Trying to Root Post ICS on HTC Rezound

[almiller1979]

I have unlocked the HTC bootloader on my HTC Rezound after getting ICS. I tried one click root 1.1 on it and I don't think it took or it didn't work because I didn't get superuser access and I have My Backup pro that gives you more access to options after root and those are still blanked out. I also tried EZoundroot v1.5 and that seemed to work at first but I think when I rebooted my phone it didn't take because I still don't have superuser access or the options on My Backup pro.

When I reboot my phone it gives me a different message than I remember it says "Rebooting your phone will clear temporary files of memory. Would you like to restart your phone now?"

Did I screw up something somewhere? I thought went I went into the boot menu last it said tampered, but bootloader unlocked, and I think it said s/on. This is my first time trying to root and I'm afraid I screwed up something somewhere. I haven't screwed it too bad though because I can still use the phone. Anyone have any advice? All I can find on rooting this phone on google are articles back from when the phone came out or back in January/February. Please help.

Thanks

Alex

 

[MrSmith317]

As far as I know there isn't a one-click root for the Rezound. Take a look at my guide stickied in rooting / Rom's. Long and the short of it is, unlock, install AmonRa, install su/superuser in AmonRa, flash or install supersu

 

[almiller1979]

Thanks, I just wasn't sure if that guide would be useful post ICS. I was reading that but wasn't sure how AmonRa worked. I'll read it again and see if that helps. Any suggestions for a ROM if I don't want to do stock since I think the stock ROM is killing my battery.

 

[twolastnames]

Start with any rom from NilsP. His are by far the most stable and "finished". He has a sense 3.6 and a sense 4 rom, sense 3.6 is smoother and more polished, but if you flash a dsb's sense 4 kernel with Nils' sense 4 rom, it's pretty awesome. Sense 3.6 has better battery if that makes a difference. I got a rom thread with all the links. http://forums.androidcentral.com/rezound-rooting-roms-hacks/189383-roms-roms-roms-everywhere.html

 

[almiller1979]

MrSmith317
Ok, I have an issue, not sure if I screwed up something somewhere because everytime I try rooting with AmonRa this:
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>Fastboot flash recovery ..\recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-g
nm.img
error: cannot load '..\recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img'

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>Fastboot reboot-bootloader

Is there something I did wrong or did one of the other ways I tried rooting screw something up.

Please help

Alex

 

[parallax2]

MrSmith317
Ok, I have an issue, not sure if I screwed up something somewhere because everytime I try rooting with AmonRa this:
C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>Fastboot flash recovery ..\recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-g
nm.img
error: cannot load '..\recovery-ra-vigor-3.14-gnm.img'
Alex

I had the same problem the first time I tried this. Delete the "..\" from your command and try again.

 

[twolastnames]

Here you go, this is a link to AmonRa 3.15, the newest. Just take the AmonRa off the file name, put it on the root of your sd card, and boot into hboot, it will load up there.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h9502gouz90jin2/AmonRaPH98IMG.zip

It's easier to flash a PH file I think. I have one for twrp as well if your interested in that.

 

[plemelin]

If you are still having issues rooting hasoon over at XDA has a tool kit that is a program that will do everything for you. Works awesome.

 

[dvd8man]

I'm pretty sure I have AmonRa 3.15 installed. But once my phone restarts and I run Superuser or SuperSU it wont update the binary. I'm running 4.0.3 with 3.6 sense. any ideas what i should try?
I wanna get my tethering going before I go TDY. Please let me know if you can help.

 

[Catumaros]

I can't get Amon Ra to install. When I boot into recovery it says, "Main Version is Older!" Update Failed!
I have tried multiple downloads of the recovery and get the same result everytime
Can anyone help me past this issue?

 

[somebch08]

I have the same issue. I tried to run SU anyway and it says that it "Failed to find currently installed su binary. Update cannot continue"

Please help.

 

[CoolJourney]

If you are still having issues rooting hasoon over at XDA has a tool kit that is a program that will do everything for you. Works awesome.

Another BIG vote for Hasoon's All-In-One Toolkit. It was very easy for me to root, install a recovery and do a number of other things with his program. I tried another route for rooting and just didn't have success. While that was probably my fault, I can say that Hasoon's kit made it easy. Be sure to watch his video before using the kit, it explains all. In fact, I kept the video up while going through the rooting process, paused and restarted it when I moved to the next step... couldn't be easier. By the way, I use NilsP's Sense 3.6 Rom on our two Rezounds and it is flawless with great battery life on a stock battery. The WiFi tether works great with his ROM. I also added Nova Launcher, Widget Locker and Profile Scheduler, which all run very well with his ROM. The Rezound is an awesome phone when set up like this.

Bill

 

[geronimo48]

You mention the WiFi tether works with Nils' Rom. Is that the Verizon WiFi hotspot? I use that for work & it's a MUST. Thx

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[somebch08]

I used Hasoon's system and my phone is now unlocked and rooted, but the wifi tether still does not work. I have tried to use may different applications for this and my iPad nor my computer will connect to the signal, even though it is broadcasting. I have superuser on my phone now, but i still cannot get the internet to come through. Can someone help me, PLEASE?

 

[almiller1979]

I still don't think I'm rooted because it can't update Super SU, also I can't use WiFi Tether. AmonRa is installed I know that because I can get into it when I go into the hboot. Is there something I missing I followed the instructions correctly. I thought I could just root and use stock ROM, do you think it might work if I installed one of the ROM's. Is there anything different in how to root if you already have ICS on the phone?

 

[jdfrye]

I still don't think I'm rooted because it can't update Super SU, also I can't use WiFi Tether. AmonRa is installed I know that because I can get into it when I go into the hboot. Is there something I missing I followed the instructions correctly. I thought I could just root and use stock ROM, do you think it might work if I installed one of the ROM's. Is there anything different in how to root if you already have ICS on the phone?

Sounds like what problem I had about 3 weeks ago when I first rooted I was stock with latest OTA then I unlocked and installed Amon recovery 3.14 with SuperUser, then I also went to the play store and installed the newest SU and still had a no root access..
Go to this where I edit my post with a solution to my problem:
http://forums.androidcentral.com/re...me-finally-root-oct-6-2012-a.html#post2214315