Ive tried the black prince video, the unlockr method and the original xda perm root guide and my G2 will not perm root. Seriously need some help.
do you have adb and sdk installed?
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no such thing!
its just smarter than you (;
lol
it is funny that you mention the black prince video, because that is what i used. im not sure, but i followed that video exactly and got it my first try. just watch the video very carefully, and follow EVERYTHING that he does and it should work. if not, then i am really not sure. obviously, you just need "S-off"
Are you using Visionary ? I would suggest the rage method, IMHO it's a lot more reliable and you can see if anything goes wrong because you're using individual commands.
i know its possible because I rooted my friends G2 just days before I got mine. I don't have adb, to be honest as soon as i see that it takes more than just installing a program on my pc, i flee, and its not because im new to android or rooting or anything like that, i just don't have a whole lot of spare time. And i DO have S-OFF. Like ill do everything in the blackprince video, then after I'm done I'll got and test the root by typing SU in terminal, and it says permission denied. Or for any of the other methods, same thing.
Now if someone could give me a REAL WALK THROUGH on how to do it in ADB and not just assume I already know how to use it and use vocabulary I don't understand because I've never used the program, i would be willing to try that method. It's just all the walkthroughs for ADB ive found just assume I've already used it before and know how to use it.
adamtheindien said:
Now if someone could give me a REAL WALK THROUGH on how to do it in ADB and not just assume I already know how to use it and use vocabulary I don't understand because I've never used the program, i would be willing to try that method. It's just all the walkthroughs for ADB ive found just assume I've already used it before and know how to use it.
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Download HTC Sync from the HTC website (look in the downloads section), and install that on your PC. That'll give you all the USB drivers you need.
Download the Android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and install it on your PC. Be sure to read the guide on installing it at http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
Plug your phone in to your PC using the original HTC cable (do not use a third-party cable for this) and type "adb devices" at your PC's command prompt, and tell us if it can see your phone. It should show up your phone's serial number (don't tell us exactly what that is, this is a public forum), but if there's an error then we need to sort that first.
Edit - partially prompted by this request, I've started an "adb for Noobs" guide (very much a work-in-progress) at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
installed htc synce, sdk, jdk for sdk, went into command prompt, typed adb devices, said adb was recognized as any kind of command.
and thank you for starting that guide, definitely something that needed to be done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1SOSXwkc_8
adamtheindien said:
installed htc synce, sdk, jdk for sdk, went into command prompt, typed adb devices, said adb was recognized as any kind of command.
and thank you for starting that guide, definitely something that needed to be done.
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when you type adb devices does it recognize your device?
Super easy way.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228 just copy paste the codes.
Your phone might be s-off, but not allowing you to do any su commands. Mine was, but I just installed rom manager and it flashed clockwork recover no problem, then I flashed cyanogen and everything was good. Go into hboot and just make sure it says s-off, then do the rom manager bit. Try it and see if it works.
no it doesnt do anything. just says its not a command. and ive already looked at that link, i'm already lost when it tells me to navigate to a folder in a command window.
yeah, but i cant use rom manager since i dont have super user permissions. do i just temp root then try to install a rom? that seems sketchy. haha.
Earlier you said that you have S-OFF. If this is the case, then just open up Market and download Superuser by ChainsDD. Then you should be good to go.
adamtheindien said:
no it doesnt do anything. just says its not a command. and ive already looked at that link, i'm already lost when it tells me to navigate to a folder in a command window.
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When you type "adb" on your PC, Windows needs to know where to find the "adb" program to run it. So you either need to specifically add the directory containing adb to your Windows PATH variable (which you can do in the environmental variables section, which will be in different places on different operating systems - on XP you need to right-click on My Computer, then select Properties, then Advanced, then the "Environmental Variables" button) - or you need to cd to where adb is stored under where you installed the Android SDK, and run it from that folder.
pretend youre explaining this to a five year old...
ok, which operating system do you have on your PC ?
Where did you install the Android SDK, i.e. which folder on the PC did you put it in ?
never mind guys, did what that dude said and just installed a rom with temp root and im all good now. thanks for everyones help though, sorry for my lack of knowledge in adb and what not.
