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So, i've read that according to this: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...e-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/ there is a few limitations with the root process atm, though i don't fully understand what it means, but am just wondering, will you be able to use those apps that needs root access with the current state of rooting the Desire? Like Market Access?
Nitrius said:
So, i've read that according to this: http://android.modaco.com/content/h...e-now-with-hboot-0-80-and-os-to-1-21-support/ there is a few limitations with the root process atm, though i don't fully understand what it means, but am just wondering, will you be able to use those apps that needs root access with the current state of rooting the Desire? Like Market Access?
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I haven't read your link, but the root process is painless and works perfectly. All apps that need root access work apart from ones that need rw access to system. System is read only while the phone is booted. The only app that springs to mind is metamorph.
Apps like titanium backup, market enabler all work perfectly.
Okay, thanks for the answer, though since you haven't read the link, which root process did you use on your Desire? The one from the sticky in the Desire development sub-forum here?
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Okay, thanks for the answer, though since you haven't read the link, which root process did you use on your Desire? The one from the sticky in the Desire development sub-forum here?
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All the information you need is in the sticky, its well worth searching and reading the links before posting the question. This has been asked many times before and the thread is very helpful.
Hi, I think I've already met with those limitations I couldn't get the (ratson's) Autokiller to work on my rooted Desire. It won't kill processes/programs automatically in the background, just manually part works. I' ve tried out everything
imi36 said:
Hi, I think I've already met with those limitations I couldn't get the (ratson's) Autokiller to work on my rooted Desire. It won't kill processes/programs automatically in the background, just manually part works. I' ve tried out everything
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What makes you think that's a root limitation? The application is bugged. Contact the developer.
Complete android newie, please be gentle - had my Desire less than a week.
Been trying to update my hosts file with a custom one.
Tried using some info I found on this site and couldn't get it to work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=680579
Root Explorer also fails. Reports not enough space.
Device is rooted, running Oxygen custom rom.
Just wondering if updating it from an update.zip would work?
I am assuming the rooting worked fine - I was able to access the /system/etc folder and take a backup of my old hosts file, just doesn't want to play ball the other way around. Yes I did change from R/O to R/W.
Anyone got any other ideas - I see there are several posts saying they can't update theirs on the desire.
I take it you're rooted? Just get AdFree off the Market and use that, works fine
EddyOS said:
I take it you're rooted? Just get AdFree off the Market and use that, works fine
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friend at work used that - said it wasnt on the market anymore?
I've had about 4 updates to my version since getting it, just search 'adfree' on the Market
Yes it's rooted.
Tried adfree but I read that the hosts file was very outdated and that a member on here has updated it. I have the updated hosts file, just can't replace the one on the device.
You don't need to, it uses the downloaded ones
EddyOS said:
I've had about 4 updates to my version since getting it, just search 'adfree' on the Market
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AdFree Android...
I wonder if they were searching 'Ad Free' or 'Add Free' or something random.. I can see it anyway
hi, im new to this forum and new to android os.
i dont see root access something as a must have on your phone put i need it to fix my compass.
now, i cant find how to root htc wildfire running on froyo. i found that it was dificult before, and that its even more difficult now .
i tried using softroot.apk, but nothing happened.
i jut need temporary root so i can delete system compass calibration files, reboot the phone and get my compass working again (always pointing to west, randomly turning around, and after 5minutes of swinging phone in all directions it gets working again (but just until the screen goes of, then i need to do everything again)).
can someone please help me?
ps i got adb working, and a really searched how to fix compass a whole week now, and everything points back to rooting the phone.
registracije001 said:
hi, im new to this forum and new to android os.
i dont see root access something as a must have on your phone put i need it to fix my compass.
now, i cant find how to root htc wildfire running on froyo. i found that it was dificult before, and that its even more difficult now .
i tried using softroot.apk, but nothing happened.
i jut need temporary root so i can delete system compass calibration files, reboot the phone and get my compass working again (always pointing to west, randomly turning around, and after 5minutes of swinging phone in all directions it gets working again (but just until the screen goes of, then i need to do everything again)).
can someone please help me?
ps i got adb working, and a really searched how to fix compass a whole week now, and everything points back to rooting the phone.
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You can't root Wildfire Froyo at the moment.
