[How To] Root 4.5.621 with magic md5 (does not require Milestone SBF)

[vampyric]

ok good to hear, can i do this from my windows vista pc or do i need to use something like Ubunto?
i recall people saying to flash back to .604 required something like ubunto but not sure about direct flash without reverting to .604

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[vampyric]

oh ok, i already downloaded the iso and burned to disk, i guess i will give it a try and hope all goes well, i really
appreciate the super fast responses! been wanting to root this thing for a while

[sd_shadow]

no it runs from cd, doesn't matter whats on pc

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[vampyric]

ok thanks alot!
im gonna try this later tonight and i will post results as soon as i can
thanks again!

[bubbagumpalump]

Everything works as said till my phone is supposed to reboot twice.
It gets to a screen that says something like "your phone should reboot" and at the bottom it says "waiting for device".
Then nothing happens. I tried to reboot by using the power button but that just shuts the screen off. Pressing it again brings the bootloader screen back up. I then tried what I saw in a previous post of removing the battery. But when the battery is reinstalled, the phone just loads to the bootloader screen again and nothing happens. This is my first time rooting and im sorry for the inconvenience. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

[sd_shadow]

try disconnecting usb, pull battery,wait 30 secs, replace battery, reboot, wait for reboot to complete, reconnect usb

at this point, I'm sure you will need to, restart root program

[bubbagumpalump]

Tried the battery pull for 30 seconds and retried rooting. Still didn't work. Been trying all day, just wont work. Stops at the same place every time. I still appreciate the help.

[bubbagumpalump]

Alright, so something I didnt notice until this morning... I now have superuser.
This made me question if I was rooted or not. So I tried the app RootChecker as well as using a terminal to comfirm a # indicating root.
Both said that I was rooted. I even tested out a root exclusive app and it worked. My questions is, how is this possible?
I never made it to the twice reboot and I NEVER did the volume buttons at android andy. I didnt even get to the point of seeing android andy.
Im happy that I'm now rooted and extremely thankful to sd_shadow. My major concern is that something is not right. If both the app and terminal say im rooted and I can use root exclusive apps, does that mean that everything went right? Or is it more likely that something didnt quite work, and I stand a high chance of bricking my phone?
Sorry for the overdrawn question. Just concerned. As always, any help is appreciated. Thanks

[vampyric]

Hey I just wanted to thank everyone who has helped meand everyone else for that matter with rooting our phones.I just did mine and worked flawless! Now time to start playing...Once again thanks to all for your tireless efforts in getting themost out of our phones!

[GoCliffGo05]

Alright, so something I didnt notice until this morning... I now have superuser.
This made me question if I was rooted or not. So I tried the app RootChecker as well as using a terminal to comfirm a # indicating root.
Both said that I was rooted. I even tested out a root exclusive app and it worked. My questions is, how is this possible?
I never made it to the twice reboot and I NEVER did the volume buttons at android andy. I didnt even get to the point of seeing android andy.
Im happy that I'm now rooted and extremely thankful to sd_shadow. My major concern is that something is not right. If both the app and terminal say im rooted and I can use root exclusive apps, does that mean that everything went right? Or is it more likely that something didnt quite work, and I stand a high chance of bricking my phone?
Sorry for the overdrawn question. Just concerned. As always, any help is appreciated. Thanks

Reboot your phone. If it still has root when its back on then I'd say you are good to go. It must have worked somehow or you were already rooted somehow? I don't know but I wouldn't question it. If all root apps are asking for SU permission then I'd say you are all set to move on to ROMing or whatever else you would like to do.

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