1: ok step one download universal and root to sd card.
2: then download a file manager such as linda file manager.
3: download chainsdd SuperUser
4: go to settings then applications put a check next to unknown sources.Then go to Development and check usb debugging and stay awake.
5: use linda file manager and browse to sd card and install universal root "DO NOT INSTALL SUPERUSERBUILT INTO IT"
6: Install chainsdd Superuser, After install open it goto settings then scroll too bottom and click su binary it may fail the first time but click it again it will say Su binaries updated.
7: I am using root explorer i bought it from market.
8: after this is installed open it and be sure to click the rw option when you open it at top of directory. Now copy /system/xbin/su to your sd card for safe keeping along with rootshell file from sqlite_stmt_journals folder.
after you back them up too sd then copy Su file too /bin let it over write theres.
Now fire off adb and type adb shell then at the $ type su and walla full root.
Anyone have ideas on how to make it read only so system cant delete those files on reboot or automated way of putting the files in right place at reboot let me know.
Good work on the first steps, next we need to flash a new recovery.img, I've been hearing that there is no easy way into the recovery at startup, what does "adb reboot recovery" result in, long story short if we can get a new recovery then we can flash unsigned roms including your su/root pre installed. Sorry I'm not more help on the legwork portion of this, I really need to get a garmin to work more on this, but p.m. me if I can help more as I don't pay enough attention to these forms
tsukisan said:
Good work on the first steps, next we need to flash a new recovery.img, I've been hearing that there is no easy way into the recovery at startup, what does "adb reboot recovery" result in, long story short if we can get a new recovery then we can flash unsigned roms including your su/root pre installed. Sorry I'm not more help on the legwork portion of this, I really need to get a garmin to work more on this, but p.m. me if I can help more as I don't pay enough attention to these forms
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Have you tried grabbing ROM Manager from the market? It allows you to install Clockwork recovery.
LiquidSolstice said:
Have you tried grabbing ROM Manager from the market? It allows you to install Clockwork recovery.
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Do you know if there is a compatible recovery for the garminfone? You can't flash a sholes recovery on a garminfone.
ROM Manager is useless for the Garminfone. There are no backups for it and its not a supported phone.
"adb reboot recovery" I'll have to give it a try as well, now that I am also rooted.
I did a similar process... used androot (temporary root) to get rootshell with superuser app from the market.
I downloaded su binaries separately, fired up adb shell,ran rootshell.
I manually copied su to /system/xbin then used gscript lite to script the following:
/system/xbin/su -c 'mount -o remount,rw /'
/system/xbin/su -c 'mount -o remount,rw /system'
/system/xbin/su -c 'cp /system/xbin/su /bin'
After that I added the script to my home screen and I have one click root.
The changes won't persist until the boot image is changed to and repacked.
Note that the rootshell app is useless after a cold boot or if moved. It just crashes.
The most interesting thing is looking through the startup scripts that run.
There are parts from 3 or 4 developers commented out that,!among other things, show what to set to root it permanently,and what looks like loading parts of. the os from the emmc or sdcard.
And the automated test scripts built in come complete with a Garmin test phone number that can be called as well as a full suite of functional and regression test scripts that can be used to validate all functions including the Garmin apps automatically. The daemon even loads itself on boot by default.
It looks like the build they used was a virtually unmodified developer build. Hell,the boot scripts even show what to change to make it run in the emulator. That is my next project (getting it up in emulation so I can test different modifications)... well,that and see what it will take to get the Garmin app running in the latest android. I see no point in upgrading to the latest os if I lose Garmin functionality.
Being that the devs left nice comments for damn near every line and wrote very clean and elegant scripts, i would be shocked if it took very long to get Garmin up, at least in emulation.
Fyi, since piracy is illegal, I want to make it clear that the Garmin portions of my rant refer only to regaining functionality in the latest os.
Ok... to permanently root your phone...
Use the method in the first post. Then, in Root Explorer go to /system/bin and click r/w (if it isn't already). Scroll down to governor.sh, long press and choose open in text editor. Add the following to the end:
mount -o remount,rw /
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /system/xbin/su /bin
Save it. Now at every boot you will have rw filesystems and the su file will copy over. I am working on making a modified recovery.img to flash.
I don't know why people say the Garminfone is more locked down or unflashable than any other phone. It comes with a flash_image program on the phone that lets you specify a destination partition and an image file, it will flash /system/recovery.img on boot and all the boot scripts are commented for how to do things like boot off the emmc. The developers left a bunch of services in the boot scripts but disabled to do various functions.
Tim2246 said:
1: ok step one download universal and root to sd card.
2: then download a file manager such as linda file manager.
3: download chainsdd SuperUser
4: go to settings then applications put a check next to unknown sources.Then go to Development and check usb debugging and stay awake.
5: use linda file manager and browse to sd card and install universal root "DO NOT INSTALL SUPERUSERBUILT INTO IT"
6: Install chainsdd Superuser, After install open it goto settings then scroll too bottom and click su binary it may fail the first time but click it again it will say Su binaries updated.
7: I am using root explorer i bought it from market.
8: after this is installed open it and be sure to click the rw option when you open it at top of directory. Now copy /system/xbin/su to your sd card for safe keeping along with rootshell file from sqlite_stmt_journals folder.
after you back them up too sd then copy Su file too /bin let it over write theres.
Now fire off adb and type adb shell then at the $ type su and walla full root.
Anyone have ideas on how to make it read only so system cant delete those files on reboot or automated way of putting the files in right place at reboot let me know.
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So I ran into a little speed bump here, I'll post what I've done thus far and maybe someone has some feedback...
1) Open the applications settings menu for Android OS and Check off the option "Uknown Sources" and then click on "Development" and make sure options "USB debugging" and "Stay Awake" are checked.
2) Download and install the "Universal Androot" apk. application installer using the web browser on your android phone.
3) Launch "Universal Androot" and use the drop down menu on the main screen and select the option that states, "Do not install Superuser" and then click the "Root " button, the application will run a few scripts and then confirm success.
4) Go the Android Market, and download and install the following application, "SuperUser" written by android software developer, chainsdd.
5) Once "SuperUser" is installed on your phone, launch the application and click, "Settings" on the top right hand corner of the application, it will bring you to a list of options, scroll to the bottom, and click on, "Su binary v original", this will download a zip file containing any updates. (You may have to click this several times if it fails, it will eventually download)
6) Go to the Android Market, and download, "Root Explorer (File Manager)" and install it, you may also download this package elsewhere...
7) Open "Root Explorer" and make sure you are in the / "root directory" of the unit and then click the "Mount R/W" button at the top.
8) Browse to /system/xbin/ and copy file "su" to /sdcard
This is where I have a problem, I can not locate /system/xbin/su
Here is some additional information that may be relevant
Garmin
Hardware R1.7
Software 4.0.12
Android
Firmware 1.6
Kernel version 2.6.29
hey all!
I've tried following the directions like 10 times and i keep coming up short..i can't seem to get root.. It's odd. Would anyone be kind enough to post a video, or clarify the directions needed in a step-by-step fashion?
Thanks in advance!
Does anyone in the know have a timeframe for when we might know how to get rid of the t-mobile animation that plays when the phone boots up? I'd like to replace all the bootscreens with some wicked cool custom stuff, but gotta knock that pink crap outta the way first.
merwin said:
Ok... to permanently root your phone...
Use the method in the first post. Then, in Root Explorer go to /system/bin and click r/w (if it isn't already). Scroll down to governor.sh, long press and choose open in text editor. Add the following to the end:
mount -o remount,rw /
mount -o remount,rw /system
cp /system/xbin/su /bin
Save it. Now at every boot you will have rw filesystems and the su file will copy over. I am working on making a modified recovery.img to flash.
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Sorry, but it didn't work for me. Rooting mine by manually pasting SU into the /bin folder works fine.
I copied/pasted your code over to the end of the file as described above.
Spazmogen said:
Sorry, but it didn't work for me. Rooting mine by manually pasting SU into the /bin folder works fine.
I copied/pasted your code over to the end of the file as described above.
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Are you sure the version of su in /system/xbin is the one that comes with superuser? You can check by using either a terminal app or adb,going into the xbin folder, and type ./su
You should get a superuser request. If not, then something was not done correctly.
Thanks for the reply.
but since 2.1 Eclair was installed today, it's a moot point:
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There is no SU in either /bin or in /system/xbin.
SuperUser by ChainsDD won't install the SU file, it keeps failing. Tried it 30x today.
Root Explorer only allows folders to be r/o now. So I am waiting on an update for that one.
How exactly did you get 2.1 on a Garminfone?