You'lll have to wait as we all are. There is no way.
and how is the development of the rooting going at the moment? some news on the progress (i mean are developers working on it and how long do they think it will take?).
and if i cant root it, is there another way of fixing the compass problem?
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and how is the development of the rooting going at the moment? some news on the progress (i mean are developers working on it and how long do they think it will take?).
and if i cant root it, is there another way of fixing the compass problem?
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There is no news since first days of January, when Unrevoked said they were working on it. No updates since then.
A method has been "discovered" or I don't know how to say, which is a tool called XCT Clip, which costs around 200$ and some unlock shop would have and you can unlock for let's say 20$, but nothing certain. You may find some place which has it, but would be by casuality...
So... nothing you can do at home, unless you want to pay that money (if you can spend the money just for root it, just buy another phone)
EDIT: I know nothing specific about the compass...
this phone is still new, that the problem.
this is the mail i (tried but failed to) sent to htc about the compass problem, just a copy paste.
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i found a permanent fix to this on the web after a few hours of research, but i requires root access and i dont have that (i dont see the point of it and ill loos my warranty). it requires me to delete operating system calibration data from the magnetometer chip, and that makes sense. the chip is sending good data, but the phone dosent know how to interpret it when it loads those files only because applications that use compass (something like google maps for example).
im sending an *.txt attachment with the procedure how to fix that, please at least read the part under number 7 and 8.
the files with ak8973 in the name are system files what are used for the compass applications and correspond to the magnetometer chip (chp model is ak8973, im sending the datasheet so you can confirm).
now, the problem is root excess and my lack of knowledge about the android system and root commands. as i said, i dont see the point of rooting the phone and i dont want to do that, but every time i found someone who successfully fixed the compass glitch it was when they did this procedure.
it would be great if htc made a software update at least for this part, because many people have this problem.
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ive found the magnetometer datasheet and all the data required for this procedure, but i cant get root excess so i can fix the problem.
well, as already said above: everybody is waiting for an update of unrevoked
actually there is another tool announced here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794421
neither AlphaRev (thread above, website here: http://alpharev.nl/) or Unrevoked are finished yet
AlphaRev 1.80 said:
To be supported devices in version 2.0 (in no particular order):
HTC Aria GSM (Liberty)
HTC Wildfire GSM (Buzz)
HTC Desire CDMA (BravoC) - enabling fastboot in addition to S-OFF
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all in all we need to wait untill they are finished with one click rooting.. ok thanks for all the info .
psneuter
you can try and use psneuter from the attached file
adb push the contents in the folder in the zip to /data/local/tmp
then chmod 777 those two files and you will have shell root
but you will have to remount system as rw
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you can try and use psneuter from the attached file
adb push the contents in the folder in the zip to /data/local/tmp
then chmod 777 those two files and you will have shell root
but you will have to remount system as rw
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That worked, I've got root in shell now. But if we're root in terminal, isn't it easy to gain root access to all applications?
It's possible to start an application by terminal, so if we'd start an application that can get us permanent root access it should work.
i accessed shell root using superoneclick, that was enough to remove some files so the compass starts working againe.
superoneclick is really great at that .
just one more question, after temporary rooting the shell, do i lose my warantiy? i mean, if something happens, can they see in the service that i rooted the shell before?
Doesn't think so. If so, just use RUU or do factory reset before going to service.
friend you said it work please tell me. how can do it.. ?
Any news? Has the crack come out? Geez, this has been a looooong wait!
someone in the above posts included alpharev in rooting. thats wrong. alpharev is completely different.
-----unrevoked software roots ur phone (with older hboot) and installs a "custom recovery" , so that u can install custom roms. And unrevoked is not compatible with the newer froyo wildfires with hboot 1.01 untill now.
-----then coming to alpharev, this is an entirely different tool which works only on rooted devices. It turns the security flag on ur device to S-OFF so that u can access additional features. For a wildfire to work with alpharev, it should be rooted with the above unrevoked software. As far as today's date is concerned, this alpharev is not compatible with any wildfire. And the about to be released "alpharev2" will become compatible with older rooted wildfires with hboot 0.80. I dont know its compatibility with newer hboot.
