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Root Alright, you people begging for one-clicks...
- Thread starter Odinist
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WormDoes
Android Expert
No worries, just keep running step 1, or any step that doesnt work, until it does. I had to run every step more than once when I rooted last night
ska.t73
Android Expert
I used this method last night to root, and yes it was a bit of a pain. I know ADB though and wanted to try this method, I figured if it didn't work then I would fall back on the old tried and true ADB.
I would advise anyone rooting for the first time to use the manual method.
WormDoes
Android Expert
Doesn't matter, that's a personal preference. SU will not try and update itself when you enter hboot like the PG05IMG.zip does
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ridobe
Guest
I apologize. I have derailed the thread a little. I have root-I'm trying to figure out why I can't boot into the bootloader manually. No problems thru Rom Manager but I am a fan of accessing CWM the manual way.
Edit: BTW, I think it was you, wormdoes that I was bantering back and forth with last night getting root...
I think the manual way is a lot easier than the "easy" way.
Papadroid
Android Expert
I'm not sure what the problem could be. I have no problems getting to the bootloader by powering off and then holding volume down and power. The bootloader comes up really fast too.
ska.t73
Android Expert
Same here, make sure that you are holding down the volume button before you press the power button. That is the only thing I can think of...
MCPO117
Well-Known Member
So what did you have to do to get the bootloader to start up cause that's where I got stuck at last night trying to do this. It said it was pushing the files and then step one ended and it gave me directions in what to do when I was in the bootloader but the bootloader would never come up.I'm rooted.
Aside from not getting the bootloader to kick in and having to apply step 3 a few times to get su it went very smoothly.
I think it came up the third time I tried it. You can get into the bootloader manually though using the directions from a few posts back.
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ridobe
Guest
Ok. I think I have it. On my Dinc I would hold down volume down and then just hit the power button. On the TB I had to hold down the volume down button and then hold down the power button and just wait....then it boots right in. I do feel better now. Thanks guys!
ska.t73
Android Expert
You guys are lucky ... I got my bootloader to kick in but no update
Re do step one...
scotty85
Extreme Android User
I tried it a few times this morning. Will try again when I get home. Those of you got it to Work... Where did you download to? And did you move the files somewhere else?
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rexdog1888
Android Enthusiast
Will this wipe data? And if so when will a rooting method come out that doesn't(like EasyRoot for the Droid)?
(& don't bug me about not using adb, i know how(i used it to root my droid), but i dont want to deal with reinstalling all my apps)
(& don't bug me about not using adb, i know how(i used it to root my droid), but i dont want to deal with reinstalling all my apps)
As soon as you sign back into google your apps will download....
atrain311
Android Expert
Man, I've never attempted anything like this and probably don't even know what the end result would really be (that's how clueless I am). Maybe it is the first grade teacher in me, but I wish I had a visual walk through, because a picture is SO worth a thousand words for me.
thats what I thought to.. Just read carefully and you will be fine.
SolidOrange
Android Expert
here are the tips that helped me.
1. download and set up [HOW-TO] ADB for Dummies(How-To Learner's Guide) first
2. use the ADB version
3. make sure "usb debugging" is enabled on your phone under your application -> development settings
4. re-run step 1 until the phone reboots on its own (took 3 attempts for me)
5. make sure that you re-enable usb debugging between each step.
1. download and set up [HOW-TO] ADB for Dummies(How-To Learner's Guide) first
2. use the ADB version
3. make sure "usb debugging" is enabled on your phone under your application -> development settings
4. re-run step 1 until the phone reboots on its own (took 3 attempts for me)
5. make sure that you re-enable usb debugging between each step.
SolidOrange
Android Expert
also, you can back your apps up with Astro so that you do not have to re-download them from the market. you will still lose your data, but installing apks from the SD is much faster than having to download them all over again.
Astro -> menu button -> Tools -> Application Manager/Backup
Astro -> menu button -> Tools -> Application Manager/Backup
ha! victory is mine!
Nice
ska.t73
Android Expert
ha! victory is mine!
Awesome!!!! Glad to hear it, welcome to the club, your blazer and cigar are over on the table!
scotty85
Extreme Android User
thanx fellas. it was a minor pain. im sure the hard way prolly wasnt any harder,lol. not sure what did it... but i ran the rooter from within the download and that pushed the files. tried step 1 twice and the phone was no longer starting itself in bootloader,had to do it manually.kept getting the "main version older" error restarted the computer and then step 1 worked. pushed files,booted itself into bootloader,then updated correctly. got the described error on step 2,ran it again and it was fine. 4th time was a charm for step 3 getting SU to work 
im tired and my eyeballs and brain hurt from staring at my computer,but i feel pretty good about life at the moment
restarted the computer and then step 1 worked. pushed files,booted itself into bootloader,then updated correctly. got the described error on step 2,ran it again and it was fine. 4th time was a charm for step 3 getting SU to work im tired and my eyeballs and brain hurt from staring at my computer,but i feel pretty good about life at the moment