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Help HTC One VX Rooting help

ThatWildRabbit

ThatWildRabbit

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im having trouble rooting my phone to allow my SD card to play as added memory because my phone no matter wat runs out of space i used to have 20+ apps installed at a time now i can barely have 3, bought and SD card thinking i could move those apps to the SD to free up space and NOPE! cant do that either.. i have unlocked the bootloader i used kingo and then u got rootchacker and it tells me the phone isnt rooted
 
Kingo is a catastrophe. Absolutely, completely and totally. It's far more like an infection than root.

If you didn't unlock using HTCdev.com then verify that you're not unlocked by holding volume down while powering on, it'll say at the top of the screen.

If you need to unlock, do that by following the instructions at http://www.htcdev.com - backup everything you can first, it's going to erase stuff. Try Helium Backup.

Once that's done, get the Mini-SDK from here (the linked post, not the first one) -

http://androidforums.com/threads/adb-guide-updated-2014-11-11.443072/#post-5389081

Unzip it to get the sdk-tools folder. Windows Explorer, shift+right_click, choose to open a command window here.

Get TWRP and copy it to the sdk-tools folder -

https://dl.twrp.me/totemc2/twrp-2.8.5.0-totemc2.img.html

With phone in FASTBOOT USB mode, say in command window -

fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.5.0-totemc2.img

Go here, choose an uninfected rom that's already rooted, and follow the instructions to install as specified by the rom you've chosen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-vx/orig-development

No root checker required - when you go with the real deal, toys like that just waste your time.

Hope this helps!
 
Pro tip

Alt+space in a command window gives you the menu - E for edit.

Handy for copying out the info you need to send to HTCdev.com and for copying in the command from above.

Second tip -

Don't let anything on your pc (like Winrar) touch IMG or ZIP files intended for flashing to your Android.
 
EarlyMon said:
Kingo is a catastrophe. Absolutely, completely and totally. It's far more like an infection than root.

If you didn't unlock using HTCdev.com then verify that you're not unlocked by holding volume down while powering on, it'll say at the top of the screen.

If you need to unlock, do that by following the instructions at http://www.htcdev.com - backup everything you can first, it's going to erase stuff. Try Helium Backup.

Once that's done, get the Mini-SDK from here (the linked post, not the first one) -

http://androidforums.com/threads/adb-guide-updated-2014-11-11.443072/#post-5389081

Unzip it to get the sdk-tools folder. Windows Explorer, shift+right_click, choose to open a command window here.

Get TWRP and copy it to the sdk-tools folder -

https://dl.twrp.me/totemc2/twrp-2.8.5.0-totemc2.img.html

With phone in FASTBOOT USB mode, say in command window -

fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.5.0-totemc2.img

Go here, choose an uninfected rom that's already rooted, and follow the instructions to install as specified by the rom you've chosen.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-vx/orig-development

No root checker required - when you go with the real deal, toys like that just waste your time.

Hope this helps!
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Thanks i will try this now
 
ok so i have tried to get a rom, every time i click for a download link i get nothing. the files is gone or the link wont load. could u help get me a rom for this? the recovery.img worked thanks a mill
 
Can you share the details of what worked for you? I have an old htc one vx sitting on my shelf that I'd like to root. Yeah, app memory is very limited on that phone!
 
i unlocked my Bootloader and i used the recovery.img that was posted in the thread and i downloaded a SuperSU.zip file that when installed finally got my phone rooted. i dont understand this whole process fully yet, so its hard for me to give in detail but im sure one of these guys could help you more than i can
 
ThatWildRabbit said:
i unlocked my Bootloader and i used the recovery.img that was posted in the thread and i downloaded a SuperSU.zip file that when installed finally got my phone rooted. i dont understand this whole process fully yet, so its hard for me to give in detail but im sure one of these guys could help you more than i can
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That's the standard rooting process for an HTC (or Nexus or a number of others).

Glad it worked out for you!

Now, look for any Kingo apps and get rid of them.
 
all kingo apps are gone, but now i wish i could get rid of all the other bloatware apps, i have tried deleting them but everytime i get to one of the AT&T apps that is useless and pointess and delete it, the phone reboots and every app i deleted prior to that has returned as well and i still stuck at 3.12gb of 3.85gb even after deleting apps? whats the best way to remove bloatware?
 
For me the app "NoBloat" has always worked when I need to get rid of pointless carrier and manufacturer apps. You can give that one a try. As for getting more storage space... you won't, not by uninstalling system apps. Those are in either /system/app or /system/priv-app and to install more user apps you want more space in /data. Basically you won't make more space in your trunk by emptying out your garage.
 
idk wat to do then. because my internal storage is 3.12gb of 3.85gb my phone storage is 78.06mb of 4.15gb and my SD is 576mb of 7.39gb, which i cant move anything to phone storage or SD storage and the apps i was able to move to Phone storage didnt decrease my internal storage or increase the phone storage.. i just want more space because its a just a gaming app phone anymore as i have no service on it or anything.. i only use it via wifi
 
can anyone help me with finding a link for a working rom? every link i try leads to a dead end. file missing or page has died, i have tried 2 diff roms, and they both failed and semi bricked my phone
 
ive tried all those, links were dead, i found them on another google search finally. but now im stuck waiting on my phone to boot after installing JmzTotemC2v3.zip
 
ThatWildRabbit said:
ive tried all those, links were dead, i found them on another google search finally. but now im stuck waiting on my phone to boot after installing JmzTotemC2v3.zip
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Open the zip file on your pc, extract the boot.img file, copy to the fastboot folder (sdk-tools).

Put phone in FASTBOOT USB mode, open command window in sdk-tools folder and say -

fastboot flash boot boot.img
 
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