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[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wing_addict_usa:
Will this work on OTA updated G2s (wifi calling, etc)?

And how can we install superuser? Oh yeah, visionary already did that.

So I guess for anyone that wants to root but never used Visionary, use that first to do a temproot and get superuser installed.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustAnotherNewbie:
My experience has been slightly different what I’ve read elsewhere in this forum, so I figured I’d share the information seeing as I’ve neither any money nor wisdom to offer in return for all the hard work you’ve all done.

VisionARY R13 did not work quite right; attempting to do a permanent root had not effect at all, and the manual steps left me with S-Off but no Root. I had restarted a few times; I had Synced and waited 3 minutes before turning off, twice by button and twice by batter removal; I had uninstalled R13 and reinstalled R13, but nothing would make the root stick.

However, when I installed a copy of the R11 version posted earlier in this form everything seemed to sort itself out. I turned on the Root On Boot feature as well as the r/w feature and rebooted, which lead to a “Device Already Rooted” upon loading Android’s loading. I then uninstalled VisionARY and all has been well since. (Though it has only been a short while, so things could go awry later..)

Now, I’m not exactly sure why this oddity happened; it seems both copies of Visionary come with the same SuperUser version, so that isn’t it. Then again, I’m a Newbie, I could be wrong about that.

Another odd issue I had is that Visionary R13 would not install from my computer; if I transferred the file over or did the adb command it just wouldn’t work; I’d either get a parsing error (transferring apk to SD to install) or it just wouldn’t work (adb). I was only able to install by downloading directly to my device.

R11 had the opposite problem; it would not install directly to me device, but by transferring the apk from my computer to my SDCard the problem fixed itself. (I didn’t try running the adb command for installation for R11 as that was my last resort.)

In the hopes that it may be useful for sorting out the oddity I’ll offer a few details about my G2.

It has the OTA update installed, but this was done via download from XDA and not actually Over-The-Air.

The G2 is SimUnlocked on running on AT&T (Hence not having the option of the OTA update.)

And, well, that’s about all I can think to really add.

My advice to anyone who had the problem of the permaroot not sticking but S-Off being applied, and who was using R13, is to uninstall both Visionary and the SuperUser after which you should install Visionary R11. (You can check version in the Settings -> Applications -> Manage , or something akin to that.)

Thank you very much for the work you all have put in; I’m greatly appreciative of every bit of it.

-Newbie

(One last thing, though off topic, does anyone know of a way to use the WiFi Calling feature on the ATT network? I get an “invalid sim” error when I try running the program. Worse, I can’t seem to uninstall he program and it keeps trying to run, but hopefully Root will have a way to fix it one way or another. Thanks.)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] evojoey:
How did you manage to remove Superuser.apk? I've tryed everything from factory resetting the phone and deleting it with various file managers ....

I think this may be part of my problem
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Maisum:
Alright alittle help guys. Trying to do this via terminal

When it says to put the hboot and wpthis on my phone...I dont have a /data/local..Do I create one? Or am I a retard? either way it should really matter right? So I created one..I put in the command and it doesn't say it failed, it says it cannot open.

"insmod: can't open '/data/local/wpthis-OTA.ko'"

As for ADB, I kinda have it and I kind of don't...i don't really know that's a different matter but I just wanna try and stay away from that path right now. As of now I just wanna use the Terminal. Thanks guys!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ayalah1986:
I had the same issue... I simply rebooted the phone and then it came up, or resend the packages
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ayalah1986:
Ok I cant temp root with VISIONary r11,r12, or r13?? I have debug mode on and it use to work?? I have the OTA update and s-off.... HELP!! I'm new to android
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Riusaki:
Great job guys. For a while there I thought root would not be possible. Rooted mines last night. Cannot wait for the first official cyanogen release. Again, great job all.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] JustAnotherNewbie:
All I had to do was uninstall it via the regular, stock way; by going to Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications, then do a long tap/press and hold over the SuperUser program, and choose to uninstall it. If it is running then you should force stop it; at least that would be my guess.

