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Custom Recovery without Root?

I had previously unlocked my bootloader and was running CM6.1, but I had to go back to stock because my company's email app (Good for Enterprise) refuses access on rooted devices.
I would like to monkey around with different configurations to see if I can find a way to run Good on CM6.1. I don't want to do this if I have to reinstall everything if it doesn't work however.
So my question is this. I just want to get the Clockwork recovery on my N1 so I can back up the non-rooted OS and monkey around a little. Can this be done with ABD on a non-rooted device?

Gave it a shot, worked fine.
"fastboot flash recovery clockwork-image-name.img"
Good for Enterprise still runs, so it isn't looking at the recovery to determine rooted status.
Nevermind, clockwork didn't survive a reboot. Good news is I was able to get a backup first.

After installing recovery via fastboot, try removing the following files via adb:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
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danger-rat said:
After installing recovery via fastboot, try removing the following files via adb:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
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When I try to do this from the recovery, these files are not found, and adb can't see the device from the bootloader. If I boot into the OS, it will be too late - the recovery would be wiped by then and I am back to square one. I must be missing something.
Is there any way to pull the System partition and mount the .img file on my PC to do this? That sounds a little dangerous though

Just thought, you need root to delete the files.
You'd probably have to root, install recovery, then install a non-rooted ROM, but keep custom recovery...
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This is what you need to do:
1) boot your device into the OS
2) download the rageagainstthecage binary and save it as rageagainstthecage in the /tools folder (in the android SDK)
3) plug your device to your computer
4) open a command prompt in the /tools directory
5) type adb devices to make sure your computer sees your device
6) push the rageagainstthecage binary to /data/local/tmp/ by typing adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
7) type adb shell to open a shell
8) change the permissions on the binary to allow it to run by typing chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
9) navigate to the directory (cd /data/local/tmp) and execute the binary by typing ./rageagainstthecage
10) wait for it to run, and it will exit the shell
enter the following command at the prompt: adb kill-server
11) enter the following command at the prompt: adb start-server
12) open an adb shell again: adb shell
13) now you should have a temporary root shell. You should see a # instead of a $. if you still see the $, go back to step 9. You may have to do this a few times (I had to do it 3 times before I got root access)
14) now, mount the /system partition as r/w by typing mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
15) delete the two files: rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
16) mount the partition as r/o by typing mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
17) exit the shell
18) now flash your custom recovery

Awesome, thanks. I'll give it a shot later!

This worked flawlessly, thanks for the great writeup!

Santoro said:
This worked flawlessly, thanks for the great writeup!
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Two things: First, don't forget that any update from Google always has those two files in it, so they will reappear after every update.
Second, I just reread your first post again. I think you should still be able to kepp root and have your company's email working. I think the problem was that you were using an AOSP-based ROM instead of a stock-based one. Follow the directions for rooting in my signature (the first part is essentially the same as what you just did to gain r/w access to the system partition via adb, the second part is copying su and Superuser.apk to the right directories). Root is essentially one additional file copied to your /system directory, so I believe your company's email will still work with root.

efrant said:
This is what you need to do:
1) boot your device into the OS
2) download the rageagainstthecage binary and save it as rageagainstthecage in the /tools folder (in the android SDK)
3) plug your device to your computer
4) open a command prompt in the /tools directory
5) type adb devices to make sure your computer sees your device
6) push the rageagainstthecage binary to /data/local/tmp/ by typing adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
7) type adb shell to open a shell
8) change the permissions on the binary to allow it to run by typing chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
9) navigate to the directory (cd /data/local/tmp) and execute the binary by typing ./rageagainstthecage
10) wait for it to run, and it will exit the shell
enter the following command at the prompt: adb kill-server
11) enter the following command at the prompt: adb start-server
12) open an adb shell again: adb shell
13) now you should have a temporary root shell. You should see a # instead of a $. if you still see the $, go back to step 9. You may have to do this a few times (I had to do it 3 times before I got root access)
14) now, mount the /system partition as r/w by typing mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
15) delete the two files: rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh and rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
16) mount the partition as r/o by typing mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
17) exit the shell
18) now flash your custom recovery
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Without unlock recovery i can install Amon RA?(‘fastboot oem unlock‘)In this way as u typed.

