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What am I doing wrong? Loading baconbits.

So I perm rooted and it says S-Off in fastboot and I have superuser access I believe.
I got rom manager and downloaded clockwork through rm. I try to install rom from SD card, select the baconbits rom, it asks to backup or clear, I have tried both.
The phone boots to htc screen, then shows a black screen with a phone and a red symbol over it. I waited 20 minutes on that screen and nothing happened.
I was able to push vol up and power to get a console but I can't load anything there. It will reboot just fine after that but I have no changes and still cannot overclock.
Does this have something to do with the user keys or whatever?
Thanks in advance for reading this and any help that gets offered. I hate to have my first post on a forum being a "help me" post.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Go into Rom Manager and try to flash Clockwork recovery again. This has happened to a lot of people... Flash it a second time, and it should be good.
Dan

Did you download the "g2-recovery-test-keys.img" from the 3rd post quoted below?
Place that file in the C:/android/tools or whatever your cd line is, which should in the tools folder. Now go the 6th step. FYI the sixth step I tried from fastboot and recovery, none worked until I reinstalled the drivers my computer kept prompting me for and immedatly got the OKAY's from the 7th step.
Edit: The code "fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img" should be copied pasted onto your cmd.
ciwrl said:
Noob walkthrough:
1.Setup Android SDK and install drivers/udev rules as needed
2. S-Off your g2 http://goo.gl/Sc134
4. Copy vision-baconbits-0.3.zip to your sdcard, rename it update.zip (you can do this via adb using: adb push vision-baconbits-0.3.zip /sdcard/update.zip)
5. Reboot to fastboot mode (adb reboot bootloader)
6. Flash the recovery http://n0rp.chemlab.org/android/vision/g2-recovery-test-keys.img : fastboot flash recovery g2-recovery-test-keys.img (if you get 'waiting for device' your phone either isnt in fastboot mode, or you will need to fix your sdk drivers)
7. You should get two 'OKAY's once recovery flash is complete
8. Press the power button once; then the vol down button to highlight 'recovery'; then the power button again to select the 'recovery' option
9. The phone will reboot to recovery
10. Press volume up+power to show the recovery menu
11. Select the 'Apply:update.zip' option, using volume keys to navigate, and power button as [enter]
12. Once the zip applies, reboot
If you get signature verification errors on the zip, it means your fastboot flash of recovery failed to apply, redo it
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Bingo, That worked. Glad it was that simple. I actually had to flash clockwork a third time to get it to go all the way.
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[Q] Need help Rooting

I have been searching and reading, but I still am unsure of which rooting method I should use. I just got my "new" EVO on Friday. Here are my specs:
HBoot 2.2
Hardware 0003
Baseband 2.15.00.09.01
Kernal [email protected]#17
Software 3.30.651.3
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

