when i try to use visionary perm root, it F**ed up my phone...
i get the visionary temp root loops
Tired rage method it didnt work either.
i searched up no real solution there.
(someone said i need to downgrade, but i have S-OFF and cant not get temp root, so its a no go for me)
G2 got OTA already and i can boot .. just cant root!
can someone help my friend please.
Do you have super user installed? And what exactly does visionary do when u try and root it?
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no super user installed
visionary just keep saying rooting please wait or something like that, sometime it just exist itself out and no temp root, sometimes it will stay at that rooting screen for hours, sometimes it went to a black screen which i have to take the battery out.
tried factory reset in fastboot, no luck either.
only thing i have there is S-OFF...
note : i can temp root before i tried to perm root with visinoary r14
Look at your running apps (in the manage application menu) kill everything that isn't stock. I was having the same problem, and when most people weren't complaining, thought an app of mine might be causing a conflict. And it worked for me, so try it out.
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qqyycchh said:
no super user installed
visionary just keep saying rooting please wait or something like that, sometime it just exist itself out and no temp root, sometimes it will stay at that rooting screen for hours, sometimes it went to a black screen which i have to take the battery out.
tried factory reset in fastboot, no luck either.
only thing i have there is S-OFF...
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so you have S off now? Can you get to recovery? If so download and flash a rocovery image like clockwork. After you get clockwork flashed just download and flash whatever ROM you want. They will all have root for you. If you cant get to recovery do a search for visionary boot loop fix. There was a whole post on the steps needed to fix it.
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I just bought my htc evo shift...I was wondering if the z4root will work on this phone I have it downloaded n tried to install once but got scared and pulled the battery...can anyone tell me if this would be safe..I'm not trying to make my phone a paper wieght any info would be appreciated..
It works and is safe for temporary root only. Permanent root has not been established yet.
Already discussed here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906711
z4root does work on evo shift
z4root worked on the evo shift, but as a temporary root exactly perfect for me I just wanted the overclock option and wifi tether...whoo I'm excited...thanks to u all who helped.
mlucero312 said:
z4root worked on the evo shift, but as a temporary root exactly perfect for me I just wanted the overclock option and wifi tether...whoo I'm excited...thanks to u all who helped.
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there is no ability to overclock.
overclock dnt work on shift
I'm disapointed tht overclock dnt work...but atleast I got tether
z4root borked my phone so badly I had to hard reset. Made it freeze up and slow down to a crawl after reboot.
silex said:
z4root borked my phone so badly I had to hard reset. Made it freeze up and slow down to a crawl after reboot.
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Happened to me the first time I tried it to. Try again and I bet it works like a charm!
shift refusing to factory reset
So I'm in need of some assistance I installed z4root n decided to unroot n just stick to my factory settings...so I uninstalled all root apps and z4root n then I tried to do a factory reset n it just refuses to do it...I tried the holding the volume button down then power on it justs gets stuck at the screen which says htc. What do I need to do?
z4root destroyed my phone :'( it lags to hell now. I tried to reapply it as was suggested, but it doesn't show up on my applications list. I can't even reinstall it... it takes a long time to try and install it and then it says "Application not installed."
If you have the Superuser APK showing up go into Settings, Applications, and uninstall it. Then pull the battery or power down and restart.
That's what helped me.
It took a while but Z4 showed back up on mine and I was able to uninstall it. I'm using +Visionary now myself and it has been great, just have to uninstall Superuser everytime I power off.
I tried to use Z4 version 1.1 (the link downloaded that one) and it didnt work. It begun to do the root process and then it froze. I reset my phone and uninstalled it. Then I found out about the newer version 1.3 and tried that one and has worked flawlessly the 2 times I had to use it.
visionary+
Worked great, correct me if I'm wrong but it seems that z4root has been blocked with the evo shift. So after I messed up my 1st phone n replaced it n rooted with visionary+ n I like it..I. havnt tried the permaroot because I don't think its been worked out yet but if anyone has permarooted the evoshift let me know....I want to overclock my phone...so ill be waiting
For those of you breaking your phones with Z4root, you should definitely Run the RUU from Sprint in order to "unroot" and not just try to delete the items you installed in order to root in the first place. Download the proper HTC drivers or HTC Sync, download the RUU that can be found on the Android Development page on the Evo Shift Forums here at XDA, and Run the Ruu straight from your computer while having your phone plugged in and USB Debugging on OR you can do it from Recovery mode OR you can do it from Fastboot. Either way, as soon as you run the RUU, everything will be done for you and you won't have to do a thing but sit back and watch! Hope this helps.
z4root
Z4root is great and I don't blame it for my stupidy I messed woth some stuff I knew nothing about...
I think I will wait for something permanent do I don't potentially mess up my phone after all the hours I put in to set it up.
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My "uptime" so far is 169:17:40 and counting since I rooted my phone with Z4Root. I can't wait for perma root...
What's your uptime so far...?
z4root works fine for me as long as I run it immediately after reboot. Otherwise, it can hang, or reboot the phone into a weird state, etc.
I'm using visionary+ now...I heard that the permaroot they use for the htc desire will work on the shift since they are basiclly the same phone...z4root takes up 24mb n visionary takes up like 2.8mb of space so I decided to stick with visionary+
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Oh n temporary root will not likely mess ur phone up since pretty much everything stays stock
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So I rooted my mytouch 4g a few days ago with the s=off s=on thread
And some my 4g stopped working and the phone has been acring weird
And its still s=off but the superusers thing is missing and it wont
Let me get su in te so can anyonr please help me and
It says im rooted soooo someone please help
Re-root with same steps you did at first.
