GingerBreak 1.2 - Easy way to root your streak read on
I have a t-mobile dell streak 7 and I read the forums for days about rooting with SuperOneClick and a couple of outdated ways which would simply not work for me. I tried it with various versions of SuperOneClick from 1.55 up to 1.9 with no luck. Since I am on a Macintosh this further complicated things. I tried doing it with SuperOneClick in VMWare with no luck and then I used an actual Windows XP 32bit PC with no hope. I am not sure if the solution below will work on ATT, Rogers, WiFi or other dell streaks but it worked for me on my tmobile streak
Gingerbreak worked wonders and is by far the easiest way to root the dell streak 7. Its a simple android app which you download and install and then launch and click the root button.
As always you should read up on the forums first about this device. I am no expert and most people were able to get SuperOneClick to work by the looks of things. Remember by rooting your tablet you are voiding your warranty and you could easily damage your device.
Unrelated to rooting one of the LED backlights in my screen has recently broken and so I am having to unroot mine in order to send it back to dell for repairs. Just keep this in mind before you jump into doing it. I imagine if I sent them my streak in its current state they would not fix it. I will post the steps I performed to un-root later.
STEPS TO ROOT DIRECTLY FROM DELL STREAK 7:
Go to market and search for "Download All Files" and install the program
Install a file manager like "File Expert" - so you can extract the zip file once its downloaded
Go to Settings then Applications and check the box "Unknown sources"
Open xda-developers.com and search for Gingerbreak - at this time the top result will give you the main page for Gingerbreak with various versions
Download version 1.2 by clicking on it: GingerBreak_exploit_source_from_APKv1.2.zip (14.9 KB, 3542 views)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
Once its downloaded launch FileExpert
Browse to your downloads folder
Click on the Gingerbreak zip file and extract it
Now you will have a package you can install by clicking on it (.pkg)
Gingerbreak will show up in your apps, launch it.
In the app all you have to do is click the Root button
Once its done it should reboot automatically
Simply install Clockworks Rom Manager from the Market and you are ready to try new roms from the main xda dev page for streak 7 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Dell_Streak_7
NOTE: I have heard mixed reactions on what version of Rom Manager CWM to use. Some people say that only certain version work and others say that you can use the current version. I had no troubles with the latest version 4.3.0.1. I have not looked at the development fork so I have no idea. When I tried one method of unrooting I ran into a CWM Loop but I am 99% sure that it was my fault, not CWM's.
Worked great for me
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Easiest way to unroot Dell Streak 7
This is the easiest way to unroot the dell streak 7 that I could find. Keep in mind you will loose your data doing it this way.
I tired another unrooting method and ended up stuck in CWM loop. In other words I could not get to fastboot. I could not get to the stock recovery. I would turn on my device and ended up in Clockwork Mod Recovery menu each time. It was as if I had deleted the normal recovery menu.
I also had a hard time getting into the APX mode to install the driver. After carefully reading the instructions I noticed how easily it was to accomplish this. You simply unplug the USB from your computer first then hold down volume up and down at the same time as pressing and holding power button. Its hard to tell its in APX mode. THe navigation buttons will be lit up but the screen will be dark still. Then plug the usb back into your computer and it will detect it as an APX device.
It does take a little while to download all the files but you only need p2.img through p14.img GOOD LUCK!
Here is the guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809
Works like a boss!
What version of Android were you running on your Streak 7 when you used GingerBreak?
Tom2112 said:
What version of Android were you running on your Streak 7 when you used GingerBreak?
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I was using 2.2.2.
Thanks It worked perfect!
Hmmm... a little confused... maybe it's just late... maybe I'm having a blonde moment...
Anyway, the file you said to download did not have a .pkg in it. But in that thread there was an .apk file to download. Which I did, and I installed it. (No unzipping required)
After I installed it, I put my S7 into usb debugging mode, and ran GingerBreak. It appears to have rooted the device. I tried SetCPU after and it worked as Superuser (root).
But when I installed ClockworkMod, it doesn't reboot into recovery mode. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
Tom2112 said:
Hmmm... a little confused... maybe it's just late... maybe I'm having a blonde moment...