You have two choices:
option 1. Follow the directions and root your phone using these instructions that I copied from the thread below and use the following link to download the correct files: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=829045)
option 1 is not recommended for a noob...
option 2. Wait for unrevoked to come out with their update to unrevoked 3. If you wait, almost all of the root process will be automated. Unrevoked should be releasing this update in the next couple of weeks or so. They have been tweeting about it.
Directions from option 1 copied from thread link above:
1. Make sure that you downloaded and installed HTC Sync from HTC website.
2. Unzip hboot202-s_off-V71.zip to a folder in your C: drive. I used C:\hroot
3. This hroot folder should have a folder inside it called root. If you have a folder called hboot202-s_off-V71 then you need to move all the files from that subfolder to c:\hroot.
4. In Vista/7 slick on the start button and type in cmd. You will see in the program list the command prompt. Right click and open as Administrator.
5. In the command prompt type cd c:\hroot
6. On phone goto-> Setting>Applications>Debugging make sure usb debugging is on.
7. Connect the usb cable to your computer and phone. The phone should change it's screen to ask you what type of connection mode you want. Make sure that it is on charge only. Do not mount.
8. Type into the command prompt: adb push root/unrevoked-forever.zip /sdcard/ After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
9. Type into the command prompt: adb push root/mtd-eng.img /sdcard/ After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
10. Type into the command prompt: adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-ENG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
11. Type into the command prompt: adb push pc36img/PC36IMG-MR.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
12. Type into the command prompt: adb push root/flash_image /data/local/ After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
13. Type into the command prompt: adb push root/rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp After a pause you should see a confirmation message that states the file size and transfer speed when the file is done being pushed.
14. Type into the command prompt:adb shell You should see a $, this means that you are "in" the phone.
15. Type into the command prompt:chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage You should see this echoed on your screen. This is normal. You should still have $ on your cmd line.
16. Type into the command prompt: chmod 0755 /data/local/flash_image You should see this echoed on your screen. This is normal. You should still have a $ on your cmd line.
17. Type into the command prompt:./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage A message will pop up on the screen. It will take a few seconds, and your will be kicked "out" of the phone. The $ should now be gone.
18. Type into the command prompt: adb shell You should have a # on your command line instead of a $. # means you have temporary root in your phone. If you do not have #, then start over.
19. Type into the command prompt that has #: ./data/local/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
20. Type into the command prompt that has #: sync
21. Type into the command prompt that has #: reboot bootloader
22. Your phone will be rebooting now. Eventually your phone will be at the bootloader menu. On your phone use volume up/down to highlight bootloader and press the power button once. It will start loading the PC36img.zip file.
23.After it loads, it will ask if you want to flash. Press Volume UP to say yes. It will now flash, which can take some time. You may see some red fail messages. This is normal.
24.When it is done flashing it will ask you if you want to reboot. Press Volume Down to say now to reboot.
25. Use volume up/down to highlight recovery. Press the power button once. This will try to boot into recovery mode but fail and load a screen with a red triangle. This is normal because you have not installed recovery yet.
26. Go back to your computer screen and your command prompt. You should not have a #
27. Type into the command prompt: adb push recovery /
28. Type into the command prompt: adb shell busybox --install /sbin
29. Type into the command prompt: adb shell nohup /sbin/recovery &
30. After a pause you should see a new screen on your phone. It should be green text with your recovery options.
31. Highlight backup/restore. Press the power button. Highlight backup nand and press the power button. Press the power button again to confirm the action. Your phone is now doing a nandroid backup. This will backup your wimax keys amongst other things.
32. It will take a little time to do the backup. After it is done press the power button once to return to the recovery menu.
33. Highlight enable USB-MS and press the power button.
34. On your computer, you should see a new drive in my computer or a pop up asking you for an action. Click on Explore, or open the drive in my computer, to access your phone like you would a thumb drive.
35. Rename the file named PC36IMG.zip to PC36IMG-ENG.zip and then rename PC36IMG-MR.zip to PC36IMG.zip
36. On your phone, press the power button to disable USB-MS mode. You should be back at the recovery menu.
37. Highlight the option to flash image from zip. Press the power button.
38. Highlight unrevoked-forever.zip and press the power button. Press the power button again to confirm if told to do so.
39. When it completes flashing the image, select reboot from the menu.
40. When it reboots a few things could happen. If you think your phone is frozen, you are okay because that is a normal occurrence on this step.
----->Your phone gets "stuck" on a white screen with the word HTC on it for more than a minute. You need to take the back case off your phone and pull your battery out. Put the battery back in and put the back case on again. Hold down Volume Down and press(and release) the power button while you continue to hold down the volume down button. Your phone should go into the boot loader like it did at the start of the guide.
----->You phone started up and fully booted. You need to completely power off.Hold down Volume Down and press(and release) the power button while you continue to hold down the volume down button. Your phone should go into the boot loader like it did at the start of the guide.
----->The phone returns to the boot loader.
41. No matter which of the 3 scenarios occurred to you in the last step, you are now in the boot loader. Obviously the 3rd scenario is the best, but all are OKAY.
42. The phone should find PC36img.zip. It then loads this file and asks if you want to flash. Use volume up for yes. When it asks to reboot press volume up for yes.
43. When it is done booting, return to your computer screen and type adb shell mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/PC36IMG-MR.zip into the command prompt.
44. Type into the command prompt: adb reboot recovery
45. Highlight backup/restore in recovery and then press power. Highlight backup nand and press power. Press power again to confirm. Wait for the backup to complete.
46. Press power to return to recovery menu. Highlight reboot phone and press power.
47. Your phone is now rooted, S-OFF, and booted into stock 3.30.651.2.
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After Root:
1. Run through setup and get to the actual phone screens.
2. Try to turn on 4G/wifi/etc and see if it all works. It may not and this does not mean disaster.
For me, I had to flash Stock RUU root 3.30.651.3 to get 4G to work. Here is what I did next:
1. Download stock RUU root 3.30.651.3(I opted for Odexed version) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=836728
2. Reboot phone into recovery by completely powering off. Hold down volume down and press power. When you get into the boot loader it will try to find PC36img.zip and fail (we renamed that file remember?) and that is normal. Use volume up/down to highlight recovery and press the power button.
3. In recovery highlight USB-MS and press power to enable.
4. Your phone should be mounted as a drive in your computer again like before. Copy the whole zip file that you downloaded for RUU 3.30.651.3 rooted odexed to your phone. Wait for it to finish the transfer.
5. On your phone press power to turn off USB-MS mode.
6. On the recovery menu highlight wipe and press power.
7. Highlight the first wipe option which is something like wipe cache/factory reset. Press power. Press power again to confirm if needed.
8. Hightlight the second wipe option which is wipe cache. Press power and then press power again if needed.
9. Highlight the third wipe option which is wipe dalvik-cache. Press power and then press power again if needed.
10. Return recovery menu.
11. Hightlight flash image from zip and press power.
12. Highlight the file that you just transfered over that is for RUU 3.30.651.3 and press power. Press power again to confirm if asked. It will start flashing the image to your phone, but you will not see progress bars. It will take a few minutes.
13. When it is complete select the option to reboot the phone.
14. The phone should fully boot up into the stock rooted 3.30.651.3 rom.
15. Now try to turn 4G/wifi/etc on and make sure it works. It did for me.
16. Assuming that everything is working fine, fully power off, boot into recovery, and do another backup. This newest backup is your holy grail backup. It is stock rooted S-OFF and 4G working backup.
Note: these last 15 steps can be used to flash any custom rom too. Just make sure that you get your "holy grail" backup first before you experiment.
GOOD LUCK!

