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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] irTim:
No, the UK are GMT lol. I really doubt it will happen.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mbrad_26:
Read this :(

http://androinica.com/2010/10/14/t-...-pro-eclair-update-coming-by-end-of-november/

For unbrand ones i hope it will be sooner:)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phantasm4489:
UK is currently in daylight savings so yes we are GMT+1 at the moment
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wesvista:
I think It is fake It is 19:26 stil no post

Sent from my X10i
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nimche:
Are you guys for real? I thought that UK will release it first but nothing really says on the twitter that 2.1 is even ready.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] unknown13x:
2.1 is scheduled to start on Week 43, which starts on the 24th, but no specific date. That's as real as it gets. Anyone claiming anything before is just straight up lies.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
thanks for you guys work
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] f231f:
works perfectly! thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] v8pwrdz28:
Does nothing for me, just sits there saying rooting device, flashes every few seconds
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] PlankLongBeard:
Question Answered..

Thank you P, my reboot question has been answered... just click and proceed. (To Be Tested)

It feels so good to see you on the scene.. ;) It's been a while.. Since the N1 :p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] last4ever:
Same here :(
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Reboot and try again...

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] last4ever:
How long should the program run?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
I have no experience whatsoever in developing or rooting on Android, so excuse me if this is a stupid question. When you say that if we want something to happen every time we finish rooting at bootup, to put it in /data/local/visionary.sh, what exactly does that mean? How does one go about doing this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
when i run this it just keeps saying rooting device with spinning wheel at top then it reboots
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] justinjlee:
Not Working

Just getting the spinning wheel and flashing with no progress. Even tried to reboot and start over with no results
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DOHCtor:
Thank you for making my life easier.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] LogicHell:
Does this app require you to do the "one-time" first step of the temp root process before you can use it?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pilotguy415:
Like others have said, this doesnt work for me. Just flashes rooting please wait and nothing happens.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] edwardlanti:
Hey thanks it worked :).. At first it kept running and nothing happened, so i rebooted the phone and it worked in the first try.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
No...

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
What should happen...

Boot device

Click VISIONary icon

Phase 1 runs

Logo disappears briefly as app reloads

Phase 2 runs

App disappears and root is complete

If this doesn't happen, I suggest rebooting and trying again.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Disconn3ct:
Does it use the old 'root' script (copy everything to /system/bin and /system/app) or the new method? The old one expires eventually when linux drops the cache, the new one stays forever (until reboot). (Also, putting superuser on /data/app means it remembers it's permissions and grants across reboot, instead of losing it every time.)

The updated script is here:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ghostdgnn:
Auto Root

I downloaded Startup Manager from the Market and set VISIONary to auto load on each bootup and so as of right now it auto loads with each restart. Very handy until it auto loads on itself. Just a thought.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Good call on putting the Superuser APK on /system/app! re: the 'old' or 'new' way, i'm doing it the old fashioned way (didn't know there was another way, heh)!

If you can point me to it, i'll change it for r2.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ACMilan07:
I get

Epic rooting FAIL

USB Debugging must be enabled in order for VISIONary to run.

How do I enable USB debugging?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bluetenken:
menu>settings>applications>development
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
You have to go to applications in setting then development and check where it says enable usb debugging

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ACMilan07:
Thanks alot guys, I'm a newb at this OS.. It's my first Android and I haven't really played with any till I got the phone.

Anyone put a specific version of the wifi router on the phone? is there a link i can use to directly install it on my phone, Thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mark925:
http://android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com/files/wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre11.apk

From here: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mightyab:
I've tried to download the apk from my phone with usb debugging on and I get a "parse error" anyone have a clue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Futant:
You downloaded from the PC link. The phone link is above the set of links that you clicked.

I did the same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Dalamak:
Works A plus
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
Of course I am not going to do this right now, since this temp-root method is insanely awesome, but I was wondering, for when a perm-root solution comes along and there are no conflicts, how does one go about unrooting with the on-boot version of VISIONary? Is it just a matter of uninstalling the VISIONary apk? Or is there more?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kevdawg:
Seems to me like if you remove the apk it wont root on boot anymore.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] darkpaniel:
I've wondered the same thing. Seems impractical to have to uninstall to unroot. Is there another method?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] aacrabtree:
Anyone else getting a "Problem parsing package" error?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xyrcncp:
Why do you see it as impractical? Temp root uses one method of rooting and the future perm root will probably use another method. I would think that once perm root is achieved, any temp root method will need to be uninstalled/reversed in order to get perm root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ready2Mosh:
Well if you want temp root on boot, otherwise install the one click method, then all you have to do is reboot, and when you want to apply temp root again you have to click on the app.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] michagol2:
Thank you for this...easy install, works perfect
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pershoot:
Great work paul.

