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Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.
chitopr said:
Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.
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Google VISIONary (r14) place it on your device, install it then run it. Temproot is for temporary rooting your device, its gone after a reboot, permaroot is for good, unless you use the unroot option.
Its safe, fast and easy. I use temproot option so I can use some root only apps. This is the first device I have felt no need to add a custom rom to or anything so VISIONary was the choice for me. If you want the long harder way directions can be provided. I do recommand you learn the long hard way at some point, its good to know your way around just in case.
chitopr said:
Can somebody tell me how to root a my touch 4g ? I'm kinda new at this and want to learn.
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first of all rooting is not for everyone. I can name a few people in a few forums that do not run a rooted phone for one reason or another. Rooting your phone gives you possibilities that are not even considered when you are in a stock form. But on the other hand you can seriously damage your phone, with the possibility of it ending up a 500.00 paper weight.
The safest and easiest thing to do is download VISIONary.apk and just use temp root. That will give you the ability to do everything you need to do in a root status w/o risking FUBARing anything. You can wi-fi tether, run Titanium Backup and stuff like that.
If you are wanting to go full blown and root it w/ s=off and do the
you can do it the real way and follow Cyanogen's method
Or you can do via the TheUnlockr for a simpler way.
If I temp-root it, would I have to temp-root it every time I want to run the wifi-tether program? Or just on installation?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
I have been trying to get visionary r14 but i have no idea where to get it. I google visionary r14 and use the first link like many people have said but whenever i click download it says firefox can't find the page. Does anyone know of some other way to get visionary ?
Nickoro said:
I have been trying to get visionary r14 but i have no idea where to get it. I google visionary r14 and use the first link like many people have said but whenever i click download it says firefox can't find the page. Does anyone know of some other way to get visionary ?
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There is a link in the post 4 above this one.
does anyone know if this method will work on a htc glacier thats flashed to a network other then t-mobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
its my friends phone and he is on simple mobile. i have rooted quite a few phones and know what i am doing but wanted to make sure it wouldn't conflict with his network
mdrentz said:
does anyone know if this method will work on a htc glacier thats flashed to a network other then t-mobile.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996
its my friends phone and he is on simple mobile. i have rooted quite a few phones and know what i am doing but wanted to make sure it wouldn't conflict with his network
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Any rooting method will work on any phone it was designed for.
Hi guys, I just follwed the method by the unlocker... but at the end when I go to better terminal I'm not getting the # sign... So I recon that it didn't work, right? What might the problem be?
My bad, wasn't writing SU... OPPSSS!!!
I think I screwed something. I just noticed that my CW version is 3.0.2.4 and everybody I see is talking about 3.0.0.5. Is this something bad? I'm having trouble flahing gapps and I got another strange problem, If I put a ringtone and reboot the phone it reverts to the original one, and if I copy something to the SD card it gets deleted. Strange? Please can anyone tell me if I screwed this and how can I resolve?
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I think I screwed something. I just noticed that my CW version is 3.0.2.4 and everybody I see is talking about 3.0.0.5. Is this something bad? I'm having trouble flahing gapps and I got another strange problem, If I put a ringtone and reboot the phone it reverts to the original one, and if I copy something to the SD card it gets deleted. Strange? Please can anyone tell me if I screwed this and how can I resolve?
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3.0.0.5 is the older one. 3.0.2.4 is the newer one.
What error are you getting when you flashed the g/apps?
how the eff is stuff getting deleted from the SDcard. the recovery image doesn't natively delete anything from the SDcard.
neidlinger said:
3.0.0.5 is the older one. 3.0.2.4 is the newer one.
What error are you getting when you flashed the g/apps?
how the eff is stuff getting deleted from the SDcard. the recovery image doesn't natively delete anything from the SDcard.
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I don't really know, this is a new 32 gig class 6 sandisk memory, the original 8gigs is out ot the phone. I left last night transfering from my pc 20 gigs of music and today after i disconnected it from the pc it was gone.
I'm testing the ringtones to determine what the heck is going on, more on that later....
Gapps... starts to install and...
finding update package...
opening update package...
e:cant open /sdcard/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
This is the 4th time I download this... Maybe permissions?
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Gapps... starts to install and...
finding update package...
opening update package...
e:cant open /sdcard/gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted
This is the 4th time I download this... Maybe permissions?
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Their has to be something wrong with (a) the recovery image or (b) the g/apps.
Are you sure you are downloading the correct g/apps for our phone running CM7. They have their own g/apps....If you are 100% sure it's for our phone then i'd suggest .....