I have a Garminfone with 2.1 and all i did was download z4root from the market place and ran it and it seems to have given me a perminant root and i have no problems hopefully this helps you guys out it is a simple one click root unroot app.
Root is persistant. It survived a few battery pulls.
I have been able to get it into ADB REBOOT RECOVERY. A green droid guy with a yellow warning triangle appears.
One of the fellows in the Tmo forums claims to have gotten it into FASTBOOT menu options. If that is true, it would appear the boot loader is unlocked...
Garminfone 2.1 easily rooted...
I easily rooted my Garminfone 2.1 Eclair with z4root. It was one click and done with the options to temp or permanently root the phone it is also reversible.
Problem I am having is that I created an ext2 partition on my sd card but the phone doesn't recognize it. It was partitioned with "ubuntu livecd" with "gparted" partition manager. It also shows up in windows with "Mini Tool Partition Wizard 5" when the sd card is in a card reader attached to the pc.
Whats the next step? I want to move apps to the sd card. I have link2sd installed for this but can't figure out how to enable ext2 mount.
Also another good pc app to have if you trashed your sd card partitions is "Active Partition Recovery for Windows" works for all drives.
Issues - Rooting with Z4Root
Hello,
I have a Garminfone that came with 2.1 version. I have downloaded Z4Root and tried both options Temp and permanent. But no Joy.
I made sure, USB Debugging is off. Can someone let me know what step am I missing ??
Much appreciate your time.
z4root
Perseus71 said:
Hello,
I have a Garminfone that came with 2.1 version. I have downloaded Z4Root and tried both options Temp and permanent. But no Joy.
I made sure, USB Debugging is off. Can someone let me know what step am I missing ??
Much appreciate your time.
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What exactly are you trying to do by rooting? Did you install SuperUser by ChainsDD? What app/file manager are you using? If you dont have this you won't be able to do anything. The apps you use for app/file management need to have root permissions or they will do nothing.
Mine rooted with z4root no problem and was able to remove all the fluff apps it shipped with that I didn't want. But this was only half of what I wanted to achieve. I haven't been able to move apps to sd, but I can't get ext2 to mount, not a problem because of the root I don't think.
What I have on my Garminfone 2.1
z4root
busybox (installed with z4root)
superuser
my backup root
uninstaller for root
super manager
Hope this helps.
Ok First off. Thank you very much for your time. It is greatly appreciated.
Well, Here's what I have done so far.
1. Downloaded and installed Z4Root from the Market.
2. Download and Install SuperUser by ChainsDD from the Market.
3. Ran Z4Root and first tried Temporary Root. That seemed to go fine until it was stuck after displaying the message ReBooting.
4. Next Tried Permanent Root Option after a Battery Pull. That asked me to turn on USB Debug. Did so and it seemed to go smoothly until that too was stuck with Rebooting message.
5. I tried the same Permanent Option after another Battery Pull. This time, it worked and the phone rebooted & came back. So I installed BusyBox from Market.
6. At this time I downloaded Titanium Backup. It complained not having root access. 7. So I started SuperUser and that showed an empty list under application tab. Went under Settings and hit the update. It failed but saved the Zip on my SD card.
8. I installed the Binary from Step 7 using Apps Manager. Tried SuperUser again. Still empty list for applications.
So there I am. I suspect I probably missed something somewhere. Possibly before doing Step 6 I should have done something. Can't seem to figure out.
Also earlier in this thread there was a mention that you will need to manually copy the binaris for SuperUser to certain specfic directory. Since it got installed successfully, do I still need to do it ?
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Why should you root your Dream/G1?
You can install a full Linux distribution, like Debian.
You can run applications that require root, like Screenshot and Auto Rotate your Browser and or any other application.
You can install the latest Android build directly from the Android source tree.
Customize your boot image.
Create full backups of the state of your phone.
Create custom ROMs.
Install Applications to your SD Card to save space.
Use your phone as a tether to connect your computer/laptop to the internet.
Turn your phone into a wireless router that provides internet access.
Well, hopefully one of those reasons convinced you to get root access on your phone!
Preparing to Get Root on your Phone
Getting root on your phone involves exploiting a security hole that existed in an early version of Android. The versions with the security holes are known as RC19, RC28, and RC29 (or RC7 or lower for UK phones). As of RC30 (RC8 on UK), Google patched the security hole so that your phone can not be rooted (don't worry, we can still root it!).
To check your version, go to the Home Screen, click your menu button, choose "Settings", and then click "About phone". You will then see the following screen:
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If you have US-RC30/UK-RC8 or higher, you will first need to downgrade your phone to a previous version. (Skip these steps otherwise)
Format your phone's SD card to FAT32 mode:
Hook your phone up to your computer using a USB cable and then wait for the notification to show up in your title bar of your phone.
Click the notification, and then click "Mount".
A new removable disk should show up on your computer. Right click it and select Format, and select FAT32 as the file system type.
Download and unzip the RC29 or RC7 image file. Copy the DREAIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK)
Turn the device power off.
Hold Camera button, and press Power button to entry boot loader mode. You should see a gray/white screen with instructions to flash your phone with the update on your SD card. If you don't see that, make sure you followed the instructions properly.
As per the on-screen instructions, press the Power button to start upgrade procedure. DO NOT DO ANYTHING TO INTERRUPT THIS PROCESS.
After it is finished, perform the restart your phone.
Rooting your RC29 or lower phone:
On RC29 phones and lower, anything you type into your keyboard is also being run in a hidden console with root permissions. More information regarding that at the bottom of this post. But, to get root access, do the following:
Instructions:
Download recovery.img or the new version by Amon recovery-RA-dream-v1.5.2.img and copy it to your SD card (see the previous instructions on how to copy from your computer to your Phone's SD card).
Download the Hard SPL and copy the zip file to the SD card.
All files must be on the root of your SD card.
Restart your phone. Wait for your phone to start up fully and show the home screen.
After your phone starts up, hit the enter key twice, type "telnetd" and press enter. (Yes, it will start up a contact search, don't worry. Just type it.)
Download an Android "Telnet" application from the Market and connect to localhost.
If you connect successfully, you will have a root prompt "#".
Type the following into Telnet (these commands will give you root access easier in the future):
mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
cat recovery.img > /system/recovery.img
Now you have root!
What To Do Now That You Have Root
Now that you have root, you will want to apply "Hard SPL" to your phone. HardSPL is what will allow you to apply flash images from other regions (like UK on US phones, and vice versa), create full backups of your phone, install the latest build from the Android source, and usually resurrect your phone if it is "bricked". You have already downloaded the file to your SD card, so now you can apply it.
Power off your phone.
Start up in recovery mode by holding home and pressing power.
You will now enter recovery mode. You should see an exclamation.
If you do not see a menu on screen, press Alt-L to show the menu.
Press Alt-S to apply the update from the SD card.
After the update is complete, hold Home and press Back to restart.
And now, the last step! You are still running an old version of Android, but you want to upgrade to the latest and greatest update! You can do this, and not lose root by downloading modified versions of the updates.
First, choose a modified image from the list below:
ADP1.1: (md5: bacc58302e0b239d66c7bcc8db6c434b)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_ADP1.1_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfrekes-14-images-are-out/
RC33: (md5: f24b6c237775147cb4bc42efc2393973)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC33_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/02/new-rc33-based-images-from-jesusfreke/
RC8: (md5: de2d0d34adbb4015ee3aa5e4e7ca3c07)
http://jf.odiness.com/v1.41/JFv1.41_RC8_BuildEnvironment.tar.gz
http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=24&t=241&rb_v=viewtopic
http://andblogs.net/2009/01/jesusfrekes-14-images-are-out/
Download the image.
Rename it to update.zip.
Copy it to your phone's SD card.
Turn your phone off.
Start up in recovery mode by holding Home and pressing Power.
Press alt-W to wipe your device. (You need to do this, or the device may hang at the flashing Android screen)
Press alt-S to apply the update.
And that's it! Remember to check the links up top to learn how to use root to do the advanced things I mentioned.
Rooting, Hacking, and Flashing your G1/Dream
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Wow this is great news keep the community updated. thanks man
EDIT:i just tested it my self!! your right this seems like root to me
Koush said:
I verified this by remounting the /system partition as read write and changing files around.
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How did you do that?
Wow, good job!
I classify this as a major "oops" on Google's part...
humble said:
How did you do that?
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mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
You can't remount that directory that unless you have root.
Use the dd command to copy stuff around (the cp command is not available). I should mention I'm a Windows guy, and am pretty clueless with Linux: my coworker figured the rest of this out once I got to a root prompt.
