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Root The PRS Complete Rooting Guide

The same way you did before...

Either install a terminal application on the phone like: Terminal Emulator
or use the adb shell command from a command window on your computer.

After getting to a $ prompt type "su" with no quotes and if you then get a # prompt you have root.
 
Anyone figure out a way to get to the point of getting the phone recognized in the recovery part? I have been trying for a while and ive tried over 30 times and no go.

Any further advice? Ive tried everything mentioned in this thread so far.
 
Sounds like you may have not entered the last set of commands correctly but tough to say.

Worth noting root can be rather dangerous if you do not have a basic understanding of your actions. A simple typo could wipe your phone or cause other issues.


Jakaro said:
'su' is not recognized as an internal or external command
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Did you try a different SD card? In my case it would not work with a sandisk 8gb but worked with a PNY 1gb.

Xystence said:
Anyone figure out a way to get to the point of getting the phone recognized in the recovery part? I have been trying for a while and ive tried over 30 times and no go.

Any further advice? Ive tried everything mentioned in this thread so far.
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Xystence said:
Anyone figure out a way to get to the point of getting the phone recognized in the recovery part? I have been trying for a while and ive tried over 30 times and no go.

Any further advice? Ive tried everything mentioned in this thread so far.
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What seemed to work for me and I got it 5 times out of 10 was to just leave the usb cable plugged in. I didn't disconnect and connect. I left it plugged in, went in to the FASTBOOT saw it do its thing. Waited 20 seconds. Rebooted in recovery. Waited about 10 seconds and typed adb shell and it worked. Previously when I would booth without it plugged in go to FASTBOOT wait then plug it in and reboot I never got it to work. Maybe it will work for you that way.
 
how are you rebooting into recovery from fastboot? I do not see that option there. I have to go back to bootloader for recovery. Please explain further. I tried now a forth memory card, a 2gb that came with the phone, and I got nothing.
 
now i am stuck here:

"Now type the next command but DO NOT PRESS ENTER YET

Code:
adb push payload-update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
Now press the power button on Apply: update.zip within 1/2 second press enter on the command window to execute the above command.

If successful you should see

“unrEVOked for Incredible” with some other stuff"

i keep trying and it keeps saying installation aborted. must have tried a good 2 dozen tmes. :(

is this where people are getting hung up?
 
jasonb1985 said:
now i am stuck here:

"Now type the next command but DO NOT PRESS ENTER YET

Code:
adb push payload-update.zip /sdcard/update.zip
Now press the power button on Apply: update.zip within 1/2 second press enter on the command window to execute the above command.

If successful you should see
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jasonb1985 said:
what do you mean?

all i know is that i am giving up. at least for tonight. maybe we'll have a simpler way soon.
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you know when it says error device not found when you type in the commands? howd you get past that point?

yeah ditto maybe in a few days they'll have something simple.The droid was like butter this is giving me a headache.
 
sylent101 said:
you know when it says error device not found when you type in the commands? howd you get past that point?

yeah ditto maybe in a few days they'll have something simple.The droid was like butter this is giving me a headache.
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i just started completely over and over and over and one of the times it finally worked. i still couldn't get past the last step. kept saying installation aborted. i tried probably 2 or 3 dozen times. i'll wait for an updated process. i want root, but not this bad. lol
 
sylent101 said:
you know when it says error device not found when you type in the commands? howd you get past that point?

yeah ditto maybe in a few days they'll have something simple.The droid was like butter this is giving me a headache.
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The Droid was a royal pain in the beginning too. Those of us who jumped on it very early went through a lot to get it to work.

So far... what I have presented seems to be the easiest method. I will update the thread as the procedure changes. I will also add more info on busybox, su.apk, and other things as they become available. I'm not a dev. just a root junkie. Just want to provide a single place that will be updated regularly to keep people up to date on the latest methods.

I will be scouring all the boards for the latest and greatest
 
Pre are you running a batch command when adb shell comes up after 20 seconds or we supposed to type adb shell tried it both ways no juice also tried 2 diff cards 16 gb and 2 gb.
 
some people seem to have more luck trying different SD cards. Mine is pretty loaded. i have a few gigs of stuff on there..

But, there is definitely somethign there.. as i was saying before with the loop/reboot method it would take me from 5-10 reboots to get it. with the process as it stands i can replicate it over and over again without reboots.

There is definitely something that makes it work. Just gotta figure out what it is.
 
prerunnerseth said:
some people seem to have more luck trying different SD cards. Mine is pretty loaded. i have a few gigs of stuff on there..

But, there is definitely somethign there.. as i was saying before with the loop/reboot method it would take me from 5-10 reboots to get it. with the process as it stands i can replicate it over and over again without reboots.
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I did it using my 16gb card from my Moto Droid thats damn near empty. 13.95gb free.
 
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