So I thought I had rooted my phone (following instructions from - free download blog (How to Root Motorola Milestone on Android 2.1 thread) only difference was that rather than pressing the x button and power button (it didn't work for me) I pressed the camera and power. Then it installed the update.zip package, and rebooted.
Then I proceeded to download Milestone Overclock.. and it tells me I'm NOT rooted. Is there a way to check? Have I majorly messed up something?
Please do help. I'd really like to know what this bootloader and root access difference is. If I download an app and want to put it on my phone, which one do I need?
Thanks in advance!
Ok, change of question. I managed to get it rooted with that 1 click root thing. It worked brilliantly.
My question is with Milestone overclock. How do I get the module for it so it will work? It won't let me move the bar at all right now, and it is rooted now.
1.fist make sure you have the su command installed on you phone
-get an application called terminal emulator
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-type su on it
-you should get a # as a response
-congrats you have su
2. you must have a good app to manage root on your phone
-check of you have an app to manage your su
-if you don't or yours is not working i recommend you use this one http://www.appbrain.com/app/superuser/com.noshufou.android.su
-now this app will manage winch apps get super users rights.
3.your device should be ready to be overclocked
-go to your milestone overclock app click on load module
-you should be prompted by the super user app if you want to give this app permision to change the system.
-select allow.
-some super user aps might need you to close and re open the app before it works properly, so i recommend you close and open the app again.
-after going to the app menu use the load module option you should see the apply and the bar will become usable.
-select the frequency and and press apply (i recommend no more than 1ghz)
-you are done ♪
4. the milestone overclock app goes back to its previous state after the phone as been rebooted (turned off and on)
I will tell you how to set the app to start with the phone so you don't have to do it manually after i get back from work
ohh yeah i also forgo if your device fails to show # when you use the su command then its not properly rooted try this app
http://blog.23corner.com/2010/08/30/universal-androot-1-6-2-beta-5/#more-407
it roots your phone easily, i have personally used this app
Thanks for all your info mate!
Basically I used androot to 1 click root my phone. Then when I loaded the module, so allowed it to access super user, it restarted my phone. So it didn't really allow me to OC the phone...
jubbing said:
Thanks for all your info mate!
Basically I used androot to 1 click root my phone. Then when I loaded the module, so allowed it to access super user, it restarted my phone. So it didn't really allow me to OC the phone...
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It doesn't need to restart your phone. Something's wrong.
I got that emualtor thing and got a # as a response. But everytime I load superuser it restarts the phone automatically.
Even after the restart it doesn't allow me to move the slider. And if I try to reload the module, it restarts again.
*bump* guys.. but I really need someone to help me out just in case I've done something terribly wrong. Why should loading the superuser module keep restarting my phone? And once it does restart, why does it keep restarting the phone if I try to do the same thing, and why is the slider not movable yet?
Phone is rooted because I ahve been able to install apk files from the sd card (copying from computer).
jubbing said:
*bump* guys.. but I really need someone to help me out just in case I've done something terribly wrong. Why should loading the superuser module keep restarting my phone? And once it does restart, why does it keep restarting the phone if I try to do the same thing, and why is the slider not movable yet?
Phone is rooted because I ahve been able to install apk files from the sd card (copying from computer).
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ok in case you have done something wrong i highly recommend yo do this
1. restore your milestone back to the original rom (just in case the su binary is broken)
here is the how to
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=696845
-I highly recommend you use appbrain to save the apps you have installed
-I highly recommend you use Firefox and a plugin called downthemall because you can put the MD5 check sum on it and make sure your file downloaded properly
2. use the root tool i told you on the previous post and root the phone
that should have your phone properly rooted and updated
and yes not restart is needed for the root permission to be granted
Remove Milestone overclock
Unroot
Reset
Root
Install SetCPU
Install Milestone overclock
Load module
Set at 800
Also, I don't mean to sound rude but you have no idea what you are doing nor what Root is.
I highly recommend that you do not Root your phone until you read up and understand what you are doing.