W3ber said:
Without unlock recovery i can install Amon RA?(‘fastboot oem unlock‘)In this way as u typed.
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Not sure what you are asking.
If your bootloader is unlocked, you can use fastboot. Download the recovery image you want into the /tools directory of your SDK and rename it recovery.img. Open a command prompt in the same directory. Type fastboot devices to make sure fastboot sees you device. Then type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and you are done.
If your bootloader is not unlocked, you can use flash_image, but you need root access. See attachments on how to get root if your bootloader is locked, and how to flash a custom recovery with a locked bootloader.

efrant said:
Two things: First, don't forget that any update from Google always has those two files in it, so they will reappear after every update.
Second, I just reread your first post again. I think you should still be able to kepp root and have your company's email working. I think the problem was that you were using an AOSP-based ROM instead of a stock-based one. Follow the directions for rooting in my signature (the first part is essentially the same as what you just did to gain r/w access to the system partition via adb, the second part is copying su and Superuser.apk to the right directories). Root is essentially one additional file copied to your /system directory, so I believe your company's email will still work with root.
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I was using the Nexus One 2.2.1 stock image directly from Google. My problem is that the Good for Enterprise actively checks for root. Specifically if the Superuser.apk exists, it refuses to let me in and cites corporate policy.
Since getting my stock backup, I was free to experiment and I had some success getting Good running on CM 6.1. Taking clues from your earlier instructions, I used adb shell to rename su to su.bak and Superuser.apk to Superuserapk.bak on the phone, then rebooted. After the reboot, I don't have root anymore.
This is a compromise, but at least I don't have to give up that CM6 goodness just to use my corporate email. So far I have not seen any issues in CM6 resulting from not having root. In an emergency I can rename them the superuser files back using rageagainsthecage as you outlined but I probably won't do it often.
Thanks for the help!

Santoro said:
I was using the Nexus One 2.2.1 stock image directly from Google. My problem is that the Good for Enterprise actively checks for root. Specifically if the Superuser.apk exists, it refuses to let me in and cites corporate policy.
Since getting my stock backup, I was free to experiment and I had some success getting Good running on CM 6.1. Taking clues from your earlier instructions, I used adb shell to rename su to su.bak and Superuser.apk to Superuserapk.bak on the phone, then rebooted. After the reboot, I don't have root anymore.
This is a compromise, but at least I don't have to give up that CM6 goodness just to use my corporate email. So far I have not seen any issues in CM6 resulting from not having root. In an emergency I can rename them the superuser files back using rageagainsthecage as you outlined but I probably won't do it often.
Thanks for the help!
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Just for your info, Superuser.apk does not give you root, it only manages the root permissions. If your corporate email application checks only for Superuser.apk, you could technically delete Superuser.apk and keep the su binary. Your would still have root, and your corporate email app would work. The su binary is what actually gives you root access. All that the Superuser.apk file does is manages the permissions for root access, i.e., it allows or denies applications from using the su binary. Everything would work fine (including all apps that require root) without Superuser.apk. HOWEVER, just as a warning, without Superuser.apk, you would have no control over which apps have root access...

I will have to put su back and see what happens. I may be recalling wrong, maybe it checks for su also...

I experimented a bit more and it looks for both files. Sorry for the confusion.

Root instructions...

