Instant Root

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nofowuw

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• Sep 16, 2009

• #1

Was surfing around on androlib.com looking for apps and found "Instant Root" on the "newest apps" tab... apparently it gives you instant root access..

I know there are root threads out there, but since this(as far as i know) is a new way to root your phone(since its in the newest apps tab) I thought it might was worth a own thread?

Anyhow, anyone tried this? good/bad?

Link:
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.uk-co-neilandtheresa-instantroot2-qAmj.aspx


Discuss!

 

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MrAdamH

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Sep 13, 2009

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Copenhagen

• Sep 16, 2009

• #2

I just tried it on my hero running the new official hero firmware.
Works perfectly

 

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QuintusDK

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Dec 6, 2007

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Samsung Galaxy S23

• Sep 16, 2009

• #3

Works for me to.
newest nordic rom in DK

 

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elmicha

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Aug 14, 2005

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Bonn

• Sep 17, 2009

• #4

Yes, apparently it works

Code:

16: adb shell
zsh: correct 'shell' to 'Shell' [nyae]? n
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
$ su -
# pwd
/
# whoami
whoami: not found
# who
who: not found
# id
uid=2000(shell) gid=2000(shell) groups=1003(graphics),1004(input),1007(log),1011(adb),3001(net_bt_admin),3002(net_bt),3003(inet)
# cd /data/data/
# ls -l
drwxr-xr-x app_109  app_109           2009-09-17 00:25 uk.co.neilandtheresa.InstantRoot2
drwxr-xr-x app_107  app_107           2009-09-16 00:41 org.openintents.news
drwxr-xr-x app_103  app_103           2009-09-12 21:39 com.pedrocorp.android.guitar
drwxr-xr-x app_257  app_257           2009-09-12 04:41 com.fusetree.dilbert
...

 

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DarkBelerofonte

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Mar 27, 2009

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• Sep 17, 2009

• #5

It works just fine

 

etecdailey

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Apr 28, 2006

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www.kokein.pl

• Sep 17, 2009

• #6

...i cannot get it undone... :/

I dont think that this is a proper way to root.

after reflashing hero to undo this all of the sudden it starts downloading itself after I boot up in recovery.

Not ok at all I think.

 

elisir79

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Oct 6, 2008

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Italy

www.tecnophone.it

• Sep 18, 2009

• #7

InstantRoot was removed from the market!

But in have the apk!

Try there

 

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nofowuw

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Sep 2, 2009

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• Sep 21, 2009

• #8

InstantRoots creator has added a donation app to the market... that does nothing... http://www.androlib.com/android.application.uk-co-neilandtheresa-donation-qBBB.aspx

Pretty useless, why not just charge a price for the app instead?

 

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zalman361

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Sep 17, 2009

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• Sep 21, 2009

• #9

so we can root after htc update?

 

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kqueenc

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Oct 5, 2009

120

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Copenhagen

• Oct 13, 2009

• #10

QuintusDK said:

Works for me to.
newest nordic rom in DK

Click to expand...

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It also works for me and I am using the same ROM as you do.

But I am extremely curious about its mechanism. How come a single APK can do the magic??

Isn't it a potential threat?
If any APK can do the same thing...

 

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cepet

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Jan 26, 2009

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• Oct 14, 2009

• #11

seems a wee bit strange :O but i'm still noob so what do i know

 

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darkenergy

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Jul 27, 2008

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• Oct 15, 2009

• #12

confirmed working on 2.73 official rom

 

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drspikes

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Aug 29, 2009

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London

• Oct 15, 2009

• #13

I understand that if you have an unlocked Hero, you do not have access to paid apps on the Market. I have always avoided rooting as I didn't know if it would stop me doing any more official updates (I don't care too much about the warrentee) and wondered whether this also would cause me to loose paid apps (that I really need for work)? Can anyone shed light on this (sorry for noob question)

 

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coredalae

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Jul 31, 2009

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Utrecht

• Oct 16, 2009

• #14

drspikes said:

I understand that if you have an unlocked Hero, you do not have access to paid apps on the Market. I have always avoided rooting as I didn't know if it would stop me doing any more official updates (I don't care too much about the warrentee) and wondered whether this also would cause me to loose paid apps (that I really need for work)? Can anyone shed light on this (sorry for noob question)

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

paid app's issue is long gone

 

johnsongrantr

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Aug 10, 2007

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Indianapolis

• Oct 16, 2009

• #15

getting message "root access failed" and "main activity failed" when attempting to run this app after install

sprint htc hero

is there something I'm doing wrong?
Sprint HTC HERO
baseband version 1.04.01.09.21
FIRMWARE: 1.5
KERNEL: 2.6.27-533ce29d
Build 1.29.651.1 CL69164 release-keys
hardware version: 0002

 

Last edited: Oct 16, 2009

scrufy

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May 3, 2009

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Pasadena, Ca.

• Oct 17, 2009

• #16

It does not work on the new update..at least mytouch with US T-Mo
2.6.29-00479
DRC92
Apparently nothing does (

 

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foxmeister

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Mar 10, 2008

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Ealing

• Oct 17, 2009

• #17

johnsongrantr said:

getting message "root access failed" and "main activity failed" when attempting to run this app after install

sprint htc hero

is there something I'm doing wrong?
Sprint HTC HERO
baseband version 1.04.01.09.21
FIRMWARE: 1.5
KERNEL: 2.6.27-533ce29d
Build 1.29.651.1 CL69164 release-keys
hardware version: 0002

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As far as I'm aware, there is no known process to root the Sprint Hero right now. It will probably come, but it is early days.

Regards,

Dave

 

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Polymira

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Oct 14, 2009

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• Oct 17, 2009

• #18

Which is quite unfortunate. But with Android, there's still plenty you can do without root.

 

kazuni

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Aug 28, 2007

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Hong Kong

• Oct 18, 2009

• #19

The only way so far to root a GSM hero is to do a CID unlock (gold card method) and flash an official rom (2.73.405.5 WWE) with the kernel exploit, then you can root using instantroot.

 

Last edited: Oct 18, 2009

the_miker

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Nov 25, 2008

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• Oct 18, 2009

• #20

kazuni said:

The only way so far to root a sprint hero is to do a CID unlock (gold card method) and flash an official rom (2.73.405.5 WWE) with the kernel exploit, then you can root using instantroot.

Click to expand...

Click to collapse

Wait, what? Has someone actually tried this and it works? I thought flashing a SPL/radio from a GSM ROM would brick the CDMA Hero?