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Root The PRS Complete Rooting Guide

jratzo said:
I get as far as entering the commands then when i scroll down to apply update.zip and having to press enter in the command prompt with "adb push payload-update.zip /sdcard/update.zip"

I then get --Install from sdcard--
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Instillation aborted.

Any ideas??
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I got it was hitting enter on the keyboard to quickly! Tip if anyone has this problem... use 1 hand... don't try and be fast by using 2 hands
 
FrozenIpaq said:
4 hours last night, 1 more hour today and I've still yet to gain successful access/recognition of my device. I'm throwing in the towel and will wait for a more stable method. I've tried multiple cards, multiple computers, multiple batteries and all have come up with the same result. For all those saying: Well I rooted, follow my guide - good for you. I've done the various methods posted on this site and others and have come up dry. For some of you it's simple, it works and you make a video. For the rest of us: it doesn't work, stop making videos or guides hoping it will get it to work for us. I know what I'm doing, and I've troubleshooted it to hell and back with no results.
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Amen brother. if I see another video I might shoot myself. Maybe we should make a video from scratch that looks the exact same the success videos except no connection to adb shell. That is about as helpful as the other videos to me.

Sorry im burnt out.that last comment is uncalled for
 
I have never been so frustrated in my life. I can't for the life of me figure out why my device can not be found, I've installed and uninstalled HTC sync and PDA net and anything else I think might be affecting it so many times I'm surprised I haven't broke something. I seriously wish I could just stop trying and wait for an easier / reliable root process, but I hate failing at anything. Has anyone heard anything new on that end?
 
irishpride said:
I have never been so frustrated in my life. I can't for the life of me figure out why my device can not be found, I've installed and uninstalled HTC sync and PDA net and anything else I think might be affecting it so many times I'm surprised I haven't broke something. I seriously wish I could just stop trying and wait for an easier / reliable root process, but I hate failing at anything. Has anyone heard anything new on that end?
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Yeah man same here i said $%&* this about ten times today but I know ill be back at it tonight. Really all we need is a video on how to set up sdk and the drivers properly. The drivers are the real challenge here the rest looks simple.
 
as posted above this worked for me

Then i just used the trackpad and power button, and was able to get into adb shell every single time without having to use loop.bat
 
I have also spent way too many hours failing at this and am going to wait until something more consistently repeatable is released.

I do have a question though. Unless you really hate CityID, need wifi tethering or just like to say you did it why would you root now? AFAIK, even once your phone is rooted with this method, you can't install custom ROMs on it so even if someone put together a Froyo ROM for the Incredible tomorrow no one could load it.
 
I kept trying today and still no luck, I tried messing with drivers, which is where I think my problem is and maybe some of you too, and also with a different sd card. Too many variations in hardware may be the reason why some of us are not being able to get it right away.

Next I'm going to attempt it on a different computer. I don't like to give up! :D

It would be nice to have a method that was bulletproof, and many thanks go out to the devs out there that have even managed to make it possible, even if only on a few lucky devices so far. There's no use in complaining that you haven't been able to get it done, it's a lot more helpful to post what you attempted and what failed. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

No doubt that maybe in the near future there will be a better way to do this where success is more likely than it is now.
 
If I try the method in this thread how likely is it that I mess up my phone. If I cant do it does my phone go back to how I had it? And should I backup stuff before I try?
 
after
cd:\sdk\tools>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
ADB server didn't ACK
* failed to start daemon *
error:

then back to
C:\sdk\tools>

I never get further than that, occasionally a 109 error
 
Ok so I got root using this trick so to speak.

When you launch recovery and get the white HTC Screen, quickly remove the SD card and right before the black screen comes up (you will hear the pc beap recognizing usb) put it back in and bang there she was.
 
I have also spent much time switching between drivers... HTC sync, Android sdk, pda net... apart from conflicting reports on which driver you need, another frustrating aspect is that Windows seems to "remember" old infs & previously-installed drivers and "helpfully" auto-install them. I'm never confident I have the right ones loaded even after manually updating.

We could use a post from someone who succeeded, detailing the actual driver filenames/versions in use during regular adb session, bootloader, and recovery adb. At least then we could be sure the right drivers are in place.
 
cantare said:
I have also spent much time switching between drivers... HTC sync, Android sdk, pda net... apart from conflicting reports on which driver you need, another frustrating aspect is that Windows seems to "remember" old infs & previously-installed drivers and "helpfully" auto-install them. I'm never confident I have the right ones loaded even after manually updating.

We could use a post from someone who succeeded, detailing the actual driver filenames/versions in use during regular adb session, bootloader, and recovery adb. At least then we could be sure the right drivers are in place.
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Agreed as HTC sync, SD and and PDAnet are all installed and working on my computer, but I cant seem to get into adb recovery. Im using Vista 32, Knowing exactly what drivers to use would be good.
 
Hmm I've tried everything, and just can't seem to get this adb recovery to work, I'm using Windows Vista Home 32bit, with SDK and JDK installed correctly, and also all drivers installed correctly.

When my phone is on, the device registers in Dev Manager as a Android Composite ADB Interface, and when my phone is in hboot it shows up as a Android Bootloader Device. SDk works great for things like screenshots and Android Screen Monitor but cannot for the life of me get it working in adb recovery.

Also i'm using either my 8GB Kingston sd card, or the 2GB Sandisk (from vzw), i've tried all the methods you mentioned plus the one where you pop sd card in and out on boot. Cannot seem to get this working, any ideas?

Thanks in advance
 
SirensOfTitan said:
I finally got it. I used an 8gb Sandisk MicroSD. I tried well over 40 times with the card. Eventually, I ended up making it a goldcard just for the hell of it; and it worked on first attempt.

I used the following method:
  1. Turned on the phone (full boot)
  2. Made sure the USB was unplugged
  3. Pulled the battery
  4. Started the loop (adb shell)
  5. Pressed the optical button and power button, pressed the power button again to get to boot menu
  6. Plugged in the USB cord, selected Recovery (once the USB connection was detected)
  7. Waited for 10-15 seconds, got adb access, then went through normal procedures as described by the OP

For some reason, the goldcard formatting triggered the race condition. That, or I ended up being lucky this time around. O_O
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What is "goldcard" formatting vs regular formatting?

Also, did you try "goldcard" formatting with another microsd first and did it not work out?
 
contagous said:
Hmm I've tried everything, and just can't seem to get this adb recovery to work, I'm using Windows Vista Home 32bit, with SDK and JDK installed correctly, and also all drivers installed correctly.

When my phone is on, the device registers in Dev Manager as a Android Composite ADB Interface, and when my phone is in hboot it shows up as a Android Bootloader Device. SDk works great for things like screenshots and Android Screen Monitor but cannot for the life of me get it working in adb recovery.

Also i'm using either my 8GB Kingston sd card, or the 2GB Sandisk (from vzw), i've tried all the methods you mentioned plus the one where you pop sd card in and out on boot. Cannot seem to get this working, any ideas?

Thanks in advance
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A little off topic but how did u get sdk going? I can't even get that when I try a black box flashes then leaves. Please answer no one else has
 
lmbgm said:
What is "goldcard" formatting vs regular formatting?

Also, did you try "goldcard" formatting with another microsd first and did it not work out?
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I tried the Goldcard format and made it no further.
I will hold off for an easier method at this point.
I have tried for too many hours at this point given the limited gain until we can do Froyo.
 
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