[DEAD] Better Temp Root- Confirmed to Last Much Longer

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EDIT: DEAD. Unlock you bootloader and get perm root.

 

It still uses zergrush and absolutely does not provide any other capability than other temp roots. (Although some people have reported root apps see root better so it might actually be better). The only difference is I have the things relating to root (ie su,busybox, etc) stored in a ramdisk that lasts alot longer than things "written" or linked to /system. This is because we still have /system write locked so when we write things to it (like the original zergrush implementation) it gets forgotten after while.

Your mileage may vary. I am obviously not responsible for bricks, data loss, etc if you use this. I and others have used it for about a week and it has been fine.

To use:
0) Make sure superuser isn't installed
1) Reboot phone (full reboot), make sure usb debugging is on.
2) Plug in phone in charge only mode to PC.
3) Kill everything in the built in task manager, then go back to the rosie home screen.
4) Extract zip and doubleclick temproot.bat
5) There is a 20 second time out at the beginning just in case you forgot to plug in your phone, etc so you have time to cancel the process before it starts. To skip it just hit enter on the keyboard or wait the 20 seconds.
6) Hit the thanks button (bottom left of this post) if you like it!

Let me know if you like it better or if something bad happens so I can take it down. Lets hope we get S-Off soon and don't have to deal with this temp root **** anymore.

Troubleshooting:
1) Bootlooping? Pull the battery. If you still are boot looping, an RUU restore may be necessary. I believe this has only happened to one user and it was likely a result of something that was done AFTER root and not directly caused by this program.
2) Just not working? Reboot both your PC and Phone. If ADB cannot see your phone, it is not a fault of the program. If you haven't gotten other temp root methods to work, it is likely this one won't either.
3) If you want bluetooth to work while you are rooted, turn it on before running this app. It won't toggle on for some reason after the program is run.

Finally, if you want to contribute, thank the Revolutionary team for their work on the zergRush exploit!

ok so let me be the first to ask.... what's "better" about it?

It should stick longer.

has anyone figured out exactly why we lose root within minutes?

So every time we want to use this root again we'll have to uninstall SU first?

You can probably run without but I have always removed it first

ya it worked perfectly thanxs

You have to have drivers installers and such before you do this method? Thing is ny computer broke so I would be using a school computer which restricts me from downloading htc drivers

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium

The root access is definitely better. I have root access apps that would force reboot my phone before that actually run now. Nice work! It definitely sticks longer.

Originally Posted by bast525

has anyone figured out exactly why we lose root within minutes?

Since we don't have write access to /system. When the superuser stuff gets "written" to /system it really isn't so it goes away randomly after awhile. This helps to prolong the life of superuser.

Originally Posted by NoNotReally

So every time we want to use this root again we'll have to uninstall SU first?

I am not sure... Try it. If you do I can have the script uninstall before it runs perhaps.

Originally Posted by bokechukwu1

You have to have drivers installers and such before you do this method? Thing is ny computer broke so I would be using a school computer which restricts me from downloading htc drivers

Sent from my ADR6425LVW using xda premium

Yes this just is what I think is a better root method. It is the same exploit, it is just stored on the device a bit differently.

Originally Posted by mohkg

ya it worked perfectly thanxs

Good to hear.

Originally Posted by flexor224

The root access is definitely better. I have root access apps that would force reboot my phone before that actually run now. Nice work! It definitely sticks longer.

Also good to hear.


It has worked to control setcpu profiles for me very well over the past few days so it has stuck for about 72 hours+ for me before I rebooted to retest this script before release.