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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
I will attempt to find this screen later when my son gets home. 3:30pm central.I have only owned the phone for about 1 1/2 months. I do not believe that I have received any update OTA or any other way. my son downloads a lot of CRAP. He eventually got stuck in the pink logo boot-loop. I proceeded to do the boot-loop fix that I listed and after the factory reset to get out of it, I confirmed that it booted normally, turned the phone off and went back into recovery.

One thing I did notice about this phone is the power button. It is "weird". I am one of those that mash the buttons EXTRA hard to insure that they are being pressed. I make sure that I use both hands, one finger on each hand for each button and I hold as still as possible. Making sure that I don't toggle any buttons. at first, my phone would some how be stuck on the green android that is by himself. What your are saying sounds similar but I never noticed the white box. I think that this might be the download mode. if you have some kind of case on the phone, try removing it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] iamhdr:
OTA update?

Have you ever applied the over the air update? I have and I wonder if that has eliminated the ability to get into recovery mode.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
I stated in my previous post that I have not noticed one. I bought the phone at the end of February. I rooted the phone the night before I posted this tutorial. I will check the build version as soon as my son gets home. FYI, The rom is totally stock as no one has had this rooted, unlocked bootloader or otherwise, that I know of.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] iamhdr:
I tried again and made sure to hold the buttons firmly without moving but have the same result. Maybe your son never applied the OTA update and that's why you can get in recovery mode. :confused:

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I was just wondering if the OTA update was applied by bkool96 and maybe that's why we both can't get recovery mode to boot.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
If you are willing to back up what you can and then do a factory restore. You might have luck that way. I will try to get into recovery later today since my son has been using the phone but I may still be able to seeing as how I am already rooted.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Also, googling it, I noticed that I may be A** backwards. Meaning, Try Volume UP and the power button. If that works then I will edit the tutorial.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bkool96:
I'm pretty sure its volume down+power button. Im stuck at the green android with volume up and I get into recovery with volume down for like 3 seconds then it reboots with a yellow error message mentioning something about the /data directory
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
When you press the volume up and power buttons, DO NOT let them go until the Android with the triangle appears. Then follow the rest of the guide. I remember getting frozen at the green Android by himself.:banghead:

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bkool96:
I tried it again and its still a no go. Maybe its my phones build number that the recovery mode doesn't like?

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I updated back at the end of December which fixed problems I had with mounting the USB storage on my Mac
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
This method and these files also work for the T-Mobile/Samsung Dart!!

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Proud to confirm that this method worked for my samsung/t-mobile Dart. It is now rooted!!

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] taylorfrank660:
The Root Acess

It actually really does work i have root access now:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Which phone do you have

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cromzz:
Has anyone figured out a sure fire way to boot into recovery? Neither Vol + or Vol - work for me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
It's volume down. Have you tried a factory reset?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cromzz:
That's the problem, I can't. I'm locked out of my phone. I sent away my P769 for repairs and was gonna use this one as a backup, but forgot the password.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Email recovery?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cromzz:
I don't even remember what email I used, I've long since made a new one.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Ask contingency? I'm out of know how.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shano56:
Anyone know the error in /data that flashes for a second when you boot into recovery is? Would be cool to try to fix that without factory resetting the whole device, especially since gingerbread can't backup app data without root :p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kptaylor:
Thanks! Worked with a factory reset on my son's phone.

Had issues with SuperUser since it wasn't specificed which version from the Play Store to use. Tried the CWM one and it failed to update binaries, tried SuperSU and it also failed. Finally used the ChainsDD one and it worked perfectly!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SalManilla:
Worked great! This is my first smart phone and first time rooting a phone. I found your tutorial before purchasing it and knowing that there wasn't much internal memory I thought that for the price it was worth trying out rooting it and expanding memory to the sd card. Thank you.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
After trying for hours, I finally found enough information to root my V768V1.0.0B19 Concord from Family Mobile.

