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dslider85
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Default [Q] charge temp root w/ SU install w/ CWM?

Alright i have searched everywhere and cannot find a guide for this. Every phone i have is temp rooted to save warranty (nexus one, galaxy s). I know for the facinate and vibrant all you really have to do is get the CWN update on the main sd and use the update.zip and it loads CWM you dont even need to root your phone to flash a rom. Is this also true with the charge? The reason being is im test driving the charge to see how i like it but with all this bloat on it, it only runs a 990 quadrant test, my facinate runs a 1250 with trigger 2.2. Any help would be appreciated.

EDIT: Finally got Abeast to flash! temp rooted w/ SU and voodoo! Running a quad score of 1440 now and this phone is fast! thanks dev for your rom!
 
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I am also very much interested in a temp root for the Charge. Can you pretty please provide more info on how you got it done?

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Yes, you can root the phone in pretty much the same manner as you could with the Fascinate. However, most vulnerabilities that rooting scripts/apps take advantage of have been patched in the released software for the Charge.

Setup a Development Environment
Setup and Use the Android SDK
Stock Odin Restore files

You can find the answer to all of your questions right here. If that doesn't work, then try this or this
 
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just curious but why would you need a temp root? wouldn't flashing a new kernel do the trick and if you want to go back to stock you could just flash a stock rom with a stock kernel and everything. then it would be like you never had root before right?