How to Perm-Root the myTouch 4G [VISIONary Method]

[angel81012]

when i write in the terminal "cd sdcard/root" it says "cd: can't cd to sdcard/root"

[benschneidercom]

Thank you. Worked well.

[funkyfunkydoombah]

Does this only work with 2.2.1? not higher like 2.3.4?

Sorry for the comment repeat. I didn’t realize my sister was signed in. Please respond to this post.

[Sabrinamarie181]

this only workd with 2.2.1? not higher like 2.3.4?

[lcq4blackstar]

Hi thanks for this video, I was able to do this to my wife's and my mytouch 4g's without problem. I an unable to get root access on my coworkers phone tho. I am able to use visionary to temp root the phone then in terminal I am able to run all through # sh root.sh, I get the same outcome as you when I attempt perm root through visionary and the phone reboots I go into terminal with "access denied" from sh command. I have tried multiple times now...

[lcq4blackstar]

@lcq4blackstar *su command = access denied after visionary perm root attempt. Phone is on 2.2.1 also...

[angelenzo11]

thanks so much for this video..very easy and very detailed :D

[AlecReviews]

hello good sir..do you need to rest your phone before doing this

[Spicyholiday1]

Will this method brick your phone? Because the gfree one bricked my last one..

[XSessive]

how those this method unlock the device?

[luis171420]

Everything seems to be working up until the last "su" command, has anyone figure out why it says permission denied?

[Lyra74]

This does not work for 2.3.4

[AlbertoBarreradotcom]

S is still on

[MrCLuTcHKiD]

how do i view my sd card content on my laptop

[AiiRDesigns]

when i click on perm root in visisonary it just sits there and doesnt try to perm:/

[TheAustin3184]

@AiiRDesigns Same

[capta1nk]

THANK YOU ! THANK YOU! Where do I send the paypal donation! seriously

[ghettocumquats]

when i typed su into the terminal...it told me permission denied...does that mean it didnt temproot correctly?

[dioshy]

I successfully permroot the phone with these instructions. Now, I have a question. The option that we changed on the process, to check the option to turn off Fast boot. Should we get that option unchecked once we have finished rooting the phone? Thanks!

[xXXrafacalifasXXx]

hahah useing my bro acount but nice video bro thankss help alot!!!! now my phone is rooted i rate your video a 10!!!! thankss

[swiissjoker]

after my phones turns back on and i type su i get denied. why is that?

[TheAustin3184]

@swiissjoker Same i Did Everytyhing Right.

[firecat81]

me too,

[s13kaine1]

I did exactly what you specified in the video tutorial, but after the phone rebooted I went back to terminal emulator and type in "su" and the message it gives me is Permission DENIED!!! no number symbol. What did I do wrong ????? Feedback please and thank you

[danklown]

@s13kaine1 same here, I don't get why it isn't working

[narutoxmen]

it says permission denied

[FireHcky12]

Should it take a while to temp root?

[ELBdelorean]

@FireHcky12 1-2 minutes at the longest.

[FireHcky12]

@ELBdelorean Alright because it has been going for twenty minutes what do you think is wrong?

[diablokendall1]

when I go to the terminal emulator and type su it goes to the # then I type in cd sdcard/root/ it says

cd:cant cd to sdcard/root/

[diablokendall1]

no I dont know how to unzip the file. I have it downloaded but cant unzip it.

[TheGreywolf87]

@diablokendall1 Download a program called Winrar, or if you want 7Zip. You can use those to open the rar

[diablokendall1]

@ELBdelorean how do I unzip and make a root folder. when I put the root on my sd card it seems to not wanna do anything. everything else worked I have visionary . just the perm root file.

[ELBdelorean]

@diablokendall1 Do you not know how to unzip it or something?

[diablokendall1]

how do I make a root folder?

[diablokendall1]

how do I unzip the root. it seems to be not working correctly when I download it.

[ELBdelorean]

@diablokendall1 What isn't working correctly about it?

[diablokendall1]

so I keep getting cant cd to /sdcard/root. whats going wrong here.

[ELBdelorean]

@diablokendall1 Did you make a root folder...?

[diablokendall1]

so I keep getting cant cd to /sdcard/root. whats going wrong here.

[ELBdelorean]

@Gruuvin1 If you look at my Gfree root video, there is a link to written instructions that explain it.

[Ptrix2198]

Hey man I keep on getting s=on...

[xXlilmoeXx]

wat does "s-off" mean?

[businesspoints]

@xXlilmoeXx it means security=off this way the phone cant detect if the rom you are trying to install is official or not

[BboyBlasian]

It keeps saying su permission denied. i been up for 10 hours trying. no luck!

[bmiguel50]

ok it worked but it still says s on

[migg137]

Il try it

[DaKidDes]

When I Download The Root Rar File It Comes Up Blank And Looks Like A Piece Paper ,And When I Click It It Asks ME What Program To Run File With ???

Help Please !

[businesspoints]

@DaKidDes you have to download a rar unzipper just google winzip or 7zip

[riiiooo]

i did everything in this vid. Now what? How do i flash roms

[sh3rwood1124]

when i put sh root.sh it says cant open root

[nbanfl10]

doesnt work

[510LTC510]

I got the perm root. I turned off and rebooted and still had SU permissions but i dont have S Off... HELP! PLZ

[mrtncrespo1]

@510LTC510 same problem

[woodygee72]

ok i finally got this process to work exactly like u said it would but it still says my network is locked when i put in the at&t sim card...i could use a lil technical saavy advice rite now!!!!

[woodygee72]

yo everything seemed to go exactly the way the video did right until the very last su command in terminal emulator...i am so stuck...do u have any clue to why i may still be denied su permissions???

[lildude1324]

I did everything you said to do but when i try to do the last terminal thing it says "permission denied"

[pindera]

@lildude1324 I'm having the same issue.

[zacharyxb]

@lildude1324 me too.



[Khalduknight]

@lildude1324 You have to have temp-rooted your phone using Visionary.

[apcrocks]

@lildude1324 I had the same problem and I did everything in the instructions. checked on debug, checked off fastboot clicked on unkown resources

[XPD113]

@lildude1324 me too



[TheAdamstud]

when i put su in terminal emulater it says "su: must be suid to work properly" 

[TheAdamstud]

when i put su in tern=minal emulater it says "su: must be suid to work properly"

[rampus24]

when i down load the root.rar file from media fire it can not be extracted. it just a white file by its self? need help please

[JacobM925]

when i put in the cd sdcard/root it says can't cd to sdcard/root

[Darkwarrior006]

so this method doesnt work for me. I can get superuser to stay in my app tray, but when i type su in the terminal, i get denied. I guess the gfree way is the only way.

[bri52189]

worked like a charm... thanks buddy. looks like the mediafire file (.rar) when extracted looks like this: root/root/(files located here)...so there might be another step in the terminal to open that file...just letting you know. thanks though!

[ELBdelorean]

@I2IEAILiiTY Yeah, I have a video on flashing CyanogenMod 7, but if you just follow that video without upgrading to ClockworkMod 3, then it is the same as flashing a Froyo ROM.

[ELBdelorean]

@I2IEAILiiTY Ah, okay, that makes sense. If you get the hang of adb, it can actually be easier doing it that way.

[ELBdelorean]

@I2IEAILiiTY Really? How did you manage to do the gfree method without adb?

[chasegreen1124]

now i got what you are saying. up under the cant open message is a $ sign

[chasegreen1124]

okay! which one is that?

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 The first link; root.rar.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean okay. now i got all the way and i went back to visionary and clicked attempt perm root and it doesnt do anything i keep clicking on it and it still doesnt do anything.

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 You ran root.sh before this? Try uninstalling Visionary and reinstalling it.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean no. i extracted it on winrar. and then it did everything right all the way till i click attempt perm root and it doesnt do anything at all. i kept clicking on it and it still didnt do anything.

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 You were supposed to run root.sh before attempting the perm-root.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean how do i do that?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean i still dont understand why this wont work ive redone everything like 10 times haha

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean okay. i did that. now when i go back in i type in su and another $ sign came up

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Did you temp root before attempting to use 'su'?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean yes

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Just keep running 'su' until you get the '#' prefix. Then run root.sh and perm-root. This can take a few times to stick. If it doesn't work for you, you can try the more advanced albeit more thorough gfree method.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean whats that

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 It's another way to root; look it up on the XDA-Developers forum.

[chasegreen1124]

When I try rooting my mytouch 4g when i type in cd sdcard/root/ it says cd: cant cd to sdcard/root/

can you please help?

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Did you make a root folder in your SD-card?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean no. do i need to make a root folder and put that root download in it?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean oops! i missed that part of the video haha

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean now it says sh: cant open root.sh

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Does it have a '$' or a '#' before it?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean @ELBdelorean i typed in sh root.sh and it had a # in front of it and then the message i got was sh: Can't open root.sh

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Try re-downloading the root.sh and placing it in there again.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean okay. now i redownloaded it. and the same error message comes up and now it has a # sign up under it.

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 If you navigate to the root folder, what files do you see in there?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean root.rar and visionary

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Okay, you should have unzipped the root.rar file and placed the root folder in the SD-card.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean how do i do that?

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 What operating system are you using?

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean windows 7.

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Google WinRAR and download it. Then, open the root.rar file and place the newly extracted file in the root of your SD Card.

[chasegreen1124]

@ELBdelorean i reinstalled visionary and now i clicked it and it rebooted and i went back in to check it in the terminal emulator and and isnt rooted.

[ELBdelorean]

@chasegreen1124 Do the process over again. Run temp-root, run root.sh, and attempt perm-root.

[ELBdelorean]

@I2IEAILiiTY If you need help with it, you can email me at ELBdelorean@gmail.com

[ELBdelorean]

@I2IEAILiiTY I can try to make one but I don't know if I can because I'm swamped in work right now.

[kaleom]

What do you do after attempt to perm root and you ty su and it says permission denied?

[ELBdelorean]

@kaleom Try attempting Perm-Root again.

[kaleom]

@ELBdelorean tried like 10 times already

[ELBdelorean]

For anyone having problems getting this to work, try the gfree method found at the XDA-Developers forums in the myTouch 4G section. It's quite a bit more advanced but it should work.

[frankieguv3]

i did everything you did but my phone still has S-ON

[artojeda1988]

dirent work man

[artojeda1988]

u dont need "set system r/w after root"?

or s-off?

[artojeda1988]

u dont need "set system r/w after root"?

[jofrederick]

I followed the steps in the video. Got the confirmation too and still cant boot into recovery?

[jofrederick]

What did I do wrong if I can confirm the perm root but can boot into recovery?

[ELBdelorean]

@jofrederick Do you mean you can't boot into recovery?

[ce3jay]

Ok, I followed the instructions in the exact order. hboot still says s-on. My phone came with 2.2.1 out of the box, I don't know if that would make any difference.

[ongbaq2]

got it going. not sure what i was doing but I got it rooted! Thanks Great vid!

[ongbaq2]

Mine says synchronizing right after the sh root.sh...so it looks like this..... "# sh root.shSynchronizing" any idea?

[ELBdelorean]

@ongbaq2 Does it continue with the execution process?

[ongbaq2]

@ELBdelorean it stayed like that for a while. I ended up rebooting and my phone is fine. i am going to watch the vid again, maybe i missed something....

[mkollek]

when you say "type in su to see if you are permanently rooted hit enter..." well right after that you say "and S-OFF". thats not a command right? it was just a statement?

[ELBdelorean]

@mkollek Yes. To check if S is OFF, turn off your phone and turn it back on whilst holding Volume-Down.

[Christaxi81]

I flashed it and everything worked according to plan until the final reboot. Now it just plays the CM7 intro over and over. Any fix?

[ELBdelorean]

@Christaxi81 This video isn't for CM7 but are you sure you wiped before flashing?

[Christaxi81]

@ELBdelorean Totally forgot! It's working well now. Thanks!

[sexyest1989]

IT SAYS CANT OPEN ROOT WHEN IM IN TURMINAL HELP PLEASE

!!!!!!!!!!!

[rsmysore]

Thanks a bunch. Simple straightforward instructions. Was a breeze, took me 2 mins to do this. Now, I will try flashing CM7 on my phone :)

[joeysaba]

Cant get my phone to permroot. I did all these steps on my last mt4g and it worked fine, but i just broke that phone and got my replacement. Im trying to root this and it wont now. i can make it through every step, when the phone reboots after "attempt to permroot" i feel like it worked, and then i dbl check in terminal and it didnt work anytips?

[ELBdelorean]

@joeysaba How many times did you do it? It might take a few tries before it sticks.

[joeysaba]

@ELBdelorean i gotta be on like the 6th time now, ill keep trying if you think itll work. The mt4g i had prior was super easy to root haha

[joeysaba]

@ELBdelorean i gotta be on like 6th time, my other mt4g was super easy to root too. Im gonna keep trying

[joeysaba]

@ELBdelorean a bunch im gonna keep trying

[idelgado782]

I see you have a mac, so do I. When I download the root file, I don't know how to extact it so that I can save the files to my sd card. Can you help me with this? I have everything else down except for that one hiccup.

[ELBdelorean]

@idelgado782 You need a program to extract RARs. I use UnRarX because it does the job and it's free. I don't think I can post links on comments so if you search "UnRarX" on Google then you should find it.

[circajesse]

yes, because when i execute it i temproot, then type su and it says super user activated

[circajesse]

how many times did you have to do this to get it to work, because it isn't working and its been like 5 tries already

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse That's odd. Try checking if S-OFF. Power off your device. Then, hold power and volume-down until you see a white screen. Near the top, it should say "S-ON" or "S-OFF". Which one does it say?

[circajesse]

@ELBdelorean S-on

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse Did you unzip the "root.rar" file into the root of your SD card?

[circajesse]

@ELBdelorean i unzipped it onto my desktop, then moved it into my sd card(the root if the sdcard)

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse Are you sure you have superuser permissions when you execute root.sh?

[circajesse]

awww, you should get it, its beast

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse I have it for Xbox already and again, I'm on a Mac.

[circajesse]

dude whats your steam, also do you have black ops for pc?

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse 9potterfan and no. I mostly play Xbox and I'm on a Mac :P

[circajesse]

ok, pretty much you are saying to repeat the whole process until it sticks right?(sorry, im confused xD)

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse Pretty much.

[circajesse]

also, when you click temproot is the "set system r/w after root" checked?

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse Leave it unchecked.

[circajesse]

@ELBdelorean k

[circajesse]

dude, i did exactly what you did, and when i turn my hone on i get "permission denied" when i type in su

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse Yeah, you might have to execute the "root.sh" file and attempt perm-root from Visionary a couple more times for the root to "stick."

[circajesse]

@ELBdelorean you mean delete it?

[ELBdelorean]

@circajesse No. Navigate to the root folder in Terminal Emulator and execute the "sh root.sh" command. Then attempt perm-root in Visionary.