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Unlocked Motorola Backflip Questions?

I just bought an unlocked Motorola Backflip off ebay.
I had a few questions.
If I do a hard reset, do I need to unlock it again?
If I 'clear storage' or reset defaults, do I need to unlock it again?
When the Android 2.1 upgrade comes this fall, will I need to unlock it again after upgrading?

Anderdroid said:
I just bought an unlocked Motorola Backflip off ebay.
I had a few questions.
If I do a hard reset, do I need to unlock it again?
If I 'clear storage' or reset defaults, do I need to unlock it again?
When the Android 2.1 upgrade comes this fall, will I need to unlock it again after upgrading?
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I did a hard reset (Factory refresh) and did NOT have to do Re _Unlock...I hope this helps

hard reset will not lock the phone i did it yesterday no problem go for it

how to root moto backflip???
plzzz help

motorola backflip rooted
I used these guide whith my backflip.Instructions :
Setup:
- Install adb unless you haven't done so and Motorola drivers unless you haven't done so
- Download attached archive
- Extract to a directory, I used c:\Moto_MSM_Root
- Make sure you have USB degugging enabled
- Change connection to PC Mode
Process:
- Open command prompt
- cd c:\wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- cd c:\Moto_MSM_Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
(optional) - adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- adb shell
- cd data/local/tmp
- chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- let the process run until it returns you to c:/Moto_MSM_Root (be patient, but may need to reboot the phone)
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb kill-server
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb shell
If you end up with "#" prompt, do the following. Otherwise reboot the phone and try again "adb shell". If even that doesn't give "#" prompt, go back to step "./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin". There are mixed results atm., but some succeeded. See this post for possible way:
- mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
- cat /sdcard/su > /system/xbin/su
- chown root.root /system/xbin/su
- chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
- cat /sdcard/Superuser.apk > /system/app/Superuser.apk
- chown root.root /system/app/Superuser.apk
- chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
(optional) - cat /sdcard/busybox > /system/bin/busybox
(optional) - chown root.root /system/bin/busybox
(optional) - chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
- exit
- : google for......." Moto_MSM_Root "

how to unlock my backflip whit op lock?somoane can help me

[Q] Simple Root for EB13

Is there a simple, non-CWM flashing one-click root for stock EB13 Epics (I just want to tether to my rooted nook)?
I ask because a few months back I rooted my DI18 Epic with a "One Click Root" and, for some reason, all my apps became unlinked from the android market, and nothing I did worked to restore their connections. After a few hours of panic, I unrooted using the accompanying "One Click Unrooter," and the problem went away.
Then, I noticed my bluetooth was't working. I took it to the Sprint store, they ordered me a replacement phone, and then wouldn't exchange it because CWM was on my current phone. I got them to exchange it eventually, but I felt like a complete dumbass for not knowing it didn't come off in the one-click-unrooting process.
So, is there a way to just get root? And then is there a simple way to get rid of it (uninstall SU and such as well) in case I have to exchange the hardware?
I've read a lot of stuff about flashing stock with Odin, but all the dl links for Odin are 404'd, and I'd rather not have to go back to fresh stock every time I need to take my phone in. What's your advice?

SuperOneClick v1.7 worked for me.

Trickee360 said:
Is there a simple, non-CWM flashing one-click root for stock EB13 Epics (I just want to tether to my rooted nook)?
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I don't know about "one-click", z4root might work, but there's anecdotal reports of it not working on Android 2.2.1. The one-click w/CWM redirector is the easiest way to root and definitely recommended if you want to do anything more advanced (ROMs, etc.). You can always return to stock everything with Odin.
That said, if all you want is root and nothing more, the manual version is relatively simple. It's really just three steps:
Use an exploit (rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin) to get "temporary root" (an ADB root shell).
Install Superuser's su binary to /system/xbin with the appropriate permissions (root.shell 4755).
Sideload Superuser.apk as a regular program, or download it from the market.
In which case "unrooting" is trivial. Just delete /system/xbin/su with root-explorer or something, and after remove Superuser via "Manage applications".
A while back I wrote up semi-detailed directions for doing this. They should work on EB13 with some modification. Here's some notes for EB13:
"rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin", "su", and "Superuser.apk" are all included in the one click package, that's the easiest place to get them.
Actually running "rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin" is the trickest part. There's a few ways to do it, and due to the nature of the exploit, sometimes only one or two of them will work for anyone. You can tell it works if on the next run of "adb shell" you get a "#" prompt instead of "$". Try these three ways in order until one of them works:
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell (press return, and type below at the "$" prompt):
/data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb push root.sh /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/root.sh
adb shell /data/local/tmp/root.sh
With the last method's root.sh from the one-click package.
Once you have root, and have verified such by getting a "#" prompt with "adb shell", then run:
Code:
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/root.sh
adb shell mount -wo remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell mount -ro remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb install Superuser.apk
If you do nothing more, OTA updates should apply just fine. The only caveat is that /system/xbin/su will lose the appropraite permissions, so Superuser will no longer work. To restore it, do the same steps above to regain "temporary root", then run:
Code:
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/root.sh
adb shell mount -wo remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell mount -ro remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
You shouldn't have to push a new "su" binary since it's already there, and similarly, you don't need to reinstall Superuser.

