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.
Sent from my VM670 using XDA App
Oh and one last thing.. does this work on android version 2.2.1?
Sent from my VM670 using XDA App
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?
Please, dont post on this thread, continue to use [NST]MinimalTouch 1.1beta5
Recomendation, Paste the commands one by one.
I am not responsible for any damage your nook suffers.
Index
Automatic Method:
[NST]MinimalTouch 1.1beta5
[NST]Touch-Formatter
Manual Tutos:
Skip registration (OOBE)
Making the manual process LESS PAINFULL
Setting up adb manually on the nook touch
Setting up root access on NST through adb and installing busybox
Improve battery life(testing)
Backup bookmarks and annotations(testing)
Enable non market app installs
Installing XorZone's B&N button modifier
Change the powered off screen image
Blocking OTA updates
Installing new fonts for your nook (testing)
Installing Gapps (+launcher, etc)
Totally uninstall Gapps (my repack), unrooting, erasing and restoring
Interesting or useful specific apps or hacks for Nook Simple Touch
nook 1.1 update
Thanks to:
GabrialDestruir for his hard work, making easy to root the NST creating the Touchnooter (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1343143) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1132693)
ros87 for the update on uramdisk and the how to modify boot/charging images and usb drivers. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337653) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17882146&postcount=11) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19342931&postcount=12)
XorZone for NookTouchTools and his jars, book button menu and the orientation Switch (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289894)
nookdevs for noogie and making all this possible (http://nookdevs.com/NookColor_Rooting)
mali100 for the update on framework. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19201466&postcount=352)
xboxexpert for the working market. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15084704&postcount=51)
Kralik for his findings. (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156539)
bonzer2u for OTA blocking. (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10973887&postcount=1)
traycold for his images (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17822468&postcount=9)
jerryfan2000 for Button savior (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865525)
OMGWTF_BBQ for the Button Savior eink friendly mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250278)
TJay99 for the Simplistic Countdown Timer (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290900)
mdall for tweaking the screen refresh (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241419)
dark_hawk for adding the last step on the Gaps method + Fonts (method 1) (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19441352&postcount=33)
met67 for usb drivers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19339163&postcount=11
LastSilmaril for the bookmarks and annotations info (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19483661&postcount=67)
met67 for the permissions and ownership on Gapps (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19658259&postcount=109)
mali100 for portin CWM to NST (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360994)
salsichad2 for pointing out that the X files where corrupt and his adw theme config (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19720053&postcount=139)
kneeldug for sugesting extra steps on the automatic tuto.
bisbal for helping me beta testing.
dobbing for the copy of the 1.1 update.
Setting up adb manually on the nook touch:
If you want to restore, wipe data, or reset your nook, FIRST read how to backup your anotations and then search on this post for: Totally uninstall Gapps (my repack), unrooting, erasing and restoring.
Download noogie, and burn it into an SD-card (http://www.multiupload.com/OFI609MP8V) use Win32DiskImage.exe.
Shut down the Nook Touch completely your NST http://www.multiupload.com/CJ981FWPJG
Insert the SD-card into your Nook, connect it to the pc and turn it on.
When the nook ends booting (you should see a rooted forever splash screen on it) wait 20 seconds, you should see a new drive named boot, if not, go to MiniTool Partition Wizard Home Edition look for a partition named boot and assign it a letter.
Open boot, and replace the uramdisk, with one of these (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337653).
This tuto is all made for the Wifi-uramdisk, if you want to use the usb change all the "adb connect yourNSTip" into "adb devices".
If you finally want to use adb over usb, follow this to make the nook recognizable by adb http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19342931&postcount=12 or install this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19339163&postcount=11.
Eject the nook from the pc and reboot the NST without the noogie SD-card.