R3 works well.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
VISIONARY can now be obtained via the Android Market (run on boot version) - this is recommended to ensure you receive future updates automatically!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mgshute:
Nice........
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
Yeah, it does seem logical that it would work that way. I'm just wondering if there would be any lingering effects that would still be present. Or is the problem we are having with finding a perm-root, hence the system restoring itself, actually help us here?

And I'm sure no one probably know the answer here, but I've read around that an OTA update may not be received if your phone is rooted. Any ideas or hints if that will be the same case here with this temp-root? Or because we are still using the stock OS, it should be fine? Just throwing ideas around here.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Changelog

r5 - MAJOR UPDATE!

Process is now faster and ultra reliable!

Run on boot can now be toggled from the main screen

Application will no longer let you root if you're already rooted
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
Awesome work, Paul!

Also, would you have an answer to my post above?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
You'd need to install VISIONary and Superuser Permissions in the usual way.

You'll get the OTA as normal. You might not WANT it, if it closes the loophole this app uses.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
Paul, I downloaded the new r5 through android market update, but I'm getting a force close when Visionary runs on boot. It will work when I force close it and start it again, but it's causing me a force close at every reboot.

EDIT: seems to be fixed after a few reboots, but I wonder what was causing the issue in the first place.

EDIT 2: nope. Rebooted again, and same issue. Seems there is something causing Visionary to force close when it runs on boot, but sometimes it works. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] evelbug:
Are there any plans on adding non run on boot version to the market
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Do you have a lot of stuff installed? It's very time critical... I'm still refining the process for r6!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
I don't think I have a lot of stuff installed that could be interfering with it. The fact that i have to run it manually is not too critical for now, and I'm sure after the process is refined in r6, things will be fine. Keep up the great work!

EDIT: just to let you know, Paul, I am also geting a force close on Visionary when I run it manually not on boot. This is what is happening:

1. I click on the Visionary icon, it starts up.

2. Visionary logo appears, phase 1 ends, phase 2 begins.

3. It is at this point that it tells me that Visionary unexpectedly closed.

4. I force close, and open Visionary again.

5. It opens for a second, logo flashes, app exits, and root is obtained.

It must be very time critical, indeed, if this is happening. Is anyone else having this issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheepdawg:
Problems with v5, and other comments

Hi, Paul,

Thanks very much for all your hard work on this; it is an amazingly useful and easy to use piece of software.

However, I'm having trouble with v5. It just doesn't seem to work.

1) I uninstalled the v3 version of visionary.runonboot as I was having trouble with driving directions and thought it might have something to do with being rooted

2) I installed v5

3) v5 does not root my phone, it hangs.

4) reinstalling v3.runonboot does still work.

I don't have many apps installed at all; no more than three (edit: by which I mean, three added to the phone in addition to the stock apps). I have disabled several of the bloatware packages using package manager.

Thanks again for all of this! Hope this information can help; feel free to get in touch if I can answer any more questions about the behavior.

Edit 2: Further details - I uninstalled v3.runonboot again, and installed v5 again from the market. This time, when I ran it, It restarted twice, exited, and I still did not have root (that is, went to terminal, typed su, and got 'permission denied'). Then I ran it, it didn't restart at all, just exited normally, and I had root then. Hope this helps; again, if I can give you more details just let me know. Thanks again!

Sheep
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r5 lets you choose.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
Paul, r6 seems to have fixed the issues I was having. Great work!

I'm sure I speak on behalf of the community, that we appreciate your hard work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kidd657:
you should put a donate app in the market im sure people ( myself included ) wouldnt mind throwing you a couple bucks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fuzzie:
Worked for me...thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vinnyjr:
Where can I get the download links for the visionary app.????????

