guide to the "T", don't skip ahead, read everything:
http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-labs/74028-root-droid-1-regardless-os-version.html
It is super fast and takes maybe 10 minutes tops.
Far from the 3 hrs or so it took me the first time I ever rooted (last June).
I was able to use SuperOneClick to re-root my phone in 2.2.1
here is a link
h t t p : / / forum.xda-developers . c o m / showthread.php?t=803682
Yep lost mine too and working to get it back, thats why I am here. z4 was the first time i rooted my phone and it made it so easy!
I actually got my replacement device this weekend and it was on 2.2.1 but last night I tried SuperOneClick the latest version and it worked fine. Also my sprecovery was still showing stock so I used my ROM Manager from the Market to flash to clockwork mod then back to SPrecovery and also was able to make a backup of my stock 2.2.1 with nandroid. Hope this helps.
I don't run any roms just root. I received the OTA update lastnite and without thinking, I allowed it to update. I usually use SuperOneClick but that doesn't seem to work with this update. I have searched high and low and can't find any information on rooting this. Any help is appreciated.
SOLVED. I reverted to SuperOneClick 1.7 and used rageagainstthemachine and it worked after a reboot. zergRush in 2.2 doesn't seem to work against this update.
SuperOneClick 2.2.2 Will Work With FRK76 if...
I took the rageagainstthecage exploit file from SuperOneClick 1.7 and placed it in the "Exploits" sub-directory of SuperOneClick 2.2.2 and it worked as well after a reboot. Note: You'll get a warning message about it's incompatibility with Android 2.3 + (not an issue as FRK76 is 2.2.3)
Don't know what the above means
Does 2.3.1 work without modification?
While I still have my 2 year old droid, I don't have my windows computer any more. Is there any way to do this with a Mac?
Noob needing help
sir_lunatic said:
I don't run any roms just root. I received the OTA update lastnite and without thinking, I allowed it to update. I usually use SuperOneClick but that doesn't seem to work with this update. I have searched high and low and can't find any information on rooting this. Any help is appreciated.
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Good day, I've scoured the xda dev & android forums, and haven't been able to come up with a resolution to this: I let the OTA [FRK76 - 2.2.3] update slip through, and now i'm having issues rooting.
Besides the fact i'm running linux, i refuse to use any of the one click methods.. Would rather root manually so i know what's happening.
I'm running Ubuntu & doing this all through ADB / terminal, following the instructions listed in android forums [Rooting the Droid without rsd lite up to and including FRG83D], i get to step 13 and i still see the $ & not #.
As there anyone out there who can assist?
Thanks much in advance!
sir_lunatic said:
SOLVED. I reverted to SuperOneClick 1.7 and used rageagainstthemachine and it worked after a reboot. zergRush in 2.2 doesn't seem to work against this update.
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how does one get an older version of SuperOneClick 1.7?
envoy510 said:
Does 2.3.1 work without modification?
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As per i know it does not.
Pete has a stock rooted FRK76 Rom on his website, fyi
My D1 seems remarkably resistant to rooting. I downloaded SOC 2.3.3, added rageagainstthecage to the exploits folder, and it still won't even really get to the "Waiting for Device" command. It kills/boots the ADB daemon then hangs. If I kill one of the ADB processes manually, I can get it to skip the automatic version check and get to "Waiting for Device" but then nothing happens there, either.
Any help (or hell, an alternate rooting method- I'd do it the long way too) would be great.
flukehawkins said:
My D1 seems remarkably resistant to rooting. I downloaded SOC 2.3.3, added rageagainstthecage to the exploits folder, and it still won't even really get to the "Waiting for Device" command. It kills/boots the ADB daemon then hangs. If I kill one of the ADB processes manually, I can get it to skip the automatic version check and get to "Waiting for Device" but then nothing happens there, either.
Any help (or hell, an alternate rooting method- I'd do it the long way too) would be great.
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The rageagainstthecage exploit works for the FRK76 build, but I couldn't get SuperOneClick to run without crashing, so I just did it manually.
Download SuperOneClick 1.7
Extract, and use the rageagainstthecage, busybox, su, Superuser.apk with this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8315805&postcount=2
The only difference is the block device /system is mounted from (the guide says mtdblock3, and I think on the droid it is mtdblock4). Just type `mount` on the command line and look for the line that has /system and check the mount path.
I used superoneclick 1.7 to root a stock frk76.
On a note to new users...if you are on windows 7, I could not get it to work. I had an old xp machine that I downloaded soc1.7 to, when I first tried to run it, my PC posted an error about .net 2.0 framework. I Google, found, and downloaded the net 2 0 framework and it worked instantly.
It did not give me recovery. I used rsdlite and only rsd recovery after I rooted it to install cwm. Once you install cwm go directly to it and flash your new rom.
For me, after I rooted and had a stock rom, my recovery would not survive a reboot. But after moving cm7 and gapps to my SD card, re-rsd recovery. Booted directly to recovery. Flashed. Once booted I went to rom manager and had it reflash cwm recovery again and it never had another issue.
My steps may sound confusing but this is what I did.
I do not have sdk setup completely on my laptop and found this to be extremely easy. It works 100% and supplied no errors. I hope this helps someone else.
Is there a RUU i can run to unroot my phone?
YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Is there a RUU i can run to unroot my phone?
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No ruu on here but you can simply flash an unrooted stock rom and accept updates thru Verizon.
stkiswr said:
No ruu on here but you can simply flash an unrooted stock rom and accept updates thru Verizon.
