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How to Change Music Widget in any Cupcake Build

Always perform a nandroid backup before attempting any mods.
This is a tutorial on how to change the music widget to the one of your liking. It doesn't matter if you have the Dude build and want the G build widget or have the G build and want the 1.5Hr1 widget. This will work for any cupcake (Android 1.5) user who is not happy with their current music widget. I use a windows PC and I am not a Linux guru so I'm not going to attempt to tweak my tutorial for Linux users. Hopefully it's not to hard for them to figure it out from this. (I think it's just file path differences, maybe?)
First step is to have ADB commands working on your computer. Follow this link if you don't know how to do this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
Now that you have ADB, you have to download the appropriate music player/widget that you prefer.
This one is for installing the dark blue music widget with the off-center play/pause button and the transparent record and needle logo. My personal favorite for looks, but has a play/pause with a easy to miss touch area.
http://rapidshare.com/files/227653807/Music_fancy_widget_G_build.apk
This one is for installing the plain white and pale blue music widget with rectangular shape and the large play/pause button with it's large touch area.
http://rapidshare.com/files/227653907/Music_standard_build.apk
This third option is for future development. You can "harvest" a third music widget/player from a third source that doesn't yet exist using the ADB pull command. Lets say your using build X, but build Y has a theme available and you love the themed music widget on themed build Y. What you do is perform a nandroid backup of your current build so you can return to it later and install build Y and then theme it. (Don't waist your time setting up your settings because you won't be on this build for long. Just make sure USB debugging is enabled in settings > Applications > Development so you can use ADB.) You can skip this step if you have access to a friends phone who's already running the music player/widget you want. Connect the USB cable to the phone and go into where you run your ADB commands in Command Prompt on your PC. Type in this command.
adb pull system/app/Music.apk c:\your_path_here
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The "system/app/Music.apk" part of the command is case sensitive. This will create the Music.apk with the widget you want at the path you specify. Next you can use Fastboot to restore your nandroid backup of build X. (Nandroid saves everything. It's as if you never left.)
Next step is to rename the downloaded file "Music.apk". It's case sensitive and take note of the folder path it's in.
Next, enter the following ADB commands from the appropriate place in Command Prompt. (Start > Run > type "cmd")
adb remount
adb shell rm -r system/app/Music.apk
adb push c:\your_path_here\Music.apk system/app
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"system/app/Music.apk" and "system/app" parts are both case sensitive.

saying no such directory, would apps to sd card cause that, and ifso what would i instead need to put in?

i never knew there was a difference between the music widgets...
whats different about them?
the gui??

pgiuoco said:
saying no such directory, would apps to sd card cause that, and ifso what would i instead need to put in?
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On the last step, adb push, dont just put your directory, put in the file name also, Music.apk. For example, i put the file on my C directory to make it easy, so I typed "adb push c:\Music.apk system/app" without the "".
FYI - I have Apps2SD and I used the above command. Guess that doesn't make a difference, assuming because the symlinks say so? I'm such a Linux noob!!!!

bigballa said:
i never knew there was a difference between the music widgets...
whats different about them?
the gui??
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Yes, different looking gui, the Dark Blue is very nice!
P.S. Nice write up!

setzer715 said:
On the last step, adb push, dont just put your directory, put in the file name also, Music.apk. For example, i put the file on my C directory to make it easy, so I typed "adb push c:\Music.apk system/app" without the "".
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Wow, that was a BIG OOPS! Thanks for catching that. I fixed the original post.

Has anyone found a way to do this via Terminal Emulator? I'm at work so I wanna do this now instead of waiting till I get home.

djdeviance said:
Has anyone found a way to do this via Terminal Emulator? I'm at work so I wanna do this now instead of waiting till I get home.
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I'm not a frequent Linux user, but I know a couple of commands. You could download the apk file to your sdcard and try this. This method is not recommended!
su
rm -r system/app/Music.apk
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This will delete your old music player. Next, you can just install the new music player apk through Apps Installer or whatever you use in it's place. This will allow you to use the new music player as if it was any other 3rd party app. However, I recommend uninstalling it and doing it through the ADB push when you get home.

yeah the app installer method didn't work for me

pgiuoco said:
yeah the app installer method didn't work for me
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Did you delete the original Music.apk first? Do you have cupcake, or are you using JF RC33 like it says in your sig? This music player has a widget embedded and needs cupcake. If neither of these is the problem, then just use the adb push commands in the first post. I don't recommend using apk installer. I just posted that to help out someone who was too impatient to get home to his pc.

