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I have no idea where to put the new ra-evo recovery file so that fastboot sees it. I have looked sorry for the stupid question
your fast boot should be installed in ur android sdk tools folders so if thats where ur fast boot is then put the file in the tools folder
Fastboot flashes files from your computer not on the sdcard or anything.
Ex. Fastboot flash recovery /User/downloads/recovery.img
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i am so confused
so if I am rooted and unlocked and I already have the original amon recovery i just put the new amon recovery in the tools folder. then how do I get it on my phone
if you already rooted you should have android sdk installed
easyest way
go to start
my computer
c drive or your main drive
android sdk or sdk (wat ever you named it)
tools folder
put recovery in tools forder
open a command prompt and
cd \android-sdk
cd tools
now your in the tools folder
fastboot flash recovery /recovery.img
it is easyer and faster no searching for the files if you put the recovery in the tools folder its already there no going to filesfoldersdownloads you dont need them commands its faster and easy look through the adb and sdk guides it has all commands and most recover forums tell you all this
so i need to change the name of the amon recovery image to recovery.img
No he was just using recovery.img as a example.
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Here's how i did it this morning, downloaded file to pc, connect phone as disk drive, opened disk drive, placed the amon file into the sdcard, changed phone back to charge only, went to astro to verify that the amon file was on the home list of files, then wen to market and downloaded terminal emulator free, and just follow Amon's instructions to apply using terminal or adb, it was reall easy that way, i kept trying to load the fastboot way and just couldn't figure it out, so i tried this was and perfect, new recovery, and hopefully i can wipe dalvik now.
You don't need fastboot to flash a new recovery image. Like tomh said in the post above this one, put the new recovery on the root of your sdcard, open a terminal emulator on your phone and type the following:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/name_of_recovery.img
I haven't used my computer to update a recovery image since I first got my Hero.
with a terminal app you'll want to use this exact cmd's
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
that's just as amon_ra has it, same as what i used as well.
thanks for the help
shawnten said:
thanks for the help
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Somewhere on your PC. You just have to give the path to the fastboot command.
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i just downloaded the terminal emulator onto my evo but when i type the first cmd "su" it says permission denied. please tell me how do i get passed that.
ro2themax said:
i just downloaded the terminal emulator onto my evo but when i type the first cmd "su" it says permission denied. please tell me how do i get passed that.
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Root your phone..
i jsut use rom manager. I am to lazy to do everything else currently rom manager has the latest amon ra you can tell it to flash as an "alternative" recovery. takes 2 seconds and no typing out "long" commands in terminal.
i was under the impression i was rooted...i did the OTA update to 2.2 then used the method to root that came out a week ago using unrevoked3 and unrevoked forever. but instead of going back to a rooted 2.2 i stayed on a rooted 2.1.
ro2themax said:
i was under the impression i was rooted...i did the OTA update to 2.2 then used the method to root that came out a week ago using unrevoked3 and unrevoked forever. but instead of going back to a rooted 2.2 i stayed on a rooted 2.1.
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Huh, that's weird. What rom are you using?
If you're using a rooted rom then you should be getting a # when you type "su" into the terminal..
Do you have the SU app installed? Did you get an SU Permission request when you opened the terminal for the first time? If so, did you grant the terminal emulator SU permission?
im using a stock 2.1 rom and i do have superuser permissions installed. i also have setcpu for root users installed and "su" grants "setcpu" permission.
i also forgot to mention that i also put a "netarchy kernal" on their also which appears to me, works as it said. right now if i want to go into recovery it goes through clockwork, but i want to get amon ra's recovery on there instead.
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im using a stock 2.1 rom and i do have superuser permissions installed. i also have setcpu for root users installed and "su" grants "setcpu" permission.
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hmm.. which 2.1 stock? Was it a rooted stock (with busybox and su already in there) or did you install the su app?
Although sounds like it already had busybox if setcpu is getting permission.
If you are near your computer see if you can get a # using the adb shell. I'm a little stumped here..
the 2.1 stock came with the "su" already. i just posted a quick update on the my previous post that i flashed a netarchy kernal on my evo also. i dont know if that helps but i just forgot to mention it...
please bare with me, im by my computer and to go into adb shell do i need to plug my evo in as charge only and open a cmd from android tools to see if i get # ???
Sorry for making you read this if I made a nooby mistake.
So I rooted my Slide, and flashed the Eng-release to it. When I use ROM Manager to install the CM6 onto it, I can't get past touching reboot into Clockwork Recovery. I already flashed the Clowckwork into it (I think; you just need to push the Flash ClockworkMod Recovery button right?), but when I push the reboot into it button, nothing happens.
I tried the Fix Permissions button, and it says "An error occurred while attempting to run privileged commands!" That means that the app doesn't have root access, right? How do I give the app root access? I tried two superuser apps, one from the Market and one from this website, the one with a Ninja. When I choose preferences on the superuser app, it just hangs until I get the Force Close error.
How do I grant my app root access? I know I rooted my Slide because when I connect it to my phone and use adb shell, the pound sing comes up.
What method did you use? Did the phone have the 1.35 OTA Update?
Try this: download terminal emulator from the market, its free.
Turn on: you will see a "$" symbol type "su" (w/o qoutes)
if you see this "#" you are rooted..
Im sure there are easier other ways to check, thats just what I do. I know you didn't install the rom, so don't worry about that yet.
Chances are you arent rooted, I dont what adb shell would say, since I didnt have to use it directly, I just used my windows cmd prompt.
After looking at the other post a few below this one about the exact same problem that I had, I did what he did and copied the update.zip to my phone and booted into recovery. Thanks for the help, though I'm ok now.
Btw, I did have the terminal, and it did have the # sing
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So I'm trying to get into su to run gfree_verify to make sure my permaroot S-off/SIM card unlock/SuperCID was successful, but I'm getting a permission denied error.
