*Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010

[behold_this]

cool cool! sorry to come off like a douche. i've just seen this question so many times on so many forums that i guess i'm jaded. all i would say is please make sure you truly understand whats happening and feel comfortable with it so that you can minimize risk to your phone, thats really all i was saying.

 

[IR0WANI]

alright alright ya i understand, i notice alot of people asking questions like mine also. i know alot of people who have android phones but no one is interested deep into what android really is and can do like me.

 

[mwl1119]

Is anyone working on porting the G2 rom for the Slide?

 

[AndroidAutobot]

aight. totally figures that the ONE day it's TOTALLY dead at work and I'm finally inspired to root my slide, XDA has been down for HOURS!!! =L

ADB recognizes my phone fine, I get all the way to step 7 but can't get it to acknowledge that the phone is in recovery (just continues to say that the device is offline even after I plug the cable back in). And yeah, ADB IS working properly... it recognizes the device whilst it's powered on.

I'm assuming this has something to do that it's running the 1.35.531.1 firmware and that I need to see the "root the slide w/ any software" thread but I can't because XDA is down =L anyone have another link to the newer methods hosted by someone other than XDA they can share with me? I've been searching for about an hour now and am about to lose my sanity ha ha.

 

[behold_this]

@AndroidAutobot

Here you go:
How To: Root the HTC MyTouch Slide (Exploid Method) | TheUnlockr

PS I hate the unlockr because info is usually wrong or outdated, but they just reposted this method from the boys at XDA so its all good.

 

[UnknownAlly]

How do I get Froyo 2.2 after Rooting?

 

[behold_this]

flash cm6 or any other froyo based rom for the slide. there is no official froyo!

 

[UnknownAlly]

Thanks I got the GalaxySlide

 

[behold_this]

cool man...let us know what you think.

 

[UnknownAlly]

So far the Tom is awesome but there's no swype. Is it like that for all froyo Roms?
And I thought that froyo comes with camcorder led but so far only a torch app? I also tried blackslide.

 

[UnknownAlly]

Managed to get Swype.

Noob question:
Why does it always show an "H" icon now instead of 3G?

 

[behold_this]

H=HSDPA or 3G+ (slower than HSPA+ but faster than 3G)
3G=HSUPA or standard 3G

these are both part of the HSPA family of data transfer. many custom roms utilize this as do most HTC firmwares, including the HD2, but for some reason is not used in the stock espresso rom. also when in HSPA+ (tmo's new high speed network) areas you shold see a H since the slide does not use HSPA+ but can utilize some of it's faster speeds.

3G = up to 5.76 Mbit/s
H = up to 7.2 and 14.0 Mbit/s
HSPA+ = up to 56 Mbit/s (tmo's is currently a theoretical 21 Mbit/s)

 

[jM2.me]

On the part where you push file I get error that device is offline.
I tried un-plugging and plugging back usb but can't get device online with the "!" screen.

 

[behold_this]

if your phone has the latest software from tmo, which it likely does, this root process won't work period! use the link in post #24 to root the slide with any software version.

 

[jM2.me]

I tried that method but I can't get bootloader to update ESMPG.zip file.
When it loads files it says, cant load image or something like that for last two files.

 

[jM2.me]

Btw I have 1.35.531.1 software version

 

[behold_this]

that is the most current software version for the slide so, like i stated above, the root process in this thread will not work.

 

[jM2.me]

Well I already figured that out after ur first post. My problem was caused by wrong SD card format.

For future rooters: make sure ur sd card is formated to fat32