Help with perm root with rage!! - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey everybody I've bben going crazy for the past two days trying to get permanent root, or even temp root for that matter!. I used the rage tutorial on here and everything seemed to worke until the last step when i enter
# /data/local/tmp/root
it says,
killall: rage: no process killed
mkdir failed for '/system/xbin/busybox' : not a directory
unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: not a directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
unable to chmod /system/bin/su: no such file or directory
#
anyone have an idea what i did wrong??? i followed the instrutions to the letter and it looked like every package was installed properly prolly a noob error somewhere lol plz help!!
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ayalah1986 said:
Hey everybody I've bben going crazy for the past two days trying to get permanent root, or even temp root for that matter!. I used the rage tutorial on here and everything seemed to worke until the last step when i enter
# /data/local/tmp/root
it says,
killall: rage: no process killed
mkdir failed for '/system/xbin/busybox' : not a directory
unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: not a directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
unable to chmod /system/bin/su: no such file or directory
#
anyone have an idea what i did wrong??? i followed the instrutions to the letter and it looked like every package was installed properly prolly a noob error somewhere lol plz help!!
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use this method my friend: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833965
with visioary r11 tho because it seems to be working better for most. youll get temp root, and then perm root after doing the steps shown in the guide. if you need any help, just let me know.
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su: unknown user root

I permrooted pre-OTA, and received the OTA shortly after rebooting, which broke my permroot. I wiped, downgraded, installed OTA and tried permrooting again but now when I type su, term returns 'su: unknown user root' rage works to drop me in a root term, but following the process does not succeed in giving me permroot.
When trying to find any more information about the error I've been getting, I've tried 'whoami' and 'passwd' and they both return 'uknown uid 0'
Any thoughts?
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the initial root was done with visionary, but i have tried rage in addition.
bump..any ideas?
do i need to play with any permissions when i get temproot via rage??
bump......
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jakobdroid said:
When trying to find any more information about the error I've been getting, I've tried 'whoami' and 'passwd' and they both return 'uknown uid 0'
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whoami and passwd are failing because there is no passwd file. But it's saying you are uid 0, so you are the root user.
What happens when you try the rage method, do you get error messages ? Which bit isn't working exactly ?
If you got temp root then try the gfree method for perm root.
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following the steps everything goes well until
# /data/local/tmp/root
i get:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
cp: can't stat '/system/bin/su/su' : Not a Directory
jakobdroid said:
following the steps everything goes well until
# /data/local/tmp/root
i get:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
cp: can't stat '/system/bin/su/su' : Not a Directory
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The "mkdir failed" message is normal, just ignore that.
But the "cp" message indicats a problem. Check the files on your sd card, have you already got a folder called "su" on it before you started this procedure ? Because that will make things go wrong, there needs to be a *file* su on your SD card, after you have copied it across from your PC using "adb push". If you already have an "su" directory, rename it as something else, then start again with the procedure.

[Q] File not found during root attempt

I was trying to root my G2 using the method illustrated in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
The problem is that after typing in the 4th line of code in the terminal emulator, Im getting an error saying
"/data/local/perm_root: not found"
DON_58 said:
I was trying to root my G2 using the method illustrated in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
The problem is that after typing in the 4th line of code in the terminal emulator, Im getting an error saying
"/data/local/perm_root: not found"
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If are you sure you ran this command right?
Code:
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
because its saying the file is not in your data/local, also make sure that there is a folder on the root of your sd card named root_files and in it there is a file named perm_root.
Then re run this
Code:
$ su
# cp /sdcard/root_files/perm_root /data/local/perm_root
# chmod 777 /data/local/*
# /data/local/perm_root
Yeah but that wasn't the issue. I downloaded gfree and visionary individually and added each to the root of the sd. It wasn't until about the 10th time I reread the post that I realized that all the files I needed were bundled in a nice zip file at the bottom of the post.
Thanks for your input though.

Permission Denied

i have been using This Guide and after obtaining temporary root i cannot get past this code '/data/local/tmp/root'
when i enter that i get:
/data/local/tmp/root: /data/local/tmp/busybox: permission denied
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, file exists
/data/local/tmp/root: /data/local/tmp/busybox: permission denied
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: no such file or directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
unable to chmod /system/bin/su: no such file or directory
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, got my phone a couple days ago so i have wifi calling (automatic OTA from the box?)