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Ah okay thanks for the tip. I'll look in the development section for one
YoungCorruptionV2.0 said:
Ah okay thanks for the tip. I'll look in the development section for one
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You may be able to find it on rom manager but def can find it on peter Alfonso site
I went back to stock from liberty so i could install the official update. In the process of installing the update, i lost root. Am i able to reroot or am I stuck for the time being. I know i should have used the forever root, but i didn't. I just want to know if I'm able to root again or am i stuck for the time being. I really hope i can but if i cant, i will live with it.
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same here. I went from Shift3r to stock, flashed the update, lost root, now can't seem to re-root.
Yes, most ppl are reporting that it works - you may have to yr twice, and after the phone rebooted the first time after applying the update, it's not a bad idea to reboot it again manually before starting anything.
So I definitely forever rooted before applying the update and lost root after the update as well... I really hope that I don't have to flash back to re-root and then take the update again...
Lost root
I was on stock 886, rooted. I flashed forever root and updated, but still lost root. Then I flashed back to 886 and now I can't seem to re-root. Rawr!
root is possible after update
follow "dfib"s manual method to get root back:
copy and paste: androidforums.com/bionic-all-things-root/460668-can-i-re-root-after-5-8-894-broke-root.html[/url]
I had a never rooted droid bionic that received the OTA update and try to get root with Pete's Motorola Root Tools and R3l3AS3DRoot and both failed multiple times so i tried the manual method to gain root and it worked!
-as always make sure you run command prompt as "admin"
-and highlight code to make sure you include all "spaces" (some are hard to see)
-when extracting exploit.zip extract to desktop
happy rooting
Yep, I followed dfib's instructions (although credit goes to P3) and it worked perfectly!
Will Pete's unroot work or will you have to manually unroot?
Thanks. I was really upset the first time i lost my data network after installing the update that was supposed to fix that and was the only reason i installed it.
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fast50shannon said:
Will Pete's unroot work or will you have to manually unroot?
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Pete's will only work on .886
smokedkill said:
Thanks. I was really upset the first time i lost my data network after installing the update that was supposed to fix that and was the only reason i installed it.
Sent from my DROID BIONIC using XDA App
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Yeah I still lost my network as well after update. I always had HTC phones prior to this. Next year I'm diching the Motorola junk and going back to HTC. I never had issues with HTC whether it was Windows Mobile or Android.
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vzzoom said:
follow "dfib"s manual method to get root back:
copy and paste: androidforums.com/bionic-all-things-root/460668-can-i-re-root-after-5-8-894-broke-root.html[/url]
I had a never rooted droid bionic that received the OTA update and try to get root with Pete's Motorola Root Tools and R3l3AS3DRoot and both failed multiple times so i tried the manual method to gain root and it worked!
-as always make sure you run command prompt as "admin"
-and highlight code to make sure you include all "spaces" (some are hard to see)
-when extracting exploit.zip extract to desktop
happy rooting
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This worked! XDA Forum is just the most awesome of all times. I reopened my Titanium and it prompted the superuser for me to grant access. I'm rooted again!
Says my SU Binary is out of date in Superuser, and force closes when trying to update the SU Binary. When I try to update Superuser, it says the signature doesn't match. And SU Update Fixer keeps failing. Is there another way that I can update the Superuser.
Update:
Tried the process again, and this time, I cannot get past "./zerg". Says cannot copy boomsh permission denied.
Root Check says I am rooted though. I think the Superuser is the problem
Second Update: For whatever reason, after doing the above, R3L3AS3DRoot worked and got me rooted and Superuser working properly. It pushed the sytem back to before I updated also.
I rooted my phone about 5 months ago and toyed with it a little, but now I noticed it's not rooted anymore. I've been trying to use Pete's tool to either root or unroot it and I keep getting this error:
ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method
Any ideas? I'd be happy to either get it rooted or back to stock again.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433783
Run this instead, you may have lost root when you got the last update. follow the instructions you will be fine
Have you tried the 4ever root method as described here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279825
Also, for future instances: It's a good idea to 1) search and if that doesn't answer your questions then 2) always be sure to list what system version you're on or what ROM/rev to help aid in troubleshooting.
dan46n2 said:
Have you tried the 4ever root method as described here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1279825
Also, for future instances: It's a good idea to 1) search and if that doesn't answer your questions then 2) always be sure to list what system version you're on or what ROM/rev to help aid in troubleshooting.
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The link to 4ever root is broken, been looking but cant find a new one.
It's System Version 5.5.893.
Can I do a factory reset without it bricking?
mbentley3 said:
The link to 4ever root is broken, been looking but cant find a new one.
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if Droid Th3ory's site is still down, someone made this mirror for 4ever root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20830265&postcount=236
this should fix your problem
streetr8cer13 said:
if Droid Th3ory's site is still down, someone made this mirror for 4ever root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20830265&postcount=236
this should fix your problem
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Tried that with all the options and it didn't work. Even with the pre-release drivers it just said waiting for device when it's at the Fastboot. I tried the other ones and they all failed.
I have been looking for a "root on demand" solution. I have a few custom programs that run for work which require a "non-rooted" android device. I was hoping to find a solution to root my phone, use titanium backup, then un-root but have not been successful in finding something like that.
FYI, if psouza4's oneclick root fails,
AND
43V3R root failed too,
THEN
try the ROTA893 root (obviously only works on .893 firmware)
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13807-root-ota-55893-aka-rota893/
I'm having quite a bit of problem rooting my girls Verizon lg g2. I have done a bit of reading and came to the conclusion that I'm running everything I need to be running software wise for the process to work. Everything works until autorec or the root tool tried to boot into stock android recovery. All I get is a red exclamation, and the no matter what buttons I press I can't get any menus to come up to select the update.zip
Any help?
I had the same problem, I got root using stump root. Google stump root for instructions and download, you won't need a computer and it works.