Getting Root [Think Tank] - HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity

This thread is created so everyone can just meet in one thread and solve a common problem, which is to root the HTC Vivid.
Let's start by looking at the problem. Temp-root is possible but superuser disappears from system folder.
What about putting superuser is the data/app folder?
Would not having the bootloader unlocked have any issues with rooting?
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if you download superuser from the market it goes in /data/app/ thats not the problem. the problem is the su binary, and busybox. you could probably symlink them, but the symlink wont stay. the problem with the locked bootloader, is that every time you reboot it wipes away any configurations you have done to anything in /system

What if /system is already mounted at boot, that way the bootloader will be denied access to it since it is already mounted.
Edited: Never mind. Thats not a good idea. The OS runs of the /system folder. So mounting it will stop the OS from running.
Pirateghost said:
if you download superuser from the market it goes in /data/app/ thats not the problem. the problem is the su binary, and busybox. you could probably symlink them, but the symlink wont stay. the problem with the locked bootloader, is that every time you reboot it wipes away any configurations you have done to anything in /system
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mohsinkhan47 said:
What if /system is already mounted at boot, that way the bootloader will be denied access to it since it is already mounted.
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not sure i know how that would be possible....

the bootloader from htc doesn't work either?

mohsinkhan47 said:
the bootloader from htc doesn't work either?
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AT&T users dont have any way to unlock the bootloader right now. The Raider can get an unlocked bootloader by using the HTCDev.com website.
if you have an unlocked bootloader, you can have permanent root.

The latest script upload from rpendrik seems to have made the su binary properly sticky. I'm going on 14 hours right now and it hasn't disappeared.

have you guys tried this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916
or
entering this in from a computer.
"fastboot oem unlock"

mohsinkhan47 said:
have you guys tried this out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916
or
entering this in from a computer.
"fastboot oem unlock"
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that is how we have been getting temp root.
fastboot oem unlock will not work. we have to get the unlock code from HTC, and they wont give it to us, likely because of AT&T
as of right now, this very instant, there is no way of unlocking the bootloader and achieving permanent root (that we have discovered)
THIS ONLY APPLIES TO THE AT&T VIVID
the Rogers RAIDER is unlockable and the permanent rootable.

Could be completely off in thinking this, but:
Would it be possible to compare multiple Rogers/Bell identifier tokens, against their corresponding unlock.bin files (as they're both the same hex lengths)
and see if an algorithm can be found? And apply said algorithm to ATT Vivid's and see if we could generate our own unlock_code.bin from our identifier tokens?
Just the way I was looking at it, sorry if I'm completely off base.

Get me the files and I'll see if I can do something... oh and
pirate or anyone, could get the spl.img so I can mess with it
rpendrick said:
Could be completely off in thinking this, but:
Would it be possible to compare multiple Rogers/Bell identifier tokens, against their corresponding unlock.bin files (as they're both the same hex lengths)
and see if an algorithm can be found? And apply said algorithm to ATT Vivid's and see if we could generate our own unlock_code.bin from our identifier tokens?
Just the way I was looking at it, sorry if I'm completely off base.
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My curious got goin this morning and I wonder, would it be possible to use the same or similar process on the Vivid to s-off and root that's used on the DHD/Inspire?
If the firmware can be temp flashed using the gold card trick to use the Ca or Kor version then exploit it, in theory this could work, no?
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Tx Redneck said:
My curious got goin this morning and I wonder, would it be possible to use the same or similar process on the Vivid to s-off and root that's used on the DHD/Inspire?
If the firmware can be temp flashed using the gold card trick to use the Ca or Kor version then exploit it, in theory this could work, no?
Saved and Texan by the grace of God, Redneck by choice.
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I was actually thinking the same thing last night but I figured that attn1, who figured out the Inspire root, would have already thought of or tried it. I'm also not sure if the boot-loader was actually "locked" on the Inspire.

pside15 said:
I was actually thinking the same thing last night but I figured that attn1, who figured out the Inspire root, would have already thought of or tried it. I'm also not sure if the boot-loader was actually "locked" on the Inspire.
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I don't think attn1 has the device. You remember the thread he made about boycotting it?
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He doesn't have one... and I doubt he will either.