Try downloading Titanium backup from market. Once it installs, open it up, hit the PROBLEMS button, which should reinstall busybox. Then try again. If that doesnt work i dont know what else to suggest sorry.
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kenzilla said:
i have been using This Guide and after obtaining temporary root i cannot get past this code '/data/local/tmp/root'
when i enter that i get:
/data/local/tmp/root: /data/local/tmp/busybox: permission denied
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, file exists
/data/local/tmp/root: /data/local/tmp/busybox: permission denied
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: no such file or directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
unable to chmod /system/bin/su: no such file or directory
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Also, got my phone a couple days ago so i have wifi calling (automatic OTA from the box?)
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try following this guide, it worked for me http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
thanks for your quick responses guys, i'm trying both suggestions starting with the first one and i'll update in a bit.
so nothing work
I used to be on Temp root with Visionary and I just used this thread below to get permroot. I know you are trying the other way but maybe you can try this way. It is much easier and no ADB needed. Hope this helps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160
first post didn't work. I did the second method posted by edkeys and the only problem i had was installing the drivers. to get around this i downloaded pdanet for android on my pc and i installed the program and it automatically installed the G2 drivers for me. I now have permanent root.
THANKS GUYS!
Awesome now you get to go have some real fun with ROMs and Kernels

Visionary r7 or visionary from android market NEEDED seriously to ROOT G2 plz help

I have tried the latest version of Visionary "R14" but it doesn't work, I have also tried Visionary "R3" "R11" "R12" and "13" and they all don't work on my OTA updated T-mobile G2.... either for temp-root or permanent root..I have tried the ADB/Rage/gfree method of rooting and I getting an ERROR on the last part instructions.... ""## mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists"
My main question is if anyone could check to see if their version of the Visionary app is the version 7 or r7...if so could you please used titanium backup to send me a copy of the file....
thank you so so much...
Not sure why a specific older version of Visionary would work if the newer (or older) versions would not.
Regarding your error message, is that when you run the command:
/data/local/tmp/root
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If so you will note that the instructions on the wiki state immediately below that: You may see an error message along the lines of "mkdir: /system/xbin already exists", but if so you can ignore that, the rest of the script should still run ok.
If you boot into the bootloader (press volume down while powering on device) do you have S-OFF? If so you know that the GFREE part at least did work.
sammd301 said:
I have tried the latest version of Visionary "R14" but it doesn't work, I have also tried Visionary "R3" "R11" "R12" and "13" and they all don't work on my OTA updated T-mobile G2.... either for temp-root or permanent root..I have tried the ADB/Rage/gfree method of rooting and I getting an ERROR on the last part instructions.... ""## mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists"
My main question is if anyone could check to see if their version of the Visionary app is the version 7 or r7...if so could you please used titanium backup to send me a copy of the file....
thank you so so much...
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As has been explained in the Development section, be VERY CAREFUL with Visionary as it is known to brick phones.
When I first got my DZ I was eager to Root and uses V14 to obtain root but remember that this is not a 'Real' S-OFF. GFREE is the best and safest method to use. I was a lucky newbie who didn't end up with a brick!
raitchison said:
Not sure why a specific older version of Visionary would work if the newer (or older) versions would not.
Regarding your error message, is that when you run the command:
If so you will note that the instructions on the wiki state immediately below that: You may see an error message along the lines of "mkdir: /system/xbin already exists", but if so you can ignore that, the rest of the script should still run ok.
If you boot into the bootloader (press volume down while powering on device) do you have S-OFF? If so you know that the GFREE part at least did work.
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yes you are exactly right...when I input in this command " /data/local/tmp/root" then I got back this error "mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists" you see the difference, instead of "already exits" I did ignore the error message but when I tried to used a root required app like root explorer...It states the phone needs to rooted before the app can work....Lastly when I enter into the boot loader "I indeed notice that S-OFF" the problem is that the phone is not rooted not even temporary...as far as visionary r7 goes I recall after the OTA, it did work on my phone for temporary rooting...it is when I attempted to used visionary r14 to obtain permanent root that visionary r7 was overwritten by r14...which doesn't work even for temp rooting thanks for your input
gbarayah said:
As has been explained in the Development section, be VERY CAREFUL with Visionary as it is known to brick phones.
When I first got my DZ I was eager to Root and uses V14 to obtain root but remember that this is not a 'Real' S-OFF. GFREE is the best and safest method to use. I was a lucky newbie who didn't end up with a brick!
