• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Root [Verizon] Mac rooting guide help!!!!

I own no pc's being that I need them for my job and cannot find a guide to rooting on Mac can anyone point me in the direction of one??

Honestly I've always used Mac's as well... but I have a Windows partition set up through boot camp in case in run into any issues like this...

There is a cross platform utility created by AdamOutler over on the xda forums...but I'm not sure its ready for prime time yet...
 
Upvote 0
Even to load new kernels? I never had a phone that's been locked down like this. Is there history of other androids having locked down boot loaders like this and them being broken?

Yup...we can flash custom kernels just fine...it just has to be done in a different way than normal...

Actually the history suggest it won't be broken...every Motorola phone released on VZW since July 2010(Droid X) has been locked...and non of them have been broken...

However none of those phones ever got custom kernels either...
 
Upvote 0
So what method allows for custom kernels there's 2 so far correct?

Its called kexec...basically what it all boils down to is that we write the kernel to the recovery partition of the phone...

Yes, there are two standalone kernel options...invisiblek's and imoseyon's...though technically(I believe) CM9 and CM10 have their own CM(AOSP) kernels...

There should be a new kernel soon that the SynergyROM guys are working on
 
Upvote 0
Honestly I've always used Mac's as well...
HAHA that explains a few things.....:D

I'll never understand Mac users not having an old Windows PC or partition or emulator (WINE available?). (There's always "Why not a Mac version!?" complaints in every PC game development.)

Personally, I'd run linux if Windows wasn't mandatory for most of my programs.

Back on topic, sorta: I agree, I don't see anyone cracking the VZW bootloader walnut; the only potential chance I see is the FCC busting it if properly compelled by customer advocates/complaints.
 
Upvote 0

BEST TECH IN 2023

We've been tracking upcoming products and ranking the best tech since 2007. Thanks for trusting our opinion: we get rewarded through affiliate links that earn us a commission and we invite you to learn more about us.

Smartphones