Thank you very much. I had been looking at the three different methods, I just wasn't sure which one to go with. I'm downloading the files now, but won't be able to do the thing until i get home. I had a Hero for the longest, and rooting that was pretty simple, but when I got the EVO and looked at the forum; I knew it wouldn't be quite as easy. I just wanted to be certain before I bricked my phone trying to fly blind. I'll let you know how it turns out. Thanks again, I really appreciate it.

You are welcome! I am sure you know this, but make sure you read through the thread first so you can see other hangups other people are having before you start the rooting process. If you have rooted a phone before, I am sure you can root the evo. Good luck!

Worked like a charm. 30 minutes, and I'm rooted. That went easier than I expected. Thanks again!

you are welcome...good luck with choosing a rom kernel combination. I dont flash a new rom or kernel very often (once a month) but right now i have myn 2.2 for a rom and baked battery #5 for a kernel with some setcpu profiles and it works great! I can get a full day of 10 hours of heavy usage (connected to exchange all the time) and lots of texts, web browsing etc and still have 20% battery left

I rooted my evo yesterday. I have super user and titanium backup but it still shows s-on. How do i change this. I used unrevoked.

what version is your hboot?

jay-are said:
I rooted my evo yesterday. I have super user and titanium backup but it still shows s-on. How do i change this. I used unrevoked.
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if you still got s-on then you might need to run unrevoked forever. just go to this site.http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever and run the correct update.zip like you would another rom or kernel

weaselp1 said:
what version is your hboot?
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i dunno about him. (y must i assume its a dude n not a female on these boards... tsk tsk) but i have hboot 0.97.000
I feel as if i missed my window of rooting my fone when i should of.. now theres a 1000 and 1 threads on the newer versions for newer fones.. and yes i've 'been' reading most of them.. and its all starting to stick. **and whats this i hear about the newer evo screens being more brilliant? anyways, can i follow those same directions u posted? 30 mins doesnt sound bad. even tho 30 seconds with unrevoked is pretty enticing. thanks for your time and effort. might even give u an actuall "thanks" above ur name. just seen those recently and been wanting to give em a try.

the reason i asked what version your hboot is: if you have hboot 2.02 or 2.10 you cannot use unrevoked at this current time; you must use the above method. I just wanted to make sure you had the correct hboot to use unrevoked. I have had a friend who made this mistake, and it broke his 4g and he had to get a replacement.
as far as using th above method, unless you have hboot 2.02 or 2.10, I would advise agianst it.

Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Some people are having trouble using unrevoked-forever on hboot 2.10 saying that their radio is not supported. Some people have not had trouble and the root worked fine. So, make sure you root before updating to the latest build.

weaselp1 said:
the reason i asked what version your hboot is: if you have hboot 2.02 or 2.10 you cannot use unrevoked at this current time; you must use the above method. I just wanted to make sure you had the correct hboot to use unrevoked. I have had a friend who made this mistake, and it broke his 4g and he had to get a replacement.
as far as using th above method, unless you have hboot 2.02 or 2.10, I would advise agianst it.
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So with me having such an older hoot - 0.97.000, u would recommend what...?? Unrevoked? Thanks for ur time.

Yes, use the unrevoked method because of the version of hboot you have
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[GUIDE] Noob's Guide #6: I just HTC Unlocked, what now?