Anyway, the file you said to download did not have a .pkg in it. But in that thread there was an .apk file to download. Which I did, and I installed it. (No unzipping required)
After I installed it, I put my S7 into usb debugging mode, and ran GingerBreak. It appears to have rooted the device. I tried SetCPU after and it worked as Superuser (root).
But when I installed ClockworkMod, it doesn't reboot into recovery mode. Any suggestions?
Thanks in advance!
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Boot into recovery by holding power and volume +. Choose the second option (I believe it's "install update.zip"). This will boot you into Clockwork Recovery.
Thanks Zandar!
One more question: I'm used to the way Clockwork Recovery works on my phone (Droid Eris with CyanogenMod 7 on it). On my phone, I go into Rom Manager and select an option (such as Backup current ROM) the app reboots into Clockwork Recovery.
The way my Streak works now, no matter what I select in ROM Manager, I have to reboot the Streak manually, hold the volume up and power to get it to go into Clockwork Recovery, and then manually do whatever I need to do in Clockwork Recovery.
The question is: Is that how it is supposed to work, or did I screw something up?
Tom2112 said:
Thanks Zandar!
One more question: I'm used to the way Clockwork Recovery works on my phone (Droid Eris with CyanogenMod 7 on it). On my phone, I go into Rom Manager and select an option (such as Backup current ROM) the app reboots into Clockwork Recovery.
The way my Streak works now, no matter what I select in ROM Manager, I have to reboot the Streak manually, hold the volume up and power to get it to go into Clockwork Recovery, and then manually do whatever I need to do in Clockwork Recovery.
The question is: Is that how it is supposed to work, or did I screw something up?
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ROM Manager is only good for flashing Clockwork on the Streak 7. All of the other functions don't work.
Yaaaay...finally an easy way to root the dell streak 7 --gingerbreak saves the day!!!
Re: Easy way to root dell streak 7 android os 2.2
thank you soooooo much!!! This took 2 minutes and worked...i tried all of the versions of super1click with no results (actually i almost bricked the tablet once with it...good thing there's a reset pin hole next to the sd card).
At any rate, muchas gracias!!!!
Flawless
Worked perfectly, even for a noob like me. Many thanks!
Rooted DS7 stock 2.2.2
No matter what I did with superoneclick I could not get it to work with 2.2.2, this worked like an absolute charm. Thanks'd!
Okay, I have a new wifi-only S7, and I can't get it to root for anything. Gingerbreak just sits on the "Rooting... running exploit... This may take a few minutes! Device will reboot on success!" screen; I've left it for upwards of 45 minutes several times. I've tried two different SD cards, and, per one thread that said that the pre-installed card is treated like an external and so you don't need a separate card, right now it's running without a second SD card.
I tried SuperOneClick, and it hung on step 6 the first couple tries, then wouldn't even go that far (I was rebooting and/or unplugging between tries) before giving me a popup asking if it had 2.0 or above and then giving me this message:
startIndex cannot be larger than length of string.
Parameter name: startIndex
FAILED
Usually right below a line about checking the manufacturer.
What the heck am I doing wrong here? How do you mess up "install and hit run" or "click 'root'"? And is there a manual method I'm just missing somewhere? I've always found those more effective, and usually easier than trying to deglitch a one-click...
When using Gingerbreak, do you have usb debugging on?
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Yup. I'm starting to wonder if something's a tad wonky with this one, though. If I take out the SD card, the computer doesn't always see the tab at all, and if it does it's only in Device Manager. I'm going to try my other laptop to see if it's related (I normally use this one since it's 32bit and there seem to be more glitches with 64bit).
Fastboot hangs at "waiting for device." SuperOneClick doesn't work on the other computer either. Same error message. ADB sees it. I am confused and getting very, very annoyed here...
I did read somewhere that the apk should be on the device and not the sd card. Also that the sd card should be formatted. I don't know if you had read the same. Just something to look at.
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I had seen that, and that was the setup, but thank you for helping. I think it was either a connection or driver issue, although I'm pretty sure I had all the drivers installed properly. Wound up trying HoneyStreak, and that took Wanted to put TiBu on first, and to have a fully functional ROM, but I'll take no GPS over no root!
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I have searched the forum, and google about this error message, and have found a few other people who have gotten it but no one has responded to them. So if there is a fix out there, I'm sorry, I was not able to find it before posting. Thanks for helping me out!
