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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ZombieUsr:
Agreed...a vid of perm root would be great
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schriss:
Perm root worked for me!

Sent from my Desire Z
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BenPool:
temproot is fine

permroot just reboots the phone immediately....unrooted
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] liberalswine:
R12 is having issues with me. I temp rooted just fine, and when I hit perm root, it's unresponsive. I have tried restarting with temproot on boot, then tried hitting perm root after reboot, and still no response.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kgood63:
think i bricked phone

can someone help if possible.....perma root rebooted and now its stuck on the htc screen
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Xeroproject:
Info for Paul if this helps with trouble shooting, copied from Unforgiven's thread:

Unforgiven - might want to modify the walkthrough, the current wording makes it sound like you don't have to push hboot-eng.img to data/local if you're using VISIONary R12. You do. Or drop on SD card and copy via RootExplorer.

Process I just went through:

1)VISIONary R12 for temp

2)VISIONary R12 for perm (phone reboots)

3)VISIONary R12 for temp again (root didn't persist, but did copy the .ko file to data/local

4)copied hboot-eng.img to data/local via SDcard --> RootExplorer

5)dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 via terminal emulator

6)sync via terminal emulator

7)rebooted into bootloader.....however still S-ON.....thankfully phone is not bricked, but I'm unsure what went wrong here.

Phone information:

G2, post OTA (OP doesn't specify if pre or post-OTA matters)

Baseband Version:

12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

Kernal version:

2.6.32.17-g9ab3677

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Build Number:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Dru313:
To be correct I Perm rooted my phone and My father wanted his rooted. So I installed the r12 visionary and ran it. Temp-rooted and then hit the perm root option it then rebooted and won't go pass the HTC boot screen. Can anyone help..?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] liberalswine:
Ok so I just reinstalled. Clicked temproot, clicked perm root and granted su, phone rebooted with temproot. No perm root. Tried again without prompting to temproot at boot, and same thing but no root at all when rebooted.

Sorry for those who are freezing at boot process. That must suck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gloscherrybomb:
The mirror worked for me... thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] master.peterm:
please someone helped same thing happened
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] shograt:
Was temprooted with r10 or 11, can't recall which.

Ran permaroot option with r12. Reboot happened.

setcpu doesn't have su, got new version of su, nothing has su still. Re-opened r12. Tried temproot - 'Your device is already rooted'. Tried permroot - nothing. Tried unroot - nothing. Tried r11 temproot - 'Your device is already rooted'.

Busybox installed, but sudo not found.

Oh: t-mob g2, btw. And as a further test, I had su forget perms for setcpu, and re-ran device detection - no superuser request came up. So now it's stuck without root, visionary -thinks- it's rooted, and can't reroot... Time to bone up on the manual methods, I guess?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Tried installing the Superuser app from the Market if it doesn't appear in the launcher?

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
Temporarily removed the r12 download link until the 'non booting' issue is confirmed resolved.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ZombieUsr:
The r12 still gives parsing error...removed all su permissions as well...no clue how this will work. Waiting on a video
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
If you're stuck without any root, I posted a quick r13 that removes the already rooted check

It's at the end of the topic on MoDaCo.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Big Dawg 23:
The file is a zip and needs to be extracted just like a zip on your pc.

What I am have issue is a coworker very knowledgeable in ADB got the hboot pushed over. We followed the directions and SU has to be regranted to those apps. My phone did say S-off but not after a few boots it says S-on.

I did push hboot and do the root via visionary R12 for the last time. Then I removed it. I can click on adfree after reboot and it gets SU permissions.

Any thoughts?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gtrab:
@paulobrin:

BIG THANKS

I have a NAM (Bell Canada) Desire Z

I can CONFIRM I used your VISONary+ R12 to SUCCESSFULY permanent-ROOT my phone.

And even better: After permanent root, I was ABLE TO CROSS-FLASH THE EURO Desire Z FIRMWARE using an official HTC RUU flasher (which was impossible previously due to "your hardware is not compatible blah blah blah)

(there are some HTC RUUs already posted @ Desire Z android dev fora)

Tip: I checked debugging and unchecked "Fast Boot" before using your VISIONary tool

THANKS AGAIN

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] danieljordanmaddux:
Can you guys get into fastboot with vol-down+power?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Armani G:
how did you turn s-off because its doesn't seem to be working for me... I have tried many times...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
Is there anyway I can get visionary r11? r12 and 13 don't work for me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gtrab:
mine shows S_ON

...but I was able to flash the Euro firmware (HTC's RUU) into my Bell(NAM) hardware

:confused: :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
I presume you could still flash that with S_ON because it's an HTC signed ROM. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm still learning on this !
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] schriss:
Uninstall old visionary, uninstall superuser.