Overclocking your phone too much could kill it. You could be playing about in the terminal and remove something you shouldn't and end up bricking your phone.
Phone is rooted because I ahve been able to install apk files from the sd card (copying from computer).
You can do that without Root...
Nah I think I'll push it to 1.33ghz so I fry my phone lol
Either way it works now, put it to 800mhz, might do a bit of testing. Thanks for your help guys!
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!!!!!!!!SOLVED!!!!!!!!
So a few months back I decided to so what all the hype was about and got root and JF 1.51. Everything went smoothly until I saw JF quit and no one was making themes for his stuff. I waited a while but decided to reflash with cyanogen because of the nice themes but low and behold I lost root. I tried the one click thing and it always says failed. So I went back to RC29 and did the whole spiel again... the first time I almost couldn't use the thing. Wiped and all went well until I tried to mod a little more in the terminal. I hit su, got a force close from superuser permissions, and it told me permission denied. I have hardspl, the radio with the long number recommended in every post, and cyanogen's recovery. I figured maybe it got corrupted somehow so I tried again from RC29 on up. It worked for 2 days. Superuser permissions worked like a charm until it just stopped working. I flashed again and the same thing. 2 days good and then boom... permission denied. I tried reinstalling superperms but it told me I can't. Is there something I can do wihout having to reflash every 2 days?
Bump?? Not quite a priority but have been working on this for about 3 weeks now and since I've found nothing googling and only similar problems here I was hoping for any kind of response.
Cyanogen has root..
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Hopefully that solves your question...
Yeah... I know. It's a patch to keep the security flaw open. I get that part. What I'm saying is that when I use an app to gain root (ie terminal with su, backup for root, or cache to sd and so forth) I get an error saying that superuser permissions needs to close and permission is denied. I want to use su in the terminal emulator. I can't and have never been able to with cyanogen. Worked wonderfully in JF 1.51. Can I reinstall superuser permissions app somehow or bypass it somehow to I can get root? I know the OS has access but I want to have access too.
try this, remove the .zip extension from the file. put it on the root of your sdcard, go to the recovery console and type this
Code:
mount system
mount sdcard
cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
(or use [B]mv[/B] if [B]cp[/B] doesn't work)
reboot
Thank you so very much David1171. That did the trick perfectly. You are a god among men. Not only did you solve my problem but you also gave me some insight on the system structure. Thanks a million.
siknasa9 said:
Thank you so very much David1171. That did the trick perfectly. You are a god among men. Not only did you solve my problem but you also gave me some insight on the system structure. Thanks a million.
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i think that is taking it way to far man but yeah anytime you see a command to move something to /system/app/appname.apk with adb that will work for doing it in the recovery console. also i always do it in the recovery console because it is easier to type mount system then it is to type the command to mount system in the terminal emulator.
siknasa9 said:
Thank you so very much David1171. That did the trick perfectly. You are a god among men. Not only did you solve my problem but you also gave me some insight on the system structure. Thanks a million.
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I am not sure what rom you ended up on, but with the hardspl and cyanogen recovery image it is nearly impossible to lose root unless you specifically want to.
So if you were on rc29 whenever you took the advice and got "su" working, flash a newer rom, like cyanogen 4.0.4. Dont just use rc29 with the super use whitelist app working because it is outdated and there will be problems for you.
rondey- said:
I am not sure what rom you ended up on, but with the hardspl and cyanogen recovery image it is nearly impossible to lose root unless you specifically want to.
So if you were on rc29 whenever you took the advice and got "su" working, flash a newer rom, like cyanogen 4.0.4. Dont just use rc29 with the super use whitelist app working because it is outdated and there will be problems for you.
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he's on 4.0.4 (from what i ascertain), his superuser.apk got corrupted somehow and wouldn't let him use his root access.
I wrote this basic little application to help out those who are either afraid of the command prompt or simply just don't want to deal with it. Drop it in the same folder as adb and run it.
Feel free to leave feedback or contact me with any questions/comments.
http://incredible.groove2.net/IncredibleRooter.zip
If people decide they like this, I will continue development and add some new features to it.