Originally posted by Stetsonaw at androidforums...
Please be aware that I did not write these instructions. I only posted them. Stetsonaw wrote these instructions. While comfortable in ADB and have rooted my phone many times in testing as well as rolled back the versions etc... I have no more insight into how or why it is not working for you. If you followed the directions exactly on a version 4 phone, this should work no problem.
Haxcid
Links to the necessary files are listed at the bottom.
Remember, I am not at fault if you brick your phone, now, proceed.
Connect your phone in charge only mode to install the LG Bootstrapper and drivers, or grab the LG Universal Drivers.
Change your USB Mode to Internet Connection
Go into Settings/Applications/Development and ensure USB Debugging is turned on
If all goes according to plan, you should see the ADB Ladybug icon in your notification bar
I updated the Rootzwiki page with the same info found below.
Busybox actually comes installed by LG on the Revo, how awesome is that??
Download the rageagainstthecage binary
Download the SU binary
Move these files to the same directory your adb.exe is in.
Code:
The > and # characters below illustrate the prompt
you should have, if you have the $ when you go into adb shell,
exit out and type 'adb usb' then go back into adb shell and
you should see the #
Open Command prompt (either use the Windows Key+R and type cmd or start/run, then type cmd)
32-bit users: >cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
64-bit users: >cd c:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
Or >cd (whatever directory adb is in)
>adb devices (verifies you are connected)
>adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/temp/rage
(if the above command fails due to read-only, type 'adb usb' then 'adb root' to validate root status, then 'adb devices' again to verify connection)
>adb push su /data/local/temp/su
>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell ./data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell (If this gives you a $ prompt instead of a # prompt, type 'su', if that fails, 'exit', 'adb usb' like above.)
#mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p12 /system
#busybox cp /data/local/temp/su /system/bin/su
#chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
Verify the file is in place w/correct permissions
#cd /system/bin
#ls -l *su
After the ls command you should see the following returned by the system:
-rwsr-sr-x root root 26248 2011-05-29 01:09 su
At this point, you may way to remove the files you put in /data/local/temp (optional):
#rm /data/local/temp/su
#rm /data/local/temp/rage
continue with commands
#reboot
Download and install SuperUser from the Market
Thanks Zennmaster, _mrbirdman_ for finding the linux routes and birdman for helping me out, and droidx8971 for helping me find all the information possible!
http://wikifilez.com/Root Files/revolution/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
http://wikifilez.com/Root Files/revolution/su
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su&feature=search_result
http://www.lg.com/us/support/mc-support/drivers/LGAndroidDriver_Ver_1.0_All.exe

Just a note for some. The rageagainstthecage bin file may be detected as a virus/trojan. It is not. You may want to disable your antivirus before downloading the .bin file.
I run avira on my desktop and it caught the file as a virus everytime I downloaded it and then deleted it. Avast on my laptop however did not.
Root is simple if you follow the instructions. You need to make sure that adb recognizes your device. Takes 5 minutes to complete, took me longer to install adb again and update it.

Any reason to not use the one click method? Seems to be working

bwhxeon said:
Any reason to not use the one click method? Seems to be working
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No idea. I have not used the one click. Create a thread for it. I posted what I know which is adb.

Successfully Rooted
with RootzWiki instructions for Windows, needed the remount and busybox lines to overcome the permission denied when pushing su.

Hey guys, either using S1C or ADB Commands, have we found out if it's possible to unroot this as long as you Nand Backup the stock rom then unroot from there yet? Just because I got this phone as a filler/4g unl. lock and got buyback on it from best buy so I could buy a dual/quad later on when they come out .

MXFrodo195 said:
Hey guys, either using S1C or ADB Commands, have we found out if it's possible to unroot this as long as you Nand Backup the stock rom then unroot from there yet? Just because I got this phone as a filler/4g unl. lock and got buyback on it from best buy so I could buy a dual/quad later on when they come out .
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Doing a factory reset I believe will unroot you. There is no nand back up at this time. We are waiting for a recovery mod.

Haxcid said:
Doing a factory reset I believe will unroot you. There is no nand back up at this time. We are waiting for a recovery mod.
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Oh ya I know, I just always keep a stock one, on the Inc if you factory reset from an AOSP rom, you'd bootloop, so you had to make sure you were on a Sense 1.0 or stock rom(from my experience), so I was just making sure it was no big deal to go back.
Any idea when we will have cw on this?

