[HOW TO] Permanently Root Rezound

[LtKen]

won't work for me. i booted into recovery mode to make sure i really did unlock it, just to be 100% even though i watched it tell me i unlocked my phone. my bootloader is unlocked.

i had htc sync installed. it didnt work. i uninstalled it. tried again. didnt work. rebooted my pc. same thing. i reinstalled htc sync. then made sure it wasn't running. still nothing.

i get a lot of errors when i run the script. says 'can't write' and a bunch of stuff. oh i also turned off my antivirus.

I have these problems too, had it with the temp root, have it with the permanent. I find that a PC and phone reboot usually solves these problems.

 

[LtKen]

This may sound like a dumb question but I am going to ask any way, does the phone need to be powered off or on before the start ?

Not terribly dumb.

The answer is, yes and no. To access the bootloader menu, you'll need the phone off so you can turn it on to get to the bootloader. Once you're unlocked, you'll need the phone on and in debugging mode to root.

 

[macpro88]

This may sound like a dumb question but I am going to ask any way, does the phone need to be powered off or on before the start ?

Not terribly dumb.

The answer is, yes and no. To access the bootloader menu, you'll need the phone off so you can turn it on to get to the bootloader. Once you're unlocked, you'll need the phone on and in debugging mode to root.

or you can use adb to access it without having to power off/battery pull "adb reboot-bootloader"

 

[Ja5on L]

It doesn't work for me, I had to uninstall Sence, but when I try to one click it AFTER that all I get is a repeting message that says "one or more device or emulator" and then nothing. This isn't my day haha

 

[rootmyrezound]

Hi, I did the first step by unlocking the bootloader. I then used the oneclick root and everything appears to be working normally.

Now what?

The reason I wanted to root my phone is to delete all of the Verizon bloatware (Facebook/etc) so that they are not sucking down the battery power. The Verizon bloatware apps launch on their own and start on their own and I don't agree with this.

How can I go about deleting all of the junk, now that I'm rooted?


Thanks

 

[RandyMcIndy]

Thanks to all involved in this thread! It worked perfect, my only issue was at the very end when I closed down the program before it was complete so I just rebooted let it run again and it worked. My first change was to get the WiFi hot spot with Open Garden and it is soooo much faster then my incredible. It clocked out at 14k MB/s on Cnet's WiFi speed test and I'm very happy with the speed.

 

[aidthekiller]

Worked like a charm. Thanks, and thanks for the great guide(s).

As a side note, I noticed that when I right-clicked and ran the batch as Administrator that it would fail, which is wierd because this is usually what you have to do. For those that are having problems, DONT RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR.

Confirmed - after several failed attempts, multiple restarts and uninstall of sync - no success. I had ignored this post due to a comment stating that this was absolutely incorrect. Decided to give it a shot and gtg means good to go. Perm root - goodbye bloat

 

[ljclifton]

Update today

Confirmed - after several failed attempts, multiple restarts and uninstall of sync - no success. I had ignored this post due to a comment stating that this was absolutely incorrect. Decided to give it a shot and gtg means good to go. Perm root - goodbye bloat

Update today knocked root out. Have gone through entire process twice.... Says its rooted, but its not. I still have S-on.... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[macpro88]

Update today knocked root out. Have gone through entire process twice.... Says its rooted, but its not. I still have S-on.... HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sounds like you are stuck till root is obtained for this stock ROM. I'm sure it won't be long though.

 

[HeyNiko]

After receiving a verizon update last night "root" is no more. I tried the procedures listed at the top of this thread and even tried temp root with "clean tool 2.1.1" and naadaa. The whole kicker is that I have a backup of the entire system but I can't get Titanium Backup to work.

 

[soccerdude77]

I am in the same boat, no root.....

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[MrSmith317]

After receiving a verizon update last night "root" is no more. I tried the procedures listed at the top of this thread and even tried temp root with "clean tool 2.1.1" and naadaa. The whole kicker is that I have a backup of the entire system but I can't get Titanium Backup to work.

There's a thread on this at XDA. The method used to obtain root was via Amon Ra recovery. Here's the thread.
[CONFIRMED] Root after OTA - xda-developers

 

[HeyNiko]

Thanks for the info I will take a look.

With that all said I actually ran antutu benchmark and scored something like 4600 prior to the update. Now I'm scoring over 5900 and it does seem to be responding quicker.

In reviewing the help doc link, after the update/reboot it popped up, it mentioned several OS fixes along with 4g/3g fixes.

Anyone else seeing better performance after the update?

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[ljclifton]

no luck

maybe im stupid, i have s-on, no root after ota update. never had amon recovery, never had a nandroid backup.... the xda thread never helped me.... anyone have any idea???????

 

[MrSmith317]

maybe im stupid, i have s-on, no root after ota update. never had amon recovery, never had a nandroid backup.... the xda thread never helped me.... anyone have any idea???????

What are you trying to do?