Ok, so I uninstalled the driver from Device manager, restarted the computer, plugged in the phone, and watched what driver it installed...it installed an Android 1.0 driver...
GRRR!!!!!
*Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 8/14/2010
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Ok, so I uninstalled the driver from Device manager, restarted the computer, plugged in the phone, and watched what driver it installed...it installed an Android 1.0 driver...
GRRR!!!!!
so how do you VERIFY you actually have root after you do this?
I did everything, installed the superuser.apk when the phone rebooted, saw the icon on my apps list, click it and it's just a black screen with SUPERUSER PERMISSIONS
I did everything, installed the superuser.apk when the phone rebooted, saw the icon on my apps list, click it and it's just a black screen with SUPERUSER PERMISSIONS
Ok guys I was able to get it to root with ubuntu if anyone is interested. It's basically all the same, but I am noob enough to not know how to get a .bat file to run in linux so what I did was manually hit enter with "adb devices" typed in terminal and then the up arrow key and enter again over and over real fast until I got the desired result and everything else worked out fine. 
Install a root app like Titanium or Cachemate and run it to see if Superuser asks for permission.
Ok guys I was able to get it to root with ubuntu if anyone is interested. It's basically all the same, but I am noob enough to not know how to get a .bat file to run in linux so what I did was manually hit enter with "adb devices" typed in terminal and then the up arrow key and enter again over and over real fast until I got the desired result and everything else worked out fine.
Ha! A manual loop! Nice
Christ. Good call. I do not have root. I have sweet **** all. I also have to leave my cave, er, house for the night. Tomorrow, then.
Haha ya, kinda lame but hey it got the job done.
Also for checking for root you can just adb shell then su and see if superuser.apk asks for permission. I guess installing an app is easier for most.
fyi, titanium wont work because it neesd busybox to work.. our roms in their most natural state dont have that set of instructions
Ooh, good point... But doesn't Titanium install a version of busybox if you don't have it already?
negative, just tried it.. refused to work even though i has root, verified root actually... so i dunno on the titanium, but i do have an engineering build rom installed
Easiest way of testing for root is to get 'Terminal Emulator' from the Market. Run it, and it should take you to a blue window.
Type on the phone:
...and hit Enter. A little window should pop up, asking for permission. Select yes and you should see a '#' on the blue console window. That pound symbol verifies you have root access.
Type on the phone:
Code:
su...and hit Enter. A little window should pop up, asking for permission. Select yes and you should see a '#' on the blue console window. That pound symbol verifies you have root access.
stangri
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Thanks to eugene737 for the method, kingofyo1 for the video and yostinso for Mac instructions and some clarifications.
Got root, already have restored some apps with Titanium which I was too lazy to configure after manual market install.
So is the clockwork recovery now permanently in the phone? Any idea if we'll get RA's custom recovery? Can't wait until Wes publishes some custom ROMs, Espresso might have been a sweet idea, but the implementation/themes of the MT3GS suck!
PS. If you click on the Problems button in the main Titanium window it allows you to download and install busybox.
Got root, already have restored some apps with Titanium which I was too lazy to configure after manual market install.
So is the clockwork recovery now permanently in the phone? Any idea if we'll get RA's custom recovery? Can't wait until Wes publishes some custom ROMs, Espresso might have been a sweet idea, but the implementation/themes of the MT3GS suck!
PS. If you click on the Problems button in the main Titanium window it allows you to download and install busybox.
Ah, I see. I asked because I remember a donut ROM I had and I downloaded a version of busybox from the app with the "problems" button.
Edit: stangri beat me to it
ahhh i've rebooted and tryed to get "offline device" to stay up into recovery mode at least 200 hundred times and have reinstalled drivers multiple times i think i'm done for today...
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1I just replaced the update.zip and started in recovery, launched update.zip and all seemed fine. I already had root though and I have my sd card full so I can't try a2sd or sdparted yet but it seemed to run fine.
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