yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Stryder5:
Per OP:

"You'll get errors like "An error occurred while running the exploit (-1) (errno: 14)", but if it also says "Exploiting device" afterwards, then it was successful!"

Btw, temp root will allow you to delete it, but I *think* it will come back after reboot until you get S-Off.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] steve_77:
su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip vs su-3.0.7-efgh-signed.zip ???

Ok i know we are supposed to install su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip to get root

but according to http://androidsu.com/superuser/

the latest SU version is 3.0.7 (instead of 2.3.6.3)

is there any problem with installing the newer version (3.0.7) ?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] 651stp:
okay, i dled htc sync and it cant find my device... Says no device connected. I understand the rest but that. LOL. why wont it find my phone to install drivers ughhhh
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
No, just at the time it was written. That was the current SU. It will update once its flashed.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Litesorrows:
Ok, so what I did is (Mounted Phone) removed or killed all my Software running. Programs that use the SD Card when the phones mounted need to be killed. Droid Explorer, Kodak Easy Share, HP Photosmart. Programs like that. Droid Explorer is the biggest issue they don't talk about. It makes a ADB connection to the phone, won't let REV work. Once your programs are killed. Disable all AntiVirus, Firewalls, etc. they stop the program from running. Right Click on the HTC Sync and quit it. Once that's good. And you followed the The instruictions to get ADB, and The HTC Drivers along side Rev working. Do this :D Run Freevo from your PC. Give it a second. don't be afraid to wait. But it shouldn't take longer than a Minute or 3. Once your Temp rooted, run Rev to get S-Off. You'll get some common errors. But once it gets to the running exploit section, that's where the most common issues are. If you killed all your Programs that use the Phones SD, the Running exploit shouldn't take longer than 5 Minutes on a Midrange Duel Core computer. But if the running exploit hangs on the "Running Exploit" for more than 10 minutes. Its most likely it messed up. Just repeat this post untill it works. Once you have S-Off. Don't flash the Version of CWM they offer. Just reboot. Once you reboot, Temp Root again. Install CWM (ClockworkMod) from the market. Open Up the app once installed. Flash recovery( the 1st or Second option). Then Reboot into Recovery. Now your S-Off, custom Recovery. No Root. Just flash the SU Zip from OP, or use Gingerbreak. Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] MisiuKP:
I have a question:

How I can turn s-off back on for warranty?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
You can't.

S-On to S-OFF is a one way trip, no return, no way to go back.

Anything else you can reset, but not this.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] MisiuKP:
Do you thing that gonna be a problem for warranty purposes?

I un-rooted my phone and restored original ROM with no problem.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Blue6IX:
Megaupload is down, and with it the temp root files that were there.

I have the temp root zip and could host it - who made it so I can ask them if I can?

Temp-root thread update here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1458318
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] theansible:
Revolutionary not working..

I'm soooo frustrated. When I run Revolutionary, I receive this error message:

Your device: doubleshot, with HBOOT 1.45.0013 is not supported at this time.

I read this note on the "Read this before posting. MT4G Slide Compendium" thread:

Note as of 12/22/2011 the ota update is not rootable (H boot 1.45.0013) and s-off cannot be obtained.

So this means (currently) my device is completely un-rootable, correct?

According to this thread, we're still waiting for a tool to get around this?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1421258

Is this true? We're still waiting for someone to figure this out? Oh nooo.. I just got this device cuz I saw so many people already rooted theirs. I didn't see this coming! :confused:

Oh well, Tmobile gives a 20 day "buyer's remorse period". I guess I'll wait a couple weeks for the tool to emerge. If not, I'll send it back.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
theansible:

it now turns out that no one is completely stuck anymore. first try the htc unlocker at htcdev.com/bootloader. if it doesn't work, you can always do this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508406.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
lol yogi you beat me to it in 1/2 a second :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] yogi2010:
LOL, that's cool. are you still working on getting S-OFF?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Emmanuel U:
Yes...I'd say Blue is going to crack it 4 years be4 I come close as he has been the one guiding me :p
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] theansible:
Rooted now but can't flash any roms!

Even though I've successfully rooted this device, I am still unable to flash any ROMS because I can not obtain S-OFF.. I think?

For example I tried installing the ROM from this thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1329100

I select the .zip file in Rom Manager and it reboots, opens and installs the update package from the .zip file. It says it has successfully installed, then reboots and just hangs at the MyTouch logo screen forever. I assume this is because I don't have S-OFF... Is that right?

Is there any way around this? I'm just trying to install a custom or debloated ROM.

Thanks for any help or insight.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Limewirelord:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1508556

Try that out.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
I believe there's an HTC-provided way to unlock the bootloader. It won't give you S-OFF, but you can root and install custom ROMs.