testing567 said:
Did you delete the original Music.apk first? Do you have cupcake, or are you using JF RC33 like it says in your sig? This music player has a widget embedded and needs cupcake. If neither of these is the problem, then just use the adb push commands in the first post. I don't recommend using apk installer. I just posted that to help out someone who was too impatient to get home to his pc.
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Haha ended up doing it at home anyways. =D Yeah i was kinda doing nothing at work. So as usual I started fidgeting with my phone.

the steps given in the first post work perfectly...!!!
i am on ADP1.5H A2SD...Gud Work...THNX..!!

If someone could post screenshots of the different UIs, that'd be great.

For some reason, when I pushed the Music.apk it worked fine, but when I tried to do the same thing with the CalendarProvider.apk, it didn't....

This method works for me as well. How do you take screenshots with the new builds?
CalendarProvider.apk... Just do a normal .apk installation.

Does this only work for Rooted phones as when I try it I get permission denied
Code:
C:\android\tools>adb shell rm -r system/app/Music.apk
rm failed for system/app/Music.apk, Read-only file system
C:\android\tools>adb shell
$ su
su
su: permission denied
$

jayaustn said:
If someone could post screenshots of the different UIs, that'd be great.
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i second this idea

moosefist said:
i second this idea
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I third it

music.apk
can someone post some different download links for the two different music.apk builds? rapidshare has always hated me and will still not let me download either of them saying that my ip address is already downloading something. thanks.

Can someone post pics of all the music widgets in order to compare them?

[MOD][12/03/09] ADB Remount, Superuser, and Busybox

I'd been trying to figure out how to set up a few simple things in my rooted, post-MR, but otherwise stock CDMA Hero. Namely, ADB Remount permissions (/default.prop file), set up Superuser to properly manage permissions for apps that require root, and install Busybox. Ideally, I wanted to set these up manually. Turns out it's not as simple as one might hope. ADB Remount, for example, requires that you modify and repackage the boot.img/recovery.img.
So, what I've got here is a minimal update.zip file you can apply to your phone via the recovery console. Nothing crazy, it's just MoDaCo's ROM 1.1, but with everything taken out except for the aforementioned items. Once you patch your phone, just these items will be configured and your phone will still look, run, etc. the same as before. Also, a2sd will be copied to your /system/bin directory, but it's something that had to stay in the file for some reason, otherwise the phone wouldn't boot. Probably a setting Paul built into the boot.img.
In any case, here it is. It's working well for me. Hope it helps some of you out too.
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Thanks goes to Paul of course (MoDaCo) camalot (Droid Explorer) and dagnasty for telling me about the auto-sign plugin that's available in Droid Explorer.
Instructions for manually installing Busybox over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591303
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I responded on ppcgeeks:
mercado79 said:
IAlso, a2sd will be copied to your /system/bin directory, but it's something that had to stay in the file for some reason, otherwise the phone wouldn't boot. Probably a setting Paul built into the boot.img.
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Yup. It's a script that was added to the boot.img-ramdisk that copies all of your apps to your sd when apps2sd's requirements are met.

So if the sdcard is not partitioned correctly then ap2sd will not run, yes?

Smacky55 said:
So if the sdcard is not partitioned correctly then ap2sd will not run, yes?
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"Correctly" is relative. If there is no EXT partition on the sdcard, then the ROM won't try to move your applications to it. But the script runs regardless.

Sorry, meant if sdcard isn't partitioned at all. Thanks for the answer.

flipzmode told me in another thread that even though this script is included, that doesn't mean that the update.zip i posted will enable apps2sd for anyone. there's more required in order to get it to work (i stripped most everything out).

A few simple questions. re -stock 1.56... rom
1) in the zip system folder, its refers to /xbin ; does that require that /system/xbin be pre-existent, or will it create it ?
2) busybox is in /system/bin on mine. Do I need to remove it?
a) if so then due to the "busybox --install -s /system/bin"
command , how do i remove the current symbolic busybox entry points?
b)have $PATH changes been applied to overwrite the current export
3) empty init.sh file?
4) google meta references?
I think I may understand the need to get bootstrap-"root" permissions established, is there another way as well?
Thanks for dealing with these noobie questions.