Thank you,

Vinny

PS I want to donate to the cause.:D:D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] maxawesome:
At first I thought maybe I was doing it wrong, but when I ran VISIONary it appeared to work, then tried to dump me to the homescreen but got a FC. No root. Then on a reboot, I ran it again and voila! works!

Totally rad!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vandam500:
Its in the market, search for Visionary
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rhodes588:
Definately needs a donate app. Great job.

Just a suggestion... maybe a toggle root on boot on/off while rooted instead of choosing while rooting. Donate x2 when the bloatware app comes out. Great work, paul!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r7 in the market, much more reliable process! :)

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Changelog

r7

Far more reliable root sequence!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Working on a problem with the script, watch this space...

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rhcp011235:
Great work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Changelog

r8

More optimisations - please re-read inital post for an update.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] pershoot:
flawless paul on my setup.

great work!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] luis86dr:
Not working after update. Was before. Debbuging is enabled

Sent from my HTC Vision G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hk1388:
How long is this supposed to take? The app has been running for over 10 minutes, but nothing has happened.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] veritasaequita:
it was working great for me through every update all the way until R8, now it just stall and cant give root...anybody have an idea or maybe i just looked over something while reading... thanks for any help, veritasaequita

ps..yes i still have debugging on..thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] larryccf:
working fine for me - in fact, this one is working or loading more consistent than any of the earlier versions

i'm about as stock as you can be, very few apps downloaded, no launcherpro or aftermarket launcher

and all apps, GPS, Gmail, camera etc seem to be working fine

really appreciate the effort you've put into this
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joebobjoe:
Says G2 rooted but I have no access to WiFi hotspot, tether, and unable to delete apps... Probably DON'T have root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lingj:
Just did a factory reset, installed some apps and VISIONary and no luck. It just stays at 'rooting, please wait'
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] eioous:
Update worked fine for me. I rebooted then installed updated with no problem. Thanks for the hard work.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xyrcncp:
What have you tried? Rooting by itself won't give you the hotspot or tethering options native to 2.2.

Is SU in Terminal telling you permission denied?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
You have r8 and usb debugging on?

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] khaosxiii:
Same here(no factory reset - just not working) - I have the 3 click modified terminal installed - wonder if there is a conflict there somewhere - i guess that wouldn't be the case after a reset however ...

When going back to the terminal after failed visionary run it says things like

su

accessdenied

copy failed - access denied

etc
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jerrycycle:
This works as it should for me. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] firebert:
I have USB debugging on but what is r8?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheek360:
got it from the market and it works great!

I do have a question; if this fabled update does come through, should we unroot before applying the ota ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joebobjoe:
Okay, I have root. But how do I enable WiFi hotspot?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
Hahaha. I installed visionary and uninstalled a bunch of the crapware. I reboot the phone and guess what, they all came back! I found it funny for some reason but its frustrating how these carriers are locking our phones down like this. Google shouldn't allow this, it inhibits their open source style.

What's the point of Visionary if everything just refreshes?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mftek1:
Wifi tether I guess lol

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sinistersai4d4d:
Wifi tether & shoot me screenshots. The only things anybody really cared about lol. I just hide the bloatware with launcher pro. RIght now im content, but if i was a theming guy or a developer i would be pissed.

My question is: once visionary is enabled at boot HOW can you change it so it enables manually? Opening the app doesnt work if it already initiated at boot. GOtta uninstall?

Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using telepathy and unicorn dust!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shambala001:
It was explained earlier in the thread, just go to settings > applications > manage, then go to visionary and clear data, or just uninstall app
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] huh28:
Love visionary!

Is there a possibility that this root method or the app causes some battery drain? Or am I just paranoid?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Shambala001:
The app closes once its done, and root wont really change anything battery related. So your good :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
Download visionary from the market r8 is must reliable version thus far. Reboot then launch visionary would work

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ddgarcia05:
What method are you using to get rid of the bloatware?

Try this, it worked for me and I've turned off my phone several times since and not app reinstall.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=809231
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] konoplya:
Root worked..great job..thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ZeroSX:
Don't delete, we don't have r/w access to /system so deleting preinstalled apps is impossible. Disable the apps.