Check out the Readme.txt for more information and detailed explanations.
Thank you, I had rooted mine before using the command prompt, your application save me time on taking off the battery and waiting for reboot. Thanks again.
vVv mDaWg said:
I wrote this basic little application to help out those who are either afraid of the command prompt or simply just don't want to deal with it. Drop it in the same folder as adb and run it.
Feel free to leave feedback or contact me with any questions/comments.
http://incredible.groove2.net/IncredibleRooter.zip
If people decide they like this, I will continue development and add some new features to it.
Check out the Readme.txt for more information and detailed explanations.
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Thanks for your work, it doesn't go unappreciated =).
Glad to see people are finding it useful. Expect a CityID removal button in the near future.
where exactly do we drop this? what's the path?
As the OP stated, place this program in the same folder as adb, so depending on where your sdk is located it might go in C:\sdk\tools\
what's the adb?
Please bare with me...
Robes1 said:
what's the adb?
Please bare with me...
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Found it...thanks anyway.
Appreciate it, wish I would have seen before I rooted. I will try this as I need to get back there to remove cityid anyways.
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lol.. you know whats sad... is i almost guarantee besides trying 2.2 on this beast.. CityID is #1 on peoples list of crap to remove that is absolutely useless
Nice App.
Thanks!
What does the app do? Will it help get people into the adb shell? That seems to be the real problem.
When will option be avail to remove cityid? that is big reason for me to root.
also please explain more on where to find adb folder?
thanks for this app cant wait to try it.
metalmenance said:
When will option be avail to remove cityid? that is big reason for me to root.
also please explain more on where to find adb folder?
thanks for this app cant wait to try it.
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Extract it or place it inside the tools folder.
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hmmmm
well I'm stuck. tried several cards tried all the methods and still no go. It goes to the screen with the red triangle and dead ends. and after that it just says cant open cache recovery command guess im screwed oh well thanx for posting all the steps you guys went through effen pisses me off though
Has anyone used this and has it worked. I've tried every method on every site and nothing, I'm going to try this when I get home from work.
Hey guys, sorry if there's been any confusion.
This app will not make ADB start up in recovery. That's still something that we still have to achieve to get any of this to work.
Peronally I used the Kingston 4GB Class 4 card and it works pretty much almost every single time I just do a simple adb reboot.
This application was designed to make the rooting process a quick and painless command prompt-less process after you achieve adb running in recovery mode. I used this on my friend's Incredible and the rooting process took me literally 30 seconds to complete.
vVv mDaWg said:
Hey guys, sorry if there's been any confusion.
This app will not make ADB start up in recovery. That's still something that we still have to achieve to get any of this to work.
Peronally I used the Kingston 4GB Class 4 card and it works pretty much almost every single time I just do a simple adb reboot.
This application was designed to make the rooting process a quick and painless command prompt-less process after you achieve adb running in recovery mode. I used this on my friend's Incredible and the rooting process took me literally 30 seconds to complete.
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Does the red triangle with the exclaimation point mean it has failed, or do you wait further?
Thanks,
Jim
I used a SanDisk 2GB works everytime.
After your in recovery mode and have clicked the Step 3: button "Check for ADB In Recovery".
If you get the "sorry adb not running" message try this:
Unplug your usb cord from the device and remove your battery.
Replace your battery and hold down the volume- key and press the power button.
Highlight Recovery as soon as possible.
Plug the usb cord back in and press the power button at the same time.
Note: If you hear a noise when you plugged in the usb cord before you see the black Recovery screen you did it wrong.
Click the Step 3: button one to five times.
If it doesn't work try it again or try a different SD card.