Also, my wife returned her MT4G, saying it wasn't working and received a new replacement in the mail the following day... with the 1.44 HBoot. I rooted her replacement with Revolutionary.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Yes, you can unlock the bootloader of the newest HBOOT with the HTC -provided tool http://htcdev.com/bootloader/

I recommend you read up on the advantages and disadvantages of this method... But you should be able to root and install ROMs.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] gtmaster303:
I can't run the temp root file in the OP.

The zip opens in winrar just fine, but then it says unknown method and that there are no files to extract....

What's going on?

Edit: Never mind...

The fixed link is posted in the thread, read through a few posts back to find it

Worked like a charm S-OFF and ROOT! :)

NOTE: you may have to flash su a few times for it to work. Mine said error twice over and worked on the third try.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] slvrblt:
Thanks a lot for putting this together!

Saved me from having to wipe my phone after Visual Voicemail got corrupted and I couldnt uninstall or run it. I couldnt even uninstall it via adb.

Using this perma-temp-root, I manually deleted VVM from /system/app as well as from /data/app and /data/data, then I reinstalled from market.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
The Voicemail is integrated within the phone itself, go to Phone > Voicemail.

Its the reason why it gets corrupted, for me included.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raz39:
I'm not a developer so a lot of the lingo that is easy for the rest of you is very hard for me.

"You MUST exit from the HTC Sync application for this to work!! (Right-click on the icon in the taskbar, and select Exit)"

Do you mean the application on PC or on the phone?

"Unzip, and run the batch file (Run_ME_Fr3vo_ROOT.bat)..."

I downloaded the file. Do I just run the batch on my computer or do I transfer it to my phone and then run?

Sorry for the novice questions.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
"Right Click" would be something you can do on a mouse whereas it is typically a "Long Press" on the phone.

Batch(.bat) files are Windows http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batch_file

I tried to run it on my phone for you just to see what would happen and got "File Type bat Not Found".

For both of these questions the answer would be to perform the action on your computer.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raz39:
Thanks for the response.

Would you recommend backing everything up before temp rooting?

Also, the procedure requires S-ON. Is that by default in this phone or would I have to do something extra to get it to S-ON?

Thanks once again for the help.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raz39:
Found the answer to my S-ON question as that is default.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] raz39:
So went ahead and installed the drivers, made sure the sync was exited (it was connected as a hard drive first and then charge only) and enabled the USB debugging.

When I run the bat file, I get the following message:

"adb file is not recognized as an external or internal command, operable program, or a batch file."

What am I doing wrong?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] pmcqueen:
try extracting the files to a folder (anywhere, doesn't matter)

then open command prompt & type:

that should get you going.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] chorpler:
You might want to install the Android SDK -- it includes the adb command and it's useful for sending files to your Android device, rebooting it in recovery mode, and other handy things. Then you won't have to worry about the adb.exe that's included in the perma-temp-root package.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Again thank you for this package. It contains an outdated SU binary.

An update can be downloaded here:

http://androidsu.com/superuser/

edit: I am posting this because for whatever reason I cannot get the SuperUser app to update from the device.

Also, I am not sure if this affects anything:

Root Check Results:

Congratulations! You have root access!

Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - version 2.3.6.3 is installed!

The adb binary is set to default shell user access as a standard non-root user

Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/bin/su:

ls: /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/su:

ls: /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Alternate su binary location: ls -l /sbin/su:

ls: /sbin/su: Permission denied

Root user id:

Root not properly returning its user id

Root group id:

Root not properly returning its group id
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
I'll look into updating this. Thanks for the feedback! You can try updating from within the SuperUser app itself: Settings tab, scroll to bottom, "Tap to check for updates" (and be sure to allow the SuperUser app itself root access when it asks).

You can also try installing the app "Superuser Update Fixer"...

In the meantime, I'll grab the latest Superuser.apk (I believe the latest version is actually listed as a Beta, but it's quite stable.)
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
I have a new version with an updated SuperUser.APK, but it requires a few extra steps to get it working:

http://www.multiupload.com/C3T2DFWAY3

Run the same .BAT file (Run_ME_Fr3vo_ROOT.bat), but you'll have to still go into the SuperUser app, go to settings, and Update it from there. Afterwards, you may have to reboot the phone, re-update the SuperUser AGAIN, but then you should be all set. (Please let me know if this extra reboot step was needed for you. It was needed for me.)

I'm not going to post this in the OP because of these extra steps, but I welcome feedback on this!

The only thing different in this version is the updated version of the SuperUser.APK

I'll be working on getting this to be a bit cleaner, but in the meantime, this will at least allow us to use the latest version of SuperUser.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Tried it and it worked fine, no second reboot/update needed. The Beta version and SU do seem to afford me a little bit more access for mounting directories as r/w which is nice.