pside15 said:
I was actually thinking the same thing last night but I figured that attn1, who figured out the Inspire root, would have already thought of or tried it. I'm also not sure if the boot-loader was actually "locked" on the Inspire.
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The bootloader was locked, it's just that HTC has very aggressively closed those exploits.
dbaser said:
He doesn't have one... and I doubt he will either.
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*le sigh, I sooooo wish he'd try hackin on one.

doktor buknasty said:
I don't think attn1 has the device. You remember the thread he made about boycotting it?
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Yea, but I just assumed that if the same exploit would have worked he may not have been adamant about boycotting it.
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The bootloader was locked, it's just that HTC has very aggressively closed those exploits.
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Oh, I didn't know it was locked on the Inspire. I just didn't remember seeing it say "Locked" at the top of the bootloader screen on my Inspire like it does on my Vivid.

So trying the ace hack kit would be a no-go?
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doktor buknasty said:
So trying the ace hack kit would be a no-go?
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As it is now would definitely be a no go. Not sure if it could be edited to work with the Vivid or not. I don't think so but I don't know enough about development to know for sure either way.

Can you guys provide me with a link to what you guys are talking about...
pside15 said:
As it is now would definitely be a no go. Not sure if it could be edited to work with the Vivid or not. I don't think so but I don't know enough about development to know for sure either way.
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[Q] Update.zip signed Needed

