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[GUIDE] Permanent root on Desire Z 'the clean way', using rage

This thread is copied and modified from the G2 thread by trigeek for the Desire Z:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228
Apart from the changed hboot and wpthis-Z kernel module for the Desire Z instead of the G2, I have also updated the su-binary and SuperUser.apk to the latest version by ChainsDD
In no way I can be held responsible for any bricks to your phone. You are using this guide at your own risk!! I did test this guide on my own, and also on a friend's Desire Z.
As there was no manual rooting guide for the Desire Z, I posted it myself in order to help others that do not like visionary and like to do it 'the clean way'.
[GUIDE] Temp to permanent root on Desire Z, using rage instead of visionary
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There's already a guide here for obtaining permanent root using VISIONary, but some folks in #G2ROOT are having issues with the way that VISIONary modifies parititons. Using rage directly is a bit cleaner, since you know exactly what it's going to touch at each step of the way. I did NOT come up with any of this on my own, I'm building completely off of work that others have done. Speaking of which-
None of this would be possible without the tireless work that scotty2 put in. He stayed with the project for well over a month, through lots of smashed hopes and dead ends, until the solution was finally found. Were it not for his work, as well as the help of a few other key folks- we wouldn't be here. He deserves our thanks and some donations! We're talking hundreds of hours of work here, a couple bucks is not too much for that. His paypal is:
[email protected]
Send him some love! I'm not asking for anything myself, because I spent a half hour putting this together, and that doesn't deserve any donations!
DESIRE Z ROOT INSTRUCTIONS
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These are modified instructions based on the ones posted at http://bit.ly/g2root that use Visionary. A number of people have run into issues with the way that Visionary juggles around temporary partitions, and using the original root exploit is a much easier, and cleaner method for achieving permanent root. This tutorial will walk you through the rooting process by first achieving temporary root, and moving on to permanent root.
REQUIREMENTS
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•Visionary disabled at boot or uninstalled completely
•Android Terminal Emulator app
•ADB
•desirez-combined-root.zip (Attached to this post)
In the commands to run below, $ or # represent the prompt and should NOT be entered as part of the commands.
VERY IMPORTANT!
Visionary has caused filesystem corruption for some users during the rooting process. Before attempting the instructions below, make sure that you have "auto run on boot" turned OFF, and reboot your system. Since you will not need visionary anyway after this, you might as well just uninstall visionary and reboot NOW before doing anything.
TEMP ROOT
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ON YOUR PC:
Unzip the z-temp-root files to a folder. From a cmd window or terminal, navigate to that folder and execute these commands:
Code:
$ adb push su /sdcard/su
$ adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
$ adb push rage /data/local/tmp/rage
$ adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
$ adb push root /data/local/tmp/root
$ adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/*
ON YOUR PHONE:
1.Launch Terminal Emulator
2.
Code:
/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
6.**NOTE**: in the original directions from the XDA thread, you are instructed to run the /data/local/tmp/root script here. DON'T do this just yet. Leave the terminal window open.
PERM ROOT
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ON YOUR PC:
unzip z-perm-root and navigate to that folder. There will be four files. You will need to push two of these to your phone: hboot_7230_0.84.2000_100908.nb0 and wpthis-Z.ko. The other two files are optional for checksum verification.
Code:
$ adb push hboot_7230_0.84.2000_100908.nb0 /data/local
$ adb push wpthis-Z.ko /data/local
Optional but might came in handy:
Code:
$ adb push md5checksum /sdcard/md5checksum
ON YOUR PHONE:
You should still have terminal emulator up, at a root prompt. Now run:
Optional but recommended:
Code:
# /data/local/tmp/busybox md5sum /data/local/*
You should see:
hboot_7230_0.84.2000_100908.nb0 2ce1bdd5e4c1119ccfcecb938710d742
wpthis-Z.ko c73c5e77c91d306c418983c002b60b93
In case your hboot or wpthis-Z.ko file do not have the same md5hash as shown above, DO NOT CONTINUE. This means your file is corrupt or you are using a different file, for example the one for the G2 instead of Desire Z.
Now, let's turn off security for permanent flashing:
Code:
# insmod /data/local/wpthis-Z.ko
init_module 'wpthis-Z.ko' failed (Function not implemented)
That means it worked. This next step is CRUCIAL. You must make sure that you are writing to the proper partition here or you could brick your phone. To be absolutely clear- the partition is mmcblk(zero)p(one)(eight)
# dd if=/data/local/hboot_7230_0.84.2000_100908.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
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You should see some messages indicating that it was written.
Code:
# /data/local/tmp/root
This will lock in root, and give you 'su' access in the future. Next, run:
Code:
# sync
Now wait at least a minute, just to be safe. After waiting, reboot your phone using the power button. After it finishes starting up, launch the terminal emulator, and type 'su'. You should get the prompt asking you to grant permissions. If you got the prompt, congratulations! You have permanent root!

Nice guide, thanks

Thank you Mr Q. works like a charm!

first of all.. thanks for this great guide. Everything went perfect until I came to the step to lock in root. After the command "/data/local/tmp/root" I get this error:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
when I just ignore it and type sync after that I have no root acces after a reboot.
Does anybody have a solution for it? I have already done a hardreset with the same results.
thanks in advance...

So this only roots your phone? Or does it s-off as well? From what I understand this s-offs as well because you're pushing the hboot as well.
EDIT: Nevermind. I read the thread again and it does indeed s-off as well.