Originally, what I had done was just rename your su file to su.old and inserted the latest official 2.3.2-efgh in its place. This also worked fine for me. I have included it here in case anyone finds it helpful.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=9VN7956N

In my personal copy I keep a copy of the HTCdriver.exe that came pre-installed on our phones sd card, just in case, but removed that from my upload.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Glad it worked, but I'd like to point out that the PERMANENT ROOT just arrived today! Check the thread here for S-Off Revolutionary! Yay!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
lol, already did it! Thanks again for the temp solution!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
New instructions posted for permanent root. Please let me know if everything worked.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
I cannot use the line "dd if=/data/local/doubleshot.clockworkmod.4.0.0.9.modaco.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21"

How do you get around that?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
How long is it taking Revolutionary to discover devices? The program is sitting at 'waiting for device'. Thankful for any/all help.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Thank you ! I can confirm the permanent root instructions work. :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mat_oli:
sorry for the noobness of this post, but I'm just wondering, if I follow all the instructions in the first post of this thread, will I lose all my settings/apps/home shortcuts/SMS msgs? Or will my phone look and behave just like it did before, just now that I will have root access?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Make sure you set up the HTC Fast-boot drivers posted on Revolutionary's website.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Thanks for catching that. There should be an ADB in front of that line. TRY:

"adb dd if=/data/local/doubleshot.clockworkmod.4.0.0.9.modaco.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21"

Let me know if this works. I'll update the first post.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
You won't loose any Data, It'll look and behave just like it did before, just now with S-OFF and Root. :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
I installed the fastboot drivers before doing anything else. I also disabled my antivirus software. The program is still not detecting the phone. The pc detects the phone but the Revolutionary exploit does not.

To be clear, the phone should be plugged into my pc and turned on normally (at the home screen) right?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
Yes, It should be plugged in and turned on normally. Try enabling USB Debugging, it should work. :D
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Try installing the same drivers that I listed on the first post for the Temp-Root solution. Also, make sure you've exited from HTC Sync on your PC.

And make sure you have USB debugging enabled.

If Revolutionary still fails to find your phone, re-verify you have all the drivers installed, (uninstall and reinstall) and try "disk drive" mode and then "charge only" mode.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
When I type it in like that I get the equivalent of just typing adb, nothing else happens.

Is that a linux only command?

I just used fastboot flash recovery method.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] neanderthal0:
help...my noobness came back

i cant get adb to work....i have s off, now i just need clockwork and su, but i forgot how to get in to adb from a c: promt :confused::confused::confused:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
You "cd" to the Platform-tools directory located in the Android SDK installation, and then run any adb commands from there.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Install the drivers and download the file in the temp-root section. It'll have all the drivers and files needed to get ADB to work. You can save the revolutionary files to the same directory as the temp-root files, and you'll have ADB right there.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
Thank you all. Rooted. Let the awesomeness begin.

I donated $15.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] mat_oli:
woo worked like a charm, thanks to the OP for the clear instructions! I followed them step by step and my phone is now rooted.

Has anybody tried installing other ROMs (CM7, MIUI) yet?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
lol they don't exist yet.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
I have tried the prerooted stock and and prerooted deodexed version. Both fail to install.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
Same here.

Its failed for everyone I know. I wonder why.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
I'll bet it won't be too long for the custom ROMs to appear...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Micoman:
How long the whole process will take? (Revolutionary part) its seems mine got stuck after entering the beta key.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
It should take a minute or two.

Try installing the same drivers that I listed on the first post for the Temp-Root solution. Also, make sure you've exited from HTC Sync on your PC.

And make sure you have USB debugging enabled.

If Revolutionary still fails to find your phone, re-verify you have all the drivers installed, (uninstall and reinstall) and try "disk drive" mode and then "charge only" mode.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Micoman:
thanks I dont have the htc sync on and have installed the the driver in the post. I will re-install the driver and will reboot my windows just to make sure.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Madblaster6:
WOOT

Worked like a charm. Thanks for the heads up. :rolleyes:
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
One more thing... others have found that if the Revolution exploit fails, then doing the temp-root first often makes it work. Good luck!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] neanderthal0:
I'm one of those, however for me i had a problem installing su. I had to install an unsigned version then restart and install the new su.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
Did you turn of signature verification in recovery? Or did you wind up flashing a whole new ZIP file?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Can we get permaroot instructions for those of us on Ubuntu?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Micoman:
I did the temproot and it was successful but however when I tried the revolutionary it get stuck on "Zerging Root... this might take a minute or so..", I've wait for 15 minutes and nothing happen. I turned-off the phone and got the blinking red light in the main button. I have to remove the battery to be able to boot-up again.