Thanks for this. worked out great.

willy900wonka said:
A few simple questions. re -stock 1.56... rom
1) in the zip system folder, its refers to /xbin ; does that require that /system/xbin be pre-existent, or will it create it ?
2) busybox is in /system/bin on mine. Do I need to remove it?
a) if so then due to the "busybox --install -s /system/bin"
command , how do i remove the current symbolic busybox entry points?
b)have $PATH changes been applied to overwrite the current export
3) empty init.sh file?
4) google meta references?
I think I may understand the need to get bootstrap-"root" permissions established, is there another way as well?
Thanks for dealing with these noobie questions.
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sorry willy man. not sure what i can tell you. i'm pretty close to being a newbie myself. i never fully understood what the script was doing. i simply took the original modaco update and compared it to another script paul had posted on his forums last fall.
if you unzip the file, you should be able to see everything that's going on. the file structure is super simple, so modify it to suit your needs and give it a try. worst case, you'll need to revert to a nandroid backup. oh, and don't forget you'll need to sign the file and zip it back up in order to flash it onto the phone.
come to think of it, i guess maybe i should update the script using the latest modaco rom, though i'm not sure how helpful it'd be for everyone. to be honest, i've since bitten the bullet and moved on to flipz's rom and the gumbo kernel. runs beautifully!

Ok, so I formated the card, put the .zip file on the sdcard and tried to press home+power to enter the recovery council. When I hold home and press power I am taking to a screen that has an exclamation point and an image of the phone.
Can anyone help?

partylatino420 said:
Ok, so I formated the card, put the .zip file on the sdcard and tried to press home+power to enter the recovery council. When I hold home and press power I am taking to a screen that has an exclamation point and an image of the phone.
Can anyone help?
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Boot the phone by holding home only. And...I'm assuming you have the recovery console installed and are rooted.

I think the problem is that a recovery boot image was not previously installed. A green screen with a set of options should've appeared.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596879
I prefer 1.2.3

mercado79 said:
Boot the phone by holding home only. And...I'm assuming you have the recovery console installed and are rooted.
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I did root the phone but I am not familiar with the recovery council. I tried to search for this but was unsuccessful.
I just got my Hero last week so I am still new to all of this. Can you point me in the right direction?

partylatino420 said:
I did root the phone but I am not familiar with the recovery council. I tried to search for this but was unsuccessful.
I just got my Hero last week so I am still new to all of this. Can you point me in the right direction?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=596879 explanation
code from : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583291
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Code:
adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img /sdcard
Pushing is equivalent of copy the file to the root of your sdcard. By the time you finished reading this it should be done. You'll know its done because the ouput will say something like transferred X bytes in X secs.
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Code:
adb shell reboot
This will cause the phone to restart automatically. Wait till it is fully booted to continue.
http://tinyurl.com/yc96j2z

partylatino420 said:
I did root the phone but I am not familiar with the recovery council. I tried to search for this but was unsuccessful.
I just got my Hero last week so I am still new to all of this. Can you point me in the right direction?
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Your google search didn't turn anything up on "recovery council" because the operative use would have actually been "recovery console"..

that did it!! Thanks guys!!!

um, what???
mercado79 said:
So, what I've got here is a minimal update.zip file you can apply to your phone via the recovery console.
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Apply via the recovery console? Sorry, still very new to this. Thanks!

Recovery Console
Go to the recovery console by holding down home when you power your Android. In that menu, you should see something that says 'flash update from SD card'... or something like that... then you choose the .zip that he has so kindly provided us.
Oh, and you have to put the .zip file that he provided on the SD card if that isn't already obvious :/
I also renamed it update.zip once I copied it to my SD card. Hope this clears it up a little. I just rooted my Hero yesterday.. so I am on the same NOOB level.

Do I need to wipe before flashing this / will this wipe my phone if I flash it?

fallonjp said:
Do I need to wipe before flashing this / will this wipe my phone if I flash it?
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You shouldn't need to wipe your phone; however I really don't think it's a good idea to use this. I put this together last year when we were still running Android 1.5 so it's WAY out of date. Just go with Nfinite's ROMs. He keeps them almost completely stock (depending on which you choose) and they can serve as great back-up / go-to ROMs.