... is attempting to manually flash the recovery image to make sure you do not get a blip in the system. Personally, i do not trust flashing recovery images with Clockwork ROM manager. I've seen a-lot of errors come out of it. This might be one of them.
Have you tryed the 8gig sdcard to install the g-apps? the 32gig may be bad
I just removed the sd card and put it on my laptop and copied a folder with music... after taht turned on the phone and it is gone! strange!
Gonna test the 8gigs..
Put the 8 gigs, and it installed... Hmmm...
NOw, after it finishes the setup of the apps I will format the 32 and test it...
Every time I try to download the Visionary.apk from the above posts, it downloads, then tells me the file has a virus... what's going on? Are they false positives?
_Allan_ said:
Every time I try to download the Visionary.apk from the above posts, it downloads, then tells me the file has a virus... what's going on? Are they false positives?
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Its false so don't worry about it and go with VISIONary+
I was excited that I received a message to update my firmware to 2.2 Froyo, but when I tried doing so I kept getting errors at the installation screen. It would download then go to the installation screen and give me an error.
I'm not sure if I bricked the phone without knowing or something, but I get the following error message when trying to upgrade:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
I have no idea what that is/where it is. I checked my SD Card, but I didn't see anything like that there. I'm guessing I'm missing that folder/file, but I don't know where it would have went or if I can get it back.
I've tried to do the update both through my Bravo and downloading a ZIP file and trying to do it through the Recovery screen. I tried everything Motorola suggests on their website as well as searched Google a lot, but came up with nothing.
I should add that even when I click "applysdcard:update.zip" it gives me a few errors and aborts the installation.
I'm just wondering if there's any way to fix this so I can upgrade my firmware?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
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I was excited that I received a message to update my firmware to 2.2 Froyo, but when I tried doing so I kept getting errors at the installation screen. It would download then go to the installation screen and give me an error.
I'm not sure if I bricked the phone without knowing or something, but I get the following error message when trying to upgrade:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
I have no idea what that is/where it is. I checked my SD Card, but I didn't see anything like that there. I'm guessing I'm missing that folder/file, but I don't know where it would have went or if I can get it back.
I've tried to do the update both through my Bravo and downloading a ZIP file and trying to do it through the Recovery screen. I tried everything Motorola suggests on their website as well as searched Google a lot, but came up with nothing.
I should add that even when I click "applysdcard:update.zip" it gives me a few errors and aborts the installation.
I'm just wondering if there's any way to fix this so I can upgrade my firmware?
Thanks to anyone that can help.
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Have you done any sort of modding using SQLite Editor or Root Explorer to your phone?
i have the same error, but i do have modified the bravo with sqlite editor en root explorer. Does somedoby has the original build.prop please? i cant remember what i have changed in mine so i can not update
gosunta said:
i have the same error, but i do have modified the bravo with sqlite editor en root explorer. Does somedoby has the original build.prop please? i cant remember what i have changed in mine so i can not update
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Just emailed you the original build.prop you need in order to get the update to work. Let me know how it goes.
Finally working , i replace the file and i did upgrade my phone. Thanks a lot for all the info
I get a the update downloaded but when it restarts I am getting a white triangle with a yellow explination point.
If I pop the battery I can get past the error and back to the phone
I have it rooted with one click
Any info?
seraphielx said:
I get a the update downloaded but when it restarts I am getting a white triangle with a yellow explination point.
If I pop the battery I can get past the error and back to the phone
I have it rooted with one click
Any info?
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touch the screen at right-bottom and you will see a list. Select update.zip and touch ok
hippyman said:
Have you done any sort of modding using SQLite Editor or Root Explorer to your phone?
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I'm sure there is a solution, but just forget it and install 2.2 SBF.
hippyman said:
Have you done any sort of modding using SQLite Editor or Root Explorer to your phone?
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Yes, I used Root Explorer. I'm guessing by MCFarmfresh's post that there issome sort of original build for the phone? I've looked everywhere for hours all night last night before resorting to asking somewhere, but I couldn't find anything and the "solutions" I've seen all did not work. I kept getting the same errors.
Thank you for replying. If you can help, it'll be very much appreciated.
I have a rooted Bravo and I deleted some of the bloatware, and I received the Froyo update and everytime I download and the system resets I get an error and the update stops. Selecting from memory card doesnt work for me, and I dont have a backup of the original settings to re-install (which I'm not sure how to do that either). If anyone has any suggestions I'm open.
its checking for att apps
if you renamed them name them back to apk
I didn't rename them, I deleted them off my phone.
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I don't know much about these things but I would think that would be a bad thing to do...
