If You Want to Root You NEED to do It PRIOR to the Next OTA

scotty85 · Jul 29, 2011

trapperjohn said:
Just curious since MR2 has been out is there a reason the procedure doesn't already have MR2 incorporated from the start?
Thanks,
Bryan

I cannot answer that,I am not the guides Creator. No idea what's taking him so long.

For the record,I wish he'd hurry up

Yeahha · Jul 29, 2011

I don't know if there is an RUU for MR2, if not then that would be why it was never updated.

Chingy has been the guy who gets the leaks and he had a falling out with XDA...

WormDoes · Jul 29, 2011

Not to mention the gentleman who usually releases these for us has currently become semi obsessed with the Incredible 2.

scotty85 · Jul 29, 2011

Yeahha said:
I don't know if there is an RUU for MR2, if not then that would be why it was never updated.

There is an mr2 RUU,and an mr2 pg05img. Its a simple matter of removing the stock hboot,replacing the stock recovery with clockwork,and adding superuser to the rom itself,and zipping it back up into an hboot flashsble pg05img.

Then it needs uploaded,and few dates and numbers changed in the original post,and Wed have an updated guide. I believe worm has hit the nail on the head

Yeahha · Jul 29, 2011

scotty85 said:
There is an mr2 RUU,and an mr2 pg05img. Its a simple matter of removing the stock hboot,replacing the stock recovery with clockwork,and adding superuser to the rom itself,and zipping it back up into an hboot flashsble pg05img.

Then it needs uploaded,and few dates and numbers changed in the original post,and Wed have an updated guide. I believe worm has hit the nail on the head

Hum...If my birthday wasn't this weekend I would look into seeing if I could do that. Of course your instructions may sound easier than it is...

trapperjohn · Aug 2, 2011

Thanks for the informative answers.
Hmm guess we need to hide that incredible 2 he has

Thanks,
Bryan

Kn1nJa · Aug 7, 2011

Sorry for the noob question, but is it the OTA update I installed recently the one that breaks rooting? Or is it the upcoming GB OTA that will break root?

McLabia · Aug 8, 2011

Kn1nJa said:
Sorry for the noob question, but is it the OTA update I installed recently the one that breaks rooting? Or is it the upcoming GB OTA that will break root?

Upcoming.

scotty85 · Aug 8, 2011

Well,any update will "break root". The upcoming GB update will break the ability to root using current methods.

The update you just applied is mr2(firmware 1.70.605.0) and is rootable with current methods

chavo60 · Aug 10, 2011

I may completely be confused but I keep getting the request to update and i keep rejecting out of fear of losing my "free" hot spot. I was told/read somewhere that if i dont update i wont lose it.

At one point the update didnt let me reject so i pulled the battery. Its requesting me again and I think I'm running out of time.

What should i do to stop the update requests from coming in? Do i need to install a new ROm? If so, are there any Roms out there that give me the updates without locking the hot spot? if not, are there any roms that would allow me to keep the current firmware and stop all incoming updates?

My phone is fine the way it is... im sure the fixes are great but i can do without them as long as i keep my hot spot. Once "they" figure a way to lock hot spot then ill consider updating.

My specks:
Rooted
Android: 2.2.1
Baseband: 1.16.00.0223r
Kernerl: 2.6.32.21-gb05544a
build: 1.12.605.6 CL338893
software #: 1.12.605.6

Thanks all!

scotty85 · Aug 10, 2011

What's so great about vzw free hotspot? I'd flash the rooted mr2 and just use a root app like wifi tether.

You have to do something it your object could accept the ota itself and leave you with an expensive paperweight.

chavo60 · Aug 10, 2011

Where can i get the MR2?... I'll search for instructions on flashing it. Im sure i can search for the MR2 too but im guessing you would know which one is most reliable (if more than one version is out there)

chavo60 · Aug 10, 2011

just found a tutorial on youtube to flash MR2.5... is 2.5 reliable? Can it be rooted?

scotty85 · Aug 10, 2011

there is no mr2.5 ruu. "2.5" is what some folks were refering to one of the leak radios.

what you want to do is run 1.70.605.0 firmware,wich is the official MR2(maintenance release #2) update.

you can find the rooted and deodex version here: [ROM] Official 1.70.605.0 MR2 OTA Deodexed Rooted Busybox Mirrors Added

- xda-developers

youll flash the rom in clockwork recovery,and youll flash the radios in hboot.

the OTA may be similar enuff to your current rom you can flsh it overtop without doing a data wipe and preserve your setup and data,but make sure you make a backup prior to doing that,and realize that if you have issues youll have to go back to recovery and do a fresh install.

if you dont know how to flash in clockwork,or in hboot,id highly reccomend checking post #3 in the http://androidforums.com/thunderbolt-all-things-root/353591-how-some-root-terminology.html thread in the root section. ask any other questions you have in that forum,youll get more and faster help than just sticking them at the end of this thread here

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

I flashed MR2.... but for some reason im no longer rooted. Here are my new specs

Adroid: 2.2.1
Build # 1.70.605.0

Is there auto root or one click root available for that build? If possible id like to get gingerbread and install the Gyanogenmod 7 Rom.

Thanks for your help so far

scotty85 · Aug 11, 2011

Where did you get the file you flashed and how did you flash it?

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

got the file from here...
[ROM] Official 1.70.605.0 MR2 OTA Deodexed Rooted Busybox Mirrors Added

- xda-developers

Flashed it by dropping the file in my SD Card, shut the phone off, held down the down volume button and power button simultaneously, and flashed it. It restarted and here I am... new build and no root.

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

I think i know what the problem is... i didnt flash the rom in clockwork recovery first. Yikes! Am i screwed?

WormDoes · Aug 11, 2011

chavo60 said:
I think i know what the problem is... i didnt flash the rom in clockwork recovery first. Yikes! Am i screwed?

No, not screwed, but you may have to reroot. Remove the PG05IMG.zip from your SD card, power down and hold volume down and power to get to hboot. Once there, select recovery and report back if you have ClockworkMod Recovery or a triangle with an exclamation point

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

I have the triangle with exclamation point.

I tried re-rooting using auto root but it didn't work. Will only manual root work? Adb scares me lol

WormDoes · Aug 11, 2011

I'm confused, why didn't it work? Did you get stuck at one of the steps, or did it finish and you were unrooted?

scotty85 · Aug 11, 2011

Do you currently have a phone signal? Tell us your baseband in settings/about phone. Also boot back to hboot and tell us if you're s-on or s-off.

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

It finished and I was unrooted... Busybox and superuser apps state the same.

chavo60 · Aug 11, 2011

Baseband 1.39.00.0627r 0.01.69.0625r

scotty85 · Aug 11, 2011

Need to Know:
firmware #
Hboot s-on or s-off

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