What happens is, I type adb shell, then I type su, there's a really long delay, then it tells me Permission Denied. However, when I run the Terminal Emulator from my phone and type in the su command, I get root access just fine.
I used the "official" method that is on the HTC Vision Wiki that is located here. The only thing, however, is that my Android SDK install wasn't installed using any type of installer. I just extracted a zip file and shoved it in a random folder. I did make sure to run the Command Prompt as Administrator before issuing the adb shell command, but I'm still unable to get superuser access through the PC. Trying to use the adb root command gives me an "adbd cannot run as root in production builds" error.
Did I do something incorrectly?
adb kill-server
adb start-server
See if that works. If not, try rebooting your computer.
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Does the Superuser app seem to be installed correctly on your phone ?
Do you have the output from gfree ? I wonder if it didn't work correctly with your kernel, it doesn't work with all kernels. What ROM/kernel do you have ?
Which procedure did you use, the one in the Wiki, or one involving dd'ing the eng hboot ?
steviewevie said:
Does the Superuser app seem to be installed correctly on your phone ?
Do you have the output from gfree ? I wonder if it didn't work correctly with your kernel, it doesn't work with all kernels. What ROM/kernel do you have ?
Which procedure did you use, the one in the Wiki, or one involving dd'ing the eng hboot ?
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I rebooted the daemeon, computer, and also the phone. No dice.
The Superuser app is correctly installed. When I ran Adfree and attempted to go into SU in Terminal, I got the usual Allow Superuser access dialog. Both worked without any problems; like I said, I can get root access from the on-the-phone terminal, it's when I attempted to get root access from the adb shell command on my computer where I have problems.
No special ROMs, completely stock post-November OTA update. The only thing I flashed after permarooting was the Clockwork Recovery mod, but adb shell SU wasn't working before this. I initially used some outdated instructions (involving the use of the dd command, and the wpathis.ko or something). I read some more and learned these were out of dated, so I unrooted. I then used the instructions that are on the wiki using gfree to permroot.
gfree_verify works without any problems if I run it from the Terminal Emulator on my phone. Returns the proper values to indicate I'm SIM Unlocked, SuperCID, and S-off. I'm glad it works, but I still don't like the fact I can't use the adb shell. Typing characters on the G2 is a pain in the ass.
I still want to know why I can't enter superuser from the PC adb shell. Am I doing something incorrectly?
Thanks a lot for your help!
Try clearing data for the SuperUser app?
go in your recovery screen from boot, select your mount options, and mount everything lol. Not sure if it'll fix it but everytime I have adb permission issues that seems to fix it and I don't think it could hurt.
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go in your recovery screen from boot, select your mount options, and mount everything lol. Not sure if it'll fix it but everytime I have adb permission issues that seems to fix it and I don't think it could hurt.
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This worked perfectly! When I entered su from the command prompt, the SuperUser app popped up on the phone's side and I hit allow. It then let me through.
What exactly was broken though? Why did mounting everything from the Clockwork Recovery menu fix this?
I followed all the steps from the Wiki: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD).
Now the problem is when I go to verify the root. On the Wiki, where it says run "su' in computer ADB shell, I get access denied. When I run "./gfree_verify" in computer ADB shell, I get
Error: Could not open modem device; /dev/****
Error: Verify could not initialize device
But in my apps on the G2 I see an icon for superuser permissions. So did the root take or not?
Thanks for any help, new to Android.
Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root
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Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root
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After typing Su in the terminal on the phone, I get a message pop that says either allow or deny. I click allow and it gives me root permission.
Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".
Ganii said:
Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.
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# sign means your rooted or have su access.
Go under manage and restore backups in rom manager, you should have a copy of the rom you just backed up. Unless you renamed the back up its probably a date.
Its ok to delete the files you pushed to data/local use a file manager like root explorer.
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again. Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
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You get "#" then it`s right,the app don`t ask you again about allow or deny!
About gfree-verify,I don`t know.Maybe something wrong with Script
or you have done something wrong with the commands!
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
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If you choose "Backup ROM" you phone boot into Recovery,then you have
to choose "backup/restore option to backup you current ROM.
Otherwise you don`t have a backup
Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
boost3d23 said:
Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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I use Root Explorer or SUFBS (Super User File Manager and Terminal).
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Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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You should really have posted up in the existing thread about gfree on this, or otherwise in the Q&A forum
But anyway, yes, those file managers don't handle root. Well, ES does have an option to do so, but it doesn't work on the Vision. So you'll need a root-capable file manager, as joemm said.
On the backup, that sounds a bit odd, but you'll know that it's doing a backup because it'll take a while. You'll get a different screen where it shows you it's backup up the main phone partitions, and even which file is being backed up. When it's done, make sure you copy this backup somewhere else, like your PC (i.e. so you don't just have a single copy, in case something happens to it - e.g. corrupt SD card).
Thanks to everyone who provided insight. I had the same problem and was worried about bricking my phone, but this worked and I'm happily rooted!
A bit of background, I rooted my phone using one click 2.5. I then re-rooted using one click 3.X to convert to ext 4 and update to the latest recovery. I am currently running an eb13 rom.
Now my question, I have SU apk and I can boot into recovery, but when I open adb shell and type su I get "permission denied". Any idea what could cause this? I need to run the script for screen rotate fix, is there something I can flash to get around using adb? BTW I have experience using adb from EVO. adb shell works I have SDK installed etc its just I cannot adb shell with root priviledges.
Are you hitting allow on your phone after you type "su"? Yo have to wake your phone up and you'll get that pop and you ave to cluck on allow before the timer counts down.
That is exactly what I had to do, thank you!
Doh!
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Lol yea definately a doh! moment....