HTC Footprints In Espresso

question to those with a little more knowledge than I.
Running Kings Espresso 1.3 with 160mb swap (this motha flies off teh chain..had to treat myself for a first degree burn on my thumb) on my MT3G and i was wanting to add HTC Footprints back into the build. He had it in V0.1 and then removed it. How would I put it back into the build using adb? would i have to include the odex file along with the apks for footprints and the footprints widget?
just looking to learn a little more

i would say...adb push it? lol but i never use it or need it so i wouldnt know...

the1gladiator said:
question to those with a little more knowledge than I.
Running Kings Espresso 1.3 with 160mb swap (this motha flies off teh chain..had to treat myself for a first degree burn on my thumb) on my MT3G and i was wanting to add HTC Footprints back into the build. He had it in V0.1 and then removed it. How would I put it back into the build using adb? would i have to include the odex file along with the apks for footprints and the footprints widget?
just looking to learn a little more
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Maybe ask in the appropriate thread instead of starting a new development thread for a question about a rom.

bkmo said:
Maybe ask in the appropriate thread instead of starting a new development thread for a question about a rom.
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if you can't answer the question how about just remaining quiet?

the1gladiator said:
if you can't answer the question how about just remaining quiet?
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I see what you did thar.

the1gladiator said:
if you can't answer the question how about just remaining quiet?
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I believe you can take the apk for v0.1 and copy it into your tools folder open either cmd if on windows or terminal if on linux and for windows type adb install filename.apk and for linux ./adb install filename.apk
ps: forgot remember to cd to your tools folder in your sdk also I haven't done mac because I haven't used adb and mac XD However I bleieve mac and linux commands for adb may be similar or the same 0o

xillius200 said:
I believe you can take the apk for v0.1 and copy it into your tools folder open either cmd if on windows or terminal if on linux and for windows type adb install filename.apk and for linux ./adb install filename.apk
ps: forgot remember to cd to your tools folder in your sdk also I haven't done mac because I haven't used adb and mac XD
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i thank you my friend. i think that would be it...i did adb push and just pushed it there and OOPSIE, it went bye bye so i had to reflash mi rom.
let me ask this, so my syntax would be....
adb remount
adb install filename.apk
is that it or do i need to give it a destination?
i'm just now relearning some of this stuff...i'm an older school programmer so i'm just now familiarizing myself with linux and source codes / packages for this type of development

the1gladiator said:
i thank you my friend. i think that would be it...i did adb push and just pushed it there and OOPSIE, it went bye bye so i had to reflash mi rom.
let me ask this, so my syntax would be....
adb remount
adb install filename.apk
is that it or do i need to give it a destination?
i'm just now relearning some of this stuff...i'm an older school programmer so i'm just now familiarizing myself with linux and source codes / packages for this type of development
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Nope just adb install filename.apk you shouldn't even need to adb remount as it does not mess with /system files also you don't need to give it a directory
XD don't worry I understand you lol Im still learning

xillius200 said:
Nope just adb install filename.apk you shouldn't even need to adb remount as it does not mess with /system files also you don't need to give it a directory
XD don't worry I understand you lol Im still learning
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now that leads me to ask the age old question...can one use the Package Manager to do this as well? just curious, although i prefer adb just for sheer intellectual purposes

the1gladiator said:
now that leads me to ask the age old question...can one use the Package Manager to do this as well? just curious, although i prefer adb just for sheer intellectual purposes
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Yep package manager should be ok never used it guessing it is a file manager for android lol also if you use file managers I suggest androzip people suggest others like astro manager but what they don't relise is that androzip supports .rar files etc. unlike others
ps: Don't tell me you are talking about synaptic package manager on ubuntu please no 0o lol if thats the case no but im guessing it isnt

xillius200 said:
Yep package manager should be ok never used it guessing it is a file manager for android lol also if you use file managers I suggest androzip people suggest others like astro manager but what they don't relise is that androzip supports .rar files etc. unlike others
ps: Don't tell me you are talking about synaptic package manager on ubuntu please no 0o lol if thats the case no but im guessing it isnt
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Nah meant to say Package Installer native to android or Astro. Thanks for the heads up, was thinking too far ahead with the adb commands. Ripped them and looks like they are loaded and working...appreciate your input

the1gladiator said:
Nah meant to say Package Installer native to android or Astro. Thanks for the heads up, was thinking too far ahead with the adb commands. Ripped them and looks like they are loaded and working...appreciate your input
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No Problem just glad I could help

