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[HACK] Busybox for HTC Tattoo - CoburnBrew Flavor! :D

This little gem of a phone is a tough little thing to custom install apps on, but that didn't stop the Coburn from being able to get busybox installed.
Therefore, introducing Busybox for your HTC Click/Tattoo!
FOLLOW THIS TUTORIAL CAREFULLY. This guide may brick or NOT brick your Tattoo (most likely the latter), however I cannot assure you that it's 100% fail proof. I have installed it successfully. IN OTHER WORDS: THIS IS NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED! IF YOU DO NOT KNOW WHAT 'FLASH','ADB' OR 'HACK' MEANS, PLEASE DO NOT CONTINUE.
Requirements:
1 HTC Tattoo (The Victim)
1 MS Windows Powered Computer (I used Win7 64Bit)
1 HTC Tattoo -> USB Cable (Included with phone... Well, it was in the box).
Download the package attached to this post. Extract all files to a directory like C:\BUSYCLICK . (Actually, please extract them there).
Installation
Connect your Tattoo to your phone, make sure USB Debugging is enabled (Settings -> Applications -> Development) and sit back. Windows should say "New Hardware! OMG!" and ask "What is this piece of tech?" (aka New Hardware Install Wizard). On XP, allow to search Windows Update. On Vista/7, I'm going to have to get back to you on that. The installed driver will be like "HTC Dream blah blah blah ADB Interface" or something. Odd why it says it's a HTC Dream...
Anyway, go to the folder where you extracted the files, and run the Installation.bat file. It's the one that says "Installation" With the cogs icon.
You'll get a DOS Prompt and some text, PAY ATTENTION! My installer will hold your hand and explain what's happening. Should any errors occur, you may be out of space on your Tattoo's internal memory or something. If you do get errors, please post them here! I'll try to fix them for you guys and girls.
Post-install tasks
When complete, run the TestBusybox.bat script in the same folder where you extracted the BusyBox files, and you should get some output. If not, busybox failed to install... Let me know what the error is and I'll try to fix it.
Notes:
You can use the busybox commands in /data/local/bin from "adb shell" or a terminal emulator on the phone itself... /data/local/bin/sh DOES NOT work from adb shell, I don't know why. It will work using a terminal emulator. Try "/data/local/bin/free" and such for some memory read outs, etc, etc.
Feel free to love/like/hate/kill/shoot my work, you can expect to see ROMs and the like in the near future as I love hacking devices.
Cheers,
Coburn64

Ok busybox installed normally...
Do i have root acces with busybox now? I dont see su...
C:\Busybox>adb shell /data/local/busybox ls /data
ls: can't open '/data': Permission denied
I do see /data/local and under tho... including ../bin and ../rights but dont see any use of it...

Coburn Hi, this is a step closer to being root
can be root in busybox?
chmod command does?
thx

Code:
benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox
chmod command is useless without su...If only su worked

Installed and worked fine, can run busybox but:
it runs with shell privileges
setting setuid bit doesn't solve, because I can chown to root
Do I miss something?
Thanks Really appreciate your work!

Do you have to install the new RUU Click HTC WWE 1.63.405.1 WWE test signed NoDriver first?

coolbits said:
Code:
benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox
chmod command is useless without su...If only su worked
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I know friend!
I asked the chmod without adb, or if they could use the chmod as root from the busibox console

leon1984 said:
I know friend!
I asked the chmod without adb, or if they could use the chmod as root from the busibox console
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All this does is allows you to run more commands from the shell in Android, whereas the standard shell doesn't have many commands built-in. Could be used in conjuction with a root hack.

