[myTouch 4G General] neidlinger:
While I'm seeing an influx of new comers to the MyTouch4G section, most likely due to newer phones coming out and picking these up cheap.

I'd like to remind you of a couple of things prior to just jumping in and rooting your phone.

Disclaimer: i am not a mod or an admin, just a humble "helper outer"

First Things First.​

Rooting one's phone is not to be taken lightly. When you root your phone to are basically giving your self SU access to the /system files of your phone. While this allows for GREAT expansion of the devices capabilities, you need to under stand that it can also brick your device in a heart beat. I know a guy who lives in St.Louis who said all he did was flash a custom font, via an application, on his rooted droid 2 and it bricked. You need to read, and understand what you are getting into. Because when the rubber meets the road you are the only one who can save your phone.

Secondly and just as important as anything else else.​

please install the ADB drivers at a minimum. TrueBlue_Drew has put together a very simple walk-through with video for this http://bit.ly/q7MP9t. Please take the time to learn the basic commands and what they do.

Third, and this can prevent some headaches down the road​

please go and check which eMMC chipset you have. Our phones where made in two different places, and have two different Chip set serial numbers. One of them is problematic and one of them is pretty safe. Please take time to verify which chipset you have prior to flashing anything. And yes it can be done without root access [http://bit.ly/y2zmdr]. Please see this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=858996

Fourth, and this is where the rubbers meets the road. ​

A)

You need to decide which root method is for you. There are two different proven methods out there. One is known as the root.sh method. This is the simplest method. the long and short of it is this. You download a packet, extract a folder to your SD Cards root directory. Then you download, install and run a program called VISIONary. after you do that you enter a simple command or two to run the script in the extracted folder. you can find that method here

root.sh method

now this method will work to turn your phone into a rooted s-off phone. and is super easy i used this method to root my phone with s-off before i even left the T-Mobile store when i bought the devices. However it only turns off the security flags. IF you flash the PD15IMG to return to a stock fashion it will remove all SU rights.

B)

the second method is a bit more entailed but completely removes the security flags. IT's called ./gfree method. Now you need to be careful because this will root a phone with a bad eMMC chipset. Meaning it will be easier for you to brick your device. If that happens you own a 200-500 USD paper weight. And as of currently there is no sure fire way to recover from it. you can find more on that method here

./gfree rooting method.

c)

ONLY IF YOU HAVE THE STOCK 2.3.4 (GINGERBREAD) ROM

you must downgrade to 2.2.1 before you can root your phone.

Please see this link http://bit.ly/rugejM.

d)

if you do not know what you are doing i would advise against the OneClickRoot for rooting ANY phone. It's a simple path to enable someone with no knowledge to root their device.

We are glad you have chosen to make XDA your source for all of your hacker needs. But please take some time and read and study prior to doing anything. We'd hate to see you root and brick your phone because you over looked something.

the Q&A section is used for just that Questions and Answers

the Accessory section is for just that Accessories devoted to the HTC Glacier

the Development Section is just that a section where you can find ROMS, Kernels, hacker, and PC/Mac/Linux guides

the App section is just that a place for us to talk about add ons and applications

everything else falls under the general section.

hope you enjoy your stay here.