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Is it possible to complete the whole process on a mac? I don't have a PC.
i found this.
http://www.droidfilez.com/Evo4GRoot.html
dont know what it is/how it works though.
proceed at your own risk.
yes, all you need to root is adb!
download the adb sdk for mac and use the terminal app in utilities to execute adb commands
after you set up the sdk execute the commands, like the examples :
./adb devices
./adb shell
./adb push
just follow the guides to root and wheerever it says to use adb use ./adb instead because your on a mac.
hope you got the jist of what im saying
i wouldnt use the above post "automated rooter" just yet... you're new to this, you should research mroe about the automated rooter and if it does what it says it does. wait till it comes up on xda?
EDIT : follow the guide that waterboy100 posted below if you want to do it without adb. i would encourage you to learn adb though as its simple and will help you learn more about rooting in the long run.
this guy should have a post up soon too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701152
chim4ira312 said:
yes, all you need to root is adb!
download the adb sdk for mac and use the terminal app in utilities to execute adb commands
after you set up the sdk execute the commands, like the examples :
./adb devices
./adb shell
./adb push
just follow the guides to root and wheerever it says to use adb use ./adb instead because your on a mac.
hope you got the jist of what im saying
i wouldnt use the above post "automated rooter" just yet... you're new to this, you should research mroe about the automated rooter and if it does what it says it does. wait till it comes up on xda?
EDIT : follow the guide that waterboy100 posted below if you want to do it without adb. i would encourage you to learn adb though as its simple and will help you learn more about rooting in the long run.
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I am downloading the sdk now and I am interested in this. I have the 1st root completed and I am trying to get the second section done and I am having a hell of a time :/
you can totally do every rooting ability in Mac. I got a hackintosh and downloaded the ADB kit and just plug in the phone and ADB recognized in an instance. No need to install driver like Windows.
I just did the rull NAND unlocking with root on my Mac.
Awesome I downloaded the files and I'll try doing it today. I wanted to remove some Sprint Apps and maybe flash a ROM later one when the builds become more solid and bugs get worked out.
By the way I'm playing Pocket Empires to kill time and it's pretty cool. If I root will I have to start the game all over again?
i've done everything on my mac...works great!
I'm lost as hell. I found this thread:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...-write-permissions-to-system-incredible-next/
I did the unrevoked thing and I see this icon called SuperUser Permissions in my app list.
Am I able to proceed and fully root or do I have to re-do the root with the Toast method? This looks too complicated and by the way I tried the ./adb thing on my mac and I get errors saying "No such file or directory".
im trying to push the pcimg to sdcard and its saying access denied
Why do you guys say "Oh, I did it on my mac" without saying HOW you did it on your mac? Regular instructions dont work so you obviously did something special to make it work... I keep getting permission denied BS
Here you go dude. Step by step instructions along with the download links. I followed this to the T and it worked out find for me:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/htc-evo-4g-roms-hacks/17766-how-full-root-evo-4g-mac.html
I can't find a solution to this from searching the forums so i'm just gonna ask.
I'm using the gfree method via adb. i'm getting all the way through it without any problems untill i get to the "lock in" root section.
I get the error message that the wiki says should get and then ignore, but i also get another message that says something like
"cp: can't stat '/sdcard/su' : no such file or directory"
any help with this would be appreciated.
also, are all the bad things i've heard about visionary true? should i go ahead and root with visionary, or keep trying this way? thanks
I just checked and it says I'm s-off. I'm very confused.
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Well first ill tell u Visionary worked for me in like 10 minutes time. Very easy n very fast. Not true what they say. If u got s-off, good. Ur almost there. Have to check out gfree method quik in order to help u. Hold up
G2 with ExtraHotSauce v0.2!!
What guide are you using, the one on the Wiki doesn't have you copy (cp) anything.
is this the command where you run into the problem?
/data/local/tmp/root
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This is running a script to lock in root, you already ran gfree while you were temp rooted so that's why you are S-OFF.
Do you have the "su" file on the root of your SD card?
You should be able to retry everything but the gfree part.
As for Visionary, some people report success but other have reported big problems. I found the gfree method to work pretty well, even though I used Visionary when I was temp-rooting (when I just got my phone) when I permarooted I used the gfree method.
raitchison said:
What guide are you using, the one on the Wiki doesn't have you copy (cp) anything.
is this the command where you run into the problem?
This is running a script to lock in root, you already ran gfree while you were temp rooted so that's why you are S-OFF.
Do you have the "su" file on the root of your SD card?
You should be able to retry everything but the gfree part.
As for Visionary, some people report success but other have reported big problems. I found the gfree method to work pretty well, even though I used Visionary when I was temp-rooting (when I just got my phone) when I permarooted I used the gfree method.