Haxcid said:
Doing a factory reset I believe will unroot you. There is no nand back up at this time. We are waiting for a recovery mod.
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I tried the factory reset. I am still rooted.

navycow said:
I tried the factory reset. I am still rooted.
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That's what i figured. Can anyone verify if you remove SU and Rage through adb will it unroot?
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MXFrodo195 said:
That's what i figured. Can anyone verify if you remove SU and Rage through adb will it unroot?
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If you have to return your device, simply remove the superuser app, after you unfreeze anything you may have frozen then factory reset. They honestly will never know it was rooted. The only way now that you can really tell is the super user app from market.

Just so everyone knows. SuperOneClick can root and unroot this phone ok.

navycow said:
Just so everyone knows. SuperOneClick can root and unroot this phone ok.
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Thank you for confirming this. My revolution just came in the mail today!

Thanks for posting this here for me Haxcid!
Sent from 1885

navycow said:
Just so everyone knows. SuperOneClick can root and unroot this phone ok.
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Cool thanks for checking. Any benefits for ADB over S1C? Can't wait to finally root and freeze half these apps. I think we need a few more twitters to praise koush for a recovery on this beast.
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Is there recovery for this now? Did I miss something?

stetsonaw said:
Is there recovery for this now? Did I miss something?
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No No, I was saying we need to praise Koush's good work so he will make one faster .
And Stetsonaw, any idea if I root through ADB, can I unroot with S1C, since it uses the same idea.
S1C for whatever reason will not run(tried three computers, a XP, Vista, and Win7 lol), it keeps freezing at the same spot, everytime.

Should be able to, since S1C does what the ADB method does... or you could just delete the 'su' file out of /system/bin and /system/xbin (if it's there) to unroot.
EDIT: I couldn't get S1C to open on my desktop, and my laptop, which would open the program, would bluescreen when i connected the phone, so i had no choice but to do it the ADB way.

stetsonaw said:
Should be able to, since S1C does what the ADB method does... or you could just delete the 'su' file out of /system/bin and /system/xbin (if it's there) to unroot.
EDIT: I couldn't get S1C to open on my desktop, and my laptop, which would open the program, would bluescreen when i connected the phone, so i had no choice but to do it the ADB way.
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Hmmm, ya now my computer for whatever reason won't open up ADB through command. This is getting irritating lol. Should be nice and simple, but it just won't go through. If I downloaded the SDK Manager like 4 months ago, it shouldn't matter, correct?

make sure you change directory to wherever your adb.exe is located... as in:
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cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools

One click root after update: "We have root, but couldn't push busybox. Not sure why!"

One click root after update: "We have root, but couldn't push busybox. Not sure why!"
I just updated .890 which seemed to go fine with no errors (unfroze all bloat, but did not unroot), but I lost root, as expected.. but when I use Pete's one-click root tool (latest version), it gets to step 3 and gives me the error about not being able to push busybox...!? It says I "have root", but none of my apps recognize it.. I've pulled the battery, rebooted and retried like 10 times... still can't get it to re-root. I've made sure Debugging and Unknown Sources is enabled and tried in Charge Mode and Mass Storage mode... Am I going to have to stock flash this thing and re-update & re-root?
I THINK I have some type of root.. maybe... because Root Explorer will let me mount the System directory as R/W and I can TRY to manipulate files, but if I delete something (like su), it appears to delete successfully, but the file comes back if I refresh the directory.. but I also noticed when I go into the System directory, Root Explorer claims I only have 1MB of free space out of 318.00MB... how did that happen? If I try to run Superuser.apk, it force closes on me.
Any help or ideas are greatly appreciated...

there's an app on the android market that will push busybox if you have root. I'd look into that
edit: have you attempted to run the one-click root again? and if that doesn't work you can try to use the adb method if you're comfortable with it. And make sure that all of your drivers and everything are up-to-date

I have done battery pulls and like a dozen+ re-tries at the 1-click root, always get the same error.. I have been into the ADB shell to try and figure this out and I see the ADB Shell starts out by giving me a # prompt... that means writable/root, right? Any instructions on what I have to do from there?
I will look into that push busybox app, thanks.