I was able to get the update to install to my phone but now it is running slow
Any more info on how to fix this issue?
OK, so I tried everything that's suggested pretty much everywhere and I'm still unable to update. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what, but I've tried resetting the phone via the phone/recovery screen, tried updating via the phone, and I also tried replacing the original build, but nothing worked so far.
I have no idea what else I can do, but any help would be appreciated.
GeNiO426 said:
OK, so I tried everything that's suggested pretty much everywhere and I'm still unable to update. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong or what, but I've tried resetting the phone via the phone/recovery screen, tried updating via the phone, and I also tried replacing the original build, but nothing worked so far.
I have no idea what else I can do, but any help would be appreciated.
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If nothing else works, you can always sbf. It sounds scarier than it really is, actually it is pretty easy. Just make sure you follow the directions. I've done several sbf's and they have all turned out perfectly.
jorgonv said:
If nothing else works, you can always sbf. It sounds scarier than it really is, actually it is pretty easy. Just make sure you follow the directions. I've done several sbf's and they have all turned out perfectly.
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Thanks. I'm not sure what it was, but I switched to my Windows XP desktop (from my Windows 7 Home 64-bit laptop) and the SBF Flash worked perfectly, thanks bandroid, yourself, and others. I really appreciate all of the help given. 2.2 looks and feels a lot better than 2.1 so I'm really happy about that.
MCFarmfresh said:
Just emailed you the original build.prop you need in order to get the update to work. Let me know how it goes.
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please send me one too and where do i put it.????
mismisgh said:
please send me one too and where do i put it.????
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If you will give me your email I can get it to you. For the life of me I cannot figure out hhow to attach files through pm using my phone lol. You can also use the .sbf method to upgrade but I'll definitely get the files to you if you send me your email.
SBF'in it...
Okay....so one of your gentleman above (I'm new to the forum ish) stated that he had deleted some apps off of his OS. I did the same thing with AT&T Hotspot Locator (unfortunately, AT&T was quick on merging this standalone app into MyAT&T so I couldn't get the atthotspotlocator.apk back). I fixed this using the SBF file.
I won't give you the step by step but I can tell you RSD Lite is a free program from Motorola. It's basically the program they use to flash boot SW onto an otherwise dead device.
Don't be intimidated by it because it really is rather easy to facilitate. Just do like I did and YouTube how to load an SBF into a motorola device. You can pause and replay as you go along to assure no errors. Takes like 15 minutes once you've got all the necessary files downloaded.
Well, that lasted long...
Everything was going fairly well until this morning when I clicked on the phone button (default launcher) and tried to go into the dialer, then it just closed every time I tried doing so.
To try to fix this I rebooted my phone, nothing; restored, nothing; factory reset, nothing; re-installed 2.2.1 FroYo via flashing the SBF with RSD Lite and 'apply:sdcard:update.zip' through Android's Recovery Screen, nothing.
When I tried doing the last 2, however, I received these errors (the first one I had with the first problem and the other 2 are new):
E:Can't mount CACHE: recovery/command
E:Can't mount CACHE: recovery/caller
E:Can't mount CACHE: recovery/log
Now, with the "caller" error, I did NOT touch anything having to do with the dialer and whatnot. That I know.
The last time I had problems with my laptop so I tried it on my desktop and it worked, but now I tried the desktop and it still isn't working properly. Some of the features that I had with the update are now gone such as the "third party apps" option and the sliding "lock screen" is now permanently present.
Any help with this is appreciated.
i just switched from the droid x to the evo 4g and had my droid x rooted with z4root. now is there anyway like that to root or no? ive tryed unrevoked never connected to my phone....im a noob to this stuff and want the easiest way aswell as being able to use custom roms and what not please help!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can't get more simple than this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
it wont even download the htc sync
mnwild21 said:
it wont even download the htc sync
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HTC sync goes on your computer...
http://member.america.htc.com/download/RomCode/Sync3/setup_3.0.5511.exe
i understand that htc sync will not download onto my computer ive tryed 3 times says something about c plus not being synced or something i dont get it
mnwild21 said:
i understand that htc sync will not download onto my computer ive tryed 3 times says something about c plus not being synced or something i dont get it
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Sounds like something needs updating on your PC or there's some kind of issue with your computer.