This is my phone information, out of the box:
Firmware version: 2.1-update 1
Baseband version: I897UCJH7
Kernel version: 2.6.29
[email protected] #2
Build number: ECLAIR.UCJH7
I tried the One-Click Root in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739304.
It gave me the Superuser permissions app (with a android skull-and-crossbones icon). I could open this app, there were no apps listed within it, and I could access the settings, but if I tried to access the log screen it gave me the following message:
"Sorry! The application Superuser Permissions (process com.noshufou.android,su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again [Force close]".
I unrooted it with the same One-Click method, and it removed the Superuser App. Then I tried the method listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=736491#. this method gave me the Superuser permissions app (with a ninja icon), but this time I can't even open the app. It gives me the same error listed above as soon as I open it.
I then tried to unroot again, using the One-Click method that worked before, but it did not remove the Superuser App.
So where am I now? I'm not exactly sure what has happened to my phone at this point.
have u checked at any time if u had superuser rights??? I've rooted my cappy several times and had not opened once the super user app
download terminal emulator from the market and type "su" (without "") and see if it gets permission...
rastanthology said:
have u checked at any time if u had superuser rights??? I've rooted my cappy several times and had not opened once the super user app
download terminal emulator from the market and type "su" (without "") and see if it gets permission...
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I downloaded the android terminal emulator, and typed su as directed, and got the same error message as listed in my OP.
Use the one click method again. Download something harmless like drocap2 which us an app that requires root to take screen shots. Open app. If you are rooted the app will ask if you want to grant super user permission.
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Excuse me? I thought the whole point of rooting is to get superuser permission. That is, like an administrator in Windows. With superuser permission, you can use apps that are otherwise blocked, such as titanium backup. And you can use custom recoveries to flash other custom roms.
When I rooted my phone, I got superuser app with the skull and cross. Anytime I use an app that requires superuser permission, it will record so in the superuser app.
I think you already had root the first time. Now, I don't know what you have done to stop the phone from being rooted again.
Did the One-Click root again, this time it said it couldn't find the update.zip. I really don't understand what's going on.
Edited to add: When I go to Settings-->Applications-->Manage Applications - Superuser is not listed there. It is on the main applications page, but I cannot open it - it gives that error message.
Tried to do the one-click root again, for the I-don't-know-how-manyieth time. I watched the green dos screen very closely, and it said something about not being able to update root... then it quickly went to the blue screen that said I was rooted and the phone would be rebooted, select reinstall packages, etc.
Hoping the more information I can give will be helpful.
Why don't you test the phone. Go to market and try to get an app that only works if you have root (i.e. with superuser status). I would suggest getting Titanium backup. If you can get it and can get it to work, then you have root.
Edit: Just read your last message. I think you did not do the last step: Get the phone in recovery mode (holding updown volume switch and on switch at the same time). It should lead you to blue screen and then you have to select update.
I did get to the recovery mode. The one click program reboots the phone directly into recovery mode, but I also used the volume and power key method to get it to recovery mode when I tried the manual copy of the update.zip method.
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GlassButrFly said:
I did get to the recovery mode. The one click program reboots the phone directly into recovery mode, but I also used the volume and power key method to get it to recovery mode when I tried the manual copy of the update.zip method.
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But on recovery move (blue color), did you use vol down to move the highligted line to "reinstall packages" and then use power key to select it? Otherwise, I am at lost as to what you did.
visitador02 said:
But on recovery move (blue color), did you use vol down to move the highligted line to "reinstall packages" and then use power key to select it? Otherwise, I am at lost as to what you did.
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Yes I did. Believe me, I am as confused as you are. I researched rooting for weeks before getting the captivate and I followed the directions exactly, or at least I think I did.
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May I just suggest, flashing back to JF6 with Odin, then using Kies to update back to JH7, and trying to root again?
miztaken1312 said:
May I just suggest, flashing back to JF6 with Odin, then using Kies to update back to JH7, and trying to root again?
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I was worried I might have to restore to stock. Thankfully I haven't made too many customizations...
A few questions:
I have purchased one application from the market - will it let me re-download this application after restoring?