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Is it possible to complete the whole process on a mac? I don't have a PC.
i found this.
http://www.droidfilez.com/Evo4GRoot.html
dont know what it is/how it works though.
proceed at your own risk.
yes, all you need to root is adb!
download the adb sdk for mac and use the terminal app in utilities to execute adb commands
after you set up the sdk execute the commands, like the examples :
./adb devices
./adb shell
./adb push
just follow the guides to root and wheerever it says to use adb use ./adb instead because your on a mac.
hope you got the jist of what im saying
i wouldnt use the above post "automated rooter" just yet... you're new to this, you should research mroe about the automated rooter and if it does what it says it does. wait till it comes up on xda?
EDIT : follow the guide that waterboy100 posted below if you want to do it without adb. i would encourage you to learn adb though as its simple and will help you learn more about rooting in the long run.
this guy should have a post up soon too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701152
chim4ira312 said:
yes, all you need to root is adb!
download the adb sdk for mac and use the terminal app in utilities to execute adb commands
after you set up the sdk execute the commands, like the examples :
./adb devices
./adb shell
./adb push
just follow the guides to root and wheerever it says to use adb use ./adb instead because your on a mac.
hope you got the jist of what im saying
i wouldnt use the above post "automated rooter" just yet... you're new to this, you should research mroe about the automated rooter and if it does what it says it does. wait till it comes up on xda?
EDIT : follow the guide that waterboy100 posted below if you want to do it without adb. i would encourage you to learn adb though as its simple and will help you learn more about rooting in the long run.
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I am downloading the sdk now and I am interested in this. I have the 1st root completed and I am trying to get the second section done and I am having a hell of a time :/
you can totally do every rooting ability in Mac. I got a hackintosh and downloaded the ADB kit and just plug in the phone and ADB recognized in an instance. No need to install driver like Windows.
I just did the rull NAND unlocking with root on my Mac.
Awesome I downloaded the files and I'll try doing it today. I wanted to remove some Sprint Apps and maybe flash a ROM later one when the builds become more solid and bugs get worked out.
By the way I'm playing Pocket Empires to kill time and it's pretty cool. If I root will I have to start the game all over again?
i've done everything on my mac...works great!
I'm lost as hell. I found this thread:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...-write-permissions-to-system-incredible-next/
I did the unrevoked thing and I see this icon called SuperUser Permissions in my app list.
Am I able to proceed and fully root or do I have to re-do the root with the Toast method? This looks too complicated and by the way I tried the ./adb thing on my mac and I get errors saying "No such file or directory".
im trying to push the pcimg to sdcard and its saying access denied
Why do you guys say "Oh, I did it on my mac" without saying HOW you did it on your mac? Regular instructions dont work so you obviously did something special to make it work... I keep getting permission denied BS
Here you go dude. Step by step instructions along with the download links. I followed this to the T and it worked out find for me:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-roms-hacks/17766-how-full-root-evo-4g-mac.html
i know it just came out and all but my room mate got one and we were hoping someone will look for root i have an evo so i dont think i can help him much plus i dont know code so just wondering
thanks
I bought the Motorola Bravo which is similar to the Flipside and an app on the market called Z4ROOT was able to root the phone. It works on many phones not just the Bravo. Give that try and see if it works.
z4root does work for permanent root i have tried and can confirm
jediskywalker said:
i know it just came out and all but my room mate got one and we were hoping someone will look for root i have an evo so i dont think i can help him much plus i dont know code so just wondering
thanks
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Rooting a Motorola Flipside
Download drivers for the phone:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/USB_Drivers_bit_4.7.1.zip
With the phone unplugged from the USB, install the drivers
grab the ADB SDK files
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r08-windows.zip
Extract SDK files somewhere you will remember, and can easily type (for ease of use only)
Download z4root:
(you may need to sign up to download)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=446145&d=1290341328
Copy z4root.1.3.0.apk to your SDK folder
ON YOUR PHONE:
go to Apps Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and check "USB debugging"
Plug in your phone, and have it set to "Charge only"
go to the command prompt, and type
cd C:\"PATH TO SDK" <ENTER>
Now, type
adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk
Once that is complete, you can now go find Z4 in your programs list. I chose "permanently root". Your phone will
reboot, and then you are rooted.
Unknown sources is still disabled at this point, but you can now install apps that require super user
Tonight, I will try to enable "Unknown Sources" on my flipside.