Then reboot.

Then install r12.

Then do temp root, then do perm root.

Thats what I did and it appears to have worked.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kgood63:
yes we can and the reason i say we is because im the father he`s talking about
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jwilhoit:
How do I install r12 on my Desire Z. I have the zip file and renamed it update.zip on my sdcard. When I go into recovery on my Z, I only get a red triangle.

Any help will be appreciated.

EDIT: I finally got a recovery menu and tried to run update.zip. Got error E: can't .....Invalid Operation. Any ideas?

Thanks, I found the .APK file.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] AtreyuY2K9:
It is an apk so put .apk at the end
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tekkaman_01:
I hope this hasn't been answered before, because a looked a little and din't see it, but will thier be a version that will do everything for perm root released in the future, or is that not going to be possible? I just ask because they way people are talking this is a lot riskier than rooting a g1 so I'm a lotta nervous...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] danieljordanmaddux:
Youre probably going to have to flash the PC10IMG.zip to revert to stock on this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=831398
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bmaing2:
I have r13 didn't work I did a master reset still not working. The temp works fine but perm does nothing reboots but that's it obrian any ideas? Or is there a r14 coming out soon? Man I want a perm root so bad a little timid to try adb pushes
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kgood63:
thanks but now im having a problem with device not being recognized in adb
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Tried the r12 yesterday. I think before it was modified. Phone got stuck on boot screen. Flashed the old img, it worked but still stuck on boot screen. Have a new one on the way. I was lucky to get the ota back on the phone so I could return it. I think I will wait a bit on rooting my g2. Aren't any roms yet and I don't want to lose this new phone. I still have my rooted g1 and mytouch to fiddle with until a steady no worry root for the g2 comes out. By the way r10 and r11 worked perfect for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] danieljordanmaddux:
When you boot into hboot it still says s-on correct?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gtrab:
same here, my winmo knowledge is worth nothing here:

full android noob and starting from zzzero :D :D

but yes I guess it was because it was a signed, HTC original RUU app,

or maybe because I had a goldcard SD inserted into the phone at the same time ?? :confused:

some gurus help accepted
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] MR_XXIV:
This does not work Ive tried r11,r12 and r13 and still no luck.

Is there another app you might be working on that is more stable ?

I wanna root my its frustrating that the Superusers app is telling me to go into Recovery and load the new SU.zip file. IF its safe to do should I do that and I get root access ?

Hopefully you can help me out on what to do, thanks.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Yeah daniel my s is on. I'm sure its just proceedure that has everyone not doing this correctly. Like I said anyway I wanted tether and got it. I don't see any reason to hurry my root of the g2 until I get a more stable deal and cm brings out a rom. Don't forget let's buy all these guys a beer for their work.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DrLabRatOry:
Sorry to jump on, but I am having the same problem. I can't flash to revert because I already applied the 1.22 OTA update, so I get the following:

$ ./fastboot-mac oem rebootRUU
... INFOerase sector 196609 ~ 197120 (512)
OKAY
$ ./fastboot-mac flash zip ~/Downloads/PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed.zip
sending 'zip' (126272 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...
INFOsignature checking...
INFOzip header checking...
INFOzip info parsing...
INFOchecking model ID...
INFOchecking custom ID...
INFOchecking main version...
FAILED (remote: 43 main version check fail)

Am I out of luck or is there going to be a signed 1.22 ROM out eventually?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
I'm trying to source a 1.22 RUU.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kgood63:
would like to thank everyone for the help but i ordered a replacement last night and it just arrived overnight and the overnight shipment isnt costing a thing,,,again thank all of you very much
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] DrLabRatOry:
Most excellent. Thank you for your efforts.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] amack10:
Paul could you please put visionary up on here. I have no computer and already did s off but the only visionary app I can find is an old one and root won't stick. Everytime I reboot I have to reroot and when I try to download the latest visionary from ur site on my phone it won't work

Edit: fond a mirror on ur forums used r 13 it per rooted me
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjlean:
Can you post a link you the mirror for r13?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] amack10:
I would but paul asked on the op not to post up any mirrors or ne thing. So I'm not tryin to get on any devs bad side lol but if u click on the link on the op of this it'll bring you to the forum were the mirror is its on one of the last pages. There's only 8 pages so it shouldn't be hard to find
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jjlean:
Ok yea that's cool. Don't want to piss people off
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jgro1976:
Ok, not sure but think I might be in trouble. Installed/rooted via r11 (only version I could find?), did my restore via titanium, something about the restore made the phone very unhappy, and now it just sits at the G2/boot screen for about 30 seconds, goes to the locked screen, then reboots back to the G2/boot screen, then the lock, etc.