Also, what difference would flashing an older version than I originally had, and then updating back up to my original version make? Sorry if that's a noob question, I just would like to understand why I can't or shouldn't just restore to stock and then try rooting again from there. I ask this because I just got done reading the "How to: Samsung Kies Program" thread, and it seems there are no end to the problems people have encountered using that program, so I would like to avoid having to use the program if possible.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your help!
GlassButrFly said:
I was worried I might have to restore to stock. Thankfully I haven't made too many customizations...
A few questions:
I have purchased one application from the market - will it let me re-download this application after restoring?
Also, what difference would flashing an older version than I originally had, and then updating back up to my original version make? Sorry if that's a noob question, I just would like to understand why I can't or shouldn't just restore to stock and then try rooting again from there. I ask this because I just got done reading the "How to: Samsung Kies Program" thread, and it seems there are no end to the problems people have encountered using that program, so I would like to avoid having to use the program if possible.
Thanks so much, everyone, for your help!
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Market saves all purchased apps you just have to download them again.
I would flash stock using this program
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As long as you follow the steps it its easy and usually painless. It us also going to become your favorite program if you start flashing custom roms
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mcord11758 said:
Market saves all purchased apps you just have to download them again.
I would flash stock using this program
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
As long as you follow the steps it its easy and usually painless. It us also going to become your favorite program if you start flashing custom roms
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Ok, I tried to install the drivers for Windows 64bit and it says it was "not successfully installed". I downloaded some drivers recently from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 when I originally did the one-click root. Could it be "not successfully installing" because the driver was already installed? I didn't pay enough attention the first time I installed them to notice if it wasn't successfully installed that time either. I don't want to mess up my phone by not having everything right.
GlassButrFly said:
Ok, I tried to install the drivers for Windows 64bit and it says it was "not successfully installed". I downloaded some drivers recently from this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728929 when I originally did the one-click root. Could it be "not successfully installing" because the driver was already installed? I didn't pay enough attention the first time I installed them to notice if it wasn't successfully installed that time either. I don't want to mess up my phone by not having everything right.
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Does your computer recognize your device when it is plugged in, our does out give you an error message. If it recognized your device move to the next step
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I will be attempting to restore my phone to stock tomorrow... I was able to go into Device Manager and pull in the drivers manually. It installed all but the I put it into download mode just now, to make sure I knew how to get there, and it said there were some drivers missing. "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM)" and "S3C6410 Android ADB" were not able to install. Also, I put my phone into download mode, just to make sure I could get into it before attempting the restore, and a box popped up saying there was a missing driver.
GlassButrFly said:
I will be attempting to restore my phone to stock tomorrow... I was able to go into Device Manager and pull in the drivers manually. It installed all but the I put it into download mode just now, to make sure I knew how to get there, and it said there were some drivers missing. "CDC Abstract Control Model (ACM)" and "S3C6410 Android ADB" were not able to install. Also, I put my phone into download mode, just to make sure I could get into it before attempting the restore, and a box popped up saying there was a missing driver.
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I downloaded the drivers from Samsung. Unzipped the file and pointed device manager to that directory everytime it asked for a driver. Worked like a charm and have never had any issues like everyone else. Then again I know what I'm doing.
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Ok, I un-installed the drivers, and reinstalled them and everything installed correctly this time and I am no longer getting message about drivers not being installed correctly. The computer recognizes the phone and all is well. Now I am following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989 to use Odin to flash back to stock, but something's not working. I start by turning the phone off, removing the battery, sim and sd card, and inserting the battery again. Then I open Odin, and enter download mode by holding down the volume keys and plugging the in the USB. Then I click "start" on the Odin program. It immediately shows "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" and nothing has changed on the phone. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I'm gathering from reading the Odin thread that Odin is not recognizing my phone?
I've tried the method of plugging the phone in, opening Odin, pulling and reinserting the battery, and then entering download mode by holding the volume and power keys and releasing the power key after the second black screen. Odin still doesn't show any indication of detecting my phone.