Incidentally, in the /system/bin directory there is a flash_image executable that changes the recovery.img used when you hard reset the device. I've noticed that I can run this without root access from a standard adb shell. Maybe we never needed to root the device after all... I think we can flash it without root access... I'm too scared to mess with that at all though.
i just rebooted from telnet!!! i must say this is cool
thanks dude I'm going to give it a run(not flashing) I'm scared too 428 and some change down the draine nooo
Yes!!! Now we dont even have to worry about the update.zip file!
Well, it still will be usefull for package updates.
I'm goin for the bootloader and pretty soon we'll be able to port Android to other HTC devices aswell.
Maybe this can be usefull its kind of old buthttp://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/13/android-under-the-hood
well
i don't konw how safe it is but you can just chmod 777 files and access them through the glance file manager. can't open but you can copy and past them on the sd card and open from there. i wish i could figure out how to see them
i keep getting "Error running telnet: permission denied" in LogCat. any ideas ? i have rc29
hrm
i'm now getting Unable to chmod *******: Read-only file system across the board /////////////////nm i'm retarded
Koush said:
mount -oremount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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If you want to edit anything, you have to remount it as read/write.
yeah i forgot i rebooted my phone, lol just trying to see if i can figure out how to change the view when you mount the sd card to show all files.
anyone with RC29 getting root access ?
yeah i am
not that i know what to do with it
can u describe the steps ? i keep getting Permission denied
anyone know where the boot code is so I can tell it to mount all folders as read write at boot?
quedijo said:
Yes!!! Now we dont even have to worry about the update.zip file!
Well, it still will be usefull for package updates.
I'm goin for the bootloader and pretty soon we'll be able to port Android to other HTC devices aswell.
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Good news!
Hope someone can develop something for Universal!
Cheers to all,
neerhaj said:
can u describe the steps ? i keep getting Permission denied
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http://android-dls.com/forum/index.php?f=15&t=151&rb_v=viewtopic
All the steps are laid out there. pterminal downloadable and all.
All the info and links needed, none of the fluff. If you have questions, simply ask.
This guide aims to be platform independent. However, some cheats may require user contribution. Thanks in advance!
UPDATED 5-4-2010: New, Faster Factory Reset. Thanks rt1oo and johnsongrantr
Root CDMA Hero, Load Custom Recovery & ROM
Forum Post: Step By Step Way to root Using Flashrec(Updated 4/5)
Thanks goku14238
1) Download: flashrec-1.1.3-20091107.apk
1.1) Download: recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img
1.2) Download ROM ZIP of Choice: XDA Wiki - ROMs
1.3) Market Download: Any File Manager. RootExplorer, ES File Manager, Astro, etc.
2) Rename "recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img" to "recovery_backup.img"
3) Copy downloads to SD card root (/sdcard/)
4) Fill in check box for: Settings>Applications>Unknown sources
5) Install "flashrec-1.1.3-20091107.apk" via Any File Manager (RootExplorer, ES File Manager, Astro, etc.) or ADB
*Unmount SD Card if mounted through USB*
6) Open "Recovery Flasher" App and select "Restore Backup Image"
7) Power OFF
8) Power ON to Recovery: Press and hold the "Home" button, Continue holding "Home" while pressing and releasing the "Power" button
9) Flash zip from sdcard>select ROM ZIP
10) Reboot
Reset Phone With Loaded ROM (1.5 "Cupcake" ROMs)
Code:
Menu > Settings > Security > Factory data reset > Reset phone > Erase everything
Reset Phone With Loaded ROM (2.1 ROMs)
Code:
Menu > Settings > Privacy > Factory data reset > Reset phone > Erase everything
Factory Reset
Thanks rt1oo: Forum Post
This will return the phone to its out-of-box, factory condition (including radio!).
Search "RUU" if you want it the official Windows way.
NOTE: If you used the 2.1 RUU, this will not work. HBoot version must be 1.41. Read Forum Post for another method.
1) Download: HERCIMG.ZIP
2) Copy to root of SD card (/sdcard/)
3) Turn phone OFF
3) Hold Volume Down while pressing the power button (turn back on)
4) Press trackball when prompted
5) Reboot
Boot to Recovery from Power OFF
Press and hold the "Home" button, Continue holding "Home" while pressing and releasing the "Power" button
Nandroid Backup
-Reboot into recovery mode>Backup/Restore>Nand backup
TIP: If you choose "Nand backup + ext" it will backup your apps2sd apps along with your imaged system.
*CAUTION: you must restore this kind of backup to an SD Card that is similarly formatted (i.e. SWAP/EXT/FAT backup)
COPY THE CONTENTS OF THE "nandroid" FOLDER TO OTHER MEDIA ON REGULAR BASIS IN CASE OF SD CARD FAILURE!
Nandroid Restore
-Reboot into recovery mode>Backup/Restore>Nand restore>Select desired backup
*TIP* If no backups are found, you need to copy the "nandroid" folder back onto your SD Card from your Computer backup (You did make a copy of nandroid to your Computer didn't you!?)
Partition SDCard for apps2sd (A2SD)
-WARNING: This will erase EVERYTHING from the SDCard. Nandroid does NOT backup SD Card data, except for apps2sd apps, and ONLY if you selected "Nand backup + ext"
1) Reboot into recovery mode>Partition sdcard>Follow on-screen instructions (Default values suggested are OK)
Load Custom ROMs
Download ROM ZIP of Choice: XDA Wiki - ROMs
1) Copy ROM ZIP to SDCard Root (/sdcard/)
2) Reboot into recovery mode>Flash zip from sdcard>select ROM ZIP
Load Android SDK [Mac]
1) Download Latest Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2) Unpack and rename the extracted folder to "AndroidSDK", Move it to "Applications"
3) Copy and Paste into TextEdit:
Code:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Applications/AndroidSDK/tools
4) Save as: "~/.bash_profile"
5) Fill check box on Phone: Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging
How to modify system files from Recovery
Code:
adb shell
mount <MOUNT_POINT>
Replace <MOUNT_POINT> with area you want to modify (ex: /system /data)
Install Apps through ADB
Code:
adb install <PATH_TO_APK>
Replace <PATH_TO_APK> with the location of your apk (ex: ~/Installers/Android/apk/wireless_tether_1_60_htc.apk)
How to tell if apps2sd (A2SD) is working
1) Connect Phone via USB
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
ls /system/sd/app/
If you get a list of applications, or no errors, then apps2sd is *should be* working properly.
Remove Extra Useless Preloaded Apps
Link: Root Explorer
Yes, you CAN do this through adb, but this is MUCH easier. Simply open, hit "mount r/w" button, delete anything in /system/app and /data/app you don't want! I'm well aware of the cost of the app. If you don't want to pay and help the developer, then search the forums and figure it out yourself !
Good stuff. Thanks for the contribution. Would you mind if I put it on GeekFor.Me / would you like to put it on there?
http://geekfor.me/news/wanted-writers-for-faq-tutorial-help/
Let me know.
Please do! Thanks for the read! Also, thank you very much for all of your hard work, the ROMs you make are crucial to all of this stuff advancing forward!
Thanks for putting this together - great post!
Thanks a lot for this Gallias. Definitely helped me out. I wish I had found this a couple weeks ago heh.
When I tried to enable compcache with your instructions I was getting a read-only error. Doing 'adb remount' first seems to have solved it.
AH yes thank you my apologies. Updated.
Hey, I swear i've tried for two hours to get Modacos custom ROM installed. I successfully installed the recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img and when I power off and reboot into recovery mode, I only get one option -- to CLEARSTORAGE "Delete all user data? <action>yes <send> no, I select YES and it reboots the phone and it looks like the same interface. I've tried flash_image recovery /sdcard/update.zip by renaming the ZIP file modaco 2.2 to (update) and moving it to the SDCARD home directory. I then use Lindas file manager to load the custom recovery image and select SDCARD/update.zip This doesn't work (I'm probably doing something wrong) But I don't understand why I can't boot into recovery mode. I am using the CDMA (sprint) version.
Any tips? I need a bit of some help here.
When you reboot into recovery mode you should see this:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
If you don't see that, then you haven't actually pushed the new recovery image into the phone. The screen you describe is the default recovery loader that comes with the phone.
Try my "Load Custom Recovery" step over again, or if on a different platform, follow the root guide for your specific platform:
CDMA Hero Guides
I got up to the point of
adb push asroot2 /data/local
it says 836 KB/s <74512 bytes in 0.087s>
C:\hero\tools> aadb shell
$chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
$ /data/ocal/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
now get this.... this is what it gives back to me
[+] Using newer pipe_inode_info layout
Opening: /proc/758/fd/3
YES it says 758 NOT 857.
It then says
SUCCESS: Enjoy the shell
Is that right or is it supposed to be 857? I saw the guide and it told me that it should say 857 so it's not giving me the right message I assume.
