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Root thunderbolt rooting methods(updated 8-24-2011)

Question, I read somewhere that I need to have a firmware version older than 1.12.605.9 to root. Mine is 1.70.605.0. I took an OTA a few weeks back that killed my free wifi hotspot, and I'm guessing this might have upgraded the firmware as well. Will this new method from Revolutionary work with my phone?

Sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm new to this and the amount of info is quite overwhelming.

Thanks in advance!
 
im not sure where everyone is finding these "you have to have firmware x.xx.xxx.x in order to root" restrictions. even the old fashioned manual method worked just fine on all firmware up to the GB leaks(anything that was 1.xx.xxx.x)

the answer to your specific question is yes,revolotionary works just fine as long as you have a 1.04.0000 or 1.05.0000 hboot. this is pretty much any firmware youre likely to encounter. :)

run that sucker... your cigar and blazer are waiting ;)
 
scotty85 said:
im not sure where everyone is finding these "you have to have firmware x.xx.xxx.x in order to root" restrictions. even the old fashioned manual method worked just fine on all firmware up to the GB leaks(anything that was 1.xx.xxx.x)

the answer to your specific question is yes,revolotionary works just fine as long as you have a 1.04.0000 or 1.05.0000 hboot. this is pretty much any firmware youre likely to encounter. :)

run that sucker... your cigar and blazer are waiting ;)
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Okay, thanks for the info and quick reply.

I'm sure this won't be my last question on this forum :cool:
 
Well, I just rooted my TB. This is the forst time I've ever tried rooting, and I can honestly say that this method is rediculously easy. Nates video is great, the entire process takes ten minutes and it was basically impossible for me to mess up.
 
PaxMan809 said:
Well, I just rooted my TB. This is the forst time I've ever tried rooting, and I can honestly say that this method is rediculously easy. Nates video is great, the entire process takes ten minutes and it was basically impossible for me to mess up.
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Awesome
Afterwards don't you wonder why did I hesitate? I did :-)

Bryan
 
Hi, I am new here and following the steps on your video. Never rooted before but it seems simple. The problem I ran into is I cannot find that su file in the video description, only the HTC Drivers and tbolt.zip. Tried using the tbolt.zip file on my phone but it says installation aborted. Right now I am stuck, at the part where phone is mounted as USB drive and need to install the su file.. please help. Thx!
 
for others searching for superuser,its in the common problems and questions section of the information page(you did read that page,right? ;))

Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery.

alternatively,you can use this one: working superuser for newer sense roms this is the one ive been using,in theory it should be a little bit better. it puts the su binary in /system/xbin instead of /system/bin.
 
complete noob to the android platform/adb/rooting/blahblahblah/etc but i got the recovery root done in less than 15 minutes. finally got root!!!!!!!

now i just have to figure out how to get BAMF forever 1.0.3 on my phone ha
 
Hi hi.

So i tried this method but at the final stage when entering the string "fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0" i get the following message:


C:\TBOLT>fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)... OKAY [ 0.172s]
writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (Platform check f
ail))
finished. total time: 0.172s

C:\TBOLT>


Any idea whats wrong? Im supposed to deliver my phone to HTC because of massiv problems with the hardware but cant deliver it with Revolutionary :P

Complete command text/steps on my computer:


Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\THOMAS>cd c:\tbolt

C:\TBOLT>md5sums hbooteng.nb0

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type MD5SUMS -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[C:\TBOLT\]
hbooteng.nb0 6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb

C:\TBOLT>adb devices
List of devices attached
MB112PL0**** device


C:\TBOLT>adb reboot bootloader

C:\TBOLT>fastboot devices

C:\TBOLT>fastboot oem mw 8d08ac54 1 31302E30
... OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s

C:\TBOLT>fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)... OKAY [ 0.172s]
writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (Platform check f
ail))
finished. total time: 0.172s

C:\TBOLT>
 
aasterix said:
Hi hi.