One step more, but nothing to do with root
I'm starting to believe that Click will never have a root method working because its underused compared with other android devices

MiSSigNNo said:
One step more, but nothing to do with root
I'm starting to believe that Click will never have a root method working because its underused compared with other android devices
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The next Linux kernel root vulnerability (which works on the Tattoo) should bring us root, as well as other Android devices such as the Eris.

coolbho3000 said:
The next Linux kernel root vulnerability (which works on the Tattoo) should bring us root, as well as other Android devices such as the Eris.
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What's the new root vulnerability? Is it something that was just discovered?

coolbho3000 said:
The next Linux kernel root vulnerability (which works on the Tattoo) should bring us root, as well as other Android devices such as the Eris.
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Ok, where to find more info about this? :S

coolbho3000 said:
The next Linux kernel root vulnerability (which works on the Tattoo) should bring us root, as well as other Android devices such as the Eris.
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I was able to install Busybox on my phone successfully. But the problem is I don't know what it's for. Would anyone be kind enough to post a link or a tutorial for this? Thanks.

sheik_yerbouti said:
I was able to install Busybox on my phone successfully. But the problem is I don't know what it's for. Would anyone be kind enough to post a link or a tutorial for this? Thanks.
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Busybox just allows you to use more features at the adb shell command line. So, yeah. Heh.

You lost me at 'adb shell command line'. Is that some command line provided by the Android SDK?

sheik_yerbouti said:
You lost me at 'adb shell command line'. Is that some command line provided by the Android SDK?
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Sorry if I lost you. Let me sum it up: It's a 'feature pack' for Android Developers, which could be used in conjunction with rooting tools.

Coburn64 said:
What's the new root vulnerability? Is it something that was just discovered?
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zenthought.org/content/file/android-root-2009-08-16-source
This is linked in the other thread...

ivendor said:
zenthought.org/content/file/android-root-2009-08-16-source
This is linked in the other thread...
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That code is old, and apparently won't work. It won't compile either, Paul from Modaco tried it and it just spat the dummy and gave a make error.

Coburn64 said:
That code is old, and apparently won't work. It won't compile either, Paul from Modaco tried it and it just spat the dummy and gave a make error.
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That's the code for the old asroot exploit (used in the Hero IIRC). It's been patched in August/09 so it won't affect the kernel in stock Tattoos.

Yeah, that's what I was getting at - the exploit is too old.
We need to either:
1) Get a S-OFF bootloader
2) Find another working root exploit
3) Dig around in the test ROM and extract the SU binary out of that sucker and put it in /data/local on the working ROM.
I think I can do the latter.

help installing apk using terminal

ok i just updated to CM 5. and well none of my apps are there, now im trying
this following :
sh /sdcard/installapk.sh /sdcard/theapp.apk
and no luck i think i can b doing it wrong.
cant DL the app cause i dont have the market app ether

Download DroidExplorer and you can do a bulk install of all your apps straight to the sdcard. Works everytime!!!
Link is in my sig

yea but i have no market on the phone and i dont have adb set up on my pc is it possible trew terminal to install astro so i can go on from there?

If your market is not there then you failed to flash the gapps.
You need to flash those AFTER CM5 or BEFORE. I've heard it works different for some people. First time I flashed it, it was before. Now it's after. Before and after won't hurt.

i figured that but the link on CM page for gapps is not working for me

I'm not really sure what having the market working has to do with anything. Clearly you didn't even take the time to click the link in my sig and go to the DroidExplorer thread.

it seems like that is for computers 64bit and up i have 32

brios86 said:
it seems like that is for computers 64bit and up i have 32
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Are you talking about DroidExplorer? I have it installed on my 10 year old Dell and it is definitely a 32 bit machine. I'm assuming you are talking about something else.

