[Mac Procedure]: How to Root the HTC Thunderbolt

[tlaw315]

saving contacts and notes.

Is there a way to save notes, contacts, or any other data tp a program called double twist. Or any other location.

 

[hardrockerleo]

help

everything is going fine until the second time after bootloader in section two.. i have it back to where it is a phone. and when i try to type deviced into adb, It shows that my phone is there but it says that it is offline. i am almost done and really want to root my phone. what can i do to get it online or attached so i can move on with the process. and i am sitting here with my phone attached and everything so.....

 

[hardrockerleo]

never mind. i am just dumb and didnt turn on debugging. great write up. first time doing this and it seems to be working perfect. i will post after. thanks alot.

 

[suttles95]

pg05img_download.zip

When I "download linked file as" the pg05img_download file to my sd card, it just saves a .html file, not a .zip...

Am I doing something wrong?

 

[cernhl1]

When I "download linked file as" the pg05img_download file to my sd card, it just saves a .html file, not a .zip...

Am I doing something wrong?

just restart the download, it did the same thing to me a few times till it started correctly.

 

[trampino96]

hey i was wondering if you can help me with a problem i am having...
my terminal on my macbook will not recognize my thunderbolt at all any suggestions?

 

[drumrun]

Just rooted, but got the S-On from an earlier post and I can't boot into clockwork recovery...looking in to it

 

[trampino96]

in desperate helpp! i am trying to root my thunderbolt, but terminal on my mac will not sense my device! it shows up in finder, but when i go to type in files, it gives me an error! i heard there is a code needed to be typed into terminal for my mac to find my device, but i do not know it.
please help!
thanks in advance!

 

[cernhl1]

in desperate helpp! i am trying to root my thunderbolt, but terminal on my mac will not sense my device! it shows up in finder, but when i go to type in files, it gives me an error! i heard there is a code needed to be typed into terminal for my mac to find my device, but i do not know it.
please help!
thanks in advance!

kinda the same problem...... I have rooted using this method... and unrooted using the stock firmware in hboot method... now terminal wont recognize my device ./adb devices and nothing come up, i have all the files in the correct place obviously from the first root , debugging is turned on... just ever since i rooted and unrooted, my mac wont recognize thunderbolt. I have heard that there is a command in terminal to recognize my phone but idk... HELP, did this mess my phone up to permanent stock?

 

[tlaw315]

download files to sd card

I am new to this whole rooting process and totally enjoyed the in depth instructions. When you mentioned downloading the file to the sd card is that with the phone hooked to the computer and in a r/w adapter?? I know that sounds silly but I lost it there.

 

[Bolt]

I'm receiving my Thunderbolt sometime today and wanted to root it tomorrow. Out of the box, should I be able to do this procedure without any problems? Or will I have an update pre-installed? What versions does this/doesn't this work with? Thanks!

Great writeup, BTW!!

 

[trampino96]

kinda the same problem...... I have rooted using this method... and unrooted using the stock firmware in hboot method... now terminal wont recognize my device ./adb devices and nothing come up, i have all the files in the correct place obviously from the first root , debugging is turned on... just ever since i rooted and unrooted, my mac wont recognize thunderbolt. I have heard that there is a command in terminal to recognize my phone but idk... HELP, did this mess my phone up to permanent stock?

i never even rooted, but still it wont recognize... im going to hunt for the command

 

[Bolt]

edit- figured it out. But, now I'm having problems just downloading the .zip files. When they get near complete something happens, like they either freeze or they dont download correctly. Is there any other way I can get the .zip files? Thanks!

 

[Bolt]

At the end of downloading each file it says "decompression failed." This is after I spend an hour waiting for the thing to download. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong? Are those .zip files still ok to use even if it ends with saying "decompression failed?" Thanks

 

[Victor014]

Thanks Victor014, i have updated, is there another root method for the update on mac?

idk. im trying to find one, tell me if u find one cause i really want my tbolt rooted

 

[Victor014]

CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME IF THIS WORKS AFTER THE UPDATE? i updated my tbolt and im desperate to root it with my mac, plz reply!

 

[Bolt]

I did the entire procedure as stated, and I am now stuck on the bootloader page, and I'm stuck in Section 2. I Pressed the power button to execute the bootloader, it went through its thing, but it is not asking me if I want to update, instead it is bringing me back to the screen with the "Fastboot" highlighted in blue. What should I do!?! Can I restart? Try again? Try Section two over? Help!!

edit- I figured it out. I ended up redownloading it all over again and deleting whatever I had on the sd card. Then I retried the whole process and it got passed that step.

When I got stuck at that point, I was worried about rebooting the phone, I didn't know if it would cause a hard brick. Luckily, it didn't!! Thanks for the guide Cory!!

 

[cbanning]

CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME IF THIS WORKS AFTER THE UPDATE? i updated my tbolt and im desperate to root it with my mac, plz reply!

Me too!

 

[DroidXcon]

CAN SOMEONE PLZ TELL ME IF THIS WORKS AFTER THE UPDATE? i updated my tbolt and im desperate to root it with my mac, plz reply!

if you have an updated phone and you try this root process you will get root but you will end up with old firmware.

either tonight or tomorrow ill edit this thread for you but im in the middle of a triple shift so i dont feel like messing with this to be honest. but ill try to get to it soon

 

[boone3936]

I am also very detailed

left click on file name > now left click again

very detailed indeed.