http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Motorola_Droid_3
This is where all the info about the adb and one-click stuff. The tough part about the adb method is manually pushing su to the (i think) system/xbin folder. Then i just used the app on the marketplace to push busybox. But there's a download link for both of those on the website

Thanks for the links. I think a problem with my ADB is when I reboot it (step 3), I no longer have a # prompt.. it goes back to the $ prompt... the only way I can seem to get the # prompt in ADB is when I use Pete's temporary ADB root... but once I reboot, that goes away. When I try to do step 4, rm /data/local/12m, it says it's a directory and it's not empty and it won't remove it. :\
How do I normally make ADB give me that # prompt so I can write/edit? or am I totally off-base here?..
*edit* I am going to try and do Pete's temp ADB root again and just try steps 18+ and see if that gets me anywhere...

Kraxis said:
Thanks for the links. I think a problem with my ADB is when I reboot it (step 3), I no longer have a # prompt.. it goes back to the $ prompt... the only way I can seem to get the # prompt in ADB is when I use Pete's temporary ADB root... but once I reboot, that goes away. When I try to do step 4, rm /data/local/12m, it says it's a directory and it's not empty and it won't remove it. :\
How do I normally make ADB give me that # prompt so I can write/edit? or am I totally off-base here?..
*edit* I am going to try and do Pete's temp ADB root again and just try steps 18+ and see if that gets me anywhere...
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After temp ADB root, steps 18 and beyond should do it. You may want to check /system/bin and /system/xbin to remove the old su binaries before pushing the new one. Some folks have one in each location for some reason. Put it in xbin, but if it doesn't work, /system/bin will. Superuser wouldn't recognize xbin for me so I moved it to /system/bin and i'm good since.
Anyone have a thought on the xbin not always working? I think this is the 3rd topic i've seen with this issue, not including myself.
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OK, I got root back! I used steps 18+ for "ADB Method" (after using Pete's temp ADB root) and essentially replaced SU and Superuser.apk, CHMOD'd it rebooted and I had root! Thanks guys!!

Maintain Root from V7 into OTA V8

This is all thanks to djrbliss.. I just followed instructions.
***This method does not root the V8 OTA update rather it will maintain root from V7 LG-Stock firmware and will carry it over into the OTA V8 update. There is no CWM-Recovery or GingerVolt as of yet, that is left to the professionals.. MT This is only if you want to run the V8 OTA Update with stock software.. but with root.
1. Use LGNPST to get back to LG-Stock V7 firmware by flashing the .tot
Files: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466655
Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386
2. Use the LG1click from MT to root only.. you need stock recovery to apply the OTA update.
3. Create /data/local.prop and type ro.kernel.qemu=1 then save it. I used root explorer but you can also do it through terminal: echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
4. Phone Settings > About Phone > Software Update > Check New and download the update to V8 firmware.
5. After reboot go to whatever directory on your PC, where you have superuser.apk and su and
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
If not sure use the 'files' from MT's LG1click
If that doesn't work download and run this:
Super1click 2.3.3 will push the files for you
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50763513/SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.rar
***If nothing above is working*** (operation not permitted or read-only file system)
in adb type "adb shell id" should read "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)"
if not go back to /data/local.prop and make sure the file is still there (If not, just create it again in root explorer or other file manager that can edit files)
then "adb remount" and try to push the files again
then reboot and should be all set
OH, and if you don't want that remote desktop app it is /system/app/Aetherpal.apk I just renamed to Aetherpal.apk.bak rather than deleting it just in case..
Also if for some reason you wipe data (which I accidentally did) you will have to go back to Step 3 before getting the OTA update
And while they did fix some things in the update they left out fixing the touchscreen.. still goes unresponsive then you have to press power button to lock and unlock the screen to resume.

Flashing back to v7 now to test this out.
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So far it is failing. I get to step 5 and I am not able to remount. Permissions denied.
Also your rar file has tripped my antivirus software.
Please post a link to any original instructions.
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Yep still fails completely at step 5. The root is not carried over at all.

