yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Questions and Answers] deathslayerx:
Don't know how well this helps

I have a hydro and the model is different as it's the c5170 model. I have been working on trying to get a bootloader going. Some have talked about gaining temp root for this so here are some tools that may or may not help you. I do have an idea, you would have to use https://github.com/Sepero/bootbuddy Boot Buddy will allow you to run Linux shell scripts when your Android device is booting up. It will run your scripts early in the boot process, before the home screen appears. in theory you might be able to load recovery from sd card and bypass the security checks.

The intended audience is generally intermediate to advanced users, and those who want to play with shell scripting on their device. Using boot buddy, you have to have busy box installed and script manager. Using the basic scripts I was able to get

/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system ext4 rw,relatime,user_xattr,barrier=0,data=ordered 0 0

You have to run the boot buddy script prior to shutdown to load the scripts. If we can run scripts then we might be interested in the boot process. a wonderful slide can be found here http://www.slideshare.net/chrissimmonds/android-bootslides20 depends on where in the boot process the checks are done. you would probably need to escalate the attack so we would need Kernel init.d Support Injector from http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40409356 think the best bet at this point would be to look at the ramdisk. furthermore most of what is on the device talks about qemu goldfish and a emulated environment or at least partially so you can find more info here https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/qemu/+/master/docs/GOLDFISH-VIRTUAL-HARDWARE.TXT so now that we have all that you can probably use this to make bootloader it's called u-boot http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2433499 What I would recommend is looking at the bootbuddy readme it talks about these files Download the file 00rw_system.sh into your boot_buddy_scripts folder.

Download the file 99sys_mount_info.sh into your boot_buddy_scripts folder. if you can gain root temporarily install super su and script manager run those files directly it should give you read/write permissions use boot buddy to redo the script before booting it up and see if super su stays. I would be intrested in knowing if they still use qemu and goldfish for this model. I would like to see an unlocked bootloader for all of the sister phones
[General Questions and Answers] deathslayerx:
This also couldn't hurt http://whiteboard.ping.se/Android/Debian more info can be found here about u-boot http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2431417
[General Questions and Answers] SethOsco:
Kyocera Hydro Wave 5.1 lollipop

Tried rooting with bin4ary script off PC (fail), all all that happens

Is adb runs and runs. Tried kingo root apk (failed at 90%) error code

0x10b2ab displays. Maybe boorloader must be unlocked?
[General Questions and Answers] SethOsco:
I'm new to these threads, so if I post in the wrong thread or

I guess post wrong.. Let me know the correct way.

Anyways.. I tried kingo root as well, 1st attempt stopped at 90%, (fail) and gave message "error code 0x10B2AB." Attempted to root using bin4ary as well, enables adb, runs and runs adb but device Is not recognized. Can access system restore, vol down + power (works best when vol down is held before power) but all available options have no effect.

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I'm new to these threads, so if I post in the wrong thread or

I guess post wrong.. Let me know the correct way.

Anyways.. I tried kingo root as well, 1st attempt stopped at 90%, (fail) and gave message "error code 0x10B2AB." Attempted to root using bin4ary as well, enables adb, runs and runs adb but device Is not recognized. Can access system restore, vol down + power (works best when vol down is held before power) but all available options have no effect.

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I too have come across that, however I choose not to unlock it. Strange now since I was trying to find it again, it does not show up any more in developer settings. Kyocera did a system up date on its own and since that update that feature has dissipeared. I would attempt root before any system update is preformed. Maybe different outcome?

Edit: double tapping the build number in about device unlocks Dev options. Just to say.. What if den options had to be unlocked in order to root? Device said, "You are now a developer." Now displays developer options in settings and is no longer hidden.
[General Questions and Answers] kk2247:
God still no root way i want crush this phone
[General Questions and Answers] Go0b3R242:
Bring in the big guns

Just out of curiosity, has anyone tried asking any of the Android hacking "big whig" programmers what they're 2 cents are about a phone such as ours?!? I wonder if any of them would be up to the challenge of getting this thing rooted... It's actually a pretty good phone aside from the 4 gigs of memory, which can be resolved with programs that require root :( Damned catch 22's....
[General Questions and Answers] bigdoomzoe:
Found this does it mean anything..