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Do I det the file off my sd card. I have tryed with out det and it said I was already
Rooted?
are you still running stock rom? if so download rom manager from the market, install clockworkmod and flash a cutom rom. if its going to be a froyo (2.2) rom download and flash clockwork 3.0.0.5, if it's going to be a gingerbread rom (2.3) download 2.5.x.x or follow a guide to install 3.0.0.6. root doesn't play nice with stock rom that's why usually when you root you flash a custom rom fairly quickly afterwards.
Hope this helped
Nic
You can also get superuser off the market.
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codyphillips90 said:
So I rooted my mytouch 4g a few days ago with the s=off s=on thread
And some my 4g stopped working and the phone has been acring weird
And its still s=off but the superusers thing is missing and it wont
Let me get su in te so can anyonr please help me and
It says im rooted soooo someone please help
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I assume you're using visionary to temp root and permanent root. if root doesn't stick the first time, keep hitting temp root and then permanent root in visionary. Try that. I can tell you brief step by step to get ultimate permanent root and sim unlock but you might go crazy just by reading lol.
Just go get superuser out of the market again. Then you will be able to su in terminal emulater again.
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I cannot get a temp root for my EVO Shift. Therefore, I cannot proceed with root.
I tried z4root. It reboot after I click temp root. It runs very slow and denied su.
Visionary is the same. Not able to get a temp root.
Anybody has an idea? It is the same before and after 2.3 OTA.
Ok this is what I used to do... Sometimes works sometimes doesnt , u need visionary.. perm root with shiftrr its really easy
What should happen...
Boot device
Click VISIONary icon
Phase 1 runs
Logo disappears briefly as app reloads
Phase 2 runs
App disappears and root is complete
That's what paul says the developer but this is how I got it to work... This might work I havnt done it in a while so ill try to remember
Ok...
1 turn on airplane mode (very important)
2 turn on 'root on boot' or whatever I don't really remember
3 press temp root (it should just reboot ur phone and go to the boot animation)
4 immediatly as ur phone starts up unlock and hold down power and turn off
5 turn ur phone back on
6 wait for it to boot up before unlocking (time is everything, its going to take a couple of trys probubly)
7 unlock ur device and visionary should be running... If the logo flashes on visionary its working just let it do its thing
Forum that helped me...
http://android.modaco.com/content/software/320350/19-nov-r14-visionary-one-click-root/
No I'm not using Tapatalk... I'm using the XDA Premium app, cause I got balls.
Did you take the OTA update, if so, I'm not sure anyone has rooted it yet....otherwise....
Why not perma root? I did this to my friends EVO Shift today in just a few minutes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976605&page=12
I'd recommend you watch this 8 min video if you're unsure how to proceed with it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mm6lRDB6Ob8
You ran the OTA update from the popup msg on your phone? If you did then you will have to wait til the devs how to root that update. Sorry
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Yea, OP says he tried visionary, both before and after the 2.3 OTA update. Now that 2.3 is applied, there is no current root method or restore to 2.2 method available. Gonna have to wait until the exploit is found.
my phone rebooted the other day back into stock 2.3.4 grj22
now im trying to find root access again but i cant.
the phone is unlocked but it will not let me run flash clockwork or even flash super user.....
has this happened to anyone or can anyone tell me how to root it again please
thanks
I believe this happened to me also, had used 1 click root. Didn't do it right the 1st time. Second time it stuck. Long story short, try using the root method you used to to root again. If that doesn't work check out 1 click root, make sure you read up on it. Its pretty much automated , but a user like myself might be dislexic and mess it up . Make any backups nessesary before hand.
redlilcivic said:
my phone rebooted the other day back into stock 2.3.4 grj22
now im trying to find root access again but i cant.
the phone is unlocked but it will not let me run flash clockwork or even flash super user.....
has this happened to anyone or can anyone tell me how to root it again please
thanks
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aight, I tried searching, and the few threads that mentioned this, was for full rooted phones... I'm on stock sense, permarooted using VISIONary+, etc... I got the OTA update at 12am, tried to do it, and the phone locked up on the screen with the phone and a red lightning bolt... did a battery pull, did the "unroot" via VISIONary, and the phone works fine... am I going to receive the OTA update again, or should I DL the zip file from the other thread, put it on my SD card, and power up + volume key, etc... pretty much, any help or suggestions is appreciated... lol
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I'm on stock sense, permarooted using VISIONary+, etc... I got the OTA update at 12am
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Impossible. You must not be truly perm rooted since rooted phones (even those running the stock ROM), don't get OTA updates. You must have TEMP rooted with Visionary. The only way to truly perm root with Visionary is in conjunction with the root.sh script.
i didn't edit any script past what visionary does... it's probably the equivalent of a temproot, but I don't have to redo it every time I reboot... I haven't touched it in months... I used the unroot function, so I'm not sure if the "run visionary.sh after root" or the "set system r/w after root" were checked... I know jack **** about this stuff, that's why I'm here... lol
this means youre not rooted. so if you want the update just walk in to a tmo store and have them update it with their sd card update.
That's funny.. my superpower, shootme, and TI backup are working... like I said.. I didn't s-off root my phone, but I do have SU privledges
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kevo817 said:
That's funny.. my superpower, shootme, and TI backup are working... like I said.. I didn't s-off root my phone, but I do have SU privledges
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Somehow your temp root is sticking after a reboot. Superpower? It's called Superuser. Sorry, but I LOLed at that.
TeeJay3800 said:
Somehow your temp root is sticking after a reboot. Superpower? It's called Superuser. Sorry, but I LOLed at that.
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SU is stuck too, but the app is called SuperPower... it's a battery management app, but after reading further, root isn't required, just recommended to use all of the features
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/superpower-battery-saving-app-updated/