These are original instructions. I emailed Dan (djrbliss). Your anti-virus picked up on one of the exploits contained in the .rar. Once you download even if your anti-virus removes one of the files the rest works fine. This is how I was able to keep root. It does work.
adding the ro.kernel.qemu=1 and the adb commands were from djrbliss.. the rest is all me
Just try the super1click.
in adb type "adb shell id" what is the output?
*Should read "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)" <--- if anything but, go back to /data/local.prop and make sure it is still there.. I might be crazy but think it disappeared once or twice on me..
then the S1C or just the adb commands from OP should work..
(Your anti-virus removed psneuter from the exploit folder.. not needed anyways)

I am running through the process again. I think I found where things went wrong. I will post back after I have run the process again.
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It is working. Seems I typo'd kernel. After running through things again, it worked like a charm.

Haxcid said:
I am running through the process again. I think I found where things went wrong. I will post back after I have run the process again.
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if you have any other issues beep me on IRC freenode #lgrevolution

Haxcid said:
I am running through the process again. I think I found where things went wrong. I will post back after I have run the process again.
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It is working. Seems I typo'd kernel. After running through things again, it worked like a charm.
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Glad to hear.. I was close to starting over from scratch to make sure I didn't miss something.. lol

Hmm, didn't work for me will try again later
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Edit: Got it working, typo for me too it's qemu not qenmu lol

JUST FYI.. I have been experiencing some issues with this method that I didn't know until now. At one time I have lost all sound (speaker, in-call, key beep) and /or Vibration. If this happens to you for short-term until someone much smarter than me figures out a normal root method go into /data/local.prop and just rename local.prop to local.prop.bak so you will have it just in case you need to adb push files. After you rename you should reboot. You will still have root on the phone without the file.
Dan/djr explained that ro.kernel.qemu=1 is what allows adb to run as root. Jcase told me that after you push the files you should remove that because it will cause problems if left, like above.
Like I said, hopefully someone will come up with something better..

Do we need to flash the V7 stock TOT? Shouldnt we be able to just use MTs all in one tool to just put stock recovery back on? My only question is I don't know what to do AFTER using the MT tool (option 5 or 6) lol

drt054 said:
JUST FYI.. I have been experiencing some issues with this method that I didn't know until now. At one time I have lost all sound (speaker, in-call, key beep) and /or Vibration. If this happens to you for short-term until someone much smarter than me figures out a normal root method go into /data/local.prop and just rename local.prop to local.prop.bak so you will have it just in case you need to adb push files. After you rename you should reboot. You will still have root on the phone without the file.
Dan/djr explained that ro.kernel.qemu=1 is what allows adb to run as root. Jcase told me that after you push the files you should remove that because it will cause problems if left, like above.
Like I said, hopefully someone will come up with something better..
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+1 to this. No sound. I was an hour late to work because my alarm was silent this morning LOL!
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dbeauch said:
Do we need to flash the V7 stock TOT? Shouldnt we be able to just use MTs all in one tool to just put stock recovery back on? My only question is I don't know what to do AFTER using the MT tool (option 5 or 6) lol
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I flashed back using the tot file, rooted then proceeded from there. Once I fixed my ignorant spelling issues everything worked great. Now that I have renamed the prop file and rebooted sound seems to be working.
My issue is now battery. The phone with no use is eating battery like a thunderbolt. It has been off charger for 2 hours with no use and its down to 84%.

dbeauch said:
Do we need to flash the V7 stock TOT? Shouldnt we be able to just use MTs all in one tool to just put stock recovery back on? My only question is I don't know what to do AFTER using the MT tool (option 5 or 6) lol
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Yes if you already have the V8 update in order to gain root you have to go back to V7 Stock firmware. If you are on GingerVolt 2.0 you have to flash the V7 Firmware to get back to LG-STock and Stock Recovery. The LG1click does NOT work on the V8 update so there is no CWM-Recovery, or GingerVolt at this time until MT figures out how once again..

