[Video Tutorial] How To Properly Root Your Inspire 4G

**bhayden25** · 05-17-2011, 12:43 PM

I need some help her people. When i try to root my phone. I get al the way to the part of getting the downgraded rom on my phone then i open up terminal emulator and type in /data/local/tmp/rage and nothing happens. Any thoughts?

**tepeee** · 05-22-2011, 08:21 AM

great job

**Staticpunk84** · 05-23-2011, 05:27 AM

So im guessing this is the newest way to root the inspire (5/23/11) cause Im getting one today Finally! =) but I also looked up vids about rooting and I seet z4 mods and OneClick. Also the main post on this has the video and when you watch it it says this is OUTDATED click for new hack kit and then it brings you to the xda site for the new kit. Then do you watch that video so you can see how to hack it cause the xda site for the new kit does not have the video

**NOSDroid** · 06-09-2011, 04:34 AM

Originally Posted by ooolalacey

oh it was so much easier to jailbreak iphone. sigh.

I CONCUR!! And I want to root my phone but it seems so much more difficult

**Jay20** · 06-10-2011, 10:18 PM

so I "upgraded" to build number 1.84.... is the rooting method the same? Now that I got the HSUPA, I'm thinking about re-rooting and installing the newest version of CM of I can get it to actually be faster and get better battery, which didn't happen last time.

**mydogyuma** · 06-11-2011, 09:29 AM

Originally Posted by ooolalacey

oh it was so much easier to jailbreak iphone. sigh.

Then go back an marry your iphone if you miss it that much. I had an iphone for 28 days and gave it back!

**premmall** · 07-07-2011, 09:47 PM

is the noob version out to root this phone? i really need an easy way to root it

**ichihollow** · 07-13-2011, 09:27 AM

Ummm, superoneclick rooted this phone in under ten seconds... thank goodness the forum was down last night and I couldn't check to see if anyone had tried it. I am curious why a high end phonelike this doesn't seem to have the good support that the low end optimus has, I'm a bit disappointed in you all... jk but not really

**Nikki0102** · 08-06-2011, 09:54 PM

Is home internet service required to root

**keith2k1** · 08-09-2011, 08:09 AM

I'm doing this today!

**keith2k1** · 08-09-2011, 08:18 AM

Originally Posted by ooolalacey

awesome because I am so lost. can it be done on OSX?

Its worth it...

**mrcake** · 09-30-2011, 06:34 PM

this doesent brick my phone dose it

**pazzo02** · 10-26-2011, 09:43 AM

Just rooted using Ace Hack Kit in Ubuntu. I highly reccomend this method. It went off without a hitch. Make a Ubuntu live CD and run the kit from there as described in the Effen manual. As long as you're somewhat computer saavy, you won't have a problem.

**Drew2873** · 12-06-2011, 11:52 PM

Originally Posted by Nikki0102

Is home internet service required to root

No as long as you have all the files need downloaded. It would be helpful, in case you run into any problems.

**famousj1** · 01-02-2012, 01:23 PM

ive rooted a few of my friends phones and my own. i just got the inspire a few days ago and decided to use the ace hack kit in the windows ways i think... i ran it and i i got root S-OFF my HBOOT-85.0024 and RADIO is 26.03.02.26_M.... but dont worry theres a but i accidentally ran the 1st step of the program after root aquired and somehow it tried rebooting and went straight into bootloop i can get into hboot but once i try going into recovery from there it just goes into the boot animation and bootloops! someone please help!!!! Ive been searching everywhere and cant find an answer does anyone know anything???

**incrediblemook** · 01-04-2012, 11:26 AM

So it is January 4 2012, and i am trying to find root package to root my HTC inspire 4g Android 2.3.3, and all i get is errors in downloading anything, Where can i find such a thing? That will be much appricated. Thanks

**incrediblemook** · 01-04-2012, 11:27 AM

oh and everything i looked up it's out of date.

**cbulkman** · 01-06-2012, 11:49 AM

It's on xda & it was just updated. I finished rooting my Inspire a few minutes ago; painless & very easy. I then downloaded Titanium Backup from the Market to uninstall all of the AT&T bloatware. Bought mine on launch day & can't believe I waited this long to root it.

**SoCal-Dave** · 01-09-2012, 12:51 PM

Originally Posted by cbulkman

It's on xda & it was just updated. I finished rooting my Inspire a few minutes ago; painless & very easy. I then downloaded Titanium Backup from the Market to uninstall all of the AT&T bloatware. Bought mine on launch day & can't believe I waited this long to root it.

cbulkman - do you have the link to where in the xda forum you followed directions from (or link to app used to root). I'm in the same boat... keep searching and finding old, outdated posts with links that are no longer valid.

thanks much,

**cbulkman** · 01-09-2012, 01:24 PM

Originally Posted by SoCal-Dave

cbulkman - do you have the link to where in the xda forum you followed directions from (or link to app used to root). I'm in the same boat... keep searching and finding old, outdated posts with links that are no longer valid.

thanks much,

Sorry about that. Here you go!

This is the most recent version, 04012012c. Read the developer's ENTIRE post & the effen manual before starting. Don't get confused by the date of his post, the software does get updated. If you scroll all the way to the bottom of his post, you'll see he updated it on 1/4/12.

Good luck!

**SoCal-Dave** · 01-12-2012, 02:27 PM

Forgot to reply but it WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!

Of course it would have been even smoother had I read the ENTIRE EFFEN MANUAL... I read through all the steps quickly but missed the obvious part that apparently many others missed. Once I caught it I was able to root the Inspire4G, add ClockworkMod and add the RCMix3D runny 4.0 ROM that I was looking for.... it's sweet.

Thanks all.

**gregski** · 01-16-2012, 12:39 PM

Originally Posted by SoCal-Dave

Forgot to reply but it WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!

Of course it would have been even smoother had I read the ENTIRE EFFEN MANUAL... I read through all the steps quickly but missed the obvious part that apparently many others missed. Once I caught it I was able to root the Inspire4G, add ClockworkMod and add the RCMix3D runny 4.0 ROM that I was looking for.... it's sweet.

Thanks all.

I am getting ready to root my Inspire and would appreciate it greatly if you would share the "obvious part" that you missed, just so others may learn. Thank you.

**gregski** · 01-18-2012, 11:36 PM

Originally Posted by gregski

I am getting ready to root my Inspire and would appreciate it greatly if you would share the "obvious part" that you missed, just so others may learn. Thank you.

It was the pass key wasn't it?

**cbulkman** · 01-19-2012, 05:08 PM

Originally Posted by gregski

It was the pass key wasn't it?

From the effen manual........

•Are you curious about the PA$$ K3Y yet? Every time the Hack Kit runs, it generates a new one and puts it in the this link: CAJUN.txt. AFTER you get to the prompt for it, click the link and copy and paste the K3Y into the prompt. If you get browser fail, it's in tools/txt/CAJUN.txt in the hack kit directory.

**dmullens** · 01-20-2012, 05:17 PM

Thanks! I just bought a used Inspire and it should be here tomorrow. My main reason for rooting is to run DroidWall. I was going to post a message asking what the 'current' status of rooting the Inspire was. So...these last few messages have been very helpful!