[Mac Procedure]: How to Root the HTC Thunderbolt

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Cory you always outdo yourself when posting root instructions for the mac. Thanks!

Now, if only my macbook hard drive didnt die yesterday morning- I am without my baby for 5-7 days. Good thing I can do practically the same exact things on the tbolt!
 
Ok so i did this method, everything worked out very smoothly, I have superuser and everything but I can't do anything that requires root and all the root checks I did failed, is it possible to start over from step one and is there a known problem like this?
 
here's my issue...

Jeremy-Guzmans-MacBook-Pro:tools Guzman$ ./adb push psneuter /data/local/
cannot stat 'psneuter': No such file or directory


I get similar results with psneuter and misc.img

i looked and dont see them in the sdk...
 
I am a macbook pro user and total android noob so please be gentle when i ask, why should i root my TB?
 
Yeah, my right click is not giving me the same options as in your video or steps.
I don't have the option to "save download link to". Can I just save them to my desktop and then move them where they are needed?
 
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When the rooting is finished how does one go about unrooting the phone if need be? Root is in progress I'll let you know how it went when I finish. Thanks again for the instructions.
 
hey Cory!

I'm having a problem. When I enter the .adb/ devices command, it says:

List of devices attached
HT12WS001234 offline

Please let me know what I need to do to make my TB, to make it show as "Attached Device". I checked several times, and it's on Disk Drive.

Regs,
 
I'm having a problem. When I enter the .adb/ devices command, it says:

List of devices attached
HT12WS001234 offline

Please let me know what I need to do to make my TB, to make it show as "Attached Device". I checked several times, and it's on Disk Drive.

Regs,

Did you get the USB debugging enabled.
 
If I root will I still recieve OTA updates when they are released? Thanks

Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk
 
Hey Cory,

Do you have any instructions on how to do the USB debugging enabled?

I didn't do it

thanks in advance!
 
@Cory Thank you thank you thank you!! You. Are. Awesome.

I am happily rooted once again with my new toy. =)
 
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adb does not list device

I have my Thunderbolt connected to my mac with USB debugging on, and Disk Drive mode activated. I am able to transfer files from my mac to my Thunderbolt without problem. I am running OSX 10.6.7. I have also watched the video and downloaded the files to the specified directories. I am able to access adb from terminal, but when i type the command "./adb devices" adb does not list my Thunderbolt as an attached device. What can I do to fix this?


Last login: Tue Mar 29 17:20:52 on console
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:~ Derek$ cd ..
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:Users Derek$ cd ..
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:/ Derek$ cd and*
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:android-sdk-mac_x86 Derek$ cd tools
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26
(this is followed by the adb list of commands so I know I am able to access adb).

Any help is appreciated!
 
here's my issue...

Jeremy-Guzmans-MacBook-Pro:tools Guzman$ ./adb push psneuter /data/local/
cannot stat 'psneuter': No such file or directory

I get similar results with psneuter and misc.img

i looked and dont see them in the sdk...

Are you sure you downloaded the one I uploaded? I bundled all of it together in the tools folder. (Just downloaded and verified)

Ok so i did this method, everything worked out very smoothly, I have superuser and everything but I can't do anything that requires root and all the root checks I did failed, is it possible to start over from step one and is there a known problem like this?

Yes, start over. You missed a step somewhere.

I followed this process step for step and got a succesful root however when I try to load a rom onto my phone I go straight to the bootloader instead of recovery and I'm showing

The top under the pink ***security warning*** I'm showing MECHA XD SHIP S-ON. Why isn't it OFF? isn't that what I need to install roms?

Is it possible to be rooted with S on? How do I revert the root and then go back and start it over?

If you are getting that warning, you did not use the img files that I linked to, because those are S-OFF. I have 2-phones here to prove it.

Yeah, my right click is not giving me the same options as in your video or steps.
I don't have the option to "save download link to". Can I just save them to my desktop and then move them where they are needed?

Yes. I used Safari. Not sure if that's what you used or not.

When the rooting is finished how does one go about unrooting the phone if need be? Root is in progress I'll let you know how it went when I finish. Thanks again for the instructions.

Use the second image I uploaded and flash it using

./adb reboot bootloader

If I root will I still recieve OTA updates when they are released? Thanks

Sent from my ADR6400L using Tapatalk

Yes, but make sure anything you move to your SD card gets put back first.
 
Yeah I guess I just needed to reinstall Superuser and I am all set now.

followed instructions to the T and everything worked fine. only thing, i'm having the same issue where titanium backup says "sorry could not acquire root priveleges. please verify that your rom is rooted and includes busybox" how can i fix this?

how do you reinstall Superuser?

thanks

btw Cory,... awesome.
 
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followed instructions to the T and everything worked fine. only thing, i'm having the same issue where titanium backup says "sorry could not acquire root priveleges. please verify that your rom is rooted and includes busybox" how can i fix this?

how do you reinstall Superuser?

thanks

btw Cory,... awesome.

I feel bad telling you this after your compliment, but you are not rooted if you are seeing that message. I'm not sure if you missed a step or what, so I can't tell you how far back to go, but I would maybe start here (it sounds like Raptor went back as far as the last 5?):

$ ./adb devices
$ ./adb push busybox /data/local/
$ ./adb push psneuter /data/local/
$ ./adb push su /data/local/
$ ./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
$ ./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
$ ./adb shell /data/local/psneuter

$ ./adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
$ ./adb shell /data/local/busybox cp /data/local/su /system/xbin/su
$ ./adb shell chown 0:0 /system/xbin/su
$ ./adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
$ ./adb install superuser.apk
$ ./adb reboot

Also, you can confirm root using ADB.

$ ./adb shell
$ su

If you see a permission denied message, you are not rooted. If the $ changes to a # then you are.
 
Please Help Cory,

I'm at the Boot loader on step #2 " The screen will change and Fastboot will be selected. Around 10 seconds later it will then proceed to the next step."

I've been waiting for about 20 mins, and it it doesn't proceed to the next step. Please let me know what should I do. Don't want to disconnect the phone..
 
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adb does not list device

Still no luck. I feel like I've tried everything.... I've restarted my phone and computer several times. I have also tried restarting the computer with the phone plugged in. I've toggled USB debugging and Disk Drive several times and I still can't seem to get adb to list my device. I've even tried changing USB cables and switching USB ports.


Last login: Wed Mar 30 02:53:01 on console
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:~ Derek$ cd ..
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:Users Derek$ cd ..
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:/ Derek$ cd and*
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:android-sdk-mac_x86 Derek$ cd tools
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached

Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$ ./adb push busybox /data/local/
error: device not found
Derek-Halseys-MacBook-Pro:tools Derek$
 
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