And i can also say one thing. As far now, no one has successfully used ROOT ONLY APPS by any process on froyo wildfire hboot 1.01 (correct me if im wrong)
AND COMING TO UR COMPASS ISSUE:
(someone correct me if im wrong)
so, u wanted to delete the system compass calibration files (system rom files) with a file explorer. U meant to do temporary root for this purpose. I dont know whether it will be possible or not with a temp root.
ok. then trying to solve the issue. ok. u were saying that the compass issue is with all the apps which use the compass like google maps etc., . if it is so, have u done the FORCE STOP, CLEAR DATA, CLEAR CACHE, CLEAR DEFAULTS in the settings / applications / manage applications / all compass apps. I expect the compass calibration data lies here and will be deleted by doing this. I dont know whether this solves ur problem. but have a try. and try to download some fresh compass apps frm the market and check if the issue is with every app.
regarding ur question whether temporary root voids warranty or not, the answer will be NO. it retains warranty (only 90 % sure)
I THINK , YOUR COMPASS ISSUE IS NOT RELATED BY ANY MEANS TO ROOTING.
can say one thing. if it is a software issue, then "factory reset" should solve any problem.
there is a good news..Sebastian Krahmer has released the new exploit for android 2.3.3 and 3.0, bet the new unrevoked is coming soon
registracije001 said:
hi, im new to this forum and new to android os.
i dont see root access something as a must have on your phone put i need it to fix my compass.
now, i cant find how to root htc wildfire running on froyo. i found that it was dificult before, and that its even more difficult now .
i tried using softroot.apk, but nothing happened.
i jut need temporary root so i can delete system compass calibration files, reboot the phone and get my compass working again (always pointing to west, randomly turning around, and after 5minutes of swinging phone in all directions it gets working again (but just until the screen goes of, then i need to do everything again)).
can someone please help me?
ps i got adb working, and a really searched how to fix compass a whole week now, and everything points back to rooting the phone.
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unfortunately there is no temp. root for htc wildfire
by the way what temproot gives ? what use of it ?
Okay first off... I just joined this forum, intending to be a very nice member. I have absolutely no knowledge in android (though I've got Linux knowledge). When I joined I watched your very "kind" welcome video, holy moses I laughed at some points, but I knew the video was serious.. But haha!
Okay, now to the point:
I just bought my HTC One X, and I want to root it. I've used HTCDev to unlock it, and it worked without errors. When I go to the bootloader screen (volume down and power it on) it says it's unlocked.
Now... I want to do stuff like overclocking and such things that requires a so called "superuser" or "SuperSU". I tried a program that my friend suggested me that was called SetCPU (yes I know.. I got the apk from here, but if I like the application I'll buy it to support). When I opened it, it said:
Root access not detected
SetCPU could not obtain root access. Did you allow SetCPU through Superuser Permissions? If you checked Superuser Permissions and SetCPU still cannot get root, there may be a permissions issue with your ROM.
CPU specific features are in read-only mode, but system info and benchmarking features should work
I want to gain that superuser, but I have absolutely no idea how to obtain it. I've heard that the firmware and roots, and all that is different from every phone to phone. So for example a root on Nexus S won't work on HTC One X, maybe it can and will, but will it be supportive? Stuff like that questions me.
TL;DR - I want to get superuser on my HTC One X, how do I get it?
Thanks so far,
Morten.
mortenmoulder said:
Okay first off... I just joined this forum, intending to be a very nice member. I have absolutely no knowledge in android (though I've got Linux knowledge). When I joined I watched your very "kind" welcome video, holy moses I laughed at some points, but I knew the video was serious.. But haha!
Okay, now to the point:
I just bought my HTC One X, and I want to root it. I've used HTCDev to unlock it, and it worked without errors. When I go to the bootloader screen (volume down and power it on) it says it's unlocked.
Now... I want to do stuff like overclocking and such things that requires a so called "superuser" or "SuperSU". I tried a program that my friend suggested me that was called SetCPU (yes I know.. I got the apk from here, but if I like the application I'll buy it to support). When I opened it, it said:
Root access not detected
SetCPU could not obtain root access. Did you allow SetCPU through Superuser Permissions? If you checked Superuser Permissions and SetCPU still cannot get root, there may be a permissions issue with your ROM.
