[Q] firewater woes

So, I have searched both here and at overclock.net (how i found my way here)

I am totally new to rooting/unlocking phones.. I got my M8 yesterday and have been doing much research into the matter and decided I would try it... I have followed the instructions as listed here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2708628

and am stuck on step 12... I have downloaded the firewater file.. and dropped it into adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140321/sdk/platform_tools file on my computer (is it supposed to be on the device somewhere?)... it says after downloading the file to follow the instuctions listed on firewater website.. but i dont understand what it is telling me to do (again.. totally new to this).. i have installed an ran weaksauce.. installed supersu and made sure i had root with Rootchecker... what exactly am i missing here?

not sure what this is telling me to do:

Push, Prepare, obtain root, and execute firewater:

adb reboot <--important!!!!
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/firewater
su
/data/local/tmp/firewater



i apologize in advance if there is a duplicate post explaining this somewhere.. I searched and did not find it.. and for my newbish ignorance of how all this works... lol.. the help is greatly appreciated as i do not want to **** up my new shiny awesome M8

EDIT: I successfully rooted and unlock the bootloader... hmmm now to find something to do with it lol

any suggestions? or steps to take next?

Well taking yalls advice how would anyone learn anything? you can't learn without doing... And guess what... I figured it all out by myself ... "Winging it" is the only way to learn in my opinion... Follow directions and do what it says... I was simply looking at the wrong thing when trying to get through the firewater step...

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metalfan78 said:

I didn't give you advice, I gave you the way to start the process.

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no, your reply was helpful even it if was after the fact that i got it working... i was speaking of the rest of the people

Again... I'm not the run of the mill phone user who has no experience with this kind of thing... As far as tweaking electronics goes... I've been doing things like this on PC's for years... Just not on phones... I was able to successfully flash and boot the ROM... Without issue or bricking my phone.. I was hung up on one step because I read the step wrong..

People come to forums and ask questions because they have some understanding and maybe need some help ... Not to be told "if you don't know don't try". That is a real issue in this country and I'm sure most others... People give up bc they have that mentality... That's sheer ignorance.. I hope no one ever takes that kind of advice from you.. in the future try to be a bit more helpful to someone.. not just flame them for being novice at something..

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