Root rooting phone using linux PC?

[danh860]

Hello all,

I've had my HTC Desire a few months now and thanks to the guides wrote by SUroot and others on this forum, I'm *nearly* ready to take the plunge and root my phone.

My Desire has PVT4 and has an erase size of 40,000 - it's recomended in SUroot's guide to use Unrevoked 3.21 if possible. However, whilst a .exe is provided for this as a link, my PC runs Ubuntu and if going to the Unrevoked website, there is only a download for 3.32.

Will it be possible to use the latest version of Unrevoked in conjunction with AmonRa V2.0.1 or should I look to find a windows based PC or use Virtualbox or similar?

Many thanks in advance!

 

[Hadron]

The link will be for the latest version whatever OS you use.

However, if you look at the link URL, you'll see a version number in it. So copy that url (e.g. open link in new tab), then change the digits to 321 and it should give you 3.21 instead

 

[danh860]

That was a ridiculously simple solution - thanks a lot for the advice!

Can I just ask now, it says that root permission may be required for the program, would this be achieved by executing the program from a terminal with the 'su' command?

Thanks!

 

[SUroot]

use sudo to run it and it will be root...

 

[Hadron]

That was a ridiculously simple solution - thanks a lot for the advice!

I like ridiculously simple solutions