Comments on: HTC Thunderbolt Easy Root Released

By: Pagan E Ramon

Pagan E Ramon — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 00:38:00 +0000

Question. Rooting the TB voids the Verizon warranty. What if one needs to restore the original OS to a non-rooted version to deal with a warranty issue? Is this process reversible, or is there an easier method to bring back th Verizon OS, or is that not possible

By: Acbs003

Acbs003 — Wed, 01 Jun 2011 06:19:00 +0000

I have always heard about how rooted phones are so much better… help me out here I am completely in the dark when it comes to complicated (at least to me) things like this. I want to make sure that I back everything up on my phone and that it is possible to unroot if need be. So I probably sound really dumb but I am asking for advice before I screw my phone up. I have never attempted anything like this before. help?

By: Jane0

Jane0 — Wed, 18 May 2011 22:12:00 +0000

I learned a lot about what was going on in Android by my first rooting with a linux install yada yada. Glad I did it- taught me vocab and the basic interaction with the phone. It also took a lot of time and since I am only rooting one phone per 9 months or so, I simply cannot remember all of the steps. Now I am glad to be able to avoid it and am grateful for the devs who put this stuff together..

By: guest

guest — Tue, 17 May 2011 01:07:00 +0000

after booting the phone normally, go into rom manager app (download from market) and make sure to flash clockworkmod rcovery, it should be somewere near the top of the options

there is no reason to use any other bootoader

By: Phil Hamlin

Phil Hamlin — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:17:00 +0000

I’m finally sick of ads, etc., on my Thunderbolt, and I want to root.

Per the XDA thread, this easy root method “…will only work with firmware versions lower than version 1.12.605.9.”
After the recent OTA update, my tbolt is now 1.13.605.7.

I don’t mind rooting manually or via basically any method, but I’m looking for some help as to which method is supported for my current firmware. Help / advice?

By: Phil Hamlin

Phil Hamlin — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:17:00 +0000

I’m finally sick of ads, etc., on my Thunderbolt, and I want to root.

Per the XDA thread, this easy root method “…will only work with firmware versions lower than version 1.12.605.9.”
After the recent OTA update, my tbolt is now 1.13.605.7.

I don’t mind rooting manually or via basically any method, but I’m looking for some help as to which method is supported for my current firmware. Help / advice?

By: Phil Hamlin

Phil Hamlin — Mon, 16 May 2011 20:12:00 +0000

This easy root method seems to suggest (over at XDA) that it’s only

By: BJ P.

BJ P. — Mon, 16 May 2011 02:09:00 +0000

need help!! first time cmdim using windows 7 64bit and trying to learn adb and cmdi was watch how to install adb and following..after installing adb and drivers and added adb on system variablesi type cmd and then typed C:android-sdk-windowsplatform-toolsafter that i typed adb devices but got an error C:android-sdk-windowsplatform-toolsadb.exe is not a valid Win32 application.what do i have to do here?? T.T

By: plechich

plechich — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 05:06:00 +0000

Hello, I just successfully rooted my Thunderbolt and installed ClockworkMod recovery in order to do a complete backup of my device before loading a ROM and over-clocking. When I tried to boot into recovery mode by holding Power Volume Down the device booted into the 1 click EasyRoot root screen and what to me looked like the root process starting again with no ability to navigate using volume up/down. I freaked and pulled the battery not wanting to lose root and happily the device rebooted fine.

But I am able to boot into recovery via USB cable and running adb reboot recovery via command line. I’m wondering if in one of my multiple attempts to root the phone before actually getting it done I copied the wrong files to my SD card thus causing my own problem? Or is there something I need to do to make booting into recovery the default action of restarting the phone and holding volume down?

Any help appreciated, and many thanks to the developers and contributors!

By: Devi8

Devi8 — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 19:03:00 +0000

I got this method to work like a charm, the other easyroot never restarted the phone after step one

By: Daviswa10

Daviswa10 — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:39:00 +0000

How long does it take for step 1 to load from the easy rooter or do you click step 2?

By: Maxxmentum

Maxxmentum — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 06:43:00 +0000

I get up to the “listing devices” but I never see the “bootloader” option appear. Am I supposed to reboot the device aka Power button and hold the Volume rocker? I rooted my Droid 1 all the time but the HTC seems to be throwing me. Could someone post screen shots so I know what to look for? Thanks

By: Azbryan

Azbryan — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 06:13:00 +0000

I had to run step 2 about 6 times before it worked. Had to then run step 3 about 9 times. Installed Super User and ROM Manager from the market and had to to rerun step 3 a few more times. After ALLL that reboot about 635293056 times and it worked fine. Seems to have a major lag sometimes and 4g drops connection randomly but no other issues I can see. Oh, and Titanium Backup can’t access root permissions somehow.

By: Leearmijo91

Leearmijo91 — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:48:00 +0000

ok ive ran through this multiple times all the same outcome no root. even started to try the adb long method.. didnt work.. can somebody push me in the right direction.

By: Balticzar

Balticzar — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:42:00 +0000

Can’t get this to work. Oh well. Guess I have to wait a few more days.