I already removed and re-installed the HTC driver.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Madblaster6:
Install the adb drivers and fast boot dirvers as well. Fast boot is included.

Edit: The red light doesn't mean anything. It's just an infrared light in the sensor.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Madblaster6:
Anyone else having GPS issues? Like not getting a connection when I used get a lock indoors in literally 2 seconds. Now I went outside waited 3 mins and got nothing.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
Immediate GPS lock inside. So no issues.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Micoman:
Done that but still have the same problem. I will try an XP system tomorrow just to make sure that this is not a driver issue and will do a factory reset.

I guess this is not my night :P
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Madblaster6:
Wth! My phone won't charge while its off. The orange light will be on but if I unplug it it stays on and the phone won't turn on after being plugged or unplugged when the device is off. What am I supposed to do when the battery runs out?

Sent from my mt4gs
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] OmsagroSylph:
I am not having this issue. Are you using the CWM that came with Revolutionary or are you using Pauls?

According to nbetcher, there was an issue with the charging mechanism due to a lack of a dedicated charging circuit. Rev was supposed to fix this, but Pauls was released without mention of this.

Perhaps look into this?
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] drboy2692:
whooo hooo!!! everything went through with flying colors!!!!!!!! thanks a bunch, gps is working fine, and ive never had an issue, of charging my phone while off, it has always worked for me! thanks every1!!!!!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] smittyis1:
I would like to thank all who has made it possible. S-off is a go and perm root has been established. You guys Rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Ubuntu instructions, please.

Sent from a Western Union telegram.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] electro_chef:
Same instructions, only no need for a driver.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
You'll need these ADB files (attached), and that's about it. The Temp-Root is windows-only right now, but you should be able to skip that.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
Stickie!
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] blackknightavalon:
Okay, thanks. I'll go pick up my device on payday and throw some money in the pot once I get S-OFF.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Aeikozz:
Thanks!

Now we just wait for a proper version of CM7 now.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
I'm having the same problem as Madblaster6. I can't get a gps lock. Whereas pre-rooting it was 2 seconds.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] ratchetrizzo:
I'm having the same problem.

I'm using the revolutionary CWM 4.0.0.8 that it downloaded and installed.

If the phone goes off and sees power coming in, the charge light lights up but I can't power the phone on and the light stays on even if I unplug. I have to do a battery pull
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sherman8or:
Same problem here! Hopefully my battery never dies...
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] overhauling:
No GPS lock here either. GPS Navigation doesn't work anymore over the Mobile Network.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Kaczman:
So I have root, verified it, great instructions.

now how do I remove all this useless bloat from tmobile?

Also, having the same problem with charging when phone is off. Light lights up, but it is frozen until I do a battery pull. Also, I have to set my time zone every restart.

GPS works fine however.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Aeikozz:
Won't charge off things like a car adapter.

Will charge if I just plug it into a computer.

GPS works fine.

This kinda sucks as i work in transportation and I rely on car chargers alot.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] BiggJurk:
Sounds like maybe I should wait until the charging issues are worked out.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Aeikozz:
nah dive right on in. this is how we get things to work out the more people doing it the more chances of having different results.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
For those having GPS issues, try installing the app "FasterFix" from the Market. I have to use this on my HTC Sensation sometimes, and it usually does the trick. Let me know if it helps.

NEW! Verified Fix for Charging Issue:

As for the charging issue, you can flash an updated (v4.0.0.9) version of the ClockWorkMod recovery. (The Revolutionary tool apparently installed a v4.0.0.8.) The instructions are in the first post, or here:

Link to Paul's updated 4.0.0.9 ClockWorkMod:

http://www.multiupload.com/OC4MDYRAMB

Instructions: (assumes you have fastboot drivers. If not, get them here)

Download the ClockworkMod image file from here (same link as above)

Turn off the device.

Boot device into bootloader (hold down volume-down key while pressing power button)

Make sure the device is in FASTBOOT and not HBOOT

Connect the device to the computer via USB.

On your computer, open a command prompt/terminal and run:

fastboot devices

You should see something similar to:

List of devices attached

HTXXXXXXXXXX device

Write the image to the recovery partition ('fastboot flash recovery /path/to/<recovery>.img')

Do a recovery reboot to test (power off and boot holding down the volume-down key, select recovery)

Paul also has a separate thread for this ClockWorkMod Recovery.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] sonicjam:
My 4g connection is not staying off. It comes on right at away.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] _atlien_:
I have this problem and the GPS problem. What are our options? If the battery dies, this could be more than just an inconvenient bug.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] jdmarko:
See my response two posts above.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] Kaczman:
I also have verified downloading 4.0.0.9 fixes this issue.
[T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide] unclespoon:
+1 Thank you Paul!