Chapter Two: Root Only
IMPORTANT NOTE:The root only method is for the Boost Mobile device ONLY!!! For any other carriers, skip this chapter and continue at the top of the next post. That would be chapter three, ClockWorkMod.
IMPORTANT NOTE:If you plan on installing a custom ROM, you do not need to use the Root Only portion of this guide. Skip directly to the next chapter, ClockWorkMod.
Here is a very simple root only method from Apache Thunder. You will need to put a file on the root of your SD card. Placing a file on the root of you SD card simply means not to put it inside any folders. Whether you remove your SD card or use USB doesn't matter. The file can be found at this link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ia0yno9ws6b7pdz/PH44IMG.zip then make sure it is on your SD card.
With the file on you SD card, replace the card in your phone if you removed it. Remove your battery, and with the SD card in your phone, place the battery back in the phone, do not turn it on. If you recall from unlocking your bootloader, to get to your bootloader you must hold the volume down and power buttons at the same time after placing the battery back in the phone. Do this now. Your phone should automatically go into hboot mode. If it does not say HBOOT in blue and white directly below the green text, choose the hboot option using the
volume buttons and
power button to select. Wait for the phone to check the SD card, some bright green text will show up. Give it a few more minutes, and if all goes well, you should be asked Do you want to start update? If you are sure you want to continue with this process, push
volume up. If you are having second thoughts, then push
volume down. If you continue with the process, do not remove the battery during the process.
When the process is complete, your phone will show the text
Update Complete Press <POWER> to reboot. As it says, push the
power button.
Congratulations! Your phone is now rooted! Make sure to
remove the PH44IMG file off of your SD card. If you do not, your phone will try to re-install that file every time you enter your bootloader. It gets VERY annoying, and can erase all personal information each time.
If this is your last step, even if just for a while, then now would be a good time to restore your phone's backup. The process of restoring your backup will depend on which method you used, so that is up to you.
Thank you to Apache Thunder for this method!
Chapter Two point Five: PH44IMG Errors
I will post the different errors and their solutions here.