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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] franky1029:
can you install any other apps? from market or otherwise?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] renn9420:
Nevermind, dummy me just had to uninstall SU from application manager. Sorry.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] renn9420:
Have to thank Paul O' for the temp root and the app to remove google goggles. Was able to install google goggles from market. Updated!!! Thanks VISIONary for the temp root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] chief2842:
Will we be able to get the OTA with temp root? Also how can we stop the temp root from rooting at boot?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jakijal:
the way i got it to quit rooting at boot was uninstalling the app, reboot, then download from the market again.

unless there is a way 2 show the visionary gui long enough 2 change the setting...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SuperDave81:
Go to Settings > applications > manage apps > visionary > clear data

Then reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Changelog

r10

Now permanent rather than temp on non NAND/EMMC locked devices

Default launch now loads preference screen, where 'run on boot' can be configured

Other minor fixes
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Master Loon:
Perm root, custom kernals, custom roms, custom recovery...to name a few..... :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
I'm getting an error when I try to update the app from market. do i have to uninstall visionary and su before updating?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mftek1:
The update downloaded fine for me. I did not have to uninstall or anything..

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] FinalJenemba:
Visionary seems to have broken my Gmail sync. My gmail stopped working after I rooted and ran Wifi Tether. The only way I can get my email is either by pressing the refresh button or by turning sync off and turning it back on. When it do that it will sync once, then stop. Iv checked everything, sync is enabled everywhere. I uninstalled visionary and deleted the gmail updates and reinstalled, nothing. The only thing I haven't tried is a factory reset, I hate to do that if dont have to, and I want to use visionary. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
Strange. I had to uninstall visionary and superuser. Then i tried to install again. This time instead of a general installation error I got an error about invalid apk. Then I tried again and it installed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] v8pwrdz28:
I have rebooted my phone a few times and tried it over and over still not working, what am I doing wrong?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kidd657:
app doesnt work on my device... rebooted 3 times... still nothing
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Disconn3ct:
Its linked/quoted in my original post :) Puts everything on a tmpfs (ramdiskish thing) that doesn't randomly disappear or corrupt
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
[Edit: Got it.]
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] 2girls1cup:
worked for me. however slowed device to a crawl. heavy heavy lag

EDIT: after a reboot and second try everything seems to be working good. no lag
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r2 with some fixes / tweaks (and optional start on boot) online shortly.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] f231f:
I have noticed that. After using it to root, it becomes very sluggish. I did not have this problem with enomther's 3-click root
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r2 online!

Changelog

r2

Added run-on-boot version

Now using tmpfs for reliability (thanks disconn3ct)

Superuser.apk now lives on /data/app so settings persist (thanks disconn3ct)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i see you got a g2 now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kevdawg:
Worked perfectly! This was the easy mode I needed.

Edit: It worked twice perfectly. I can't seem to be able to get root now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SuperDave81:
+500 Works perfect, one click root!!! One question though, will the OTA still stream with this applied?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ultma75:
Still not working for me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] CaliCL9:
ok so this works fine for me, one question how do i get to data/local/visionary.. im using root explorer but there isnt a visionary folder in local.. correct me if im just doin this all wrong lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] question.com:
Works fine for me. Had to reboot to get it to work. Damn I missed that pop up super user screen
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] decksy:
Worked like a charm! Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] theclueless:
it would be nice to have a popup window that let you to stop the visionary.sh, else continues to load after X seconds
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] justinjlee:
new version still not working for me even after rebooting. curious as to what the problem is?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
I'll put some debugging in and see if we can work out what's going on.

Wiped a few times here, installed a bunch of stuff, still working flawlessly!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] HebrewToYou:
Auto-boot version works perfectly! Great work! And thanks to Disconn3ct for his contribution.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ready2Mosh:
Applied this app, restarted and all it does is blink rooting device, try to go to home screen and it takes me back to trying to root device, blink. Ugh.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
just keeps flashing rooting please wait repeatedly...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sundar2012:
Ok, update -

I uninstalled visionary again.

restarted.

redownloaded.

ran again.

SUCCESS!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WarBird87:
i was able to update straight from the market no problems... thanks paul
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] totaldrk62:
Yeah, I can install everything else just fine. Visionary is the only app that gives me the Insufficient Storage Space error. The odd thing is that when I go to the market it says that a manual update is required but it isn't in my applications list. It doesn't make any sense to me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] franky1029:
I was getting the never ending loop also. what i did to fix it was stop apps running in the background, and uninstall some of the apps that would restart themselves.

then i applied visionary again, and it worked like a charm.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bratfink:
Full root?

