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19/Nov r14: VISIONary + one click root - Android @ MoDaCo
1. Download Visionary and install to your phone.
2. Select the Tick Box next to Run Visionary.sh
3. Click Temproot.
4. Once complete check to see if you have the SuperUser app in your app drawer.
5. If you do open up Visionary again and click Attempt Permroot.
6. Wait for the phone to reboot and voila.

This is for FroYo however if you have upgraded to GB let me know and I'll get a Gingerbreak guide up.

That said just a little look at the top of the screen would have revealed this:http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...iversal-root-visionary-method-theunlockr.html
 
kudoboi said:
will it wipe out all my apps?
also do i need to go to 1.32 to update?
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You probably would need to downgrade to 1.32. If your phone is carrier branded, then you may also need to create a goldcard in order to downgrade to 1.32 (I had to do this, as I had an Orange UK DHD). What ROM are you running? 2.2 / 2.2.1?
 
Hadi HTC DHD said:
I Have upgraded to GB, any Idea how i can root it now?? never done rooting it would be nice if it explain step by step :) thanks .
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Firstly - read EVERYTHING you can about this before attempting. It's not as hard as it seems, but you don't want to brick your phone! I was looking in to it for a couple of weeks, before finally going for it.

I've been told that only TEMP ROOT works on Gingerbread. If you want to PERM ROOT, you'll need to do some, if not all, of the following things:


Create a goldcard - this is so that you can trick your phone in to thinking that it is non-carrier-branded - this is optional, not needed if you have a non-branded phone

Downgrade your phone to version 1.32

Install Visionary + click temp root (not forgetting to select remember on reboot - or something like that)

Once you have temp, click perm root (not forgetting to select yes to superuser access request)

Download Radio S-Off (and ENG S-Off if you want to) tools from the internet and run the programs.

Download ROM Manager from the market and install it, so you can get clockworkmod.

Here is a useful site that goes through the process fully:
[GUIDE] How to root Desire HD (DHD) install h-boot (S-Off) and Clockwork recovery - xda-developers

When I did this, I had issues creating a goldcard (see my thread - http://androidforums.com/desire-hd-...0-dhd-downgrading-before-rooting-problem.html).

If you need more info, feel free to ask!! :D
 
I tried downgrading from 2.36 to 1.32 using the method above. It got all the way to the bootloader but nothing happened from there. Rebooted and checked version number and I'm still on 2.36

Tried process again and when entering the command ./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak i get the error 'cannot copy boomsh : Permission denied'

I figured I'd try on here to see if anyone has encountered this before and knows of a solution before I have to register on the other forum and hope I get a reply on there.

Apologies if this is a daft question, i'm totally new to all this
 
Jimsan said:
I tried downgrading from 2.36 to 1.32 using the method above. It got all the way to the bootloader but nothing happened from there. Rebooted and checked version number and I'm still on 2.36

Tried process again and when entering the command ./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak i get the error 'cannot copy boomsh : Permission denied'

I figured I'd try on here to see if anyone has encountered this before and knows of a solution before I have to register on the other forum and hope I get a reply on there.

Apologies if this is a daft question, i'm totally new to all this
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i have got the same problem, I have been looking around to find answer, if you got something plz let me know, thanks.
 
I've found the fix. Run the following then run gingerbreak again

adb shell
rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh

adb shell
rm /data/local/tmp/sh
 
OK, I had this the other day when I was downgrading my GB to 1.32, here's how I got round it.

Firstly, kill the adb process on your computer & reboot your phone.

From Terminal Window:

adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/*
adb shell rmdir /data/local/tmp
adb shell mkdir /data/local/tmp

after that, I rebooted the phone, and when back up I tried the push statements again:

adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb push GingerBreak /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
adb shell
$ /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak

Worked for me..
 
I'm not sure if my phone is branded with vodafone or not, I don't think it is as I can put any SIM in my phone without a problem, and there doesn't seem to be any VF applications pre-installed on my phone
 
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