You can use busybox if you have the latest CM ROM installed which you do. Busybox is included in the ROM so you can run busybox commands from terminal.
Put the apps you want to install on the root of your sdcard just to make them easy to find. Once in terminal, su so you have a # symbol
Then
Code:
busybox install /sdcard/yourapp.apk /sd-ext/app

great now i am F*** i tried installing the debug phone ota file that was required for CM 4.x and now i have no recovery it comes out the phone with exclamation mark

trying the droid explorer now

no luck droidexplorer seems to view the device but nothing else

brios86 said:
no luck droidexplorer seems to view the device but nothing else
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Well that makes sense considering Droid Explorer requires root...According to your post on the first page, you are seeing an exclamation point when booting into recovery which means you lost root access by flashing whatever it is you flashed. Time to start all over again.
There is an updated rooting post for the Dream over at theunlockr.com

ok now my thing is i cant have the phone on cause it will keep getting FC and after a few it reboots

im trying to set up ADB on my pc now will that help me fix this? the phone boots up and the it reboots on its owne

It seems pretty clear that you don't really know what you are doing when it comes to modding your G1, and it is also pretty clear that you aren't willing to listen to directions.
I told you that you could batch install applications through Droid Explorer and you blatantly ignored my directions then said that it wouldn't work because you have a 32 bit computer.
I then gave you directions on how to use busybox to install the application that you wanted and never got a response regarding whether you even tried it or not.
You responded further into the thread saying that now you are getting an exclamation point when booting into recovery which MEANS THAT YOU DON"T HAVE ROOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Installing adb and getting it working isn't going to do anything for you as far as installing applications because you lost root access which means you don't have the correct permissions to do anything anymore.
I gave you the link to an updated post on rooting so either do that or update this thread with where you stand exactly. Can you get into recovery? Is it an exclamation point? Can you launch the terminal app? When you type "su" do you get a # or an $? Does it say permission denied? ETC ETC ETC

DirectMatrix said:
It seems pretty clear that you don't really know what you are doing when it comes to modding your G1, and it is also pretty clear that you aren't willing to listen to directions.
I told you that you could batch install applications through Droid Explorer and you blatantly ignored my directions then said that it wouldn't work because you have a 32 bit computer.
I then gave you directions on how to use busybox to install the application that you wanted and never got a response regarding whether you even tried it or not.
You responded further into the thread saying that now you are getting an exclamation point when booting into recovery which MEANS THAT YOU DON"T HAVE ROOT ANYMORE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Installing adb and getting it working isn't going to do anything for you as far as installing applications because you lost root access which means you don't have the correct permissions to do anything anymore.
I gave you the link to an updated post on rooting so either do that or update this thread with where you stand exactly. Can you get into recovery? Is it an exclamation point? Can you launch the terminal app? When you type "su" do you get a # or an $? Does it say permission denied? ETC ETC ETC
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My whole point with the no market is if he would have flashed the gapps or found another way to get them he could have installed a file manager then installed the app off his sdcard.
This was a 1 - 2 minute procedure that he has not made an hour/s procedure.
I agree with droidexplorer, I use it quite constantly. However, if he would have correctly installed CM5 this issue would have never arisen.
As for OP, I strongly advise that you unroot and stick to stock. If you cannot successfully do this, there is a high chance you are going to brick and it's just not worth it.

this is not the first time i try this i have a understanding of what i am doing, for some reason i decided to try another sdcard and it magically booted fine, now the gapps link doesn't work for me, so i am trying to install astro threw terminal emulator (astro is on the root of the sdcard) so i can just install the rest of my apps

thank you busybox worked thank you so much

funny after all the stuff i tried i decided to try a diff sdcard and it booted fine and then changed back to the old sdcard and it works fine

The BusyBox Headache

I love my phone to death, but the few things I have left I want to do/use on my phone require busybox. I could just flash a new rom, but I like the stock rom as it is, and don't want to have to install the 150 apps i have all over again (and am too poor for titanium backup donate).
So i just want to install busybox on my phone. I've been googling, and reading, and googling some more, but I still can't seem to get past the first few steps. I am new to ADB and really don't know what I am doing, but I tend to be good at following directions.
Right now im using this guide:
http://www.gadgetsdna.com/busybox-installation-steps-on-jailbroken-android-device/683/
I get to:
adb push busybox /data/local
and cmd throws "adb: permission denied"
I have searched to no avail, and have tried everything my limited linux command experience has to try. I'm down to begging yall for some help.

Is your phone root?

One click root. Didn't know if that would hurt anything. I have already installed CM6 and gone back to stock, so i figured installing busybox would be no problem.