I'll try again and see if this is right, i'll post an edit later to let you know if I get it workin, if not I guess 758 is incorect
Well, based on the C:\ I'm going to say your using Windows. I don't think that number will be critical, but you do need to perform this after you get the "SUCCESS: Enjoy the shell"
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4775 su
exit
exit
THEN, you also need to push the recovery image. If you are following the link I placed at the top of this guide on how to root with Windows, it should have you go through everything I'm explaining. Don't get worried or hung up on steps that don't exactly match up with what other people are seeing; at the end of the day you may see some differences, but if you are getting "SUCCESS" from asroot2 it means that the technical "rooting" part is working, you just need to finish up and follow through on the rest of the steps. Keep working at it you are really close, don't let inconsistent numbers discourage you!
Just letting you know, you've got a typo in the rooting area. It should be asroot2 not asroot 2
ffolkes said:
Just letting you know, you've got a typo in the rooting area. It should be asroot2 not asroot 2
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Ah yes very true thanks! Fixed.
I followed the instructions for rooting with a MAC, I did the boot into recovery mode, there is no option for "NANDROID" backup. It just says "Clear User Data" <ACTION> Yes <SEND> No. Wound up clearing everything off my phone.
rlundeen said:
I followed the instructions for rooting with a MAC, I did the boot into recovery mode, there is no option for "NANDROID" backup. It just says "Clear User Data" <ACTION> Yes <SEND> No. Wound up clearing everything off my phone.
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Ouch! Sorry man, it means something went wrong during "Load Custom Recovery [MAC]". Try that step over again.
theraginasian said:
Ouch! Sorry man, it means something went wrong during "Load Custom Recovery [MAC]". Try that step over again.
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Did it 3 times, get the same thing over and over. Actually, if you hold the Volume Down key and then power the phone on, I can do the nandroid backup, flash rom, etc.
theraginasian said:
Remove Extra Useless Preloaded Apps
Forum Post 1: How to remove Stocks, Nascar, and other useless apps...
Forum Post 2: APPS that are SAFE to remove
Thanks chuckhriczko and VoXHTC!
Beyond what most custom ROMs remove, I remove:
-Sprint Navigation (Sprint_Navigator.apk/odex)
-Sprint Visual Voicemail (Sprint_Core.apk/odex)
-Device Self-Service (SDSA.apk/odex)
Code:
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
rm <NAME_OF_APP>.apk
rm <NAME_OF_APP>.odex
Replace <NAME_OF_APP> with the name of the app you want removed.
Make sure to check /system/sd/app for duplicate/other unwanted applications if you have apps2sd running.
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Thanks the cheat sheet. Is this list of apps that can be safely removed still valid for 2.1 ROMs? I am running DC v2.07.2 ROM.
prateekandroid said:
Thanks the cheat sheet. Is this list of apps that can be safely removed still valid for 2.1 ROMs? I am running DC v2.07.2 ROM.
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Make a NANDROID before removing any of them, so if you remove something you want back or that messes your phone up. You can go back to original.
They arent usually the main choices. But you can if you want to.
Heres some you can remove.
Type this
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
* "ls" this will show you all the apps on your phone.*
These are commonly removed-
Sprint_Navigation.apk
Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_TVWidget.apk
Sprint_Nscar.apk
Sprint_NFL.apk
Stock.apk
com.htc.StockWidget.apk
HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
Youtube.apk
Facebook.apk
There are more, but these are usually the common ones. Pick and choose what you want and what you dont want.
Jus10o said:
Make a NANDROID before removing any of them, so if you remove something you want back or that messes your phone up. You can go back to original.
They arent usually the main choices. But you can if you want to.
Heres some you can remove.
Type this
adb remount
adb shell
cd /system/app
ls
* "ls" this will show you all the apps on your phone.*
These are commonly removed-
Sprint_Navigation.apk
Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_TVWidget.apk
Sprint_Nscar.apk
Sprint_NFL.apk
Stock.apk
com.htc.StockWidget.apk
HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
Youtube.apk
Facebook.apk
There are more, but these are usually the common ones. Pick and choose what you want and what you dont want.
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Thanks for a prompt response.
Just curious, wat do people prefer instead of Youtube.apk to watch Youtube? Because as far as I know there is no Adobe Flash support yet. So Youtube videos will not work on its website. I use Dolphin browser.
i personally believe the flashrec method is much more practical. i was able to root and flash a custom rom without ever plugging my phone into my computer, i did it all from my phone.
is there a downside to flashrec im not aware of?
How to prepare your i9001 stockROM for modding
First of all I want to say that I know that there already are tutorials about this, but this is just my sites "well explained aio tutorial" that everyone should be able to follow successfully, just as my other tutorials. I added loads of screenshots to make everything a lot easier. So please no complaining about duplicates
Short description:
In this tutorial I will explain you how to prepare a stock rom for modding, the files in this tutorial (cwm and root) are for the Samsung Galaxy S Plus (GT-i9001) only!
The deodex part will work for every device, So if you have an other device then the i9001 you can only follow the deodex part if you would like to.
General notes
- I know I already made a tutorial about how to root the i9001, but this method is faster and easier, so forget the old method and use this one!
- In this tutorial I assume that you have installed your new stock ROM (or still have the original one) and made no modifications to it yet (this excludes apps & settings)
Chapters:
1. ClockWorkMod Recovery (CWM)
2. Getting full access to your system files (Root)
3. How to make system apks available for modding (Deodex)
Chapter 1. ClockWorkMod Recovery
The first step of this guide is to get rid of the stock recovery, the stock recovery is very useless if you compare it to CWM.
CWM is a custom recovery that it known worldwide, it has a great number of options and actually should be installed by default on any smartphone!
The method of flashing the recovery will be Odin (Mutli Downloader 4.43), this method doesn’t require root access and is very trusted.
What you have to do on your pc:
1. Download and unpack Odin and AriesVE.ops
2. Download and unpack CWM v5.5.0.4 (ICS Compatible)
3. Download and install Samsung USB Drivers
4. Now go to the folder where you extracted odin and AriesVE.ops, and open odin (Multi_Downloader_v4.43_with_smd0425.exe)
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
5. Click on the “OPS” button, now choose the AriesVE.ops file you downloaded earlier, after this check the “One package” checkbox
6. Now click the “One Package” button and choose the “recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5″ file you downloaded earlier, now it will perform an md5 check
7. Now turn off your i9001 if it’s on at the moment.
8. Turn it on by holding: Volume Down + Home + Power (hold it for about 6 seconds) until the Download Mode comes
9. Now put the USB cable in your phone and computer, your computer will now install all needed drivers
10. Once the driver installation is complete you will see a yellow block in your upper left odin window
This means it’s detected and ready to flash
11. Now click the “Start” button and the flashing will start
(as you see this process only takes a few seconds)
12. Now your phone will reboot and CWM is installed correctly. (You can also press the “Volume up + Power” buttons when you see the Samsung logo (when odin reboots your phone), It will force your device to go to cwm.
What I strongly advice is to make a backup of your current rom (backup & restore > backup)
Now see the next chapter for quick rooting!
Chapter 2. Getting full access to your system files (Root)
Once CWM is installed it’s very easy to root your phone very fast.
1. Download Root-i9001-Signed.zip or scan this barcode on your phone:
2. Put the zip on your sdcards root, and turn off your phone.
3. Now turn your phone on by holding: Volume Up + Power, when you see the Samsung logo wait another 2/3 sec and then release both buttons.
4. Now CWM Recovery will show, use the volume buttons to scroll up and down, use the home button to choose something
5. Scroll to “install zip from sdcard” and press the home button
(using the volume down button to go down in the menu)
(after pressing home in main menu)
6. Now Press home again to go to “choose zip from sdcard, this will let you browse your internal sdcard, now search for the root-i9001-signed.zip file
(my sdcard is a bit messy ^^)
7. When you found the zip press Home to choose it
8. Now scroll up (it’s faster then down) until you reach Yes, then press the home button again. This will install the root zip on your phone
9. Now press the back button once to return to the main menu, with “reboot system now” selected, press the home button once to reboot your phone
10 . When your phone is rebooted you should look for the SuperUser app and open it, now press the menu button and choose “Preferences”
11. Now scroll all the way down to Superuser information, then press the second button “Su Binary v3.0-beta2″, this will open the updater
(dutch language)
12. As you see it’s outdated and needs to be updated, press the Update button to do this
13. Now the updating will start, and soon SuperUser will ask for SuperUser permissions, click Grant
(dutch language)
14. After clicking grant the update process will continue and will be done in a few seconds
15. Now your Su Binaries are updated you need to update the app itself, just go to the market and search for “Super User”
16. Choose the one contributed by: ChainsDD, now click the “Update” button to update it. You are now done with the rooting.
