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How do I tell if my phone is rooted?

I bought a "rooted"phone, but I never used android before. I'm guessing the build number? Mine is FRF91. What are some benefits of rooting?

FRF91 is just the version of Android.
Best way is to see if there is an app installed called Super User. Other than that, try downloading an app that required root. Just search for riot on the market.
Search if you want to know what root is for. If you're new, I suggest not rooting your phone.
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OK thanks, I don't have Super User and noticed when using N1Torch it wont let me go super bright since it can't find root. So I guess not. lol. Don't worry, I'm fine for now without rooting, but I come from WinMo having ORD, so I'll need to know how to get custom roms soon. lol

jaszek said:
I bought a "rooted"phone, but I never used android before. I'm guessing the build number? Mine is FRF91. What are some benefits of rooting?
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jaszek said:
OK thanks, I don't have Super User and noticed when using N1Torch it wont let me go super bright since it can't find root. So I guess not. lol. Don't worry, I'm fine for now without rooting, but I come from WinMo having ORD, so I'll need to know how to get custom roms soon. lol
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Perhaps "rooted" in this case meant bootloader-unlocked then? Does your N1 show a padlock icon on the bottom of the first X screen when you boot up? If so, the hard part (and your software warranty) is already done

I know its sim unlocked, ill check for the lock now
EDIT: no padlock, good or bad?
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jaszek said:
I know its sim unlocked, ill check for the lock now
EDIT: no padlock, good or bad?
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All Nexus ones are sim unlocked.
As for no padlock, means you bootloader is locked, which is good. meaning you're completely stock.
There are methods of loading custom roms without unlocking bootloader.
Unlock bootloader (you see padlock) means your Nexus One's software warranty is void.

I don't worry about voiding warranty, that's the first thing I do with most of my electronics lol
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jaszek said:
I don't worry about voiding warranty, that's the first thing I do with most of my electronics lol
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In that case, unlocking the bootloader is by far the easiest way to hack this phone
Once you've got the android SDK installed on your computer, all it takes is the command "fastboot oem unlock" to get your phone's bootloader unlocked. How much easier could it get?

Ok great. I guess ill play around with the phone stock for about a week
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You don't need to unlock the bootloader to root or flash custom roms anymore though so I would suggest using the alternative methods found in the development section and leave your warranty intact. Although most people haven't had a problem replacing their phones with unlocked bootloader there's just no point in risking it anymore because there's no need to do it that way imo.
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Bell/Virgin Incredible S Gingerbread Update

Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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crecsky said:
Anyone here any news or anything promising about this? I'm getting ancy.
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I wouldn't expect any time soon.
Virgin is very tight lipped about it which usually means it's still a ways off.
I can't wait for the update, I am excited to see how well it works on this phone.
I'm going to guess October some time.
We should get a pool going on this one and see who wins

I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done

Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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I am quite interested in knowing how to do this, so frustrated waiting for this update! Have searched on how to unlock an S-ON phone but no luck thus far

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130118
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Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!

x2002dude said:
Agreed..Go with the AlphaRevx s-off and root... works like a charm! Now we just need a public CM7!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134670

I'm using a Bell incredible s. I took the s-off and originally flashed the gingerbread stock ruu. Nice to have it unbranded. I'm also using it on Rogers now. It's not hard to do. It can be overwhelming with all the info though. I'm thinking of writing a guide. Attn1 was very helpful in irc even though he didn't need to.
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Timbits93 said:
I'm still deciding whether to wait for the update or just put another official gingerbread/custom rom onto the phone.
Reason is, we have a way to S-OFF our phones via computer for FREE - which i've already done
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Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx

Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
Thx
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Search this forum for AlphaRevX.

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Nightbird73 said:
Hey, I'm a noob here and just picked up a Virgin incredible s with S-ON and looking to debrand it and update it to 2.3..How can I turn it to S-Off and what needs to be done after that?
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heres a list of link youll find usefull
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14988768#post14988768

root for htc raider\vivid

Hey guys was wondering if anyone knew how i could root my htc raider. im up here in canada on rogers and just switched from my atrix and never realized till now how much i needed root access lol. if anyone know how please lemme know im willing to paypal a donation to anyone that can help me out
thanks
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i unlocked my boot loader and used this method and im able to use titanium backup and superuser apps hope this helps
http://androidcommunity.com/htc-amaze-4g-gets-permanent-one-click-root-20111020/

Yes just picked mine up today. Would love to know how to root this device also.

With this phone being released on AT&T on November 6th there will most certainly be a tremendous increase in the desire for root and dev involvement. It won't be long before this phone has it's own forum and a whole lot of XDA love. I'm one of the many that has been waiting for this phone to come out since it was leaked back in May and I can hardly wait to get my hands on one!

Adding support to this thread. Would love to get root for my Raider! Will also help out this process in anyway I can.

icepixie said:
Adding support to this thread. Would love to get root for my Raider! Will also help out this process in anyway I can.
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+1. I plan on picking up this device on monday

Does the raider/vivid have the ability to do HDMI out?

it has a mhl port which is physically identical to a micro usb, it does do hdmi out but you need an adapter
google mhl to hdmi and it will all come up

Do we know if the boot loader is locked or unlocked?