I used the universal androot app and it installed busybox for me. Piece of cake.

You could install Titanium Backup and then click "Problems?"

why don't u just get it from the Market?

[Q] I9000M: Rooting Froyo (JL2)

How do you root a JL2 Froyo on an I9000M?

I am looking how to root it also.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

same here, superoneclick doesn't work. Tried all possible methods.
Killing ADB Server...
OK
Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
OK
Waiting for device...
adb server is out of date. killing...
OK
Pushing rageagainstthecage...
adb server is out of date. killing...
OK
chmod rageagainstthecage...
adb server is out of date. killing...
OK
Running rageagainstthecage...
adb server is out of date. killing...
FAILED

Superoneclick works fine for me: http://goo.gl/DxOP7

What worked for me Bell I9000M JK4 or JL2 was to:
Disconnect Phone
Enable USB Debugging Mode
Shut Down Phone
Open SuperOneClick
Press ROOT
Wait until you see "Waiting for Device"
Connect Phone, wait for battery charging graphic
Turn On Phone
Let it do its thing, it should work all the way until you get SuperUser pushed to your device
If you get an USB error, try again from the start using another port

That's exactly what I did and had no problems. To get busybox installed, I opened titanium backup, clicked the "problems" button and let that app overall it.

has anyone found any other options to root other than SuperOneClick? I'm not sure if it's just my phone, but I start to get a lot of lag after using this to root...

For me, i just flashed speedmod inside the cwr there is a setting to root & install busybox

omg how does it take rageagainstthecage to run its thing.... it feels like its stuck

galaxywolf said:
omg how does it take rageagainstthecage to run its thing.... it feels like its stuck
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make sure the phone is Awake, if it's in sleep mode (black screen) it wont do anything

How do I get a root file for my Bell Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant GT-I9000m with android 2.2 Froyo.UGJL2. I tried rooting it but I can't find any root file. I think I accidentally reformatted my internal sdcard. Pls. help!

I am having trouble using SuperOneClick, but it seems to be different from problems that other people are getting. I read through and watched the video. Everything said it was ok, and it seemed like all worked. I even got the "superuser" application installed. The problem is that su doesn't seem to work. If I go to a terminal window and type "su", I get Permission Denied. When I go to Titanium it says there is a problem with root. I tried installing busybox, and upgrading superuser, however these fail.
I just got my phone back from Samsung and they replaced the motherboard, and obviously put the new sotfware on it, however it seems to be the same 2.2 OS that everybody is talking about "JL2"
Has anybody seen this? any idea what might be happening?

I was able to answer my own question. I was able to root my phone using SuperOneClick by choosing the radio button for rageagainstthecage, instead of psneuter.

I have heard of many ppl having issues with Superoneclick and antivirus software preventing it from working properly or straight out removing it from the pc. Disabling the av software when you unzip and use the superoneclick may help.

[SCRIPT] aRoot for Atrix 4G [ root - init.d - sideloading - tethering ]

Works on any Atrix, rooted, deodexed, stock, doesn't matter!!
OLYFR_U4_1.2.6 supported
OLYFR_U4_1.5.2 supported
*MOD EDIT* THIS IS OLD. USE ONLY IF YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.
Features:
Root
Installs tethering apn(enable the apn AFTER you enable mobile hotspot)
Unlocks all APN's for editing
Enables init.d support (on the android side, sample script mounts /system rw)
Installs Superuser.apk
Enables Non-market apps (sideloading)
Installs su and sqlite3 binaries to /system/bin
Removes oneclickroot busybox mess (if it exists)
unRoot script
How to use:
note: xp users, you will get an error about the TIMEOUT function, ignore it.
Enable USB Debugging on your phone (settings > applications > development > enable USB debugging)
Plug your phone into your computer
Extract aRoot.7z
Run aRoot.bat (run unRoot.bat to unroot)
Download:
http://ponack.net/designgears/atrix/aRoot/

Thanks DG!