Can anybody point the way for a signed.zip for my HTC Incredible, is bricked (half bricked, I can boot into recovery and HBOOT am unrooted)
My problem is extremely complicated so if somebody could somehow help me by giving me a link of a signed update.zip I can apply in recovery and I could somehow downgrade my radio from 2.15 to any, I would deeply appreciated.
Thanks
eljean said:
Can anybody point the way for a signed.zip for my HTC Incredible, is bricked (half bricked, I can boot into recovery and HBOOT am unrooted)
My problem is extremely complicated so if somebody could somehow help me by giving me a link of a signed update.zip I can apply in recovery and I could somehow downgrade my radio from 2.15 to any, I would deeply appreciated.
Thanks
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you can only change your radio through HBOOT.. must be rooted.. needs to be renamed to PB31IMG.zip and SD card needs to be formatted to FAT32 to flash anything through HBOOT
you might want to fully unroot your phone and re-root it using doug pistons RUU http://dougpiston.com/
also please post questions in the Q&A forum for the droid incredible youll get more help over there then here... with the people on here now-a-days all theyll do is run their mouth to you since you made a simple mistake posting in the development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=744 Q&A
Why don't you download a pb31img.zip with the radio you want? I think most are already packaged that way, flashable in hboot.
Or, maybe I missunderstood.
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k_flan said:
Why don't you download a pb31img.zip with the radio you want? I think most are already packaged that way, flashable in hboot.
Or, maybe I missunderstood.
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they are just some might not be named to PB31IMG.zip which he will need to rename to if not but also he says hes unrooted..
tribbey said:
you can only change your radio through HBOOT.. must be rooted.. needs to be renamed to PB31IMG.zip and SD card needs to be formatted to FAT32 to flash anything through HBOOT
you might want to fully unroot your phone and re-root it using doug pistons RUU http://dougpiston.com/
also please post questions in the Q&A forum for the droid incredible youll get more help over there then here... with the people on here now-a-days all theyll do is run their mouth to you since you made a simple mistake posting in the development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=744 Q&A
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I believe my phone is already fully unrooted. Like i said my phone is a bit complicated right now its bricked but then i am also able to use it as i am right now. Dont ask me how i Dont know either. I cant plug it in the pc because it is unrecognizable, and i found a fix for the usb but the guide asks that i need to be rooted and that should fix the 5 vibrations etc etc...
But then again am i still rooted? I mean i never unrooted my phone... Could it ve possible in still rooted with s-on? And how can i be sure?
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eljean said:
I believe my phone is already fully rooted. Like i said my phone is a bit complicated right now its bricked but then i am also able to use it as i am right now. Dont ask me how i Dont know either. I cant plug it in the pc because it is unrecognizable, and i found a fix for the usb but the guide asks that i need to be rooted and that should fix the 5 vibrations etc etc...
But then again am i still rooted? I mean i never unrooted my phone... Could it ve possible in still rooted with s-on? And how can i be sure?
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go into hboot and read at the top of it and it will tell you s-on or off
tribbey said:
go into hboot and read at the top of it and it will tell you s-on or off
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Im s-on i know that. Is there some way i could root through hboot or fastboot?
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eljean said:
Im s-on i know that. Is there some way i could root through hboot or fastboot?
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no your going to have to run unrevoked "FOREVER" first youll need to unroot back to stock and re root.. i dont know if you can run unrevoked forever over what you have but to be safe i would just re root.. but to flash anything you do need to be s-off
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no your going to have to run unrevoked "FOREVER" first youll need to unroot back to stock and re root.. i dont know if you can run unrevoked forever over what you have but to be safe i would just re root.. but to flash anything you do need to be s-off
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How can i re-root it my phone wont be recognized on the computer? It can only be recognized in hboot and fastboot...
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eljean said:
How can i re-root it my phone wont be recognized on the computer? It can only be recognized in hboot and fastboot...
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can you see your SD contents in recovery?
actually i dont know if you would be able to flash the stock img being s-on ive never been s-on since before root hopefully someone comes in here and gives the perfect answer for you or maybe try to post in Q&A for the answer
tribbey said:
can you see your SD contents in recovery?
actually i dont know if you would be able to flash the stock img being s-on ive never been s-on since before root hopefully someone comes in here and gives the perfect answer for you or maybe try to post in Q&A for the answer
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When I sent my old Inc back I had to do this...
- Flash the stock radio...
- Use the unrevoked.zip to flash S-On
- Then install RUU.
It worked fine...you will be able to RUU.
Edit: Also you can download these files and transfer them between a SD card reader from your computer if you cannot use the usb cord to go direct.
Unless I am missing something here...the OP isnt really clear with his 'situation'
Im not sure if I understand the issue here but why dont you download the froyo update zip file and place it on the sdcard and boot in Hboot and downgrade to stock and than just root your phone with unrevoke...??
I fixed it using this guide. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14440621.
Thank goodness, I'm lucky the resolution to my bricked phone was out last month.
I did have to root, and i rooted using some application there temporary and it worked. That was a life saver .
Now I just have to fix the meid since it says is unavailable.
And sorry I put in the wrong forum, I just thought it would go under Android Dev because it involved fixing a Android Os bug in the Froyo 2.2 leaked update.
Well now I have my phone rooted with 2.2 S-off and recognizing sd card and being recognized by the computer
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1107963 said:
Im not sure if I understand the issue here but why dont you download the froyo update zip file and place it on the sdcard and boot in Hboot and downgrade to stock and than just root your phone with unrevoke...??
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I could not have done that because my phone was not being recognized by the computer thus it was vibrating five times upon start with a black screen (that was the hardware error) but is all good now thanks to this guide. forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14440621
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eljean said:
And sorry I put in the wrong forum, I just thought it would go under Android Dev because it involved fixing a Android Os bug in the Froyo 2.2 leaked update. sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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Just a friendly word of advice. The development section is a place for devs to post their work such as ROMS and Kernels. The Q&A section is where you post for answers to problems. And work arounds, like your other post in here, would fit more into General. Eventually if you keep posting non development things in this forum someone will start flaming you and then things can get ugly. The moderators will eventually move these to the correct forums but I'm just giving you a heads up some people can get rather po'ed at the smallest infraction. Others don't care and will try and help you out regardless as you have seen.

Can this Root Droid 3?

