[myTouch 3G Slide General] mesajoejoe:
I am running Windows 7 x64 I have no idea if following this guide on another operating system will work, this is just a step by step of EXACTLY how I did this, Not to say this is the only way. I have tested other methods and I have put in different variables and I have successfully gotten it to work several times in a row doing it this way while following jp4756's guide. I am sure this is not the only way to accomplish root, however this worked for me perfectly. PLEASE don't skimp out on any step. There is no shortcut here just follow the steps and jp4756's guide to the TEE!!!

Step 1.

Uninstall pdanet/htc sync/ any other thing you installed to get all this to work before

Unplug phone from computer usb cables and have phone powered on and in settings menu

Step 2.

download USBDeview(install it) easy to google it

download HTC SYNC(do NOT install it yet) for mytouch slide easy to google it

Step 3.

While in settings menu go to Application

go to Development

and check the box USB debugging

Step 4.

In settings go to Connect to PC

touch Default connection type and choose Sync

At this point you have the phone not plugged in, you have the setting on the phone changed, you have dowloaded usbdeview and installed it, and have htc sync dowloaded

Step 5.

Start USBDeview(some may have to right click the exe and run as administrator) and delete all android drivers and mytouch drivers, anything relating to android

Install HTC SYNC and let it completely install

Step 6.

Plug phone into computer and let the computer auto install drivers etc...

Step 7.

turn the phone off. Power on the Slide into the bootloader by Holding Down ( Volume Down + Power Button ) After it does its little thing your computer will beep and start auto installing drivers and stuff

Step 8.

If everything has gone according to plan in Device Manager it will show Android 1.0 or w/e with a exclamation point. Right click on that and choose Update Driver Software

2 options pop up choose Browse my Computer

then choose Let me Pick from list...

a list will appear giving lots of choices

choose Android Phone should be the first choice that says android....

then 3 options will appear, choose the 3rd one that has Composite in it and choose okay.

Step 9.

Now select Recovery from the bootloader menu

after it is done doing its thing completely 2 things will happen

1) In device manager you will now have something under disk drives

2) USBDeview a new driver will pop up at the end of the list, something like this:

Port_#0004.Hub_#0004	T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide USB Device	Mass Storage	Yes	No	No	No	E:	HT05RPS05696	6/16/2010 4:00:58 PM	6/16/2010 4:07:35 PM	0bb4	0ff9	08	06	50	USBSTOR	USB Mass Storage Driver	USBSTOR.SYS	USB	@usbstor.inf,%generic.mfg%;Compatible USB storage device

Step 10.

This new driver to appear shows Yes under the Connection column. This needs to be disabled. Right click on it and choose Disable Selected Device

after about 10 seconds it should no longer say Yes under connection column, if this does not happen then you are not running it under Admin.

Okay so now you are literally almost freaking there.

Step 11.

Now basically all you have to do is follow jp4756's guide starting with step 5. Im going to assume you already understand steps 1-4 in his guide. And you already have the package listed in his guide as well. You have already put those files where they belong

Step 12.

Okay so we are basically following his guide now. first things first

5. run the update.zip it will fail(MUST DO)

6. now in cmd type adb reboot recovery (don’t press enter)

7. in the recovery hit reboot system now( once it starts rebooting run that command rapidly untill back into recovery) <--- Basically while the phone is rebooting you are just hitting up arrow enter up arrow enter up arrow enter up arrow enter in CMD. You will know when you can stop when the CMD freezes for a sex, computer makes beeping noises and the phone reboots basically. It is headed for recovery and we must switch our command now

8.type adb devices(if it says nothing repeat the steps, if it says offline unplug it and then plug it back in, if it says recovery your fine) <---- Basically after you know its headed for recovery you change command to adb devices and you repeat previous procedure, up arrow enter up arrow enter up arrow enter etc.... I did not use loop, i did this all manually.

This may take a few tries, if it does not show offline then go back to step 6 rinse and repeat. You go back and forth just a few times and you will have it. Literally within about 3 tries you should accomplish the annoying goal of having offline stay there.

My job is done, follow guide and continue on your quest for root

There is no guarantee this will work for everyone. I am not claiming that this is 100% Im just giving an explanation as to how i got it and what might have been causing everyones trouble. Results may vary

Thank you to all the devs who made this possible and jp4756 for his wonderful guide