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yes, that is the command that is giving me problems. i checked my sd card and superuser.apk is at the root of it.
when you say retry everything what exactly would i retry? i'm at work, and don't have access to adb. do i need adb to "retry"
so, there are two different guides that perm root. the first is the wiki and this is the one that i was following. the other has almost the exact same steps except it has the wpthis file. i guess when i get home i'll try the other method and see if it works. thanks for everone's help
no its a 2 step procedure maybe you should go ahead and unroot and s-on then go ahead and re root. if not you can still re run everything start off with temp root then go ahead and lock in the perma root
thenaut said:
yes, that is the command that is giving me problems. i checked my sd card and superuser.apk is at the root of it.
when you say retry everything what exactly would i retry? i'm at work, and don't have access to adb. do i need adb to "retry"
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You should have both Superuser.apk and su on the root of your SD card. Either push it from your computer again (first command in the wiki):
Code:
adb push su /sdcard/su
Or just copy it to your SD card (be sure to unmount the card when done). Then re-run the root script in terminal.
that totally did it. I pushed the su file and re ran the script and i got root. it's wierd because i thought i pushed it the first time but i guess not. anyway, thanks
I have S-OFF but now temp root visionary won't work for me and I can't get root access. Can only $ using adb so I can't push files. Any help would be apperciated
Try the method in the Wiki - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
You should still be able to push files via adb though, I don't understand your comment about getting $ with adb (don't do an "adb shell" before you run "adb push", adb is a command for running on your PC, not your phone).
Same here. I did the wiki instructions. but /data/local/root gave me the cp:not found
and /su no a directory. visionary doesnt work. and rage never works right. my "root shell" doesnt let me do su. i think i might have no su. i'm really confused why this wont work. I've done four factory resets trying the rage method and the visionary method. I have S-OFF but nothing else as far as I can tell.
EDIT: I've read a bunch of threads on this and still can't find a solution
I've read in the Rage thread that there were issues with Visionary seeing root access. I would honestly give rage another shot. It worked brilliantly for me, you just have to have ADB configured first.
I did. i get temp root but gfree wont work. i have cid and sim unlock and s off but not system r/w. and when i run /data/local/tmp/root. also my phone will randomly restart now.
steviewevie said:
Try the method in the Wiki - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...sion#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
You should still be able to push files via adb though, I don't understand your comment about getting $ with adb (don't do an "adb shell" before you run "adb push", adb is a command for running on your PC, not your phone).
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I tried this and it didn't work for me.
Can I reflash somehow to the stock rom? I think visionary somehow messed up my phone.
I reflashed to 1.12 and rage worked!
So if visionary has messed up your /su you need to reflash to stock because your /system is messed up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10966727&postcount=63
had the same problem. had s-off and all that fun stuff. had to do this.
You will need the following software:
Superuser
Root explorer
Visionary r13
Z4Root
Terminal
and the rooting files provided in the other post...place those in the root directory of your sd card.
Why use this method?
I noticed that some phones cannot be rooted using the traditional rooting method through terminal. My phone an my friend's phone were not easy to root. My brothers rooted with the visionary method.
When that fails, you can use this one...that I discovered while trying to unroot my phone using many different methods.
The method:
- First make sure superuser is running.
- make sure usb debugging is on, and third party apps is checked.
- Open visionary, make sure the mount as R/W after root is checked and do a
temp root
- Open z4root and do a temp root.
- run terminal and type: su
- keep terminal open but switch to home screen
- open root explorer
- press mount as R/W
- navigate to that "root" folder on your sd card with the root files and open root.sh and then click execute
- switch back to terminal and type:
cd /sdcard/root
hit enter and then type:
sh root.sh
and hit enter...the phone will do some stuff and after it's done, reboot it.
Once it is off and about to start, press power button and vol down button at the same time. It should have s = off on it.
reboot again into the OS and open z4root and do a perm root.
After that is done, it will keep saying rebooting but it will not do it automatically so go ahead and reboot it with the power button.
Once the phone has booted again, uninstall z4root and visionary and anything else except root explorer.
That's it! There is no such thing as un-rootable!
what's z4root used for when visionary does temproot for you?
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You may not need it but when I was attempting to root the phone, that's what I used.
I am thinking you can follow the steps, omit the z4root steps and just use visionary.
For some reason my phone did not want to unlock just with visionary.