/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/system /system ext4 ro,seclabel,relatime,discard,data=ordered 0 0
[General Questions and Answers] bigdoomzoe:
I was able to get into recovery mode but as soon as u let go of the power button it resets
[General Questions and Answers] oblitersmash:
Back on Topic?

I'm still holding out hope there will be a solution soon.

Maybe we can get this thread back on topic and we'll ALL be able to root our phones in the near future.

I'd like to thank everybody who is trying! :good:
[General Questions and Answers] :
Thread cleaned.

Now, let's stay on topic and stop abusing the Forum Rules.

Thanks.
[General Questions and Answers] ChronicBongitis:
Would this help? hxxp://arstechnica.com/security/2016/03/rooting-bug-in-android-opens-nexus-phones-to-permanent-device-compromise/
[General Questions and Answers] j369852147412:
I have the same issue, but USB debugging was not enabled.

All I want to do is boot into recovery and full wipe the phone, there is no data I need. But if power + volume down don't work, and I can't ADB into recovery then i'm stuck right?
[General Questions and Answers] Go0b3R242:
Recovery Mode

I've been able to get my phone into recovery mode ever since I ran Kingo Root on it (unsuccessfully). The trick I've found is to hold both vol. up+down and only hold the power button for about 5 seconds after the Kyocera logo pops up, otherwise if you hold the power button down too long, it'll reboot.... I wouldn't get any hopes up about using the stock recovery though, as it has no options for flashing any zips or really anything useful for that matter..
[General Questions and Answers] Tinsuperbdog:
This just might help people get fastboot to work

They fastbooted by removing the stock recovery using command prompt and im guessing adb shell im still getting the hang of this stuff but this might be a chance i use to have the phone but not any more. This does need the computer to reenter the custom philz recovery but its something better than nothing

until someone gets this phone completely cracked

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from the seems of things i cant put link for the philz recovery steps so just google search philz recovery kyocera hydro life and it will pop up n.n its called [RECOVERY] Phil Z (computer dependent)
[General Questions and Answers] DeCoursey80:
Got as far a using the ES root manager App, just want to boost my head phone levels from 'ZERO' to at least 15....cant root this phone at all! mods no where in sight on the .net!!
[General Questions and Answers] Talon Pro:
Did anyone else get the system update? I had mine off for a few months and when i started it yesterday there was an update (T-Mo phone) and if so, has anyone tried after the update? Im only curious as i only use this over wifi to play Ingress and dont like that all the crap updates all the time.
[General Questions and Answers] Stevenlb 2:
My answer depends on yours... Smurf or dirty, no good toad?
[General Questions and Answers] teddyherrera1:
hey guys i seen a video on youtube of some little kid rooting the hydrowave using the 4shared app and installing poot akp and ministro qt app from playstore and he had success infact i seen about 4 people in different videos rooting the same hydrowave with success using theese exact tools as follows make sure u use exact ok dont miss a beat : Superuser from ChainsDD use exact one also Root checker from joeykrim and ministro 2 from BogDan Vatra finally install 4shared app open it and search for poot akp use the 3rd one on the list should say poot-ddebug.akp and should be about 368.3 kb i believe run it by opening should give you option poot now hit enter then it will say root success then use rootchecker to confirm enjoy your phone should be rooted it worked for them try at your owne risk im not responsible for bricks or device damage it didnt work for me but worked for a few others so what the heck

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as i posted earlier use superuser ,rootchecker, ministro and once you have installed those apps on your hydro wave download 4shared app open it search for poot akp. install it open it hit poot now. oh yeah almost forgot when you search 4shared for poot akp it will give you a list pick the 3rd one on the list should say poot-debug akp and should be about 368 kb i believe something like that click on that one and that should root it then check it with rootchecker by joeykrim thats it use at your owne risk pm not responsinle for nothing enjoy if it works for you hit me up with a thanks thats all
[General Questions and Answers] Stevenlb 2:
I've attempted the poot method and ended up with two different errors with two different versions. I looked through YouTube, but didn't see any successful root methods for the Hydro Wave. I did see some for the Hydro and Hydro Life, but the Hydro Wave is a totally different beast. Can you provide links to the videos you saw?