First thing you need to know is that no matter what happens, even if your phone is abducted by rabid kittens, I am not responsible for your actions. Second is that you just voided your warranty, no doubt about it. HTC has your serial number with record that you unlocked your bootloader. Thanks to JAS_21 for the idea for making this guide. So, the next things you are going to want to do are to flash clockworkmod recovery, and then su. Then you can flash a ROM. Let's start with clockworkmod.
You want to get the android-sdk working, which you can find a guide to here.. Then you want to go to this thread. Download the file attached to the post. Use winzip if you have windows or just click on it on mac to unzip the file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "charge only" mode. Copy the cwm img file to the tools folder of the android SDK. Now, it's time to open up ADB. Open up a command prompt on windows or a terminal window on Mac/Linux. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img
fastboot reboot
Congrats, you have now flashed clockworkmod recovery. Now, onto installing root access. Next, grab the su zip attached to the OP of this thread. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the su zip file to the root of your sd card. Unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Reboot into recovery. The easiest way is probably to open up a command window and type:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot recovery
When your phone is in recovery, click "install zip from sd card," then "choose zip from sd card," then the su zip file. Hit the back button once. Then select reboot system now. When your phone reboots, download superuser from the market. Now you are ready to use root apps! If you want to flash a ROM, continue on.
Download the ROM of your choice. If you want to, use my guide for choosing a ROM found here. Download the ROM zip file. Plug your phone into your computer and select "disk drive" mode. Copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card. Don't unmount your sd card yet.Next, make a copy and put it on your desktop. Use winzip on windows or just click on mac/linux to unzip the rom file. In the root of the ROM, you should see a boot.img file. Copy that to your tools folder of your android-sdk folder. Now, unmount your sd card and select "charge only" mode on your computer. Next, follow the following steps.
Before installing the ROM...
1. Download Titanium Backup from the market, allow superuser permissions, then click menu>batch>backup all user apps.
2. Make sure fastboot is off in settings>power.
3. Put the ROM zip on the root of your SD Card
4. Download SMS Backup and Restore, and backup your SMS.
5. Back up your contacts by checking "back up my data" or something like that under settings/privacy.
How to install the ROM...
1. Turn off phone, and hold power and volume down until you get a white screen that says Hboot.
2.Volume down/up is for scrolling; power is for selecting.
3. Scroll down and select RECOVERY.
4. Scroll down and selected BACKUP AND RESTORE.
5. Select BACKUP and wait for it to finish.
6. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
7. Scroll down and select WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET.
8. Scroll down and select WIPE CACHE PARTITION.
9.Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
10. Scroll down and select ADVANCED, then WIPE DALVIK CACHE.
11. Hit the back button to go back to the main menu.
12. Scroll down and select INSTALL ZIP FROM SD CARD, then CHOOSE ZIP FROM SD CARD, then whatever the ROM zip is.
13. Let it do its thing. This may take 5-10 minutes. DON'T PULL THE BATTERY.
Next, it is time to flash your boot image. Follow these commands.
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/platform-tools
adb reboot bootloader
You should now see Fastboot USB on your phone. Open a new command or terminal window. Type the following:
Code:
cd [insert location of android-sdk here]/tools
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
You are done with flashing the ROM now, congrats. To get your data back, follow the steps!
1. Run the initial setup. When you're setting up your google account, make sure the "keep data backed up" or whatever box is checked. This will make sure to restore your/keep your contacts backed up.
2. Redownload Titanium Backup. Hit menu/batch/restore missing apps with data.
3. Redownload SMS B+R. Restore your SMS.
4. Enjoy your new ROM!
I hope this guide clears things up for some people. If you have ideas or suggestions for this guide or others, feel free to comment. If I helped you, please hit the thanks button. I would really appreciate it!

Excellent guide!!!

i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?

reaper540 said:
i keep getting an error when trying to flash the recovery. when i type in fastboot flash recovery cwm-recovery-vivow.img it comes up saying cannot load cwm-recovery-vivow.img
also im s-on with hboot .98. could that be the problem?
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Had the same issue but solved after looking over the instructions for doing this if you were downgrading. Instead of placing the image file on the root of your sd card, place it in the folder that contains fastboot in your android sdk. Do that and you will be able to flash it and continue with the instructions.

Oh wow. You guys are right. That's a typo. I'll fix that.
Sent from my ADR6350 using xda premium

Excellent post! Easy to follow, worked...what more could you ask for?

Yeh I thought that might have been the problem. But I ended up relocking the bootloader, downgraded using attn1s tool and after that it was all smooth sailing. Running mikrunny v1.01. But this is an excellent guide
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Excellent guide! Thanks!
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no boot.img?
When I try to flash the boot.img at the last step, it says error: Cannot load 'boot.img'. I tried to start the phone and it sticks as the htc splash screen ... any ideas?

Did you put it in the sdk tools folder?

just wondering...am i going to have to flash the su zip everytime i flash a new rom? Just flashed miui and when I superuser was not on the list of apps. I downloaded it, but have this feeling its not going to work until a flash su.zip

Nope, cuz most roms are already rooted.

I was having trouble getting my ADB to function correctly, so I went with the manual "update.zip" method to flash Clockwork. However, when HBOOT recognizes the PG32IMG.zip file, it just says its "Checking.." forever, and I don't know whether it's working or frozen up. How long is that part supposed to take? I'm so close!

Thanks for this post. Helpful and easy to follow!

frick frack and frick. Now my phone isn't recognized by my computer. Had zero issues with this before. I'm running the latest version of miui and cant get the phone recognized.