UPDATE: To get "Unknown Sources" enabled, go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867637
Got my Flipside rooted and non market apps allowed
I followed the instructions given at modmymobile dot com forum. Look up "fully unlock 3rd party apps backflip" It allowed me to root my phone and install non market apps. I tried and tried to follow the instructions given here, but i guess they weren't idiot proof. It is for the backflip, but it worked perfectly for my Flipside. I couldn't post the link here.
Someone found some typos in my scripts. I have updated them so they are accurate. Should make things run better.
Hey I kinda need some help. I've gotten through all the way to entering "adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk" into the command prompt but all I get is a message saying "adb" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Anyone have any ideas on how this could be happening?
ishiiisbooyah said:
Hey I kinda need some help. I've gotten through all the way to entering "adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk" into the command prompt but all I get is a message saying "adb" is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. Anyone have any ideas on how this could be happening?
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Lets say you installed your SDK in the default folder, you would need to type
Code:
cd c:\"Program Files"
cd Android
cd appinventor-extras
Now, I put mine in c:\SDK, so all I type is
Code:
cd c:\SDK
you either must add the SDK to your PATH, or find the directory that you installed it to, and then try running adb from there. If adb.exe isn't in the folder, you aren't in the right folder.
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hi
i m new in unlocking field
can i unlock this handset "flipside" by motorola came from usa at&T
if yes then plz explain
thanks in advance
RZ4root does not appear on the marketplace and when I click the link above it starts to download, then says the content is not supported on my phone.
Model num MB508 Motorola Flipside running Android 2.1 update 1.
You need to push it to the phone from a computer using adb to install z4root, now that it has been removed from the market.
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adb.exe not in the zip file
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Rooting a Motorola Flipside
grab the ADB SDK files
android-sdk_r08-windows.zip
Extract SDK files somewhere you will remember, and can easily type (for ease of use only)
(...snipped...)
go to the command prompt, and type
cd C:\"PATH TO SDK" <ENTER>
Now, type
adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk
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adb.exe is not present in the SDK that you linked. Are you sure that is the SDK we need to root the Flipside?
You have to install it manually. It comes with the platform-tools.
how do i install adb.exe from platform-tools
lol, i may ask stupid questions but this one wasnt me, i shouldnt leave my laptop lying around haha
jonsjava said:
Rooting a Motorola Flipside
Download drivers for the phone:
http://www.motorola.com/staticfiles/Support/Experiences/Global_Drivers/USB_Drivers_bit_4.7.1.zip
With the phone unplugged from the USB, install the drivers
grab the ADB SDK files
http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r08-windows.zip
Extract SDK files somewhere you will remember, and can easily type (for ease of use only)
Download z4root:
(you may need to sign up to download)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=446145&d=1290341328
Copy z4root.1.3.0.apk to your SDK folder
ON YOUR PHONE:
go to Apps Menu->Settings->Applications->Development and check "USB debugging"
Plug in your phone, and have it set to "Charge only"
go to the command prompt, and type
cd C:\"PATH TO SDK" <ENTER>
Now, type
adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk
Once that is complete, you can now go find Z4 in your programs list. I chose "permanently root". Your phone will
reboot, and then you are rooted.
Unknown sources is still disabled at this point, but you can now install apps that require super user
Tonight, I will try to enable "Unknown Sources" on my flipside.
UPDATE: To get "Unknown Sources" enabled, go to this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867637
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For anyone having trouble rooting the Motorola Flipside with these instructions, after much trial and error I managed to get my girlfriend's rooted. I'll provide the method I took.
Note: The easiest way to do this is to have downloaded and extracted "android-sdk_r08-windows" directly to your (C: ) drive. Not under programs or another system folder.
Once you have it extracted to (C: ), copy and paste z4root.1.3.0.apk into the "android-sdk_r08-windows" folder. ADB.exe will most likely not be in here. What you have to do now is click on SDK Manager within the SDK folder. A Black Command window will pop-up, ignore it. A secondary window will pop-up prompting you to install the packages I went ahead and installed all of them (better if you don't know which to install).
Now that they've all been installed, a command line will state that ADB has to be restarted. Let it restart and it should say completed.
