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Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Hi guys,

I did have an iphone 3G and network unlocked and jailbroken which i learnt and did myself. This android "rooting" is driving me crazy, i have looked everywhere for a guide and how to root the t mobile pulse but not had any luck.

Would anyone here be kind enough to do me a step by step guide in what i need to do to "root" my pulse (what are the advantages) does it speed your phone up?

I have seen some guides on here on with this thing called "superboot" but i have no idea what that is?

All the best and cheers

Guest HunteronX

Guest HunteronX

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Rooting gives you (I think it's su) permissions to do all sorts of things, like change the clock speed of your processor, edit system files etc.

Superboot allows you to root your phone without installing a custom rom, but I advise you to install one, because that should speed up your phone.

All you really have to do to root your phone is follow the instructions here:

http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...t-a-custom-rom/

Or for a recovery image, which helps you to fix up your phone in case something goes wrong, go here (you can make complete backups of your phone, and restore them from here, as well as flash roms, and other various things):

http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...on-your-device/

Once your phone's in bootloader mode, connect it to your pc before running the bat file.

Then go here, if you want to install a custom rom - these are automatically rooted, and have Apps2SD, which allows you to install apps to the sd card. (If you want instructions for Apps2SD, just ask.))

Vanilla-style (like default android) -

http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...-vanilla-style/

T-mobile style -

http://android.modaco.com/content/t-mobile...t-mobile-style/

p.s. there is now a recovery key combination, once you've installed a custom rom, which is POWER, MENU, END KEY(RED), all held when the phone is turned on.

Hope this helps you understand now. ;)

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Guest bounty123

Guest bounty123

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The basics of it: in linux systems only the root user has access to many system functions, files, settings.

Rooting the phone means to be able to run programs with superuser (=root) rights.

Rooting alone does not change anything, like make it faster etc., it just gives you the possibility to access things which are normally not available to a normal user. But you also can screw up many things which are not screwable for a normal user ;)

Guest David Horvath

Guest David Horvath

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As a complement, i would advice you not to root your phone, until you really understand the basics of this process. It makes no sense to do it without any reason. In WinXP this screwed up almost everything. Everybody had Professional and admin rights. Thats why there were so many viruses.

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Thanks, well explained and documented thanks ;)

The downloads to the superbooter are now dead?

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Guest Bakes

Guest Bakes

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Rooting is the Android equivalent of Jailbreaking.

Apple phones don't let you leave your home directory, Android phones don't let you see much or change much outside of your home directory.

If you want to root, I'd suggest that you try to backup most of your stuff and then install one of the Modaco Custom Roms. They're much faster and conserve battery life nicely.

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Here's a 1.5 superboot for you. ;)

Tried 5 times to download it, but don't get anything...

Could you megaupload it for me :D

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Tried 5 times to download it, but don't get anything...

Could you megaupload it for me :D

Anyone Please.

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Sorry about the late reply - I've put it up on 4shared here:

http://www.4shared.com/file/221361793/e2ad...-superboot.html

Thanks for the download...

After reading the thread, it seems that there is a problem with windows 7 as i get "Serial Number Unknown"

Would you mind talking me threw the whole process in Linux Ubuntu, as i don't understand terminal commands etc...

All the best

Guest BigBearMDC

Guest BigBearMDC

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I can't tell you how to use it with Ubuntu,

but I'm using Win 7 RC and my phone also shows "Serial Number Unknown"...

But it works anyway :D

I think thats normal.

Greetings,

BigBear

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Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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I can't tell you how to use it with Ubuntu,

but I'm using Win 7 RC and my phone also shows "Serial Number Unknown"...

But it works anyway :D

I think thats normal.

Greetings,

BigBear

I just get stuck at the "Serial Number Unknown" Stage, what do i do next.

Thanks for the help.

Guest BigBearMDC

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If you see a blue screen, youre in the bootloader.

just run install-recovery-windows.

Thats it :D

Greetnigs,

BigBear

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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If you see a blue screen, youre in the bootloader.

just run install-recovery-windows.

Thats it :D

Greetnigs,

BigBear

I am now in boootloader...

I get waiting for device? its stuck at this stage?

Guest BigBearMDC

Guest BigBearMDC

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Have you installed the PC suite and the drivers?

Greetings,

BigBear

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Have you installed the PC suite and the drivers?

Greetings,

BigBear

Aghh no, is this why....

I don't have the disk or drivers...

Could you point me in the correct direction for them? is there a download for them?

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Thanks for that...

Ill have a install and let you know how it goes :D

Cheers once again.

Guest BigBearMDC

Guest BigBearMDC

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Youre welcome :D

Remember to install the drivers once u installed the PC Suite.

Theyre in "C:\Program Files\PC Suite\driver\Vista"

Greetings,

BigBear

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Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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After installing the software suite, and restarting the device in boot mode and opening "Install-Superboot-windows" i still get "waiting for device, is there something else i am missing?

I have the drivers but there is no .exe how do i install them ?

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Guest BigBearMDC

Guest BigBearMDC

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Have you installed the drivers?

If not go to control panel -> hardware manager -> look for the 3G phone or something like that and install the driver manually :D

Greeitngs,

BigBear

Guest thehitmen

Guest thehitmen

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Have you installed the drivers?

If not go to control panel -> hardware manager -> look for the 3G phone or something like that and install the driver manually :D

Greeitngs,

BigBear

I have just gone onto device manager its found the phone fine, then i copied the file location of the drivers and it said driver installed successfully, just did a restart and tried again, still have the same problem, waiting for device...

am i meant to install a certain driver? as there were quite afew....

EDIT:

After installing them twice, they have installed and i have now rooted my phone :D

Success!

Edited by thehitmen

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