Comments on: How to: Root the HTC Thunderbolt and Unlock the Bootloader http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/ An intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews. Mon, 20 May 2013 15:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Pete61 http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-1388409 Pete61 Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:37:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-1388409 What carriers can I use ? Does it have to be on a contract can I use month to month and can I use Sprint ,Ty to those who share their knowledge Pete.

]]> By: Richbbqs http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-1056056 Richbbqs Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:17:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-1056056 Does anyone know if rooting the thunderbolt will allow AutoAnswer apps to work again?
 
The MODIFY_PHONE_STATE permission was marked as “for system use only” in Android 2.3.While this was never intended for developers and publicly endorsed by Google, there are hundreds
 of apps in the marketplace using it. Unfortunately, a seemingly innocent checking by the Android folks has now crippled many popular apps for Android 2.3+.
thanks,
Rich

]]> By: Droid-life Pat http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-509877 Droid-life Pat Sat, 06 Aug 2011 01:46:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-509877 I always forget the SD card must be FAT32. It gets me every time.
-Patrick

]]> By: Jim Kalista http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-414740 Jim Kalista Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-414740 I need some help, for some reason i get to step 4 and where you go to flash the file it just checks it, does not flash it. All the md5 checksums match, and I have rooted my wifes TB using the same instructions. My adb is up to date with revision 12, I just cant see why it won’t work. please help

]]> By: Jim Kalista http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-414736 Jim Kalista Sun, 10 Jul 2011 15:36:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-414736 can anyone

]]> By: Dodgesityballer http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-349203 Dodgesityballer Sat, 11 Jun 2011 14:09:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-349203 you call this a “1 click” method!?

]]> By: Panda_rec http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-2/#comment-268765 Panda_rec Thu, 07 Apr 2011 22:18:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-268765 I had an issue with step 4 when you Choose the bootloader option and press power; let the ROM flash. When asked to upgrade, choose yes. I does not ask me to upgrade is there a reason why? And one more thing does it matter if the 3 downloaded files are in winrar files?

]]> By: Matthew http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-265412 Matthew Mon, 04 Apr 2011 05:36:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-265412 It worked perfectly!!!
I now have a ROOTED ThunderBolt and can do what I want and not what Verizon tells me I can do or not do!!

The only thing to remember (From a mistake that I made) is in “Step 4″ you have to rename the “RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.03.605.10_Radio_1.02.00.01 03_2r_NV_8k_1.37_9k_1.52_release_165253″ TO “PG05IMG.zip” and not just upload the file already named “PG05IMG.zip”.

To make the steps 4 and 6 easier rename the file “RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.03.605.10_Radio_1.02.00.01 03_2r_NV_8k_1.37_9k_1.52_release_165253″ TO “PG05IMG-Step4.zip” and the file “PG05IMG.zip” TO “PG05IMG-Step6.zip” So you don’t mix them up like I did, but don’t forget to change them to “PG05IMG.zip” once you have uploaded them to the SD Card.

Also you have to unzip the file “exploits.zip” and copy the unziped files to the SDK “platform-tools” folder.

Good Luck ALL And Have Fun….. This is not that hard; Only take about 1 1/2 hour with downloading all the files that are needed! :)

-Matthew

]]> By: Matthew http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-265365 Matthew Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:19:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-265365 They don’t lose anything except a few dollars for shipping it back to the manufacturer.

Do you really think that it cost them anywhere near $300 for them to get the ThunderBolt?
Or for that matter anywhere near the “Retail” of almost $600…. Sorry but it only cost them around $100-150 for each device and the ones that are returned to the manufacturer are sent back to the as a “New” device so they can resell it.

]]> By: Matthew http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-265364 Matthew Mon, 04 Apr 2011 00:14:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-265364 Hmmm…. You must have not been to the store near me cause they are all retarded!

I’m sorry but if you can’t even figure out how to turn on the device and you work for VZW in one of there stores then you are RETARDED!!!

]]> By: Krishaun Jones http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-263042 Krishaun Jones Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:59:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-263042 I Totally agree, not that i’m against rooting, “OBVIOUSLY,” I have people all the time coming in “oh my phone is messing I need help or warranty replacement.” A 2 second look over can tell me it has a mod.

]]> By: Ybortacoman http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-261928 Ybortacoman Wed, 30 Mar 2011 18:26:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-261928 Had to run process a couple times but if you follow steps it does work. As mentioned, it took a couple of reboots to get superuser to take control. Good job guys (from a complete noob).

]]> By: JG-unit http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-258662 JG-unit Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:58:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-258662 Nop Verizon Employees and Apple Employees are all dumb, this coming from someone who replaced both a jailbroken iphone and a rooted droid X :-P

]]> By: sdrivel http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-256708 sdrivel Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-256708 nevermind… had to hit ‘get busybox’ in titanium backup…

]]> By: sdrivel http://www.droid-life.com/2011/03/20/how-to-root-the-htc-thunderbolt-and-unlock-the-bootloader/comment-page-1/#comment-256705 sdrivel Fri, 25 Mar 2011 21:31:00 +0000 http://www.droid-life.com/?p=28848#comment-256705 Little vague on Step 9.. I followed the instructions (carefully while watching the video), but am unclear about what to do after I install the ROM Manager. I installed ROM Manager, clicked on ‘Flash ClockworkMod Recover’ hit ok, rebooted, but never got the clockworkMod screen. (video @ 12:17)… Is there something else i should do? RootExplorer app is working (can rename files to rid bloatware), but Titanium Backup says I’m not rooted…

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