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okay so i downloaded the recovery.img. and i already have s-off btw. but i dont want to mess up my phone and i dont know how to flash the recovery..someone please help me out here
Ok, so I'm guessing you have ADB installed and able to communicate with the phone.
The way I flash recovery is to use the fastboot command (part of the Android SDK, located right along side ADB). To do this, reboot your phone into hboot (power off, then hold vol down & power). Once in hboot, select the fastboot option on the phone. Then plug the phone into the computer and issue this command:
fastboot flash recovery <your recovery file here.img>
If you are not certain of what you are doing I would recommend reading up a bit - flashing recovery is something that can definitely cause problems if not done correctly.
JTB
okay so in my command prompt i have it set up to my android sdk. and i keep getting errors when i try trying in something. it says is not reconized as an internal or external command
ok well do you actually have fastboot.exe? (it should be in the sdk/tools directory).
no i do not. where do i get that?
Look in platform-tools. It should be in there. If you don't have your platform-tools set in your environment variables, you have to cd to it in command prompt.
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music man you just talked a whole bunch a jibberish that i did not understand lol. i just need the fastboot.exe file. can someone post a download link of that please?
mechlixt said:
music man you just talked a whole bunch a jibberish that i did not understand lol. i just need the fastboot.exe file. can someone post a download link of that please?
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Within the android sdk, there should be a folder called platform-tools, in addition to tools. Fastboot.exe should be in platform-tools.
In command prompt, type this:
cd C:\locationofandroidsdk\platform-tools
And THEN run this:
fastboot flash recovery C:\locationofcw3image\filenameofcw3.img
And let it run it's course. I would do a nandroid backup first, in case it screws up your /system and /data partitions like it did mine.
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You can also use the android terminal emulator from within android to flash it. In terminal emulator type these commands to do it from within android:
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cw3name.img
You have to have the image on your sd card, and you have to have a cyanogen rom I think. Cyanogen roms are the only ones I know of that are packaged with the flash_image command. Otherwise you have to fastboot flash it from windows.
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Where do you get a .img for CWM? I was able to find this link but it's a zip file with a bunch of other stuff in there.
They're floating around. There's a development thread about cm7 rc0, it had a cw3 img attachment in the op I believe. I'd link you but I'm on my phone.
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MusicMan374 said:
They're floating around. There's a development thread about cm7 rc0, it had a cw3 img attachment in the op I believe. I'd link you but I'm on my phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915680
This one here? Just thought I'd step in and link to help out, haha.
SefEXE said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=915680
This one here? Just thought I'd step in and link to help out, haha.
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Yeah that one, thanks haha
Hey guys, while I'm not exactly new to rooting, it has been quite some time since I rooted my N1 (and that was the only time I've ever rooted anything. I'm now a little lost with the unlock/rooting process. At this point,:
*I have the latest SDK, and I've updated the Platform Tools and added the contents to the Tools folder
*I've connected via USB and I've done the volume-down-power-up combination and have the "Starting Fastboot protocol support" screen.
However, that's all I've been able to do, and I honestly don't know what I'm missing. I can't get the the commands in Terminal to communicate with the tablet. Any assistance that anyone could provide would be greatly appreciated.
THANKS!
You have the Motorola v4.9 USB charging drivers installed?
When you do "adb devices" in terminal, can you confirm the Xoom is recognized?
If it is, following the guide here on XDA should go swimmingly. If it isn't, something is wrong with your SDK installation.
Elysian893 said:
You have the Motorola v4.9 USB charging drivers installed?
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Well I was looking for drivers initially, but then I read in the "how to unlock" thread that someone said drivers werent needed on a Mac. Plus I looked for Mac drivers and couldn't find any, just Windows.
bcgaynor82 said:
When you do "adb devices" in terminal, can you confirm the Xoom is recognized?
If it is, following the guide here on XDA should go swimmingly. If it isn't, something is wrong with your SDK installation.
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Well I'm not sure I'm opening Terminal in the right location. Entering "adb devices" gives me "command not found.
Ah, Mac, I'm of no use to you then.
Well should anybody see this, I'm still trying to get this to work. I can now confirm that the xoom does not show up after entering "adb devices". Otherwise I think the SDK is set up properly...at least I think it is.
take the file you want to use (adb or fastboot) and drag/drop in to the terminal window. Then just finish typing the command.
tanman21 said:
take the file you want to use (adb or fastboot) and drag/drop in to the terminal window. Then just finish typing the command.
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AH, FINALLY! See, I knew whatever the solution would be, it would be a simple one. Xoom unlocked! Now to move on to root! Thanks a LOT!
joeski27 said:
AH, FINALLY! See, I knew whatever the solution would be, it would be a simple one. Xoom unlocked! Now to move on to root! Thanks a LOT!
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Set your path. Edit your .bash_profile and you can run commands from anywhere in the terminal. Example:
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export PATH=$HOME/bin/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools:$HOME/bin/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools:$PATH
tanman21 said:
take the file you want to use (adb or fastboot) and drag/drop in to the terminal window. Then just finish typing the command.
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That makes me a little sad. People should know how to use a command line
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Hi I have followed this guide exactly (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905003) and when i open command prompt and navigate to the downgrade folder i get stuck on the command:
"adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak"
I get the following error message "adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak: permission denied"
I have looked around for solutions but still cant find any way to fix it, help is very much appreciated!
Usually that would only happen to me if gingerbreak was already pushed to phone. Have you tried rebooting your phone and starting over?
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hi, yes i have restarted my phone and now i get stuck on the command:
"adb push GingerBreak /data/local/tmp"
and get the error message "cannot open 'GingerBreak' : no such file or directory'
But when I go into my downgrade folder it is definetly there...