Thanks DG. I knew if I waited it would pay off.
Any plans on making an "unroot" script?

designgears said:
My most recent brick was mostly caused by having busybox installed and symlinked twice. Busybox is already included on the phone stock, oneclickroot installs and symlinks it again in the /system/xbin directory. This is messy and can cause problems. I created this script to simply use what is there, only adding what is needed for a nice neat clean setup.
What this script does:
Roots
Installs Superuser.apk
Enables Non-market apps (sideloading)
Installs su and sqlite3 binaries to /system/bin
Removes onclickroot busybox install (if it exists)
Download:
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/atrix/aRoot.7z
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Thanks for the departing gift DG. Can we install this without any issues if we have already used the superoneclick root method?

airbillion said:
Thanks for the departing gift DG. Can we install this without any issues if we have already used the superoneclick root method?
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ya, it reverts that mess it created and does a cleaner install.
(more gifts to come)

Okay currently rooted with Adeo already assuming unroot before applying this script, but as far as Adeo I understand it doesn't need to be rooted for the install but if its already there would i have any problems swapping the root method?
Edit: Oh hehe was beat to it XD
Thank you!!! sooooo much for all your work and your continuous support, looking forward to what you will tackle next.

malfuncion said:
Thanks DG. I knew if I waited it would pay off.
Any plans on making an "unroot" script?
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unroot script added

designgears said:
ya, it reverts that mess it created and does a cleaner install.
(more gifts to come)
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Thanks for the reply. So no need to unroot, just apply your new script over the superoneclick?
Do you think you will go back to the atrix id it gets an unlocked bootloader?
This looks interesting: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11871384&postcount=183
Maybe this is the key we need to unlock the bootloader!

I ran the script and it gave me an error about TIMEOUT not a known function, but it still got the job done. I used the one before the unroot was added (redownloading now).
Again, many thanks. Can't wait to see what the other "gifts" are.

malfuncion said:
I ran the script and it gave me an error about TIMEOUT not a known function, but it still got the job done. I used the one before the unroot was added (redownloading now).
Again, many thanks. Can't wait to see what the other "gifts" are.
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very odd, I wonder if older versions of windows dont support the timeout function...
what are you running?

aces, thanks DG! all the work to date on the Atrix are and have been appreciated.

Thanks DG
I used oneclickroot and have just done your aroot.bat. How do I know if it un messed the previous root and everything is now good?

tpdtopcop said:
Thanks DG
I used oneclickroot and have just done your aroot.bat. How do I know if it un messed the previous root and everything is now good?
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pretty easy...
adb shell
cd /system/xbin
ls -l
you should only have a handful of files, no busybox, or any symlinks to it.

designgears said:
very odd, I wonder if older versions of windows dont support the timeout function...
what are you running?
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Has to be the problem, I was on my laptop with XP loaded. Like I said, the script did the trick but just sqawked an error. I am on my 7 tablet now and the command works fine.

malfuncion said:
Has to be the problem, I was on my laptop with XP loaded. Like I said, the script did the trick but just sqawked an error. I am on my 7 tablet now and the command works fine.
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I second that. XP here and got the TIMEOUT error, but worked just fine. Double checked my system/xbin and no busybox or symlink.

just looked it up, sure enough xp doesn't support that, oh well, doesn't matter, adb will wait for the device to some online, I might just take it out.
thanks for testing that guys.
i think xp still used it, just complained about it.

Just updated, now with init.d support and a better unrooter script

Sorry I'm new to this so if I used superoneclick then surely I will get a bricked phone...I get forced closed about once a day is that from the superoneclick?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

yokozuna82 said:
Sorry I'm new to this so if I used superoneclick then surely I will get a bricked phone...I get forced closed about once a day is that from the superoneclick?
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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It is possible that is the problem. Unless you are doing command line stuff you will be fine. It won't just brick you for no reason.

Thank you very much for your work...
Just to confirm, do I use this aRoot instead of your previous SuperOneClick?