Does this mean we now have full root? And will this work on my DHD?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
No full root on G2 yet:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Dom18:
Updated, and works just fine like r9.

Another step towards full Root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Orange Crush:
What does that mean, "now permanent"?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] franky1029:
it means on phones that this method works on that get full root, it'll be permanent.

for the G2, DHD, etc... it wont.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Orange Crush:
Oh, permanent on NON NAND locked devices . . . got it. I'm going blind!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dowmace:
I searched but couldn't find a definite answer, does visionary still work after the new ota?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] empiricalis:
Yes. It does.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidtoy09:
yes BIG GIANT YES
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] starkruzr:
It appears not to. I OTAed and ran Visionary, and now all it does is sort of repeatedly slide the "lightning bolt man" graphic to the left, as though it's crashing over and over. It's done this after reboots, etc.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dowmace:
Thanks guys I appreciate the quick response, I'd hate to flash the new ota and lose root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] iamjames:
Have you opened up terminal and typed su to see if you are given super user permissions to verify?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] grex49:
After the update VISIONary works fine for me and also overclocking too!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] grex49:
Guys listen everything works just like it did before the update!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] starkruzr:
It appears not to. I OTAed and ran Visionary, and now all it does is sort of repeatedly slide the "lightning bolt man" graphic to the left, as though it's crashing over and over. It's done this after reboots, etc.

EDIT: Uninstalled and reinstalled and that seems to have fixed it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fzurita:
This is more of a feature request. Can we get the option to not run visionary.sh after root is cimplete? Right now I'm setting my overclock in that script, but it's set too high, so the phone is freezing every time I root. If there was only a way to remove the script before it was executed.

Also, I am aware that I can delete the visionary.sh script by rooting manually, buy it would be nice to have the option of skipping the script after root built in.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] minotauri:
you can try to run adb at boot up and remove or rename your visionary.sh file.

adb shell

mv /data/local/visionary.sh /data/local/visionary.bak
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cpgifford:
I cant get the visionary.sh file to work. All Im trying to do is overclock on boot after root. This is what i have inside the file.

su
insmod /data/local/vision_oc.ko pll2_l_val=75

Also, anyone know why after three or four uses of the ko file and my terminal says "cannot open vision_oc.ko" or "File does not exist"? I have checked spelling multiple times, maybe its because im using a terminal emulator on the device?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Yeah, good call!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
It runs as root, so don't include 'su'.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ssantos6981:
Is it me or does the battery drain faster while rooted?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gana2k1:
I have been running rooted and oced for several days now and I haven't particularly noticed battery drain any more than before may be just a little but not substantial.

Maybe its all in the mind lol.

There is no spoon. If you realize the truth you will notice that it is not the spoon that bends but you.

:-)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
It's you. Assuming it's rooted OK (you can reselect 'root now' to be sure) then there will be no battery drain.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] usmc1:
Sorry guys, new to this. Visionaey was working fine for me until the 2.3 update. Now when I hit root now it says my device is already rooted. Problem is none of my rooted programs work. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, rebooting etc... even factory reset. I have run out of ideas. Any advice wold be greatly appreciated.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] luis86dr:
Now perm means it will not go away after reboot. That's ONLY for non emmc locked devices. We fall into the locked devices category so disregard that.

[G2/HTC Vision]
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Make sure you don't have the old visionary lurking around

Sent from my G2 root by visionary using my XDA app
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Ssantos6981:
I used titanium backup and it erased pretty much all the apps I don't use (email.apk, finance, earth, listen, web2go, setup, photobucket and prolly a couple other) but I can't get it to uninstall my account. That is the only one giving me trouble.

I unroot and reset, all the deleted apps stay gone, so I root again and try the my account but that is the only one that won't stay gone. Anyone else getting this?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Try to disable in terminal

Sent from my G2 root by visionary using my XDA app
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] elreason4:
wifi calling and bluetooth stop visionary from correctly autostarting on boot

Before the OTA, I have had a visionary/oc setup that would smoothly boot (wifi no problem)....Since the OTA, when I have wifi enabled Visionary will not complete the start on boot successfully.....Visionary starts, but nothing happens until I manually 'root now'.....