Touch thanks for all the help Bro. My incredible is just a stubborn ***** LOL Great job on the windows app
MOD EDIT: Full Root is now available. Please see this for Full Root
[GUIDE] One Click How to Root the Wildfire with Unrevoked 3.21
Hi all,
As posted the other day, I have managed to get a temporary software-only root solution that will allow you to run some applications that require su. I am currently in discussion with some of the unrEVOked team to take this a step further and get the NAND protection defeated, clockworkmod etc. For now, though, I present an extremely simple, low risk, software root. Yes, it's not quite 1-click (it's 1-click once you've done the initial steps), but it's pretty easy.
Prerequisites:
You must have adb working.
Root instructions:
Step 1: Download and install Superuser.apk from the Market. ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828 )
Step 2: Download my SoftRoot package ( http://www.martineve.com/wildfiresoftrootoneclick/SoftRoot.apk )
Step 3: Execute from a command prompt in the directory where you downloaded SoftRoot.apk:
Windows:
adb install SoftRoot.apk
Linux:
adb install ./SoftRoot.apk
Step 4: Run the SoftRoot application that is now installed.
The application will now crash. Wait 2 seconds, close it and you are rooted.
You will need to re-perform stage 4, only, each time you reboot.
Source code (all GPL):
http://www.martineve.com/wildfiresoftrootoneclick/DoRoot.java
http://www.martineve.com/wildfiresoftrootoneclick/R.java
http://www.martineve.com/wildfiresoftrootoneclick/rootshell
http://www.martineve.com/wildfiresoftrootoneclick/exploid.c
To compile Java app, you will need to create a project that has su, rootshell and compiled exploid inside the resources/raw folder.
Works great. Thank you.
Now I have access to paid apps easily via Market Enabler (v3.0.8). I've missed them.
Now I just hope Spotify will fix their playback issues og Wildfire (and Hero). THEN life will be good again.
MartinEve said:
Hi all,
I am currently in discussion with some of the unrEVOked team to take this a step further and get the NAND protection defeated, clockworkmod etc.To compile Java app, you will need to create a project that has su, rootshell and compiled exploid inside the resources/raw folder.
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Hey Martin Awesome dude .. also where did u find contact info of unrevoked team.. I think Koush is here on xda.. it would be really nice if you can PM me ..
Thanks
Hi, Martin awesome work.. its working superb on my
0.802, 1.14.405.2, VodafoneCZ
thx man!
Excellent work, thanks Martin! So this means I don't have to follow anything in your other thread, I can just use this? Found it difficult to understand all that stuff!
Also, when downloading the Android SDK, as I'm about to, do I need to get the 2.1 component package as well, being as the Wildfire comes with 2.1 on it? Very new to the world of Android, so your help would be much appreciated!
normally you just need the adb not the whole SDK.
Simple to use :
download SDK :http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
extract the zip(or tgz if Linux) where you want
go to tools
copy the SoftRoot.apk in this dir
open a cmd prompt
type adb install ./SoftRoot.apk
Install the SuperUser.apk (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828) or QR code :
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SOFT-ROOTED
Easy no ?
grate job Matrin, any idea's, plan's to bypass "mtdblock3" writing protection.
Dark_Balor said:
Easy no ?
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Yeah I suppose it is! Thanks for that Balor
Dr_Death said:
grate job Matrin, any idea's, plan's to bypass "mtdblock3" writing protection.
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Working on it; first job is, apparently, to build a clockworkmod recovery image from the stock rom...
Thread Stickied!
Great job MartinEve. Nice way to start off your experience here at XDA. Cheers
MartinEve said:
Working on it; first job is, apparently, to build a clockworkmod recovery image from the stock rom...
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all the best my friend, YOU ARE THE MAN
what's the method you are going to try to bypass the protection >> I'm interested in knowing the mechanism of the NAND protection, how it's work
Well, from the fact I was told to make a clockworkmod recovery image, it seems that the route is going to be to get a custom recovery image booting which will allow full access to the system and then flash from that.
TBH, this is where it starts to get risky ;/ If people wanted to start pooling together a disaster fund should the Bricking Gods not smile favourably on me, I'd be a lot happier! Haha!
Hey Martin..or anyone else..can you confirm whether this will work on HTC Legend ..??
zabaknilesh said:
Hey Martin..or anyone else..can you confirm whether this will work on HTC Legend ..??
