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Root Step by Step Rooting Instructions: for Huawei Ascend

Just wanted to say thanks to all involved in the rooting guide. Now enjoying a much faster and enjoyable and albeit satisfying experience with the hauwei ascend. It took a bit of tinkering on my behalf before all instructions started to make sense because there was definitely a bit of confusion before a zen type of acceptance of all things rooting. Got to change and delete all the annoying features and bloatware.

But I was wondering, this particular huawei ascend is off the metropcs carrier. Is it possible to use the rooted phone with another carrier or is there a separate possible way to achieve the same outcome of unlocking the phone and using with another carrier?

Welcome all advice
Thanks
 
ShinySide said:
Here you go.

PG's CM 7.2 0912stripped.zip


For anyone, this is the same PG 0912 build with the 748mhz kernel, but stripped of the stuff I personally dont use as mentioned above in my previous comment. If you want any of the stuff I deleted out of it as mentioned above, go to PlayfulGods wiki and download the original.
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This link doesn't want to work for me... I try to dl it and it immediately says dl complete, but filesize is "?". I'll try a different browser...

Ok, problem solved. Mediafire must not like Opera, also probably doesn't help that I'm on a shitty wifi network and have "Turbo" enabled right now.
 
Can0dope said:
This link doesn't want to work for me... I try to dl it and it immediately says dl complete, but filesize is "?". I'll try a different browser...

Ok, problem solved. Mediafire must not like Opera, also probably doesn't help that I'm on a shitty wifi network and have "Turbo" enabled right now.
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Oh yeah Opera hates MediaFire for some reason. I cant download from MediaFire with Opera either. I always have to switch to the stock browser.
 
sorry if this has been covered already, im new the the whole fourm thing and i just have a few questions. i was just given a huawei ascend for metro pcs and have been reading about rooting and updating and also about the 2.3 update that is out and different roms and i would like to do that to my phone to get the most out of it. my question is what needs to be done first, should it be rooted first or should it get updated first or what and whats better, 2.2 or 2.3? like i said im new to all of this and would just like to know what to do to the phone first. thanks for all the help
 
andriodnewby said:
sorry if this has been covered already, im new the the whole fourm thing and i just have a few questions. i was just given a huawei ascend for metro pcs and have been reading about rooting and updating and also about the 2.3 update that is out and different roms and i would like to do that to my phone to get the most out of it. my question is what needs to be done first, should it be rooted first or should it get updated first or what and whats better, 2.2 or 2.3? like i said im new to all of this and would just like to know what to do to the phone first. thanks for all the help
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Ultimate Ascend Customization Guide...

Check it out. ;-)
 
andriodnewby said:
sorry if this has been covered already, im new the the whole fourm thing and i just have a few questions. i was just given a huawei ascend for metro pcs and have been reading about rooting and updating and also about the 2.3 update that is out and different roms and i would like to do that to my phone to get the most out of it. my question is what needs to be done first, should it be rooted first or should it get updated first or what and whats better, 2.2 or 2.3? like i said im new to all of this and would just like to know what to do to the phone first. thanks for all the help
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Root it, install CWM, BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU CAN, flash the Rom you wish to try. Everyone has their preference.

Can0dope said:
Ultimate Ascend Customization Guide...

Check it out. ;-)
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+1
 
Scur said:
Root it, install CWM, BACKUP EVERYTHING YOU CAN, flash the Rom you wish to try. Everyone has their preference.
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thanks alot for the info but forgive me if i dont catch on quick but what is CWM? and i was just looking through the phone and saw that it is running 2.2.2., is it worth puting 2.3 on it?



Can0dope said:
Ultimate Ascend Customization Guide...

Check it out. ;-)
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where do i find that?
 
andriodnewby said:
thanks alot for the info but forgive me if i dont catch on quick but what is CWM? and i was just looking through the phone and saw that it is running 2.2.2., is it worth puting 2.3 on it?
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Posted on another thread...

