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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ksehwail:
Thanks for the information D.. I am going crazy I had just bought my Asus transformer so did not have enough money to buy the Bionic. Verizon initially told me i would be able to use the Pantech for unlimited tethering since I had a grandfathered plan now they told me it would be 30$ for 2gb a month. I am in desperate need to root the Breakout if anybody has any insight it would be much appreciated
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze5115:
[Q] How to root a pantech breakout

Is there a way to root a pantech breakout yet? I have tried superonclick, gingerbreak, and z4mod with no luck & I am running android os v 2.3.3 gingerbreaed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewsephvladmir:
Not yet, from what I've seen. And I'm with ya, tried all the current rooters. But looks like Google patched something in the 2.3.3 release that blocks the current methods. Hopefully someone will find something soon (wish I knew enough about programming). This is an awesome little phone, and with a little root and customization, will be amazing.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terpsfan:
have you tried the wifi hotspot app on market? It works for the breakout and u don't neeed to signup for mobile hotspot.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ksehwail:
I am unable to find any apps that support wifi tethering on the Breakout. I have tried many including barnacle, pdanet, and more all to no avail. The only way I am able to use the Breakout as a hotspot is by using the preinstalled verizon app. I am currently on an ulimited everything plan and have been given a month free tethering. however, I am being told that I have a 2gb monthly limit and will be charged for any overages even with the "free" month. It was my understanding that having an unlimited data/web plan that tethering would follow suite, guess not. If anybody can offer some advice it would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Odin2347:
getting my breakout tomorrow...hopefully someone figures out how to root this thing!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jacobwebb13:
tethering app

I found the tethering app that works for the Pantech Breakout. It works as a widget instead of an actual app but it goes off your unlimited data plan and it doesnn't require root. It is called tethering widget by HI-DEVELOP XD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ayan.anroid:
Is there any way to upgrade ma os version to 2.3 .......???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ksehwail:
root

Would any developer be interested in rooting this crap (breakout) for some money?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terabyte128:
So the wifi hotspot app doesn't require root or mobile hotspot? I can't find it in the market, can you give me a hint?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
You think it's crap? I like mine..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bitthebeast:
Another Breakout owner looking to root...

This phone would be amazing rooted! I don't believe everyone who is saying it is impossible to root
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
People are saying that because it has a locked bootloader, but that hasn't stopped Devs on other phones, so I am holding out hope for our Pantechs!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] willcaff:
it's pretty unrootable(at the moment)

i had my breakout since it was released and have tried various methods to root it.

I even bricked mine while trying a method i was pretty sure would unlock the bootloader.so (for now) it is not rootable.:(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutthroatamft:
I rooted the Breakout today using zergRush.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Awesome news!

Were you able to get rid of the bloatware?

Have you tried any ROMs?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magnatar:
Great news on the root with zergRoot. Would you give details on the method you used? Did you use Doomlords auto script?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgroves450:
I'm very interested in hearing if others have rooted their Pantech Breakout using zergroot/ DoomLord method.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewsephvladmir:
Ladies and Gentlemen....

We have root!!!!!

The autoscript from doomlord for zergroot didn't work for me, but the manual method did.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1312859

Go to step two on this page, and it provides a pdf of the easiest to understand instructions I've ever seen.

But do download the doomlord files, because you will need them for rooting.

DooMLoRD_v1_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip

And thank you to cutthroatamft for letting us know about this. You are a beautiful human being.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Question,

When it says:

What driver did you use?

Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgroves450:
SCHWEEEEEEETTTTTTT! I'm all over this.....later today.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] drewsephvladmir:
The driver it mentions in the instructions is on the phone. When you plug your phone into your computer, you should get an auto-run pop-up from windows. Open it up and install said delicious driver goodness!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckupsco:
I was able to root and push superuser and su using zergrush but doing it manually. I couldn't get the script to run. I was then able to remove bloatware using root explorer.

once i followed the manual instructions here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1296916

i ran

push Superuser.apk to /system/app and push su to /system/bin.

Then back into adb shell:

chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk

chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

rebooted and i was good to go.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rgroves450:
The above instructions worked for me as well.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Awesome, now I just have to get the guts to try it, lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terabyte128:
Me too...:eek:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckupsco:
It's easy go ahead and try it :)

On another note once it's rooted what bloatware can be safely removed?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terabyte128:
Don't necessarily take my word, this is just my thoughts.

