Before you start,go ahead and download these files:
-mini-adb.zip: mini-adb.zip
-clockwork recovery for mt4gs(doubleshot): clockwork 5.0.2.7 (md5= 66e083ccc47fe76266d794fd12d1aa0e)
-superuser files: for GB or ICS,use the latest superSU from this thread on xda (the download link is where is says: CWM installable ZIP: CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip )
-go to HTCdev - Unlock Bootloader and register an account
The basic steps will be:
1)unlock with htcdev2)temporarily or permanently flash a recovery
3)flash root files
1)unlock with htcdev
HTC Doubleshot which is also known as myTouch 4G slide is bit easy to root, and here is the best simplest guide ever to root it, no matter you are experienced rooting android before or a novice, here I’ll show you an easy step by step procedure to root HTC Doubleshot myTouch 4G Slide Android Smart Mobile phone device, please make sure that you follow each and every steps as it is, don’t skip any single step otherwise the trick will be useless so go ahead and get yourself super user of your Smart android HTC device.
To root
this device you will need to unlock HTC bootloader because HTC doesn’t
allow rooting device without unlocking it’s bootloader.
Now days android is the king of all mobile OS, rather say HTC android phones has ruled the android mobile market, If you also have HTC Android smart phone, and you really want to have a real ownership on your device, then you must need to unlock your phone’s HTC bootloader which makes trouble rooting your android based smarty HTC device if not unlocked.
Why need to unlock HTC bootloader?
Most of all android users needs to root their android phone or device, in the case of HTC Android phones users needs to unlock the phone’s bootloader before they root their phones otherwise the booting will be temporary and will be un-rooted after they reboot their phone once.How to unlock HTC bootloader?
- Get registered then sign in on HTCdev website.
- Go to Official HTCdev website.
- click on “Begin Unlock Bootloader” button.
- Follow the steps provided by there on HTCdev website.
- HTC sync can cause this problem. Kill it if you're running it on your PC. Also try disconnecting/reconnecting your phone to the PC.
- Make sure your usb ports are 2.0 high speed. That command line does not seem to work on usb 1.0 and 1.1. If it persists, try another computer.
Rooting HTC Doubleshot (myTouch 4G Slide) with HBOOT 1.44.0007
- Download UniversalAndroot-1.6.2-beta5 and extract the apk from it.
- Connect your phone to PC, click USB Connected from notification bar of your phone.
- Click on “Mount” Button, it will connect your SDcard to PC as mass storage.
- Copy downloaded Universal androot.apk to your SDcard.
- Disconnect the phone, go to settings> applications> turn on Unknown sources installation by tick it.
- Open copied apk using any file explorer and install it.
- When installation gets finished run it.
- There is options to root your device permanently or temporary, choice is yours and click on ROOT button.
- You can un-root your device in the same way by clicking on un-root button on the app.
If any
trouble OR queries please don’t hesitate to comment, we will try our best to
help and get your stuffs easy as we can.
once youve either skipped past all the setup,or have re-set up and are ready to root,chose either of the following options to either permantly or termporarily install a recovery:
-move the recovery image file you downloaded above and place it into the mini-adb folder.
-put the superuser zip file onto your phones sd card
-enable usb debugging once again,as above. open a cmd window,if its not still open from unlocking.
-if you had to re-open a cmd window,dont forget to change back to your mini-adb directory:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
-make sure youre connected by typing:
adb devices
-should return serial number
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that is listed for the image that you downloaded. ** (if no md5 is listed,post in the thread,i can download and compare my md5 to yours.this is not as good as getting an md5 from the one who linked the file,but its better than nothing)
-boot to bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-temporarily launch your recovery to phone memory:
fastboot boot <recoveryname>.img
-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone. youll then see the HTC splash screen,then your recovery.
or
Rooting HTC Doubleshot (myTouch 4G Slide) with HBOOT hboot 1.45.0013
2) Flash a recovery
if you want to run stock,do not permanently install your recovery. keeping the stock recovery on the phone will ensure that you recieve OTAs without a hitch,wich i know is important to alot of users. YES,the OTA will break root. its no big deal. one good thing about htcdev is that you will always be able to reroot after,simply by following steps 2 and 3 again to launch recovery,flash superser.once youve either skipped past all the setup,or have re-set up and are ready to root,chose either of the following options to either permantly or termporarily install a recovery:
1)temporary recovery:
-move the recovery image file you downloaded above and place it into the mini-adb folder.-put the superuser zip file onto your phones sd card
-enable usb debugging once again,as above. open a cmd window,if its not still open from unlocking.