Setting up root access on NST through adb and installing busybox:
Download java JKD http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Download the android sdk (I recommend zipped) and extract it on C so that it looks like C:/android-sdk-windows
Open the SDK manager and update it, install for example the 2.1 platform, etc, it will automatically create /platform-tools
Download Superuser (http://nookdevs.com/images/a/a9/Superuser.zip), su (http://nookdevs.com/images/e/e0/Su.zip), and busybox (http://bit.ly/s1s7FZ or http://benno.id.au/android/busybox), extract them on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Connect your NST to your home Wi-Fi, and check its ip.
Open cmd and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb install Superuser.apk
adb push su /data/local/
adb shell
cd /system/bin
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
cat /data/local/su > su
chmod 6755 su
reboot
Now we will install buysbox.
Close cmd and reopen it, When your nook reboots type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
exit
adb push busybox /data/local
adb shell
su
cd /system
mkdir /system/xbin
cd /data/local
chmod 755 busybox
/data/local/busybox cp /data/local/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
cd /system/xbin
chmod 755 busybox
./busybox --install -s /system/xbin
rm /data/local/busybox
reboot
Improve battery life (testing)
As the Nook Touch hasn't got a overclocking kernel, and isn't near, as it isn't convenient to change or modify the cpu governor (it works in an unusual way), as I don't like too many apks bloating my nook, there is something that seems to be working for me, underclocking it manually of course .
The Nook has 3 stock frequencys, 300, 600, 800, and a deepsleep state.
As this small monster is just an ereader, and the refresh rates of eink are painfully slow I didn't find the need for it going all the way to 800mhz I did this small trick:
Make a backup up clrbootcount.sh.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb pull /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
Now lets modify it:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
echo "echo 300000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq" >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
adb reboot
Check to see if the process was succesfull by typing this on cmd:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
To return back to stock file, restore the file you backed up by pushing it back or use:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
sed -i '/echo/d' /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
reboot
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Click to collapse
If the output is 300000, then it worked and now your nook won't go all the way to 800mhz, if you want to limit it to 600mhz, just change 300000 to 600000.
Backup bookmarks and annotations (Haven't tried it yet)
Bookmarks and annotations are saved in /data/data/com.bn.nook.reader.activities/databases/
To backup them open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb pull /data/data/com.bn.nook.reader.activities/databases/ /bookmarks
To restore them after a reset open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb push /bookmarks /data/data/com.bn.nook.reader.activities/databases/
Enable non market app installs:
Download sqlite3 (http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-shell-win32-x86-3070900.zip) and extract it on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Open cmd and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
sqlite3 settings.db "update secure set value=1 where name='install_non_market_apps';"
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
Installing XorZone's B&N button modifier (Jars for 1.1, for other system versions check thread)(as I call it)
Download the jars (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=781948&d=1321243370) and NookTouchTools (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=750222&d=1318646585) and extract the zips on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools. (Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289894)
Then backup the original jars onto the SD-card.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
cp -p /system/framework/android.policy.jar /sdcard
cp -p /system/framework/services.jar /sdcard
exit
Then let’s push the new ones in place and install NookTouchTools:
Code:
adb push android.policy.jar /system/framework/
adb push services.jar /system/framework/
adb install NookTouchTools-1.0b2.apk
This can also be done by Nooktouchtools, but this is a manual thread, so now we will delete calvick-cache and fix permissions:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
chown root.root /system/framework/*
chmod 644 /system/framework/*
rm -R /data/dalvik-cache/*
reboot
Now open NookTouchTools and modify settings as you wish.
Change the powered off screen image
First, let’s make a copy of the original apk.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
You will find this file on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools.
Make a copy of the file and open it with 7zip (download it if you don’t have it http://www.7-zip.org/).
Look for and open res\drawable-mdpi\
Search for cold_boot_screen.png and replace it for whatever 800x600 image you want.
Search for cold_battery_low_boot_screen.png and again replace it for whatever 800x600 image you want.
Save the modified apk on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Then we have to push the new file and fix permissions.