I would imagine that all of the bloatware can be removed, as long as you're careful. If you start it up while holding the Search button, though, there is actually an option to back up the /system folder to the SD card. It may be a good idea to do that just in case ;)

On another note: CityID can actually be removed without root, if you start the application and decline to register, it will ask if you would like it to be removed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] terabyte128:
Temporary Root

I was able to get temporary root:

1. Follow guide on step 2: (on this page)

2. Go until the part where ZergRush is run, do that, then stop

3. Remount /system via adb

4. Delete stuff you want to delete

5. Restart phone

Done!

Disclaimer: :)

This worked for me, it may not work for you, I assume no responsibility
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
As usual I have trouble with ADB on Win7. I constantly get "error: device not found" no matter what I try :(
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bitthebeast:
I'm having the same trouble with adb. "Device not found" ...

I assume this is driver related?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ckupsco:
Make sure you have the drivers loaded that automatically pop up when you connect the phone. The Pantech Android adb driver is in there. I had the same issue until i loaded those. It will actually load 5 or 6 things.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bitthebeast:
Got the drivers now. I didn't realize that the Verzion Bootstrap thing was the driver installer...

Now to try rooting...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] magnatar:
Rooted

Hi gang,

I've rooted my breakout tonite and unistalled many verizon preloaded apps.

The zergrush manual method works fine. Just make sure you have all file download to your PC (zergrush,su binary,superuser,busybox,and java se developer tools). This is a great phone rooted and free of unwanted apps.

Make sure to save a system dump 1st so you can restore the phone to unrooted.

Cudo's to cutthroatamft for being the first to publish breakout rooted by zergrush. Many thanks man.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanlopez01:
someone can put the The zergrush manual method links?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagerx2:
SuperOneClick worked for me last night. I have super user. I put free wireless tether for root 2.0.7 on my phone and used root uninstaller to get rid of all the verizon bloatware apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Yes! It worked for me too, thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagerx2:
Dont thank me, thank the devs, I'm just trying to keep people informed. Enjoy the phone, its much better without all the BS apps.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Agreed! 10char
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jburch:
Has anyone had any luck flashing a new ROM yet on the Pantech Breakout? I've rooted mine via zergrush and with Root Explorer, I removed some of the bloatware. I was being careful and conservative when removing; however, now my market app gives me the com.vending.process error and force closes. I've tried deleting everything to do with the market and reinstalling the newest version as well as old versions, but I still get the force close. Maybe I've corrupted the system someway? Anyway, I'm thinking a fresh ROM may solve everything......fingers crossed.

Also, I've tried the factory reset twice and it doesn't fix the problem.

***edit, the actual error message I'm getting is com.Android.vending
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
yay rooted

rooted my breakout last night using superoneclick v2.2 and it worked flawlessly and only took a few minutes :D also not sure if Im the only one that noticed...but has anyone else noticed that the stock recovery allows you to backup the system to the sd card? just thought it was weird, none of my previous phones had that option in the stock recovery....(droid1, samsung fascinate, xperia play, droid x, galaxy tab)....
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
I was able to get into recovery right after I rooted, but now I can't. when I try I get a triangle with an exclamation point in it and have to do a battery pull..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aravax:
Windows 7 x64 here. I'm trying to figure out how/where to get the phone-specific ADB drivers. I've downloaded about every package I can find suggesting it may have something in it, and I have ADB installed with the SDK, but every time I plug in my phone, regardless of what USB mode I put it in, all I get is a "Pantech MStorage USB Device" in devmgmt. I've yanked it and forced a reinstall, and it just detects this device. Can someone either point me to the correct drivers or tell me where I'm going wrong? Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
OK, I am a total newb, but I had some of the same issues, so, I can try to help..

First, make sure you aren't turning on USB Storage when you connect the phone..

Next.. When you look for devices in ADB does it show up?

If you still cant find the phone.. I had to download a program called USBDeview, to delete all of the old drivers that might be interfering. Then I reconnected the phone and when the Windows pop up comes up, select tl_bootstrap and it will load the drivers.

Then, try it all again..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Aravax:
Finally got it... Had to take a flamethrower to the Enum key in my registry, but in the end, I won, and it lost. For some reason the default driver for the phone was bypassing the ability to see the partition that TL_Bootstrap was on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze5115:
Is there a way to flash a custom recovery image like (clockwork) yet on the pantech breakout?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
Error error
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
When it shows that you have to press the menu key and it brings up the recovery options
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Thanks!

