***Updated*** Easy Root Available. 3 step process

[monolithic]

Can anyone provide a mirror for the Thunderbolt Sync files? Trying to download it from the HTC website is painfully slow. 50kb/s slow lol


Edit: @Monolithic, the hell kind of service is your university providing its students? lol

Ha ha! I do a lot of technology assessment here, so I get to play with the goodies from time to time.

M.

 

[billjohnson]

Bah if only VPN's allowed one to boost their bandwidth to the server's speed....If so you would have an unauthorized client on your network.......:icon_ banana::icon_ banana::icon_ banana:

 

[Arachnidus]

Can anybody link me to the download for the newest build of the root and all required materiel therein? I'm scared to screw with ADB.

 

[Jerzystransfer]

Great job on the rooting process and instructions.. pretty spot on. The first time doing a new one is kinda hectic becuase you don't quite know what to expect and how much of a time delay things should be taking. If I do one for a co-worker I won't be quite so worried.. you guys are the best..

 

[tu3218]

Great job on the rooting process and instructions.. pretty spot on. The first time doing a new one is kinda hectic becuase you don't quite know what to expect and how much of a time delay things should be taking. If I do one for a co-worker I won't be quite so worried.. you guys are the best..

Yeah I agree with the whole not actually knowing how long things should take. That's usually what throws me off. Patience is crucial lol

 

[Arachnidus]

Hokay, I managed to root, but ROM Manager isn't letting me boot in to the recovery Is there any way to manually do so? I distinctly remember a button combo on the D1 and 2.

 

[Droid DOES!!]

Hokay, I managed to root, but ROM Manager isn't letting me boot in to the recovery Is there any way to manually do so? I distinctly remember a button combo on the D1 and 2.

What is ROM Manager saying/doing when you try?
Manual method is power + vol down. Go ahead and move the PG05IMG file to a folder so HBOOT won't see it. Then press the power button on Recovery. If Clockwork is flashed, it will boot you into it.

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[soulripp]

How long does it take to finish 1st step?

sent from my HTC thunderbolt

 

[Arachnidus]

Hokay, I managed to root, but ROM Manager isn't letting me boot in to the recovery Is there any way to manually do so? I distinctly remember a button combo on the D1 and 2.

What is ROM Manager saying/doing when you try?
Manual method is power + vol down. Go ahead and move the PG05IMG file to a folder so HBOOT won't see it. Then press the power button on Recovery. If Clockwork is flashed, it will boot you into it.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

Alright, gonna try that. Slight problem in that Rom Manager doesn't seem to be allowed root access(I get an error saying "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands").

 

[Droid DOES!!]

Hokay, I managed to root, but ROM Manager isn't letting me boot in to the recovery Is there any way to manually do so? I distinctly remember a button combo on the D1 and 2.

What is ROM Manager saying/doing when you try?
Manual method is power + vol down. Go ahead and move the PG05IMG file to a folder so HBOOT won't see it. Then press the power button on Recovery. If Clockwork is flashed, it will boot you into it.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

Alright, gonna try that. Slight problem in that Rom Manager doesn't seem to be allowed root access(I get an error saying "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands").

Go grab the SuperUser from the market. There's a patch for to work on the TB over at xda. Clockworkmod isn't flashed at this point.

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[Suuperflie]

Here is the n00b question of all. If you root, take the bloatware off, then unroot, does all the bloatware come back?

 

[Droid DOES!!]

Here is the n00b question of all. If you root, take the bloatware off, then unroot, does all the bloatware come back?

Not unless you restore a backup with all the bloat first.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

 

[Arachnidus]

What is ROM Manager saying/doing when you try?
Manual method is power + vol down. Go ahead and move the PG05IMG file to a folder so HBOOT won't see it. Then press the power button on Recovery. If Clockwork is flashed, it will boot you into it.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

Alright, gonna try that. Slight problem in that Rom Manager doesn't seem to be allowed root access(I get an error saying "an error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands").

Go grab the SuperUser from the market. There's a patch for to work on the TB over at xda. Clockworkmod isn't flashed at this point.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

All fixed up, got a ROM up and running (Tesla Coil), the newest available build of CW and an adrynalyne kernel.

I'm satisfied.

 

[Suuperflie]

Here is the n00b question of all. If you root, take the bloatware off, then unroot, does all the bloatware come back?

Not unless you restore a backup with all the bloat first.

This thread has been Thunder struck!!

So if I did that Verizon wouldn't be able to tell when the updates come out, right? If it's unrooted then it would just show up as normal? I don't really care about my phone being "freed" or rooted, I just want all the crap off that I don't need so the phone runs more smoothly. If that's all I want, is it even worth it to do it, or should I just leave it stock? Keep in mind, I just learned about rooting a couple weeks ago and really have no clue how to do it, except what I've read in this thread. So tell me, how much of a difference would I notice if all the crap was removed?

 

[dark juggalo]

is there any other way to get the file?..when i try to down load it shows a time of @ least 1 1/2 hrs then halfway trough it times out..ive seen it on other sites but a bit leary of using one thats not verified current