MarDor said:
first of all.. thanks for this great guide. Everything went perfect until I came to the step to lock in root. After the command "/data/local/tmp/root" I get this error:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
when I just ignore it and type sync after that I have no root acces after a reboot.
Does anybody have a solution for it? I have already done a hardreset with the same results.
thanks in advance...
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Everything was fine up until this point. So i restarted the phone and phone is stuck on the "quietly brilliant" screen

ssyed said:
Everything was fine up until this point. So i restarted the phone and phone is stuck on the "quietly brilliant" screen
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having the same issue here

So I'm looking into these S-OFF and rooting threads and here is two bricks too. Does anyone have an answer for these two or should I skip this? Did the hboot do this or was it due to some problem in inserted kernel module? (I.E. the reboot of the emmc controller resulted in a ****ed up file system?)

yelti said:
having the same issue here
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AnyDone said:
So I'm looking into these S-OFF and rooting threads and here is two bricks too. Does anyone have an answer for these two or should I skip this? Did the hboot do this or was it due to some problem in inserted kernel module? (I.E. the reboot of the emmc controller resulted in a ****ed up file system?)
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Ok, so I have figured out how to get out of this "quietly brilliant" loop.
First of all, this isn't a brick and all that is needed to fix this is a quick factory reset from the bootloader.

ssyed said:
First of all, this isn't a brick and all that is needed to fix this is a quick factory reset from the bootloader.
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Ok, so does any one have an explanation why this happened?
1. It wasn't wrong or screwed hboot, otherwise we would be facing a real brick?
Was it the root method? Was it the wpthis-Z.ko?
It might have been the kernel module, but I can't be sure about that with so little knowledge I have. (sure not the module itself but the kick to the emmc?) Just that it seems to be more likely option than a rooting attempt on a cached r-o file system?
I'm not complaining about the guide, it is specific and easy to follow but I would really love to have these semi bricks etc inspected more closely. It is not really helping to encourage ppl to root and try safe-off when we have unexplained bricks and semi-bricks around

MarDor said:
first of all.. thanks for this great guide. Everything went perfect until I came to the step to lock in root. After the command "/data/local/tmp/root" I get this error:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
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ssyed said:
Everything was fine up until this point. So i restarted the phone and phone is stuck on the "quietly brilliant" screen
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yelti said:
having the same issue here
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Did you guys run Visionary before trying this "rage" method of rooting ?

steviewevie said:
Did you guys run Visionary before trying this "rage" method of rooting ?
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I don't know about others, but I didn't on mine. I was rooting it for the first time. Also, I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I have the Bell version from Canada.

The root script threw an error for me too, so just to be safe I opened the script and typed in the commands manually. If you have problems with the script, just run these commands from the root terminal on your phone:
Code:
/data/local/tmp/busybox killall rage
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
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
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
sync
"mkdir /system/xbin" just creates a directory, if it already exists you can ignore this command and proceed.
Hope this helps someone.. Thanks to the OP for the scripts.

Have a quick look, /system/xbin already seems to exist on my phone too.
So is there an error in the script ? e.g. needs to ignore if the directory already exists ? Or am I (we ?) missing something ?

goldenarmZ said:
"mkdir /system/xbin" just creates a directory, if it already exists you can ignore this command and proceed.
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Good info, thanks. Perhaps just comment out that line of the script, to save running it all by hand (and therefore be prone to more error ?) ?

steviewevie said:
Good info, thanks. Perhaps just comment out that line of the script, to save running it all by hand (and therefore be prone to more error ?) ?
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I did that first.. it threw more errors with the mount commands because I'd already run the script once, so some of the commands were repated. If it's your first run through, commenting it out would be fine.
I only did it line by line so I could see any more errors for myself and decide if they were important. As it turns out the script is very simple and only involves moving files around and changing their permissions.. anything that goes wrong should be immediately apparent even if you have no experience with shell commands.

goldenarmZ said:
I only did it line by line so I could see any more errors for myself and decide if they were important. As it turns out the script is very simple and only involves moving files around and changing their permissions.. anything that goes wrong should be immediately apparent even if you have no experience with shell commands.
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Thanks, I was starting to worry about the bad experiences outlined above, given that this method appeared to be a more reliable one than VISIONary, and a route I was going to go down. But I'm pretty comfortable with shell scripts, so your input makes me feel a whole lot better !

goldenarmZ said:
The root script threw an error for me too, so just to be safe I opened the script and typed in the commands manually. If you have problems with the script, just run these commands from the root terminal on your phone:
-code-
"mkdir /system/xbin" just creates a directory, if it already exists you can ignore this command and proceed.
Hope this helps someone.. Thanks to the OP for the scripts.
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thanks for this... I will give it a try

Yay, I just perma-rooted my phone using this method, many thanks to those who came up with the method in the first place, plus this handy guide too.
I got the message about /system/xbin already existing, but you can just ignore that message, it runs the rest of the script anyway.

ssyed said:
Ok, so I have figured out how to get out of this "quietly brilliant" loop.
First of all, this isn't a brick and all that is needed to fix this is a quick factory reset from the bootloader.
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So after doing the guide you simply reeboot your phone into bootloader and select factory reset?
And then will the device be perm root and s-off???