Motorola backflip detailed root tutorial

I AM POSTING THIS BECAUSE I HAD A VERY HARD TIME ROOTING MY BACKFLIP BECAUSE OF SO MANY DIFFERENT POSTS AND DOWNLOADS THAT EITHER DONT WORK OR JUST WRONG TRYING TO USE WAYS FROM OTHER ANDROIDS SO AS I WENT THROUGH WITH FINDING THINGS THAT WORKED I PUT IN A LOG SO I ALWAYS HAD IT AND NOW IM SHARING IT NOTE I HAVE 2.1 ON MY BACKFLIP AND THATS IT WHAT THIS TUTORIAL IS FOR! IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT THAT IS YOU PROBABLY SHOULDNT BE TRYING THIS! <~YOUR FAIR WARNING~ BUT CLICK THE BOTTOM LEFT BUTTON ON THE TOUCHPAD (windows looking button) THEN SETTINGS / ABOUT PHONE AND YOU SHOULD SHE FIRMWARE VERSION. IT SHOULD SAY 2.1-update1....... GOT ALL THAT? GOOD! LETS DO THIS!
1st
We'll start with some downloading!(from PC) I assume you have the drivers to connect your phone to the computer. If not no worries you can get them from several hosts FREE including motorola's website. I have XP and the phone installed them automatically.. i tried on vista.. not so much they needed to be downloaded.
Anyway what i have done is compiled EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO ROOT in one zip file includes MY OWN PERSONAL SDK which in the tools folder are su.apk , superuser.apk , rageinthecage_arm5.bin , and install_root.sh (ALSO some apps Including the premium ROM Manager! but well get into that later!) HERE~>http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9753200#post9753200 MUST ROOT 1ST!!
SO.. the drivers and this one zip file and the drivers are the only thing you need to download on your PC (UNLESS YOU DONT HAVE WINZIP OR SOMETHING OF SORT!)
zip file is here ~~> http://www.uploading.com/files/31fa2c2f/android.zipx/ ( just copy and paste to your preferred browser! as a new user to this forum i cant post outside links!) (if you use another SDK than one i have provided this tutorial you will not have everything you need... there will be 4 files and the command prompt missing in the tools folder!)
2nd
Now with the folder unzipped and the drivers installed open the folder that says Android SDK or somthing like that! inside you will see a folder that says tools. OPEN IT!
There will be a icon that is black and says CMD open it and run it. (it's system32 but its already directed to your sdk tools to save you the hassle (your welcome )
Meanwhile connect your phone to PC via USB and before doing anything go to settings/applications/development/ and check usb debugging and make sure its is on. (you should see the triangle with ! inside it on your notifications bar)
(THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT!)
Now in your notifications bar select USB connected and select CHARGE ONLY! (also VERY important)
Back to the System32 on your PC.
type in the command "adb devices" (NO QUOTES DUH!)
it will probably say daemon not running starting daemon then a serial # should show up under connected devices. Weather it says all that or not the serial number MUST be listed or you are not connected to the adb
If you have had no problems with this so far then this should all flow together very nicely from here out!
3rd
Now that we are connected via adb you will need to rum some commands listed here IN THIS ORDER!!! (just copy them from here one at a time, right click the cmd box and select paste, and press enter... ctrl v does not work in system32!(atleast not mine!) you should get very little feedback with each command! should just repeat what you typed.... if you got 2 pages of feedback thats an error! but if u copy and paste like suggested im sure this will be as smooth as butter!
commands =
adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
adb push su /sdcard/su
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb push install-root.sh /data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
now with proper feedback move to these commands (in order)
adb shell <~ this should change your command prompt from the tools location to a money sign "$"
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
chmod 0755 install-root.sh
NOW AS LONG AS YOU HAVE NOT GOT ANY DENIALS OR ERRORS IN THIS PROCESS WERE GOOD TO GO!!
4th BACK TO THE PHONE!
What we need to do now is go to android market and search for /download connectbot. ITS FREE!!
Once installed on phone open it and and where it asks for host click where you see SSH and change it to Local. put what ever host name your heart desires (i used my 1st name "Josh", IT DOESNT MATTER!) now hit enter!
This should've taken you to a cmd prompt similar to system32
5th AND FINAL STEP!
more commands YAY!!! now OBVIOUSLY we can't copy from PC and Paste to ConnectBot (WHAT A SHAME!) you must type these correctly or it WILL NOT WORK!! SOOOO LETS MAKE SURE WE PAY ATTENTION AND GET OUR SPACES, FORWARD, AND BACK SLASHES CORRECT!!!! THIS IS WHAT GAVE ME THE MOST TROUBLE AND NOW THAT I HAVE MADE THIS CLEAR I DONT EXPECT ANY HATE MAIL OR ANY ONE KNOCKING MY SKILLS BECAUSE YOU, YOU, AND YOU, OH AND DID I MENTION YOU!!! TYPED IT WRONG
READY?? OK! LETS DO THIS!
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
your phone will go into a prompt and you MUST wait until you see
"forked **** childs" (this could take a moment) the **** will be a number once this happens close the terminal
Now reopen the terminal and it should force close the 1st time and boot just fine the 2nd! now type
/data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
and if no errors occur, like magic! YOU ROOTED! now power off the phone and back on return to connectbot and type
su the $ should become a # and it along with other apps that require root will ask for superuser permissions. just grant permission and GO!
I HOPE THIS WAS HELPFUL TO YOU AND ENJOY YOUR NEW ROOTED PHONE!