GlassButrFly said:
Ok, I un-installed the drivers, and reinstalled them and everything installed correctly this time and I am no longer getting message about drivers not being installed correctly. The computer recognizes the phone and all is well. Now I am following the instructions in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989 to use Odin to flash back to stock, but something's not working. I start by turning the phone off, removing the battery, sim and sd card, and inserting the battery again. Then I open Odin, and enter download mode by holding down the volume keys and plugging the in the USB. Then I click "start" on the Odin program. It immediately shows "<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)" and nothing has changed on the phone. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I'm gathering from reading the Odin thread that Odin is not recognizing my phone?
I've tried the method of plugging the phone in, opening Odin, pulling and reinserting the battery, and then entering download mode by holding the volume and power keys and releasing the power key after the second black screen. Odin still doesn't show any indication of detecting my phone.
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Close Odin. Run Odin as administrator and plug your phone into a rear usb port, you need to plug into a usb port that is close to the motherboard because Odin needs a lot of juice, it won't work for most from any other ports. Put your phone in download mode and try it again.
my lack of knowledge/terminology been sitting here for hours trying to root my phone with no luck. I know it is doable through ADB but I tried installing it and it didnt work. I tried the one click root method too but when it gets to the "repackage files" step, I just plain don't have the option on the menu, here are the options
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
format internal sd card
when I press the update.zip it says unverifiable whatever. ( not in the mood to reboot it just for this)
is there anything on here that actually is just straight up for a beginner?
I am completely confused past this point.
Try using Superoneclick v1.5.5
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You're on jl2 right?
Problem is: Recovery 3e is verifiing signature on update.zip file, you'll have to get on Recovery 2e in order to root from an unsigned update.zip.
you can probably use the search fonction to find the "how To" easely. It took me less than 10 minutes gettings mine rooted.
Personnaly, all I did is flash another kernel with Odin
http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-how-to-install.html
K So I upgraded to the kernel you told me to and it booted up normally I have my market back and the superuser permissions but when I press superuser permissions it doesnt show anything other than settings which only have two trivial options.
what do I do from here.
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K So I upgraded to the kernel you told me to and it booted up normally I have my market back and the superuser permissions but when I press superuser permissions it doesnt show anything other than settings which only have two trivial options.
what do I do from here.
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That is fine if you have the superuser app show up, that means it's rooted. You won't see anything in there until an app needs superuser permission. Download titanium backup when you first boot it you well be prompted for superuser access click allow then next time you go into superuser app you will draw titanium backup in the list.
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I love you more than anything.
How do I start adding paid apps and stuff for free? possible at all? I downloaded that and busybox
Bump i really need help im not the smartest
bump ive been trying to do this for 5 days now
super one click is the easiest way of all
make sure it is in USB Debug Mode
and that it is connected to a computer that can see your phone in ADB mode
make sure the USB drivers are installed for the Kies and Android SDK
+1 for SuperOneClick
I'm on JL2 i9000m too and rooted with SuperOneClick.
Sup guys, I've got the Bell I9000M in Canada aswell, bought it less than a month ago, and I am not on JL2.
I, instead am on JK4.
What do I have to do to root my JK4 I9000M?
Any replies would be helpful. In the end, I would love to be able to get Darkys Rom on my phone, but no one responds in that thread nor does anyone really know what to do with my phone version.
If anyone could help me out, that would be great. Thanks
Help pls
OK so to start off i had this samsung galaxy s GT-I9000M from bell and i was trying to upgrade it so that my sister could use a newer version of android and not the boring v.2 . ANYWAYS I rooted it then reboot it and it was stuck at the splash screen so i thought it was stuck and i searched for a way to fix it which was to get the PDA PHONE CSC and PIT files and put them in odin and hope for the best. well that turned out horribly wrong. i ended up getting the phone stuck in some boot loop where it flashes a white screen and turns of and it does this constantly :crying::crying::crying: I can still get to download mode but not recovery mode for some reason...... PLS HALP
Is there anyway to root my 2.2 captivate without a usb cable
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Yes.
1. Go to this url http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=924404&highlight=wirelessly and follow the link in that and instructions from the website listed there.
2. Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364 and in teh very first post, under Download section Download the root file this will download a file called root.zip. Do not unzip it.
3. once downloaded, rename the file from root.zip to update.zip, place that file in the root of your sdcard (if you have followed the instructions in step 1, you will know where that is and how to transfer the file wirelessly).
