Thanks for the detailed instructions. I rooted my Incredible a year ago so I'm not completely new to rooting but I'm rusty. This process for rooting the Rezound seems different from what I can remember when I did my Dinc. I have a question that I believe I know the answer to but I just want to be 100% certain. Is the difference between permanent root and temporary root that with temporary root you can not install a custom ROM? If not then what is the advantage of permanent root? Thank you very much.
actually,the main difference between temp and permanent root is just that- temp root is only temporaty and generally is undone each time the phone is rebooted
a custom recovery could possibly installed,but would disapear as soon as you boot the phone.
there is no more temporary root. the most recent OTA fixed the exploit that had been being used,so until someone comes up with something else,permanent root via htcdev is the only option.
the only thing temporary in this guide is the possible temporary installation of recovery. dont let that confuse you-just because you temporarily install recovery to root,it does NOT mean that you are temp rooted
with htcdev,the old days of having to fight to keep your root access are gone. you can always re-root after OTAs,so temporarily installing your custom recovery makes your life significantly easier if you wish to stay stock rooted,as your stock recovery can and will install OTAs for you as they happen.
I get stuck "waiting for device" when trying to get the identifier. I used adb to get to fastboot successfully, but it can't find the device once it's in bootloader. Thanks
"waiting for device" in fastboot means either a prollem with the fastboot utility or one of its supporting files(missing?) or a prollem with drivers.
try rebooting the phone,reboot the PC. try different usb ports. make sure you are in fastboot,and not in hboot.(if you pushed the power button after "adb reboot bootloader" took you to fastboot,you are not in hboot)
-make sure you followed the above directions carefully. use the "mini-adb" download,rename the unzipped folder to "mini-adb_vigor" so you can directly copy/paste commands without having to remember to change the name.
-what did you do for drivers? the ones i linked for revolutionary are a .exe file that you can run as administrator after downloading,and it should install drivers for you.
-temporarily uninstall htc sync
if youre using my mini-adb file,and are still having prollems after reboots and rerunning the driver .exe file,etc.,youy might try manually updating the drivers by locating the phone(plugged in and in fastboot mode) in device manager.manually update the drivers,pointing them toward the extracted HTCDriver3.0.0.007 file,or htc sync drivers.
very often,a copy of your cmd window is quite helpful. if you continue having prollems,then copy and paste your session by:
-right click in the command window,click mark.
-highlight everything in white. hit enter.
-then,in your "reply to thread" box here,click the "#" up top
-right click and "paste" everything between the