help
I cannot get this line load:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
cannot stat 'rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin' : No such file or directory

well heres a few things i can think of...
if you are manually typing the codes maybe you missed the space before the first backslash,if copy and pasting try typing manually, if this does not work, double check that the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin is showing in your tools directory and is also showing that its 6kb in size if its not there maybe re download the sdk or just search for the BIN file elsewhere MEANWHILE i will download the sdk i provided and make sure its not something i did and if so ill correct it. Please let me know if this helps or not

yea i just redownloaded it myself and it worked just fine, i honestly think its a typo. (no offense. i did it bout 1000 times myself on the SAME file and was ready to throw my phone computer and everything in a lake lol) just try alternate ways of typing it, some also dont know that you cant use ctrl-v to paste in system32, just right click and select paste. if no dice im very sorry... just try to redownload the sdk or locate rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin elsewhere and just copy and paste it to your sdk's tools directory replacing the old or abscent, the successful pushes however will remain where they were pushed to, no need to do that again.

I have 2.1 update 1. I rooted it no problem with z4root... Not sure why you have to go through all that trouble with yours.

xdunlapx said:
I have 2.1 update 1. I rooted it no problem with z4root... Not sure why you have to go through all that trouble with yours.
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i personally knew nothing about rooting phones just got the idea from a friend who mentioned jailbreaking his iphone and i searched for hacks and all i found was a few tutorials like this which were all somewhat different and i tryed super1click and it failed so i just bounced back n forth until i put them together and got root successfully... never heard of or seen z4root in my searches but ill look into that next time i root. Thanx!

file is missing

How can I root my motorola backflip 1.5 to 2.1 on my iMac. I've been looking around but can't see to find a tutorial and when I do ask somewhere no one answers. Please Help thanks.

install windows on it and follow the instructions :3

So I everything went smooth until install-root.sh at the very end and I get a string of errors super long most ending with read only file system. I went through the tutorial twice to check for typos (still could of messed up but Im pretty sure I didnt). Also at the beginning for some reason install-root.sh was missing from your zip so I downloaded it else where. Could that of effected this process?

wait. My phone is apparently up to date but is only at firmware version 1.5. How do I go about that upgrade?

did the upgrade to 2.1 and still get read only errors at the very end.

same problem
nkemm2 said:
So I everything went smooth until install-root.sh at the very end and I get a string of errors super long most ending with read only file system. I went through the tutorial twice to check for typos (still could of messed up but Im pretty sure I didnt). Also at the beginning for some reason install-root.sh was missing from your zip so I downloaded it else where. Could that of effected this process?
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I'm having the same problem.

Unable to locate su
Hello, I need some guidance as to what to do next. I'm at the step where I have to type in 'su' and receiving error: reloc_library[1244]: 707 cannot locate '_ZNK7android6Parcel15setDataPositionEj'...CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
I have going through the steps of rooting twice and unable to add su rights. Thank you in advance for any assistance.

sithlorddevious said:
Hello, I need some guidance as to what to do next. I'm at the step where I have to type in 'su' and receiving error: reloc_library[1244]: 707 cannot locate '_ZNK7android6Parcel15setDataPositionEj'...CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
I have going through the steps of rooting twice and unable to add su rights. Thank you in advance for any assistance.
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Also having this same issue, has someone resolved this yet?