[HOW TO] /efs Folder backup + Restore NV_DATA.BIN

I’ve compiled a quick guide to instruct how to make a copy of the /efs folder. I’ve found in many threads suggestions about backing up this folder but the methods itself are very general. Most of the times they suggest to “root and copy the folder” with Root Explorer or similar, but usually it’s not that easy or it just doesn't work for everyone (my case).
This guide ASUMES you have read this Excellent Guide by Darkstrikerfirst:
H E R E <-- Make sure to read the ADB Guide.
I recommend doing this with a Mobile just taken out of the box or with any Official ROM of its Service Provider. If you have already Flashed your phone with another ROM but its working fine, then you can use that /efs also.
Why the /efs folder?
This is a very sensitive system folder that contains Phone-specific information such as the IMEI (encrypted in the nv_data.bin), wireless devices MAC addresses, product code (also in the nv_data.bin), and much more. Often users trying to change product codes or trying to unlock the mobile will end up corrupting data in this location.
Why back it up?
Well, let’s resume it saying that backing-up this little folder will keep you away from Samsung service centers.
***WARNING: I take no responsibility to any damage caused by the methods cited and/or written here. Their sole purpose is to back-up data and not to alter in any way the integrity of the original files of the mobile***
Please don’t ask how to recover your IMEI if you have previously messed your SGS without backing up this folder. I’m not familiar with such methods plus it is UNRELATED to this thread.
What you will need:
Rooted SGS to get permissions as a SU (Super User) and perform the backup
I would suggest learning a little about the terminal commands used (in case you are not familiar with them), as it’s better to know what you are doing rather than typing strings like a little chimp without knowing what they are; if you are a little lazy, then you have a good chance bricking your mobile.<- Busybox Commands(or Google them)
Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich (available from the market) <-Terminal Emulator or use ADB which is included in the SDK Development Tools
IMPORTANT: If getting "error: device not found" under ADB (happened to me under CM7 2.3.4), you need to update your ADB drivers. Go HERE and follow the instructions to download the USB Driver for Windows, Revision 4 (Nexus S Support). Then update the drivers under your Windows Device Manager.
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Backup commands
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Depending on the type of root, you might have to use “busybox” at the beginning of the sting or just the string:
The standard prompt of terminal (adb) is a $ sign. Once you enter “SU” it will become a # Sign.
***NOTE: Make sure to keep an eye on the screen of your SGS during this process, because it will request SU permissions; else, you will get an error (just if it’s the first time). In Terminal Emulator you will need to reset the app after granting permissions cause it usually freezes***
*Remember: to use ADB you need to enable USB DEBUGGING under Applications/Development in your SGS. Once you are finished with the files, you need to turn it off so you can get the files.
Code:
su
tar zcvf /sdcard/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs or
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs
After this, you will end up with the file efs-backup.tar.gz in your INTERNAL SDCARD, which is a “tarball” or a ZIP of the /efs folder. That file is your backup. You can expand it with Winrar.
In another forum I also saw a recommendation to back up the st13 under /dev/block which can support greatly to recoveryour IMEI in case of a screw-up:
Code:
su
cat /dev/block/stl3 > /sdcard/efs_dev-block-stl3.img or
busybox cat /dev/block/stl3 > /sdcard/efs_dev-block-stl3.img
Same thing, the target is the INTERNAL SDCARD, so go ahead and copy the file.
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nv_data.bin - Restore
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In case you screwed your IMEI by playing with the nv_data.bin and you are experiencing issues like:
Fake IMEI (usually 004999010640000)
Unable to download apps from the market
Unable to unlock your SIM card using your PIN
Weird apps are downloading automatically from the market
Blinking SIM card icon on the top tray… ETC
You may want to upload your fresh copy of this file back to the phone. Use this commands:
(thanks to Methyldioxide method to recover the product code http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780509 )
Copy the file from your backup (efs-backup.tar.gz) and paste it in the INTERNAL SDCARD:
Code:
cp /sdcard/nv_data.bin /efs/nv_data.bin
rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5 OR
busybox rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5
Reboot your SGS
The md5 hash/signature is removed (rm) as the system will generate a new one.
**Most likely your SIM code won’t work after this and you won’t be able to log into the phone**
Pop off your SIM card, boot your SGS and execute the following commands to change ownership of the file under ADB or Terminal as well:
Code:
su
busybox chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin or
chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin
Hope this can help anyone with doubts. Cheers!

An alternative to the backup part is to use Root Explorer and zip the whole /efs folder onto your external sd card. (or wherever you want)

How about a method to restore the IMEI if you never had a good back up to begin with ?

Candanga said:
Please don’t ask how to recover your IMEI if you have previously messed your SGS without backing up this folder. I’m not familiar with such methods plus it is UNRELATED to this thread.
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EarlZ said:
How about a method to restore the IMEI if you never had a good back up to begin with ?
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How did you manage to miss that?

EarlZ said:
How about a method to restore the IMEI if you never had a good back up to begin with ?
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had the feeling you would be here LMAO..

funny thing
the other day i messed up nv_data.bak trying to get my old product code back
the phone would not recognise the sim card
i deleted the whole /efs folder and the phone made a new one
i got my imei but no product code
sim card started working everything looked ok appart from sgs tools reporting nothing as phone !?!
i did restore /efs from a backup i had and then my product code came back
weird though
I was on jpo when all this happened

pele78 said:
had the feeling you would be here LMAO..
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I guess you find it entertaining if people messed up their IMEI, well we all have our kinkiness.

EarlZ said:
I guess you find it entertaining if people messed up their IMEI, well we all have our kinkiness.
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@EarlZ - I myself was a victim of this, but I managed to make a duplicate of my nv_data.bin as per instructions of the guide that I was following to unlock my SGS.
The only "tip" that I can give you (geez.. Im going against my own disclaimer lol ) is to try to flash it back to JM1 or the earliest release of your mobile. I think I remember to get my IMEI back doing this, but then lost it flashing to a newer ROM. AGAIN, my "research" didn't go past this as I managed to get my IMEI back, reason why I got inspired to throw this little guide.
Hope this can get you started on your IMEI recovery journey.
Cheers mate.

The restore should also be done with tar - in this way you won't lose the permissions on the files.

ingineru said:
The restore should also be done with tar - in this way you won't lose the permissions on the files.
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Just for future reference (in case I need it ) can you give us the full command line?
Thanks

Thanks for the HowTo.
I ended up deleting my nv_data files in order to restore the backup files to get back the orig product code. As far as I can tell, it worked perfectly.
Code:
busybox rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin
busybox rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5