4. Once the update.zip file has been copied over, turn off your phone.
5. Press and hold both volume buttons and while holding them down press and hold the power button (basically press and hold all three buttons and dont let them go).
6. Press and hold till AT&T log screen comes back up for a second time. Let the buttons go.
7. You will now be in recovery mood (a blue font, black background screen).
8. Using your volume down button highlight "re-install packages".
9. press the power button to select.
10. Let the process continue and let the phone reboot on its own.
11. Once the phone is booted, check your app drawer, you should have an app called "superuser".
12. Thats it, you are rooted and no USB needed.
I tried the method already but it is not letting reistall the packages.i rooted before using a similar mathod.n update from eclair to froyo im using perception 10.1 bit i try installing a dif rom and thats when i got unrooted cause i have the super user app but i cant get the root acces
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If you are on a 2.2 rom and trying to flash another rom then you should flash back to stock eclair before flashing another. So you will odin back to stock, then root then install clock work recovery and then flash via cwm if your rom presents that option.
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Do you know a method to use odin cause i tried it and it looks like the computer does not recognize my phone
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Thanxs a lot i used odin and now im rooted and enjoying paragon rom
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Glad I could help... I have Paragon.. but the calendar notification is a problem and the battery doesnt seem to be working properly for me... I need to flash something else... enjoy if it works for you!
Just to double check...
I'm running Froyo on my Samsung Captivate. (I used the official At&t update) I want to root my phone now but for some reason I have issues with my USB and no computer will recognize my phone.
If I have this version of Froyo do I need to go back to Eclair or can I just follow these instructions and be able to root my phone?
fughedaboudit said:
I'm running Froyo on my Samsung Captivate. (I used the official At&t update) I want to root my phone now but for some reason I have issues with my USB and no computer will recognize my phone.
If I have this version of Froyo do I need to go back to Eclair or can I just follow these instructions and be able to root my phone?
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Check to make sure you have the right drivers. And this version only works for eclair. But you can update to stock froyo and keep root.
*so easy a caveman can do it*
is there dirt inside the usb? are you using the official USB cable that came with it? i have a cable from my bluetooth headset that only supplies power but data wont work through that one cable. I cant use that cable to flash or exchange data.
you can use the 3e fix in my sig to fix the stock recovery to not need signature verrifacation for update.zip files. then you can find a pre-rooted/cwm 2.2 (froyo) kernel cwm.zip (or a whole custom rom) . rename to update.zip, boot into recovery, apply update.zip
oh crap no usb, no 3e fix... damn.
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is there dirt inside the usb? are you using the official USB cable that came with it? i have a cable from my bluetooth headset that only supplies power but data wont work through that one cable. I cant use that cable to flash or exchange data.
you can use the 3e fix in my sig to fix the stock recovery to not need signature verrifacation for update.zip files. then you can find a pre-rooted/cwm 2.2 (froyo) kernel cwm.zip (or a whole custom rom) . rename to update.zip, boot into recovery, apply update.zip
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I don't think it's my usb. I think it's actually my internal sd card. When i tried to mount it, it would sometimes get recognized and sometimes it wouldn't. I tried reformatting my sd card (it worked once but then stopped working no matter how many times i reformatted it.) I took it to the AT&T store and got my phone replaced. Then i had the same problem all over again.
I just want to enable sideloading but i guess i'll try to bug AT&T about getting me that update instead of trying to root. Thanks for the help!
Hey everyone, so it's high time i get off stock 2.1 JH7 and onto some decent ROMs (Firefly in this case, i heard it's good and doesn't drain the battery as much. Used Cognition 2.3b7 before)
First of all, the phone works fine under normal conditions as a USB mass storage device.
So I'm following the normal procedure for rooting the phone (this is my replacement phone), So i downloaded the drivers again (x64) and installed them, downloaded dotNet 4.0 fix and installed, put my phone into USB debugging mode, and hook up the phone...
So i get to the device driver installation screen and I get the following:
SAMSUNG Android USB Composite device Ready to use
CDC Abstract Control Module Installing device software
USB Media Storage Device Failed
S3C6410 Android ADB Installing device software
Now the first phone had no problems, why the USB Media Storage Device failed i have no idea... am I supposed to mount it in USB debugging?
