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[Solved] Question: How to root MyTouch Slide using OSX?

wdfowty said:
I'm having a few issues using my bootcamp partition for this (in Parallels), following eugene and king_fyo's tutorials, and was wondering what it would take to root my MyTouch3gS using osx?
I am semi-familiar with ADB, and I have made the loop.sh script, but i'm stuck at that point.
Here are my main questions:
-How to you get the loop to stop? I have to quit Terminal app to stop it.
-Any other things to know? Tips? Success stories? Tutorials maybe (or even a quick and dirty how-to?)
Thank you for your time, and for not flaming the newb
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EDIT: SOLVED!
So, I'm waiting for my Nexus one to come in the mail, and I think to myself, "Why not give rooting the slide another go?"
Worked second try. How's that for random....
So, here's how I made it work...Dunno if it was 'luck of the draw', but here ya go anyways...Hope it helps someone!
1. Instead of turning off the phone normally, I rebooted straight into recovery, with the phone being on first.
Code:
./adb reboot recovery
2. While rebooting, MANUALLY search for devices as soon as you can type it in, repeating rapidly (This made the difference for me).
Code:
./adb devices
3. You should catch the device in offline mode right before the recovery screen. Unplug device for 5 seconds or so, then plug it back in.
Code:
./adb devices
List of devices attached
HT05MPS02279 recovery
4. You should see your device in recovery, then you're good to go. If not try again.

How to you get the loop to stop? I have to quit Terminal app to stop it.
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No, simply hit <control> c from inside the Terminal app to break out of the shell script.
Any other things to know?
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Not really, it may take you several tries to get this as it did for people using M$ Winblows. I tried it about 20 - 30 times on XP and never was successful. After switching to my mac, I got root on the 5th try!
My suggestion is to follow Eugene's guide, it worked great for me! If you have problems, post them here and myself or others will try to help you.
Good luck!

wdfowty said:
I'm having a few issues using my bootcamp partition for this (in Parallels), following eugene and king_fyo's tutorials, and was wondering what it would take to root my MyTouch3gS using osx?
I am semi-familiar with ADB, and I have made the loop.sh script, but i'm stuck at that point.
Here are my main questions:
-How to you get the loop to stop? I have to quit Terminal app to stop it.
-Any other things to know? Tips? Success stories? Tutorials maybe (or even a quick and dirty how-to?)
Thank you for your time, and for not flaming the newb
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So I set up my camera to record myself rooting my phone using OSX and a couple friends walked into the room. I got distracted explaining what it was I was doing and didn't make the how to. If I have free time tomorrow afternoon I can make a how to vid. My girlfriend just got her slide yesterday and I believe she wants me to root it.

it's exactly the same doing it in Mac OSX as doing it in Windows except you don't have to worry about drivers. Make sure you get android SDK for Mac OSX and that you put it somewhere that is in your PATH variable.
But if you feel more comfortable doing it from Bootcamp Windows partition -- by all means do that.

Don't boot camp it... lol
I'll be posting a Mac OSX version of Eugene's Root Method shortly.

sk8rbebop, Fordude, stangri, Thanks for the quick replies! Wasn't expecting anything so soon!
I think I have tried to press CMD+C to stop the script, must have been my problem. lol.
@stangri What do you mean by PATH variable? I have the Android SDK installed in my home folder...
@sk8rbebop That's pretty funny . I'm going to have a go at it right now, I'll edit this post with my results.
edit: I don't know if this is right, but I stop the script when I see the device in offline mode. But when I unplug device, re-plug and run ./adb devices nothing shows up. The same happens if I don't unplug.
edit2: Still nothing. adb never recognizes device after I stop the loop.

I threw up a guide. Hope it helps.
Don't shut off the loop until something displays under the devices.