Dont work for me,,,,i try all the stuff here,,i dont know what im doing wrong,,cause the phone said s.off but when im reboot the phone still on
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Wait it says s-off? Then you're good, all you do after the reboot, is run z4root and perm root it
If you follow the directions that grankln posted and do it right then you wont have any problems rooting it. If someone follows that guide and correctly it will root their phone. Its proven to work so if its not working on someone's phone chances are high they aren't doing it right. This thread in unnecessary especially since there are already a few methods of rooting already posted. You are just going to confuse people more
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graffixnyc said:
If you follow the directions that grankln posted and do it right then you wont have any problems rooting it. If someone follows that guide and correctly it will root their phone. Its proven to work so if its not working on someone's phone chances are high they aren't doing it right. This thread in unnecessary especially since there are already a few methods of rooting already posted. You are just going to confuse people more
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I've never seen that guide fail when all steps are performed correctly. Even in irc, when people say that that method doesn't work, I walk them through the steps and it magically works when it failed every time before.
No luck
lumos5 said:
You will need the following software:
Superuser
Root explorer
Visionary r13
Z4Root
Terminal
and the rooting files provided in the other post...place those in the root directory of your sd card.
Why use this method?
I noticed that some phones cannot be rooted using the traditional rooting method through terminal. My phone an my friend's phone were not easy to root. My brothers rooted with the visionary method.
When that fails, you can use this one...that I discovered while trying to unroot my phone using many different methods.
The method:
- First make sure superuser is running.
- make sure usb debugging is on, and third party apps is checked.
- Open visionary, make sure the mount as R/W after root is checked and do a
temp root
- Open z4root and do a temp root.
- run terminal and type: su
- keep terminal open but switch to home screen
- open root explorer
- press mount as R/W
- navigate to that "root" folder on your sd card with the root files and open root.sh and then click execute
- switch back to terminal and type:
cd /sdcard/root
hit enter and then type:
sh root.sh
and hit enter...the phone will do some stuff and after it's done, reboot it.
Once it is off and about to start, press power button and vol down button at the same time. It should have s = off on it.
reboot again into the OS and open z4root and do a perm root.
After that is done, it will keep saying rebooting but it will not do it automatically so go ahead and reboot it with the power button.
Once the phone has booted again, uninstall z4root and visionary and anything else except root explorer.
That's it! There is no such thing as un-rootable!
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well it doesn't work. i try many ways & still nothing.
still have S-ON
Hboot- 0.86.0000
this sucks. rooted about 41 G1/ Mytouch 3G never faced a problem.
smh guess someone should come out with a video for this
lumos5 said:
You will need the following software:
Superuser
Root explorer
Visionary r13
Z4Root
Terminal
and the rooting files provided in the other post...place those in the root directory of your sd card.
Why use this method?
I noticed that some phones cannot be rooted using the traditional rooting method through terminal. My phone an my friend's phone were not easy to root. My brothers rooted with the visionary method.
When that fails, you can use this one...that I discovered while trying to unroot my phone using many different methods.
The method:
- First make sure superuser is running.
- make sure usb debugging is on, and third party apps is checked.
- Open visionary, make sure the mount as R/W after root is checked and do a
temp root
- Open z4root and do a temp root.
- run terminal and type: su
- keep terminal open but switch to home screen
- open root explorer
- press mount as R/W
- navigate to that "root" folder on your sd card with the root files and open root.sh and then click execute
- switch back to terminal and type:
cd /sdcard/root
hit enter and then type:
sh root.sh
and hit enter...the phone will do some stuff and after it's done, reboot it.
Once it is off and about to start, press power button and vol down button at the same time. It should have s = off on it.
reboot again into the OS and open z4root and do a perm root.
After that is done, it will keep saying rebooting but it will not do it automatically so go ahead and reboot it with the power button.
Once the phone has booted again, uninstall z4root and visionary and anything else except root explorer.
That's it! There is no such thing as un-rootable!
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Is this the Best way to Root the MyTouch?
PMGRANDS said:
Is this the Best way to Root the MyTouch?
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Look at the past post, post count, and you will have your answer... Tried and true is the way to go though!
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This method works on 2.3.4 ?
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King350z said:
This method works on 2.3.4 ?
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No, you have to downgrade. Check the resource Bible, they're a few threads on how to do it. Then you can root your phone.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
For God's sake. Having root without write access to the system partition is next to worthless. If anyone has questions regarding rooting there phone then please read the how to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858996. If you can't figure it out do not go ahead with a procedure you don't understand! Not trying to be a **** but what works is posted. Its proven. It does the trick.
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Hey! I'm brand new, both here and having trouble rooting my N5. It is unlocked, but not rooted. I tried Chainfire's method but when I open terminal on my Mac, I don't know what to do. I've watched videos, but when I enter the command prompts in the instructions on this site and in the youtube videos, I get a message saying that it basically cannot be done. Can someone walk me, step by step, through how you use a mac's terminal to properly input the command to root via CF's process? Thank you so much.
John