Scur said:
IcarusMod = Rooted, Stripped & Cleaned up Android 2.1 (codenamed Eclair)
CM6 = CyanogenMod 6 = Custom Rooted Android ROM 2.2 (codenamed Froyo)
CM7 = CyanogenMod 7 = Custom Rooted Android ROM 2.3 (codenamed Gingerbread)
CWM = ClockWork Mod = Adds lots of handy options to recovery mode, which is a pre-boot tool.
Z4Root = App used to root 2.1
GingerBreak = App used to root 2.2 and up
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And pretty much everyone agrees that running a custom ROM on the Ascend is a big plus.
 
Hi I've been trying to root my MetroPCS Huawei phone following the step by step instructions but still no luck. I download the z4 app but it just freezes my phone. Please Help
 
Hi Shiny,
I did upgrade my phone to 2.2.2 So I assume the one I've been trying isn't going to work and I have to use the gingerbread one you just linked? is it relativity the same process?

I finally found a thread where people were saying to use the dolphin browser to download the original apk mentioned in this thread and got further than I have. It started like it was running the exploit and even restarted my phone but Titan Backup says that it's still unrooted.

Btw when I click the link you gave, my AV freaks out.
 
Z4root only roots 2.1. To root 2.2 and 2.3 you have to use ginger break. Yeah your anti virus will freak out because of it being able to root/exploit your phone. But it is a safe download. Thats on my mediafire and its the same gingerbreak I used. And yeh its the same process. Download it, install it, open the app and click root. Let it do its thing then your phone will reboot and once it reboots youll be rooted.
 
Jazziette said:
Uninstalling Stock Apps if your phone is with MetroPCS

*IMPORTANT: Backup everything you are going to uninstall before you uninstall it!

Attribution: BURNER

Safe to delete:

Boingo
Uno
Pocket Express
Youtube
Docs to Go
Free Games
Loopt
Mocospace
Mobile Banking
Mobile IM
Virtual Card

DO NOT DELETE:

Mailmetro
Navigation
Easy Wifi
Metro Appstore
Nothing thats by google (VERY IMPORTANT!)
Google Mail
Gmail
Metro Mail
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thank you so much it helped alot
 
You can delete

Mailmetro
Navigation
Easy Wifi
Metro Appstore

Dont know why thats on the "Do not delete list"
 
hello all I would first off like to thank everyone for thier dedication to the as others say "crappy ascend" I love it! im newly registered but love this site its got it,all!! ok..my question..
I followed the instructions I hv everything downloaded but I cannot get my phone to boot up in recovery (is the back up needed?) it stays stuck on the huawei screen I read somewhere that the ascend cannot back up the stock Rom...the opition to wipe everything only showed up when I was in a wifi zone (i donot have wifi) but I DL flash recovery 3xxx (something like that) im wondering if im doing something wrong?
when I manually booted it (using the button combo vol up end power) it says unpacking failed and my button lights flash ive re rooted my phone and tried again it did the same thing sorry this is so long ive read this thread for a month or so bfore I decided to flash and I wanted to fully understand what im doing before I brick my phone on accident bc I hv to internet connection to fix a brick ;) thank you for ur friendly and helpful answers
if I need to explain more im more than happy to just email me bc I think a one on one is easier for me to learn bc I ask lots of questions if I dont understand but ive read most of this thread I thought I understood :-D
 
To boot into clockwork recovery its the send key (all the way to the left) volume up and tap the power. Also how did you flash the recovery? If you are using rom manager it doesnt always flash the first time. Hit the flash recovery a couple times to be sure it flashed.
 
Yes I was using rom manager ok I only did it once while in a wifi spot ill try it again but it just boots up and stays stuck on the huawei logo ive let it sit to see if it just takes awhile but I had to pull the,battery then it booted,up I read somewhere that ascend couldnt reboot in recovery bc of some kind of image but I never saw that anyone had any probs on this thread...ill try and redownload cwr from cwm bc I have booted in recovery mode on accident I wasnt ready to flash yet but I can nolonger reboot in recovery it just stays stuck on the logo thank you so much for ur response sorry im just learning all this new stuff I have everything ready to go I just need to back up and wipe and all that i cant flash to cm7 ifi cant boot into recovery to open my .zips right?
 
I tried both button combinations the one u said to do shiny it just stick on the logo screen but if I do vol up end button tap power and it takes me to firmware update screen where it says unpacking... update failed
 
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