Do research, don't be lazy
has nothing to do with being lazy i dont wanna mess up my phone would rather ask for advice then to screw it up
mnwild21 said:
has nothing to do with being lazy i dont wanna mess up my phone would rather ask for advice then to screw it up
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Screen shot of error?
got it to download just waiting on the autoroot thing to download its taking forever
the autoroot file doesnt even open nor can u extract files or anything from it
are you on a mac? sounds like it to me.
nope on windows 7 i downloaded the zip created a sep file on my desktop for it went to extract said it couldnt needed a compressed file so made on and still doesnt work
says access to the compressed zipped folder deniied
Try unrevoked again. Make sure you install the modified hboot drivers since you're on Win7. Uninstall HTC Sync if you have it installed... along with anything else that communicates/syncs with your phone. Turn on usb debugging (that's probably why it couldn't find your phone) and try running it again. Also make sure your phone is connected in "charge-only" mode, not as disk drive.
(from... Evo/MIUI/Tapatalk)
ok says successfull but dont notice any diff as far as the stock apps gone or anything?
You should still have all the same apps but a new one called superuser also.
Sent from my Supersonic
mnwild21 said:
ok says successfull but dont notice any diff as far as the stock apps gone or anything?
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Which method did you use? I thought autoroot flashed Sprint Lovers... or maybe that was a different method?
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did the unrevoked one, now im just trying to figure out how to install custom roms i am looking for one almost like the iphone just no idea how to install them to make them work on the phone
mnwild21 said:
did the unrevoked one, now im just trying to figure out how to install custom roms i am looking for one almost like the iphone just no idea how to install them to make them work on the phone
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Read, read, read. Then read some more. Seriously. You need to fully understand what you're doing before you do it.
If you want something iPhone-like, try MIUI with an iPhone theme. Once you've read everything you can find, if you still have questions then send me a pm and I'll help you out. Just do some research first, and go ahead and do a nandroid backup before making any changes to system apps or anything else.
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Hello,
I installed chainfire 3D ( Yes I know I should have read that jelly bean was no compatible) and am now stuck on the boot screen of my phone. I have got the factory hard reset menu up but don't know what to do apart from that. I have checked on other threads and they are all really confusing for a person that is new to android. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also can I just permanently erase user data or will this brick my phone?
Adam
Adam2k90 said:
Hello,
I installed chainfire 3D ( Yes I know I should have read that jelly bean was no compatible) and am now stuck on the boot screen of my phone. I have got the factory hard reset menu up but don't know what to do apart from that. I have checked on other threads and they are all really confusing for a person that is new to android. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also can I just permanently erase user data or will this brick my phone?
Adam
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is it rooted? if so with cwm or twrp?
Cyko.Tech67 said:
is it rooted? if so with cwm or twrp?
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Thanks for the quick reply it has been rooted with this method, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887.
I didn't back my phone up with anything if that helps:crying:
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I didn't back my phone up with anything if that helps:crying:
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sorry for the delayed reply im in school haha anyhow i think the only way out of this pickel is by flashing a new rom can you by any chance get into your recovery bootup?
Cyko.Tech67 said:
sorry for the delayed reply im in school haha anyhow i think the only way out of this pickel is by flashing a new rom can you by any chance get into your recovery bootup?
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No worries any help at this moment is appreciated haha. I just downloaded the stock rom and yep im in the recovery bootup thanks to this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUwi4YZWbyk
Once I download the stock rom what how do I install it. I don't mind deleting all the stuff of my phone I just want it to work.
If you had cwm you can use adb to remove the .apk via recovery.. twrp even made it easier by having a file explorer inside the recovery..
But if you haven't installed them both i'm afraid you're out of luck..
Sent from my G2
atsfrnd said:
If you had cwm you can use adb to remove the .apk via recovery.. twrp even made it easier by having a file explorer inside the recovery..
But if you haven't installed them both i'm afraid you're out of luck..
Sent from my G2
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So is there no way to fix my phone?
Guys I pressed factory reset and now my screen is just black :crying::crying::crying::crying:
Adam2k90 said:
Guys I pressed factory reset and now my screen is just black :crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Recovering your phone at this point wont help you at all my friend :/ you have officially bricked your phone sadly this is beyond my level of expertise in the smartphone world i would take it to a local rooting/roming buisiness on craigslist or i think cricket will do it... call them up and let them know your problem detail for detail they will probobly tell you you soft bricked your phone there is a slight chance they may be able to fix it for 15-50 dollars depending on how bad it is
Can you still get into TWRP or CWM recovery?