You will need:

SuperOneClick

Superuser.apk (SuperSU. I got this from a root.zip. Where you can find this is beyond this post, as a simple search can find the APK file)

su (Often included with Superuser.apk, or from update.zip in the OP of this thread)

pwn (I used the one from motochopper)

busybox (I used the one from motochopper)

adb.exe (I have the Android developer stuff, so I used that. adt-bundle-<platform>\sdk\platform-tools\adb.exe)

When starting to try rooting my phone, I had the same problem everyone else had. The box-with-arrow screen would appear, I'd press the HOME key, and a few lines of terminal would show up (mentioning a missing file) before it rebooted. I decided to try a factory reset, but since the power/volume down button trick wouldn't work, I reset from the Settings->Privacy menu. I used the method in the OP, without success, but I didn't reset again (the OP method may be unnecessary, but I'm including it.)

1: Ensure your phone has USB debugging enabled. (Settings->Applications->Development->USB debugging)

2: Connect your phone via USB

3: Run SuperOneClick and click "Shell Root"

4: SuperOneClick will hang at "Rooting device...- Step #7". We're now done with SuperOneClick

5: Put su, pwn, busybox, and Superuser.apk in the same folder as your adb.exe (unless, of course, you have your PATH set)

6: Open a command prompt (Start->Run, enter "cmd" without quotes and click OK), and navigate to the folder with your adb.exe

7: Enter the following commands into the command prompt

adb wait-for-device
adb push pwn /data/local/tmp/pwn
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/pwn
adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb install Superuser.apk
adb shell /data/local/tmp/pwn
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/pwn
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/su
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb reboot
adb kill-server

8: Your phone is now rooted.

Now I just need to unlock this thing :\
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
You're the first person to say my method doesn't work. We had a person who couldn't get into recovery because of the factory reset. You may not be holding the buttons down correctly or not long enough. Your process is super difficult. Glad you were able to succeed.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lviv73:
Thanx great thread.I have a request can someone make a zip/rar and upload /system/app folder?Because i deleted something and now my phone wont sync contacts,i think it was one of tmobile apps but not sure.I would greatly appreciate it.

I also have two questions,is there anyway to make this phone faster or its just not made to handle GB? Its getting slower and slower,yeah i cleared cache and deleted most junk apps but still.Second question, is there any custom roms for it?

Thanks in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
montreal ruliva

It just didn't work completely for me. It let me su from adb shell, but RootChecker said it's not rooted. All my method really is is: Run SuperOneClick, run motochopper, done.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Difficult process meaning using those programs with the commands. I had a straight talk merit that only used adb commands to get it rooted. When looking for that method, I found this zip. All it does is what the adb commands do but on their phone. No PC is needed. Can you get into recovery with the button press yet?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
No custom roms. No custom kernels-needed for overclocking. Syncing the contacts would probably be the google contacts sync?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
I couldn't get into recovery without resetting my phone to factory. Now that I've reset I can get into the recovery menu every time with button press. Also, I opened that zip, and it only includes su. Motochopper includes and installs SuperSU, pwn, and busybox as well as su. The commands I listed are pretty much straight from the motochopper batch file.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bichofelix:
Method two worked best for me. I think you should make a further detailed tutorial with the files in the same post. This should help a lot of people. Coming from an old vibrant user who regrets getting this phone, i think it has potential.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
We have a zip on here that has a choice to uninstall the bloatware as well as su. I will ask Contingency if I can add supersu, busybox and link2sd.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bichofelix:
cwm

Now all we need is a custom recovery and this phone would be decent.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lviv73:
No i didnt remove that it must be something else.Anyway you can upload /system/app dump? I would greatly appreciate it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jcs2380:
I see a couple of people had trouble booting into recovery mode and they think it might have to do with the OTA update. Should I just apply the OTA after I root my phone or not even bother with the OTA at all?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
My cousin's husband has the same phone, so I pulled /system/app from his. Unfortunately it's not letting me attach it, or post outside links, so you'll have to edit this URL a bit.

dl. dropboxusercontent. com /u/10761422/phone/system-app. 7z
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
OTA HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. just boot and root.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] bichofelix:
Anyone had any luck trying to flash a recovery?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Glitches:
Thanks

Hey Im new to this, but thanks so much for the root. Now that my phone is rooted, how can I download bobsled calling? I have tried but it still won't let me. The most I get is an "application not installed" note. Please help me with this. I have a rooted zte concord v768 2.3.7
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Phone is probably not compatible. My son can't even install candy crush.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Glitches:
not compatible

