Im not good with adb commands... heres the link to the RUU for 2.11.605.5 [Updated] Exclusive: Gingerbread Build 2.11.605.5 For The HTC Thunderbolt, Fixes Several Issues From Official Gingerbread OTA
[GUIDE] How To Root/Unroot The Thunderbolt with Revolutionary
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Nope.... it will wipe the phone though.. so back up any stuff you might need (if you want).
wow. you have NO IDEA how many different PG images I flashed today, NONE worked except this. You are THE MAN. Thank you soooooo much dude!!!!
Unfortunately, I am back to square one, which made me DL the update from the get-go. No data coverage. Not even 1x.
I hate to sound like a noob, but I guess when it comes to rooting or any type of hacking on Android, I really am, so I'll take my punishment if someone can help me.
I had no problems until last night. I followed the guide with no problem and was able to root my phone... twice actually. I had to reflash the leaked Gingerbread ROM last week because the radio on my phone just went completely dead for some reason. The wi-fi worked fine, but it wouldn't work otherwise. I had left a wi-fi area and as usual, my TBolt had issues trying to change to a wireless signal. As usual, I tried putting it in and out of airplane mode, but somehow this time it broke it. Despite many, many restarts and trying to put it in and out of airplane mode, the option to turn on the wireless connection was just grayed out and the phone didn't seem to know if it was in airplane mode or not. I decided to re-flash the leaked Gingerbread ROM to see if that fixed and sure enough, everything was back to normal. After trying to do a couple things, I realized I no longer had root, so I followed this guide once more and voila - I was back in business.
Then last night I read about the OTA and decided to go ahead with the update without asking if that would be a problem. That was pretty stupid on my part.
After downloading the OTA, the phone goes into reboot mode, but instead of what I assume would be the phone rebooting so it can install the OTA, it reboots into Revolutionary. From the Revolutionary menu, I can't find anything that seems to get around this, so all I can think of is to choose reboot. That eventually boots my phone, but after a minute or so, the phone automatically powers down (I assume because it wants to install the OTA). I was stuck in this loop last night until I finally decided to pull the battery and go to bed.
Please tell me there's a way I can fix this. :-\
I had no problems until last night. I followed the guide with no problem and was able to root my phone... twice actually. I had to reflash the leaked Gingerbread ROM last week because the radio on my phone just went completely dead for some reason. The wi-fi worked fine, but it wouldn't work otherwise. I had left a wi-fi area and as usual, my TBolt had issues trying to change to a wireless signal. As usual, I tried putting it in and out of airplane mode, but somehow this time it broke it. Despite many, many restarts and trying to put it in and out of airplane mode, the option to turn on the wireless connection was just grayed out and the phone didn't seem to know if it was in airplane mode or not. I decided to re-flash the leaked Gingerbread ROM to see if that fixed and sure enough, everything was back to normal. After trying to do a couple things, I realized I no longer had root, so I followed this guide once more and voila - I was back in business.
Then last night I read about the OTA and decided to go ahead with the update without asking if that would be a problem. That was pretty stupid on my part.
After downloading the OTA, the phone goes into reboot mode, but instead of what I assume would be the phone rebooting so it can install the OTA, it reboots into Revolutionary. From the Revolutionary menu, I can't find anything that seems to get around this, so all I can think of is to choose reboot. That eventually boots my phone, but after a minute or so, the phone automatically powers down (I assume because it wants to install the OTA). I was stuck in this loop last night until I finally decided to pull the battery and go to bed.
Please tell me there's a way I can fix this. :-\
Great video and tutorial. just a few questions does this work with the gingerbread update from Verizon and will this give a free mobile hotspot or is that just a myth among roots. Sorry im new and im wary to do this to my phone as i have over a year left with this device?
You need to boot into recovery, then do a factory reset, wipe dalvik, and cache partition, and then flash a ROM.
Boot to the revolution and choose "wipe cache partition" first, you may not have to do a factory reset. If that doesn't work try the steps above. Google "boot loop revolutionary"
Yeah, you can use open garden wifi tethering when rooted... revolution root does work with gingerbread version 2.11.605.5. but NOT 2.11.605.9- which is the OTA they released 12/15/2011.
I believe when your rooted, you dont want to do the OTA updates. Also you might want to try downloading a different Rom...try a BAMF rom, like Forever or Cubed. Cyanogen Mod 7.1.1 is also a great Rom, just make sure you install the gapps as well and leave your GPS on before you wipe and install CyanMod 7...
I have already tried all kind of rooting methods... But my TB refuses to root. Is there an updated version of this Revolutionary method. I have tried it but it fails right at the beginning. I have usb debugging on, charge only, beta key worked. I unistall HTC sync, I turn off Firewall... But doing all this still no luck...Now I started believing is just refusing to ROOT...:-\
What's your Android and software version? Where are you getting stuck? Is your phone recognized as an ADB device in device manager? If not, try using a USB port on the BACK of your computer, and/or a different USB cable, preferably the one that came w/ the phone.
My phones connects good on my pc. I run adb devices and phone serial # comes up.I did connected using front port. I get the unsuccessful to root error.. After I enter the beta Key, the process seems to start, but it doesn't and I get the unsuccessful root error
Im having issues with my rooted droid. i am using revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4. woke up this morning with the blue droid and caution symbol in the background. cannot do anything on my phone gives me the followinf options
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data
wipe cache
install zip
backup and restore
mounts and storage
advanced.
Like i said it automatically did this. I am under the assumption revolutionary put out an update of some kind because the screen said update failed this morning. it was looking for an install file from my SD card which is not there. does anyone have any information on this my phone is literally stuck and will not get out of the revolutionary window.
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data
wipe cache
install zip
backup and restore
mounts and storage
advanced.
Like i said it automatically did this. I am under the assumption revolutionary put out an update of some kind because the screen said update failed this morning. it was looking for an install file from my SD card which is not there. does anyone have any information on this my phone is literally stuck and will not get out of the revolutionary window.
z71kris
What does that do?
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Just wanted to say THANK YOU for the root and unroot instructions. You made it so a phone-know-nothing guy like me can even follow along.
Y'all rock!
Y'all rock!
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