I'm looking to root my HTC vivid, and with all the resources here I thought it would be easy. However, I'm on a mac, and can't find a way to make the drivers work on my computer, and I'm still lost as to what to do after that. Somebody please help? Thanks.
Look in the development section, there are some programs that will help you with that problem. Just look through the topics.
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thanks. Is there a way to unlock a my bootloader without losing all my contacts and apps and such?
Save all contacts, etc. to your Google account, if you don't have one make it. Makes it much easier when replacing things. Otherwise you will lose data.
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google syncs backups of contacts....your apps if downloaded from market should reinstall automatically but yes you will loose all data when unlocking bootloader
shapelierpanda said:
thanks. Is there a way to unlock a my bootloader without losing all my contacts and apps and such?
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So suppose I unlock my phone. Will all my songs in it get deleted??
Or if I root it then will it get deleted?
Is their a way I can back these up some place except PC /
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darkpunk1 said:
So suppose I unlock my phone. Will all my songs in it get deleted??
Or if I root it then will it get deleted?
Is their a way I can back these up some place except PC /
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If you unlock the bootloader EVERYTHING will be deleted. You can backup everything to Dropbox prior to unlocking and then restore it afterwards. Make sure you are connected to WiFi though otherwise you could end up with a large bill.
dr9722 said:
If you unlock the bootloader EVERYTHING will be deleted. You can backup everything to Dropbox prior to unlocking and then restore it afterwards. Make sure you are connected to WiFi though otherwise you could end up with a large bill.
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Well thanks mate
Had that doubt
Cause transferring 3gb songs can be a pain
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Ok guys, my Sensation XL is currently on Android 2.3.5, and I'm trying to update the firmware to the newest. But my phone is rooted! I downloaded that OTA RootKeeper app and activated it before starting the whole updating process, but for the past...I'd say half hour it's been sitting on the screen with the triange and the Droid mascot. So, does that mean it's slowly working? Or is it just going to sit here until I decide to unplug the phone and give up? I wanna update my phone because there are apps where I need the latest firmware, but I like the freedom of having a rooted phone so I can delete what I dont want and so on.
How long should this update take? Since it is kind of updating a ****load X3 Also, if this doesnt work, I wanna do a complete stock reboot of the phone then try updating the firmware, but I dont wanna loose all my apps, save data, contacts and so on D: Plus will the bloatware I deleted using my root return with a vengeance if I do a Factory Restart? Help me out here, guys D:
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Ok guys, my Sensation XL is currently on Android 2.3.5, and I'm trying to update the firmware to the newest. But my phone is rooted! I downloaded that OTA RootKeeper app and activated it before starting the whole updating process, but for the past...I'd say half hour it's been sitting on the screen with the triange and the Droid mascot. So, does that mean it's slowly working? Or is it just going to sit here until I decide to unplug the phone and give up? I wanna update my phone because there are apps where I need the latest firmware, but I like the freedom of having a rooted phone so I can delete what I dont want and so on.
How long should this update take? Since it is kind of updating a ****load X3 Also, if this doesnt work, I wanna do a complete stock reboot of the phone then try updating the firmware, but I dont wanna loose all my apps, save data, contacts and so on D: Plus will the bloatware I deleted using my root return with a vengeance if I do a Factory Restart? Help me out here, guys D:
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If it took longer than 5 minutes, then it is bootlooping. Unlock boot loader, flash custom recovery, s off, flash a custom rom. Then you can have latest, but no matter what, you will loose all your data on the phone except what's on the inbuilt sdcard. Note the contacts are usually synced with you gmail login.
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If it took longer than 5 minutes, then it is bootlooping. Unlock boot loader, flash custom recovery, s off, flash a custom rom. Then you can have latest, but no matter what, you will loose all your data on the phone except what's on the inbuilt sdcard. Note the contacts are usually synced with you gmail login.
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It doesnt have a custom rom on it though D: Is there any sort of app out there where I can backup my stuff to my PC? All I really care about is my contacts and app data (Like browser favorites and a couple of my games data). Or am I really just kinda screwed? X3 Also, I dont have a clue on how to do any of what you just said. X3
Oxcide said:
It doesnt have a custom rom on it though D: Is there any sort of app out there where I can backup my stuff to my PC? All I really care about is my contacts and app data (Like browser favorites and a couple of my games data). Or am I really just kinda screwed? X3 Also, I dont have a clue on how to do any of what you just said. X3
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There does exsist some apps that can take backup of apps. Look in the sticky threads for guides or you can do it with my aio tool if you are running on a 64 bit windows.
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There does exsist some apps that can take backup of apps. Look in the sticky threads for guides or you can do it with my aio tool if you are running on a 64 bit windows.
