Root HTC Thunderbolt Root

rexdog1888 · Mar 17, 2011

Any progress on root?

scotty85 · Mar 17, 2011

i just ordered mine,and im anxious to see the root info too. but they said this in the first post:

jcase said:
Will be posting details on the root method in this thread, shortly after release.

i know its hard,but i might suggest some patience :eek:

rtm0004 · Mar 17, 2011

I would love to see unrevoked work for this phone, such simplicity

rondo777 · Mar 17, 2011

What! This phone has been available for almost 12 hours and still no oneclick root! :eek:

Thanks for your efforts.

scotty85 said:
i just ordered mine,and im anxious to see the root info too. but they said this in the first post:

i know its hard,but i might suggest some patience

rtm0004 · Mar 17, 2011

rondo777 said:
What! This phone has been available for almost 12 hours and still no oneclick root!
Thanks for your efforts.

Didn't mean to seem impatient; I don't even have the phone yet

I just remember how easy it was to root my inc with unrevoked

I don't expect them to have anything like that ready anytime soon

And honestly I can live without a rooted phone for a while

Ivansandroid · Mar 18, 2011

ska.t73 said:
Yea CM is one of the main reasons I was looking into this phone to begin with. It is among my check list of things that I need when looking for a new phone. The first being an unlocked bootloader.

Also since it is HTC you can almost asure that Cyanogen will be working with it since he loves him some HTC phones lol... In fact I believe there hasn't been an HTC phone released that hasn't gotten the CM love.

I dont understand why people buy phones with SENSE UI on them and then turn around put a non sense rom on the phone. Why no go with non sense phone from the beginning?

ska.t73 · Mar 18, 2011

Ivansandroid said:
I dont understand why people buy phones with SENSE UI on them and then turn around put a non sense rom on the phone. Why no go with non sense phone from the beginning?

Because there aren't very many phones that are plain Android. HTC puts Sense on their's, Moto puts on Blur, and Samsung puts on whatever crap they put on. If you want to use a true Android experience then your limited to like 2 or 3 phones and at least two of those are over a year old already. (Droid 1 and N1)

So people buy the hardware they want and then root and rom so that they can run the software they want.

Bob Cat · Mar 18, 2011

scotty85 said:
i know its hard,but i might suggest some patience

That's why I'm waiting. :eek:

jcase · Mar 18, 2011

Will post it tomorrow, after 2 more tests.

scotty85 · Mar 18, 2011

Ivansandroid said:
I dont understand why people buy phones with SENSE UI on them and then turn around put a non sense rom on the phone. Why no go with non sense phone from the beginning?

i like the hardware. htc makes good quality phones,and most of the decent motorola phones have encrypted bootloaders. its silly to buy a phone based on the software if youre just going to change it

i do run sense roms occasionally. usually just for a day or 2 to remind myself how much i really prefer plain vanilla android

jpvonhemel · Mar 18, 2011

My first Verizon phone was supposed to be the Nexus One. Never happened. Google said, that phone you wanted from us on Verizon, get an Incredible instead. It is close enough. Nexus S, not a chance. Verizon seems to be blocking any vanilla dev phone on their network. HTC is the next best thing.

The reason I would by an HTC phone on Verizon is that I know the devs have rooted and nand unlocked the phone historically. I will not buy moto for their anti-dev/consumer stances. I am sitting on the sidelines, continuing to love my inc, waiting to see what the devs can accomplish with Thunderbolt.

Knewz · Mar 18, 2011

TB has been rooted, no custom recovery yet

theacoustician · Mar 18, 2011

Since there seems to be actual devs on here that are working on rooting, is there anything we can do to help you guys out?

ska.t73 · Mar 18, 2011

Knewz said:
TB has been rooted, no custom recovery yet

Someone get Koush a phone STAT!!!!

jcase · Mar 18, 2011

ska.t73 said:
Someone get Koush a phone STAT!!!!

Technically koush gave us a recovery, we just can't write it yet. We have r/w to system only, not to recovery at this point.

ska.t73 · Mar 18, 2011

jcase said:
Technically koush gave us a recovery, we just can't write it yet. We have r/w to system only, not to recovery at this point.

Ah cool

rexdog1888 · Mar 18, 2011

Any ideas when an easier root method than , [Exclusive] How To Root The HTC Thunderbolt – Instructions By Team AndIRC (V1.02 2011/03/18), will be available

Bramsy · Mar 19, 2011

droidsite - htc thunderbolt

i hear that is simple...... i'm still waiting though

tmushy · Mar 19, 2011

ska.t73 said:
Because there aren't very many phones that are plain Android. HTC puts Sense on their's, Moto puts on Blur, and Samsung puts on whatever crap they put on. If you want to use a true Android experience then your limited to like 2 or 3 phones and at least two of those are over a year old already. (Droid 1 and N1)

So people buy the hardware they want and then root and rom so that they can run the software they want.

I still havnt seen the big deal about plain android. Really didnt like it too much. My first sense phone is the thunderbolt and I love it. Much better than any thing else iv seen.

jbh00jh · Mar 19, 2011

rexdog1888 said:
Any ideas when an easier root method than , [Exclusive] How To Root The HTC Thunderbolt

lortay78 · Mar 19, 2011

I think I need to buy an OG droid and practice up on some ADB. I always used one click, rsd, and root explorer to do mods. Now I feel dumb.

Bob Cat · Mar 19, 2011

lortay78 said:
I think I need to buy an OG droid and practice up on some ADB. I always used one click, rsd, and root explorer to do mods. Now I feel dumb.

You're not by yourself brother.

odiej34 · Mar 19, 2011

Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police

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HTC Thunderbolt Bootloader Unlocked, ClockworkMod Recovery Loaded, ROM Floodgates Opened

Posted by David Ruddock in Dev, HTC, Mods, News, Thunderbolt

That didn’t take long. A collaborative effort between numerous Android hackers just managed to crack the Thunderbolt’s bootloader wide open, successfully booting a custom recovery image. They also incidentally discovered a new root method in the process. Credit goes to jcase, jamezelle, and scotty2 (and all of andirc) for working out the details, and ProTekk and Trident for putting their shiny new Thunderbolts on the line. Here’s the visual proof:

Image credit: Trident, ProTekk

We’ll keep you apprised on the situation with instructions on how to go about unlocking your own Thunderbolt as we get more information.

scotty85 · Mar 19, 2011

lortay78 said:
I think I need to buy an OG droid and practice up on some ADB. I always used one click, rsd, and root explorer to do mods. Now I feel dumb.

hmm thats a good idea.... i have the perfect phone to practice on... his name is "eris"

odiej34 said:
Android News, Reviews, Apps, Games, Phones, Tablets, Tips, Mods, Videos, Tutorials - Android Police

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HTC Thunderbolt Bootloader Unlocked, ClockworkMod Recovery Loaded, ROM Floodgates Opened

Posted by David Ruddock in Dev, HTC, Mods, News, Thunderbolt

That didn

LoyalServant · Mar 19, 2011

scotty85 said:
hmm thats a good idea.... i have the perfect phone to practice on... his name is "eris"

i hate to be a a stick in the mud,but those pics look basically the same as the ones in the first post of the other thread,so is the recovery functional or is someone jumping to conclusions? the other pics showed S-Off because the phone was a pre-release test phone that had come that way.

if its true,im certainly lookin forward to hearin more info

Look at the screen.. it's a production bolt.

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