10char
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanlopez01:
ok something strange happen me, i rooted with superoneclick, so when i go to unistall the golf game and other things, i cant do it! and if a restart the phone looks like if no roteed!

sorry my english is not good

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other thing, one app named super user, appear on the aplications menu, but when a looking in principal menu dont appear
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
You can't uninstall those programs the normal way, you have to use a program like Titanium backup or Root Explorer and uninstall them that way..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanlopez01:
thanks indroadie, i found root explorer so i just need to delete the program i want? (*.apk)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Yes. Actually, I find titanium backup easier to use for deleting "bloatware" as it give you the list of apps..

then, you have the added bonus of being able to back up your phone/apps
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] romanlopez01:
mmmm interesting, i gonna searching for that program, thanks again
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jburch:
Still no luck on flashing a ROM to the breakout?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bagerx2:
you can use a program called root uninstaller to get rid of system apps and bloatware. Its a free program and it worked for me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
Not that I have seen yet, we need a developer to start cooking out some roms already lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cutthroatamft:
I don't have the Pantech I initially rooted, however if anyone could dump the recovery and boot partitions I can try to compile a recovery from source.

Using adb shell type "cat /proc/mtd"

If you can post the printout of partitions.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze5115:
This the partition loadout of my rooted pantech breakout ADR8995

. Would someone be able to make a recovery and boot image from this?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessejes:
not sure if this will help but I posted the breakout system dump here:

http://xdaforums.com/show...3#post18211013
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
FYI: SuperOneClick works on the Breakout for rooting :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] clutchhead:
looking for quick and easy root for pantech ADR8995

looking for quick and easy root for pantech adr8995. had it for a month and looking to get rid of all the verizon crap on there. any suggestions and help is more than greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Uhm, did you happen to read the post right above yours? :D
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
Is there any update on the development of the pantech breakout?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antb00gie:
Rooted using zergrush about 3 weeks ago, phone is much better now, but I can't run Wireless Tether 2.0.7. I mean it runs, but my computer doesn't pick up the SSID. I've tried all different channels/IP settings. Is this a phone issue or the app itself? Figure I'd take a shot in this thread since it's the most informative.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jami2976:
I have wifi tether beta 3.1 found it on 4shared works fine for me
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antb00gie:
thanks! got it from code.google.com works fantastic! still can't believe i got this phone for free at best buy lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze5115:
Has anybody had any luck flashing a ROM on the pantech breakout yet?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nraines:
I was wondering the same thing. I successfully rooted my wife's breakout, but a ROM would be great.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
As far as I know, nobody has ported a ROM for the Breakout yet, until then, chances are any ROM you flash won't work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amarkamar:
not sure if this will help but I posted the breakout system dump here:

http://xdaforums.com/show...3#post18211013
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
We have root, we have Recovery, now we just need someone to cook us up a ROM!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xdhall:
rooted

Rooted with Superoneclick and installed Titanium backup. I'm drunk on the power. Moved every single app to the SD card (including the dialer).

No, I really didn't do that, but I did delete some obvious bloatware and freeze some likely bloatware.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobjenkins29:
LOL @ xdhall. I also was able to root and uninstall most bloatware apps (complete noob here coming from a palm pre). Haven't seen any noticeable change in speed / performance.

Does anyone know if we're at the point where we can overclock this thing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
Just discovered another great use for Ti Backup. The "Integrate sys Dalvik into ROM" option. It just opened up over 50mb of mem for me!

YMMV, nandroid before trying, etc etc lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revolatin86:
sorry for the newbie question but where did you get the drivers for the phone at... i cant find them for nothing?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] namebrandon:
If anyone had trouble installing drivers, install USBDeview like mentioned a few pages back... run it with your phone plugged in, and one of the 'pantech' lines should turn green. Right click on that one and choose 'autoplay', that should kick off the driver install. Trying to root this for my wife and it was driving me crazy, but that did it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IndyRoadie:
That's exactly what I had to do.

Having this thing rooted is awesome, got rid of the bloatware, opened up more memory, etc etc. now if we could just get a Dev to port a ROM for us..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] altimuh:
Just rooted my friends breakout...