If so then you can probably still use an adb interface to push a ROM.zip file to your phone to flash. If you cant then Im not sure how you would go about fixing because we do not have an unlocked bootloader so I do not think you will be able to use fastboot commands to flash a ROM. Maybe someone more knowledgable in this can help you out better than I.
same thing with me
Dude the same thing had happened to me on my gionee p3 and i tried everything but u have to just take it to the service centre and i got mine done for free as i had a warranty but if u dont u will have to pay and also this happens when u download **** things that take the main startup programs of ur phone
.....so best of luck
Cuz I dont get the permission from the poster
so I cannot upload the file into my own cloud drive
Here is the link,(use google translate) reply #20 got the root file
http://tieba.baidu.com/p/4205577794?pn=1
cheers!
Oh that's awesome! I downloaded an apk from the thread, but I don't know what to do next. I'm also trying to finish up a client project so I don't have time to explore. Thanks for finding this OP!
If you can, put the apk on google drive... link please
edit.
I already have ... I do not work for me
sabrex11 said:
If you can, put the apk on google drive... link please
edit.
I already have ... I do not work for me
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just install the file on your phone, and click 'root'
when green bar loads to 100%, you need to enter to recovery mode by urself to finish root.
root failed ;-(
I've got stucked at the full green bar. How to enter the recovery mode?
ansonzhou1994 said:
just install the file on your phone, and click 'root'
when green bar loads to 100%, you need to enter to recovery mode by urself to finish root.
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Have you successfully rooted?
power off and press volume down button
NetOpWibby said:
Have you successfully rooted?
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yes!
sabrex11 said:
root failed ;-(
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forget to tell u that apk from reply #20 is only for 7232.
other version should use the file from the first page
ansonzhou1994 said:
yes!
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Oh man, I cannot wait to try this. Can you post screenshots of your new awesome customizations (if you have any)?
I did root my device
and that guy posted in this forum before, but im not sure if it works or not
http://forum.xda-developers.com/aquos-crystal/general/temp-root-306sh-t3129456
Hmm, okay. I will try his instructions sometime this weekend and report back.
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forget to tell u that apk from reply #20 is only for 7232.
other version should use the file from the first page
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ok
I have it...SW 7232
and does not act
any1 happen to have a twrp backup after root? any sw version? all i can find is chinese one with prl/profile update removed~
No luck on my end in the US, I get an error that there is a problem parsing the package, so I cannot install it.
Ad1982 said:
No luck on my end in the US, I get an error that there is a problem parsing the package, so I cannot install it.
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Most likely your download is corrupt. Make sure the file size is 25.8 MB.
etirkca said:
Most likely your download is corrupt. Make sure the file size is 25.8 MB.
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Yeah, I don't know what the deal is, I've tried downloading it in Internet Explorer, Firefox and Chrome, and every time it downloads as a 256KB apk file. A no-go on my end.
Root Does Work
Just an FYI - I did finally end up getting the download to be 25MB, and root did work perfectly. I was using Titanium Backup and Greenify in root mode. I was able to "freeze" a lot of apps. But I ended up making a mistake and going one step too far...I had everything frozen, installed Xposed Framework and XBlast, then decided I'd save some space by actually uninstalling the apps I had frozen. I did a bunch at a time, rebooted, no problem, then did another set, then got stuck at the "Sprint Spark" screen. Never was able to recover it even with someone else's TWRP backup, I get a ton of force closes, so it looks like I'm bricked. I'm not going to share the file since it's not mine, but after trying to download it repeatedly, for some reason it finally worked. Ran the app, had to hold I think it was Vol up + Power because it doesn't complete properly, but sure enough, it worked. TWRP gets installed and it boots to that when you do the Vol down + Power, then installs its' root. I've ordered another cheap phone so I can get one back up and running.
Ad1982 said:
Just an FYI - I did finally end up getting the download to be 25MB, and root did work perfectly. I was using Titanium Backup and Greenify in root mode. I was able to "freeze" a lot of apps. But I ended up making a mistake and going one step too far...I had everything frozen, installed Xposed Framework and XBlast, then decided I'd save some space by actually uninstalling the apps I had frozen. I did a bunch at a time, rebooted, no problem, then did another set, then got stuck at the "Sprint Spark" screen. Never was able to recover it even with someone else's TWRP backup, I get a ton of force closes, so it looks like I'm bricked. I'm not going to share the file since it's not mine, but after trying to download it repeatedly, for some reason it finally worked. Ran the app, had to hold I think it was Vol up + Power because it doesn't complete properly, but sure enough, it worked. TWRP gets installed and it boots to that when you do the Vol down + Power, then installs its' root. I've ordered another cheap phone so I can get one back up and running.
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Hello, could you tell me where can I get the apk root file? I tried to download it from the chinese forum but I didn't find it
You just simply install it or do you need to do anything else in order to root it?