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb shell
chown root.root /system/framework/*
chmod 644 /system/framework/*
rm -R /data/dalvik-cache/*
reboot
If you have problems pushing the framework-res.apk because the NST reboots, or hangs, use this zip (http://nooter.googlecode.com/files/RestoreFramework.zip) in conjunction with CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=806435&d=1323121399). (Keep reading)
You must:
Open the zip and drop your original or modifyed framework-res.apk in /system/framework, inside the zip.
Copy it to the SD card where you have burnt CWM and flash it through it.
If you see any strange behavior restore your backed up copy.
On this post, there are some nice pictures to use, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17822468&postcount=9, I modified them a bit, making them 16 bit grayscale and 800x600, see attachments..
Blocking OTA updates:
To prevent future automatic updating and unrooting you can block OTA updates.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb pull /data/data/com.bn.devicemanager/databases/devicemanager.db devicemanager.db
sqlite3 devicemanager.db
sqlite> update registry set value='manual' where name='com.bn.device.fota.mode';
sqlite> .q
adb push devicemanager.db /data/data/com.bn.devicemanager/databases/devicemanager.db
adb reboot
Installing new fonts for your nook
This first method works for Opera mini, for example, not for normal apps.
The second one for changing the official interface Font (testing)
The third one for changing the Fonts on the official reader app (testing)
1º method
First open CMD and make a copy of your fonts:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb pull /system/fonts
exit
Then add the new fonts.
Code:
adb push thenewfont /system/fonts
adb shell
su
chmod 4755 /system/fonts/*
2º method
3º method
Installing Gapps (+launcher, etc)
Market FULLY functional, My apps tab working and updating correctly, proof: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19602755&postcount=76
PC android market webpage working, proof:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
dark_hawk's exprience.
My experience.
New packages, deleted all the unneeded, apks, not needed libraries, jars, etc.
You have four options:
Minimal Touch (Core Gapps (http://bit.ly/rQ3YNn))
Minimal Touch + NookColorTools (http://bit.ly/vUwXeb)
Minimal Touch + Extras (Core Gapps + Launcher + theme + Button savior + NookColorTools(http://bit.ly/skgHhe))
Everything is functional, Gmail, Gtalk, Market.
Instructions:
For this process to work, you will need to install busybox, so search for Setting up root access on NST through adb and installing busybox and go directly to installing busybox if you come from another method of installing Gapps.
Download Minimal Touch + Extras if you haven't got a launcher installed, and extract it on the C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools (root)
Download Minimal Touch if you already have a launcher installed, and extract it on the C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools (root)
First, make a backup of the files we will modify:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb pull /system/framework/framework.jar
adb pull /data/system/packages.xml
adb pull /system/build.prop
exit
exit
Second, lets start with the install process.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
exit
adb push data /data
adb push system /system
If the NST reboots before finishing the process, it may happen, start again where you left it.
Now lets fix permissions and ownership.
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
chown system.system /data/app/*
chmod 644 /data/app/*
chmod 644 /system/app/*
chmod 644 /system/etc/permissions/*
chmod 644 /system/framework/*
chmod 644 /system/lib/*.so
reboot
When the NST reboots select adw launcher as your predefined launcher (If you haven't already), log in on YouTube (click settings, my channel) and log in the Gmail account you used on YouTube, both accounts must be the same.
It will fail to sync and force close.
Open Cmd and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
sed -i '/uid.system/,/perms/{/uid.system/b;/perms/b;d}' /data/system/packages.xml
reboot
Gmail should already work and sync.
Open Cmd and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
echo "ro.config.nocheckin=no" >> /system/build.prop
reboot
Let android fully load.
Open Market, it will try to connect, if it can't retry until it does (it will), if it doesn’t, you haven’t got the Wi-Fi on .
Market should be fully functional now.
After this, manually by deleting it and its data, or through your launcher, or through Nook Color Tools, you can unistall YouTube.apk, it is no longer needed, and autostarts everytime wasting resources.