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I'm afraid I don't know about the Legend, but I see no reason why it should not provided that:
/system is mounted from /dev/block/mtdblock3
You are running 2.1 or 2.2
If you get an adb shell up an paste me the output of the mount command, I'll be able to tell you more clearly.
MartinEve, I just copied the two .apk to my phone
1.Install with some explorer
2.Launch SoftRoot
3.Enjoy
no adb at all for me and worked
demolition23 said:
MartinEve, I just copied the two .apk to my phone
1.Install with some explorer
2.Launch SoftRoot
3.Enjoy
no adb at all for me and worked
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Excellent, glad to hear it
Perhaps I'll put a more concise set of instructions up at the start
not work
I managed to do ROOT previous method. In this method, the system aborts SoftRoot. What could be the reason?
Piron said:
I managed to do ROOT previous method. In this method, the system aborts SoftRoot. What could be the reason?
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When you say "the system aborts", I think you are referring to the fact the application crashes.
Which was in my original post.
It should still be rooted, despite the crash.
MartinEve said:
Excellent, glad to hear it
Perhaps I'll put a more concise set of instructions up at the start
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Glad...I think its working!! i can now use set cpu...
Only did install these two apk's on HTC legend and its working...!!!
any others signs to confirm check that my device is rooted..please advice which is best apk to check my legend is rooted or not..?
zabaknilesh said:
Glad...I think its working!! i can now use set cpu...
Only did install these two apk's on HTC legend and its working...!!!
any others signs to confirm check that my device is rooted..please advice which is best apk to check my legend is rooted or not..?
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Go to a terminal and type:
su
If the phone then prompts you to allow root, allow it and then type:
id
if it says uid=0 then you are root.
Let me know and I'll make a post in the Legend forum too.
Hi,
A few weeks ago I wanted to install CM7 RC3 on my Motorola Milestone. It seemed that I couldn't get into the recovery menu. I could get to the Triangle screen with holding 'X' while booting, but I couldn't pull down the menu (using vol Up + Camera).
After a lot of fiddling I found out that when I flashed bootloader 90.74 (I was at 90.78) and booted while holding the camera key, that I could access the recovery menu (using vol Up + Camera).
Now I want to install CM7 Final, but I can't seem to get into that menu anymore. I'm just stuck at the Triangle screen.
I've tried bootloader 90.78 & 90.74, but they all didn't help.
Anyone have any clue ?
Thanks
Tuytje said:
Hi,
A few weeks ago I wanted to install CM7 RC3 on my Motorola Milestone. It seemed that I couldn't get into the recovery menu. I could get to the Triangle screen with holding 'X' while booting, but I couldn't pull down the menu (using vol Up + Camera).
After a lot of fiddling I found out that when I flashed bootloader 90.74 (I was at 90.78) and booted while holding the camera key, that I could access the recovery menu (using vol Up + Camera).
Now I want to install CM7 Final, but I can't seem to get into that menu anymore. I'm just stuck at the Triangle screen.
I've tried bootloader 90.78 & 90.74, but they all didn't help.
Anyone have any clue ?
Thanks
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You can use adb to enter recovery menu directly.
Check this link.
Thanks for replying so fast.
I've been able to get to the recovery screen (Triangle screen), but can't seem to open the menu with adb.
It's the opening of the menu that is the problem, which you normally do via Volume Up + Camera key.
Unless I can install CM7 Final via adb ?
Tuytje said:
Thanks for replying so fast.
I've been able to get to the recovery screen (Triangle screen), but can't seem to open the menu with adb.
It's the opening of the menu that is the problem, which you normally do via Volume Up + Camera key.
Unless I can install CM7 Final via adb ?
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Flash any rom, preferably GOT 2.2.1 from here. Then make sure you have USB debugging on from settings->applications->development->USB debugging.
Connect phone to PC. Download AOR and extract it to your sdcard. Download CM7 and put in in openrecovery/updates folder. Then move to the directory where you have adb installed. Usually it is in c:/android_sdk/tools.