Edit: run on sentence
[General Questions and Answers] teddyherrera1:
try this i think this kid got a few videos i dont know exactly which video i saw it on ive seen so many in past week https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHouNZNEfeA also check at the bottom of his video for links

there is some stuff also on kyocera hydro wave c6740N on www.androidfavour
[General Questions and Answers] Stevenlb 2:
Maybe I missed it, but ididn't see any thing in the video or description that specified his device was a c6740n. And the user that he specified for a better explanation, 19fer97, only had one video regarding rooting. The description for that video is "make sure to only use this process on the Kyocera hydro (original Kyocera hydro).".

I got pretty excited about this too...
[General Questions and Answers] v1zual:
Man, still no root huh?

How about moving "unmoveable" apps? If I could just move a few of my larger aps it would help out alot. Anyone figured this out?
[General Questions and Answers] hydroman202:
I managed to achieve root temporarily using kingoroot for PC. If someone could modify the su binary permissions so it wouldn't dissapear after reboot, maybe we could have working root....
[General Questions and Answers] nooroot2:
check this out, i, with srs adb tools wiped the cache, and loaded into boot loader, then......... with kingoroot. mounted and clicked the root button. i gained access for .........lets say five minutes. have done this twice........ anything i can erase or freeze while i have root, in order to maintain it??
[General Questions and Answers] joeylikesubuntu:
anyone have a metropcs rom for the hydro icon
[General Questions and Answers] sketchscarz:
Kingo root is working in 5.1 without the Su app installed.
[General Questions and Answers] joejoedh40:
Kingo root

Kingo root says that it has successfully rooted my phone and yet it is not the case. After about 3 to 5 trys it says that my phone was successfully rooted but it just isn't so . if u find out something that works would u please let me know as I would love to have my phone rooted.
[General Questions and Answers] teddyherrera1:
i rooted it using kingo or kingroot ibelieve notsure which one i used cause i sold the phone after i finally rooted it you can also used 4shared download poot i believe there is a video on you tube goodluck
[General Questions and Answers] sammyz:
Did anyone find drivers? Cause I did.

CLICK THE SECOND DOWNLOAD BUTTON

not the first one.

http://www.driverscape.com/download/kyocera-android-adb-interface
[General Questions and Answers] Jasoncleary1982:
Stock recovery

My wife just went and got this phone while I was at work...smfh. Just got time to sit down and play with it. Scanning over the 29 pages here, things don't look good for this phone. Not sure if it's been covered or not yet, but I just held volume down and power. Soon as the phone boots, release the power, then volume, almost instantly repress the volume down and hold til recovery. On to see how fast I can brick this thing...
[General Questions and Answers] Jasoncleary1982:
Stock recovery

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[General Questions and Answers] 2xMakina:
Update:

1) I got rid of my Kyocera Hydro Wave and bought a Samsung.

2) Had some problems rooting that, too.

However, I have some observations and questions:

1) Does Kyocera have a ROM flasher similar to Samsung's "Odin"? It's VERY helpful.

2) Is it worth it for a developer to MAKE a ROM Flasher for Kyocera?

3) Apparently, modern iterations of Android have certain kinds of security rules built into the software, along with, apparently, proprietary methodologies for verifying "genuine" OS builds.

The solution for the Samsung was to create a kernel with the proper signature that had a "permissive" switch for the Knox "SE for Android" (SE for Security Enhancements). Don't know how relevant that is for Kyocera, but it might be a direction to consider.

What I'm saying is, even WITH the provided tools from Samsung, I managed to soft-brick my phone over 10 times, and had to keep re-flashing the ROM and trying variations. Rooting is getting harder even WITH developer support. Developers might have to consider writing their own ROM flash software for the different platforms.

