Root rooted newbie

[ceceboo13]

Sorry I'm here.. I am going to try & unroot with the auto unroot if it will dl all the way.. if not I will use the link that u provided. I hope it works I want to be rooted so bad!

 

[scotty85]

thanks for the update. just let us know how it goes,if you dont mind. i was afraid you had bricked your phone and just werent coming back

not that i think that will happen. i think one of the 2 ruus will fix you up so you can reroot correctly.

 

[ceceboo13]

For the method u told me.. all I would have to do is download the first link to get me back and then I'm unrooted?

 

[scotty85]

Correct. Try the 1st link first,if you get an error try the second. I'm at work but ill try and watch if you have any questions or prollems.

 

[ceceboo13]

I am downloading it now I will let you know if I have any problems.

 

[ceceboo13]

ok im offically lost.. i dowloaded it.. extracted it because it wasnt reading it.. so now i have tons of files on my laptop. how do i get it on my phone? just plug in my phone and drag it.. or drag the unextracted one on my phone?

nvm i just read the part where it says do not extract it, so i deleted the extracted part and i am just going to take the zip part and drag it to my sd card? and do what the directions say for the flash hboot ?

 

[scotty85]

follow the directions here for "flash in hboot" http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/353591-how-some-root-terminology.html

in a nutshell:
do not extract
charge phone to 100%
make sure sd card is formatted FAT32
make sure you check the md5 sum of the download(very important)
move to sd card and rename PG05IMG
power off
power on into hboot via power on/volume down
when asked to update say yes

 

[ceceboo13]

My phone wont do the whole volume down & power on thing.. I have tried it soooo many times..

 

[scotty85]

My phone wont do the whole volume down & power on thing.. I have tried it soooo many times..

What is happening? Nothing(not finding file) or an error message?

 

[ceceboo13]

Nothing its just a black screen.. I haven't even put the file on my phone yet bc I'm afraid it wont work siclnce the volume power thing doesn't work

 

[scotty85]

Just so were on the same page...
-power off
-press and hold volume down
-press and hold power
-hold until something happens...

You get a black screen?
Did you go to settings/power and make sure there is not a checkmark next to fastboot?

 

[ceceboo13]

Your awesome! I just unchecked the check mark next to fast boot! Hopefully this will work this time I will do it as soon as I get home from work

 

[scotty85]

Do you have your phone with you? You can go ahead and verify that you can get into hboot. If you can,then you should be in good shape to flash the ruu

 

[ceceboo13]

i dont think it changed anything..

 

[scotty85]

Do you mean you are still unable to get to hboot via power/volume down?

 

[ceceboo13]

I'm in rooted now I'm scared to reroot haha

 

[scotty85]

I'm in rooted now I'm scared to reroot haha

i assume you mean your unrooted

im glad you finally got it to work.

just follow the steps in the manual guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=996616 and youl be fine.

there are a couple of videos and links here: http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/322897-thunderbolt-rooting-methods.html to help you set up adb and get it working,and how to follow the guide.

at the end youll be in a much better state than what you were and will be able to enjoy rooting/roming your TB

 

[scotty85]

also,was it the first ruu that worked for you or did you have to go to the second?

check your firmeware version and verify youre now 1.12.605.6 or .9

 

[ceceboo13]

First one & first one lol

 

[scotty85]

excellent. start yourself up a new thread if you have any questions about re-rooting

 

[SecondShot]

That was like reading a suspense thriller..."pretty work" Scotty -- as we fishermen say.