-if you had to re-open a cmd window,dont forget to change back to your mini-adb directory:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
-make sure youre connected by typing:
adb devices
-should return serial number
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that is listed for the image that you downloaded. ** (if no md5 is listed,post in the thread,i can download and compare my md5 to yours.this is not as good as getting an md5 from the one who linked the file,but its better than nothing)
-boot to bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-temporarily launch your recovery to phone memory:
fastboot boot <recoveryname>.img
-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone. youll then see the HTC splash screen,then your recovery.
2)permanently install your recovery
-move the image file you downloaded above and place it into the mini-adb folder.
-put the superuser zip file onto your phones sd card
-enable usb debugging once again,as above. open a cmd window,if its not still open from unlocking.
-if you had to re-open a cmd window,dont forget to change back to your mini-adb directory:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
-make sure youre connected by typing:
adb devices
-should return serial number
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that is listed for the image that you downloaded. ** (if no md5 is listed,post in the thread,i can download and compare my md5 to yours.this is not as good as getting an md5 from the one who linked the file,but its better than nothing)
-boot to bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-permanently flash your recovery to phones recovery partition:
fastboot flash recovery <recoveryname>.img
-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone,then a (really,really fast) red bar as it flashes it. amon ra is now permanently on your phone when you need it. be aware that you can no longer accept OTAs,unless you reinstall the stock recovery at some point before the next OTAs are pushed.
-to get to recovery,push the power button to select hboot. once in hboot wait for the green writing to flash and disapear,then select recovery.
*note that you can still launch recovery by using the command from scenario 1 above.
-youll then see the HTC splash screen,then your recovery.
-put the superuser zip file onto your phones sd card
-enable usb debugging once again,as above. open a cmd window,if its not still open from unlocking.
-if you had to re-open a cmd window,dont forget to change back to your mini-adb directory:
cd c:\mini-adb_vigor
-make sure youre connected by typing:
adb devices
-should return serial number
-check the md5 of your recovery image:
md5sums <recoveryname>.img
**make sure the resulting md5 matches the one that is listed for the image that you downloaded. ** (if no md5 is listed,post in the thread,i can download and compare my md5 to yours.this is not as good as getting an md5 from the one who linked the file,but its better than nothing)
-boot to bootloader:
adb reboot bootloader
-check for connectivity:
fastboot devices
-should return serial number
-permanently flash your recovery to phones recovery partition:
fastboot flash recovery <recoveryname>.img
-youll see a (really fast) green status bar on the top right as your PC sends the recovery to your phone,then a (really,really fast) red bar as it flashes it. amon ra is now permanently on your phone when you need it. be aware that you can no longer accept OTAs,unless you reinstall the stock recovery at some point before the next OTAs are pushed.
-to get to recovery,push the power button to select hboot. once in hboot wait for the green writing to flash and disapear,then select recovery.
*note that you can still launch recovery by using the command from scenario 1 above.
-youll then see the HTC splash screen,then your recovery.
3)flash superuser root files
there is not much to explain with this one. if booted to recovery from above,use the recovery menu on your phone to:-make a backup of your stock,unrooted rom. completely optional,but a very good idea,IMO.
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-install zip from sd card(chose your superuser file)
-reboot
*congratulations,youre rooted
This has been very helpful to me
ReplyDeleteyea...im confused with Rooting HTC Doubleshot (myTouch 4G Slide) with HBOOT hboot 1.45.0013
ReplyDeleteI tried following your method but may have bricked my phone. I have H-boot 1.45.0013 with s-on. I umlocked via HTC unlocker and loaded SuperSu on SD card. I flashed with cm-9.1.0-doubleshot. When I went to H-boot everything looked good so I did a backup. When I rebooted all I got was the flash screen for a few seconds and then black screen. The only way I can get back into H-boot is removing the battery each time. I did try a recovery and I watched it load everything but still nothing. What am I missing.
ReplyDeleteRon
Kindly visit this thread for a quick solution.
ReplyDeletehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801106
That should help. Your phone is not bricked.
Please can this method be used on the Mytouch 4g Glacier?...if not is there a similar method which can be used?. Thank You
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