Chapter 3. How to make system apks available for modding (Deodex)
Requirements for deodexing:
- Android SDK (x86)
- Java Development Kit (x86)
- Busybox Installed on your phone (the download from the market is the installer, so you will need to run the app to install it)
1. Download xUltimate Script v2.3.3, unpack it in some folder and if you have an anti-virus, scan the jar folder and add “auto_app.exe” and “auto_frame.exe” to exclusions/trusted files. (at least my anti-virus thinks it’s dangerous, but it’s not..)
2. Run “Main Skip.bat”, now the main menu of xUltimate will open
3. Now connect your phone in debugging mode to your pc (but not in mass storage mode!), and choose “1″ then press enter, this will pull all system apps from your device
4. When the pulling is complete choose “2″ and press enter, this will pull all system framework files.
5. Now that you’ve collected all apks/odex files, you will probably need to remove these apks from the “origi_app” folder, since they will probably fail to deodex.
- GoogleQuickSearch.apk / GoogleQuickSearch.odex
- Maps.apk / Maps.odex
- Phonesky.apk / Phonesky.odex
- PlusOne.apk / PlusOne.odex
- Voicesearch.apk / Voicesearch.odex
These apps can be redownloaded at the market later! (Phonesky is just the market installer, not the actual market installation)
6. Now choose “3″ and press enter, now the deodexing of the system apps will start.
This may take a while, but at least it will deodex until the end, since the trouble makers are already removed.
7. When the deodexing of the system apps is done you will return to the main menu, now choose “4″ and press enter to deodex the framework files
Luckily deodexing the framework goes a lot faster then the apps. When this process is also done you will have 2 output folders, called “done_app” and “done_frame”
8. What you will need to do is copy both folders to your internal sdcard’s root (since you’re still in debugging mode, drag down the status bar and click on the usb notification, then click on “Mount Storage” to mount your internal sdcard on your computer (Mass Storage Mode)
9. After you copied both folders, you need to press “Unmount Storage” on your phone, now it will be back in normal debugging mode, keep the usb cable in because we are not done yet.
10. Download ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and unpack it in some folder, Now in that folder “Shift+Right Click” at some empty spot > Open command window here (This is only for Windows 7). XP users will have to open cmd manually and “cd” to the adb directory
11. Once your in cmd, enter the following commands to successfully deodex your phone (an explanation of the commands can be found below them, make sure you don’t enter the symbols as well, I added those so you can see if you’re in the right mode)
> adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
$ su
# stop
# mount -o remount rw /system
# rm /system/app/*.odex
# rm /system/framework/*.odex
# busybox cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
# busybox cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
# busybox chmod 644 -R /system/app/*
# busybox chmod 644 -R /system/framework/*
# reboot
What did those commands actually do?:
“adb shell” – opens a shell interface for your phone, this is the same as a unix shell
“su” – asks for superuser permissions (and gets it right away)
“stop” – this command freezes your phone completely, except the adb traffic, that means you can replace system files without crashing your device
“mount -o remount rw /system” - this remounts the system partition but writable
“rm /system/app/*.odex” / “rm /system/framework/*.odex” – This deletes the old .odex files which are not needed anymore after deodexing
“busybox cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/” / “busybox cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/” – This copies the apks from the folders in your sdcard to the right destination.
“busybox chmod 644 -R /system/app/*” / “busybox chmod 644 -R /system/framework/*” – This command sets the permissions to RW-R-R, some users say it’s not needed but just remember to do it always, it’s a good thing! (and bad permissions may even crash your device)
“reboot” – well, I think you know what this does.
Ok so If you entered all commands correctly your phone will now reboot and succeed to boot. be ware that it takes a lot longer then a normal boot since the dalvik-cache has to rebuilt, this takes about 1 minute and 30 seconds at the i9001. (also depending on the amount of apps you have)
12. Now that your phone is successfully deodexed it’s ready to be customized! This means you can install Theme’s and Mod’s, but you can also do all other kinds of customization, since your phone is also rooted, such as installing Thunderbolt. But don’t forget to redownload the apps that you removed before deodexing
I hope you’ve learned something in this tutorial, I’ve already written a tutorial about rooting, but this way of rooting is just way better then the traditional method.
As always, good tutorial :good: I'll probably never need it, but good to know i could if i want.
regards
busprofi said:
As always, good tutorial :good: I'll probably never need it, but good to know i could if i want.
regards
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Thanks . The tutorial is really focussed on beginners, so they have a well explained tutorial to follow, that they will probably understand the first time they read it. (atleast I hope they do ^^)
broodplank1337 said:
Thanks . The tutorial is really focussed on beginners, so they have a well explained tutorial to follow, that they will probably understand the first time they read it. (atleast I hope they do ^^)
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:thumbup: Always the Best!!!
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda app-developers app
raptor92 said:
:thumbup: Always the Best!!!
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks And the good thing is, I keep getting new idea's for apps and tutorials. my idea source will never go dry! (I guess, since sometimes I suddenly have 3 new apps in my mind, that I can make) In a few years I will have loads of stuff lol (If I keep this tempo of developing/writing tutorials)
Wow another awesome noob-friendly guide. Love your work. Keep it up.
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda premium
iCloud said:
Wow another awesome noob-friendly guide. Love your work. Keep it up.
Sent from my GT-I9001 using xda premium
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Thanks will do, btw I just noticed that I forgot to post all links! (I just copied it from my blog without thinking about all links). my mistake
I respect your work.thanks for the tutorial,exactly what I need.
john9 said:
I respect your work.thanks for the tutorial,exactly what I need.
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Thank you, you're welcome Nice that it's exactly what you need haha
broodplank1337 said:
Thank you, you're welcome Nice that it's exactly what you need haha
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Brood, i have a question on this. After deodexed the app and jar files can these file considered as zipaligned? Because i found that it take a lot of memory compared to the odexed ROM. However, in the xUltimate there is a optimization command available to optimize all the apk files but it also bring many FC after push all the files to the phone.
DreamerTKM said:
Brood, i have a question on this. After deodexed the app and jar files can these file considered as zipaligned? Because i found that it take a lot of memory compared to the odexed ROM. However, in the xUltimate there is a optimization command available to optimize all the apk files but it also bring many FC after push all the files to the phone.
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The deodex process calls it aligning, and I'm not sure if that's really a zipalign, but it's very easy to zipalign, just run the attached "03zipalign" in script manager, (with su icon checked), But the fc's are are not normal, you must have made a mistake somewhere, do you still have the odex files inside /system/app and system/framework for example?
broodplank1337 said:
The deodex process calls it aligning, and I'm not sure if that's really a zipalign, but it's very easy to zipalign, just run the attached "03zipalign" in script manager, (with su icon checked), But the fc's are are not normal, you must have made a mistake somewhere, do you still have the odex files inside /system/app and system/framework for example?
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Nope. During the push process i already write the remove command in adb to delete them all. For the FC case this won't happen if i didn't run the command in xUltimate>Advanced>Optimize all apk>Extreme.
After the optimization i found out that the apk files become smaller in size but sometimes some of the apk will get FC in phone. What i have experienced are camera.apk, AxT9IME.apk, Phone.apk and so on.
DreamerTKM said:
Nope. During the push process i already write the remove command in adb to delete them all. For the FC case this won't happen if i didn't run the command in xUltimate>Advanced>Optimize all apk>Extreme.
After the optimization i found out that the apk files become smaller in size but sometimes some of the apk will get FC in phone. What i have experienced are camera.apk, AxT9IME.apk, Phone.apk and so on.
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Well, I assume you pushed the files while in mass storage mode?, (or did you use adb push?). When you're in mass storage mode you cannot access your sdcard in adb, so what you actually do when using the remove command: nothing.
Then If you place the done_app and done_frame folder in /system/app & /system/framework you will still have the .odex files , Right?
Please follow all steps correctly, I also screwed up at my first deodexes, but when I red the whole tutorial (I believe that was the i9003 one) again it worked
But you can also use deodex packages (KQE for example) which is posted at the KQE rom topic.
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Well, I assume you pushed the files while in mass storage mode?, (or did you use adb push?). When you're in mass storage mode you cannot access your sdcard in adb, so what you actually do when using the remove command: nothing.
Then If you place the done_app and done_frame folder in /system/app & /system/framework you will still have the .odex files , Right?
Please follow all steps correctly, I also screwed up at my first deodexes, but when I red the whole tutorial (I believe that was the i9003 one) again it worked
But you can also use deodex packages (KQE for example) which is posted at the KQE rom topic.