I do not have a Droid 3 yet, But I am considering it. What came to mind was the fact that root is not established yet, as far as I know. This makes me want to take a run at it, they were the best days when I use to work on the hack for Droid X.
But before I start playing around with a new device, I was wondering if anyone has tried this? And also I am wondering what other apps and methods have been attempted?
http://www.techofweb.com/technology/root-android-gingerbread-gingerbreak.html
Gingerbreak tried and failed
Z4Root tried and failed
Superoneclick tried and failed
Doroot tried and failed
that is just what I tried and I am no "pro rooter" like some others.
To my knowledge, no 2.3.4 device has been fully rooted yet (for the exception of the nexus).
I could be wrong, though. Completely, totally wrong.
But nothing out there can get us root. That im sure of.
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Gingersnap restated my phone. And that am I root app. Says when I select advanced details it says I am root but all the su files say permission denied.
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sparkyman216 said:
Gingersnap restated my phone. And that am I root app. Says when I select advanced details it says I am root but all the su files say permission denied.
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So...it kinda worked? Maybe that is something to work off of. Sounds like you got farther than anyone else. I would start a thread or something titled "Gingersnap reports successful root on Droid 3" so others can see and maybe expand upon it.
nerdslogic said:
So...it kinda worked? Maybe that is something to work off of. Sounds like you got farther than anyone else. I would start a thread or something titled "Gingersnap reports successful root on Droid 3" so others can see and maybe expand upon it.
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....Yeah, no. If it "kinda worked", he would have temproot.
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Well right now we dont have a sbf but they just released a rooted gb for the droid x2 so shouldnt be long for us
ovelayer said:
Well right now we dont have a sbf but they just released a rooted gb for the droid x2 so shouldnt be long for us
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This release has no relationship to the Droid 3 getting root sooner or later unfortunately. This is updating Froyo to Gingerbread (and 2.3.3 at that) and since Froyo was easily rootable, they used a rooted device to pull the update that was OTA and then rooted the update. Rooted devices with custom recoveries (which the froyo based DX2 had) can install unsigned .zip files....so you can install the rooted "update.zip" and have Gingerbread with root.
None of this applies to the Droid 3 because we started at Gingerbread (and 2.3.4 too which is even more difficult to root) and no custom recoveries (because root will have to happen first).
Sounds like fun and challenging!
The Atrix has been rooted from an unrooted/locked state on 2.3.4.
http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Motorola_Atrix
elkay said:
The Atrix has been rooted from an unrooted/locked state on 2.3.4.
http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Motorola_Atrix
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Interesting.. is this fasboot flashing the unlocked bootloader?
faylix said:
Interesting.. is this fasboot flashing the unlocked bootloader?
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No, this is with the bootloader still locked and 2.3.4 already installed. Here's the full discussion. Second post is the method from the wiki. I already asked if the original creator of the exploit was on the thread and could say whether we would be able to use the same method with the D3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138204
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No, this is with the bootloader still locked and 2.3.4 already installed. Here's the full discussion. Second post is the method from the wiki. I already asked if the original creator of the exploit was on the thread and could say whether we would be able to use the same method with the D3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138204
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I'm guessing you meant couldn't say.
What we need is a list of bootloader verisions and exactly what is being installed here with this update. Our bootloader is 0A.03 I don't know what the atrix is.
I also don't know exactly what its being overwritten here... how or how make copys of the things being replaced. *sigh*
any chance we coudl use a program like RDlite or backup our bootloader before we go ahead and write all over it... ?
this is close guys... 2.3.4 has been rooted on its own and now its just a matter of time before it makes it s way to us!
- faylix / local
I took a look at the file and it's very possible something similar could be devised for the D3, but we need the SBF file so that the preinstall partition can be pulled from it to use.
The Atrix devs have all of those files and tools available to them already, which is why they were able to create this kind of exploit.
If we had SBFs and an engineering device available to us this would have all been done very quickly on the D3 too. Unfortunately, so far we don't have either.
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If we had SBFs and an engineering device available to us this would have all been done very quickly on the D3 too. Unfortunately said:
We have the SBF for an engineering device don't we.... we spoke on PM about someone who had this...
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Can any type of temproot be achived at all?
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faylix said:
I'm guessing you meant couldn't say.
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No, I meant what I said. I meant that I asked those things but didn't have a response yet.
This is very, very close.
This is what I got after gingersnap.
Congratulations! You have root access!
Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - version 2.3.6 is installed!
Standard su binary location: /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Standard su binary location: /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Alternate su binary location: /sbin/su: Permission denied
Root user id: Root not properly returning its user id
Root group id: Root not properly returning its group id
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su is root, that's the Super User account.
SuperUser.apk is just an app to let you control what apps can access "su".
You can have root without SuperUser.apk
You can't have root without "su"
Yea I know just showing what it sajd
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[Q] RESOLVED!!! Help with rooting ICS