Noob question. Is it still possible to flash kernels on HTC sec unlock? Will the boot.img flash need to be done each time from now on? Great guide by the way.
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Every time you want to flash a Rom or kernel you need to flash the boot.img.
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Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.

ph1nn said:
Everytime I reboot the phone it gets stuck on the HTC logo. I have to rerun "flashboot boot boot.img" to get it to boot.
Please help.
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That's an issue with the unlock I'm assuming.
Sent from my Mikrunny'd Superphone using Magic (TapaTalk)

It's unlocked via HTC's unlock tool.
Should i relock the phone, forget this guide, and use attn1's guide?
I already installed ClockworkMod 5.5 and CM7.2 nightlies, everything works unless i have to reboot then it loses the boot image. Any thoughts?
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edit: It was because of S-ON. I relocked my phone and used attn1's guide to bring the phone back to hboot 0.97 and then s-off. This guide is not useful it seems if you want to go AOSP.

[HOWTO]Unlock, Root, and install CWR Galaxy Nexus with Ubuntu Linux or Linux Mint 12

warnning: any damage you do to your phone following these directions is your responsibility. Assume you warranty is void if your are rooted.
I used the information koush provided here and info birdman provided here and adopted it in Ubutnu Linux 11.10. I hit some bumps along the way using my Linux box so I decided to write this for those of us not using OS's made by the darkside This should also work with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS just fine.
All this should work with Linux Mint 12 also.
1- Set up Android SDK, adb, and fastboot in Ubuntu Linux using the links in my signature. I can't stress how useful and easy it is to set adb and fastboot in your "path" so you can easily use it from any prompt. The links explain it. Take your time with that and it will payoff for all your devices. Here is the guide I wrote http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19446284&postcount=62
STOP NOW! EVERYTHING INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL FILES, PICTURES, AND VIDEOS WILL BE ERASED WHEN YOU UNLOCK/ROOT THIS DEVICE. It does not have a physical SD card. Very annoying. Use Dropbox or Google+ to backup everything.
2- on your phone, go to settings/Developer Options and check the box for USB Debugging
3-connect your phone, fire up a terminal, and type:
Code:
adb devices
You should get the serial number of your device appear. If not, unplug, reboot phone, re-attach the phone to your computer and try again. If you still do not get your device's serial number, go back to step 1 and make sure everything is setup correctly.
4- Now download Clockwork Recovery from here
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img
(make sure it's the CDMA one (toro). The GSM one is called maguro and steps should be the same)
and su.zip from here
http://download.clockworkmod.com/test/su.zip
5-Turn the phone off, hold both Volume up and Volume Down and press the power button. You should come to a screen that has a big arrow and some writings at the bottom (fastboot). Last line should say Locked state.
6- Connect your phone to your computer, fire up a terminal and type:
Code:
fastboot devices
your phone and its serial number should appear just as it did using adb above. adb will not work here of course. If you don't see your device, go to step one. I guess you can download the fastboot for linux and cd to that directory and do it but I like to have it setup on my computer.
STOP NOW! EVERYTHING INCLUDING YOUR PERSONAL FILES, PICTURES, AND VIDEOS WILL BE ERASED WHEN YOU UNLOCK/ROOT THIS DEVICE. It does not have a physical SD card. Very annoying. Use Dropbox or Google+ to backup everything.
7- Now for the stuff that voids your warranty: Type
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
and enter. Look at your phone now, use the Volume up to choose YES and press the power button to accept. It should say that you are unlocked and fastboot is in good state.
9-use the volume up to change the value appearing in the arrow to recovery and press the power button to accept. You are taken to laying down android with a red triangle. This is the stock recovery. Now carefully press the volume up, volume down, and the power button to get to a menu. Choose wipe data and factory reset. 2 things: I had a hard time getting to the menu. Do it a few times and try pressing the power button JUST a fraction of a second earlier than the 2 volume buttons. Also wiping and resetting takes a few minutes, be patient.
10-you are now unlocked. Turn the phone off ( I pulled battery), go to fastboot screen by holding volume up, down and power button. Connect your phone to your computer and make sure it is recognized by typing:
Code:
fastboot devices
If it is, change directory to where you downloaded clockwork recovery. If you didn't change it, it should be the Download directory (remember it's case sensitive):
Code:
cd Downloads
11- Time to re-write your recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-toro.img
Please make sure you use common sense here when it comes to file names. If the file you downloaded has a different name or version, change it in the code above. I guess you can put the fastboot file in that location also to be used if you do not have it setup as in step 1. I'm not positive how and if that would work. Downloading and installing the wrong file is a mistake that may cause harm to your phone.
12- Use the vol up/down to point the big arrow toward recovery, push the power button to get to Cloclwork Recovery. Once you confirm you have CWR, reboot the phone normally and let Android OS create all the folders it needs. Once at start up screen, pull the battery to turn phone off, and then get to bootloader by holding vol up/down and power button in. Use the vol up/down to point the big arrow on sceen toward recovery. While in recovery, make sure your terminal prompt still shows the Downloads directory (or where the su and recovery files were downloaded to). Now type: (note the space between zip and /data)
Code:
adb push su.zip /data/media
this will put the su.zip file in the root of your virtual sd card.
You are still in recovery, reboot into recovery to refresh the file list by typing this
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Now go ahead and install su.zip through clockwork recovery's menus. Pretty self explanatory (choose zip from sd card). The su.zip should be now in the root of your virtual sd card.
That's all. You are now unlocked and rooted. Reboot. Make sure you install the paid versions of rom manager, titanium backup, and update superuser app.
13- Download Rom Manager and flash the recovery again (top choice). This will erase the install-recovery.sh file and keeps your CWR at each boot. You do not have to do step 14 if you do this. I will leave step 14 here just in case someone needs it.
14-When you are back in the fastboot screen. DO NOT reboot the phone here. There maybe a file that re-writes the recovery to stock if the phone is rebooted. Your phone may or may not have this file. of the two GN I have, one did and one did not at this step(may have been erased). The file is reovery.sh and is located in /system/etc/ . You need to either rename it or delete it.
While in fastboot and after you flashed CWR, use the Volume up and Down to change the arrow's value to recovery and press the power button. You should now see the familiar Clockwork recovery. In recovery, you can use adb (you can't in fastboot of course). You need to rename that file, use these steps in terminal: (If you see no file/folder found message, you know you do not have this file)
Code:
adb shell
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /system
Code:
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.bak
step 1 fires up adb, step 2 allows you to change permissions and read and write, and step 3 renames it. You can now unplug the phone.
Again, you can also get rid of this file by flashing the clcokwork recovery in Rom Manager or using the paid app root explorer to rename the file.
Once again referrence links:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12013-welcome-to-rootzwiki-editionstep-by-step-oem-unlock-and-root/
https://plus.google.com/103583939320326217147/posts/1Jsh9xPwnQP