Now -- here's where everything was messing up. When you click open the SDK-R08 folder, you should have the z4root.apk file right there amongst a list of folders. Go to the "platform-tools" folder and in there you should see the ADB.exe file. Ignore that for now. While in platform-tools press Ctrl+A so that everything is highlighted. Right click and select Cut, back out to the main directory of the SDK R08 folder and select Paste so that the ADB.exe, .dll, and all the other files from within platform-tools is out and listed alongside the z4root.apk.
Next - Follow all of the instructions up to "Plug in your phone, and have it set to "Charge only" Like JonsJava said, open up command prompt (type in CMD in the "search programs and files bar"). If you extracted the "android-sdk-r08-windows" file directly to the (C: ) drive, all you have to type in is...
(Note: Before I go into that, it'll be easiest to rename the file "SDK" instead of the whole "android-sdk, etc, name... I'll complete the instructions assuming you renamed it to SDK. Continued below... all you have to type in is...
cd C:\SDK
(The next line below will look like this)
c:\SDK>
Here, type in... adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk
Total should look like... c:\SDK>adb install z4root.1.3.0.apk
Hit enter and it should go through a few instructions. From there look in the applist on your phone for z4root, click on it and select permanently root. Your phone will restart. From there you're rooted (test by downloading an app which requires root) and don't have to worry about the low memory issues every again. Glad I got the Captivate, lol. So much easier to root, rom, and overclock.
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This is what the main directory of the SDK folder should look like before you enter anything in the command line.
I don't seem to be able to get this...
I'm using x64 windows 7, I have a Flipside MB508 on 2.1, and I can't get this to work.
I followed all the instructions, updated all the platform-tools stuff, and now my problem lies with the driver, I believe.
I installed those Motorola drivers that were linked, with my phone unplugged, successfully..
copied the apk to C:\SDK...
found adb.exe in the platform-tools folder..
...and this happened..
C:\SDK\tools>cd C:\SDK
C:\SDK>cd platform-tools
C:\SDK\platform-tools>adb install C:\SDK\z4root.1.3.0.apk
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
C:\SDK\platform-tools>adb install C:\SDK\z4root.1.3.0.apk
error: device not found
C:\SDK\platform-tools>_
"error: device not found" every time i try this
USB debugging is on, phone is plugged in set to charge only..
Windows even sees it, the taskbar eject icon says 'Eject MB508"
please please help me get adb to see my phone.. I really want to be able to root this thing!!
EDIT: I noticed the Motorola drivers are 32bit.. I'm going to try 32 bit windows 7 instead of 64 bit and see if I get more successful results
EDIT 2: Bazinga!! Installed Win7 32 bit on my other HDD, booted up, followed the steps again, worked flawlessly! Thanks a lot for the easy instructions, got z4root installed, and my phone worked with permanent root
ErebusRaze said:
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Hit enter and it should go through a few instructions. From there look in the applist on your phone for z4root, click on it and select permanently root. Your phone will restart. From there you're rooted (test by downloading an app which requires root) and don't have to worry about the low memory issues every again. Glad I got the Captivate, lol. So much easier to root, rom, and overclock.
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You wrote in here that once rooted, thebphone would no longer have low memory issues...i rooted my wife's phone, was able to sideload applications (but for some strange reason I am now unable to, as adb command prompt states 'device not found')- but she still gets low memory issues at least 2-3 times a week...
I should just hold up a sign...
LINK2SD
Its in the market
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Link2sd? What does this do? I briefly looked at the thread, but it is not entirely clear. The flip side is running 2.1. With this app, can we free up space by moving apps to the sd card? I thought that was only possible in 2.2?
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Link2sd? What does this do? I briefly looked at the thread, but it is not entirely clear. The flip side is running 2.1. With this app, can we free up space by moving apps to the sd card? I thought that was only possible in 2.2?
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Link2sd makes installing to sd card possible on 2.1...
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In the process of following the rooting wiki, had hella problems getting adb working. Got adb connected finally, got the money sign, tried first instruction, got adbermission denied. What could be the problem? Did a google search as well. I have the contents of adb tools, in the same place as g free, as it is completely impossible to start up adb shell, and then navigate to a completely different folder. Also, before moving adb tools, tried long addresses of the gfree stuff, same deal.
Did you do "adb shell" and then you tried more adb commands and got "permission denied" ?