My apologies if someone has already posted this, but i couldn'f find a post that was able to help me.
I had my HTC vivid rooted before updating to ics.
I relocked the bootloader and updated using the ruu.
After the update i unlocked the bootloader and needed some help rooting again.
I tired using the vivid all in one kit(thinking that would be the fastest) from the forum but that just made my phone freeze on the white htc screen.
i just "reinstalled" ics because that was the only way to get my phone to work again (phone works fine now)
So the question- How do i properly root my phone running ics
Someone correct if wrong. I dont think that tool will be compatible with ics. I to have updated to ics and I havent seen a post yet for an easy way to root or re root after upgrading to ics. I hope someone can find a flaw and bring back the one click root, like way back on the incredible with unrevoked.com. plug n click your phone boom all automated.
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The easiest way is to use wild child's recovery.
http://www.wcxxperia-nce.com/index.php
Here is his site. You will have to register but he gives instructions and even a video on how to set it up.
megatronisabeast said:
The easiest way is to use wild child's recovery.
http://www.wcxxperia-nce.com/index.php
Here is his site. You will have to register but he gives instructions and even a video on how to set it up.
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To root vivid running 4.0.3 that was not previously rooted etc? Nice Ty
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eraste said:
To root vivid running 4.0.3 that was not previously rooted etc? Nice Ty
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He also provides awesome roms. Just read everything before you do anything!
uh? i dont see the vivid on his site? unless im missing something... whatever happened to just using cwm
You have to register first for the Vivid section to show up.
just got cwm on the phone hope this is helpful to someone else
dl recovery-cwm-vivid-5.5.0.4b2.img (got mine from the vivid all in one)
do the same you would if you were unlocking bootloader
instead of typing the "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin)
type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-vivid-5.5.0.4b2.img"
obviously files have to be in the correct area mine are all under c:\
hopefully that helps someone
PoNGxB said:
uh? i dont see the vivid on his site? unless im missing something... whatever happened to just using cwm
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It is basically the same idea but it is called touch recovery. It also works with gb and ics. Just like poster above said, you have to register to see the vivid section. Just read everything on the process and you will have recovery in no time!
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You can also go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562890
It gives you information on the newest touch recovery, installation, etc.
now that i have cwm, how do i root my phone?
PoNGxB said:
now that i have cwm, how do i root my phone?
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I think it installs root when you install the recovery. You should see superuser when you boot back up after installation.
No go, no superuser and no root either. tried using titan backup as a tester it says i dont have permissions
I guess I had perm root. Did you look in the dev section and try the root file there?
It's in the superguide.
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no, not exactly sure what im looking for...
PoNGxB said:
no, not exactly sure what im looking for...
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It is in the stickied section and it is called superguide. It is under the devolopment tab here in the vivid forums.
It has a root file there you can apply in cwm.
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dolleadquad
oh yeah, ive tried that. the ph39img right?
i get an error saying that my main version is older or something of that sort.
wait nvm realized you were talking about the other one
If you don't figure it out let me know. I am about to play around with my phone and will see if I can figure anything out.
zomg i was being a complete idiot... phone seems to be rooted but titanium backup is still not working...
edit totally fixed
thanks mega
PoNGxB said:
zomg i was being a complete idiot... phone seems to be rooted but titanium backup is still not working...
edit totally fixed
thanks mega
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Glad I could help you! Just be careful with updating apps from tb. Try to avoid bringing data from gb to ics because it can cause problems. I would just install apps, you can try apps + data but sometimes it messes with things.
RESOLVED!!!!!
here's how i re-rooted my phone after ics ruu update
Unlock the bootloader following htcdev
dl recovery-cwm-vivid-5.5.0.4b2.img got mine from the vivid all in one tool (located inside the data folder, im sure you can find the file on this forum but i happened to have the all in one tool)
do the same steps you would if you were unlocking bootloader
instead of typing in cmd "fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin"
type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-vivid-5.5.0.4b2.img"
that will get cwm onto your phone
Next follow this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
skip down to step 2
follow the steps but IGNORE EVERYTHING ABOUT THE PH39IMG.ZIP
just boot into recovery with cwm and install from external sd the vivid_cwm_root ver.2
and voila fin!
this is probably not the most efficient way to do this but this is how i did it
hopefully this is helpful to someone

