Best way to root?

[freeskier44]

Originally Posted by Droid_Evo_8

Can't get anymore easier than this to root.

Use [Only registered users can view links. ] if you wanna flash back to stock. You're welcome

Is there a way to just flash recovery?

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[auburngirl]

Check out Wug's toolkit. He includes an easy way to go back to stock. I have only used it to root, but that went really smoothly.

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[auburngirl]

Originally Posted by freeskier44

Is there a way to just flash recovery?

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Without rooting? To my knowledge, no.

With root? Yes. You do not have to flash a rom, you can just root for flashing recovery.

Is that your question?

[dmmarck]

Originally Posted by auburngirl

Without rooting? To my knowledge, no.

With root? Yes. You do not have to flash a rom, you can just root for flashing recovery.

Is that your question?

Can also do it through fastboot if I recall correctly. Saved my buddies Zio by flashing stock recovery lol.

Also, there's a lot to be said w/ rooting and going through the steps. You gain a LOT of knowledge by doing it the longway, at least once.

[auburngirl]

Originally Posted by dmmarck

Can also do it through fastboot if I recall correctly. Saved my buddies Zio by flashing stock recovery lol.

Also, there's a lot to be said w/ rooting and going through the steps. You gain a LOT of knowledge by doing it the longway, at least once.

I agree with doing it the long way at least once. It has taught me how to fix just about any screw up.

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[tony bag o donuts]

The long way was a PITA and wasted an evening and part of a day to get it to work right. I hate SDK!!!
Anyhow, I am getting a replacment and wuz's rootkit worked amazingly!!!

[dmmarck]

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

The long way was a PITA and wasted an evening and part of a day to get it to work right. I hate SDK!!!
Anyhow, I am getting a replacment and wuz's rootkit worked amazingly!!!

That's unfortunate. Still, you prolly have a lot more knowledge now than before!

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[tony bag o donuts]

Originally Posted by dmmarck

That's unfortunate. Still, you prolly have a lot more knowledge now than before!

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Yeah. Problem was I downloaded all the packages first time installing SDK and that took a few hrs...I was like UGH!
Then it would see the device. After troubleshooting all that I uninstalled SDK after rooting.
Now that I need it, it could be faster this time around.

But wogs? way of unrooting was butter.

[davidnc]

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

The long way was a PITA and wasted an evening and part of a day to get it to work right. I hate SDK!!!

I thought I would hate SDK,but after unrooting(adb/sdk) with it and rerooting again(cyber warrior's thread) ,, kinda like it ha .

PS: The reason I unrooted though I thought phone mesed up ,,in actuality it was when VZW's 4 g went down in December last year before everyone started posting about it . Thanks VZW

[dmmarck]

Originally Posted by tony bag o donuts

Yeah. Problem was I downloaded all the packages first time installing SDK and that took a few hrs...I was like UGH!
Then it would see the device. After troubleshooting all that I uninstalled SDK after rooting.
Now that I need it, it could be faster this time around.

But wogs? way of unrooting was butter.

I actually had 2 machines set up when I was doing it; my fiancee's HP and my Mac. Waited a few minutes for the drivers to configure w/ Wugs', got frustrated, and was rooted and flashed when the drivers finally finished lol.

I never knew Terminal could be so handy!