If so, then that's because "adb shell" starts a command prompt session on your phone, and the adb commands need to be run on your PC, not your phone. So don't do the "adb shell" first.
So wait a second, you're saying that the wonderful wiki, either is in the wrong order, or requires me to follow the pc, and phone steps simultaneously? Because im running them from my pc. Which would be implied by my saying im following the wiki. Fyi, i meant the one on the g2, involving rooting the g2, on the xda-dev site. I've done this before, i know how to use adb. this is the first time i have rooted a g2. Don't mean to sound like a ****, but you basically didnt read anything i wrote.
The Wiki isn't in the wrong order. But IMHO it's very confusing that it shows a $ prompt when it shows "adb push" etc, because that makes it looks like it is run on the phone. But it's assuming you're running from Linux/Mac. On a PC the prompt for your adb commands would be C:\ or similar.
The Wiki doesn't tell you to run "adb shell"
So the answer to my question was yes, it works, but i had to wait 5 minutes to post this. I dont understand why there cant be a note that, unless you put adb into your path, cmd isnt going to recognize it unless its in the folder you're using. I feel no need to put a tool that i will use maybe once a year at most into path. also, when i just checked the wiki now, i noticed how the dollar signs had changed to c:/ ha ha. and sorry about the rudeness, at first it just seemed like you were making fun of me.
jenlow said:
Okay, so before i opened the adb shell from cmd, when i would type adb push, i would get adb is not recognized as an internal or external command. so, my solution of putting the adb tools into gfree, should work now once i cd to the gfree folder?
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That's an issue with your path not being setup properly on your PC. You can adb adb's folder to the path to mean you can run it from anywhere. Otherwise you need to put the gfree tools etc in the same folder as adb, then cd to there and run the commands.
Or if the path is setup properly, cd to where the gfree tools are and start doing your "adb push" etc from there.
I have just edited the Wiki to show a "C:\" prompt for the stuff that's run on the PC, to try and avoid this confusion.
Did it work ?
jenlow said:
In the process of following the rooting wiki, had hella problems getting adb working. Got adb connected finally, got the money sign, tried first instruction, got adbermission denied. What could be the problem? Did a google search as well. I have the contents of adb tools, in the same place as g free, as it is completely impossible to start up adb shell, and then navigate to a completely different folder. Also, before moving adb tools, tried long addresses of the gfree stuff, same deal.
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the "permission denied" thing... from the phone? Or from the computer? You know you need to be root in order to access the hardware, or at least set the permissions on the hardware to be accessible to your user account....???
And... you DID enable adb on the phone side, didn't you?
I used the Wiki and am now perm rooted. A few tips that may help you since they helped me to get it done. I opened a command prompt and noted the default path that opened. For me it was C:\Users\Ed . I used windows explorer to navigate there and open up the Ed folder and created a new folder in Ed that I named pr. This is where I unzipped both of the gfree zip files...into that same folder. When temp rooting and perm rooting, I simply opened up the command prompt, it opened to C:\Users\Ed and then I typed cd pr then I hit enter. That set me up to input the commands in the right place both times and it worked out just fine.
Another thing that I noticed. After temp rooting, I had to ctrl alt del to open up task manager and close down adb.exe (as noted in the instructions that appeared in terminal emulator). I couldn't load adb again until I closed it down and let it restart itself. When I entered the first command in the perm root process adb started up again by itself and all went well.
Good Luck! It is well worth it. I now have Cyanogen's latest stable build loaded along with the Google apps package that I found online.
Ed
OH! yeah, it did work. i thought i said that somewhere ha. I am currently running CM 6.1.1 now. I've decided that since the adb file, and necessary files are tiny i can just move them around to whatever i need to use adb for. Path editing should only be done by hand in linux And jesus CM has improved since i had it on my cliq. I'm like 90% sure i'm going to make a donation out of the school funds.
Root my phone!!! HELP
Hi Guys
I've tried root and my cell phone, but it is not. I've tried almost everything I have .. First I tried to root using the terminal emulator''''by typing different commands ..
Also, I tried the program''Visionary''but when I pressed the application so that it was held to root, but then the screen goes black, and I had to press the home button to get out of the situation ..