In case you really boink your EFS
I wanted to add a small piece to this thread that not really consolidated anywhere I can fine. I toasted my /EFS yesterday - to the point of no cellular unless I was at JF6. I couldn't use tar because I'd get "out of room" errors and "numerical value out of range". I mean I SERIOUSLY borked the /EFS. But then I've been flashing this phone from the day it was available from AT&T.
I used ODIN to restore my /EFS. I have a permanent generic IMEI.
There are several good threads on backup of the /EFS, but not on restoring. If you follow the OP post to backup, here's a good discussion on how to restore.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=882039
What wasn't clear in Da_G's thread is the you don't have to use DD to use ODIN to restore. There's no discussion on using the .img file to restore. That's scattered across a couple of threads and lots of reading. I'm not a linux guy, so I had to figure this out. . . .
Deep in rotohammer's following thread, there is a discussion about using a cat .img file to do create an ODIN .rfs file that allows you to restore from ODIN.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=850359
So here's what I did to restore my /EFS to functional. You MUST have a backup of your functional /EFS using either dd or cat and ADB installed.
On your PC do the following:
c:\Android\tools> adb shell
$ su (you're now on your phones Android command line; watch your home screen on the phone in case Superuser comes up asking for permission)
#
Now we're going to take the efs_folder_backup_stl3.img that you did with the cat file and make it usable by ODIN. Change directory locations to your cat .img location. Mine is on /sdcard/external_sd/.
#cd /sdcard/external_sd/
#busybox cat efs_folder_backup_stl3.img > /sdcard/efs.rfs (this is the key step!!)
# cd /sdcard
# tar -cf efs.tar efs.rfs
# exit
$ exit
Now your back at your PC. Do the following step to get the .tar file off your phone.
c:\Android\tools> adb pull /sdcard/efs.tar
Almost done. Move the efs.tar file to the same direction as ODIN and the follow the last directions in Da_G's thread. I'll post them below for just for clarity.
"Now, get into download mode, open odin, stick efs.tar in PDA slot, and press start. Bam! EFS fixed"
This worked for me, several times. Once you have the /EFS directory in ODIN flashable tar format - you really have to work hard to brick your phone.
Hope this helps!

If I flash back to stock using ODIN, would that also put things back to right ?

@bsc7080xsc
It should. You might have to do a factory reset if the device shows as locked, but otherwise it's worked for me many times.

Hi
backedup my efs folder through this thread in combination with roto.
cellgeek in your post you say : " busybox cat efs_folder_backup_stl3.img > /sdcard/efs.rfs (this is the key step!!)"
But i never made an .img file/folder.
both the dd and cat created an rfs file which i turned to tar.
am i missing a step?
thank you for your little extra guide.

that's a very useful Candanga
several times saved my ass
thanks !

Thank you VERY much OP, that worked for me

Sorry to revive if this is old;
Why won't rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5 work in terminal? It gives me an error along the lines of this is a read-only file etc?

geesamsungs said:
Sorry to revive if this is old;
Why won't rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5 work in terminal? It gives me an error along the lines of this is a read-only file etc?
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Try "busybox rm -rf /efs/nv_data.bin.md5"

Thanks that was very useful but I have a problem here.
When I copy my nv_data.bin file to efs directory I can only change the ownership but not the group!
I tried both of this:
su
busybox chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin or
chown 1001:1001 /efs/nv_data.bin
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and
su
busybox chown radio:radio /efs/nv_data.bin or
chown radio:radio /efs/nv_data.bin
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[Q] Gfree Rooting!

Hey guys,
I took the advice of tons of people here to try the gfree method instead of the hboot or something, or the visionary permaroot.
the thing is, i did it my way and was too lazy to install ADB cuz it always failed and I don;t know how to use it.
I got a desire z- asian version
with a 1.2 version (NOT 1.7 that can't use gfree)
anyway
here's what i did
1) Installed Visionary to Temproot
2) got superuser for terminal emulator (ON PHONE)
3) chmod 777 the GFREE File on SDCARD
4) Tried to run it with the ./gfree -f command
5) IT SHOWS PERMISSION DENIED....WHYYY!???
WTF?
Anyway, if theres no o
ther way than ADBing this, I'll just go ahead and use the .ko file from the other rooting method..
THANKS GUYS

kwhkkwhk said:
Hey guys,
I took the advice of tons of people here to try the gfree method instead of the hboot or something, or the visionary permaroot.
the thing is, i did it my way and was too lazy to install ADB cuz it always failed and I don;t know how to use it.
I got a desire z- asian version
with a 1.2 version (NOT 1.7 that can't use gfree)
anyway
here's what i did
1) Installed Visionary to Temproot
2) got superuser for terminal emulator (ON PHONE)
3) chmod 777 the GFREE File on SDCARD
4) Tried to run it with the ./gfree -f command
5) IT SHOWS PERMISSION DENIED....WHYYY!???
WTF?
Anyway, if theres no o
ther way than ADBing this, I'll just go ahead and use the .ko file from the other rooting method..
THANKS GUYS
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Ive seen this before, which files did you put on the sdcard, If you put the entire gfree02.zip file on your sdcard this is worng. You need to unzip the gfree02.zip file and place only the gfree file from the unzipped gfree02.zip file on the root of your sd card.
then re-run using this Code:
Code:
$ su
# cd /sdcard
# chmod 777 gfree
# ./gfree
# sync

i did everything as said, moved only the gfree file onto the sdcard.
everything works until ./gfree
it says: "./gfree: permission denid"
i don't really know whats wrong. the kernels right - its a stock 2.2 asian desire z on 1.2 version or something.
thanks SO MUCH For the reply though. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT

The guide says not to use Visionary for temp root before using gfree, in fact it says to either turn it off (if set to auto-soft-root on boot) or uninstall it altogether.
the gfree method has you use the rage method to obtain temp root.

raitchison said:
The guide says not to use Visionary for temp root before using gfree, in fact it says to either turn it off (if set to auto-soft-root on boot) or uninstall it altogether.
the gfree method has you use the rage method to obtain temp root.
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Thats if your gonna temp root with Rage, requires ADB to push the files, which he is trying to avoid using ADB, gfree has been done the way he is trying before.

I don't believe you can run the gfree program from the sdcard mount point. You should try moving it to the phone itself (try putting it in /data/local directory as instructed in the wiki). That should take care of your permission denied issue.
Also, you may want to copy over all of the other files as listed in the wiki (except for rage since that's not needed for you). The wiki says you need to run the root command after running gfree (it'll set up things like busybox and su for you). You could also do all it manually yourself if you really wanted to...