Then in command prompt, type the following.
adb devices ( it should show your phone's no as shown below)
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adb remount
adb shell "echo 'boot-recovery ' > /cache/recovery/command"
adb shell "echo '--update_package=SDCARD:update.zip' >> /cache/recovery/command"
adb shell "reboot recovery"
It should take you to AOR directly. Flash CM7.
Let me know if it works.
[email protected]
The line "adb remount" fails with the following message "remount failed: Operation not permitted".
I take it that adb needs root access, how can I achieve this ?
GOT 2.2.1 is already installed
Android itself is rooted (by EasyRoot)
SuperUser is installed
I have also installer Android Terminal Emulator, that one is set allowed in SU
Thanks
Tuytje said:
The line "adb remount" fails with the following message "remount failed: Operation not permitted".
I take it that adb needs root access, how can I achieve this ?
GOT 2.2.1 is already installed
Android itself is rooted (by EasyRoot)
SuperUser is installed
I have also installer Android Terminal Emulator, that one is set allowed in SU
Thanks
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Try the same with usb mode set to charge only or portal & tools.
I should make a thread for this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=796679&page=26
sileshn: I don't see how that would make a difference ? I would still need that root on adb
zeppelinrox: I understand half what your thread says I'm still pretty new at this, never intended to go this deep. I only wanted CM7 installed
How does your thread help me do this ?
Thank you
Tuytje said:
sileshn: I don't see how that would make a difference ? I would still need that root on adb
zeppelinrox: I understand half what your thread says I'm still pretty new at this, never intended to go this deep. I only wanted CM7 installed
How does your thread help me do this ?
Thank you
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There are many apps for rooting your milestone on the market. Superuser, z4root, universal androot, super one click root to name a few. Use any one of those to root your phone.
You can use Zeppe's method. Once you apply his script , it will take you into AOR directly without any button pushes on reboot.
I was under the impression that adb needed a different kind of root. My bad in that case
I'll try that. Thanks
AWESOME! (I really use that word, but this situation calls for it )
zeppelinrox your scripts worked. I'm back to CM7. Thanks!
Mine is 90.78 and recovery menu is working like a charm! I'am running CM7.
Edited 12/30/11:
Thanks to everyone that helped put this together, and I'm glad people found it useful! However, this guide is now obsolete. I put it together before we could unlock the bootloader and get a permanent root. However, we now have a bootloader unlock, so there's a better way to get root. Please see this thread: http:// http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836. I'll leave this guide here in case somebody has such an occasion to need only a temp root.
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Edited 11/11/11, 12:23 EST - V2 of Windows script - check for superuser.apk already installed
Edited 11/11/11, 14:42 EST - Linux/Mac script
Edited 11/11/11, 15:58 EST - V3 of Windows script - updated method for installing su binary to attempt to address it disappearing. Please let me know if the issue persists! (Linux script should be updated to V3 soon)
Ok, so I think we've gotten this process streamlined enough to make it easy, so I wanted to put together a step-by-step easy temproot for people who are confused. It will run zergRush to root your phone, then install busybox and the superuser app & binaries.
I've tested this on AT&T's Vivid, and it seems to work on the Canadian variant. Also, supposedly, if you're bootloader's unlocked, this should give you permroot.
I take no credit for actually developing most of this, I just packaged it up all nice and neat in an easy to run batch file. Both Windows & Linux/Mac versions are attached.
Thanks to:
Revolutianry for zergRush, ChainsDD/androidsu.com for SuperUser, stericson for busybox
arunp44, Jimmy273, DooMLoRD, and cyber_pete for some of the right commands
rpendrick for the Linux/Mac version
STEPS TO ROOT:
0. Install HTC Sync on your computer so that you'll have the proper drives
1. Download Vivid-Root.zip: Windows | Linux/Mac
2. Unzip somewhere on your computer
3. On your phone , enable USB Debugging (Settings > Applications > Development, check USB Debugging) & Unknown Sources (Settings > Applications, check Unkown Sources)
4. Connect your phone to the computer, make sure it's in Charge Only mode
5. Open the unzipped folder, double click RUNME.bat & Follow the prompts
6. Enjoy your root!
If you reboot your phone, just repeat steps 4-6.