Problem
i don't know if the package was damaged when i downloaded it or if it is my computer but the folder with the files that you gave us to use for the rooting doesn't work,it marks a lot of errors when you extract the files and the only thing that it extracts are the folders only,non of the files are extracted. i was hoping to know if you have an undated link for the download or if you can give me a trick to extract it correctly.

I'm sorry I haven't been on for quite some time. At this point superoneclick should do it. I no longer have a backflip or the computer with the files I was using. I honestly believe the cheapo free up/download site I used may have corrupted the file. But at one time I completely deleted my adb and downloaded the one I posted and did a friends backflip in no time at all. I'm not sure why some are having problems and others aren't. I will see what I can find and maybe just find the original links to the files needed in the adb.
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I used 7 zip to extract. No clue if it makes a difference. And as far as downloading the missing files elsewhere as Long as they are the correct files for your operating system it should make no difference and I would suggest looking through xda and other forums as well for anything that's missing in my adb. Or anything missing from the tutorial
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cant get root
Ok I tried this method and the one on thetechguy.com and on both everything goes fine until the part were you have to type on the phones terminal cd /data/local/tmp ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
Then I get an error message " can't cd /data/local/tmp ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin "

Only got to
I was only able to get to the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin step. My computer will not let me download this and i have no idea how to let it slip through my security. All in all, I was getting to where I needed to be so I can update to gingerbread and I've come to a standstill again. Any other ways around this little snag? Please and Thank-you!
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nkemm2 said:
wait. My phone is apparently up to date but is only at firmware version 1.5. How do I go about that upgrade?
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Manually. You can find it at the motorola site. I did it last year and now i'm trying to root mine so I can update to Gingerbread.

EFS Folder backup?

OK so after doing some research about random rooting tips and apps and what not i stumbled on a thread on xda and part of it said the following:
"EFS Folder (Important)*Ok this is more of a you must do and not a what you can now do. So the efs folder is a very important folder within your android system that contains infomation like your IMEI number, and just well important infomation trust me it's important. When people start to mod their phone such as flashing roms, kernels e.t.c, this folder can become corrupt, making you phone usless. So backing up this folder is important and their is an easy way in which you can do this, a more user friendly way using a great app by hellcatdroid. You can get this app from google play*here(ktool), and it will give you all the tools to back up the folder. I will also include a guide on further reading for you to have a look over, so please backup your efs folder."
Everyone was mentioning the importance of backing up this file, so I was gonna try. I looked up the app but I read the description and its only compatible with some devices. Would there be a way to backup our blaze EFS folder to SD card or something?
Thanks in advance for even reading this lenghy question

For my build 1 of dknight I had back up efs as a step but everyone was confused so I took it off lol the easiest way to do it is use root explorer and copy the whole efs folder to ur sdcard and that's it
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Thanks ill do that then. I hate questioning you since you obviously have more knowledge on this topic, but I also read that wasn't the best way because it didn't copy permissions or something like that?

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Thanks ill do that then. I hate questioning you since you obviously have more knowledge on this topic, but I also read that wasn't the best way because it didn't copy permissions or something like that?
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It's not the best way but it is the easiest way like I mentioned but if you're good with adb you can pull the folder through recovery and that way I think perms stay...either way it's better to save it like that then to not save it at all you know
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Use Termimal Emulator or ADB (as su) and run this command:
busybox tar -cv -f efs.tar -C /sdcard /efs
Don't miss any spaces and remember that the command is case sensitive. You should have a file called efs.tar in /sdcard when the command completes. It should take under a second.
Using tar will preserve permissions. Just remember to pull the efs.tar file ASAP as it saves to the internal SD... if you leave it on the device there is the potential that the file will get wiped if something happens to the device.
Might be a good thing to incorporate into the update script ... automatically back it up just in case.

merwin said:
Use Termimal Emulator or ADB (as su) and run this command:
busybox tar -cv -f efs.tar -C /sdcard /efs
Don't miss any spaces and remember that the command is case sensitive. You should have a file called efs.tar in /sdcard when the command completes. It should take under a second.
Using tar will preserve permissions. Just remember to pull the efs.tar file ASAP as it saves to the internal SD... if you leave it on the device there is the potential that the file will get wiped if something happens to the device.
Might be a good thing to incorporate into the update script ... automatically back it up just in case.
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I'm working on adding aroma and have it check if there is an efs backup if not then it'll back it up
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I'm working on adding aroma and have it check if there is an efs backup if not then it'll back it up
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That's one of the things I miss about the Sensation. All of the ROMs used Aroma