Root No ETA on Root for Hydro

ladlr23 · Oct 9, 2012

Anniedroid said:
Thank you jmz!
Confirmed working on the Kyocera Hydro. I just did it successfully.
I take no credit for this - all thanks to jmz above, and Bin4ry, kamistral, Team FreeXperia, et al @XDA for making this happen!

Root for the Hydro -

** I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY GO WRONG WITH YOUR PHONE AS A RESULT OF USING THIS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ROOT-RELATED ACTIVITIES YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE
It worked fine for me, but your mileage may vary, so - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!**

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1328668&d=1347724800

*Download the file above.

*Connect phone to computer, and select "Media Transfer" on the phone (go to "System", "Developer Options" and make sure "USB Debugging" is checked)

*Run the "RunMe" file in the "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v2_win-linux" file you just downloaded, and select "3> Other" in the on-screen prompts.

*The phone will ask you to enter an encryption password... hit "restore my data" on the bottom of the screen on your phone.

*Follow any further on-screen prompts, your phone will reboot, and you're Rooted!

*NOTE*
(Still working on a Recovery atm... I will check back and report when I have it working - BUT UNTIL THEN, BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU DELETE/CHANGE - WE HAVE NO RECOVERY AS OF YET)

Be careful, and enjoy!

*Edit* ~
It's probably best to wait - as stated above, we have no working recovery yet. If you add or delete something, and your phone goes nuts or you loose service, you'll be forced to do a factory reset and start from scratch all over again - IF you don't brick it altogether. Until we have a working recovery, rooting this phone should only be done by Devs and those that fully understand the risks involved, and are willing to take them while we work on getting a functional recovery.

Ok, so I've tried this method three times now, everything goes smoothly, after reboot I have root... For a while. After it gives root access to superuser, the root just disappears. I don't know what's wrong, it just stops giving root access to anything that asks for it. I downloaded root checker and it said , my phone didn't have root. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, I feel kinda dumb, because I'm usually pretty good with things like this.
I did notice that the download link given says v2. What would happen if I try to do it with v14 given on the original xda thread?
Thanks in advance for any and all help.

Edit* Never mind, I figured it out. It was my computer, it didn't install the drivers correctly. Tried it on my laptop and it worked like a charm

bigdog0408 · Oct 13, 2012

this is not working for my hydro
i need help i am a newbee

joshbg · Oct 27, 2012

This doesn't work for me at all. When I press the number 3 it doesn't do anything on my phone. I have already rooted the prevail before and had a hardware issue that I resolve right after I bought my hydro lol. I really like this phone much better than the prevail but I want to be able to root this phone I like the access I had to the prevail from rooting. Now that all being said, I open up the runme.bat file. I press 3 like it says on the directions. I followed them in every way possible including getting the drivers first. It showed a rooted kernel but my phone is not rooted. I tried several times to figure this out and I truly need to know what I am doing wrong or if something has been changed that I am missing. Please help me. Joshbg0509@gmail.com is my email. I check it daily so if anyone has any answers let me know please. Thank you all for your hard work and bricked phones. I learn quickly and am trying to figure out where I'm going wrong.

Josh

Trancenstuff · Oct 31, 2012

Try a different computer?

animejoe69 · Nov 1, 2012

Anniedroid said:
Thank you jmz!
Confirmed working on the Kyocera Hydro. I just did it successfully.
I take no credit for this - all thanks to jmz above, and Bin4ry, kamistral, Team FreeXperia, et al @XDA for making this happen!

Root for the Hydro -

** I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT MAY GO WRONG WITH YOUR PHONE AS A RESULT OF USING THIS. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ROOT-RELATED ACTIVITIES YOU DO TO YOUR PHONE
It worked fine for me, but your mileage may vary, so - USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!**

http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1328668&d=1347724800

*Download the file above.

*Connect phone to computer, and select "Media Transfer" on the phone (go to "System", "Developer Options" and make sure "USB Debugging" is checked)

*Run the "RunMe" file in the "Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v2_win-linux" file you just downloaded, and select "3> Other" in the on-screen prompts.