[REQ]Htc First/Myst System Dump

Like the title says im after the system dump for this device, it has already been leaked as a few sites are reporting having it so if anyone has it or knows where to find it please share so i can extract wallpapers sounds apps etc to share
Any advice on how to do a system dump? I should have my First in a few days.
fungflex said:
Any advice on how to do a system dump? I should have my First in a few days.
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I have mine right now but I don't know how to go about dumping the system.
rooobbbbb said:
I have mine right now but I don't know how to go about dumping the system.
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Do you have the Android SDK installed and are familiar with using adb?
dstaley said:
Do you have the Android SDK installed and are familiar with using adb?
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Absolutely to both.
rooobbbbb said:
I have mine right now but I don't know how to go about dumping the system.
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Could you check to see if it's possible to disable LTE? or did AT&T do something to prevent that as it does on every phone but the iPhone?
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Absolutely to both.
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IIRC, you should just be able to `adb pull /system` to get the important bits. It's not a full dump, but I think you need root level access for that. And the only way I know how to get root access is to flash a zip through recovery, and TWRP/CWM hasn't yet been released for the First.
I couldn't disable LTE but I don't see why I would, the battery is awesome. Can't dump anything right now I'm out. Am I the only person with this phone already?
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rooobbbbb said:
I couldn't disable LTE but I don't see why I would, the battery is awesome. Can't dump anything right now I'm out. Am I the only person with this phone already?
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Well, considering that it doesn't come out until tomorrow, I'd be willing to say yes.
I was wondering why no one was posting anything about it. Lol
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So in all seriousness, I have the First, I have the bootloader unlocked via htcdev.com, I'm rather familiar with adb and fastboot, and I would love to upload a system dump if someone can tell me what commands to run.
I'm trying `adb pull /system` right now, but it's getting "permission denied" on some files, so I don't know how useful that will be. I've also tried looking around online, but just about everything I find is assuming that you already have a custom recovery or a rooted system; nothing wants to tell me how to get myself to that state from scratch, and I'm very hesitant to just start flashing stuff at random without a proper image dump to fall back to.
Anyone have a good idea where to start?
nuclear_eclipse said:
So in all seriousness, I have the First, I have the bootloader unlocked via htcdev.com, I'm rather familiar with adb and fastboot, and I would love to upload a system dump if someone can tell me what commands to run.
I'm trying `adb pull /system` right now, but it's getting "permission denied" on some files, so I don't know how useful that will be. I've also tried looking around online, but just about everything I find is assuming that you already have a custom recovery or a rooted system; nothing wants to tell me how to get myself to that state from scratch, and I'm very hesitant to just start flashing stuff at random without a proper image dump to fall back to.
Anyone have a good idea where to start?
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Do you have a retail AT&T First? Can you confirm that retail AT&T First is unlockable via htcdev?
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Yes, this is a retail model, and yes, the bootloader was unlocked via htcdev.com.
nuclear_eclipse said:
So in all seriousness, I have the First, I have the bootloader unlocked via htcdev.com, I'm rather familiar with adb and fastboot, and I would love to upload a system dump if someone can tell me what commands to run.
I'm trying `adb pull /system` right now, but it's getting "permission denied" on some files, so I don't know how useful that will be. I've also tried looking around online, but just about everything I find is assuming that you already have a custom recovery or a rooted system; nothing wants to tell me how to get myself to that state from scratch, and I'm very hesitant to just start flashing stuff at random without a proper image dump to fall back to.
Anyone have a good idea where to start?
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Humor me for a moment, if you will. Connect your device to your computer and run `adb root`. You should get a permission denied error of some sorts. I'm curious to see if Facebook is shipping with root enabled.
dstaley said:
Humor me for a moment, if you will. Connect your device to your computer and run `adb root`. You should get a permission denied error of some sorts. I'm curious to see if Facebook is shipping with root enabled.
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Code:
[email protected] ~/first » adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
^C
nuclear_eclipse said:
Code:
[email protected] ~/first » adb root
adbd cannot run as root in production builds
^C
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That's what I figured would happen! It looks like this may be an option to root the 4.1.2 build. It worked on the One S and the Nexus 7, which gives me hope.
dstaley said:
That's what I figured would happen! It looks like this may be an option to root the 4.1.2 build. It worked on the One S and the Nexus 7, which gives me hope.
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No good, but thanks for providing the link. The only shot we have left is waiting for the RUU to be leaked so we can pull recovery out of it, and get a CWM/TWRP made from it.
What is RUU and how does that help us? Sorry, just coming from a Nexus-only world, so I'm not familiar with modern HTC/Samsung devices.
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RUU stands for ROM Update Utility and is a Windows executable file that can flash and restore a HTC device. There are ways to extract binaries from this file, and if there are no root exploits that will work on this phone, we will need to extract the original recovery.img from that RUU to build a custom recovery, in which at that point allows us to flash SuperUser.apk to get root.
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RUU stands for ROM Update Utility and is a Windows executable file that can flash and restore a HTC device. There are ways to extract binaries from this file, and if there are no root exploits that will work on this phone, we will need to extract the original recovery.img from that RUU to build a custom recovery, in which at that point allows us to flash SuperUser.apk to get root.
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RUUs for the HTC One were first available on March 26, just about a month after its announcement (and, oddly, a few weeks before it's general release). Since these have to be leaked by HTC, there's no telling when we will see those. Is there any chance another root exploit exists in stock Android 4.1.2 that we could exploit in order to get root?