thank you so much this is exactly what i was looking for. cant believe im the only one to comment on this. it is very detailed even some one new to Ubuntu could figure this out.

I've been using it too for a while but never posted so THANK YOU! Very easy to follow. Great work.

you're welcome. I find it ironic that a Linux based OS such as Android has so many HOWTOs for Windows but not enough for Linux. #powerofmonoply

I find I need to run fastboot commands with sudo or su into root before it will work. Same for you, or misconfig on my side?
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I find I need to run fastboot commands with sudo or su into root before it will work. Same for you, or misconfig on my side?
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I'm not sure. How did you setup your adb and fastboot? I did not have to sudo for fastboot commands. What OS are you running?

Hey loveubuntu, I have a question.
I'm at Step 12, and I'm in recovery and when I run adb push su.zip /data/media, it isn't finding any devices. When I run adb devices, the device isn't listed.
Any advice?

AndroidSparty said:
Hey loveubuntu, I have a question.
I'm at Step 12, and I'm in recovery and when I run adb push su.zip /data/media, it isn't finding any devices. When I run adb devices, the device isn't listed.
Any advice?
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were you able to see the device in the previous steps 3, 6 and 10 and now you don't?
Things that come to mind is:
1- Do you have the usb debugging checked?
2- unplug and replug the device and see if it works.
3- don't forget the samsung recovery file install-recovery.sh. If the phone is rebooted you may have re-written your recovery and have to start over. Then reboot the phone and go to rom manager and reflash the recovery (first option). This will take care of the install-recovery.sh file.

loveubuntu said:
were you able to see the device in the previous steps 3, 6 and 10 and now you don't?
Things that come to mind is:
1- Do you have the usb debugging checked?
2- unplug and replug the device and see if it works.
3- don't forget the samsung recovery file install-recovery.sh. If the phone is rebooted you may have re-written your recovery and have to start over. Then reboot the phone and go to rom manager and reflash the recovery (first option). This will take care of the install-recovery.sh file.
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3, 6, & 9...check.
I rebooted my phone by pulling the battery and I still can't get adb to see the device. The install-recovery.sh? I don't remember reading anything about that.
In step 12 it says to let the phone reboot into the Android OS, but it's now back at factory reset, as that's what we did earlier in the instructions. As soon as it boots into the Android OS, adb lists the device.
At that point, since I'm in the AOS, I downloaded Astro File Manager and tried to put su.zip in the /cache folder, I think that's the folder that the clockwork recovery mod folder sees, and I don't have permission. I was hoping I could cheat and just drag & drop instead of pushing it. BUT...I did try the command adb push su.zip /media/play and I get permission denied. I'm guessing I don't have permission, even as sudo, to move the file to /data/media.

