Guys over xda-devs did it again and hacked yet another android. myTouch 3G Slide running Android 2.1 has been rooted successfully. The hackers notably eugene373, Paul O’Brien, and Koushik Dutta used the OTA spoofing method that was used earlier to root the HTC Droid Incredible. Rooting myTouch 3G Slide phone provides full access to its system files allowing you to modify the phone’s firmware and install third party apps, themes and custom ROMs.
How to Root myTouch 3G Slide Android Phone
Pre-requisites
- Go to Settings > Application > Development and turn on USB Debugging.
- Power Off the Slide
- Download This Package Slide Root.zip (from here)
Step 1 - Move the Contents of “Slide Root.zip” into your Android SDK Tools folder.
Step 2 - Open Command Prompt or Terminal and CD to the SDK/Tools Directory.
Step 3 - Power on the Slide into the bootloader by Holding Down (Volume Down + Power Button)
Step 4 - Run your loop file from the prompt (either type “loop” in windows or “./loop.sh” in a *nix like)
Step 5 - Once your loop is running in your prompt, select Recovery from the bootloader menu.
Step 6 - When recovery loads, you should have an Offline Device. You can use ctrl+c to stop your script & see. If this doesn’t happen, Power Off and try again.
Step 7 - Un-plug your USB cable from the back of your phone & Plug it back in for it to Detect ADB Correctly!!! This is an important step. At this point you can adb devices to see if you can see your device and that it is in recovery mode.
Step 8 - Select Update.zip from the menu. (This will fail, but we already know that! Select it anyway).
Step 9 – Type
adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip (*nixlike users add a ./ in front of all terminal commands please.)
Step 11 – Type
adb push slideroot.zip
Step 12 - This is Very important!! Have this Command ready in your prompt before applying update.zip again!!
adb push update.zip /sdcard
Step 13 - Hit run update.zip, as soon as you see a Little Bar appear under the text push Enter to execute the command in your prompt (adb push update.zip /sdcard )
Step 14 - In successful, you should see Clockwork Recovery. If unsuccessful, repeat steps 12 & 13.
Step 15 - Now, go to the Partitions menu and Mount System
Step 16 - Go back one level & select install any zip from sdcard. Select slideroot.zip & apply update from zip (This will finish the Root process).
Step 17 - Reboot your phone & wait for it to load completely. To confirm that your slide is connected as a device use the command adb devices. If this works, you will see it as a device. Your prompt will say something like:
$ ./adb devices
List of devices attached
HT05YUP12710 device
Step 18 - adb install Superuser.apk (If this looks like it works, but says it cannot locate directories, make sure you can find your device using adb devices… If things still don’t work, my best advice is to start over)
Step 19 - After Superuser is installed try to use adb to shell to your device.
adb shell
you will get a $
Then type su
Superuser should pop-up asking if you give permission, do so.
Your $ should turn into a #. If so, you have root.
Voila! You have successfully rooted your myTouch 3G Slide Android Phone! The guys have also posted a video showing instructions to root myTouch 3G Slide.