$su
#pm list packages
#pm disable name.of.package

There's a thread on this too.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] larryccf:
if you're paranoid, like i am, you won't accept the OTA update until everyone else has and proven it hasn't added anything else to the OS to further prevent or block rooting, and / or possibly some coding to help Tmo know when you're tethered

if it looks good, you can always unroot and accept it (if visionary does for some reason block it)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schwiz:
Any chance you would release the source? I was trying to do something similar but could figure out how to access rage, etc from the assests folder. Also it would be cool if we could open it back up after root to turn root on boot back off.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Yeah, I want to tidy up the UI and add a few features then i'll put the code up on Google Code.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schwiz:
awesome looking forward to it!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
VISIONary confirmed working on the Desire HD... will likely work on the Z too!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vandam500:
That is awesome for our European pals!!! :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] smirkis:
worked flawlessly. installed via market, rebooted, ran visionary, it cclosed on its own. opened terminal and typed su, superuser access.

I haz root, I haz wifi tether, yayz lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mediathreat:
Thanks for this guys!

What can I use now that I have root to wireless tether easily?

Is there an app or do you have to set it up by hand
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
WIFI Tether for Root Users
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Superfrag:
Awesome stuff! This and your thread about disabling apps just made this phone a lot better! Now for some CM goodness! :P
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mediathreat:
Awesome!

Which wifi tether are you guys using? The latest beta?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
The latest beta (2.0.5 pre 11) works fine for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iamjames:
VISIONary = AWESOMEness

Super easy.

Thanks paulobrien.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sh00bz:
Visionary temp root worked perfect after I did a reboot. I was just wondering if any1 could tell me how to access the native wifi that's supposed to come with 2.2, cause I looked all over my settings n couldn't find it ... or do I need 2 install a custom rom to get the native wifi client?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xyrcncp:
If you want the native tethering, yes a ROM will do it, however, you can install the tethering app posted earlier in this thread (or the forum) I believe.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ready2Mosh:
I tried the r8 version and it doesn't work for me for some reason it just flashes rapidly, so I went back to the 1 I directly downloaded and no problems.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sheepdawg:
Hi There,

Once again, thanks for all the hard work. VISIONary plus wifi-tether-for-root-users has all the basics covered for me.

I have a question, for the general community of users here as well as the developer: Has anyone else noticed that the G2 seems to be less stable after rooting it? I find myself with occasional soft reboots (that might be due to kernel panic?), as well as other random problems (issues with maps/directions crashing, issues with radio and signal strength, other stuff).

I can't quite tell if I'm just being paranoid, but there does seem to be a pattern of instability, even with R8 that I'm using now. Could this have to do with the fact that any writes to the system will eventually be lost due to the NAND lock and cache overflow?

Anyways, just throwing that out there to see if anyone else has seen this. Thanks again, @paulobrien!

Sheep
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mgshute:
I have a feeling your just being paranoid...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] carlsbad0331:
I have been updating as each one became available and have noticed absolutely no issues what so ever. I have not had any soft reboots the entire time I have had the phone. Maybe Im just lucky!

NOW, this 1.3ghz over clocking has me shaking.... Pretty please tell us how to do this!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Forrest80:
Paranoid. The soft boots are normal for me and i have not rooted it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Changelog

r9

Much faster - thanks lilHermit for your help with the native code
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] davidhoude:
I had alot of problems with this exploit at first.

The first time I ran the program it worked, not sure what revision, but it was downloaded on the 14th.

When I would run the exploit on boot, my phone would turn on and show my wallpaper, but would never load any icons and the home/back/search buttons would not work. After a few reboots, I was able to get home, and uninstalled immediately.

I installed r7 at this point, because of the problems, hoping some were worked out. This caused a fork loop for the process, and never gave me root, nor an error. This would cause my phone to run extremely slow, even after killing the program.

I then updated to r8, and ran the program. Same results, no root, no errors, just continuous attempts at rooting, and slow performance.

At this point, I plugged the phone into my computer because I remembered USB debugging needed to be enabled, and might have something to do with exploiting the debugging daemon. Ran exploit with phone plugged into computer, worked like a charm. USB Debugging was on the while time though, even while not connected.

Not sure if this is typical, or maybe I was just never following directions -- but the first time was the only time I was able to get root without being plugged into a computer. All subsequent attempts resulted in extremely ****ty performance of the phone, and final resolution was using r8 while plugged into computer.