Now lets make protected apps show in market
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
sed -i 's/^.*ro.build.fingerprint.*$/ro\.build\.fingerprint=verizon\/voles\/sholes\/sholes:2\.1-update1\/ESE81\/29593:user\/release-keys/' /system/build.prop
reboot
Protected apps wont appear inmediatly, the market must check your new fingerprint and that happens at midnight, so you can wait 1 day or:
Check you have correctly changed the fingerprint, change the time to 23:50 on your Nook Touch and wait till "midnight" wait a bit more, and protected apps should appear.
Totally uninstall Gapps (my repack), unrooting, erasing and restoringTesting
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
adb push /system/framework/framework.jar
adb push /data/system/packages.xml
adb push /system/build.prop
rm /data/app/YouTube.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.youtube
rm /system/lib/libgtalk_jni.so
rm /system/lib/libinterstitial.so
rm /system/framwork/com.google.android.gtalkservice.jar
rm /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.datamessaging.xml
rm /system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.gtalkservice.xml
rm /system/app/Gmail.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.gm
rm /system/app/GmailProvider.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.providers.gmail
rm /system/app/GoogleApps.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps
rm /system/app/GoogleCheckin.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.server.checkin
rm /system/app/GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.providers.subscribedfeeds
rm /sytem/app/gtalkservice.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.apps.gtalkservice
rm /system/app/Talk.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.talk
rm /sytem/app/TalkProvider.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.google.android.providers.talk
rm /sytem/app/Vending.apk
rm -R /data/data/com.android.vending
reboot
Unrooting:
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
rm -R /sytem/app/Superuser.apk
rm -R /data/app/Superuser.apk
rm -R /sytem/bin/su
rm -R /sytem/xbin
reboot
Erasing and restoring:
After this, if what you want is to have a clean nook and you didnt make a backup before rooting you have to:
Use nookRestore to restore /system (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1289233), or using adb do:
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
echo -n -e "\x08\x00\x00\x00" > /rom/devconf/BootCnt
reboot
Use on settings, device, Erase and Deregistered to wipe /data
(If it doesn’t let you, force it shutting down your nook, then starting it up, and when the screen flickers press right and left bottom buttons, hold for 5+ seconds).
Update to 1.1 (http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/Software-Updates-NOOK-Simple-Touch/379003175/)
Interesting or useful specific apps or hacks for Nook Simple Touch
Calendar Pad (https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.ne.gate.calpad)
Book button menu (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1280509)
Button Savior (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9669486&postcount=1)
Button Savior eink friendly mod (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250278)
Simplistic countdown timer (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290900)
Tweaking the screen refresh (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241419)
Orientation Switch [Recommended, use in conjunction with XorZone's B&N button modifier] (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283176)
ADW launcher + Minimalist_Black - ADW Theme, nice launcher + awesome theme pack with awesome icons for eink (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.adw.launcher + https://market.android.com/details?...iwiY29tLmRhdmlkMTE3MS5taW5pbWFsaXN0YmxhY2siXQ..)
Minimalistic text, it’s a really nice free widget app, from which you can make things like this http://attachments.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=781918&d=1321239931, you will need version 2.6.2 or 2.6.3 here you have the 2.6.2 (http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UO7PD9BU) and the market link for the latest (https://market.android.com/details?id=de.devmil.minimaltext)
AdbWireless widget, to control when you want adb over Wi-Fi on and off with the Wi-Fi uramdisc, or to add the possibility to the usb uramdisc (https://market.android.com/details?id=siir.es.adbWireless)
Making the manual process LESS PAINFULL
To not have to open each time CMD, and go typing cd C/.... and connect yourNSTip make a small batch file like this:
Open notepad type:
Code:
@echo off
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb kill-server
adb connect yourNSTip
cmd
Save the file as .bat, or change the extension when saved.
Now each time you reboot in the proces, instead of opening CMD and typing cd ..... and adb connect.... just open this file and star copying command right away
eded333 said:
Change the powered off screen image
First, let’s make a copy of the original apk.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
You will find this file on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools.
Make a copy of the file and open it with 7zip (download it if you don’t have it http://www.7-zip.org/).