Please let me know if you have any problems, questions, or concerns!
DISCLAIMER: I've tested this on my device and it works. However, i provide no guarantees or claim no responsibility for problems it may cause (however unlikely that may be). You know, the usual "please don't blame me for bricks...".
KNOWN ISSUES:
-Occasionally Superuser app won't recognize su binary even though phone has root access
-su binary disappears after a while (V3 attempts to fix this)
-zergRush method unmounts internal phone storage (/sdcard folder). Seems its still accessible from adb shell, and nothing seems wrong, but phone can no longer access it properly
Looks promising. Any possibility to repackage for linux and or Mac?
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drewdatrip said:
Looks promising. Any possibility to repackage for linux and or Mac?
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Absolutely! It'll just take me a little longer, as I only have access to windows machines at the moment. Perhaps later this afternoon I'll have the chance to port it to linux/mac.
Nice work, I just posted the manual version of this on the other temp root forum. Was going to start to automate but you beat me to it. I love it when there are several people all working towards a solution.
cyber_pete said:
Nice work, I just posted the manual version of this on the other temp root forum. Was going to start to automate but you beat me to it. I love it when there are several people all working towards a solution.
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Yeah, I saw that. I actually have to thank you, because I was having one minor issue of it not recognizing the su binary, but your code got it working! So thanks!
bjg222 said:
Yeah, I saw that. I actually have to thank you, because I was having one minor issue of it not recognizing the su binary, but your code got it working! So thanks!
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Team work, that's how we are going to get to perm root.
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Just used your script, worked perfect. One suggestion. What do you think about adding a check for the SuperUser.apk and if it is already there, skip the install? I already have it installed and got the Failed message, might scare a few people. Anyway just a suggestion, great work.
Nice job man. This will def help out people new to the rooting world.
Question... If I use supercharger v6 to emprove my ram after I reboot will it still. E in effect?
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cyber_pete said:
Team work, that's how we are going to get to perm root.
EDIT:
Just used your script, worked perfect. One suggestion. What do you think about adding a check for the SuperUser.apk and if it is already there, skip the install? I already have it installed and got the Failed message, might scare a few people. Anyway just a suggestion, great work.
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Sure, I'll work on that and get it up in a bit.
tacotino said:
Question... If I use supercharger v6 to emprove my ram after I reboot will it still. E in effect?
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Having never used the app, I couldn't tell you. But typically on reboot, you lose everything root-related, so my guess would be no.
In-app root
Is anyone working on an in-app temp root app (z4root anyone?)
If I change LCD density while temp rooted, will it survive reboot?
I really am considering this temp root cause I find bloatware annoying.... But if I can switch lcd density while im at it, that will make three decision much easier
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How long should this process take?? Mine is just showing *daemon started successfully* for a few minutes.
ronj1986 said:
How long should this process take?? Mine is just showing *daemon started successfully* for a few minutes.
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Should take a few seconds, less than a minute overall.
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After running this I tried opening Titanium Backup and it said no root. I did try earlier old temp root method without success, could that be the reason?
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"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"
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Well it is a good sign that we have temp-root so quick now HTC just needs to stop dragging their feet a bit and get this bootloader unlocked.
My device driver "did not install properly", maybe that's what's causing the *daemon started successfully* Ronj is having
I am hoping installing HTC Sync will fix hat little issue.
It is. I installed HTC Sync, and the problem went away
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It is. I installed HTC Sync, and the problem went away
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figured... the Dell streak had a step like that too.
I am unable to install Titanium Backup:-(((
For those of you that have temp root working, are you losing root after a short amount of time? I keep losing the SU binary, root is still there but I have to repush SU. Really strange. Does anyone know if this is just the nature of temp root or is there something I can do to fix that?