Re: Question: How to root MyTouch Slide using OSX?
When u connect the slide to your mac and type "adb devices", do you see your phone listed? Crucial first step before moving on.
To make things a little easier for me, I put the sdk tools folder in my path so I could issue adb commands in any directory I want to.
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide using Tapatalk

@sk8rbebop Read the guide and i'm still stuck at the loop. I'm having the same issues as earlier, the device will show for a little bit but right before the recovery screen shows, it dissapears. I was stopping the script once I saw the device, before it "dissapeared". Stopping the script after it dissapears does the same...
BTW, I've noticed that I need to start the adb daemon before I run the loop in order for it to even see the device in the loop. Odd.
@Fordude Yes, if I run ./adb devices when the phone is on I get my serial number and it says "device".
edit: I found that I am running an out of date SDK revision, so I am updating to the newest (revision 6), lets see if that makes any difference...
edit 2: No dice. Lame. Oh well I guess...Try try again. My mac seems to be determined not to let this happen
update: So, I'm getting a nexus. Thanks all for your help, happy hacking!

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Evo Stock OTA 2.2 Root; Error: Device Offline

I get this error after typing "./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin" into the command prompt. I tried deleting files and starting over, I pretty much tried everything and still get this error. Even if I try starting all over I get this error right from the start. Plz help! Thanks in advance!

I get this. It just started happening. I have no freakin clue how i created this problem but I am sorely annoyed by it.
Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of the "offline" status of my EVO?
C:\android-sdk-windows>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT05THL04973 offline

mindcrime11 said:
I get this. It just started happening. I have no freakin clue how i created this problem but I am sorely annoyed by it.
Anyone got any ideas on how to get rid of the "offline" status of my EVO?
C:\android-sdk-windows>adb devices
List of devices attached
HT05THL04973 offline
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I'm also getting this on a Droid X running Android 2.2.1, using the Android SDK Tools Revision 8.
It happened after I ran rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin as part of the "DarkOnion Root for Droid2" procedure for rooting the Droid X. This error is preventing me from completing the procedure. Does anyone know how to fix this error?
EDIT: I was able to correct the error by rebooting my phone (powering down and then powering up). Afterwards, I was able to complete the root procedure, although I'm not sure how to test it.
EDIT2: Just tried running the Wifi Tether app for root users. It says I'm still not rooted. :::sigh:::

If you have hboot 2.10 then you have to do things differently. Namely you need to use Android Terminal Emulator on your phone instead of adb on a command prompt after you push the files over.
It seems that adb gets permanently killed by rage exploit. Check the Hboot 2.02 thread for more details in the dev section.

[Q] Help a noob

SO i posted this in another thread, thought I'd start one here.
Im sure a lot of people are facing the same issue as I am. So any assistance would not only help me, but plenty of others as well. Here it goes:
I just joined XDA...if there ever existed a supernoob when it comes to phones, then thats me...i have almost absolutely no idea about flashing, roms and whatnot...i just know they exist
My problem is that I have a galaxy nexus, yakjuux, here in Canada, and as everyone else, thinking of flashing to yakju for the updates.
I have a black macbook, and I was reading on how to flash...and i just couldnt piece together all of the information thats available.
Anyone here generous enough to help me flash to yakju to get the updates?
walk me step by step as to how to flash...like literally step by step, with every bit of detail.
Im not completely dumb with technology, but its just with phones that I fail.
Thanks!!

time for some tough love... You need to start reading and figure it out. These exact threads, nearly word-for-word, have been posted for the last 3 months straight, and have been answered the exact same for 3 months straight. There are guides, stickies, posts, videos, etc. all sitting in these forums. You are seriously going to get yourself into some nasty **** if you just let someone tell you what to do and you have absolutely no idea what's going on while you're doing it. Search. Please.
Good luck.

Thanks martonikaj,
I understand the multitude of information available out there, but there is nothing for mac in terms of videos that helps flash from yakjuux to yakju.
If i missed something, would you be able to post it? I would be grateful.
Its just a matter of getting a guide that's concise and concrete.

mace17 said:
Thanks martonikaj,
I understand the multitude of information available out there, but there is nothing for mac in terms of videos that helps flash from yakjuux to yakju.
If i missed something, would you be able to post it? I would be grateful.
Its just a matter of getting a guide that's concise and concrete.
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There is nothing different about a Mac guide. In many ways its simpler. The only difference is that you need the Mac version of ADB and Fastboot files instead of Windows ones, and you need a "./" in front of the commands in Terminal (instead of Command Prompt). There are no "1 click" (toolkit) methods for OSX. Do it manually you'll be better for it anyway.
I've attached ADB and Fastboot files.

