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Root Pantech Burst 2.2

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Kurosumi

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I can't root my burst. I'm new to this. I tried the universal methods like z4 and universal androot but didn't work and I tried the manual way and either it didn't work or if did id it wrong. Please help I would really like to root. Thank you
 
Hi and welcome to the Forums! to ensure you get the best help possible im going to move your thread over to the Pantech Burst root subforums. thanks!
 
Kurosumi said:
I can't root my burst. I'm new to this. I tried the universal methods like z4 and universal androot but didn't work and I tried the manual way and either it didn't work or if did id it wrong. Please help I would really like to root. Thank you
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Welcome Kurosumi!
You may want to check out the Sticky at the top of the forum for more info about rooting your device!
I hope the good folks here will be able to assist you with your issue!
 
Ok Kurosumi, what i would do if it was my phone is update to ICS https://www.pantechusa.com/upgrade/burst/, then what i would do is follow this guide to root the Burst on ICS Hack notes on Pantech Burst/Presto/P9070 with ICS update 10/3/2012 | TAU – It's All About The Negative

Pantech Burst ICS Update:
https://www.pantechusa.com/upgrade/burst/

How to Root Pantech Burst with today’s ICS update:

Download and unzip this: http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img.zip

Download this: http://tau.shadowchild.nl/files/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip

Phone fully booted, enable usb debugging
adb push Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip /sdcard/external_sd/
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img
In Clockworkmod, select install zip from sdcard.
Then select Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip and install it.
Note: You may have to install it several times before the symlink at the end of the install works.
Reboot the phone.

How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery with today’s ICS update: (root required)

adb push cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
su
dd if=/data/local/tmp/cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
sync
exit

Note: CWM does NOT need to be installed.
You can backup and flash just using fastboot boot (recovery.img)

Note: You can brick your phone flashing mmc partitions incorrectly. Beware.
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EDIT: This does appear to format your sd card so u might want to use a spare/ backup your data first!
 
Oh and the first time I tried to root my phone, every time I went to the boot loader it said my device wasn't connected
 
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