Or am I missing something?

In conclusion, thank you ALL for all the work you put into trying to root the Hydro Wave, and as I dig deeper into the process of rooting, I'm just passing along my observations as a layman. I realize that most of the devs are pointing and laughing at me in my playpen, but we all had to start somewhere.
[General Questions and Answers] NebulaNerd:
I don't know much about this, but maybe the reboot to bootloader is a useful button?

Also, I can confirm that it works. Just went to recovery on mine.
[General Questions and Answers] nitrusinc:
Hello folks.

After trying to use [ancient rooting methods](http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2684210) on my [Kyocera Hydro Wave](http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Kyocera-Hydro-Wave_id9541) I got desperate when I read this [XDA Thread](http://xdaforums.com/general/help/trying-to-root-kyocera-hydro-wave-model-t3169118) and attempted to use some one-click methods, with no luck;

* Kingroot APK & EXE

* Towelroot APK

* Framaroot APK

* One Click Root EXE

* SRS Root EXE (root8 exploit?)

* RootGenius EXE (Says currently unavailable)

All of the methods just stop and/or say unavailable.

Does anyone know why there is such an issue rooting this phone?

Can anyone suggest how I could do it manually? I have USB Debugging on. ADB connects, and I can interact while its in Android, but I am having issues connecting with ADB while its in Recovery. I have tried using the Intel ADB Composite Driver, no change.

This is not for praise, as I didn't do anything, but I was able to get its sister phone the Hydro Life rooted easily; I believe with RootGenius/KingRoot

Any input at all would be very helpful.

Thank you for your time.

UPDATE: KingoRoot EXE did complete, claim rooted successfully, and was verified by CCleaner's root verification. acore.process and launcher, and other stuff crashed, and a hailstorm of OK dialogs occurred. Root was lost after reboot.

How can I make this root persistent?
[General Questions and Answers] somebinarycode:
Don't need root to enter into systems file!

I'm pretty sure this will help a lot of people in this thread. I Found out that you don't need root to get in to the devices folders. How do I do it? Just download CM file manager and tap the button called "internal" then tap the "/" button and voila you can now see the systems folders w/o root! ?
[General Questions and Answers] CutEar5278:
Too bad this model can't be rooted and forced into will. Or updated to android M. This device is nice. Sturdy and cheap. Even has warranty for two years under retailer which is dirt cheap. 80 bucks!! extra warranty = 12 bucks!

But with it's outdated android version it's vulnerable to known hacks is this correct?
[General Questions and Answers] nitrusinc:
Does anyone have any resources to explain how it might be possible to unlock the bootloader on this beast? Are there generic instructions for unlocking a bootloader on a "production build", and where could I find that information? I've been searching consistently.

Thank you for your time.
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
has anyone tried cydia impactor to see if it root kyocera hydro wave
[General Questions and Answers] nitrusinc:
Just tried last night. I couldnt figure out how to use it properly. I tried the options but it just said testing. Unless you have to let it wait until it says something (at least over 10 minutes) I'm not sure it does anything.

Temp root can be achieved with kingoroot, but the bootloader won't allow persistence. Not sure if Cydia would yield the same result.
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
every root program i try to use says the same thing on my phone this program was blocke because it contians software that trys to bypass security
[General Questions and Answers] MzNomar:
you have a link? Because the one I found didn't work out
[General Questions and Answers] MzNomar:
Probably a silly question from noob, but where is OEM options? I've opened my developer options and have activated USB debugging, but I don't see OEM anything :(

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Well, I think I've bricked :p

. . aww . . shucks, . . guess I'll just have to go out and get a better phone :highfive:
[General Questions and Answers] mandroid123:
So still no luck, this sucks because this phone could be worth rooting, I mean it is water proof, I see a lot of reasons a high end dev would want to root this.....I just wish they would do it!