Haxcid said:
+1 to this. No sound. I was an hour late to work because my alarm was silent this morning LOL!
SORRY!!!.. like I said didn't realize it until it happened, lost vibration and went to check my voicemail and no sound. But made that /data/local.prop into a .bak file, rebooted and was fixed. MT said has something to do with that entry in place the phone thinks it is a terminal emulator instead of a phone or something like that..lol So hopefully this is only temporary.
There may be a new root out soon.. not by me, like I said by someone much smarter than me may have found a way.
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Worked like a charm DRT thanks so much!
Here is what I did:
1) Flashed MTs ZV7 Rooted Stock (RevoZV7GBStock.zip)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348637
2) Created the local.prop file, etc.
3) Used MTs All-in-One tool to flash Stock Recovery (Option 5)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348557
4) Downloaded and installed the ZV8 update OTA
5) Used ADB to push files per DRT instructions
6) Rebooted
7) Confirmed that I still have root using Root Checked Basic!
A little bit different than DRTs posted method but I wanted to avoid having to use LGNPST, so at least I can confirm that this alternate approach works as well!

drt054 said:
This is all thanks to djrbliss.. I just followed instructions.
***This method does not root the V8 OTA update rather it will maintain root from V7 LG-Stock firmware and will carry it over into the OTA V8 update. There is no CWM-Recovery or GingerVolt as of yet, that is left to the professionals.. MT This is only if you want to run the V8 OTA Update with stock software.. but with root.
1. Use LGNPST to get back to LG-Stock V7 firmware by flashing the .tot
Files: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466655
Instructions: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1337386
2. Use the LG1click from MT to root only.. you need stock recovery to apply the OTA update.
3. Create /data/local.prop and type ro.kernel.qemu=1 then save it. I used root explorer but you can also do it through terminal: echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
4. Phone Settings > About Phone > Software Update > Check New and download the update to V8 firmware.
5. After reboot go to whatever directory on your PC, where you have superuser.apk and su and
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
If not sure use the 'files' from MT's LG1click
If that doesn't work download and run this:
Super1click 2.3.3 will push the files for you
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/50763513/SuperOneClickv2.3.3-ShortFuse.rar
***If nothing above is working*** (operation not permitted or read-only file system)
in adb type "adb shell id" should read "uid=0(root) gid=0(root)"
if not go back to /data/local.prop and make sure the file is still there (If not, just create it again in root explorer or other file manager that can edit files)
then "adb remount" and try to push the files again
then reboot and should be all set
OH, and if you don't want that remote desktop app it is /system/app/Aetherpal.apk I just renamed to Aetherpal.apk.bak rather than deleting it just in case..
Also if for some reason you wipe data (which I accidentally did) you will have to go back to Step 3 before getting the OTA update
And while they did fix some things in the update they left out fixing the touchscreen.. still goes unresponsive then you have to press power button to lock and unlock the screen to resume.
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I am having a few challenges with the steps above. For some reason my root explorer is messed up. It won't open and I've tried uninstalling then reinstalling but it won't won't download from the market. I get another error.
Anyway i can't find another program that can create the prop file. Does anyone know another program or does anyone have some more detailed instruction on how to use terminal?
Thanks

Nckmsn said:
I am having a few challenges with the steps above. For some reason my root explorer is messed up. It won't open and I've tried uninstalling then reinstalling but it won't won't download from the market. I get another error.
Anyway i can't find another program that can create the prop file. Does anyone know another program or does anyone have some more detailed instruction on how to use terminal?
Thanks
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1 open terminal emulator
2 type su, then tap enter
3 type echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop, then tap enter
4 close terminal emulator
5 profit
Hope this helps
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elreydotcom said:
1 open terminal emulator
2 type su, then tap enter
3 type echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop, then tap enter
4 close terminal emulator
5 profit
Hope this helps
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Don't forget to rename the prop file to local.prop.bak when you are completely done and on zv8 rooted or you will experience issues like no sound at all. Once you rename the file and reboot everything should return to normal. I would also give it a few days to work out any kinks, like battery drain and the likes.
H.