Also tried I saw another app called ''Universal androot'' and when I pressed root, then came the''Failed! No ~~~~~~~~~ Fu goo ..'' I also tried''app ''superoneclick I pressed the root, also came the''error: protocol fault (no status)''
What should i suppose to do, to fix this problem.. please reply
Thaaaanks!!!
mannær said:
Hi Guys
I've tried root and my cell phone, but it is not. I've tried almost everything I have .. First I tried to root using the terminal emulator''''by typing different commands ..
Also, I tried the program''Visionary''but when I pressed the application so that it was held to root, but then the screen goes black, and I had to press the home button to get out of the situation ..
Also tried I saw another app called ''Universal androot'' and when I pressed root, then came the''Failed! No ~~~~~~~~~ Fu goo ..'' I also tried''app ''superoneclick I pressed the root, also came the''error: protocol fault (no status)''
What should i suppose to do, to fix this problem.. please reply
Thaaaanks!!!
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None of those apps work with the G2 to perm root without extra steps. And in that case only Visionary. You need to check out the vision wiki page.
Ed thoroughly described how to make it work. I did the exact same thing he did and got it last night.
jenlow said:
OH! yeah, it did work. i thought i said that somewhere ha. I am currently running CM 6.1.1 now. I've decided that since the adb file, and necessary files are tiny i can just move them around to whatever i need to use adb for. Path editing should only be done by hand in linux And jesus CM has improved since i had it on my cliq. I'm like 90% sure i'm going to make a donation out of the school funds.
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What method did you use to root your cliq, and did you still have 3G? I have stock motoblur 2.1 on it now, I have it for a backup phone (got a G2), but I would like to root it.
About 3 hours ago, I won a Desire Z (wheeey!) at the HTC London meetup. Naturally, I came straight here after the help I got in January rooting my Desire.
I used the Visionary method and obtained temp root status, and then attempted perm root, which seemed to work. All of the guides I have read include a bunch of steps after this, one of which included deleting Visionary, which I then did. I just turned the phone off, took the battery out for a bit and then turned it back on. I still have the Superuser icon and the Terminal Emulator indicates that I have root access... is that it then? It's that simple?
Please tell me if I've done anything wrong, as I don't want to flash Cyanogen and Clockwork Recovery if it's all going to go to hell on me. Any advice or confirmation on whether or not I've obtained perm root would be lovely.
Oh, my firmware version is 1.34.405... etc. Is this simply the last version which allows for such easy root?
Arconaught said:
About 3 hours ago, I won a Desire Z (wheeey!) at the HTC London meetup. Naturally, I came straight here after the help I got in January rooting my Desire.
I used the Visionary method and obtained temp root status, and then attempted perm root, which seemed to work. All of the guides I have read include a bunch of steps after this, one of which included deleting Visionary, which I then did. I just turned the phone off, took the battery out for a bit and then turned it back on. I still have the Superuser icon and the Terminal Emulator indicates that I have root access... is that it then? It's that simple?
Please tell me if I've done anything wrong, as I don't want to flash Cyanogen and Clockwork Recovery if it's all going to go to hell on me. Any advice or confirmation on whether or not I've obtained perm root would be lovely.
Oh, my firmware version is 1.34.405... etc. Is this simply the last version which allows for such easy root?
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Having the SuperUser icon just means the app is installed, open up terminal and type 'su' to see if it throws up any errors
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I should have mentioned that I did that and got the # symbol, am I good to go?
Arconaught said:
I should have mentioned that I did that and got the # symbol, am I good to go?
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In theory, yes; in practice, no. Visionary (with the G2/Desire Z, at least) is known to be a bit buggy. You shouldn't have any issues installing custom ROMs but, I would recommend using the wiki method to root.
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OriginalGabriel said:
In theory, yes; in practice, no. Visionary (with the G2/Desire Z, at least) is known to be a bit buggy. You shouldn't have any issues installing custom ROMs but, I would recommend using the wiki method to root.
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My understanding, if he already used Visionary to root, and it worked than he should be good to go. Either it works, or it doesn't. The risk with Visionary is that it sometimes corrupts some partitions, which causes the phone to not boot. I haven't read any conclusive reports on Visionary causing long term issues (correct me if I'm wrong).
redpoint73 said:
My understanding, if he already used Visionary to root, and it worked than he should be good to go. Either it works, or it doesn't. The risk with Visionary is that it sometimes corrupts some partitions, which causes the phone to not boot. I haven't read any conclusive reports on Visionary causing long term issues (correct me if I'm wrong).