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Brood, i redownload the xUltimate using the link that you provided in this forum and now the deodex process run smoothly and successfully. Finally i can manage my phone freely. Thanks again~
DreamerTKM said:
Brood, i redownload the xUltimate using the link that you provided in this forum and now the deodex process run smoothly and successfully. Finally i can manage my phone freely. Thanks again~
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Good! You know I've only managed to deodex roms successfully using the 2.3.3 version, I just think that 2.3.3 is the magical version . Enjoy the deodex
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Good! You know I've only managed to deodex roms successfully using the 2.3.3 version, I just think that 2.3.3 is the magical version . Enjoy the deodex
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Really? maybe also caused by last time im using the ver 2.4 so this might be the main cause for such problem
Thanks for this guide, but (there's always a but)....
... my I9001 keeps rebooting into CWM now. Whenever I boot it, or reboot it, it will always go back into CWM. I reflashed CWM using this guide, step by step, 4 times with the same result. It's great to have CWM on the phone, but it would be nice to also use the phone as a,... well "phone".
I tried flashing Broodrom (business) and it flashes alright. No way to test it however since all I see after a reboot is,... CWM. I tried 3 different ROMs, but all I see is CWM.
Do I have a seriously strange i9001, or is there something I am missing in this guide? I've flashed quite a few phones so maybe I can't be considered to be a beginner anymore, and maybe that's why this guide won't work for me
Anyways, back to odin and stock ROM for me.
FrepA said:
Thanks for this guide, but (there's always a but)....
... my I9001 keeps rebooting into CWM now. Whenever I boot it, or reboot it, it will always go back into CWM. I reflashed CWM using this guide, step by step, 4 times with the same result. It's great to have CWM on the phone, but it would be nice to also use the phone as a,... well "phone".
I tried flashing Broodrom (business) and it flashes alright. No way to test it however since all I see after a reboot is,... CWM. I tried 3 different ROMs, but all I see is CWM.
Do I have a seriously strange i9001, or is there something I am missing in this guide? I've flashed quite a few phones so maybe I can't be considered to be a beginner anymore, and maybe that's why this guide won't work for me
Anyways, back to odin and stock ROM for me.
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The problem you're facing is the bootloop bug in cwm, some people experience this bug, you can find the fix in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24831012&postcount=1330
broodplank1337 said:
The problem you're facing is the bootloop bug in cwm, some people experience this bug, you can find the fix in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24831012&postcount=1330
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Thanks for your reply. I did try that solution before I posted (I should have mentioned it, sorry). It didn't solve my problem however. I could boot without going into recovery, but nothing would happen, so the ROM would not be loaded. I should mention however that I had no problems with a different i9001, so I might have a phone with some special issues.
# stop
# mount -o remount rw /system
# rm /system/app/*.odex
# rm /system/framework/*.odex
# busybox cp /sdcard/done_app/* /system/app/
# busybox cp /sdcard/done_frame/* /system/framework/
# busybox chmod 644 -R /system/app/*
# busybox chmod 644 -R /system/framework/*
# reboot
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I could not do the above. when i type stop, there is no #.
Edited: I have done it. It is deodex now but when I flash the mod such as the extended toggle bar, when the the phone restart the status bar missing. How can I fix it???
Updated OP with solution, many thanks to @fipsy for the final solution, here is his post for those that need help rooting this device: (UPDATE: Root for 4.2.2 at the end of the post)
fipsy said:
Last week I investigated a lot of days to solve the problem: (I'm sorry for not being able to post working links in this forum because I didn't write enough here. So you have to reconstruct my links yourself into your browser)
As omegadrive supposed you just have to exchange the su binary, give the right permissions and the Superuser App from the Playstore will immediately work.
The necessary USB drivers for the device are found here: http://yadi.sk/d/54lX5c2O386XU
They only work with Windows 7!
After starting the "adb shell" you can gain root permissions on the device by typing "su". The su distributed with the device in /system/xbin is not compatible with common superuser apks. So it has to be exchanged with the version 3.1.1 binary: http://downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip
Copy it to your /sdcard. Then continue with adb shell:
Code:
$ su
# cd /system/xbin
Mount the system partition read/write:
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
Rename the original binary for later use (if something fails):
Code:
# mv su su-orig
Copy the binary to the xbin folder:
Code:
# busybox cp /sdcard/su ./su
Change the permissions:
Code:
# chmod 6755 su
Mount the system partition read-only and exit:
Code:
# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
$ exit
Now install the Superuser App from the Playstore - and have fun! Do *NOT* Update the su binary from within the Superuser App or it will be overwritten with a non-working version!
Cheers, Volker
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CUSTOM RECOVERY FINALLY POSSIBLE!!! Again, many thanks to @fipsy, here is his post:
fipsy said:
I finally made it! :laugh: Here is a working CWM Recovery for the HANNspree HANNSpad SN1AT71 (HSG1279).
I didn't fully test it but the backup function works. Also mounting and unmounting partitions works as well as the adb shell which is very important if the device is bricked and doesn't boot anymore.
Before connecting to the device via adb shell it is necessary to mount the /system partition (menu "mounts and storage") because otherwise /system/bin/sh cannot be found by adb shell.
The CWM recovery by default stores it's backups on the external SD-Card. The benefit is that the backup can easily be plugged out and stored apart from the device. But the recovery is also able to restore backups from the internal sdcard. Those backups can be made online on a running android system by using apps like "Online Nandroid Backup" and "Nandroid Manager". The benefit is that it's not necessary to reboot the device before backing up and you can keep on working.
There is one problem when creating backups in CWM Recovery: The date/time of the backup is always set to 1st of January 1970 due to a missing backup battery in this device. Look here: http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?p=341. So if you want to make backups with accurate timestamps you would have to set the actual time of the device using adb shell: Start adb shell and enter:
Code:
/system/xbin/busybox date -s "YYYY-MM-DD hh:mm:ss"
before making the backup.
To cut a long story short: Download the CWM-Recovery here: http://yadi.sk/d/ArprqzfFFWvy4 and flash it to your (rooted) device. How to do this:
Copy the file cwm-recovery.ima to your internal sdcard.
Either connect via adb shell and enter su
or run a Terminal Emulator and enter su
then enter
Code:
cat /sdcard/cwm-recovery.ima > /dev/block/acta
and you're done! Have fun! Comments are appreciated!
Perhaps someone likes to create an update.zip from it?
Edit (01/28/2014): There is a new version 6.0.3.3. Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49835135&postcount=283
Edit (05/04/2014): There is a new version 6.0.3.3.a. Look here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52416205&postcount=492
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ROOT for new OTA 4.2.2 update:
fipsy said:
Good news for germany: The rollout began tonight! I just got the update to Android 4.2.2! :laugh:
Some people asked for the upgrade file to manually update from the recovery. Here it is: http://yadi.sk/d/igsBGsAjFpLsL
Edit (01/13/2014): Seems this update only works on devices with special G-Sensor hardware (KIONIX 3-axis Accelerometer).
@ig6677: There you will also find the META-INF you wanted.
For your information: After my update to Android 4.2.2 root has gone on my device! I expected this. All Apps that need root don't work anymore. I don't know what you did that root was still there after the update...
Furthermore in /system/xbin there is no su file anymore. Also my CWM Recovery has gone and was replaced by the Stock HANNspree recovery!
But whats new: If you connect to the device via adb shell you immediately have superuser rights! No su is needed for this anymore. So it's possible to restore the CWM Recovery using cat.
If you adb push the 3.1.1 su binary from your pc to the /sdcard on your device and after this execute my commands in the first posting of this thread the apps have su rights with superuser.apk again. But you will not be able to add new programs to the superuser app (if a new app requests superuser rights there is no popup). So this is no solution.
The Superuser App is not able to grant superuser rights on android systems > 4.1.1, but the App SuperSu is! So download the SuperSU ZIP from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/351/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.65.zip
Then copy it to your sdcard and install it using the Recovery. Voila! Everything works again!
Another issue: The Huawei E1750 Surfstick is not detected anymore. On 4.1.1 it was no problem to surf using this stick. But I think this is one of the "great features" of the new android versions...
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New recovery version!
fipsy said:
:victory: Here it is: The new version 6.0.3.3 of CWM Recovery for the HANNspree HANNSpad SN1AT71 (HSG1279)
Beside some minor bugfixes the main benefit of this release is that there are no more errors when trying to restore the .android_secure folder. So the "dirty" workaround to restore this folder is not necessary anymore.
The .android_secure folder is also automatically restored together with the data partition when selecting "data" from the "advanced restore" options.
http://yadi.sk/d/OmsYk6TIGsBsB
Information on how to install you will find here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49166546&postcount=133
Cheers, Volker
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My original question:
Just bought this tablet on Cybermonday for a really good price, but can't find a way to root it for the life of me...
