first thing...this is the first phone i have actually really tried to root. it's my fiancee's phone she just got (said she read a lot of reviews that praised it...i'm far from impressed) and it's performance is so awful i am planning to root it in hopes of improvement. the battery seemingly lasts 15 minutes on a full charge (slight exaggeration, i'm agitated), it drops signal like it's hot (lol) and is just kinda laggy in general. i'm hoping rooting will allow me to install a new radio which will consume less voltage and hopefully do a better job at maintaining signal.
anyway, here's why i'm frustrated. every root method i try, i run into some roadblock. something that just won't work. and i'm about fed up. almost ready to give in and pay someone to root this agitating phone. i've been trying for 2 days. i feel ed...i jailbroke my first iPhone in like an hour...but i can't get this to work. the latest attempt, i was using trter10's root tool...it seemed stupidly easy...but i ran into ANOTHER roadblock. this time, my HBOOT was too old. it's running version 1.03.000. the oldest Revolutionary supports is 1.04.
i google searched how to update HBOOT drivers and i thought i'd found it. i downloaded the drivers, put the phone in HBOOT USB mode, plugged it in and did everything it said...yet, it still shows 1.03. i just want to root this d*mn thing. it shouldn't be this hard. i downloaded the HTC Fastboot drivers...when i click on them to open, they act like they are opening but then do nothing at all. are they installing somewhere on my computer and giving me no indication? or are they just not working altogether? if they aren't working...what do i need to do next?
i've tried the Revolutionary method...would have really been revolutionary had it worked. i know this shouldn't be this hard...getting frustrated spending hours on the computer to get nothing. can someone, anyone, PLEASE help me? i want to get this thing rooted the next time i sit down to try it...no bones about it...just get it done.
anyway, here's why i'm frustrated. every root method i try, i run into some roadblock. something that just won't work. and i'm about fed up. almost ready to give in and pay someone to root this agitating phone. i've been trying for 2 days. i feel ed...i jailbroke my first iPhone in like an hour...but i can't get this to work. the latest attempt, i was using trter10's root tool...it seemed stupidly easy...but i ran into ANOTHER roadblock. this time, my HBOOT was too old. it's running version 1.03.000. the oldest Revolutionary supports is 1.04.
i google searched how to update HBOOT drivers and i thought i'd found it. i downloaded the drivers, put the phone in HBOOT USB mode, plugged it in and did everything it said...yet, it still shows 1.03. i just want to root this d*mn thing. it shouldn't be this hard. i downloaded the HTC Fastboot drivers...when i click on them to open, they act like they are opening but then do nothing at all. are they installing somewhere on my computer and giving me no indication? or are they just not working altogether? if they aren't working...what do i need to do next?
i've tried the Revolutionary method...would have really been revolutionary had it worked. i know this shouldn't be this hard...getting frustrated spending hours on the computer to get nothing. can someone, anyone, PLEASE help me? i want to get this thing rooted the next time i sit down to try it...no bones about it...just get it done.
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