Major root issues HELP! partial brick?

*First of all, I'm posting here because I haven't had enough posts for the dev section yet..*
So...I've never had any issues rooting and installing ROMs.. not that I've done a TON, but two phones and 3 tablets, so I little ha..
Got my HTC One unlocked and rooted fine with the All-in-one tool, which worked good enough, but when I tried to get a ROM working is when I ran into issues.
I guess I'll tell the main issue first and then explain what happened..
Either only boots to bootloader/fastboot,
OR
Gets stuck on HTC logo and never leaves..
Am I screwed?
What I did that I think effed it...
After getting rooted and running, I tried to install RenovateROM_1.0...kept just randomly stopping and giving an error about "asset failed..." and just booted normally (no ROM)
I googled the hell out of that I tried editing the updater-script like I saw in so many places, and then I screwed up cause it was 3:30am and I was sick of trying.
I was gonna wipe the cache and data before I tried installing again, but I ended up wiping System in there and possibly Dalvik cache as well..
(I know that was stupid now!!!! Feel free to remind me haha..)
And now it's stuck.
If I try install a ROM, it says it completes, but won't boot past fastboot/bootloader.
If I re-flash my TWRP with fastboot, then reboot-bootloader, THEN reboot, it gets the HTC and stays.
Can someone please help me?
Thanks much in advance..
-Shaun
I did that too kinda (wiped everything on accident) Try to ADB sideload the Rom in the advanced options to TWRP otherwise you have to download the RUU and relock the phone up etc. And start over.
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Skyymiles said:
I did that too kinda (wiped everything on accident) Try to ADB sideload the Rom in the advanced options to TWRP otherwise you have to download the RUU and relock the phone up etc. And start over.
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Thanks for the reply! Can you possibly link me to a decent tut on how to use RUU? I never have.
I guess I can just look too, but seems like they're always different depending on the phone!
Is that even a Sprint HTC One rom?
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Is that even a Sprint HTC One rom?
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It's under Sprint HTC One Dev so I figured? Is that accurate or am I missing something?
I'm trying to start ADB sideload from twrp and it just sits at "Starting ADB sideload feature..."
and ADB says "error: no device found"
thanks for helping out!
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It's under Sprint HTC One Dev so I figured? Is that accurate or am I missing something?
I'm trying to start ADB sideload from twrp and it just sits at "Starting ADB sideload feature..."
and ADB says "error: no device found"
thanks for helping out!
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AFAIK there are 4 HTC One forums
HTC One
Sprint HTC One
AT&T HTC One
T-Mobile HTC One
You may have flashed a rom for another variant do you have a link I didn't see that rom listed
Your right bigdaddy, shaun you flashed a gsm rom i'm guessing from the unbranded forum.
Download the ruu from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250904
boot your phone into bootloader and make sure your bootloader is in fastboot
extract that ruu file to somewhere you can find easily maybe the desktop
open your command prompt and navigate to your android sdk folder and run this fastboot command
fastboot oem lock
then after you've relocked the bootloader
run the command
fastboot oem rebootRUU
run the setup.exe from the ruu file and let it return you to stock
bigdaddy619 said:
AFAIK there are 4 HTC One forums
HTC One
Sprint HTC One
AT&T HTC One
T-Mobile HTC One
You may have flashed a rom for another variant do you have a link I didn't see that rom listed
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241016&highlight=boot+img
That's where I got it, and it's under sprint.. my bad I guess!! Thanks for pointing that out, I'll work on it in a bit again!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241016&highlight=boot+img
