Only recommended for Android G2 users. (strongly by the developers). XDA member unforgiven512 has posted a very comprehensive how-to guide which will take you through the step by step of permanently rooting your G2. According to many developers, this is a major goal achieved that has been going on since before the release of the device itself. The process is clean and straightforward forward but like most un-rooting processes for different devices, there is a risk involved which might brick your device. So do it at your own risk, but it has been successfully tested by the developers and a number of users.
Before we get into anything, these are the necessary files:
hboot-eng.img
wpthis-OTA.ko
wpthis-pre-OTA.ko
(files have been removed by the developer, follow the link at the end of this post for more).
MD5s:
4ed6ac813dbea0ee263ba0f6dc288693 wpthis-OTA.ko 8ac8e7a331a199a48001c691e59b1b33 wpthis-pre-OTA.ko 7669ae12dc2faa10ae555a164980efd0 hboot-eng.img
1. Run VISIONary to gain temp root.
2. Push the .ko file appropriately on your G2 device
3. Move hboot-eng.img file to /data/local
4. open terminal or adb shell and run
$ su # insmod /data/local/wpthis-[YOUR_VER].ko
it should return
init_module 'wpthis-OTA.ko' failed (Function not implemented)
5. Run
# dd if=/data/local/hboot-eng.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
6. close terminal
7. Run VISIONary , this will lock in root
8 Turn on the terminal again, use Super user to regain superuser access
# sync
9. reboot and you’re done. You have rooted your G2.
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