Okay I finally got it!
I didn't wait long enough for the Android OS to boot up. I finally was able to move the .zip file, but I couldn't find where /data/media was. So I let the OS boot up, removed the battery, went back into recovery, moved the zip file, and it was finally listed.

Ordered a Galaxy Nexus too, will definitely be using this guide. Windows guides are confusing.

Forceflow said:
Ordered a Galaxy Nexus too, will definitely be using this guide. Windows guides are confusing.
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>Windows guides are confusing
>Windows guides
>Windows
Root of the issue
But agreed, this was a good supplement to follow for Ubuntu.
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Thank you for this guide. Some how I like the Linux method better than the Windows ones.
12- Use the vol up/down to point the big arrow toward recovery, push the power button to get to Cloclwork Recovery. Once you confirm you have CWR, reboot the phone normally and let Android OS create all the folders it needs. Once at start up screen, pull the battery to turn phone off, and then get to bootloader by holding vol up/down and power button in. Use the vol up/down to point the big arrow on sceen toward recovery. While in recovery, make sure your terminal prompt still shows the Downloads directory (or where the su and recovery files were downloaded to). Now type: (note the space between zip and /data)
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This step is confusing. While in recovery should be replaced by "Hit Power button to enter ClockworkMod Recovery"
Otherwise people may mis-interpret by "Stay in fastboot and position the big arrow on top to Recovery Mode"
In my case (GNex GSM stock JB 4.11):
adb push su.zip /data/media
or
adb push su.zip /sdcard
did copy su.zip successfully but could not be listed by ClockworkMod Recovery menu when selecting "choose zip from sd card". I had to do this:
Code:
adb push su.zip /sdcard/Alarms
And, within the ClockWorkMod Recevery menu, select "choose zip from sd card"
Land on another screen where I could navigate to Alarms folder and see the su.zip there.
Now go ahead and install su.zip through clockwork recovery's menus. Pretty self explanatory (choose zip from sd card). The su.zip should be now in the root of your virtual sd card.
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Sorry for being picky but personally, it is NOT self explanatory for me. I was expecting a menu item in CWM Recovery menu to say "Install su.zip". Actually you must navigate in the file system and select the su.zip yourself. Ok, may be that seems obvious now that I know what to do. But on the moment, I was worried I screwed up something because I needed to do some extra manipulations while you said that should be "self explanatory".
4- Now download Clockwork Recovery from here
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You may want to up date the link, ClockWorkMod now has a Recovery program which is touch sensitive:
GSM: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.0-maguro.img
Sprint: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.0-toroplus.img
VRZ: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.1.0-toro.img

Step 12 finishes with
That's all. You are now unlocked and rooted. Reboot. Make sure you install the paid versions of rom manager, titanium backup, and update superuser app.
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Therefore what is the need of doing #13 and 14?
Furthermore, Step 13 starts by
13- Download Rom Manager and flash the recovery again (top choice)
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What is that top choice? Do you mean restart from the top at step #1? If you need to reflash again CWN, would it be simpler to restart from Step 10 instead of going back to the top?
And BTW, what is the reason to reflash the CWM Recovery again just after you have successfully flashed it at Step 12? Could that be #13 and #14 are some steps of an older guide which no longer apply now but you forgot to remove?
Sorry for the silly question but I am rather lost. After all that hardwork, when I attempt to Update SuperUser, it failed on the line "Gaining root access ..." What is the reason and how to fix that? FOUND ANSWER: the su.zip given in the post is Superuser 3.07 which is outdated, It is probably buggy. Replaced it by SuperSU 0.94 and it works perfect: http://download.chainfire.eu/204/SuperSU/
Thanks

worked like a charm.. if you have problem using fastboot, just cd to the folder with fastboot and run it like this:
Code:
sudo ./fastboot "command"
it will require your password and then work normally, seems like it need super user permissions.
Also for new user: to avoid writing a command or a folder name manually just push the TAB button, it will autocomplete the word if it's unique in that folder

[Q] Unfortunately, Google Keyboard Has Stopped

A few months ago I decided to try and root my Nexus 7 (2013) tablet. At this time I simply cannot remember what process I used but all I know is that everytime I try to power it on the system start screen comes on where it asks what country you're in and so forth. But I also get the following Pop Up Error message "Unfortunately, Google Keyboard Has Stopped" and an "OK" button. When I click on OK the error message simply pops back up in a never ending loop. It stops at the SELECT WI-FI screen and won't let me input the access code because of the Pop Up Error message.
Does anyone have any idea how to completely wipe the system and bring it back to stock or just to the point I can do "anything"?
Thank you in advance for your assistance!

Boot into fastboot by holding volume down and power while the tablet is off. Scroll through the options with volume keys. When you see the option recovery mode at the top of the screen, press power. This will boot you into recovery. From there, there will be several option. One of which should be a hard reset. navigate using the volume keys. You should be OK from here.
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Thank you for your reply but unfortunately this doesn't work. It puts me right back to where I always end up and still get the Error Message stated above.