But how do I move it off the sdcard? I tried using es file explorer but it says gfree can't be moved. And I cant mount the internal memory. Thanks for the advice though

If you are temp rooted you should be able to remount your file system as read/write, you will need to do this to copy files to the /system path and set permissions.

raitchison said:
If you are temp rooted you should be able to remount your file system as read/write, you will need to do this to copy files to the /system path and set permissions.
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How would I do that?
remounting the file system? i can't find that option in settings...
and by copying the files, is that done through a file manager on the phone?
or on a computer?
thanks so much guys for the help

It shouldn't make a difference if gfree is on /sdcard or not.
To the OP - do you have a # (root) prompt when you are trying to run gfree ? You need that or it won't work. Have you followed exactly the commands that joemm posted, and you didn't get error messages from any of them ?

Yes I do have that sign. Everythin works (chmod, su) until the last code which is to run it.

kwhkkwhk said:
Yes I do have that sign. Everythin works (chmod, su) until the last code which is to run it.
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Do "ls -l gfree" and copy and paste up here the output please. Something is still wrong.

It shows
Rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 134401 2010-12-11 08:57 gfree

steviewevie said:
It shouldn't make a difference if gfree is on /sdcard or not.
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By default on my phone (running CM6), the sdcard mount point is mounted with the noexec option (so no direct execution of any binaries). I assumed it was this way on all roms for security reasons, but I'm not familiar with Visionary. Are you saying that Visionary remounts the sdcard as exec for you? Or that it's already that way by default for the stock rom? If so, then yes, you can leave gfree on your sdcard. You can check by running mount in the terminal. You should see an entry for /sdcard with all of its options after it. If you see noexec in there, you will either need to move the files to the phone or remount your sdcard with the exec option instead.
If you want to copy files over to your phone while rooted, you could use Root Explorer (probably easiest way). I believe there are other free programs that allow r/w access, but I haven't tried anyway. Otherwise, you should be able to copy over the files in Terminal. I think the data partition is mounted as r/w but you can verify with the mount command mentioned above (on the line containing /data, look for either rw or ro). If there is a rw, then just use the copy command to copy the files where you need to:
Code:
su
cp /sdcard/gfree /data/local
If the data partition is mounted as ro, you'll need to remount as rw first:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /data
Pretty sure that won't be needed though.

ianmcquinn said:
By default on my phone (running CM6), the sdcard mount point is mounted with the noexec option (so no direct execution of any binaries).
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ooh, ok, thanks, I never knew that. My apologies, that looks like why it's not running then.
If you want to copy files over to your phone while rooted, you could use Root Explorer (probably easiest way). I believe there are other free programs that allow r/w access, but I haven't tried anyway. Otherwise, you should be able to copy over the files in Terminal. I think the data partition is mounted as r/w but you can verify with the mount command mentioned above
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Yeah, /data is mounted as rw by default, so should be fine to copy as you said.

Alright. This WORKS for running gfree
but for the step that makes the root "stick" according to the guide here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
where i says :
"You now have read-write access to your /system, hboot, and recovery partitions. But you still need to "lock in" root, and give you 'su' access in the future. So just do:
# /data/local/tmp/root
# sync
"
I can't find /data/local/tmp/root
so it fails to run..
any suggestions on this?
gfree runs fine. it says done when I did ./gfree -f
thanks guys for all the help!

kwhkkwhk said:
# /data/local/tmp/root
# sync
"
I can't find /data/local/tmp/root
so it fails to run..
any suggestions on this?
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root is the binary that actually does the rooting, it's included in the gfree_temp-root zip. Did you copy that to /data/local/tmp or did you copy it somewhere else?

the only thing i did, if you were able to see my previous problem,
was just copying the gfree file over to the /data/local and running it
by ./gfree -f
other than that, i copied nothing else, since the guide using adb and the commands used moved nothing other than the gfree file i moved to /data/local
I didn't use the gfree_temp-root.zip folder, i used the gfree_02.zip (permaroot) folder.
and i temp rooted using visionary to get the needed gfree file onboard.
then do i need other filed then?
thank you so much for the quick reply.

kwhkkwhk said:
then do i need other filed then?
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Yeah, root is actually just a script that installs things like busybox and su for you (see my earlier post).
You should copy those files to the proper locations listed in the wiki (pretty much every file but rage). It'll make life easier (otherwise, you'll have to do all of that stuff manually).
Congrats, you almost have a fully rooted phone.

THank you so much!
and thank you to all of you guys who helped me!
I managed to root my phone finally! Without adb!
YAY

Any way to get cwm back on without usb?

Well as a previous thread I made ive been having a crap load of issues with my usb not syncing with my comp. Some how I have the stock samsung backup with viperrom and dk28 modem.
What else can I do?
I need to atleast get an updated clockwork back on and i cant locate a thread for that without using odin or cwm 2. ect
My phone isnt bricked but it feels like it might as well be. i tried the app anycut to see if I could mass storage so I could atleast go back to stock to see if that was the issue but that didnt help.
I really could use some help as Im at my wits end with this.
Brief rundown:
flashed truly epic rebirth rom
phone goes haywire during low batt
usb mounting no longer works but still charges
installed drivers 5 times and nothing
tried my laptop but same error message
tried flashing other roms by directly downloading from phone and flashing through cwm 3
tried reseting back to stock with noobl thread but all of those aborted due to ext4 script
tried to remove ext4 script by changing clockwork versions
now stuck with stock clockwork and no where to go
downloaded anycut as its supposed to over ride issues with storage
rom manager doesnt work at all when trying to install clockwork. Keeps giving me an error.+
Phone still charges but
come on devs. there's got to be a solution to this or I missing something really easy lol