So i tried this method but at the final stage when entering the string "fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0" i get the following message:


C:\TBOLT>fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)... OKAY [ 0.172s]
writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (Platform check f
ail))
finished. total time: 0.172s

C:\TBOLT>


Any idea whats wrong? Im supposed to deliver my phone to HTC because of massiv problems with the hardware but cant deliver it with Revolutionary :P

Complete command text/steps on my computer:


Microsoft(R) Windows DOS
(C)Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1990-2001.

C:\DOCUME~1\THOMAS>cd c:\tbolt

C:\TBOLT>md5sums hbooteng.nb0

MD5sums 1.2 freeware for Win9x/ME/NT/2000/XP+
Copyright (C) 2001-2005 Jem Berkes - http://www.pc-tools.net/
Type MD5SUMS -h for help

[Path] / filename MD5 sum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[C:\TBOLT\]
hbooteng.nb0 6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb

C:\TBOLT>adb devices
List of devices attached
MB112PL0**** device


C:\TBOLT>adb reboot bootloader

C:\TBOLT>fastboot devices

C:\TBOLT>fastboot oem mw 8d08ac54 1 31302E30
... OKAY [ 0.016s]
finished. total time: 0.016s

C:\TBOLT>fastboot flash hboot hbooteng.nb0
sending 'hboot' (1024 KB)... OKAY [ 0.172s]
writing 'hboot'... FAILED (remote: image error! (Platform check f
ail))
finished. total time: 0.172s

C:\TBOLT>
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Edit: I dint see all of the above. Hang on...
 
scotty85 said:
Sorry it taking me so long. Nothing obviously wrong,and I'm driving,so Im trying to find a chance to study it.
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Please do me a favor and drive safe and when you got the time, be it in a couple of hours or next week, reply to me then. But dont drive and try to reply :P
I can wait! I got a spare nokia 5800 that im using untill i ship my desire to htc anyway =).
 
aasterix said:
Yes i have a desire...
Read on another forum that desire could use the same techniq and got linked to this post.
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As long as the "unlock" command is the same,it should work,but you won't be able to use hbooteng.nb0. You'll have to substitute that with a desire specific one,unless it uses the same hboots :eek:

What is your factory s-on hboot?

Also,the Ruu and hboot pgo5img files won't work for you either.
 
scotty85 said:
As long as the "unlock" command is the same,it should work,but you won't be able to use hbooteng.nb0. You'll have to substitute that with a desire specific one,unless it uses the same hboots :eek:

What is your factory s-on hboot?

Also,the Ruu and hboot pgo5img files won't work for you either.
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Ohh darn.

how do i se what my factor s-on hboot is?

i got a ruu that i alredy flashed my phone with, just need to remove revolutionary.

hboot pgo5img?

I should say that im good at understanding stuff but that sounds like greek to me :P Iv never unrooted/removed s on a phone befor :P
 
Hboot is your bootloader. S-on is how phones come,it means "security on"

I assume the Ruu you flashed was for the current firmware for your phone. It will have a bootloader inside it. Do you have a link to it? Later tonite I can download it,get you an image, and modify the commands a little for you :)
 
scotty85 said:
Hboot is your bootloader. S-on is how phones come,it means "security on"

I assume the Ruu you flashed was for the current firmware for your phone. It will have a bootloader inside it. Do you have a link to it? Later tonite I can download it,get you an image, and modify the commands a little for you :)
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Thanks man =)
Il upload the rar-file to megaupload so you can have a look at it.

After i flashed it with the original ruu i also updated the firmwire to the latest (pre gingerbread)

dunno if its importaint but this is everything thats statet in my bootloader

Revolutionary"
Bravo PVT4 SHIP s-off
hboot-6.93. 1022
microp-051d
touchpanel synw0101
radio - 5.11.05.27
aug 10 2010, 17:52:18

The ruu is uploaded in 20min so il post the link then =)
Thanks again!
 
Sure that's no prollem. Ill take a look later this evening. Also can you get me an md5 of your file?

Need to be as cautious as possible when flashing bootloaderz. :)
 
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