CPU specific features are in read-only mode, but system info and benchmarking features should work
I want to gain that superuser, but I have absolutely no idea how to obtain it. I've heard that the firmware and roots, and all that is different from every phone to phone. So for example a root on Nexus S won't work on HTC One X, maybe it can and will, but will it be supportive? Stuff like that questions me.
TL;DR - I want to get superuser on my HTC One X, how do I get it?
Thanks so far,
Morten.
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Go to htc one x development section you will find thread how to root also believe you will not be able to overclock a stock kernel you will require custom one but there isn't yet
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA
leith51 said:
Go to htc one x development section you will find thread how to root also believe you will not be able to overclock a stock kernel you will require custom one but there isn't yet
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA
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Okay, I'll go there and check it out!
Thank you so far
I've got a question about a thread though, and I was hoping I could get it answered here.
In this: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1577671
I got to the step where it says "and then flash the latest SuperSU zip file." - I just don't know how to "flash the latest SuperSU zip file" - How do I do it?
Would this work, by any chance: blogotechblog.com/2012/03/how-to-root-htc-one-x-with-superboot/
Or what?
Nope.
This:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA app
ZeroRilix said:
Nope.
This:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
Sent from my HTC Vivid using XDA app
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Yeah I installed supersu, but it says:
There is no Su binary installed, and supersu cannot install it. This is a problem.
So...yea.
Hi there, I have been looking everywhere on rooting my HTC desire A8181, mostly here with you guys, very helpful, took me 2 days to really get it done. This my first android, after losing my iphone, but can't say i'm disapointed as Apple are getting to tight now with the updates.
So... I have s-off, pvt2000, recovery is the 4ext, i'm running AOKP jellybean 4.2.2. I also tried the Cyanogenmod but found it was a bit slow so reverted back to AOKP, each time i have done a full wipe off everything.
SuperSu is installed i have ran the a2sd script via Terminal, went fine. and tapped build number 7 times.
My question is with the results in Root checker pro, i think i'm missing something, most of the results are good but its with the /sbin/su result being denied and system/bin/su aswell. i have made screenshoots to explain more.
This is my first ever post on something like this so, i hope i have given enough info, I have looked alot but can't find this particular problem anywhere else on the net. I am also thinking, theres nothing wrong, that i'm trying to much, i'm obsessive like this LOL.
Thanks in advance, hope you guys can explain whats going on here.
Matthew
Jonesy88 said:
Hi there, I have been looking everywhere on rooting my HTC desire A8181, mostly here with you guys, very helpful, took me 2 days to really get it done. This my first android, after losing my iphone, but can't say i'm disapointed as Apple are getting to tight now with the updates.
So... I have s-off, pvt2000, recovery is the 4ext, i'm running AOKP jellybean 4.2.2. I also tried the Cyanogenmod but found it was a bit slow so reverted back to AOKP, each time i have done a full wipe off everything.
SuperSu is installed i have ran the a2sd script via Terminal, went fine. and tapped build number 7 times.
My question is with the results in Root checker pro, i think i'm missing something, most of the results are good but its with the /sbin/su result being denied and system/bin/su aswell. i have made screenshoots to explain more.
This is my first ever post on something like this so, i hope i have given enough info, I have looked alot but can't find this particular problem anywhere else on the net. I am also thinking, theres nothing wrong, that i'm trying to much, i'm obsessive like this LOL.
Thanks in advance, hope you guys can explain whats going on here.
Matthew
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Download an app that requires root permission, install it and if SU pops up asking to grant superuser then all is fine. Never mind those useless root check apps. I once tried one, i was s-off, rooted, custom rom, custom hboot and the app said i wasnt rooted haha they a load of @#%# one will tell u ur rooted then the other will say ur not. all customs roms will (should) be rooted so dont worry
All's good!
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Download an app that requires root permission, install it and if SU pops up asking to grant superuser then all is fine. Never mind those useless root check apps. I once tried one, i was s-off, rooted, custom rom, custom hboot and the app said i wasnt rooted haha they a load of @#%# one will tell u ur rooted then the other will say ur not. all customs roms will (should) be rooted so dont worry
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Hiya, yep it all works fine, apps work ok. in fact i was just being obsessive and was looking around for nothing LOL, i have seen 2 rooted android 2day and both were the same. Thank you though for having a look.
Matthew