What software version are you currently using, is it one that can actually be downgraded at this time?
If GingerBreak is transfered try running it.
adb shell
./data/local/tmp/GingerBreak
what happens then?
alternatively try this guide instead, it helped me: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152233
Hi thanks for the reply, when i do the command "adb shell /data/local/tmp/GingerBreak" i get the message "ermission denied"
hope this helps, will look at the link you posted
also my version of software is 2.36.405.8
Yeah follow the guide given above (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152233)
also re-download the downgrade tools. If you running windows 7 make sure you dont extract them directly to the c drive. first extract to some d drive or so and then copy paste to c drive or directly given the d drive path in the cmd.
Also make sure you are logged in as admin in the system. and run the cmd after right clicking and selecting run as administrator .
and also you are deleting the older PD98IMG zip file and doing all the cmd stuff after downloading the stock PD98IMG zip file and putting it in the sd card.
Make sure you check the md5sum of the file you downloaded so that its integrity is intact.
See if it works after all this. Do post your results.
All the best
Cheers!
abhisahara said:
Make sure you check the md5sum of the file you downloaded so that its integrity is intact.
All the best
Cheers!
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Hi how do you do this please ?
Thank you
Stephen
sbsshadow said:
Hi how do you do this please ?
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Total Commander can do it under Windows. Else see http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...=Google+Search&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Hi thanks for the help, when i go to extract the downgrade folder into my D drive i get the following message:
"You need permission from the computers administrator to make changes to this file"
and underneath that it has displays the GingerBreak file and its details. The downgrade folder appears in the D drive but without the GingerBreak, misc version or psneuter file.
Your help is very much appreciated!
Lanky09 said:
also my version of software is 2.36.405.8
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http://driphter.com/index.php?topic=3867.0
Start at step 2.
bump - still need help on downgrading!
I recently purchased a nexus and i am new to this, i have tried everything to root this on a mac and had no success. Has any one else rooted this on a mac? If so could you walk me through it. Thanks in advance!
Are you sure you have ADB and fastboot setup correctly?
What part are you getting stuck at?
I dont think so, i downloaded some things called superboot and i keep messing up in terminal i think...did you use superboot?
Yes sir I did, also on a mac. Here, you might want to checkout this link to make sure you have everything set up properly before you start the superboot process:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9842005
The guide will talk about fastboot towards the bottom, you can download a fastboot file from this page:
http://blog.wapnet.nl/2011/05/setup-adb-and-fastboot-with-android-sdk-on-mac-osx/
Okay, thank you very much, i will try it out and let you know if it wprks
Sounds good, let me know
on the (export PATH=${PATH}: part when your are supposed to drag the folder into text edit im getting just the folder icon instead of (export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/siedkins/android-sdk-mac_86/platform-tools) like the guy said his looked, is that okay, or do I need to start over?
Nevermind, I got it!
Sorry! I was asleep haha if you need more help I'll be checking in
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Thats fine lol, okay on the Fastboot part when you find SDK/platform-tools in terminal , i type in ls> desktop> SDK > platform-tools and it says its not there and its on my desktop. Am i skipping anything in terminal?
I actually can't get the ls part to work.. I just ignore that part haha but the fastboot file should be in your tools folder of platform-tools I believe
im on the superboot part now...is this a good method? http://www.helloandroid.com/content/root-galaxy-nexus-superboot
Yessir, that is the method I used but I found the instructions in the development forum of the galaxy nexus section.. should be the same method though
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Okay , last question and ill leave you alone lol, where it says (MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh')
I have the sdk located on my desktop, how would i type that in terminal to find it so i can do this step?
Haha, no worries
To get to that folder in terminal, you want to type "cd ~" without the quotation marks, and then you can drag the folder into the terminal window and it the path to that folder should pop up in the terminal, then just hit enter
Okay, thanks alot man, i really appreciate your help
Anytime! Feel free to PM me if you have any other questions!
Okay so I can't find a clear guide on how to root the Sprint Gnex on a Mac. I know it is simple but there is no clear guide on how to do so. I have searched on XDA and Googled it, Can someone please tell me how they rotted their's or if you know of an easy way to do so.
Thanks
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Exact same as windows, except all of the commands are in Terminal instead of Command Prompt, and you put "./" before the commands.
Ex:
Code:
./adb devices
Here's the Mac ADB and Fastboot that I've used countless times attached. Unzip to your home folder and put any images or files you're gonna need for flashing in that folder. I'll assume you know how to navigate Terminal well enough to find the folder.
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Exact same as windows, except all of the commands are in Terminal instead of Command Prompt, and you put "./" before the commands.
Ex:
Code:
./adb devices
Here's the Mac ADB and Fastboot that I've used countless times attached. Unzip to your home folder and put any images or files you're gonna need for flashing in that folder. I'll assume you know how to navigate Terminal well enough to find the folder.
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I am trying to root my gs3 will this guide be along the same lines for my device and also how do I go about using the terminal to root it?
moderntech- said:
I am trying to root my gs3 will this guide be along the same lines for my device and also how do I go about using the terminal to root it?
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What the hell? Why did you bump a thread that is like more than 5 months old?
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bk201doesntexist said:
What the hell? Why did you bump a thread that is like more than 5 months old?
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This thread has the closest information that I need to root, and instead of starting a new thread and potentially not having someone answer my question I am contacting you, the one that provided said information to pick your brain.
moderntech- said:
This thread has the closest information that I need to root, and instead of starting a new thread and potentially not having someone answer my question I am contacting you, the one that provided said information to pick your brain.
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This is the Google Galaxy Nexus forums!
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