The way I did it went like this:

Run Visionary and unselect Boot On Root; you do not want Visionary running.

Restart Android by turning it off and then turning it back on again

Once you get into Android tap the Menu button, select Settings, and find your way to Manage Applications

Uninstall Visionary

Uninstall Superuser

Reboot

I’m not sure that Superuser had to be deleted, I want to be clear on that, but when I was moving from R13 to R11 I didn’t want to leave anything to chance. (I’m a Newbie and my experience has taught me never to assume anything; why keep part of something if that something didn’t work? And since Visionary installed Superuser, and since Superuser didn’t go away with Visionary, I figured it needed to go too. However, it looks as though the very same Superuser program is included in Visionary R11 that is in R13. Maybe it matters; maybe it doesn’t, but I uninstalled it and had success afterwards. The science behind my process is beyond me. >.> )

If someone else should respond to your post then I highly recommend following their advice; I don’t know why what I did worked, and that is a bad sign; the people here are wiser than I, and they can tell you more.

Hope it helps, though.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hiko36:
Having an issue with root where /system is still mounted as read only. Is there a command I can run in terminal that could remount the system as rw?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bull3001:
Thank you very much for this, it was fairly simple and easy to follow through.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bakaasama:
I have this exact same problem. Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lazy361:
Fool Proof super simple Perma Root!

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?deskto...ture=youtube_gdata_player&v=7WHo9Tyhjqw&gl=US

Anybody tried this?

I haven't seen it on xda but wanted to share.

Seems so foolproof. Probably will do it tonight.

Just wonder if unrooting it would be the same as the directions given in xda.

Apologies if this is the wrong spot to share this

(EDIT) after attempting to download the program, i was asked to take a survey in order to gain access to the downloadable file. all the serveys asked for personal info and wanted to charge me such and such... i aint buying it.

can anyone confirm this actually works?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] NicholsonRL:
I would just like to thank everyone's hard work and time they've dedicated to rooting the G2.

Is there going to be a one click root app like visionary coming out?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lazy361:
super easy perma root

Im waiting for the same thing...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sparksco:
My best advise for this is to just copy and paste the command into terminal or command prompt, that way there is no errors.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sparksco:
try adb remount, of if you have a shell "#" sign, try

adb shell
mount -o remount, rw /system
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ssinisterss:
i rooted using this method and when flashing the new rom it goes into a boot loop for the evil z sense ui rom. i pulled the battery and it still does it when rebooting
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
I wouldn't attempt it. I'm not a dev or anything but the myTouch 4G is pretty diffferent to the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] PlatinumMOTO:
When I tried insmod wpthis-OTA.ko it returned:

insmod wpthis-OTA.ko

insmod: can't open 'wpthis-OTA.ko'

this is not what's in the OP.. should I proceed or start over?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] milenko11:
I can't get perma root. When I run the insmod command I don't get the error that is listed in the first post, I get "can't open 'wpthis-OTA.ko'" Is this why I'm not getting root? I have the files pushed to /data/local/ just fine. I have the overclocked ko file in there as well. Should I remove that?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tdcrawford:
So VISIONary is supposed to tell you that the phone is already rooted?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Neejay:
I just figured out this same exact problem: you have to have an absolute path:

insmod [B]/data/local/[/B]wpthis-OTA.ko
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
Are both of you on the latest OTA update?

I assume so since you are now rooted.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] cparekh:
when you are running the command on wp-this-OTA.ko are you in the /data/local/ directory?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SlicedKuniva:
How can you tell if you have S-OFF or not?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
cut your phone off then restart holding volume down button , and read the top line
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] milenko11:
No. Should I be?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Vandam500:
Uninstall Visionary and see if you still have su I guess.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tdcrawford:
That still doesn't return the error the OP says I should be getting. Anybody else having this issue?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jorsher:
I have a permanent dedicated server with 100mbps connection you'd like to host the files there. PM me for a username/pass/host.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] milenko11:
trying now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jigga0o7:
Make sure to navigate to data/local and be aware that everything is case sensitive.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xile6:
Can some1 repost the how 2. And check subs, for some reason xda app isn't picking them up after I refreshed the thread.