OK, im gathering that you are having issues with the Drivers, unless its a physical connection issue, like the other thread where the 'tooth' in his micro usb on the phone was not connecting, he bent it back... I would look at that last.
Ok, short of a cardreader and a DI18 update.zip...
Odin to DI18... this will get you back to start...
OK, known USB/driver issues:
Installing drivers, get them off this site, from a thread where others have success, just in case. I am assuming youre on winXP 32bit or whatever is normal... OK, so installing drivers... install drivers with phone unplugged from PC, then after the install, plug the usb into a motherboard USB port, not front, not PCI, not a hub... on the board itself. The PC should recognize it, and start going thru install thingys, of course ignore the install wizard if you have it enabled. What worked for me to get the last half of the drivers to install... I think modem is the one it tends to hang on, if it sits there forever, quickly disconnect the phone and reconnect it.... it should kick it back into installing drivers... you can check for drivers in your device manager in settings... look to make sure theres no ?s and make sure there is adb device...
next, to be sure, using the same USB port, start Odin, THEN plug in the phone, it should come up with a COM port in yellow and you should be able to flash from there, see Odin threads from there.
Oh and dont use the charging cable, thats all its good for, charging. I use a fat old USB from my old berry.

Well I tried everything you posted minus the get a new cord. I might get that tomorrow but it doesnt make sense as I went to sprint and the guy plugged his phone in with my cord and it worked just fine for him.
i remember seeing a update zip file that can be loaded on to the sd and updated through the stock samsung clockwork but i cant seem to find it anywhere?
noobl thread on reflashing without odin didnt do a thing and i honestly think it should be taken down as its posted in the wiki but there's got to be another file here someplace. no hate on noobl but there was so many people having issues with those zips

I keep posting these instructions for people, but apparently no one can find them. If you want cwm 2.5.1.0 instead of cwm 3, get the files from the one-click v2.5.5 instead. Oh and standard disclaimer: you shouldn't do this if you aren't comfortable using the command line on your phone and if you screw up, I'm not responsible.
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The first thing you need is the OneClickRootCWM3.zip. You need a few files out of it.
Below is a copy of the code from the run.bat that does all the clockwork stuff. We're going to be translating this into something you can do without a computer.
Code:
:Redirector
echo Installing clockworkmod redirector
adb push recovery /system/bin/recovery
adb push recoveryfiles /system/bin/recoveryfiles/
adb push recoveryres /system/bin/recoveryres/
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/recovery
adb shell sync
goto:Clockwork
:Clockwork
echo Installing clockworkmod recovery...
adb push redbend_ua /data/local
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
adb push zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
adb shell /data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
If you paid attention to the code, you probably noticed which files we want. They are:
recovery
recoveryfiles/* (the whole folder)
recoveryres/* (the whole folder again)
redbend_ua
zImage
Put these files somewhere easy to find on your sdcard, such as a folder named cwm.
Now, open a terminal on your phone. We'll start with the redirect, just like the one-click does. If you put the files in a folder called cwm, then enter the lines below one at a time into the terminal.
Code:
remount rw
cp /sdcard/cwm/recovery /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryfiles /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres /system/bin/
##Then you *may* have to copy the subfolder in recovery res by doing the following
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres/* cp/system/bin/recoveryres/
busybox
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
exit (to exit busybox and drop back to toolbox)
chmod 0775 /system/bin/recovery
sync
I don't remember for sure, but your phone may reboot now. If it does, then enter "remount rw" again so that you have write access to the system. Now to finish installing cwm.
Code:
cp /sdcard/cwm/redbend_ua /data/local/
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/cwm/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
That last line calls redbend_ua with the "restore" flag and puts "/data/local/tmp/zImage" into the place where the recovery belongs, or "/dev/block/bml8" The phone should reboot now and you will have your new recovery.
Then if you want to clean up the left over stuff
Code:
rm /data/local/redbend_ua
rm /data/local/tmp/zImage
Have fun.

DiGi760 said:
I keep posting these instructions for people, but apparently no one can find them. If you want cwm 2.5.1.0 instead of cwm 3, get the files from the one-click v2.5.5 instead. Oh and standard disclaimer: you shouldn't do this if you aren't comfortable using the command line on your phone and if you screw up, I'm not responsible.
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The first thing you need is the OneClickRootCWM3.zip. You need a few files out of it.
Below is a copy of the code from the run.bat that does all the clockwork stuff. We're going to be translating this into something you can do without a computer.
Code:
:Redirector
echo Installing clockworkmod redirector
adb push recovery /system/bin/recovery
adb push recoveryfiles /system/bin/recoveryfiles/
adb push recoveryres /system/bin/recoveryres/
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
adb shell busybox chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/recovery
adb shell sync
goto:Clockwork
:Clockwork
echo Installing clockworkmod recovery...
adb push redbend_ua /data/local
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
adb push zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
adb shell /data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
If you paid attention to the code, you probably noticed which files we want. They are:
recovery
recoveryfiles/* (the whole folder)
recoveryres/* (the whole folder again)
redbend_ua
zImage
Put these files somewhere easy to find on your sdcard, such as a folder named cwm.
Now, open a terminal on your phone. We'll start with the redirect, just like the one-click does. If you put the files in a folder called cwm, then enter the lines below one at a time into the terminal.
Code:
remount rw
cp /sdcard/cwm/recovery /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryfiles /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres /system/bin/
##Then you *may* have to copy the subfolder in recovery res by doing the following
cp /sdcard/cwm/recoveryres/* cp/system/bin/recoveryres/
busybox
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryfiles/*
chmod -R 0755 /system/bin/recoveryres/*
exit (to exit busybox and drop back to toolbox)
chmod 0775 /system/bin/recovery
sync
I don't remember for sure, but your phone may reboot now. If it does, then enter "remount rw" again so that you have write access to the system. Now to finish installing cwm.
Code:
cp /sdcard/cwm/redbend_ua /data/local/
chmod 755 /data/local/redbend_ua
cp /sdcard/cwm/zImage /data/local/tmp/zImage
/data/local/redbend_ua restore /data/local/tmp/zImage /dev/block/bml8
That last line calls redbend_ua with the "restore" flag and puts "/data/local/tmp/zImage" into the place where the recovery belongs, or "/dev/block/bml8" The phone should reboot now and you will have your new recovery.
Then if you want to clean up the left over stuff
Code:
rm /data/local/redbend_ua
rm /data/local/tmp/zImage
Have fun.
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So will this work when i currently have the stock samsung backup?
Basically i download the OneClickRootCWM3.zip directly from my phone then go into say astrofiles and remove the files you mentioned and put it in a file named cwm and go to android terminal emulator from there?
If i can get this to work and get back to cwm3 what do you suggest I do next to get the phone back to stock since the usb mount work and I can't even use odin? all the flash zips from noobln thread didnt work.