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right now...neither method works not the "visionary r14 or ADB/RAGE/GFREE" I wouldn't mind using either method, the problem is that ADB/Rage/GFREE METHOD keep giving this error message "mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists" which I have done a ton of research and still can find a fixed,
sammd301 said:
yes you are exactly right...when I input in this command " /data/local/tmp/root" then I got back this error "mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists" you see the difference, instead of "already exits" I did ignore the error message but when I tried to used a root required app like root explorer...It states the phone needs to rooted before the app can work....Lastly when I enter into the boot loader "I indeed notice that S-OFF" the problem is that the phone is not rooted not even temporary...as far as visionary r7 goes I recall after the OTA, it did work on my phone for temporary rooting...it is when I attempted to used visionary r14 to obtain permanent root that visionary r7 was overwritten by r14...which doesn't work even for temp rooting thanks for your input
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Crap I typed up this response but I guess I didn't submit it because it's gone...
OK what you are saying is actually good news, it means you had temp root at one point or gfree would not have worked (you would not have S-OFF now)
If you can get temp root to work even one more time you can flash ClockWorkMod recovery and then load a custom/pre-rooted ROM.
I do suspect that you have messed up your system with your various attempts at rooting (especially the fact that you used visionary and other deprecated root methods) and you need to wipe your system and start over with either a custom ROM or a pre-rooted stock ROM.
I would start by running this section of the root process:
ON YOUR PHONE:
1. Launch Terminal Emulator
2. Execute /data/local/tmp/rage
3. Wait for the message: "Forked #### childs."
4. Menu > Reset Term - Terminal Emulator will exit.
5. Launch Terminal Emulator, it Force Closes. Launch a second time, and you'll have a root shell
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If you have a # prompt that means you have temp root, from there I would use flash_image to flash ClockWorkMod 3.0.5 to the phone (see guide)
Get ClockWorkMod here
Once you have CWM installed you can basically ignore your current OS and flash whatever you want, you can go with a custom ROM or if you don't want to do that you can go with a pre-rooted stock ROM (see this thread). In any case I would definitely wipe first (from within CWM)
Yeah, flashing a pre-rooted custom ROM is probably your cleanest solution at this point. If you want to try and fix what you have though, you can try the following steps:
1. Follow the instructions to get temp root with rage again.
2. In Terminal, try these commands and look for an error at any point (this is what the root script is actually doing, with the addition of the deletion of the xbin file/directory since that seems to be what is messing up):
Code:
# /data/local/tmp/busybox killall rage
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
# rm -rf /system/xbin
# mkdir /system/xbin
# /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
# chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
# /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/bin
# cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
# cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
Flashing a custom ROM is probably easier though.
ianmcquinn said:
Yeah, flashing a pre-rooted custom ROM is probably your cleanest solution at this point. If you want to try and fix what you have though, you can try the following steps:
1. Follow the instructions to get temp root with rage again.
2. In Terminal, try these commands and look for an error at any point (this is what the root script is actually doing, with the addition of the deletion of the xbin file/directory since that seems to be what is messing up):
Code:
# /data/local/tmp/busybox killall rage
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
# rm -rf /system/xbin
# mkdir /system/xbin
# /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
# chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
# /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/bin
# cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
# cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
Flashing a custom ROM is probably easier though.
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Right now I going to try to use this command to fix the error and if it doesn't work, I will then try to flash a custom and see how that goes...Update will be posted as I go along....thanks for the kind help....
raitchison said:
Crap I typed up this response but I guess I didn't submit it because it's gone...
OK what you are saying is actually good news, it means you had temp root at one point or gfree would not have worked (you would not have S-OFF now)
If you can get temp root to work even one more time you can flash ClockWorkMod recovery and then load a custom/pre-rooted ROM.
I do suspect that you have messed up your system with your various attempts at rooting (especially the fact that you used visionary and other deprecated root methods) and you need to wipe your system and start over with either a custom ROM or a pre-rooted stock ROM.
I would start by running this section of the root process:
If you have a # prompt that means you have temp root, from there I would use flash_image to flash ClockWorkMod 3.0.5 to the phone (see guide)
Get ClockWorkMod here
Once you have CWM installed you can basically ignore your current OS and flash whatever you want, you can go with a custom ROM or if you don't want to do that you can go with a pre-rooted stock ROM (see this thread). In any case I would definitely wipe first (from within CWM)
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I will attempt to flash ClockWorkmod, once I try out "ianmcquinn" suggesting in trying to fix the rooting error...thanks for the help
ianmcquinn said:
Yeah, flashing a pre-rooted custom ROM is probably your cleanest solution at this point. If you want to try and fix what you have though, you can try the following steps:
1. Follow the instructions to get temp root with rage again.
2. In Terminal, try these commands and look for an error at any point (this is what the root script is actually doing, with the addition of the deletion of the xbin file/directory since that seems to be what is messing up):
Code:
# /data/local/tmp/busybox killall rage
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
# rm -rf /system/xbin
# mkdir /system/xbin
# /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
# chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
# /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/bin
# cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
# cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
Flashing a custom ROM is probably easier though.
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Yes I used the wiki instruction to gain temporary root on the phone and proceeded to tryout the above command...I got mostly error with the command below is what I en-counted as I enter the command....
# /data/local/tmp/busybox killall rage
No error here just # prompt
# mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
No error again just # prompt
# rm -rf /system/xbin
Error "rm failed for -rf, Read-only file system"
# mkdir /system/xbin
Error "mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists"
# /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
Error "cp: can't stat '/system/xbin/busybox': Not a directory"
# chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
Error "Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: Not a directory"
# /system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/bin
Error "/system/xbin/busybox: not found"
# cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
Error "cp: not found"
# cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
Error "cp: not found"
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
Error "Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
I am now going to attempt the Clockwork custom rom flash..
Folks victory is mine....No, VICTORY IS OURS, I sincerely like to thank all of you all, who replied with helpful suggesting...especially the following members "raitchison" from West Hill, CA and "ianmcquinn" a true senior member of xda-developer.
This is what I did to finally get the phone rooted....
I took "Raitchison" advice by trying to use flash_image to flash ClockWorkMod recovery... but during the process I could not get pass copying file to the phone root system folder usind android terminal emulator ...so I input this command "chmod 777/system" to gain write access to the folder...after doing that I manually moved busybox file to system folder and attempted a rooting the phone using the rooting instruction from the HTC G2/DESIRE Z wiki site...at...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
And this time around, everything went as normal after rooting the phone I open root required app and Wa La...no error message...
Guys I once again wants thank you all for the support....I also looked forward to help out others facing the same issue...so if anyone has encounter the same or similar issue please feel free to post here and I will response....
Can any one help me I am trying to close this thread...How do I go about doing it....thanks
There is no need to close the thread, if anyone has a similar problem and finds it via search they can come in here and bring the discussion back up, otherwise if there is no activity it will naturally fall to the bottom of the thread list.
It works for me I just did it yday using visionary and gfree all on my phone weird that it doesn't work for you?
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[GUIDE] Universal rooting to any ics that you have the stock firmware.

This guide was tested on my samsung galaxy [email protected] gt-B5330 and it worked.
WARNING: this can brick your phone, used on your own risk (both eyes wide open).
The idea behing can be ported on any phone that allows you to upload custom firmware (most samsungs with odin).
The idea is that you escalate to superuser by setting suid on /system/bin/toolbox executable.
By duing that you can run most of the unix commands on android as a superuser.
I is enought for you to copy su utility somewhere where there is not a nosuid option on mountpoint. and make it a suided executable then execute su and get the #.
It's all down hill from here.
I cannot verify for every ics rom out there, but it seems that now ics uses ext4 filesystem for the system partition.
I have made a script that inspects a stock rom firmware isolate the permissions for the toolbox executable and add to them SUID,SUIG.
After that it pachs the firmware back and you can flash it to your device and have a easylly rootable device. (I will post the stept to take to get a standard rooted device).
What you need:
a linux/gnu (it will not work with cygwin because we have to mount the ext4 partition).
simg2img utility (you can get it from xda site it is in ext4_utility packet).
su, busybox and superuser.apk binaries for android (you can take them from a rooting package).
heimdal (for linux) xor odin (for windows and if you cannot flash the firmware on your phone form linux).
I've put all untilities that are not standard into the tar.
just unpack and you have the universal-patch.sh to run over an .tar.md5 firware stock rom.
And post-firmwareUpdate.sh to run after you flash in order to make the root a standard android root.
This was not tested on any other phone (was tested only on GT-B5330) and do it on your own risk.
This rooting does not exploit any weakness (or flaw) in kernel or any thing, it just modifies the stock firmware to make it more flexible so it should be forward compatible with any version of android after ics.
I assume this would exclude HTC's since you meed to be s-off to flash a firmware. I would probably verify that and edit the title if necessary. Other than that, this looks like it could be helpful.
Help to understand the procedure
Hi ETTT,
first of all thanks for your job and effort in finding a solution to this issue.. it has been driving me crazy till now.. but thanx to you i see the light :good: I see it but i cannot really understand the procedure.. Could you please write a step by step explanation of what i need to do. (I am not what we could call a genius with linux).
Thanks in advance.
The First said:
Hi ETTT,
first of all thanks for your job and effort in finding a solution to this issue.. it has been driving me crazy till now.. but thanx to you i see the light :good: I see it but i cannot really understand the procedure.. Could you please write a step by step explanation of what i need to do. (I am not what we could call a genius with linux).
Thanks in advance.
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If you are refering to the procedure that the script is doing here is the version of step by step (with-out the script):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956653
If you want to know the step by step with the script, here (I will not respond to more basic than this, like how to boot ubuntu and stuff.):
mkdir -p /tmp/foo
sudo mkdir /mnt
cd /tmp/foo
tar -xzf universal-patch.tar.gz
export PATH=./:$PATH
{get the firmware here and unzip it, it should have a file with .tar.md5 suffix}
./universal-patch.sh {the name of the firmware including the .tar.md5 suffix}
wait a while. you should have by the way about 10 times the size of the zip as free space.
if all goes well you will have a myfrm.tar.md5 rady for flashing.
flash the firmware, and after boot enable usb debuging, hook the phone to pc
sudo adb devices
./post-firmwareUpdate.sh
you should have a rooted phone.
you cannot go any more basic than that.
Have fun.
Thanks for your effort, I'm already have my XWALH3 patched, btw you should to check the patch on line 19, you've misstype something there
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The file after qa
phyxar said:
Thanks for your effort, I'm already have my XWALH3 patched, btw you should to check the patch on line 19, you've misstype something there
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Thanks for testing and input.
phyxar said:
Thanks for your effort, I'm already have my XWALH3 patched, btw you should to check the patch on line 19, you've misstype something there
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XWALH3 i've produce from your universal-patch cannot being flashed to my phone, odin crash each time open those files
phyxar said:
XWALH3 i've produce from your universal-patch cannot being flashed to my phone, odin crash each time open those files
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I'm puting the xdelta to the XWALH3
here are the md5s for the original and patched firmware.
cfe3ca545c4a2c8d453e02cd549655a1 B5330XWALH3_B5330OJVALH1_B5330XXLH4_HOME.tar.md5
624f63943bff54941e4042a39d7928f2 myfrm.tar.md5
Now I have some question in order to debug:
does the patching you have done yeild the same file as I have here?
have you use the same imput? (that's why I've give you the md5 of my imput).
Hey you have rooted you b5330 then do you notice any performance upgrade
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Can I patch the firmware using windows??
Because I'm on win
I don't really understand using linux
Or can you make single click batch file that I can use it to patch my firmware???
I really appreciate it if someone provide it
Thanks
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byboyz said:
Can I patch the firmware using windows??
Because I'm on win
I don't really understand using linux
Or can you make single click batch file that I can use it to patch my firmware???
I really appreciate it if someone provide it
Thanks
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I don't know windows that much to make a batch clone of the script. so you need linux.
But you can use a live cd (maybe from ubuntu) to run the script.
ETTT said:
I don't know windows that much to make a batch clone of the script. so you need linux.
But you can use a live cd (maybe from ubuntu) to run the script.
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Thx for ur reply
How can I open XWALH3.patch that u give earlier??
Bcause I don't know anything about linux
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byboyz said:
Thx for ur reply
How can I open XWALH3.patch that u give earlier??
Bcause I don't know anything about linux
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that patch is an xdelta patch.
There is an xdelta application on windows, don't know if it works, but it should work.
ETTT said:
If you are refering to the procedure that the script is doing here is the version of step by step (with-out the script):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956653
If you want to know the step by step with the script, here (I will not respond to more basic than this, like how to boot ubuntu and stuff.):
mkdir -p /tmp/foo
sudo mkdir /mnt
cd /tmp/foo
tar -xzf universal-patch.tar.gz
export PATH=./:$PATH
{get the firmware here and unzip it, it should have a file with .tar.md5 suffix}
./universal-patch.sh {the name of the firmware including the .tar.md5 suffix}
wait a while. you should have by the way about 10 times the size of the zip as free space.
if all goes well you will have a myfrm.tar.md5 rady for flashing.
flash the firmware, and after boot enable usb debuging, hook the phone to pc
sudo adb devices
./post-firmwareUpdate.sh
you should have a rooted phone.
you cannot go any more basic than that.
Have fun.
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hi there, I'm stuck at last point/step: ./post-firmwareUpdate.sh
my terminal respond many error about busybox
the code like this:
2684 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.033s)
4016 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.242s)
4491 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.235s)
.//busybox: 1: .//busybox: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
.//busybox: 1: .//busybox: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")
dd if=/data/local/tmp/su of=/mnt/obb/su # copy the su binary to a place that can be sudoed
chown 0.0 /mnt/obb/su # modify the owner
chmod 6755 /mnt/obb/su # set SUID flag.
/mnt/obb/su # becomes root !!
mount -o remount,rw /system # remount the system partition as readwrite.
dd if=/data/local/tmp/su of=/system/xbin/su #copy su in path
chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
chmod 755 /system/bin/toolbox # close the security hole (toolbox is nolonger with SUID)
dd if=/data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk of=/system/app/Superuser.apk # copy the superuser application
chown 0.0 /system/app/Superuser.apk
chmod 666 /system/app/Superuser.apk
#now this is done for busybox
dd if=/data/local/tmp/busybox of=/system/xbin/busybox
chown 0.0 /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
cd /system/xbin
for k in
nt/obb/su # copy the su binary to a place that can be sudoed <
/mnt/obb/su: cannot open for write: Permission denied
1|[email protected]:/ $ chown 0.0 /mnt/obb/su # modify the owner
Unable to chmod /mnt/obb/su: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ chmod 6755 /mnt/obb/su # set SUID flag.
Unable to chmod /mnt/obb/su: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ /mnt/obb/su # becomes root !!
/system/bin/sh: /mnt/obb/su: not found
# remount the system partition as readwrite. <
mount: Operation not permitted
/system/xbin/su #copy su in path <
/system/xbin/su: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
1|[email protected]:/ $ chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
# close the security hole (toolbox is nolonger with SUID) <
Unable to chmod /system/bin/toolbox: Read-only file system
er.apk of=/system/app/Superuser.apk # copy the superuser application <
/system/app/Superuser.apk: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
1|[email protected]:/ $ chown 0.0 /system/app/Superuser.apk
Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ chmod 666 /system/app/Superuser.apk
Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ #now this is done for busybox
10|[email protected]:/ $ dd if=/data/local/tmp/busybox of=/system/xbin/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
1|[email protected]:/ $ chown 0.0 /system/xbin/busybox
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
10|[email protected]:/ $ cd /system/xbin
[email protected]:/system/xbin $ for k in
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smhybrid said:
hi there, I'm stuck at last point/step: ./post-firmwareUpdate.sh
my terminal respond many error about busybox
the code like this:
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Ok it seams busybox has a thing against ")" in comments.
Here is the script without comments, so try this.
ETTT said:
Ok it seams busybox has a thing against ")" in comments.
Here is the script without comments, so try this.
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no good, it's still have same error...
maybe the problem is in busybox?
and i don't know why I'm unable to do chmod
smhybrid said:
no good, it's still have same error...
maybe the problem is in busybox?
and i don't know why I'm unable to do chmod
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give this command:
adb shell ls -l /system/bin/toolbox
and let's see if the toolbox has suid.
ETTT said:
give this command:
adb shell ls -l /system/bin/toolbox
and let's see if the toolbox has suid.
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what i get is
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 99068 2012-08-09 11:59 toolbox
how to get suid?
smhybrid said:
what i get is
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 99068 2012-08-09 11:59 toolbox
how to get suid?
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have you flash the patched firmware?
ETTT said:
have you flash the patched firmware?
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well, I've just do all of Your step, except this:
flash the firmware, and after boot enable usb debuging, hook the phone to pc
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because I don't know the meaning of flash the firmware. How to do that?
So I skip that and hook the phone to pc with usb debugging enabled
i'm new at linux, but I want to try this method for my galaxy chat

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