Look for and open res\drawable-mdpi\
Search for cold_boot_screen.png and replace it for whatever 800x600 image you want.
Search for cold_battery_low_boot_screen.png and again replace it for whatever 800x600 image you want.
Save the modified apk on C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
Then we have to push the new file.
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
exit
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
adb reboot
If you see any strange behavior restore your backed up copy.
On this post, there are some nice pictures to use, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17822468&postcount=9, I modified them a bit, making them smaller in size, 16 bit grayscale and 800x600 here is the link http://www.megaupload.com/?d=PD94ZJK9.
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So, I did all that, but I'm stuck at the loading screen (the one with 5 dots doing stuff).
Any ideas?
I've also tried to restore the orig framework-res.apk, but nothing.
Also changed permissions back to 644.
ace7196 said:
So, I did all that, but I'm stuck at the loading screen (the one with 5 dots doing stuff).
Any ideas?
I've also tried to restore the orig framework-res.apk, but nothing.
Also changed permissions back to 644.
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I hate you..... (not really )
Read the first page:
"Please, dont post on this thread, continue to use [NST]MinimalTouch 1.1beta5"
Anyway
It works, I've modded it myself, try to fix the the permissions:
chmod 644 /system/framework/*
What images did you use?
Please lets continue this conversation on: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346748
Or through PM, id like to use this thread only to add more tutos, or correct the ones I allready have.
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Edit,
didnt read you allready did that.
So after restoring the original file, you still have problems?
Try to force shut it down, and start it again, or try to erase dalvik cache, and reboot (if you can acces adb, if not I'll make you an CWM zip)
rm -rf /data/dalvik-cache/*
Skip OOBE:
On the first screen that appears on the NST without tapping any button.
1.Hold the right top button and move your finger from left to right on the top of the screen.
2.The factory button will appear at the bottom right of the screen, tap it.
3.Hold again the right top button and tap the right bottom part of the screen, where the factory button appeared
4.A button labeled skip oobe will appear, tap it, your done
Redid Gapps packages and updated links.
eded333 said:
Improve battery life (testing)
As the Nook Touch hasn't got a overclocking kernel, and isn't near, as it isn't convenient to change or modify the cpu governor (it works in an unusual way), as I don't like too many apks bloating my nook, there is something that seems to be working for me, underclocking it manually of course .
The Nook has 3 stock frequencys, 300, 600, 800, and a deepsleep state.
As this small monster is just an ereader, and the refresh rates of eink are painfully slow I didn't find the need for it going all the way to 800mhz I did this small trick:
Make a backup up clrbootcount.sh.
Open CMD and type:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb pull /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
Now lets modify it:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system
echo "echo 300000 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq" >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
adb reboot
Check to see if the process was succesfull by typing this on cmd:
Code:
cd C:/android-sdk-windows/platform-tools
adb connect yourNSTip
adb shell
cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/scaling_max_freq
To return back to stock file, restore the file you backed up by pushing it back or use:
If the output is 300000, then it worked and now your nook won't go all the way to 800mhz, if you want to limit it to 600mhz, just change 300000 to 600000.
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Have you done any actual benchmarkings on this? Usually trickery like this actually make degrades battery performance because the slower the computations is done the less time is spent in deep sleep. Most of the time the device should be in deep sleep but whenever something need to be done, it should be done as quickly as is possible.
Anyway I like your guides. I just got everything up and running exactly as I want without a bunch of crappy useless apps installed. Market as well. Something the automated methods doesn't handle at all well
Fulkerson said:
Have you done any actual benchmarkings on this? Usually trickery like this actually make degrades battery performance because the slower the computations is done the less time is spent in deep sleep. Most of the time the device should be in deep sleep but whenever something need to be done, it should be done as quickly as is possible.
Anyway I like your guides. I just got everything up and running exactly as I want without a bunch of crappy useless apps installed. Market as well. Something the automated methods doesn't handle at all well
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¬¬ please dont reply on this thread.... do it on the thread which I point out on the first post.