I've been working on this for a few hours now and nothing! It basically says I don't have a Keyboard installed after I do anything. If I Factory reset it I get the same Error Message about no keyboard.
Any ideas? PLEASE HELP!

That is really weird. Do you have a custom recovery installed? Custom ROM? Does the computer find it? because flashing a stock image may be the way to go from here.
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mugzylol said:
That is really weird. Do you have a custom recovery installed? Custom ROM? Does the computer find it? because flashing a stock image may be the way to go from here.
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Thank you for your reply. I greatly appreciate you taking the time. I am at wits end at this point and simply need it to run again. Can you talk me through loading whatever to get it back to new? I'll take anything at this point. Everything is backed up so I have nothing to lose. How can I load the original image? (non rooted)
Thank you!

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING IF IT GOES WRONG (it should not go wrong though)
First you will need an image. Search for a stock 2013 nexus 7 image. Than you will need to download google USB drivers :
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Than install them by opening the device manager program which is installed by default on any windows computer. Plug your tablet in, right click it in device manager and press update driver software and browse for the driver you downloaded. Than install it.
Now that that is done download the android SDK.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Extract just the SDK folder (the other parts are not needed) and enter it once extracted. Click on the platform tools folder, hold shift and right click. Click on
"open new command window here"
Now put your tablet into fastboot mode. Type
"fastboot devices" in the command window. If there is something that shows up this means that your tablet is recognized.
Now type "fastboot OEM unlock" in the command window. Select yes on your tablet with volume keys and click power on your tablet. Than it will run through the unlock bootloader practice. This will erase all content on the tablet. It may take a bit.
Once that is done, put your image in the tablets internal storage.
Now download the latest twrp for your device.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/193
Press download latest .img
Now, put your twrp image in the platform tools folder and name it something easy to type. Now, in the command window type:
Fastboot boot (name of your twrp here).IMG
This will boot into twrp. It will not install it.
Now, in twrp press install and browse for your image (must be a .zip file) and flash it. If all goes well than reboot your system. If there is a problem try another image.
You do not need to unlock bootloader or install drivers again. Just boot back in to twrp and flash another image (if it goes wrong)

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mugzylol said:
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING IF IT GOES WRONG (it should not go wrong though)
First you will need an image. Search for a stock 2013 nexus 7 image. Than you will need to download google USB drivers :
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
Than install them by opening the device manager program which is installed by default on any windows computer. Plug your tablet in, right click it in device manager and press update driver software and browse for the driver you downloaded. Than install it.
Now that that is done download the android SDK.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Extract just the SDK folder (the other parts are not needed) and enter it once extracted. Click on the platform tools folder, hold shift and right click. Click on
"open new command window here"
Now put your tablet into fastboot mode. Type
"fastboot devices" in the command window. If there is something that shows up this means that your tablet is recognized.
Now type "fastboot OEM unlock" in the command window. Select yes on your tablet with volume keys and click power on your tablet. Than it will run through the unlock bootloader practice. This will erase all content on the tablet. It may take a bit.
Once that is done, put your image in the tablets internal storage.
Now download the latest twrp for your device.
http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/193
Press download latest .img
Now, put your twrp image in the platform tools folder and name it something easy to type. Now, in the command window type:
Fastboot boot (name of your twrp here).IMG
This will boot into twrp. It will not install it.
Now, in twrp press install and browse for your image (must be a .zip file) and flash it. If all goes well than reboot your system. If there is a problem try another image.
You do not need to unlock bootloader or install drivers again. Just boot back in to twrp and flash another image (if it goes wrong)
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OK, a couple of things;
1. I'm using a MacBook Pro. Does this make any difference? (It says I don't have to download any drivers using a Mac but other than that is there any differences?)
2. I'm stuck at ..... Extract just the SDK folder (the other parts are not needed) and enter it once extracted. Click on the platform tools folder, hold shift and right click. Click on "open new command window here". Now put your tablet into fastboot mode. Type "fastboot devices" in the command window. If there is something that shows up this means that your tablet is recognized.
Everything I do doesn't work. When I hold down Shift and Right-Click on the Platform Tools Folder I do not see "open new command window here". Is this the "platform-tools folder under the SDK folder?

Do you have any windows computers because this will not work without one
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This is because Mac computers do not execute batch scripts and the fastboot commands are made to execute through a command prompt rather than a Linux terminal
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I honestly made this way too complicated. Just run through setup without using the keyboard. Find an unprotected network (like McDonald's) that works and find a way to get your hands on an apk of any keyboard and install it. I'm not quite sure how you can get a download link to a keyboard with no account (yet) and no keyboard but there must be a way. Its a simple issue that causes so many problems. So in a nutshell, if you can find a way to install an apk of any keyboard, your good
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