Got past that, serial number is not showing up though...aghh
is there no video to show how its done?

mace17 said:
Got past that, serial number is not showing up though...aghh
is there no video to show how its done?
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so you've downloaded and unzipped ADB and pointed Terminal to that folder, connected your phone and enabled USB debugging, and type "./adb devices" and nothing shows up?

umm yeah I did all of that...
i sent you a message!

Sorry for the stress haha, tough love indeed it is...but this is driving me crazy...

mace17 said:
umm yeah I did all of that...
i sent you a message!
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On computer:
1) unzip Mac_ADB_Fastboot.zip
2) Move files somewhere, like your <user name> folder
3) Open Terminal
4) type "cd " and drag the unzipped Mac_ADB_Fastboot file into the Terminal window (or manually navigate if you know how to do that) and hit enter
On phone:
1) turn on USB debugging in developer options
2) connect phone via USB
There is literally nothing else to do to get the computer to recognize the device.

[Q] Can the Kindle Fire be rooted without using a computer?

Ok guys I need your help with this question, is there a way to root the Kindle Fire without a computer?
I've tried Z4 root and it crashes after a certain point and never roots and I'm without a computer for a few weeks and badly need to root my Kindle Fire and was hoping to find a solution that could possibly work.Hoping there was a app like z4 root that could be an alternative solution ....Please post your feedback
Thanks in advance!!!

No

Thanks for the info

I haven't tried it and I don't even know if it's possible, but theoretically you could run adb commands from another Android device.
You start an adbd server from within Android but whether it succeeds or not depends on whether or not it can recognize a Kindle Fire on the other end of the tether.
It's worth a shot.
All you need to do is get "su" to /system/xbin and the rest can be done on your own device.

soupmagnet said:
I haven't tried it and I don't even know if it's possible, but theoretically you could run adb commands from another Android device.
You start an adbd server from within Android but whether it succeeds or not depends on whether or not it can recognize a Kindle Fire on the other end of the tether.
It's worth a shot.
All you need to do is get "su" to /system/xbin and the rest can be done on your own device.
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Interesting thought... I'm not sure it will work though.
You'd have to remount the /system partition as rw to get su on there and that requires root privileges. That's the chicken/egg problem you'd have to overcome.
Whatever the case, the whole experiment would require considerable blurring of the definition of "a computer."

kinfauns said:
Interesting thought... I'm not sure it will work though.
You'd have to remount the /system partition as rw to get su on there and that requires root privileges. That's the chicken/egg problem you'd have to overcome.
Whatever the case, the whole experiment would require considerable blurring of the definition of "a computer."
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Well, if you have adb on your device and you enter "adb root" from a Terminal, it will start the adbd server as it would on a computer but returns "error: device not found", obviously because it doesn't detect a device connected to the USB.
Presumably, if you had another device tethered to the one you want rooted, you could, with USB debugging enabled, start an adbd server from the first device and "adb root", "adb remount", etc.
The problem with that is the "adbd cannot run from stock devices" garbage. I'm sure there's a way around it though.
[Edit:] Oh and...it was the egg.

Duplicate post. Deleted. Damn XDA app!

soupmagnet said:
[Edit:] Oh and...it was the egg.
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The point of that is to point out the fact the chicken/egg paradox was only such because at the time of its inception, the answer was unforeseeable.
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[Edit:] Besides, who's to say it can't be done with fastboot?

soupmagnet said:
The point of that is to point out the fact the chicken/egg paradox was only such because at the time of its inception, the answer was unforeseeable.
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That's what the liberal media bias would have you believe!
Interesting how fast this discussion has degenerated from technical to scientific to political.... surely Hitler will come into play within the next couple of posts.

kinfauns said:
That's what the liberal media bias would have you believe!
Interesting how fast this discussion has degenerated from technical to scientific to political.... surely Hitler will come into play within the next couple of posts.
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Hitler.
Hey, you were right!
Back on topic...If only I had a USB micro to USB micro cable to test it out with...
I think fastboot is the way to go.

soupmagnet said:
[Edit:] Besides, who's to say it can't be done with fastboot?
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Because fastboot is the egg and by that point the host is in every way a computer but in name. I think we are way off the intent of the original OP which I'm sure was meant to ask if rooting could be accomplished on a standalone device without the aid of another attached to it... and the answer to that is still "NO."
EDIT: soup nazi!

kinfauns said:
Because fastboot is the egg and by that point the host is in every way a computer but in name. I think we are way off the intent of the original OP which I'm sure was meant to ask if rooting could be accomplished on a standalone device without the aid of another attached to it... and the answer to that is still "NO."
EDIT: soup nazi!
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I must respectfully disagree with you. The intent of the OP is to be able to root without access to a computer that won't be available for a few weeks. The availability of another Android device is exponentially greater.
[Edit:] [email protected] nazi

soupmagnet said:
I must respectfully disagree with you. The intent of the OP is to be able to root without access to a computer that won't be available for a few weeks. The availability of another Android device is exponentially greater.
[Edit:] [email protected] nazi
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"Exponentially" is reaching a bit, but point taken. He doesn't explicitly exclude the possibility of attaching another android device. I'll concede that point.
However, he does say he tried using some app and asks if there's another app that would do something similar for the Kindle Fire... and that at least implicitly supports my view of the OP.
Whatever the case may be... I don't think this debate needs to go much further. We've already invoked Godwin, so it should have ended already.

kinfauns said:
We've already invoked Godwin, so it should have ended already.
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I secede to your geekiness

there is a way
Yes!!! There actually is a way.. but you need 2 apps to do this.. one is called rootmaster 1.0.5.1, and the other app is called root master ceskas Apk. One of the apps will halfway root the kindle fire, and the other one should complete the rooting process.

of course it can!
Yes.. just download rootmaster

Of course it can!!!!
thacoolestnerd said:
Ok guys I need your help with this question, is there a way to root the Kindle Fire without a computer?
I've tried Z4 root and it crashes after a certain point and never roots and I'm without a computer for a few weeks and badly need to root my Kindle Fire and was hoping to find a solution that could possibly work.Hoping there was a app like z4 root that could be an alternative solution ....Please post your feedback
Thanks in advance!!!
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Yes!!! There actually is a way.. but you need 2 apps to do this.. one is called rootmaster 1.0.5.1, and the other app is called root master ceskas Apk. One of the apps will halfway root the kindle fire, and the other one should complete the rooting process.:laugh:
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Yes!!! There actually is a way.. but you need 2 apps to do this.. one is called rootmaster 1.0.5.1, and the other app is called root master ceskas Apk. One of the apps will halfway root the kindle fire, and the other one should complete the rooting process. Use rootmaster first(the one that is not ceskas,) it will start rooting the device until it gets to 50 percent and says you need to finish the root with te computer.. but when you use the other app.. it finishes the rooting process. But every time you open an app that requires root permission.. it asked for root permission to run the app. Just press the right button when the ceskas menu pops up..( it will be in a different language)[email protected]
This will also work on the s4 and any kindle base platform including hd, hdx, and it should work on the paper white.

[Q] Rooting problem

HI All,
Apologies if subject is already in place (I wasn't able to locate it)
I was following root of
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167
however not able to install anything via script due to "permission denied". Any ideas what could be causing it?
One of users mentioned something about opening port. Which port would it be and how to open it? On top of that edb.exe keeps reopening though I keep killing it in services.
I would be grateful for any advises
Kind regards,
Ryath23

Ryath23 said:
HI All,
Apologies if subject is already in place (I wasn't able to locate it)
I was following root of
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644167
however not able to install anything via script due to "permission denied". Any ideas what could be causing it?
One of users mentioned something about opening port. Which port would it be and how to open it? On top of that edb.exe keeps reopening though I keep killing it in services.
I would be grateful for any advises
Kind regards,
Ryath23
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try this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604439 it worked for me like a charm and make sure that your usb debugging mode is enabled in your developers mode