I did some testing, and it did last longer when being used, it lasted the same on sleep, I never turn it off, but didnt really do any real benchmarking so its just my impression.
I'm glad this manual tutos are still being used and found usefull ^^
Firstly, Merry Christmas!
Note: This worked on version 10.2.4
I received a Kindle Fire 2 today and since then I've been trying to get it rooted, now that I have I though I'd share it here for other people who might be in the same situation.
This is really just a remixing of the tool made by Bin4ry (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1886460) but I couldn't get the script to run on my Mac...
Step 0 - Preparing
You must enable ADB and Unknown App sources from Settings.
Settings > More > Security > Enable ADB
Settings > More > Device > Allow Installation of Applications
Step 1 is to get that tool from here. and extract it somewhere you'll remember.
Step 2 (you can skip this if you already have the android SDK platform-tools in your PATH)
If you don't have the android SDK or adb installed just add the 'stuff' folder from the tool to your path.
In terminal run
Code:
export PATH=$PATH:/path/to/extracted/tool/stuff/
Step 3 - Push the required files
It's probably easiest if you change into the stuff folder first...
Code:
cd /Users/x/Downloads/Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18.7z\ Folder/stuff
Then run the following...
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/.
adb push su /data/local/tmp/.
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/.
adb push ric /data/local/tmp/ric
Then you need to run an adb shell to set some permissions
Code:
adb shell
(you should get a prompt like [email protected]:/)
Run
Code:
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
exit
Step 4 - Rooting
This requires another terminal window. Check that you can run adb from there as well (running adb should print the usage information)
In the first window run:
Code:
adb shell "while ! ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.android.settings/a/file99; do :; done" > /dev/null
In the other run
Code:
adb restore fakebackup.ab
You should get a prompt on your Kindle, hit the restore my data button. As you do so the command in the first window should stop (or a few seconds later - if it doesn't stop it and re-run both commands again.)
You can now close the second window!
Run
Code:
adb reboot
, your Kindle should reboot though the screen will be blinking repeatedly (flashing between the lockscreen and the boot animation) don't worry about that as it will be fixed in a sec.
Step 5 - Cleaning Up
Run
Code:
adb shell
If all was successful you should see the prompt change to [email protected]:/
If it did, continue otherwise go back to step 4.
Run these
Code:
/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/ric /system/bin/ric
chmod 755 /system/bin/ric
/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
Your Kindle will restart and SuperSU will be available under Apps, your now free to do as you please, though you could follow with Step 3 on this thread to get Google Apps etc working.
Update: a short guide to installing the Play store can be found here.
This worked almost perfect for me but I couldn't get it to run adb commands from the stuff folder so I dumped its contents (minus the adb stuff) into the platform-tools in the android SDK and from then on everything went great. Thanks so much.
didthis work for 10.2.4 users out there
does this work for 10.2.4
worked!
Great work, congratulations and thanks! I'd like to make some comments tho regarding some typos and suggestions.
1.- I'd suggest to install the android SDK as, in fact, adb commands didn't work from the stuff folder. Add a line to .bash_profile with the export PATH command to make permanent access to the adb shell.
2.- Push files from the Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v18 folder, not the .7z file.
3.- The command is, e.g., adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/ instead of adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/.
4.- In Step 5 the command /data/local/tmp/busybox mv /data/local/tmp/su /system/xbin/su is twice so you'll get an error the second time you execute it.
Also congratulations for instructions on how to install PlayStore - here pay attention to the names playstore.apk and servicesframework.apk which in fact are plstore3.10.10.apk and GoogleServicesFramework.apk respectively -
Once again thanks for your work.
gorganzolia said:
does this work for 10.2.4
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Yes this worked for 10.2.4
10.2.6
Does this work with 10.2.6?
it worked
Tried it this morning on 10.2.6 and it worked woohoo now how do you stop it from automatically updating
Found out how to stop those automatic updates here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086450
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!!!!
Sent from my LG-LS970 using xda premium
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.