The other two things being installed stay in a constant loop and never actually install for some reason.
Am I doing something wrong? Following this order
1) Downloaded and installed 64 bit drivers (Win 7 Pro x64)
2) Installed dotNet 4.0 fix
3) Put phone in USB debugging
4) Run one-click root...
Should I just root the phone manually? I want to be able to use one-click root to unroot the phone when i need to.
Thanks for the time and consideration guys
Interesting, tried it on my laptop ( Vista HP 32bit) and had no issues.... I wonder what's wrong with my desktop...
The 64 bit drivers are kind of screwy. I had flashed countless roms and one day my computer, win 7 64 bit, just decides to not recognize my phone in download mode tried all versions of odin and then uninstalling drivers rebooting and reinstalling them no dice nothing would get it recognized in download mode, finally had to restore my system, luckily I make a restore point about once a week, and that did the trick.
Well, just going to use my laptop to play with my phone then I prefer my desktop though, but since it works, why not
Oh quick question. From stock JH7, should I be using Odin3 to revert my phone to JF6 or am I ok to proceed? I know that from my previous phone i updated to JH7 before installing cognition 2.3b7. Would it be safer to just flash JF6? Thanks.
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Well, just going to use my laptop to play with my phone then I prefer my desktop though, but since it works, why not
Oh quick question. From stock JH7, should I be using Odin3 to revert my phone to JF6 or am I ok to proceed? I know that from my previous phone i updated to JH7 before installing cognition 2.3b7. Would it be safer to just flash JF6? Thanks.
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Jh7 is still 2.1 right? It has a 2e recovery? If so then you are good. If you try to flash and you get a signing error then its a 3e recovery and flashing to jf6 will fix that.
I had thos problem the moment i flashed my phone... I had to down load the application from samsung website. The regular drivers stop working. Then i was able to put cog from win64 to my phone.
Also the name of the driver is like serial com somethng. It allows odin to properly connect.
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Yea, recovery says 2e. I'm not going to bother using my desktop if my laptop works fine. Anyways just bought Ti backup pro, and backing up my apps now before I put my new rom on (cog or firefly). I updated superuser by accident, don't think there should be too many issues.
Yes I'm new with most of this. Use backup of user apps and system data? Then what should I backup, since I'm trying to avoid all bloatware? Then when putting it back on, use restore the same? Or just apps?
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Yea, recovery says 2e. I'm not going to bother using my desktop if my laptop works fine. Anyways just bought Ti backup pro, and backing up my apps now before I put my new rom on (cog or firefly). I updated superuser by accident, don't think there should be too many issues.
Yes I'm new with most of this. Use backup of user apps and system data? Then what should I backup, since I'm trying to avoid all bloatware? Then when putting it back on, use restore the same? Or just apps?
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If you want to get rid of the bloat, you will have to go through and unselect all the garbage you don't need/want when running the batch backup. After flashing "restore missing apps and data" restoring system data causes problems, you can restore individual system things like wifi access points, and contacts storage (or any green system data)
Hope that wasn't too scatter brained I'm kinda stoned.
(I said before I was new to TiBackup and Android rooting for that matter)
Anyways, what I was looking for was to just back up the apps that have extensive settings/game progress and wifi stuff.
Looking at the batch list, it gets a bit confusing as to what process does what...
It's safe to uncheck all the red ones right? Then I get the green processes that I have no idea what they specifically do.
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(I said before I was new to TiBackup and Android rooting for that matter)
Anyways, what I was looking for was to just back up the apps that have extensive settings/game progress and wifi stuff.
Looking at the batch list, it gets a bit confusing as to what process does what...
It's safe to uncheck all the red ones right? Then I get the green processes that I have no idea what they specifically do.
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Ok, then choose backup user apps, and after that runs, hit the backup/restore button at the top in the middle and choose the green system settings you want, you probably just want the wifi access points and [sms/mms/apn] dialer storage (that's all your texts and phone log data)
After flash is the same as I said before.
Yes! Thank you so much!
Firefly here I come
Oh last question. Should I need to save the titanium backup folder first to my computer before putting my new ROM on?
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Yes! Thank you so much!
Firefly here I come
Oh last question. Should I need to save the titanium backup folder first to my computer before putting my new ROM on?