And tp all the newbe, if u don't know what adb is don't do this ur end up screwed
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] SlicedKuniva:
Awesome I am currently showing S-OFF. Now the question is...what will I do next?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Arcadia310:
Can someone show me how to push these files in data/local very clearly please. And what exactly does opening a new adb shell mean?

Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tehtide:
Thanks for this guys...

All finished and now rooted.

No issues at all...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
If so, you should have perma root so you don't need to run visionary everytime. That, and wait for a full custom ROM to be released :)

Edit: And donate to the devs!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] veritasaequita:
1. Download this file(that i found at modaco forum, thanks)

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ncsfqub2wz6naw8

2. Install the file u just downloaded

3. Temp root using visionary r13

4. Download rom manager from the market

5. Run the flash clockwork recovery option

6. "without rebooting" Perm root using visionary r13

7. After the automatic reboot u will have root!

confirmed working for me:)

*EDIT* jrbourque had issues with this way..update is that with my these instructions you will deff get perm root but will still have S-on. So these instructions are for root only, i checked it with terminal emulator on 2 G2s after the reboot and have root on both of them but still have S-on.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Jrbourque:
I just tried that and my hboot is still set to s-on?

edit: and now temp-root with r11 or r13 wont work for me

edit2: its okay used rage and got s-off now so all good
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sparksco:
Edit: Don't use terminal emulator, adb shell is much better and you can use the same commands when you are at the root "#" sign. It's much safer to have your computer do most of the work for your phone, instead of having your phone do everything to itself.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] epeets:
i'll root when we get Instant On like the MT4G and Desire Z. That would be epic!!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] olagold:
Done

Wooow! I have root!!!

Thanks to all that contribute to this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jgro1976:
Once I've attained S-OFF/root, do I need to keep Visionary installed?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] M1A1D:
Seeing as I'm one of those wonderful chaps stuck with Permroot OFF, and S-ON, I've got to ask a question. I noticed that the OP's phone shows an HBOOT version of 0.76.2000 and an eMMC-boot of August 30th. Same radio version however.

My phone shows an HBOOT version of 0.82.0000 and an eMMC-boot of September 2nd.

Are there possibly different versions of the HBOOT and that's what's causing the varied issues that people are encountering?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] clockedtouch:
Directions were so straight forward and to the point if you cant follow this you really shouldn't be rooting your phone.. Thanks to everyone that helped in all the developments
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tak.japan:
has anybody found this site?? supposedly it's a perm root wizzard that works without use of terminal?

is it safe??

http://g2root.info/
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Lazy361:
I went to that website a week ago and b4 it let's u dowload the "suposed" file it has u fill out a survey... progrssive insurance, iq test, blah blah blah. It basicaally asks u for personal information. I think IMHO the site is wack and untrustworthy. However comments on YOUTUBe say otherwise. I dunno. Any others have input?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] noodles2224:
This method worked great.. Really easy but question, can we factory reset and nothing will get messed up? Even if, bloatwares were removed... Only want to try this because I got my replacement phone, not inspecting the quick keys or thinking anything of it.. Just inspected for dead pixels and checking if apps worked as suppose to.. I got the OTA 5 mins after booting up.. Rooted it right after, removed those bloatware.. Later during the day just wanted to configure the quick keys and I get FC right when I try to assign any.. The app opens but cannot assign.. Tried fix_permissions with rom manager, nothing.. Only option would be factory reset but wondering if root and all would be ok??
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] BusinessSocks:
I'm getting pretty irritated with this. I can't open any of the r11 apks no matter where i get them, whether downloaded from my g2 or thrown on from my laptop. I couldn't open a version of 12 I got and I got r13 to work once and I can use it to temp root but it wont effin stick. In fact I have some goofy version that doesn't check to see if my phone is already rooted.. :mad: WTF right? :confused:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lightningtrip:
you are going to replace those with the files you download...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] itbechamp:
rooted with success

