Help with rooting.

[Monkz8897]

Ok im not a noob at this s***t just need some more help i recently had to go back to stock so i tried the ViperRUU.exe followed intstructions now i do want to try the stock w/goodies rom but for some damn reason i cant get root access it says i have root access and i even downloaded the root checker so what am i doing wrong here?? i'm runing a stock rom that is on 3.16 hboot 2.09? Help plz.

 

[mstrblueskys]

Do you have a custom recovery installed?

 

[Monkz8897]

yeah which is really weird i booted in to recovery the day before and it didnt have one and then i booted into it yesterday and it says i have twrp 2.4.4.0 so idk how that could have happened i'm thinking its tweeking it self

 

[benny3]

Ok im not a noob at this s***t just need some more help i recently had to go back to stock so i tried the ViperRUU.exe followed intstructions now i do want to try the stock w/goodies rom but for some damn reason i cant get root access it says i have root access and i even downloaded the root checker so what am i doing wrong here?? i'm runing a stock rom that is on 3.16 hboot 2.09? Help plz.

If your on a stock rom you wont have root access unless its a stock rooted rom. A lot of people new to rooting make the mistake thinking that a unlocked bootloader means root. Its not. Its the rom itself that is rooted which gives you full access to the system files. A unlocked bootloader only means that you are able to flash a custom recovery so you can flash a rooted rom or superuser.zip.

 

[Monkz8897]

So then I can just flash a Rom with root capabilities with out bricking? Or anything like that.

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[Monkz8897]

Normally I do this stuff when I'm drunk cause I get a better idea of it but sober nope not this dumby lol

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[benny3]

Normally I do this stuff when I'm drunk cause I get a better idea of it but sober nope not this dumby lol

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Most if not all custom roms will be rooted

 

[Mdantzler]

Most if not all custom roms will be rooted

OK, so what you are saying is that with an unlocked bootloader, I can go ahead and flash a rooted ROM onto an unrooted phone? Yesterday, I got my bootloader unlocked w/ no problem. However, every root tool I could find was unsuccessful in rooting my phone.

Sprint HTC Evo 4g LTE
Jewel PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 2.09.000
Software Version 3.16.651.3 iord

 

[benny3]

OK, so what you are saying is that with an unlocked bootloader, I can go ahead and flash a rooted ROM onto an unrooted phone? Yesterday, I got my bootloader unlocked w/ no problem. However, every root tool I could find was unsuccessful in rooting my phone.

Sprint HTC Evo 4g LTE
Jewel PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT 2.09.000
Software Version 3.16.651.3 iord

Yes, a unlocked bootloader allows you to flash a custom recovery so you can flash roms, So install a custom recovery which i recommend TWRP ,