How to root manually/without Windows

There is already an excellent write-up on how to use SuperOneClick to root your Optimus V.
Unfortunately, you may not have a Windows machine available to run the util, or your PC hates the LG drivers, or you may wish to control how you go about rooting your device.
Hence this short write-up which, obviously, relies on pieces I got from that other write-up.
I. Rooting your device
1. You still need ADB!
2. Download the LG Optimus V Tools package from http://nexus.zteo.com/projects/tools/
3. Unzip it
4. Command-line:
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb push su /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 psneuter
chmod 777 su
./psneuter
5. You should be kicked out of the shell
6. Command-line:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
(Oh look you are root!)
That's it. You now have permanent root access.
After rebooting your phone, adb should be back to logging you in as a regular user but typing "su" will do the trick.
Note: I realize that the version of SuperUser.apk that comes with SuperOneClick might be re-usable here. I haven't had any success with it but you may.
II. Flashing a new ROM
1. After rooting your device, obviously...
2. Get an image for the ROM you wish to flash...
Currently, my favourite one is a fairly recent version of Zefie's CM7.
You can find it by googling "update-cm-7-04282011-NIGHTLY-thunderc-Xionia-signed.zip" -- I will refer to it, below, as <your_rom_zip_file>
3. Get a minimum Google Apps package for flashing as well.
Here, I would google "gapps-gb-20110325-signed.zip" -- I will refer to it, below, as <your_gapps_zip_file>
3. Command-line:
Code:
adb push flash_recovery /data/local/tmp/
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
adb push Debug-FormatSYSTEM.zip /sdcard/
adb push <your_rom_zip_file> /sdcard/
adb push <your_gapps_zip_file> /sdcard/
adb shell
su
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/flash_recovery
/data/local/tmp/flash_recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery
4. In recovery: Flash Debug-FormatSYSTEM.zip
5. In recovery: Wipe cache and dalvik-cache
6. In recovery: Flash <your_rom_zip_file> -- this will take a while
7. Do not reboot!
8. In recovery: Flash <your_gapps_zip_file>
9. Now, reboot.
10. Let your phone think about life for a few minutes
11. Select "Skip" when your phone asks you to create/enter your account info
12. Launch the market; now, enter your main account information

Hey first of all let me tell you that I appreciate this guide. Now my problem is that I am such a noob that I may be doing this wrong.I download the file to my optimus.Then in an explorer I extract it, correct? After that once I put in the first line of command on terminal emulator I get an error that says "adb: permission denied". Please help this guide is my last resort.Whatever I do I can not root through windows.It would be nice if you could explain in more detail every step. Thanks!

help
can u please add a little more detail thank u very much appreciated.

SouthParkFan15:
adb is a tool that you run on your computer; it is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux. It is part of the Google SDK.
thizizjohnny:
Could you give me a little more detail regarding what detail you are interested in?

How do I unzip?.. is extract the same thing? I'm running Linux mint 10. How do I get adb? Excuse my noobness.
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Oh and one last thing.. does this work on android version 2.2.1?
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Yes this works with 2.2.1.
On Linux Mint, you can use the package manager or the unzip command in a terminal window.
apk:
Download the SDK at http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Install it, then run "android" and select "Install platform tools"

I finally got adb on my system, but when I type in "adb devices" nothing comes up and when I do any command that involves the phone i get "error:device not found".Yes I have usb debugging on and yes I have all the right drivers installed and yes I have tried rebooting a million times, and no my computer has never recognized my phone the way it should.Let me also point out that though pdanet or droid explorer they can't find my device. Help please I'm desperate!