Haxcid said:
Don't forget to rename the prop file to local.prop.bak when you are completely done and on zv8 rooted or you will experience issues like no sound at all. Once you rename the file and reboot everything should return to normal. I would also give it a few days to work out any kinks, like battery drain and the likes.
H.
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Ive been unable to get the adb part to work. I can't get the adb command line to come up on my pc. Anyway, so I'm on v7 unrooted with no sound. I have change the name of the prop file and even removed it but my sound wont come back. Do i need to complete the whole process for the sound to come back?

If you are unrooted you can't create the file, you need to get rooted first. Use the all in one package to root.
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Once I was able to finsh the entire process, I managed to rename the prop file and all sound came back. success!
Thanks

Made a post in another thread but any word yet I how we get CWM recovery from rooted zv8?
edit: MT let me know that I needed to recreate the prop file, reboot, and then choose the root option in his new all in one package for ZV8...worked like a charm!
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Manually Push CWM to Zv8 With Cmd Prompt.

I realize that these threads are every where but re posting in hopes of helping someone out. Every bit of mt's AIO worked for me, but AIO 2 for Zv8 would not.
You could always do this manually using adb. Here's how.
Push CWM Recovery image to your phone manually once in rooted zv8.
1. Open the ZV8CWMRecovery folder on your PC.
2. Double click the 'Files' folder to go into that directory.
3. Highlight/select and copy the address of your current folder location on your PC. It will look something like this:
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\Downloads\ZV8CWMRecovery\Files
4. Click Start>Run>type 'cmd' and hit enter/return to open your command prompt.
5. Type 'cd', hit your spacebar, then paste your address which you copied in step 3 into your command prompt, hit enter/return.
6. You should now be positioned in the folder containing the adb and CWMRecovery files.
7. Type the following to copy the CWMRecovery image to your phone:
Code:
adb devices
adb remount
adb push cwmrecovery.img /data/local/tmp/cwmrecovery.img
adb shell dd if=/data/local/tmp/cwmrecovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 bs=4096
adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/* 2>/dev/null"
adb shell rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb reboot
Phone should reboot. Try and boot into CWMRecovery after it reboots.
you can do that by typing: adb reboot recovery
all thanks go to brad 6360 for lending a hand and general lack of DoucheBaggery!

You're welcome. Glad I could help.

I'm stuck on adb remount cmd. Here's the output I get:
adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
Any ideas? This is the same place I had issues running the AIO .bat file. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

JMink said:
I'm stuck on adb remount cmd. Here's the output I get:
adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
Any ideas? This is the same place I had issues running the AIO .bat file. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Make sure you have internet connection and usb debugging enabled.

JMink said:
I'm stuck on adb remount cmd. Here's the output I get:
adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
Any ideas? This is the same place I had issues running the AIO .bat file. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I was having the same problems. No matter what I tried, AIO, this method, etc, nothing worked when I was using my computer to get CWM back after ZV8. I found this thread that uses terminal emulator on the phone and it worked perfectly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1594885

I never could get cwm working but a friend recommended QuickBoot, gives you the boot into recovery mode. Works great.
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This is the same thing as terminal emulater on your phone
with this you can open a shell inside your phone running on your pc
Same commands

Thanks for the suggestions. I ended up getting it to work. I just skipped the adb remount cmd and started with pushing the img. Then I used the su cmd in shell to get a # prompt and ran the rest of the cmds as written including reboot recovery. CWM popped up on boot!
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Hoping someone can help
Hey all. Last night I was helping a friend keep root through the V8 update. Everything went fine until I thought that I had manually pushed clockwork, but when I tried to reboot into recovery I got stuck on the LG logo forever. How I'm having trouble getting the phone to do anything. When in emergency mode it won't connect to the computer and it's not even my phone so I feel like a real #$%^^. Any advice would be appreciated.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1564941 allow me to answer my own question