How to root Huawei Sonic / U8650

**ikaros** · 06-01-12, 02:09 AM

Thanks for the clarification roguefan99, Sanity.

I have download the "updates.zip" many times (and from different hosts) in order to ensure that the .zip is not corrupted. Obviously, european Sonics (as banger101 said), should be first flashed with the original rom before any attempt to root them.

Personally I'm not going to do it because I don't want to risk my phone's reliability, although I would really like to root it in order to unistall the CarrierIQ software.

**roguefan99** · 06-01-12, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by ikaros

Personally I'm not going to do it because I don't want to risk my phone's reliability, although I would really like to root it in order to unistall the CarrierIQ software.

Umm what? CarrierIQ isn't installed into any phones outside the US is it? I would be shocked if it had CarrierIQ on it. Then again I really don't see the big deal with CarrierIQ because its everything the Carriers could see anyway.

You can check using this app

**ThisTrack** · 08-01-12, 07:15 PM

Can anyone help me?
I don't appear to have a Recovery Menu. I hold the volume up button and press the power button, it just gives me a brief flash. If I hold the power button the phone just turns on and if I hold both volume buttons and click power it starts doing firmware update.
I live in Europe (Estonia to be exact) if that helps even slightly.

**ikaros** · 10-01-12, 08:13 PM

Originally Posted by roguefan99

Umm what? CarrierIQ isn't installed into any phones outside the US is it? I would be shocked if it had CarrierIQ on it. Then again I really don't see the big deal with CarrierIQ because its everything the Carriers could see anyway.

You can check using this app

My phone is european and Voodoo CarrierIQ Detector reports that:
CarrierIQ elements found, however it seems inactive

**sc2Spitfire** · 14-01-12, 10:07 PM

Hi, i downloaded that folder, put it on my sd card.
Then i turned on my phone, holding volume button and power button and i successfully entered that selection screen.
Then i search for that update folder and open it, i can open sub folders etc, but i cant activate anything, its just empty folders.
I certainly did something wrong, but what?

**myrcya** · 18-01-12, 11:41 PM

dont work . Romania, provider Cosmote

**Rhenor** · 25-01-12, 09:23 PM

Given that MegaUpload was taken down, does anyone have an alternate download link?

**admin** · 27-01-12, 02:16 PM

Can someone reupload the file via our filebox please ? I dont have it on this PC.

Thanks

**Koolio_au** · 27-01-12, 07:20 PM

Originally Posted by Sanity

Can someone reupload the file via our filebox please ? I dont have it on this PC.

Thanks

Have uploaded the root file named ( update.zip) to filebox ...hope it helps

**admin** · 28-01-12, 07:42 AM

Cheers Koolio

My wifes phone packed up so I gave her mine and bought another. It still seems to be the best bang for buck phone out there at the moment.

**admin** · 28-01-12, 08:03 AM

Just to report that this is still very easy to do on a Woolworths bought Sonic. Too easy

**admin** · 28-01-12, 08:05 AM

And new link thanks to coolio is here

**Koolio_au** · 28-01-12, 10:56 AM

Originally Posted by Sanity

Cheers Koolio

My wifes phone packed up so I gave her mine and bought another. It still seems to be the best bang for buck phone out there at the moment.

Allgood Sanity...glad i had it still and glad i could help..

**gimisome** · 29-01-12, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by Sanity

And new link thanks to coolio is here

thanks very much Sanity and Koolio , grabbed it also

BTW added REP and thanks to both

**Zolfi** · 18-02-12, 01:59 AM

Originally Posted by Sanity

I had to go through a bit of trial and error to do this, so I thought I would post up how to do it very easily. Several methods dont work at all due to Gingerbread version.

Stolen from another link, reasons to root your phone

I have sucessfully done this on my own phone, however do it at your own risk

1. Dowload this file

2. Transfer it on to your SD Card - dont unzip it

3. Turn your phone off. When turning it back on, hold the volume up botton and power button together for a few seconds. This will boot it in to recovery mode. You will see this on the screen, if it didnt happen, turn your phone off, remove the battery, replace it, and do it again.

4. In the menu, select update from SD card. I had to use my volume buttons for selection and power button to select it on the screen.

5. Follow the progress on the screen. Reboot your phone and its done.

The file didnt work on my phone, i took the battery out and put in the sd card with update.zip in it then put the battery back in and switched it on holding the power button + vol up. the system recovery came up and i clicked 'apply sdcard:update.zip'.
It failed and said:
E: failed to verify whole
-file signiture
E:signiture verication failed
Installation aborted

I don't know what to do!!!
please help!!!

**isbrodie1** · 18-03-12, 03:05 PM

I've rooted now,

But I cant find instructions on how to load a sonic version of CM7.

Any links or locations to working methods?

Cheers

**richardc0077** · 27-03-12, 11:06 AM

will this fix the android problem about not being able to download some of these programs

**caz** · 31-03-12, 07:04 AM

doesnt work

**DND** · 31-03-12, 10:46 AM

Originally Posted by isbrodie1

I've rooted now,

But I cant find instructions on how to load a sonic version of CM7.

Any links or locations to working methods?

Cheers

If your the phone is rooted and have the clockwork mod (CWM) on it,

All you have to do to install a new rom (CM7) is

Copy the new Rom zip file to your SD card, I make a folder called ROM Files and put it in there.

Then turn the phone off, then restart it while holding the "power button" & "Up Volume buttons" should boot into (CWM) menu

Go to "Backup and restore" then "backup" this will take a few mins.

Then Select "Install zip from sdcard"

Then "Choose zip from sdcard" go to your rom Folder and pick the ROM Zip file (CM7) you want to install.

Once its finished installing go back to the main menu in CWM and select "Advanced"

then select "Wipe dalvik cache" and then yes

Once done go back to main menu and reboot device.

the first time you boot into the new rom (CM7) it will take a while.