Add your vote here to get an HTC Holiday/Raider/Vivid forum added.

Anyone try the regular rooting methods

The bootloader unlock works from HTC just tested it, now we need S-OFF

mafiaboy01 said:
The bootloader unlock works from HTC just tested it, now we need S-OFF
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Can you clarify this method ? Is love to assist
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I'm not able to post links, but if you google htc bootloader and go to htcdev.com it will all be there, I believe that's what he's referring to.

Zombiejc said:
I'm not able to post links, but if you google htc bootloader and go to htcdev.com it will all be there, I believe that's what he's referring to.
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Yes that's what I'm refering too, my bootloader is unlocked but we need a custom recovery to get full root.

im getting my Vivid tomorrow morning hopefully there will be a way to root this device by the end of the month

i went to htcdev it wouldnt let me unlock, also i dont see this device on the list?

perryh1 said:
i went to htcdev it wouldnt let me unlock, also i dont see this device on the list?
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Doesn't matter, just get the fastboot code and it will generate a working unlock code.
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mafiaboy01 said:
Doesn't matter, just get the fastboot code and it will generate a working unlock code.
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To your knowledge is anyone working on a recovery yet?
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drewdatrip said:
To your knowledge is anyone working on a recovery yet?
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Not that I know of, this will probably speed up now that its available in the u.s.
But I'm more than willing to dump any partions a developerwould need.
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mafiaboy01 said:
Not that I know of, this will probably speed up now that its available in the u.s.
But I'm more than willing to dump any partions a developerwould need.
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Same here.
Bootloader unlock govig you anything in recovery to backup?
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Locked vs Unlocked/S-Off vs S-On, Pros and cons

Here is an interesting read about this from HTCdev, check it out!
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/about_unlock_process

letmeputdatipin said:
Here is an interesting read about this from HTCdev, check it out!
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/about_unlock_process
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did you expect them to say anything less? basically what they are saying is "we believe our consumers are too stupid to modify or otherwise personalize their devices, so as a result we have prevented you from access all software on your phone for your own good"

It reminds me of Liar Liar, "That's just something ugly people say to feel better about themselves."
"That's just something phone manufacturers say to feel something better about their software"
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Thats funny sh!t
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Theyre really just saying, we dont think you need it so why bother.

I'm debating about unlocking my phone and instal a Rom right now or wait and see. I usually root all phones but I was one of those dumbasses that flashed my EVO 3D with the virgin mobile version. Lucky me I didn't have most of the side effects people were complaining about. I just had the VM banners and some times text messages errors, but CM 10.1 make it go away.
Anyone have any cons about unlocking my phone and flash a rom right now or wait until we get S-Off if (ever happens).

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I'm debating about unlocking my phone and instal a Rom right now or wait and see. I usually root all phones but I was one of those dumbasses that flashed my EVO 3D with the virgin mobile version. Lucky me I didn't have most of the side effects people were complaining about. I just had the VM banners and some times text messages errors, but CM 10.1 make it go away.
Anyone have any cons about unlocking my phone and flash a rom right now or wait until we get S-Off if (ever happens).
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No cons from me. I unlocked and rooted within hours of purchasing. Have been on ViperROM for a couple of weeks now. I'm loving it.
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treetolber said:
No cons from me. I unlocked and rooted within hours of purchasing. Have been on ViperROM for a couple of weeks now. I'm loving it.
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Cool, I'm in the process of unlocking the phone.

For right now unlocked is all we need. It gives us access to all the needed parts(system, recovery, boot).
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Can anyone tell me if I unlock is that all I need to install roms or do I needto root as well?
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theeraser88 said:
Can anyone tell me if I unlock is that all I need to install roms or do I needto root as well?
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You need root as well!

theeraser88 said:
Can anyone tell me if I unlock is that all I need to install roms or do I needto root as well?
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you just need to unlock and install either twrp or cwm recovery.

From what I've read this really isn't a big deal. Nexus devices are not S-Off either. All this prevents you from flashing are the radio and bootloader which are not usually modified.

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From what I've read this really isn't a big deal. Nexus devices are not S-Off either. All this prevents you from flashing are the radio and bootloader which are not usually modified.
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True, although for asop, aokp. and other open source roms a different bootloader maybe required. For the evo 3d the ics bootloader that installed with the firmware from the ota would give bootloops if a asop or aokp rom was flashed.if as a user you would never flash anything other than custom roms for your current version of android then yes an unlocked bootloader is all you need. Another example was the htc flyer. That device shipped with gingerbread when htc released the ota for honeycomb every user was in a hurry to install it, many had flashers remorse and wished to go back to gingerbread. With s-on they were out of luck.