EDIT: Don't know if anyone mentioned this but you can put the device into recovery mode if you use SRSRoot, but I highly don't recommend the tool due to it seeming to be a virus, so I do recommend to use at your own risk!!!
[General Questions and Answers] C6740N:
Hello,

Sorry I am a newbie but I can share with you guys some tools such a "Reflash tool", "Factory BIN", "USB drivers" and "Mode change sw", do you think that with those tools is possible to root this phone?.

I am posting as a guest due to forget my password.
[General Questions and Answers] mandroid123:
What do you mean by factory bin, did you mean the OEM firmware? and there are no real usb drivers, because we have established Kyocera are total asshats to developers let alone consumers, I'm not going to ask of anything/give any tools for a reflash tool because I have no experience with flashing/reflashing, I've actually thought about seeking someone who knows these kinds of thing but ruled it out because I yet to have known someone who was skilled with droid devices
[General Questions and Answers] MzNomar:
So, good news, bad news: I did not in fact brick my phone. Instead I triggered a 72 hour lock out and have to wait until tomorrow afternoon to even regain access to try again. However, I'm tired of it. I'm getting a new phone anyway and gonna try to sell this to the next schmuck :(

But future note for all, DO NOT RESET PHONE IF YOU HAVE CHANGED YOUR GOOGLE PASSWORD, else you trigger the kill switch and are generally phone-less for 3 days XP
[General Questions and Answers] C6740N:
Hello,

Sorry for my late response, I was out of the city, and yes I mean the OEM firmware, and the usb drivers, Today at night I will start uploaded the tools.

Regards.
[General Questions and Answers] C6740N:
Here is the USB driver, Reflash tool and mode change software. The missing files are the BIN files, if any one need them please let me know.

I hope that with these tools somebody can figure how to root our phones.

hxxps://we.tl/tHtf0klvS2

Note: Files will be availables for 8 days.
[General Questions and Answers] mandroid123:
Hello, you will need an account and ten posts to do that, but the only problem with your usb drivers is earlier in the thread someone stated the drivers were **** and were not adb drivers, so they are either mangled adb drivers, or they are just **** company drivers that you should uninstall due to them not being needed, but you have lead me to be curious to what your usb drivers are so hope to hear back from you
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
been checking all over the web havent seen anybody able to root kyocera hydro wave its a good phone but it would be a great phone if it could be rooted youwould be able to remove bloatwatre and install large data games anyone find any thing post it right away
[General Questions and Answers] Fawxy:
I picked up your tools and would like to see a factory BIN. The reflasher tool actually looks like it could be useful. The mode switch tool is completely useless (all it appears to do is allow switching between MTP and PTP modes, that wont help us at all). If you had a factory BIN, its possible the bootloader can be extracted and looked at for vulnerabilities. Go ahead and PM me with links to those BIN files.
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
i would like to get the bin files too tell how to get them and maybe i can figure out a root method
[General Questions and Answers] C6740N:
Hello,

The mode switch tool is use to open the com port and enable ADB no matter if the developers tools is not enable (even if the phone is user locked), today at nigth I will upload the BIN file.
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
alright will be waiting for it
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
have you had a chance to upload bin files yet
[General Questions and Answers] C6740N:
Sorry for my late response, my internet connection was failing, took me 5 hours to upload the files.

TMobile hxxps://we.tl/8ryy5veDIh

Metro-PCS hxxps://we.tl/eMUbm8nrzs
[General Questions and Answers] samuel434:
thats the same with me crappy internet thanks for the files now we can see if we can find a way to root this thing
[General Questions and Answers] ccpm120:
thanks mate! any chance to get an image for c6745 hydro air at&t? It would be great!
[General Questions and Answers] nitrusinc:
So yesterday I used KingoRoot to achieve temp root, and tried everything I could find to get the images off the phone.

The catch 22 is the phone goes into a lockdown and sets the sdcard and everything else as read-only when you root it, but you can't get to the images unless you're rooted.

I tried ADB Pull, but its not a file, and unless I can CAT it to a file piped to adb pull, not sure where to go from here?