Is there a list of apps to safely remove? I removed a bunch and now his bluetooth is wonky.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] revolatin86:
oh my gosh thank you so much guys i got it to root!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudamike:
i cant root pantech breakout

I tried using one click, but it doesnt see my phone, im in devel mode, sd card unmounted, usb connected, what am i doing wrong??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
You need to have the drivers installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudamike:
i used usb deview, showed 3 drivers for the breakout, i tried the auto play. nothing happened. what other drivers do I need? i really want to root this thing but im a newbie. also, when connecting to usb it asks for what wahy to connect, mass storage, pc data, music syc, or charge only, if you unmount the sd card you cant connect to usb.you can only set it to charge mode. any help?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
You could try re-installing them.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudamike:
how??? there are no drivers. anywhere to be found
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Theonew:
I found this: http://www.mobyware.net/pantech-bre...r-for-windows-32-bit-download-free-13686.html.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cudamike:
i have a pantech break out

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its rooted!!!!! yeah
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seaner925:
I'm having the same bluetooth issues.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccoppen:
Step by step using s1c?

Can someone post a step-by-step (including troubleshooting) for this phone?

I've been trying for 2 days on WinVista and no luck.

I've used USBDeview to completely remove all drivers.

I've unmounted SD Card, put in USB debug mode. Turned off Mass Storage, put in charge only or PCData mode.

S1C typically will hang on Starting ADB. I go into processes, kill adb, and then it asks if I'm running OS 2.0 and above and then hangs on Waiting for Device.

A step by step guide including troubleshooting steps would help, rather than, "it now works."

I'm tired of constantly running out of memory on this phone and rooting would greatly help.

Just so you know, I'm not a computer noob as I am a web developer by trade and I know Linux command line.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ccoppen:
I now have a successfully rooted Pantech Breakout. Drivers weren't being recognized apparently. So, here's what I did.

Phone connected to computer in PC Data and USB Debugging (SD card still mounted).

I opened a command window (Click Windows Start->type cmd in search-> right-click the result and open as administrator).

Navigate to the SuperOneClick folder (mine was on the desktop) in the command window. Navigate to ADB.

Type "adb devices". The device didn't show up, but then I got a new driver install prompt from Windows for the ADB bridge. Allow that, and then prompted to restart computer, which I did.

After restart, repeated the above steps to get to the "adb devices" command and the device showed up.

Started SuperOneClick as administrator, clicked Root, and I now have a rooted phone.

I'm running WinVista, so this could just be an issue with this system. I hope this helps someone.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PeterDLai:
For those that used SuperOneClick to root, does the Unroot function work properly as well?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seaner925:
I'm about to try. Verizon is pushing out an update for the breakout so everyone beware. It will automatically do it if your not cautious.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MtDewFella:
what does this update do, my brother has the pantech which I rooted for him and he tried to apply the update but it never does, just gives him an error but it also keeps asking to be installed, anyway to get it to shutup about the update. Also what is the current status of a recovery/rom?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legendwilcox:
Verizon Update

Just as a FYI, mine has tried to update twice in the last 24 hours and failed twice. I've had to pull the battery and reboot the phone to reboot it , but I've noticed no damaged to my rooted Pantech. However, if this is going to happen every night, it's going to get very annoying.

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On another note, does anyone have the "nuance.apk" file? I removed this file from my Pantech and forgot to back it up first. Now when I press this button, it crashes which ever program I'm in. Can someone post this file?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] raze5115:
Mine too. How do you stop the pantech breakout from trying to update with the verizon update?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MtDewFella:
Me and my brother used root uninstaller to freeze an .apk called systemupdate, good news, the phone still works, bad news still too soon to tell if it worked, i'll post updates by tomorrow morning.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mahler7413:
I'm also having the same issue with my phone trying to do the update twice a day. How do I make this stop? Also can anyone tell me how to gain memory on my phone? I have rooted it using the superone click method and have removed all the bloat ware, but I still have no meomory on my phone.

I called the dealer and they told me I had to do the update to fix the memory problem. I was told in order to do the update you need to have the verizon programs that I deleted and unroot the phone. Is this true, And can I get those programs back after I've deleted them?

PLEASE HELP! Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nevrlow:
Zergrush roots the breakout. If you search hard u will find the write up.

sent from my Sensation
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charles_333iii:
I was able to root, unroot and then reroot using superoneclick with no problems :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MtDewFella:
just confirming that using titanium backup to freeze the systemupdate.apk will stop the nagging notifications asking to update the firmware without affecting system performance or stability.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] legendwilcox:
So is there any one who hasn't deleted these files that can post them?