The problem goes away when I turn wifi off and reboot; but I want wifi (and wifi calling) on under normal circumstances....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] a-money:
is there any way to get typefresh (changes system fonts) to load up at boot?

or is this not possible at all to change fonts on the g2?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] j3.cole:
AH HA, I am not alone. When did you jump ship on the hd2? Looking forward to your posts.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
VISIONary + is now in the Android Market @ £1.99. This is a COMPLETE OPTIONAL donate version with new features for testing.

I'll be updating the main VISIONary post with details on the Plus version and also adding a list of tested devices.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] evelbug:
Just bought the plus app. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] liberalswine:
Will visionary app offer perm 1 touch root soon now that perm root has been released? I am still new to this and perm rooting procedure sounds a bit out of my league. I also don't want to brick my phone due to my mistakes.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jorge787:
Auto Root should be ready tomorrow according to MoDaCo

twitter.com/PaulOBrien/status/2056613548527617
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] liberalswine:
Hell yes! Thanks for the info
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] roman.gsr:
Guess ill wait for perma root tomorrow
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sinistersai4d4d:
I'm pretty content with VisionARY as it is... I'll probably wait a few days for the mad scientists to work out all the kinks and get a fool-proof, bug-proof one click root method for fools like me.

Honestly, I'm probably not going to do anything with Perm Root that I can't do now with VisionARY root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jpbl1976:
I have the same issue. Using VISIONary r10; after applying the OTA update on my G2, whenever I run VISIONary, I get a message saying 'device already rooted' but programs like SetCPU say they are unable to obtain root permission.

Will this be addressed in the succeeding revision to VISIONary? I'm perfectly willing to get the plus edition but not until I can actually get it work on my G2. Any help is greatly appreciated.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corylulu:
Make sure that all superuser apps are uninstalled before running visionary after the update. If superuser is already installed I have seen issues with it rooting sucessfully
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corylulu:
That would be awesome, but it kinda spoils the fun does it not? Maybe its just me. I am a fan of doing everything by hand since I rooted my g1 back when resources were very few and cyanogen didn't exist.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cmstlist:
Nuts to anyone who spent $2500 on a special "gold card" SIM ;)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Blakeman:
How about a one click app for doing the new perm overclock?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jpbl1976:
Thanks for replying to my post. I tried uninstalling superuser and all the apps on my phone requiring superuser access. I even uninstalled VISIONary and re-installed it but, unfortunately, I still get the "your phone is already rooted" message.

The user whose post I originally commented on said that he'd factory reset his phone but still got the same message. Is it possible that T-Mobile pushed slightly different updates and that later updates (I only got my notification about 14 hours ago) prevent VISIONary from running correctly?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] haensgn:
visionary off of market as of 10 pm pst, i smell a perm root update
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
VISIONary can now be downloaded directly from the first post, following Google's suspension of VISIONary from the market (no big shock!)

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mt3g:
that was harsh of them(shakes finger at google) ;-)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] zappoo:
So if i download VISIONary from the first page now, i can root my Desire Z with just "1 click" - and very very low risk of damage / screwing up etc?

Can someone provide a link of the main benefits of rooting.. I hear about SetCPU - and the only part that interests me is the ability to underclock when off - so i get more battery...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Probably a noob question, but does this flash the ENG HBOOT as well ? I'm assuming it only applies permanent root, and not the new HBOOT.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bzerk1:
actually i dont think it applies perm root yet to our g2's from the looks of the literature.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
This doesn't do 1 click perm root yet.

This is just an update to where you download it from... app update to follow.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
Oh sorry, my bad, I thought the perm root update had been done, I jumped the gun.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjlean:
In his change log it states it does do perm root now for nand locked devices.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bzerk1:
it says "non nand" locked devices. So still no perm root for us yet. plus paul just said so himself no perm root yet for us, like the post right above the one you posted.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjlean:
ed option to mount system r/w on boot (subject to the usual NAND / eMMC lock limitations) Added option to enable / disable visionary.sh on boot 10 Now permanent rather than temp on non NAND/ EMMC locked devices Default launch now loads preference screen, where 'run on boot' can be configured Other minor fixes
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjlean:
My bad. I mis- read
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] k0shi:
Patienly waiting (=
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drumsforjs:
Me too. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] icruisin:
I just downloaded (using the phone's browser) but I get the error "There is a problem parsing the package.". Just to make sure I have this right.. the file name is com.modaco.visionaryplus.apk