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I'll check out your app see what I can do with it ^__^ Thanks for the help.
Edit: So with your program I can do all what you said to do before, plus create backups of my apps and their saved data to my phone?
Edit2: Damnit. I'm on 32bit T_T
Oxcide said:
I'll check out your app see what I can do with it ^__^ Thanks for the help.
Edit: So with your program I can do all what you said to do before, plus create backups of my apps and their saved data to my phone?
Edit2: Damnit. I'm on 32bit T_T
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It cant create backup of apps only. It can only create a full backup.
Yes ATM it can only work on 64 bit. Need to change a few thing before it works on 32 bit
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anders3408 said:
It cant create backup of apps only. It can only create a full backup.
Yes ATM it can only work on 64 bit. Need to change a few thing before it works on 32 bit
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I found some good looking ways of updating to the latest firmware, but since I'm a newb I cant actually link them to you so you could give them the thumbs up I'm just getting so tired of having a crappy ass old firmware on my phone now T_T plus I'm hoping the new firmware could fix a few problems. I'm half tempted to just backup my contacts and just factory reboot my whole phone...and live with it not being rooted until the end of my contract. Should I just give up and do that? XD
I flashed the stock htc rom i downloaded from here and then got titanium backup and uninstalled a bunch of apps i was never going to use, like the original internet, email and kid mode apps) and they keep reinstalling themselves. What am i missing and how do i make them disappear forever?
freeze them
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freeze them
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how do i do that? and whats that do, just keep them from connecting to the internet and redownloading themselves?
Dl and install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.timos.htconerw
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Sindroid said:
Dl and install this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.timos.htconerw
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Would root be any benefit for this? I mean if he has root can he delete them for good?
Rex2369 said:
Would root be any benefit for this? I mean if he has root can he delete them for good?
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He is rooted, otherwise Titanium Backup wouldn't have worked for him in the first place. I could be wrong, though.
Personally I'd rather remove all apps I don't want or need rather than freeze them ... There's **** on my phone that I just want gone completely and not just disbaled or frozen, Facebook integration and Blinkfeed would be gone straight away lol
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He is rooted, otherwise Titanium Backup wouldn't have worked for him in the first place. I could be wrong, though.
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I'm rooted. And I can delete them but they magically get redownloaded and installed again An hour later. I want them gone for good
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I have not tried removing system applications using TitaniumBackup on my HTC One, to be honest with you, and I am running stock, non-rooted and odexed 4.2.2 which I am going to root in a few. I think the only option you have at the moment is to freeze them until you can figure something out. The only other option I could think of is installing a custom ROM which I believe lets you delete them without having to worry about them coming back, like TrickDroid, for instance.
Tried to dl that app yet? I had the same prob when running stock for a while. Sorted my issues.
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Is there away I can root this phone without having to factory reset it? I was kinda spoiled by Odin when I was with the galaxy line. Just one click flash and done. I was hoping HTC had something similar but I haven't found it yet.
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Nope.
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Is there away I can root this phone without having to factory reset it? I was kinda spoiled by Odin when I was with the galaxy line. Just one click flash and done. I was hoping HTC had something similar but I haven't found it yet.
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in order to root it, you have to start by unlocking your bootloader through htcdev. this wipes your phone, there's no way I know to get around it.
you could back up all your stuff first. Helium (carbon) is the only app I know of that can backup your app+data, sms, etc without root:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
hazmad said:
in order to root it, you have to start by unlocking your bootloader through htcdev. this wipes your phone, there's no way I know to get around it.
you could back up all your stuff first. Helium (carbon) is the only app I know of that can backup your app+data, sms, etc without root:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.backup
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Thanks man. I'm going check that app out now.
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HTC Backup also does a surprisingly good job of backing everything up and restoring it after a reset.
I second the HTC Backup. Link it to Drive or Dropbox and let it do a full backup. When you are setting up the phone again, log back into HTC Backup and choose to restore a previous backup. It will re-install 98% of your apps and will restore lots of settings like wifi routers that you've saved and even restore your Sense homescreen, including widgets.
I want to root my HTC one M7 but my computer broke this weekend. I was wondering if there was a one click method to use. Im android 5.0.2 Thank you on Advance
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dhonan13 said:
I want to root my HTC one M7 but my computer broke this weekend. I was wondering if there was a one click method to use. Im android 5.0.2 Thank you on Advance
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I don't think so. Actual 'rooting' takes place within a rooted ROM, but you have to unlock your bootloader first, and even that is not a one-click process. MAYBE if you get the HTC dev unlock code file via email, and place it in a certain folder on your PC, there may be a script out there that could do the rest, but that of course requires a PC with proper ADB and HTC driver setup. Bottom line is I don't think it can be done without a PC.