This phone has features we may never see in aosp. I'm holding off on that. Nothing wrong with sense5 though honestly, its way better than any previous versions so far

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you just need to unlock and install either twrp or cwm recovery.
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Incorrect. You need to flash a superuser app and its binaries as well.

this zip is supposed to turn off read/write protection Sprint_One_Root_Disable_System_RW_Protection (1).zip

I was thinking we are a rare bunch of folks that are control freaks that root our phones.
But it amazes me to see things like Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, ROM Manager apps very near the highest volume Android Apps in the Market !!!
These are obviously "Root" user apps.
Maybe it's because we wipe our phones so often we distort the statistics

I love how they say they don't allow s-off because of "warranty" reasons yet at the bottom of the page it says unlocking your device will render the warranty void. #likewhat
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True, although for asop, aokp. and other open source roms a different bootloader maybe required. For the evo 3d the ics bootloader that installed with the firmware from the ota would give bootloops if a asop or aokp rom was flashed.if as a user you would never flash anything other than custom roms for your current version of android then yes an unlocked bootloader is all you need. Another example was the htc flyer. That device shipped with gingerbread when htc released the ota for honeycomb every user was in a hurry to install it, many had flashers remorse and wished to go back to gingerbread. With s-on they were out of luck.
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This is somewhat false. The reason it was causing boot loops was because of the boot.img not flashing properly. It was required when the hboot got updated that we used a process such as "HTC dumblock" to flash the boot.img. Currently for our Ones we are fine because the hboot will allow proper flashing of the boot.img yet in the past, some future updates have blocked this feature. I for one will always want s-off. It gives me full control
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...and by flashing an internation firmware in case of One sold by sprint also the sim lock is removed?

Do not flash roms from international forum

Sorry, but there seems to be a new post every other day about people borking their Sprint phones because they flash a Rom from the "HTC One" forum.
PLEASE READ CAREFULLY:
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ROMS from the international forums WILL mess up your phone and you will be lucky to fix it after that! I get you want the shiny new 4.2.2 but those ROMS will not --I repeat-- WILL NOT WORK ON THE SPRINT HTC ONE.
Sure, they used to, but once they moved onto 4.2.2 they will not flash.
I feel this should be sticky in every thread on the Sprint HTC One forum.

People are still doing this?

eXplicit815 said:
People are still doing this?
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You wouldn't believe it.

Sure we would
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Would this be helpful to anyone? It's kind of on/off topic... A direct link to HTC's copy of the HTC One update for Europe?
And by a direct link, I mean an HTC URL?

I mean, the proof is in the pudding...by which I mean the constant stream of "bricked plz help" threads.

So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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Konfuzion said:
So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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this should be posted on the m7 forums too

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So all of these stupid people that aren't reading prior to flashing and you think they are going to magically read this? I really hope this prevents a few but I doubt it.
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......Hmm... I see your point, sir.
Touche.
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Aldo101t said:
this should be posted on the m7 forums too
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Thats the only place it needs to be posted. Not trying to be negative, I am grateful the OP is trying to help.

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Thats the only place it needs to be posted. Not trying to be negative, I am grateful the OP is trying to help.
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well, that's right, i don't know if the devs over there warn about this or not, or people just don't READ, don't know

Aldo101t said:
well, that's right, i don't know if the devs over there warn about this or not, or people just don't READ, don't know
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Combination of both. Some devs say not to flash if your on sprint, some dont.

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Combination of both. Some devs say not to flash if your on sprint, some dont.
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From what I've seen all the major ROM's say in some fashion or another that it won't work for Sprint so it's mostly people just not reading. Maybe they could make the font about it possibly destroying phones if you are on Sprint bigger...and flashing...surrounded by naked women. Then maybe people will see it.

Unless your a Dev or know what your doing I wouldn't flash non sprint things... I know the partition labels and boot.IMG stuff so I have gotten things to work but not for a noobie
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I have never seen so many people flashing the wrong roms as I have seen with the HTC One...If people would read then they wouldn't have these issues but we all know they won't read this either. You bought a Sprint HTC ONE, why would you not come to the SPRINT HTC ONE Development section to find a rom???

Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!

hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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Go to apple.com, download latest iOS and RUU back to that. You should be golden.
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hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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Give me you phone NAO you noob

hockeyfamily737 said:
Sooo.....I flashed this rom called "NOTFORSPRINT" and now I'm stuck. Help me NAO!
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the.emilio said:
Go to apple.com, download latest iOS and RUU back to that. You should be golden.
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No no no... You don't want to do that! First. Go to Apple.com, that part is right, but you have to download their Symbian Factory ROM. Then put your phone into DFU mode open ChevronWP7, and while holding shift select the .ipsw file you just downloaded and you'll be up and running with the latest version of WebOS in no time!!
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felacio said:
No no no... You don't want to do that! First. Go to Apple.com, that part is right, but you have to download their Symbian Factory ROM. Then put your phone into DFU mode open ChevronWP7, and while holding shift select the .ipsw file you just downloaded and you'll be up and running with the latest version of WebOS in no time!!
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That's right. My bad. I was thinking this was the Verizon version. Derp moment.
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