I also tried to download using my laptop at work but the router's firewall has refused me access. Says content has "Exploit.Linux.Lotoor.g" virus..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jmd1981:
I get the same Parsing error.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
Cant wait for this to permaroot my desire z. Hopefully adfree will then work as ads still appear on most apps. I think its because i cant clear the dnscache properly because on reboot i dont have root. Bring it on.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NomadJoe:
I get the same parsing issue - perhaps a bad upload ? Paul, any chance you can re-upload the file ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
I still dont see visionary on the market
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Mikey:
VISIONARY WAS SUSPENDED by google on the market.........read post 1
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JPoole1059:
I also have same problem but when I downloaded to computer is shows as a zip and not a apk

Changed from zip to apk and installed and is now working as it should
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] icruisin:
I renamed to zip and extracted.. just an empty folder. But I am using Linda from my phone. May have to try it from a computer when I get off work (it is blocked here)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrpandainc:
Update the OP ? :)

"While we all work on a full root solution for the G2, temproot is very useful, but a bit of a faff. Enter VISIONary. "

Sorry if I seem nitty gritty :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] perroh:
yo guys.. I have a friend who may be willing to do a straight trade: his G2 for my rooted Vibrant.

So saying that I trade it, do I:

A) Install "Clockwork Recovery" - backup stock rom, then update with T-Mobile's official update (in case it hasnt been), THEN install the VISIONary root app?

B) Install "Clockwork Recovery" - backup stock rom, update with T-Mobile's offical update, then do the "Perma-root & Flash ENG HBOOT" process?

Which is used for what??! I'm getting a bit confused by reading three different threads, one right after another!?!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r12 test version online! :)

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Changelog

r12 [test version]

Temproot is now the default

Added option to try to Permroot (test on Desire HD, Desire Z and G2)

After permroot, required kernel module is placed in /data/local for your convenience

Added option to unroot

Note: this does NOT rewrite your hboot - you will need to do this manually to get S-OFF.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
Don't forget the myTouch 4G!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
That should say 'testED'. I can't test on the MT4G, should work tho.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] The Great NY:
so the new visionary does perma-root now? im permarooted already but just making sure i read right
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ZombieUsr:
Downloaded the r12 and still get a parsing error while trying to install the apk. Any ideas on how to get this to work?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
I temp rooted then perm rooted, then when I go into hboot it still says s-on
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Xeroproject:
Thanks Paul.

Looking for a little more info on the how-to though. Does R12 push the appropriate .ko file itself as well? Obviously you said we've got to handle hboot ourselves (but thanks for dropping it in data/local/).

Just looking for a quick walk-through of how R12 handles the process. Unsure of what the Permaroot option is actually doing since after reboot I do not have root, can't gain SU through terminal unless I rerun the Temproot option.

Unless the intended method here is: 1) temproot, 2) permaroot <with forced reboot> 3) temproot again 4) terminal -> load hboot ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
I get a parse error as well. I tried uninstalling the market visionary first and rebooting but made no difference. Also tried renaming the file.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Big Dawg 23:
Do you have any apps with SU? If so uninstall them.

I had Ad Free and Barnacle. I uninstalled them. Clicked on my R10 Visionary app and unchecked at reboot. They rebooted to remove root. Followed with extracting r12 to my SD Card and then doing the install. I did temp root and the permroot. Phone rebooted and all is good. Now I need to just figure out the hboot push over.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
Thanks, I'll give it a go now.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] :
as Paul said, it does NOT replace the hboot. you need to do this manually.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
how do you replace the hboot??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
Thanks for your help. I uninstalled every sudo app - adfree, setcpu, superuser, android terminal and gscript. I also rebooted, but I still get the parse error. What do you mean by extracted the file? Isnt it already in .adk format?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
It's an APK you download...?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
Yep the r12 apk from the link in the OP. Gives me a parse error on desire z.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Mirror of download added for those having issues!

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kinacool:
How about a YOU TUBE video on How to root G2 ? that really helps !!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BenPool:
Both r11 and r12 gives me the parse error, have tried all day with no luck

And yes, I have downloaded the apk from the links in Pauls post at modaco
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tankmorph:
Has ANYBODY got this to work? If so, a walkthrough? How about an update to the OP with a walkthrough??

Thanks for the hard work POB!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
I'll post a video, but it's 'click temp root button then click permroot button'.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
... I would love a video on how to add the Hboot? :)