Anytime I try to get into the phone to do a factory reset, it reboots back to the boot/g2 screen. Tried pulling the battery, that didn't really do anything.

Help?

Edit: wait, got into the fastboot menu and selected factory reset from there. Should be good now =)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] android602:
I'm trying to download visionary 11 but everytime I downloaded and try to open it..it say There is a problem parsing the package...I tried downloading it from my phone and from the pc but no luck..what I'm I doing wrong?..also I uninstalled the r10 that I had downloaded from the market..do I have to also erase the old grcript temp root files too? And restart fresh?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Well got new replacement g2 today. That was fast. After researching some more think I will wait until a reliable root comes out. Although the mistake was all my doing (not uninstalling or unrooting the first and trying to install on top of it). If r12 has been updated and reliable someone let me know. R11 is giving me the parse crap so decided to wait. Again this was due to my stupidity. Have several phones rooted and got big headed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ztmike:
Any updates on a 1-touch perman root for G2?

From what I've read it doesn't seem to work going by the comments..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] android602:
I tried using the z4root app..and it does root my g2 but its only a temp root goes back after normal after rebooting
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
I dont know but the r11 version is downloading as a .zip file and i am not been able to install it on my G2 using the astro. M i missing something ? or doing something differently ?

Any suggestion or advice ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
Follow this and it might help http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=837315
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
I couldn't live without root. R13 worked just fine for temp root. Would just reboot if permaroot was selected. R13 works a lot better for me. Thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
I am having the same issue as well. wonde if you were able to find a solution or someone here will be able to help us with a solution
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] android602:
Visionary r13 get it here post 13 by paul....http://android.modaco.com/content-page/320350/10-nov-r12-test-visionary-one-click-root/page/120/#
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
Well i dont see any link there for r13

Edit: I found the link but the page is giving 404 error
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vikramdhani:
I was able to get hold of r13 and it given me an option to perm root after temp root. I followed the steps and everything seems to have worked fine and i have super user on my phone as well even after the reboot but when i am trying to install the rom manager it is telling me that my phone is not rooted ? can someone please explain me what is going on here
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Those of you that have r13 and need perm root.

Temp root

Install rom manager

Install clockwork rec

Try perm root

That's how I got it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
That worked great with the clockwork now I just can't get the s off
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=9109921

To get your s-off put in the command below the warning it may brick your phone. My wpthis is lovinglymadeforyoubymodaco. Trust me I was on pins and needles but it worked. Good luck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
I did do that still didnt work so odd and strange
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Did you sync afterward
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
Yep still didnt work
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
I used root explorer to put wpthis-lovinglymadeforyoubymodaco.ko. in the /data/local/

Insmod /data/local/wpthis-lovinglymadeforyoubymodaco.ko

dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18

Sync

Make sure the hboot-eng.img is there. Make sure wpthis is .ko

What response do you get after the dd if......?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
I did that and it pushed the stuff but still nothing sucks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
What was the response after the dd line command? That's important. If it still doesn't work get rid of everything that requires root, including rom manager, unroot the phone again and start over. I had to dump everything and do it over twice. I know it does suck but that's what I did. Also I would wait until cyanogen officially brings his rom out before flashing anything
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
I also did not use adb. Do it all in terminal on phone
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
i get 2048 record in

2048 record out

1048676 bytes transferred
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
That's exactly right. You're right, really weird. Sync twice and don't forget to wait a bit. You're doing it right I would just do it again. Make sure no other r12, 13s are hanging around. I don't get it bro. Let me know how it goes. Remember I did it twice also. Dumped everything also. Good luck.

Go to modaco's sight forum and check it out
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
Ya it is I only have installed one visionary and thats 13 lol idk really know whats wrong this stinks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Check your pm
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bmaing2:
I'm in the same boat I got perm root but s still on I have tried putting the files on the sd card like blackprince did but when I run the command on terminal it just says can't open? Any ideas
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ScottyDont81:
I was in this same position, used Visionary R13 to perm root, s-on still showing. I tried 5 or 6 times to use Terminal Emulator to flash the hboot-eng.img, just like it says to follow steps #5 through #7 if you used Visionary, in the post titled [Guide] Perma-root and S-Off, only it would never stick. To finally get s-off to show I followed #4, #5 and #7, this finally turned s-off in one shot. Hope this helps! Been a long time lurker since the G1 days, never needed to post always found my answers with search and reading. Hope this helps others!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Well I just know how I did it. I can't be sure about how your set up. I would just follow the threads. I just got lucky
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
That's what I did also. Congrats.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rohit1960:
problem parsing visionayplus

When I try to install visionayplus on my TMobile G2 it says "there is a problem parsing the package" and does not install.