Oh, my. Sorry to read that.
Problem is, in 2.2.x, the exploits that give you root access rely on ADB itself so you couldn't be more out of luck.
On second thought...this may seem a bit weird but there may be a way. I have to think about it. It would involve using a file manager that agrees to "see" /data/local/tmp, running psneuter from there and keeping our fingers crossed. I'll keep you updated.

Alright thanks cyansmoke! Keep me informed.

I ran all of the steps for rooting and I didn't get one error. It didn't seem to work though. When I launch adb again after rebooting my phone I get permission denied when I try to run su.
Here is the cap from my command line. I have no idea why it didn't take.
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
$ cd /data/local/tmp
cd /data/local/tmp
$ chmod 777 psneuter
chmod 777 psneuter
$ chmod 777 su
chmod 777 su
$ ./psneuter
./psneuter
property service neutered.
killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
cat /data/local/tmp/su > /system/bin/su
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /system
# exit
exit
C:\phone\LGOptimusVTools>adb shell
$ su
su
su: permission denied
$

It's possible that you have another su in your path that takes precedence.
Please try typing:
/system/bin/su

Hey, do you know if there is a way to upgrade my device to froyo 2.2.2? It's currently 2.2.1 and whenever I go to update system it says something like "Your system is up to date".Incase you have forgotten I have the optimus v that can't establish connections with the computer.So what I could do?I'm thinking that If I do that then maybe it could fix all of my problems (or some of them).Thanks

I don't think that it will help you no.
OK it's taking longer than I thought because my wife's LGV, after I restored it to stock, decided that it would not allow psneuter anymore.
Thus, I will need you to run these commands for me and let me know how that went:
1. First, copy psneuter to the root of your SD Card.
2. Then, download Terminal Emulator from the market
3. Run Terminal Emulator, type:
Code:
cp /sdcard/psneuter /data/local/tmp/
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
/data/local/tmp/psneuter
Now, if we are lucky, you should get kicked out of the terminal app (I know it's weird but there is a claim that it goes through adb(!))
Restart the terminal emulator. If we are double-lucky, your prompt should have changed from '$' to '#'
Fingers crossed. Still surprised to hear that terminal emulator would go through adb. No, let me rephrase that: I am moderately surprised, in fact, considering the limitations put on non-rooted apps.

After I put psneuter on the root of my sdcard.I go to terminal emulator and put in the first code and it says "cp: permission denied".Any suggestions?

SouthParkFan15 said:
After I put psneuter on the root of my sdcard.I go to terminal emulator and put in the first code and it says "cp: permission denied".Any suggestions?
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Ah, my bad, no "cp" by default.
New instructions:
Code:
cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
/data/local/tmp/psneuter

After I put in the first code I get an error message saying "cannot create /data/local/tmp/: is a directory".

*facepalm*
Of course I should have written:
Code:
cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/psneuter

I put in "cat /sdcard/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/psneuter" and I get an error message saying "cannot create /data/local/tmp/psneuter: directory nonexistent".

Any suggestions?

[HOWTO] Installing the Play Store on a Rooted Kindle Fire 2

This 'how to' requires that you already have a rooted device. See here for instructions, or elsewhere on this forum.
Step 1 - Get the files.
Play Store APK
Google Services Framework
Step 2 - Copy them to device.
You need adb for this, make sure you have the SDK platform-tools folder in your PATH or ADB standalone (also in your PATH).
Code:
adb push /path/to/playstore.apk /data/local/tmp/.
adb push /path/to/servicesframework.apk /data/local/tmp/.
Step 3 - Move them around.
Code:
adb shell
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/playstore.apk
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/servicesframework.apk
mount -o remount rw /system
Now theres some sort of problem with actually moving files around to /system so we will use cat instead.
Code:
cat /data/local/tmp/servicesframework.apk > /system/app/framework.apk
cat /data/local/tmp/playstore.apk > /system/app/play.apk
Step 4 - Clean Up.
Code:
rm /data/local/tmp/servicesframework.apk
rm /data/local/tmp/playstore.apk
adb reboot
Step 5 - Use.
When your Kindle Fire restarts it will say Upgrading, after that you should find the play store under the Device tab of Apps.