seoulseek80 said:
So will this work when i currently have the stock samsung backup?
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Yes. This is how the one-click installs cwm over stock backup.
Basically i download the OneClickRootCWM3.zip directly from my phone then go into say astrofiles and remove the files you mentioned and put it in a file named cwm and go to android terminal emulator from there?
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Get the files below I mentioned below the first code block and put them in a folder called cwm.
If i can get this to work and get back to cwm3 what do you suggest I do next to get the phone back to stock since the usb mount work and I can't even use odin? all the flash zips from noobln thread didnt work.
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What were you flashing the zips with? They don't work with anything but cwm, so if you don't have cwm...

DiGi760 said:
Yes. This is how the one-click installs cwm over stock backup.
Get the files below I mentioned below the first code block and put them in a folder called cwm.
What were you flashing the zips with? They don't work with anything but cwm, so if you don't have cwm...
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I was flashing the roms with cwm3 but i mean flashing back to stock with odin as there doesnt seem to be a way to flash back to stock with cwm3.

You probably want to use the "ReRFS" dk28 rom to convert back to RFS, then try flashing noob's di18.

DiGi760 said:
You probably want to use the "ReRFS" dk28 rom to convert back to RFS, then try flashing noob's di18.
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ok. Ill look for a link for that. in your opinion do you think its possible that reverting back to stock everything might fix this usb mounting issue? I litterelly tried everything else. i mean could have one of the roms messed up the internal phone usb

A rom shouldn't ruin your usb, especially not the roms we have available to us. Having the same issue in different roms would lead me to believe it is a hardware problem. It may just be coincidence that it started after you flashed a rom. If you have the same problem when you make it to di18, then there really isn't anything software can do for you. You'll have to take it to a service center and have them order a refurb from asurion.

Well good news is that sprint will issue a new phone to me through mail as it is a manufacturer defect and not a human error since I'm in the 1 year manufacturers warranty. i thought for a second i was screwed without that service plan but hopefully this fix you posted might help somewhat. well also since I dont want to send in a rooted phone anyways lol

Hehe did you actlly try the usb "tooth" fix? It was something wrong with mine, turned out to be some other guys problem as well. I have an inkling its a common issue. Caused by nothing more than the simple innocent act of unplugging your phone. I'm on my phone, so I can't find the post. If you're on a computer search through my posts to find the thread.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700

squshy 7 said:
Hehe did you actlly try the usb "tooth" fix? It was something wrong with mine, turned out to be some other guys problem as well. I have an inkling its a common issue. Caused by nothing more than the simple innocent act of unplugging your phone. I'm on my phone, so I can't find the post. If you're on a computer search through my posts to find the thread.
Sent from my baked and emotionless SPH-D700
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Wow squshy I wish i could thank you a thousand times. It wasn't the actual tooth but the copper contact that was bent up. So i sat there with my wifes eyebrow pluckers and pulled it and down and boom it works.
It was hardly noticeable but I wouldnt have looked unless you said something. lol
Thanks bro!

[Q] How to delete files/folders from /sdcard?

After rooting my Galaxy Nexus with Wug's Root Toolkit and sim unlocking with the Docomo hack, and then restoring my apps/data (can't recall if I restored from GN Toolkit or Root Toolkit), my camera app was messed up--could snap pix but they didn't save; and video always fc'ed. The solution turns out to be to rename or delete the DCIM folder. I couldn't delete--so I renamed. Now I am trying to delete that DCIM.old folder and contents (eating up 1+G on my storage), but cannot delete either individual files or the folder. I'm sure there is a simple solution, but I can't find it. Help (even with a condescending attitude ) much appreciated!
zzcat

If you use a file explorer, that has it's standard directory at / then all you need to do is navigate to /mnt/sdcard/ then make sure it's mounted as R/W and not R/O, if all that is the way I said it, you shouldn't have problems deleting anything, if so, use the ADB and type:
Code:
adb shell rm /mnt/sdcard/<Folder>
That should then do the trick

You could also try the following Apps:
- Rootexplorer (paid)
- Astro File Manager

familyguy59 said:
If you use a file explorer, that has it's standard directory at / then all you need to do is navigate to /mnt/sdcard/ then make sure it's mounted as R/W and not R/O, if all that is the way I said it, you shouldn't have problems deleting anything, if so, use the ADB and type:
Code:
adb shell rm /mnt/sdcard/<Folder>
That should then do the trick
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FamilyGuy, thanks for the suggestion, the problem seems to be bad permissions and I can't figure out how to fix them. Tried the "fix permissions" from recovery, as well as when booted, to no avail.
Typing
adb shell rm -rf /[directory]
gives me "permission denied"
So tried
chmod 666 /sdcard/.../*
but get an "operation not permitted" message.
So I'm really stuck here...

familyguy59 said:
If you use a file explorer, that has it's standard directory at / then all you need to do is navigate to /mnt/sdcard/ then make sure it's mounted as R/W and not R/O, if all that is the way I said it, you shouldn't have problems deleting anything, if so, use the ADB and type:
Code:
adb shell rm /mnt/sdcard/<Folder>
That should then do the trick
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Update: solved
boot into recovery mode
mount /data
adb shell
rm, rmdir etc. all work as expected from here, no need to chown or chmod anything
zz

I see you've solved this, but i thought i would throw this in anyway...
The easy way is to delete the files from /data/media
The sdcard directory is a symlink, so go to the true folder and you should have more success...