HELP ME!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
/

http://android.modaco.com/content-page/320350/10-nov-r12-test-visionary-one-click-root/page/120/ try there post# 136
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jomaxwel:
I have tried v13 multiple times and after reboot I am no longer able to be granted su. I have also tried to install rom manager and recovery prior to permaroot. Do you have to check any of the boxs or just run it normal. Also I applied the ota already a week ago would that matter.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
I would keep trying with r13 and follow steps 4,5 and 7. That's how some off us are getting it. Get rid of anything that requires su perm first. Apps and such. That's all I could tell you. Good luck
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] drizzt16m:
I have tried steps 4 5 and 7 a million times still nothing I have even done a factory reset and started over with r13 perm root
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Did you look at the command lines I used on page 54 of this thread? Make sure you extract hboot-eng.img then put it in data/local
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] willham:
Is there a way to temp root still? I don't want to perm root cause I know I will do something wrong and brick my phone.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] smthkat789:
Paul save us!!!

It seems that he's busy or dare I say, given up on this project...nooo

I still use the temp root and hoping that visionary will perm root soon.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Krazi Bluntz:
I have r13 I used it a few times and it worked perfect got temp root; however when i tried to do perm root it didnt work I tried it several times and now I can't even get temp root to work :/ ... I tried unistalling it dl it again and I factory resetted my phone no luck ... it just says attemping to root and its like on a loop goes to a black screen then attempts to root again waited a few minutes( I had to click the home button to get out of it) ... any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] veritasaequita:
check out post # 586
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] curbsam:
Parsing problem with Visionary +

When you're downloading this, try switching off your anti virus software.

I run Kaspersky and it was claiming that r12 was a trojan, and disabling it. So by the time you then transfer it onto the sd card of the Desire Z, it doesn't work when you then try to install Visionary +

This might not work for everyone but it did for me so good luck.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jomaxwel:
Your post is 561 so there is no 586. Just a typo I imagine. I am also having the same problem. Seems as though r12 or r13 just loops till it boots you out or freezes. No longer asks for su permision or anything. Also did a master reset same thing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Leong428:
Download link seems to be down, could we have it reuploaded please? :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jews213:
Thank you I was having the same problem
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jomaxwel:
PROBLEM: Tmobile G2 with OTA applied. Installed R13 ran temproot all good. Tried to permaroot didn't work. Tried permaroot again nothing. Now when I launch temproot it just loops visionary till it freezes. Can not obtain temproot even after hard reset. Just gets stuck in a loop trying to obtain temproot. ANY HELP PLEASE...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ivolol:
r12, taken from http://android.modaco.com/content/h...722/10-nov-r12-test-visionary-one-click-root/:

http://hotfile.com/dl/82853026/2834220/com.modaco.visionaryplus.r12.apk.html

r13, taken from http://android.modaco.com/content-page/320350/10-nov-r12-test-visionary-one-click-root/page/120/:

http://hotfile.com/dl/82853506/ea1b3d5/com.modaco.visionaryplus.r13.apk.html
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] M1A1D:
To those who are having issues with r13, what worked for me was installing r11, then upgrading to r13. For some reason, that combination worked and has given me perma-root. However... I can't seem to get S-OFF.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] instigator008:
Could someone mirror r11 please? Can't get a valid file from Modaco.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Cresho:
I had to revert back to r9 visionary as 10 Caused high mgz and high cpu peeked all the time after a reboot. R9 doesn't give me this problem. Have not tried 11 and won't try 12 till its fixed
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jijus:
i did update OTA, then removed goggler

then installed visionaryr12 then tried permaroot

my phone is stuck at htc screen

when i turn on holding volume down and power button

VISION PVT SHIP S ON

HBOOT-02.82.0000

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Sep 2 2010, 17:59:38

C:\rom>fastboot devices

HT09SR210608 fastboot

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

List of devices attached

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb remount

error: device not found

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell

error: device not found

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

there is no devices, but if i put the phone in recovery or factory reset it shows up as offline

thanks for any help/guide
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Do a search for guide "how to recover your semi brick" I hope it helps
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] paulobrien:
r14 online.

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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] davidbessler:
There's a problem with the apk ... "there is a problem parsing the package"