[Q] Linux user with some questions about root methods.

Okay folks, I am a rooting newb where it comes to this wonderous device known as the Optimus G, and I need some questions answered.
First lemme fill you all in on some details where the computer I might be using to root my Optimus G is concerned. I run Zorin OS 6.1 64bit Core edition (yes, Linux) and that obviously that begs my first question, of any of the rooting methods mentioned in the development part of this forum, are there any that will work with Linux? And if so which ones or is there some kind of special magic I'll need to cast or some kind of coding wizardry level I'll have to obtain in order to be able to root my Optimus G?
Second, to fill you in on the phone, yes I have updated to ZV9 so if that borks me if you could please let me know?
Third, and Fourth actually are my concerns over being able to fix whatever possible brick type damage might be done. 3)How stable are the root/unlock methods, meaning there would be no way to reverse them? Of course I mean outside of accepting an OTA update which I already know better than to do on a custom ROM (had a Samsung Epic 4g before this so yeah I know how that goes.)
and 4)Is there an LGNPST (sp?) version for Linux or will I have to figure out a wa to maybe run it on WINE or something along those lines?
I'd ask about ROMS but I know everybody has an opinion of their own and I don't so much mind the stock one, though I might get the debloated version and see what else I can do with that.
Thanks in advance everybody for any help you all can give.

1) You can root through linux, although I don't know about which distros. I did it on ubuntu, using one of the links in the link in my sig.
2) AFAIK, you have to be on zv7/8 to root or unlock. You will have to use LGNPST to go back to one of those, and as far as I've ever heard that is a windows program only.
3) Both the root and unlock methods are reversible through whatever program you use to do it.
4) ???

You forgot profit!!!!
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As long as you can attain a root shell and install ADB aka Android SDK, and as long as after that you can run ADB shell and then receive a prompt from your device you should be able to push the necessary files and then run the exploit and install the superuser binary there should be no issues. I actually took the windows root method, and used the commands in my Debian box and it worked very well. The only thing that I would be concerned with is weather not you can get a root shell in your specific version once that is attained, run ADB start-server as root then finish.
Basically I took this root method, and modded the script to fit linux.
(as noted from my post on the last page of that thread)
Preparation
ADB can be found either from the android sdk(tools only) or from the 'stuff' folder, in the archive below (i ran the one from the sdk)
Download this zip file, and extract the 'stuff' folder to a newly created 'root' folder on your Desktop
Open a terminal and cd to ~/Desktop/root
My adb location is coded into my $PATH variable so when I issue adb, it runs ~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools/adb but you can either set up an alias (to the one included which would be alias adb=~/Desktop/root/stuff/adb if you follow the below extraction procedures or the one from the sdk which could be anywhere)
Before running the root I ran:
Code:
su -
adb start-server
exit
Then to test whether or not I had the correct version of adb, I ran:
Code:
adb shell
You should see your prompt change to that of the phone. if it displays any type of error message, please check your version of adb. to exit this prompt and continue with the root, simply type exit and press enter.
ROOT:
Paste the following into your terminal (which should now be in the ~/Desktop/root directory)
Code:
adb "wait-for-device"
adb push stuff/busybox /data/local/tmp/.
adb push stuff/su /data/local/tmp/.
adb push stuff/Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/.
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb restore stuff/fakebackup.ab
echo 'Select "Restore my data" on your phone!'
adb shell "while ! ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.android.settings/a/file99; do :; done" > /dev/null
echo "Your phone will now reboot twice, DO NOT DISCONNECT USB!"
adb reboot
adb "wait-for-device"
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system && /data/local/tmp/busybox mv /data/local/tmp/su /system/xbin/su && /data/local/tmp/busybox mv /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk && /data/local/tmp/busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox && chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su && chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su && chmod 655 /system/app/Superuser.apk && chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox && rm /data/local.prop && reboot"
echo "Rooting Complete!"
echo "SuperSU should now be available in your applications drawer!"
Assimilated using the interface that interacts with the advanced internet.