Sometimes the file ownerships get messed up after a cycle of recovering the OS and restoring files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515291&page=2
If you have any other directories/files that you can't modify or delete, then boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
This fixed it for me and others.

cmstlist said:
Sometimes the file ownerships get messed up after a cycle of recovering the OS and restoring files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515291&page=2
If you have any other directories/files that you can't modify or delete, then boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
This fixed it for me and others.
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Thanks for this and other suggestions--my solution was trial and error, thrashing around in the dark (my unix command line chops are really, really rusty), and these are far more elegant. It's good to understand the underlying problem, your wisdom is appreciated.
Yes, permissions were messed up after rooting and applying a sim unlock hack, wiping and restoring from pre-unlock backup set. I see it so clearly now...

Problem can somebody help me?
Hello. I have a problem with my motorola defy+ running on gb 2.3.6 and is not ROOTED. Still he has an annoyng problem. After installing an aplication (not from the market) i saw that it didn't save data on the sd card. I uninstalled it and after a data factory reset i install apps such as temple run and Brother in Arms 2. At temple run it gave me this mesage
"File Access Problem Caution, unable to write files. This means your game progress can't be saved! Reason: Access to the path "/mnt/sdcard/Android/data/com.imangi.templerun/files/spaceholder.dat" is denied."
Also at Brother in Arms 2 the game didn't save. I rest the phone abouat 7-8 times.I changed the sd card. Note that the card was a 16 gb kingmax class 6 and put the 2 gb card that came with the phone. It all work smoothly. So what is the problem the sd card or the phone's software. Please answer i'm desparate and tired of wasting time.

This thread is about the Samsung Galaxy Nexus which has no external SD and uses a very different storage structure. I'm afraid we can't really help you here. Try the Defy forum.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

zzcat said:
FamilyGuy, thanks for the suggestion, the problem seems to be bad permissions and I can't figure out how to fix them. Tried the "fix permissions" from recovery, as well as when booted, to no avail.
Typing
adb shell rm -rf /[directory]
gives me "permission denied"
So tried
chmod 666 /sdcard/.../*
but get an "operation not permitted" message.
So I'm really stuck here...
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Before chmod the folder, you needed to be root by entering 'su' after 'adb shell' .
It worked from cwm, because cwm gives root access.
Linux/Android are all about permissions.
Sent from my i9250

cmstlist said:
Sometimes the file ownerships get messed up after a cycle of recovering the OS and restoring files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515291&page=2
If you have any other directories/files that you can't modify or delete, then boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
This fixed it for me and others.
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I tried your theory, and it didn't work, still get the message" unable to change ownership permission denied, in recovery mode.
we are still trying to find a solution, here is the discussion: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/32434-i-got-my-smartq-t20/page__st__260 on Post # 277

rocketero said:
I tried your theory, and it didn't work, still get the message" unable to change ownership permission denied, in recovery mode.
we are still trying to find a solution, here is the discussion: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/32434-i-got-my-smartq-t20/page__st__260 on Post # 277
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Sorry to hear that. It sounds like the problem you are having is with a completely different device, so I can't really say why this may be occurring - I don't know how your device's file system is structured. This advice is specifically for the Galaxy Nexus. If a version of CWM exists for your smartQme device, I can't speak to whether it works properly and interprets commands the same way ours does.

cmstlist said:
Sorry to hear that. It sounds like the problem you are having is with a completely different device, so I can't really say why this may be occurring - I don't know how your device's file system is structured. This advice is specifically for the Galaxy Nexus. If a version of CWM exists for your smartQme device, I can't speak to whether it works properly and interprets commands the same way ours does.
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it's a 9.8 inches tablet branded named called "LePanII'. it has ICS now, before we had Honeycomb 3.2.1.
The manufacture of this tablet did such a bad partitioning that the /system partition was left only with merely 4MB of free space in it.

rocketero said:
it's a 9.8 inches tablet branded named called "LePanII'. it has ICS now, before we had Honeycomb 3.2.1.
The manufacture of this tablet did such a bad partitioning that the /system partition was left only with merely 4MB of free space in it.
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Good luck with your issue. I doubt it's related to the one we were having on the GNex though.

cmstlist said:
Sometimes the file ownerships get messed up after a cycle of recovering the OS and restoring files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1515291&page=2
If you have any other directories/files that you can't modify or delete, then boot into CWM recovery, plug in the USB cable, go into adb shell. Also make sure that /data is mounted in the CWM mounts menu. Then:
cd /data/media
chown -R media_rw.media_rw *
This fixed it for me and others.
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Sorry if my question is dumb.
Does this command solve the problem for all the folders and sub-folders in sdcard? Thank you for your help!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

/data/media # chown -R media_rw.media_rw*
BusyBox v1.20.2-jb static (2012-10-25 21:29 +0100) multi-call binary.
Usage: chown [-RhLHP]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP]] FILE...
Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP
-R Recurse
-h Affect symlinks instead of symlink targets
-L Traverse all symlinks to directories
-H Traverse symlinks on command line only
-P Don't traverse symlinks (default)
I got this after giving the commands from recovery in adb shell.
What does that mean?

Jar3112 said:
/data/media # chown -R media_rw.media_rw*
BusyBox v1.20.2-jb static (2012-10-25 21:29 +0100) multi-call binary.
Usage: chown [-RhLHP]... OWNER[<.|:>[GROUP]] FILE...
Change the owner and/or group of each FILE to OWNER and/or GROUP
-RRecurse
-hAffect symlinks instead of symlink targets
-LTraverse all symlinks to directories
-HTraverse symlinks on command line only
-PDon't traverse symlinks (default)
I got this after giving the commands from recovery in adb shell.
What does that mean?
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OK solved, I forgot the space before the *!
Worked like a charm!!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus