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Universal Android Temp Rooting Method (Visionary Method) (Updated 12.01.10)

November 15, 2010 in Android How To's, Featured, How To's, HTC Desire HD How To's, HTC Desire Z How To's, Video

I. Before You Begin

1. Because this is a Universal Android Rooting Method it works on multiple phones. Here are the phones it is confirmed to work on:

  • HTC G2 (T-Mobile G2/HTC Vision)
  • HTC Desire Z
  • HTC Desire HD
  • HTC MyTouch 4G (T-Mobile MyTouch 4G)

2. This will give you temporary root access (you can still unroot using the same app)., you can head to your phone’s permanent root and s-off procedure after.

II. Temp Root the Phone

1. Download the latest Visionary rooting app from here:

Modaco Visionary Rooting App

2. Plug in your phone via USB Cable and mount the sd card so you can transfer files to it.

3. Copy the .apk file to the root of the SD card in your phone (NOT in any folders just on the SD card itself).

4. Unplug the phone.

5. On the phone go to Settings > Applications > Development > Make sure USB Debugging is Checked ON and Fastboot is checked OFF (if it is an option).

6. Go to the Market and download a file manager (the free Linda File Manager is recommended).

7. Open the file manager app and locate the .apk file on the sd card and click it.

8. Follow the instructions to install it.

9. Once installed, open Visionary and check ON temp root after reboot, and check ON System R/W after Root. Then click TempRoot and wait for it to finish.

10. Once it is done with the TempRoot, open the Visionary again (if it closed itself) and click Attempt PermRoot. Click Allow when it asks for permissions. The phone will reboot and it will take a long time. Be patient.

11. Once it is done, turn off the phone, take out the battery, wait 10 seconds, put the battery back in and turn the phone back on. If when it turns back on you have the Superuser permissions app still in your app drawer, you still have root and it worked. Enjoy!

III. Load a Custom ROM

1. Head over to the Perm Root and HBoot S-Off method for your specific phone below:

How To: Gain Permanent Root and S-OFF on the T-Mobile G2 / HTC Vision

How To: Gain Permanent Root and S-OFF on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G

How To: Gain Permanent Root and S-OFF on the HTC Desire Z

How To: Gain Permanent Root and S-OFF on the HTC Desire HD

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88 responses to Universal Android Temp Rooting Method (Visionary Method) (Updated 12.01.10)

  1. Mav_destroyer said on November 15, 2010

    I tried this with the HTC Legend and got temp root. When I tried permaroot it rebooted and I still have superuser but no root access. Did this happen to anyone else?

    • TheUnlockr said on November 15, 2010

      Read the list of phones this works for…
      For the HTC Legend, please click on How To’s at the top of the site here. Then click Android then the HTC Legend and use one of the procedures there instead.
      Good luck!

    • John LeBaron said on November 16, 2010

      I have the G2 and that happened to me also. I tried unrooting and tried many times and I can only get the Superuser but when I try to tether It tells me the kernal is not correct.

      When I temproot the tethering works. Hmmmmmmmm

    • Ellac49 said on November 16, 2010

      Same here, went into terminal and no su access… any suggestions?

  2. Ellac49 said on November 16, 2010

    I’m not getting perm root from this. after step #11 I do have superuser in app drawer but no su access in terminal. any ideas what this could be?

  3. Aztec said on November 17, 2010

    This isn’t working for me either…. after it reboots from attempting permanent root it just loads up like normal nothing happens.

    • TheUnlockr said on November 17, 2010

      That is all it is supposed to do… Please be more specific with the issue. What error did you get, at what step, etc. So we can help refine the procedure. Thanks.

      • Aztec said on November 19, 2010

        Well I will start with everything I did before up till the end. First of all I removed visionary r11 and SU from my phone (I wanted to start clean)and I made sure I rebooted it to have no root access. I I made sure debugging was on and everything as well. Then I got Visionary r12, installed it, and opened. I did not check anything like instructed and I followed with doing temp-root and everything was perfect, Visionary did not close down so I just followed with attempt perm root. And it immediately restarted and rebooted like normal. (which you claimed in step 10 that it would take long) It didn’t take long at all. After that I turned it off and pulled out the battery and rebooted it after a couple seconds. Turned it back on and the SU app was there since it doesn’t get deleted (like other times before) but I had no root access. So I tried doing this a couple of times. I even altered it but nothing worked. I get no error messages or anything so I can’t help with that either.

      • Aztec said on November 19, 2010

        Well I will start with everything I did before up till the end. First of all I removed visionary r11 and SU from my phone (I wanted to start clean)and I made sure I rebooted it to have no root access. I I made sure debugging was on and everything as well. Then I got Visionary r12, installed it, and opened. I did not check anything like instructed and I followed with doing temp-root and everything was perfect, Visionary did not close down so I just followed with attempt perm root. And it immediately restarted and rebooted like normal. (which you claimed in step 10 that it would take long) It didn’t take long at all. After that I turned it off and pulled out the battery and rebooted it after a couple seconds. Turned it back on and the SU app was there since it doesn’t get deleted (like other times before) but I had no root access. So I tried doing this a couple of times. I even altered it but nothing worked. I get no error messages or anything so I can’t help with that either.

      • Aztec said on November 19, 2010

        Also i am using Tmobile G2

      • Aztec said on November 19, 2010

        Also i am using Tmobile G2

  4. JR said on November 17, 2010

    i get the superuser programme in my menu after reboot but not rooted.

  5. Zack Munich said on November 17, 2010

    Every time i try to install it it gives me the error “There is a problem parsing the package” Im on an htc desire running 2.2

  6. Zack Munich said on November 17, 2010

    Every time i try to install it it gives me the error “There is a problem parsing the package” Im on an htc desire running 2.2

  7. L0u_s2000 said on November 17, 2010

    I have an HTC mytouch and when I opened linda file I dont see anything that says temproot or any root option

  8. L0u_s2000 said on November 17, 2010

    I have an HTC mytouch and when I opened linda file I dont see anything that says temproot or any root option

  9. Nathan Craig Campbell said on November 18, 2010

    On the VISIONary thread over at XDA it says r12 has been temporarily pulled. Is it still OK to use??
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965

  10. Nathan Craig Campbell said on November 18, 2010

    On the VISIONary thread over at XDA it says r12 has been temporarily pulled. Is it still OK to use??
    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965

  11. Nick B. said on November 19, 2010

    I too am getting stuck at the same part. i do everything exactly as said in the steps and when i come to reboot my phone and check if i still have root i still have su but when i go to check if i have permroot it says i do not. why is it not permrooting if all the steps are being followed?

  12. Seth McMullan said on November 19, 2010

    dosent work for me. after i temproot then attempt to permroot it reboots, then i power down and remove the battery like the instructions say, reboot and i have no root. what gives? t-mobile g2

    • TheUnlockr said on November 19, 2010

      Looking into this as we speak…

    • TheUnlockr said on November 19, 2010

      Looking into this as we speak.

      • Seth McMullan said on November 20, 2010

        I’ll be waiting. Been coming here for root since the G1, then Nexus, then Vibrant, then HD2, now G2. Keep up the good work, I hope to get this thing rooted soon, I’m thirsty for Cyanogen.

      • Cortes Ansel said on November 20, 2010

        Could it be anything to with the New update? maybe it would work with Pre OTA phone. I doubt it would make a difference but I am just throwing ideas out there. My G2 has the update but I installed manually. Anyone tried this and not have the update or got the update directly from T-mo?

  13. Rattyk76 said on November 20, 2010

    I went through all the steps hit root and the last command that came up was “Running rageagaisntthecage….” It sat on this for over five minutes before I disconnected my phone. Was I supposed to live it on longer? I rebooted and got no SU app. Should I try again or is there a risk of damaging the phone. Thanks

  14. DonnieStarko said on November 21, 2010

    Followed instructions and works perfectly. thanks unlockr!

  15. Starfornicko said on November 22, 2010

    I went through the instructions and when i turned the phone back on i went to ROM manager, but it said my phone was not rooted still.. any leads?

  16. Starfornicko said on November 22, 2010

    I went through the instructions and when i turned the phone back on i went to ROM manager, but it said my phone was not rooted still.. any leads?

  17. Starfornicko said on November 22, 2010

    ok well i just did it again, and it worked this time. thank you unlockr as you have rescued me again

  18. Jay Kay said on November 25, 2010

    The same problem as few people reported. Permission denied after running perm root. The Superuser icon stays, I click on it and get message:

    There is a new version of the su binary available. Press OK to attempt to install it.

    I do that and get:

    Error – su not updated. File su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip has been placed on your SD. Reboot into recovery and flash it.

    So I do that and:

    failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
    E:signature verification failed
    Installation aborted

    I go to SD and the file is there, clicking on it shows:

    Archive: /media/42E5-1302/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip
    [/media/42E5-1302/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip]
    End-of-central-directory signature not found. Either this file is not
    a zipfile, or it constitutes one disk of a multi-part archive. In the
    latter case the central directory and zipfile comment will be found on
    the last disk(s) of this archive.
    zipinfo: cannot find zipfile directory in one of /media/42E5-1302/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip or
    /media/42E5-1302/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip.zip, and cannot find /media/42E5-1302/su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip.ZIP, period.

    I removed VISIOnary and everything and started again and no luck…

    Thanks for all your work…

  19. Tyler Ridgeway said on November 29, 2010

    im having the same issues with my g2…attempt perm root and fail.. superuser app still stays in the drawer but no access when i go to rom manager or terminal emulator. i dont see any helpful responses from the unlockr and its been over a week…anyone find a way around it yet?

    • TheUnlockr said on November 30, 2010

      Just got my hands on a G2, going to go through the procedure step by step :) Expect a video and revamped procedure by Wednesday.

  20. max neilon said on December 22, 2010

    Please could you do a tutorial using the rage method?? :)

  21. max neilon said on December 22, 2010

    Please could you do a tutorial using the rage method?? :)

  22. Ancestor said on December 26, 2010

    Unable to root my Desire HD. I have done everything as written above, yellow triangle appears for a while, then disapper and i can see only black screen with status bar on top. Any idea what i have messed up?

  23. Foo Joon Sunn said on January 4, 2011

    Personally recommend the manual adb+rage+gfree method on the XDA G2/DZ wiki to root and s-off instead of Visionary.

  24. Lionel said on January 7, 2011

    could you do more tutorial like permroot,s-off clockwork recovery, radio flash,hboot s-off on desire hd.

  25. Anonymous said on January 12, 2011

    I don’t know what happened, but I followed your instructions to the letter on my HTC Desire Z. All I got was a blank screen after the triangle so I pressed home and tried again. Still nothing. However now, even after a reboot my phone is lagging all to hell. Even the live wallpaper its jittering all over the place and its taking me forever to open apps or do ANYTHING. Also, I can no longer run VISIONary anymore either. HELP

  26. Rikky said on January 13, 2011

    I cannot permroot my desire HD, i have 2.2.1 installed,

    ive temp rooted it…i think, the screen kept flashing with the visionary logo, when i click to permroot it, it keeps telling me i must temproot it???

  27. Rikky said on January 13, 2011

    I cannot permroot my desire HD, i have 2.2.1 installed,

    ive temp rooted it…i think, the screen kept flashing with the visionary logo, when i click to permroot it, it keeps telling me i must temproot it???

  28. Rikky said on January 13, 2011

    I cannot permroot my desire HD, i have 2.2.1 installed,

    ive temp rooted it…i think, the screen kept flashing with the visionary logo, when i click to permroot it, it keeps telling me i must temproot it???

  29. Anonymous said on January 15, 2011

    Found this on the forums:

    “Sadly there have been changes to the firmware that you have installed which stop Visionary+ from working (they patched the exploit that it used to gain temproot).
    At the moment there are 2 choices that I know of:
    1. Downgrade to different firmware … quite a complex process.
    2. Be patient and wait for an update of Visionary+

    A lot of us are in the same position.”

    • Vinnie said on January 17, 2011

      I wouldnt mind going back to the last firmware, the fact that I cannot root my device is killing me… Anyone know how to go back to 2.2 from 2.2.1 on the HTC Desire HD.

    • Vinnie said on January 17, 2011

      I wouldnt mind going back to the last firmware, the fact that I cannot root my device is killing me… Anyone know how to go back to 2.2 from 2.2.1 on the HTC Desire HD.

    • Is said on February 25, 2011

      Is there a update coming?

  30. Anonymous said on January 15, 2011

    Found this on the forums:

    “Sadly there have been changes to the firmware that you have installed which stop Visionary+ from working (they patched the exploit that it used to gain temproot).
    At the moment there are 2 choices that I know of:
    1. Downgrade to different firmware … quite a complex process.
    2. Be patient and wait for an update of Visionary+

    A lot of us are in the same position.”

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