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You don't HAVE to, but just to be safe I copy the whole sdcard took my pc. Never had an issue where I lost any data but I don't ever want to and be s.o.l.
Oh and before you restore, st the bottom left of titanium backup there Is a button that says "problems?" Hit that and install busybox.
Last but not least enjoy firefly, it's my favorite.
Yup, everything is now backed up.
Went into ClockworkMod (ROM Manager), booted into ClockworkMod recovery mode to make a backup and I get....
Android Recovery 2e
Only options are to reboot, install packages, delete data, etc
What happened to ClockworkMod recovery.... so I can make a backup of my ROM? By allowing ROM Manager to make a backup i get the same screen.
I've already Flashed ClockworkMod Recovery (Version 2.5.1.2)
Oh I already did the busybox installation on Ti-Backup.
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If this helps, I deleted the update.zip that was in the internal SD card. I assumed this was put there by the One click root. Perhaps that was in error?
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Yup, just saw that by reflashing CWM it put another update.zip in the card. Loaded that twice and now am in CWM Recovery good to go
And finally, starts the long process of waiting for the phone to get to 100% battery before putting the ROM on
Hi I hope someone can help me as i'm a little stuck how to proceed....
Basically I purchased a new P7310 tablet 2 days ago with the idea of installing lovely JellyBean.
I firstly 'Rooted' the following the instructions on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406137 and then installed and run 'Superuser' without problems.
Next I installed 'Titanium Backup Root' and 'RomManager from ClockWorkMod', I run Titanium Backup Root and carried out a full system and apps backup successfully.
Next I connected my tablet to my Windows PC and downloaded the latest two ROM zip files from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777398 and copied them to the Root of my SDcard.
I then disconnected my tablet and clicked the 'RomManager' app, once opened I clicked on the 'Boot in Recovery' button and a message appeared saying it needs to install the Recovery Manager, so I clicked OK. Next a success message appear saying it installed OK. So I decided to click the 'Backup ROM' button before I started just to be safe but the tablet switched off... black screen, it then loaded up but the Samsung logo flash up then disappeared.
Now If I try to power on the tablet I just get to the logo then powers off, if I try to boot into recovery mode it displays the two icons on the screen ok but selecting the left icon (with mini android character) it powers off. If I select the other green icon it shows me a message about installing custom roms and asks me to connect the tablet to a USB... followed by asking about 'odin3'?
I'm totally confused what I can do now, as I say I haven't actually got to the point of installing the JelyBean Rom, I just wanted to make a few backups first.
Any help much appreciated..thanks.
From further investigation I think I have soft bricked my tab :crying:
Now trying to find out how I might be able to fix it, found this post which I really hope will help me - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1133590
Any help with trying to fix my tab would be great.. thanks.
Fixed it thanks to this forum :victory:
Encase anyone else has the same issue I just downloaded the original ROM file for my UK P7310 (P7310XEUKJ4_P7310XXKJ4_HOME.tar.md5) which was approx 600MB (once extracted to desktop) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1582943
And followed the screen shot instructions further down the thread from user 'suwandiapr' which informed me which options to have selected when runing the 'Odind3 v1.85' application.
The whole process took around 10 minutes to complete.
Sounds like ROM Manager screwed you. This is why I'm not a big fan of these Play Store release ROM/recovery installers. You can't test on every device, therefore there are going to be issues and some people are going to end up with bricks. Sure, they're convenient, and they work most of the time, but when they don't work, it has the potential to be catastrophic.
IMO, stick with flashing things through working recovery (or Odin the first time).
EDIT: Also, glad you're back up and running.
had same problem with p7300 after Rom Manager.
now using cwm for total backups and 'my backup' for applications when moving between different roms.
I'll second everything said. Always use a recovery to flash a rom. Never rom manager or other such things i hard bricked my i727 using goo manager. Don't trust the rom either rom manager or goo manager say are compatible with you device. Pretty sure my hard brick was from a gapps goo manager said was compatible with the rom. Check xda and what others have said works
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The best option to flash any rom is from the cwm recovery, unless its a stock rom and u want to use Odin from dl mode. Also, some versions of cwm recovery are deemed dangerous for ics. Pls visit tracids thread in development for details.