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This is my understanding as well, though I'd probably still use GFREE to get S-OFF if I were OP.
That's my next question, I'm using this guide ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2 ) to try and get S-Off to flash Cyanogen and I'm wondering what step to start on, assuming from your replies that I'm rooted already.
I know it's a bit of a dumb question, but I just don't wanna fudge my new phone.
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That's my next question, I'm using this guide ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2 ) to try and get S-Off to flash Cyanogen and I'm wondering what step to start on, assuming from your replies that I'm rooted already.
I know it's a bit of a dumb question, but I just don't wanna fudge my new phone.
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I used the wiki method myself, those that used other methods (like Visionary) and were told to root via the wiki seem to have all just started at the beginning, from what I've read.
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That's my next question, I'm using this guide ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2 ) to try and get S-Off to flash Cyanogen and I'm wondering what step to start on, assuming from your replies that I'm rooted already.
I know it's a bit of a dumb question, but I just don't wanna fudge my new phone.
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Whoa the Wiki method is completely different, looks like it was rewritten on 04/01.
You can completely ignore the temp rooting steps and concentrate on the gfree steps
From the "Necessary Files" section you need gfree, flash_image and ClockWorkMod Recovery
I would use the latest ClockWorkMod recovery rather than the one listed on the Wiki:
http://mirrorbrain.cyanogenmod.com/cm/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img (of course it's only the latest as of the time of this writing)
From step 2 you need to use:
Code:
$ adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
$ adb push flash_image /data/local/tmp/
From step 2.a you need to use:
Code:
$ adb push recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
Again note that the file name for CWM will depend on the version of CWM you are using.
Skip to step 4.b you need to use:
Code:
# cd /data/local/tmp
# ./gfree -f
# ./flash_image recovery recovery.img
# sync
Continue on as normal from here.
I skipped the temp root and perm root sections as you are already perm root.
I also skipped the ENG HBOOT parts, since that's not strictly necessary and the most risky part of the whole process (one mistake can result in a brick). If you want to flash the ENG HBOOT you would need to follow steps 4.a instead of 4.b, (you would also need the necessary HBOOT of course) the only command you need to omit from 4.a or 4.b is "# ./root_psn" which is the script which establishes permanent root.
Thanks a lot so far man, but I'm still stuck. I have adb, when I open it in the SDK, it flows for a bit, then closes. This is right, right? I'm meant to do all of these prompts via the cmd window?
OK, I've now sorted adb, but I can't get anything to work past that. Nothing will transfer to my phone and I'm going to kill... somebody.
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OK, I've now sorted adb, but I can't get anything to work past that. Nothing will transfer to my phone and I'm going to kill... somebody.
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You say you've sorted adb, but can you be more specific please ? What works and what doesn't work exactly ?
Ah, yeah, sorry. I got to the point where when I type in "adb devices" in the command window, it shows me my phone, with the serial number and whatnot. However, whenever i try the command:
$ adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
It just won't work. I have all the files together in my desktop at the moment, having moved them from the downloads folder on my laptop. Is there a specific place I should have the stuff I need to send to my phone?
There is a great write up here about getting adb working. It sounds like either you didn't set up a "path" to use those commands anywhere or if you don't want to do that make sure your files are in the same folder as your adb.
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Ah, yeah, sorry. I got to the point where when I type in "adb devices" in the command window, it shows me my phone, with the serial number and whatnot. However, whenever i try the command:
$ adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
It just won't work. I have all the files together in my desktop at the moment, having moved them from the downloads folder on my laptop. Is there a specific place I should have the stuff I need to send to my phone?
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You need to have the files (extracted from the ZIP files you downloaded) in the same folder you run the ADB commands, if your ADB is in your path you should be able to run ADB commands from any folder.
To summarize you need to extract all the zips you downloaded under necessary files, all to the same folder. The open a command prompt and CD to that folder before you start using your adb push commands.
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There is a great write up here about getting adb working.
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Yeah, steviewevie wrote it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865685
But it looks like he is willing to give the OP some personalized help.
Right, thanks guys, I think I'm making some progress.
ADB is all set up, and as far as I'm aware, having:
program files > android sdk > platform tools
on my path should mean I can open adb from anywhere right? I have all of the extracted files in platform tools, where adb is, in my program files... is this right, or have I completely missed the point here?
I keep getting "cannot stat 'gfree':: No such file or directory"
Sorry, I seem really stupid concerning this whole thing, but I'm sure it's something equally obvious that I'm just not seeing.
New problem. I worked out what I'd done wrong there, and got everything onto my phone. However, when trying to change the directory to /data/local/tmp, I keep getting "The system cannot find the path specified"
Now what am I doing wrong?
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New problem. I worked out what I'd done wrong there, and got everything onto my phone. However, when trying to change the directory to /data/local/tmp, I keep getting "The system cannot find the path specified"
Now what am I doing wrong?
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Remember you are running those commands (everything in that section) from an ADB shell, not from the Windows command prompt.
Excuse my ignorance, but what exactly do you mean by that? What should I do?
I am trying to sync my DInc with Windows 8 Pro to unlock it through the HTC developer site. Unrevoked wont work due to the version of my baseband being 2.15.10.12.20. Software version 2.3.4.
I have USB debugging enabled, fastboot off, performed a factory reset, cleared cache through HBOOT, and the computer DOES reckognize the phone and I am able to select open files and do whatever I need to do with the phone... it just wont display on HTCSync so I can go through the process of rooting it and getting JB on it.
I have also tried running HTCSync in compatability mode. I have been working on getting this working for days now, and have searched this and many other forums for solutions to no avail.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated, and any more information you need will be provided asap.
Check the unrevoked site for the proper drivers of you haven't already. You don't need HTCSync to work, just adb.
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Check the unrevoked site for the proper drivers of you haven't already. You don't need HTCSync to work, just adb.
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The baseband for this particullar device isn't supported by unrevoked, so I'm looking for other solutions. Ate there any other ways you know of to get jb on this phone?
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The baseband for this particullar device isn't supported by unrevoked, so I'm looking for other solutions. Ate there any other ways you know of to get jb on this phone?
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I understand that unrevoked won't work, but you need your PC to connect to it as far as drivers go (most people use unrevoked drivers). You don't need HTCSync, just adb. If you can setup adb to work, and get it read when you issue
Code:
adb devices
then you should be good to.
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I understand that unrevoked won't work, but you need your PC to connect to it as far as drivers go (most people use unrevoked drivers). You don't need HTCSync, just adb. If you can setup adb to work, and get it read when you issue
Code:
adb devices
then you should be good to.
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I can connect the phone and browse files through Windows explorer, I guess I'm just not familiar with adb yet, ill try to find more information on that and give it a try, thanks!
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PonsAsinorem said:
I understand that unrevoked won't work, but you need your PC to connect to it as far as drivers go (most people use unrevoked drivers). You don't need HTCSync, just adb. If you can setup adb to work, and get it read when you issue
Code:
adb devices
then you should be good to.
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I've been looking for the adb tool you had mentioned, but the only reference I am finding is for ICS/JB. I'm currently running Gingerbread (2.3.4 to be exact) Your last comment mentioned using a command 'adb devices' which makes me think adb is actually a command in windows or a linux application... I'm sure something I've said already has made you laugh at me so I'll stop now and just ask... can you give me a link to the process I need to follow to get this resolved, because for whatever reason, I can't find what I think you were trying to direct me towards.
Thanks!
cyborggold said:
I've been looking for the adb tool you had mentioned, but the only reference I am finding is for ICS/JB. I'm currently running Gingerbread (2.3.4 to be exact) Your last comment mentioned using a command 'adb devices' which makes me think adb is actually a command in windows or a linux application... I'm sure something I've said already has made you laugh at me so I'll stop now and just ask... can you give me a link to the process I need to follow to get this resolved, because for whatever reason, I can't find what I think you were trying to direct me towards.
Thanks!
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How To Set Up Android ADB & Fastboot On Windows [Tutorial]
The only note on this guide I'd make, is not to use the C:\ drive. It's always a bad idea to put stuff in your root directory. Myself, I installed the sdk (which installed itself to C:\Program Files) then I added that to the system path. Also, you might have to reboot (or at least log off and log back on) to reset your PATH.