*The phone will ask you to enter an encryption password... hit "restore my data" on the bottom of the screen on your phone.

*Follow any further on-screen prompts, your phone will reboot, and you're Rooted!

*NOTE*
(Still working on a Recovery atm... I will check back and report when I have it working - BUT UNTIL THEN, BE CAUTIOUS ABOUT WHAT YOU DELETE/CHANGE - WE HAVE NO RECOVERY AS OF YET)

Be careful, and enjoy!

*Edit* ~
It's probably best to wait - as stated above, we have no working recovery yet. If you add or delete something, and your phone goes nuts or you loose service, you'll be forced to do a factory reset and start from scratch all over again - IF you don't brick it altogether. Until we have a working recovery, rooting this phone should only be done by Devs and those that fully understand the risks involved, and are willing to take them while we work on getting a functional recovery.

i would like to try this but if i do and it works as long as i don't do anything in the system files is there a way to "unroot" or reset the hydro like it came?

animejoe69 · Nov 6, 2012

i have done everything like it says to and read everyones post about it and all there help but i still can't get rooted.
any help or ideas?

ladlr23 · Nov 7, 2012

animejoe69 said:
i have done everything like it says to and read everyones post about it and all there help but i still can't get rooted.
any help or ideas?

Hmm what kind of computer are you using to root it?

animejoe69 · Nov 7, 2012

i've tryed on a lenovo thinkpad, and 2 costom built PC's all running win7 ultimate 64bit. i'm a tech for a small PC shop here and am usualy pretty good with most electronics but this is really got me confused.

don't know if this helps but my hydro has,
android version 4.0.4
software ver. 1.001BT
hardware ver. 0104
baseband ver. 1.oo1BT
kernel ver. 3.0.8-perf
build number IML77

C3Pdr0id · Nov 9, 2012

lol, never mind, found it, figures

animejoe69 · Nov 11, 2012

anyone still have a link or copy of the root program? the link in this post says the thread has been moved or deleted and i can't find it. my flash drive that i had everything on got ran over and i lost my copy of it along with everything else i had on it. but at least i had a backup of my other files just hadn't backed the root program up yet.
if you have a copy please send me a link or pm.

thanks to all for the help i got trying to root in the first place

Tattooedgod · Nov 16, 2012

I'm having the same trouble as the others says it roots of then no root but superuser is installed

Windows 8 hp

mikematias123 · Nov 18, 2013

Any one need a faster and simple way to root the hydro i found this the simple way to do. Theres no pc needed not even poot or minsrto 2 just download root me 3.0 apk file and your all set than download root checker from google play store to see if u have root all set. No mess no fuss just root and easy 123

Djinn9575 · Jan 27, 2015

ok im not seeing no accurate answer to this can the keyocera hydro be rooted (yes or no) if yes then how? i have the last kernel update i know it was able to be done when i first got the phone and now it appears heads are spinning with no pinpoint answer also if so can you provide a link with a tut and Please help!?!?!?

Djinn9575 · Feb 18, 2015

NOBODY REALLY!?!?!it is a outdated phone this i know ive waited almost a month for a reply i do not want to brick my phone ,this phone has been awesome to me i absolutely love the water proof feature and yes i still use it!! so a reply is all i ask for ty for your time and the bump., please help?

badenglish · Feb 20, 2015

Djinn9575 said:
NOBODY REALLY!?!?!it is a outdated phone this i know ive waited almost a month for a reply i do not want to brick my phone ,this phone has been awesome to me i absolutely love the water proof feature and yes i still use it!! so a reply is all i ask for ty for your time and the bump., please help?

Yes it can be rooted, but must use with care as boot-loader is locked making restoration difficult. The link to root method was provided in post #9 of this thread. Mine is Metro w/Android v4.1.2. I used Root with Restore by Bin4ry v35, and chose option 1 (Xperia Root by cubeundcube).

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460&highlight=kyocera

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