Easy root for Thunderbolt on OSX

[freedomBolt]

Easy root from OSX
http://www.fryetech.com/thunderbolt.php
Download is below the video on youtube

[video=youtube;ky-C3gYi4O8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ky-C3gYi4O8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5U1xuQPi1Q[/video]

Sorry for the delay on the video. He by mistake uploaded the wrong one and is now uploading this one. So give it a couple hours.


Fixed. If you are getting a adb command not found error. Redownload the big file or download the runmefix.zip (http://www.fryetech.com/runmefix.zip) uncompress the file and put runme in the thunderbolt directory of your desktop.
If you download the big file after April 9th 2011 at 7:30am then you do not need this fix

 

[Droid Eye]

We need a PC version!

 

[freedomBolt]

[video=youtube;-3Pq8TX8QBI]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3Pq8TX8QBI"]PC Version[/video]
[video=youtube;FTGEcsyy4RE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTGEcsyy4RE[/video]

Download is below the video on youtube

 

[Javaknight]

Come on people, go click 'Like' :icon_ banana:

 

[freedomBolt]

Its done. video and files being uploaded now!

 

[sms160]

Thanks for making the video. The thunderbolt is my first android phone so I have never rooted before. This looks really easy, hopefully everything goes right.

 

[freedomBolt]

If anyone needs support contact fryetech on youtube[video=youtube;j2J3Fp8WV7Y]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2J3Fp8WV7Y"][/video]

 

[LittleLebowski]

Couldn't find the phone after the first reboot, no matching hash sum. Retrying.....

 

[freedomBolt]

Couldn't find the phone after the first reboot, no matching hash sum. Retrying.....

Mac or Windows?

 

[LittleLebowski]

Mac. I think my USB is wonky. After each stage, I'm having to disconnect and reconnect my phone. That's the only way I've gotten the flashing/uploading to work. Midway through 3rd attempt....

 

[freedomBolt]

Mac. I think my USB is wonky. After each stage, I'm having to disconnect and reconnect my phone. That's the only way I've gotten the flashing/uploading to work. Midway through 3rd attempt....

Mine if I ask which OSX you are using and which Mac?

Trying to fix any issues that comes up.

Glade you made it through

 

[LittleLebowski]

I was using a last gen MacBook Pro and the latest released and patched version of OS X. Then I switched to a newer MBP and the same OS. This time, everything seemed to work perfectly yet Superuser app doesn't seem to do anything at all and Titanium backup informs me that I am not rooted. Guess I'm going to go with the manual approach. Frustrating.

 

[freedomBolt]

You have to reboot after running this.

When did you download? There was a bug in one of the released yesterday but was fixed very quickly. Maybe you got one that had the bug.

If not. Then try running it again.

 

[freedomBolt]

Also if anyone has issues let them know fryetech.com
They will work with you.

 

[LittleLebowski]

I used a fresh copy downloaded at 10AM this morning. It finished up and said "Done, press enter to exit." I don't have root according to Titanium Backup.