So rooting my phone wont make it compatible? Is there any other methods I can use? I have the bobsled messaging already downloaded. I had no problems getting it, but the bobsled calling is kinda tricky. If anyone can help me, please let me know what to do. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
Everything on the Concord is compatible with Candy Crush EXCEPT the screen size. If you could get the APK in another manner it might install anyway.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Sorry. Doesn't work. Been there tried that. Eons ago. Lol

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
Well as the last-ditch catchall you could use a RDP app to connect to a computer running Bluestacks haha.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
ROTFLMFAO!!

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nepdoc:
Hi,

Were you able to figure our how to solve the restarting and Not being able to do Hard reset? I am having the same problem and its very frustrating:crying:. Please help. Thank you for your time
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
I had the same problem. I read pretty quickly so after trying twice I could see that it said it was missing a file. I then factory reset my phone from the Settings>Privacy menu and was able to get into recovery mode.

If you DON'T want to factory reset, you can root your phone by running SuperOneClick's "Shell Root" option, then running motochopper afterwards without restarting your phone.

Shell Root will let you do nearly anything to your phone from your computer. I use it every time I want to install some new APK that I downloaded and don't feel like fooling with PC to Dropbox, Dropbox to Phone, install.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nepdoc:
I forgot my Password and login thats why i wanted to reset. So I couldn't reset thru the "MENU". Thanks for your reply. Any other tips?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Wearybear:
Rooting worked for me

Just sending a little inspiration your way. My Concord phone (build # V768V1.0.0B19) just got rooted using the file at the beginning of this post. I did not do a factory reset. I am happy to say that Google is no longer sucking dry all my space and cycles. I should mention one thing that I didn't realize at first. You must have the Superuser program installed before any rooting programs (including the root checker ones) will work. That took me a little head scratching to figure out. Anyway, it works. I reclaimed about 30 mb of space and my phone seems mildly zippier now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
Uninstall Google Maps and reinstall it from the store if you need to use it. That cleared out a ton of internal memory for me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Gideon.Lupine:
Worked for Me!

I did it with Concord v768 2.3.7 BUILD V768V1.0.0B08 and it worked on the first try with no reset.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Thank you for your support. I am still trying to learn to port roms. If I can get it, I will have an att rom ported that will be able to get overclocked and deodexed. I am not a dev and am still looking for some help.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Not actually on galaxy. I am using my concord disguised as a galaxy2

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
I had to factory reset after my phone locked with a pattern I didn't intend to set, so I've lost root, and can't find a computer to use to get it back. Any luck getting this zip with supersu and busybox so I can root from sd card?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
The update. Zip should still be on your memory card. If not download it on a computer and put it on there. After that follow the guide again. Get into recovery and apply the zip.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
The update.zip never fully rooted my phone. It only installs su, and supersu, link2sd, and root browser don't have permission to use root privileges.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Then you need to try installing superuser instead of supersu. Some phones will take one or the other.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ZeDingo:
A different superuser and busybox seems to have worked.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Glad to hear. I had this phone and it wouldn't work with supersu only superuser. That phone got replaced and the new one wouldn't work with any superuser app besides supersu. I will make it more clear in the tut.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pflatlyne:
I have 2.3.7 BUILD V768V1.0.0B08. I followed the instructions and it did not work. I have previously did a factory reset from inside android on two occasions. I tried flashing the update.zip from recovery three times and root check indicated I did not have root. I also installed rootexplorer and tried to access a system directory and it refused. I tried it with both superuser and supersu. Heres what I did that worked.

Step 1: Power down phone.

Step 2: Hold power and volume down until the android and triangle appears. As noted earlier,the android will appear by himself for a while,but keep holding the buttons until the android and the white triangle appear.

Step 3: Flash the Update.zip. Then reboot the phone

Step 4: Install superuser. I installed the version by ChainsDD.

Step 5: Install checkroot and make sure you are rooted. I uninstalled it once i checked as I no longer have need of it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Are you referring to step 10? Or what?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pflatlyne:
Im assuming that everything before what I listed there was irrelevant. In short,the phone needed to be factory reset from the recovery menu before it would accept the root procedure.If the root procedure does not take,try what I did.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Yeah! Normally, that is how we have been doing the factory reset, I believe. I know that is where I did mine. I will update the op

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakeheart77:
stock rom

Got this as a backup phone...we REALLY need the stock ROM before anything else can much happen...looking desperately now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
We have the stock files pulled through adb. We need the source code to be able to get a custom kernel. That is what we need to overclock and flash other ported Roms like beanstalk

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakeheart77:
I am more of an innovative tester than a true dev, although I do know a few things..last phone I aided in developing was the HTC Droid Incredible 4g LTE. Bugger of a phone lol. Btw I am mosdef rooted TY & BIG UPS 2 U LOL. I wanted to list a few of my personal mods:

Install Titanium Backup after updating ALL required system app updates THEN integrate updates into the Dalvik.

Install System App Cleaner Root. This backs up the original system apps updated then replaces said updated apps into the ROM/Dalvik.

These two steps alone free up roughly 60 mb of memory.

Utilize those root apps for tweaking the system...editing the build.prop is OUT as our kernel don't support init.d, but alternatives are there.

I run 3g speeds of up to 250kbps download speeds, have 106 total user/system apps with 46.5 mb memory free.

Cachemate For Root Users is a savior, and RAM Manager Pro, and any root memory cleaner u may prefer.

That's as far as I have gotten lol. Hope anyone finds this useful.

Much thanx & respect again for all your hard work. Had this phone for 24 hrs now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakeheart77:
shotit

Here is a screen shot of my home page btw for kiCcs
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
Thank you for those suggestions. If you start a new thread with that information a little more organized, I will put a link to it in my OP. I AM NOT A DEV. I am barely getting into porting Roms.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drakeheart77:
I will organize those thoughts into something a bit more detailed as soon as possible. Thanks for including my suggestions!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] s3rv3rdown:
Concord Root and boot loop

I am new to rooting and followed every step and received the desired result a rooted concord. Everything was fine then around midnight the phone started booting over and over and only boots when the sim is in. I have followed the reset but the phone is still looping. I am not sure on how to fix. Thank you for the help in advance.

Update: I've noticed the factory restore doesn't reset the device back to fresh out the box. I deleted a couple of apps while rooted and those apps haven't reinstalled. Is there a way to take it all the way back? I don't think any of the apps that I removed would cause this but I wanted to see if that is the issue.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
What did you uninstall? If you deleted system apps, they will not come back. That includes bloatware. Factory restore deletes all of the user data. It doesn't re-install programs.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tazmaniondvl:
Hello everyone,

My friend bought this phone yesterday, I got root on first try no problems, superuser works but not supersu. Already deleted bloat, now I am curious on whether or not this phone has any ROMs for it yet? I personally hate gingerbread (2.3.7) and would love to get at least a 4.0 ROM, if not maybe one that is oced with more memory. I can't believe the phone even runs on so little memory. Feel free to pm me or just reply here
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
No roms yet. We would have roms if we could get the source code from zte. You can gain more usable memory If you format the SD card using my tutorial in the op and install link2SD.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tazmaniondvl:
I'm gonna tinker and see if I can swap the SD cards. That way it uses your microsd as your internal memory.

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Also has anyone tried the pimp my ROM app on this? It has a "universal" init.d setup included, wonder if it will work with this phone so I can edit build.prop
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
You need a custom kernel and rom for it to support init.ini.

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] PuvMan:
I too just purchased this phone for my mother... rooted and installed Link2SD using your original post OP - VERY helpful! Thank you for making this thread!!! It is perfect for what she needs a smartphone to do!

BIG question now though....Tmo is trying to push a new firmware to it, just showed up today.... is there anyway to disable this? I'm fairly certain the phone will lose root, maybe not even work after this firmware update. I'm fairly new to rooting, etc.... I know there are apps like OTARootKeeper that I've read about on the forum, but have no experience with any of this.

Thanks in advance!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fathertomany:
from what I know:

SOME people get an OTA. There are some who installed it before rooting and were still able to obtain root. i would say that it is your choice but believe that it will still be able to be re-rooted.