i'm new to this but pretty computer saavy, i'm using a mac with latest version of snow leapord FOR THE RECORD, i'm trying to overclock my g2 now can anybody direct me to a thread that can help me out?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] he3r0:
Wrong thread perhaps? Besides you cant be computer savvy... You are using MAC! Ahhj just kidding.. :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] antdawg702:
HELP! I successfully rooted using thus method. Then when I was asleep my phone automatically installed the ota update and I lost root and visionary says I am already rooted and doesn't do anything. How do I get root back?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rhenestofel:
I have tried going through the forum looking for the answer but could not find a post with the same issue I am having. I am getting S-Off when i bring up the bootloader but I am not getting perma-root. I am still having to run Visionary after every reboot. I would be happy to provide any additional info

UPDATE: Nevermind it was my own stupidity, i was using an outdated version of Visionary
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] D_Rob:
@itbechamp

Are you perma-rooted?

If so buy SetCPU from the market, and instal Bacon Bits 3.0. Bacon Bits can be found here courtesy of Cyanogen.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834565

If you're no perma-rooted pm and I'll dig out the link to the gscript method.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] fryrice8850:
can i uninstall visionary after root?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Neejay:
Perma-root, yeah.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mathias8*:
tmobile htc g2 rooted!

Now if only I can figure out how to install custom roms or another rom period, I will be sitting pretty. First I would like some tips and info on how to do a complete backup of all my apps,widgets,wallpapers,sd card contents, basically a full "image" backup. If anyone knows please do not hesitate to let me know at shadows_of_light_fading@yahoo.com, of course add me to yim and chat live would be most helpful to a beginner such as I!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ikpthegame:
so im not sure if i missed it or not, but is there a diff mirror for link on the first post since that link doesnt download anything for me.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] ikpthegame:
never mind, its just my computer being stupid, ill download it on my phone since it works there and transfer it to my comp.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mbush78:
Thank You

A sincere Thank You!! to everyone that had a part in making this possible. The wife’s G2 is now perma-rooted and not I can get to playing with this thing
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] itbechamp:
i used the visionary method...s-off... can i still use bacon bits
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] itbechamp:
lol my bad just new to the forums...but i did root my g2...i got 2216 on quadrant and 60 mflops on linpack...wondersing if i can get it faster by loading bacon bits
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caid444:
A little trouble with the wpthis-OTA.ko and wpthis-pre-OTA.ko

I've been trying to get those two files to work after achieving temporary root, however both of them return a (failed (Exec format error).

I just got my phone today. From what i've read, those files are ota subjective. That means if there's an update, they become invalid and a new one is needed. Is that what's happened? I've pushed them 4 times to my phone and still no luck.

Thanks for any help.

-Caid.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] he3r0:
Hint: wpthis-pre-OTA is for phones before OTA, while wpthis-OTA is for the ones AFTER OTA.

If your phone already come with OTA you need wpthis-OTA file.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caid444:
yup

I've tried with both. Both give the same error. I'm thinking there may have been another ota update since then. Also, not sure if it matters, but my phone is an htc branded g2, not a t-mobile one.\

A little more information about my phone.

kernal 2.6.32.21-gd2764ed

Build number

1.34.707.5 CL273326 release-keys

Software number

1.34.707.5

Something tells me this is an unusual software number.

Got if figured out, and I'll leave this for anyone else who's in the same boat. I bought a desire-z under the pretense that it was a G2. The joys of living overseas, you ask for a G2, and the seller sells you a Desire-z and tells you it's a G2. Hadn't once looked at the box that my wife has so kindly stashed away while I was playing with the phone ;) . Anyway, lesson learned.