Main problem has been I can't see it using ADB (v1.0.31), always list no devices even with the latest generic Google ADB driver, which shows fine on device manager.
Tablet comes with Android 4.1.1 and no extras, is just a plain version of android with Play market and ES File Explorer pre installed and have access to android stock recovery.
Any ideas?
Also, just in case I start messing with the tablet, Any way I can backup the stock system just in case?
Thanks.
Update:
More info on the tablet...
Model name: SN1AT71
Hardware (According to CPU-Z): gs702a
Board: full_gs702a
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Omegadrive said:
Just bought this tablet on Cybermonday for a really good price, but can't find a way to root it for the life of me...
Main problem has been I can't see it using ADB (v1.0.31), always list no devices even with the latest generic Google ADB driver, which shows fine on device manager.
Tablet comes with Android 4.1.1 and no extras, is just a plain version of android with Play market and ES File Explorer pre installed and have access to android stock recovery.
Any ideas?
Also, just in case I start messing with the tablet, Any way I can backup the stock system just in case?
Thanks.
Update 1:
More info on the tablet...
Model name: SN1AT71
Hardware (According to CPU-Z): gs702a
Board: full_gs702a
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Update 2:
Found that this tablet is practically the same as the Ainol Novo 10 Hero (don't know if version 1 or 2 thou)
So looking in Google found a thread that has modded ADB drivers and following the instructions managed to get ADB to find the device.
Now to keep experimenting
Omegadrive said:
Update 2:
Found that this tablet is practically the same as the Ainol Novo 10 Hero (don't know if version 1 or 2 thou)
So looking in Google found a thread that has modded ADB drivers and following the instructions managed to get ADB to find the device.
Now to keep experimenting
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Update 3:
After trying over 20 generic rooting methods I come back defeated, 6 hours of testing and nothing. :crying:
I also have picked up 2 of these devices (1 for me and 1 for my wife). I have tried every method I can find to root this, inclicking mutliple one click solutions, apps that are suposted to root, etc. and none of them seem to work, I think the reason why is because the device is being reconized as allready being rooted, SuperOneClick, Framaroot, and Kingo all stated that it was allready rooted ..but apps will not install as if the device was truly rooted. Also geting "access denied" when trying to access the root folder..
Applications that require root will install because they think it has root, they also will prompt stating to give root access/permissions, but when accepting, they simply lock up because they can't access the root correctly.
anyways, I'm done trying for now.. if anyone has any other ideas, please speak up and let us know. thanks!
also have one of these
Temil2006 said:
I also have picked up 2 of these devices (1 for me and 1 for my wife). I have tried every method I can find to root this, inclicking mutliple one click solutions, apps that are suposted to root, etc. and none of them seem to work, I think the reason why is because the device is being reconized as allready being rooted, SuperOneClick, Framaroot, and Kingo all stated that it was allready rooted ..but apps will not install as if the device was truly rooted. Also geting "access denied" when trying to access the root folder..
Applications that require root will install because they think it has root, they also will prompt stating to give root access/permissions, but when accepting, they simply lock up because they can't access the root correctly.
anyways, I'm done trying for now.. if anyone has any other ideas, please speak up and let us know. thanks!
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I picked up one of these also, I tried a few of the rooting methods you guys listed before finding this post. also no sucess, Would love to get this working bit better,because stock rom is a bit sluggish when it shouldn't be given the specs.
OK, kept trying and found some interesting stuff, first of all a screenshot with the tablet info:
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Second, it seems the tablet is already rooted but the root is just dummy or the interface has been disabled with deny set as default for any application.
So the trick to root it must be a way to replace de su binary or change the default permission to allow.
Any experts have any idea how to achieve this?
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I thought about buying this Tab. But if there is no working root-methode or costumROM ability thats a dealbreaker for me.
You told that this tab should be identical to the "Ainol Novo 10 Hero". I dont know if that is true, because in one forum some guy told, that the HannSpee is chargeable via the USB-Port, and afaik the Ainol is not. You have the Hannspee, can you tell me if it is chargeable via USB ?
Anyway, on the german Amazon-site there is a guy that claims that costum-ROMs are working on the Ainol
I will ask him how he managed that and perhaps you can try that on you device. But I dont know if he answers, because responds on Amazon-rewievs are not like those in forums (often never answered)
hope some nerd comes up with a nice plan to break into this device......non-rooted devices are s**t!
greetz gerd
Omegadrive said:
OK, kept trying and found some interesting stuff, first of all a screenshot with the tablet info:
Second, it seems the tablet is already rooted but the root is just dummy or the interface has been disabled with deny set as default for any application.
So the trick to root it must be a way to replace de su binary or change the default permission to allow.
Any experts have any idea how to achieve this?
Sent from my HSG1279 using xda app-developers app
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revnu said:
I thought about buying this Tab. But if there is no working root-methode or costumROM ability thats a dealbreaker for me.
You told that this tab should be identical to the "Ainol Novo 10 Hero". I dont know if that is true, because in one forum some guy told, that the HannSpee is chargeable via the USB-Port, and afaik the Ainol is not. You have the Hannspee, can you tell me if it is chargeable via USB ?
Anyway, on the german Amazon-site there is a guy that claims that costum-ROMs are working on the Ainol
I will ask him how he managed that and perhaps you can try that on you device. But I dont know if he answers, because responds on Amazon-rewievs are not like those in forums (often never answered)
hope some nerd comes up with a nice plan to break into this device......non-rooted devices are s**t!
greetz gerd
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Well, I deduced it was identical to the Ainol Novo cause at least the hardware specs are identical and the board and CPU are reported by CPU - Z to be the same one. Tablet layout is a little different thou.
Anyway yes, this one charges through the USB port, but really slowly, good enough to have the USB connected while using it and will not drain the battery, but on my last test it barely charged 5% in 3 to 4 hours of while using it.
Crossing my fingers you can get in contact with that guy and we can figure out how to root this ****er lol
Sent from my XT910 using Tapatalk
Omegadrive said:
Well, I deduced it was identical to the Ainol Novo cause at least the hardware specs are identical and the board and CPU are reported by CPU - Z to be the same one. Tablet layout is a little different thou.
Anyway yes, this one charges through the USB port, but really slowly, good enough to have the USB connected while using it and will not drain the battery, but on my last test it barely charged 5% in 3 to 4 hours of while using it.
Crossing my fingers you can get in contact with that guy and we can figure out how to root this ****er lol
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He answered me, that his Hero came rooted when he bought it and that he simply had to install CWM. He posted a link with iinstructions but I bet it wont help, because the HANNSpree cames with kind of a fakeroot.
revnu said:
He answered me, that his Hero came rooted when he bought it and that he simply had to install CWM. He posted a link with iinstructions but I bet it wont help, because the HANNSpree cames with kind of a fakeroot.
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Unfortunately it didn't worked, kept failing at validating files when it was installing from default recovery.
Anyway, going to try another method, these are the steps I followed:
1) Get ADB working and recognized.
a) Download these modded drivers and extract them.
b) Do this to install them since the drivers are not signed:
run CMD as admin
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
reboot
install driver from device manager
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
reboot
c) Go to %userprofile%\.android folder and if it doesn't exist create a text file named "adb_usb.ini" (no quotes and make sure INI is the extension, not TXT), open it and just add "0x10D6" (no quotes), save it
d) open CMD as admin
adb devices
Your device should be recognized at this point, this is what I got:
C:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
2) Will update post with new findings here...
How to root the device
Last week I investigated a lot of days to solve the problem: (I'm sorry for not being able to post working links in this forum because I didn't write enough here. So you have to reconstruct my links yourself into your browser)
As omegadrive supposed you just have to exchange the su binary, give the right permissions and the Superuser App from the Playstore will immediately work.
The necessary USB drivers for the device are found here: http: //yadi.sk/d/54lX5c2O386XU
They only work with Windows 7!
After starting the "adb shell" you can gain root permissions on the device by typing "su". The su distributed with the device in /system/xbin is not compatible with common superuser apks. So it has to be exchanged with the version 3.1.1 binary: http: //downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip
Copy it to your /sdcard. Then continue with adb shell:
Code:
$ su
# cd /system/xbin
Mount the system partition read/write:
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
Rename the original binary for later use (if something fails):
Code:
# mv su su-orig
Copy the binary to the xbin folder:
Code:
# busybox cp /sdcard/su ./su
Change the permissions:
Code:
# chmod 6755 su
Mount the system partition read-only and exit:
Code:
# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
$ exit
Now install the Superuser App from the Playstore - and have fun! Do *NOT* Update the su binary from within the Superuser App or it will be overwritten with a non-working version!