That's where I got it, and it's under sprint.. my bad I guess!! Thanks for pointing that out, I'll work on it in a bit again!
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ViperOne is a Sprint rom but you said
After getting rooted and running, I tried to install RenovateROM_1.0
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So I assumed it was from one of the variants
Maybe sending -viperboy- a PM with a link to this thread maybe he can help get you going
that's actually vipers rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2202696
I found this link on the m7 forum is this what you flashed? if so this for the non-branded gsm htc one and not the cmda sprint htc one
it also looks like you flashed the renovate rom initial release, That dev is using svn to update nightlies. I'm guessing the "sprint support" is in one of those updates and not the initial release
bigdaddy619 said:
ViperOne is a Sprint rom but you said
So I assumed it was from one of the variants
Maybe sending -viperboy- a PM with a link to this thread maybe he can help get you going
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OOoohhhhhhhhh.................I'm an idiot!! Like I said, 3:30 and apparently didn't do enough checking around....right now I don't even care what I have on it for a ROM, I just want it to work so I don't feel like I ruined it already haa..
Should I still follow those steps to try fix?
Thank you guys so much!
Try the steps wranglerray posted here
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Try the steps wranglerray posted here
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Awesome.. Well it says "Sending.............................." so after that process is done it should be stocked and locked? Or is there a final step?
Worked!! Thank you both bigdaddy19 and wranglerray! You helped my piece of mind immensely
TBO I have never ran an RUU haha
Check this How To Unroot and Flash your HTC One Stock!
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burnface said:
Awesome.. Well it says "Sending.............................." so after that process is done it should be stocked and locked? Or is there a final step?
Worked!! Thank you both bigdaddy19 and wranglerray! You helped my piece of mind immensely
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Cool glad you got it going
burnface said:
Awesome.. Well it says "Sending.............................." so after that process is done it should be stocked and locked? Or is there a final step?
Worked!! Thank you both bigdaddy19 and wranglerray! You helped my piece of mind immensely
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good deal. Just remember to read everything before flashing. And if your unsure ask. I've had very minimal issues with flashing and changing settings but when I have its been totally my fault for not completely reading an op. if you flash and go back to read a step you've missed its usually too late.
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good deal. Just remember to read everything before flashing. And if your unsure ask. I've had very minimal issues with flashing and changing settings but when I have its been totally my fault for not completely reading an op. if you flash and go back to read a step you've missed its usually too late.
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The sad part is I didn't think I had a question ha.. but definitely learned from it. Thanks
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burnface said:
The sad part is I didn't think I had a question ha.. but definitely learned from it. Thanks
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Yeah dude, you're lucky that the international rom you flashed had asserts in it to check device type, or you might've had an actual paperweight on your hands. Stick to the Sprint forums next time.
Yeah I scared myself for sure.. even this morning activating it scared me a little cause normally use the DEC, but it said 'not a valid Sprint ESN', and the HEX
worked great.
Any ideas why that would be?
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