[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mingolianbeef:
First things first, let me give credit where credit is due!

ZergRush - For creating his script to root the echo; and also giving Saridnour the Tools to create is "Kyocera Echo 1-Click" root method.

Saridnour - For his committed work to Hear the Echo (Our Kyocera Echo Website) and creating the recovery image from scratch pretty much!

KyoceraEchoHax - For Advertising the site and helping us to obtain over 200 members in one month (and growing)

Me - For bringing all these random people together :-P

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Okay, now to the good stuff

Here is Saridnour's OneClick Root for the Kyocera EchoHERE

The main problem poeple have is the fact that they use USB tethering! YOUR TETHERING MUST BE OFF or this will not work. tethering uses the ADB servers making it unusable while it is active. TURN TETHER OFF!!

Instructions from Saridnour:

Tool will do it all.. You just need to install the Kyocera Echo drivers from their site (links on the tool)

Let me know if you find issue or bugs. I did this pretty quick and hacked out most of it sitting at TacoTime for dinner last night. lol. The FC's drove me nuts until today and think this should be stable for everyone now. No FC's for me in some time. I did the online update as well without issues, but don't reccomend it just yet although the tool can revert you right back if need be.

Usage:

1- Extract files to your computer, open it, and click Rootme.

Thats about it. Follow the steps and you should be golden. And yes.. These will be the driods you were looking for!

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Next is Saridnour FULLY FUNCTIONAL recovery image, it has been tested by multiple people and this is the official release! you can get it HERE

Post from Saridnour on the Original Site:

Well at long last, the Recovery Image is now complete and ready for public Release!

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Thanks to all the donators, beta testers and those who helped this along the way. I will update this as needed to help the install process and give thanks where needed. I was very rushed getting this up as I wanted it out on Halloween.. the ultimate echo treat!! But we all know what happens when we rush..

BUT the file was done and tested prior to so its just the presentation that was rushed

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A BIG thank you to Na’ven Enigma for sharing some of her websites bandwidth and hosting the files. She wanted to make sure everyone was able to get instant access to the recovery. Please give her a BIG thank you!

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Only known issue is that you cannot mount the device as a usb drive to copy files. This is a common issue with CWM and should have little to no impact as our echo has removable Micro SD cards.

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To install:

-Follow the directions given in the script (IE: Install the drivers from Kyocera for the Echo, Install the driver that is launched from the script (it's not part of the standard echo drivers)

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- Make sure it is booted to the os and that debug is turned on: (phone settings -> applications -> development -> USB debugging)

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- Extract the archive to a folder (IE : the Desktop of your computer)

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- Run the script “SAR_Recovery.bat” (From within the folder noted above ON YOUR PC)

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- Follow the prompts given, read what it is asking/telling you and take that action (very short and simple)

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- Exit from the script and you should be done with the upgrade.

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- Install from the marketplace “Quick Boot” (free) to allow you to boot into recovery as there are no hardware keys known at this time. You can also use ADB if you can’t access the OS, just send this command: ADB reboot recovery.

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- Backup your device, Find a rom and have FUN!'

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If you can't boot the OS prior to install:

If you can only see the Kyocera bootloader screen and not boot the OS you need to do this another way. Its still easy and you will just need to follows the steps above up to running the script and install the included driver (or from withint the folder you extracted, install the driver) and then connect your device in bootloader mode (Kyocera screen with yellow light on) and from the pc, ope a command prompt, change to the directory that you extraced the files and type this command " Fastboot devices" it should return ??? meaning it can see your device. IF NOT YOU DO NOT HAVE the drivers loaded, are not in bootloader mode, or your usb is not connected [Bad canle/port/etc]). Once it can see your device type "Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and it will install CWM. You will then need to run "fastboot boot recovery.img" to boot into recovery. From there you can install your new rom from HTE.

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Note: The whole process takes less than 5 min. If it hangs, has an issue or you are unsure what it did. Give it another couple minutes, pull the plug, reboot and try again. You can not hurt your phone running this as if the install fails or currupts the recovery image, you only need to reboot to the os and the bootloader to correct the issue and this is what this script does to begin with

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Don’t forget to donate if you find this of use!

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Enjoy

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Now I will ask you all a favor.

So in the last month or so our site (Hear the Echo) has gone from 20 members in the first week to 200+ 3 weeks later. This is great and horrible at the same time. Our bandwidth cannot support 200 people (it wasn't expected to grow so fast). So I please ask you all to donate to HTE and Saridnour. I ask for HTE because we need to expand our Bandwidth because the site has had a minimum of 2-8 members joining DAILY and we cannot hold on much longer (we have about 5 MB left until the site shuts down for the rest of this week, the bandwidth restarts at the beginning of the next month). So PLEASE donate to us. Also, I say Saridnour because I would not be posting right now if it wasnt for his committment and effort for the site. Thank you Saridnour SO MUCH MAN!

Thanks for reading everyone,

Ognimnella (AKA BFG SgtRecon on HTE)