I got my desire-z all done up with this thread here. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=834950

-Caid.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] trenton1980:
Couldn't run su after reboot ... followed all the different guides in regards to when and how to reboot/sync. Nothing worked.

Copied the files below to the right places and followed the "Root" script to set permissions on su. Rebooted and everything worked fine.

I love you. (no homo)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Buckroger91:
I have Perma-root on My G2 and S-OFF is showing but I can not flash rom to My phone what can I do to make it work.

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Caid444:
Did you install rom manager and then clockwork from inside that? Personally, i had to click install clockwork, reboot, click install again, and then it worked.

You really need clockwork to install roms. Once that's on there, you just put the rom you want to install onto your root folder of your sdcard, then use clockwork to install it. Pretty simple stuff.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] trenton1980:
Seems like my root is not 100% ... after my phone boots, I can open terminal and type su to get superuser but some applications fail saying "error obtaining root".

Can someone else test the "netextender" by sonicwall? And/or the "Reboot Widget"?

sonicwall test info:

server: sslvpn.demo.sonicwall.com

username: demo

password: password

domain: Active Directory

If those work for anyone else (on a g2 with ota), then it's just my phone ... Other apps like Titanium backup are working ...

Thanks --
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] mrbloo:
ill be getting this soon but i dont know anything about developing (im in 8th grade) and i want to root for overclock and maybe wi-fi tethering
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] skitzophrenick:
Permaroot and S-OFF not working for me either. Today is the first day Vodafone UK deliverys are arriving for their software-branded HTC Desire Z. Here are my stats:

HTC Desire Z (branded Vodafone UK)

------------------------

VISION PVT SHIP S-ON

HBOOT-0.85.0005

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Oct 11 2010,20:10:38

------------------------

Android Version

2.2

Baseband version

12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

Kernel version

2.6.32.21-g9d69527

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Fri Oct 29 14:49:32 CST 2010

Build number

1.34.161.6 CL273326 release-keys

Software number

1.34.161.6

Browser version

WebKit 3.1

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Using Visionary+ r14. Temp root is fine, permaroot doesnt work, tried using pre-OTA, post-OTA and the Z specific wpthis files (all as provided by the cyanogenmod wiki), all return "Exec format error". root is always lost on reboot, HBOOT always shows S-ON.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Krisrk:
Followed the directions exactly. The phone rebooted itself just before I went to the step regarding "sync" and the phone isn't rooted after it rebooted. Then I checked to see, and the phone says S-OFF. But I now can't get VISIONary to temproot. SetCPU returns the error that the phone isn't rooted. So I don't know how to restart the process all over from the beginning?

How can I have S-OFF without the phone being rooted? Something apparently got messed up when the phone rebooted itself... maybe a factory reset then try it again?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] diehardfan:
I am having the same problems are the above posters.

I have a T-Mobile G2 with OTA update (Wifi calling and tethering), used VISIONary+ 14r. HBOOT shows S-OFF. But, clockwork mod says its not rooted.

I followed the instructions in OP and BlackPrince310 youtube video to the T.

I can still temp root with VISIONary+ 14r though.

Any ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] he3r0:
my rooted already T-mobile G2 (vision) with OTA

VISION PVT ENG S-OFF

HBOOT-0.76.2000 (PC1010000)

MICROP-0425

RADIO-26.03.02.26_M

eMMC-boot

Aug 20 2010,16:51:01

-----------------------

Android Version

2.2

Baseband version

12.28b.60.140eU_26.03.02.26_M

Kernel version

2.6.32.17-g9ab3677

htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Build number

1.22.531.8 CL277427 release-keys

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your build number is higher than mine. (and mine is already OTA)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] he3r0:
i had to do "sync" again and reboot phone normally, not by removing the battery

and followed blackprince video as well...