Cheers, Volker
Omegadrive said:
Unfortunately it didn't worked, kept failing at validating files when it was installing from default recovery.
Anyway, going to try another method, these are the steps I followed:
1) Get ADB working and recognized.
a) Download modded drivers and extract them.
b) Do this to install them since the drivers are not signed:
run CMD as admin
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING ON
reboot
install driver from device manager
bcdedit -set TESTSIGNING OFF
reboot
c) Go to %userprofile%\.android folder and if it doesn't exist create a text file named "adb_usb.ini" (no quotes and make sure INI is the extension, not TXT), open it and just add "0x10D6" (no quotes), save it
d) open CMD as admin
adb devices
Your device should be recognized at this point, this is what I got:
C:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
2) Will update post with new findings here...
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umm, instead of using custom drivers, why not simply use the newest android Drivers? confirmed they work and device is reconized correctly, as long as you "install official droid drivers" then change the "adb_usb.ini" to only include 0x10D6 device, same as your last steps, but using official drivers, instead of custom ones. Maybe it has something to do with the failures?
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fipsy said:
Last week I investigated a lot of days to solve the problem: (I'm sorry for not being able to post working links in this forum because I didn't write enough here. So you have to reconstruct my links yourself into your browser)
As omegadrive supposed you just have to exchange the su binary, give the right permissions and the Superuser App from the Playstore will immediately work.
The necessary USB drivers for the device are found here: http: //yadi.sk/d/54lX5c2O386XU
They only work with Windows 7!
After starting the "adb shell" you can gain root permissions on the device by typing "su". The su distributed with the device in /system/xbin is not compatible with common superuser apks. So it has to be exchanged with the version 3.1.1 binary: http: //downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip
Copy it to your /sdcard. Then continue with adb shell:
Code:
$ su
# cd /system/xbin
Mount the system partition read/write:
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
Rename the original binary for later use (if something fails):
Code:
# mv su su-orig
Copy the binary to the xbin folder:
Code:
# busybox cp /sdcard/su ./su
Change the permissions:
Code:
# chmod 6755 su
Mount the system partition read-only and exit:
Code:
# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
$ exit
Now install the Superuser App from the Playstore - and have fun! Do *NOT* Update the su binary from within the Superuser App or it will be overwritten with a non-working version!
Cheers, Volker
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thanks for this info. I'll test it out tonight, and let you know.
one question though.. so are you saying that future updates of SU will not work? if we do this, should we also disable auto-updates? If the software does update, will it break our system.. or simply that we need to reload the SU over again, but the OS will open, just limited to "non-rooted" ? ??
fipsy said:
Last week I investigated a lot of days to solve the problem: (I'm sorry for not being able to post working links in this forum because I didn't write enough here. So you have to reconstruct my links yourself into your browser)
As omegadrive supposed you just have to exchange the su binary, give the right permissions and the Superuser App from the Playstore will immediately work.
The necessary USB drivers for the device are found here: http: //yadi.sk/d/54lX5c2O386XU
They only work with Windows 7!
After starting the "adb shell" you can gain root permissions on the device by typing "su". The su distributed with the device in /system/xbin is not compatible with common superuser apks. So it has to be exchanged with the version 3.1.1 binary: http: //downloads.androidsu.com/superuser/su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip
Copy it to your /sdcard. Then continue with adb shell:
Code:
$ su
# cd /system/xbin
Mount the system partition read/write:
Code:
# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
Rename the original binary for later use (if something fails):
Code:
# mv su su-orig
Copy the binary to the xbin folder:
Code:
# busybox cp /sdcard/su ./su
Change the permissions:
Code:
# chmod 6755 su
Mount the system partition read-only and exit:
Code:
# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
$ exit
Now install the Superuser App from the Playstore - and have fun! Do *NOT* Update the su binary from within the Superuser App or it will be overwritten with a non-working version!
Cheers, Volker
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OMG!!! IT WORKED!!!
MANY THANKS!!!
Now have full root privileges woot!!! Tested with Titanium backup and ES File explorer they accepted root and got permission prompts :highfive:
I will update the OP with your instructions, they worked beautifully, MANY THANKS AGAIN!!!
Btw, Do you have any idea on which custom recovery may work and if the bootloader can be unlocked? (if it is locked, I can't see anything when booting into fastboot mode and Windows doesn't recognize the tablet at that moment, only shows unknown device)
I want to make a backup of the stock rom and start testing CM builds on it.
Temil2006 said:
umm, instead of using custom drivers, why not simply use the newest android Drivers? confirmed they work and device is reconized correctly, as long as you "install official droid drivers" then change the "adb_usb.ini" to only include 0x10D6 device, same as your last steps, but using official drivers, instead of custom ones. Maybe it has something to do with the failures?
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The original Android drivers never worked for me, used latest version 8.0 and the device was not recognized for some reason, only the modded drivers worked to recognize the ADB device. Btw, I'm using Windows 8.1 Pro and had to turn off driver signature to get the ADB drivers installed, maybe the issue was Win8.1 itself, but oh well, at least now we have a solution. :laugh:
fipsy said:
Do *NOT* Update the su binary from within the Superuser App or it will be overwritten with a non-working version!
Cheers, Volker
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Update: After giving permissions with Superuser I went ahead and installed my SuperSU Pro license, gave it root rights (told it NOT to uninstall the other root app on prompt) and installed as a system app from within the app itself, reboot and voila! still fully rooted and binary updated (it replaced the other Superuser on reboot). So yeah, su binary updates are possible now :victory:
is there any custom recovery to install on this tablet?
Temil2006 said:
umm, instead of using custom drivers, why not simply use the newest android Drivers?
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This also was my first attempt but it failed. So I went the same way as Omegadrive did: I identified the device as a clone of the "Ainol Novo 10 Hero" and searched for appropriate drivers. I found the same ones as Omegadrive did. And they seem to be the only ones that are working.
Temil2006 said:
one question though.. so are you saying that future updates of SU will not work? if we do this, should we also disable auto-updates? If the software does update, will it break our system.. or simply that we need to reload the SU over again, but the OS will open, just limited to "non-rooted" ? ??
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I don't know if future binaries will work. When I manually updated the su-binary within the Superuser App it definitely didn't work anymore. Maybe because the su was exchanged with an older version (3.0.*). But Omegadrive said that updates are possible. So I don't know at the moment. Be careful anyway! Normally there is no reason for updating fully working binaries. The su binary is never updated automatically. So you don't have to deactivate any auto-updates.
Cheers, Volker
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Omegadrive said:
Btw, Do you have any idea on which custom recovery may work and if the bootloader can be unlocked?
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The recovery mode is activated by pressing "Volume down -" and at the same time pressing the on/off key for about 3 seconds. Then releasing it while keep on holding down the "Volume -" until the recovery menu appears.
I think it will be possible to adapt the CWM Recovery. Perhaps we can investigate together on that!? Here the recovery file system table (for nandroid etc.). I just sent it to Ameer Dawood, the developer of "Online Nandroid Backup", so that he may integrate it into his App.
recovery filesystem table
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0 /tmp ramdisk (null) (null) 0
1 /mnt/sdcard vfat /dev/block/actj (null) 0
2 /system ext4 /dev/block/actc (null) 0
3 /cache ext4 /dev/block/acte (null) 0
4 /data ext4 /dev/block/actd (null) 0
5 /data_bak vfat /dev/block/actf (null) 0
6 /boot vfat /dev/block/actb (null) 0
7 /recovery vfat /dev/block/acta (null) 0
8 /misc emmc /dev/block/actb (null) 0
9 /mnt/sd-ext vfat /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /dev/block/mmcblk0 0
Oh nice, thanks for the help, I'm no programmer, just a tinkerer, I'm willing to test anything you throw this way lol
My main priority right now is to make a backup of the current rom and then look for a way to repartition the /data cause 1Gb for apps is way too low, specially when there are 13Gb free on /sdcard, as want to make it 4Gb for /data and rest internal. I'm assuming I have to install custom recovery for that, or can ir be done right now from ADB?
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If you want to store parts of the filesystem (like /data/app, /data/app-private, /data/dalvik-cache and libs) to the sd-card you probably will have to install a custom rom like cyanogenmod which supports additional partitions / filesystems on the sd-card (like ext2).
But you're right. The first thing to do before making any experiments is to make a full backup (nandroid) and be able to restore it from a recovery. So we first should investigate on that...
I just installed the CWM recovery for the Ainol Novo 10 Hero 2 for testing. The device started into the CWM recovery screen but then failed to mount some folders. The menu was working but most features were not functional. This means that the HSG1279 is *not* fully compatible with the Ainol Hero 2.
So we have to find another solution. I suppose it will be quite a lot of work to adapt the CWM recovery to this device...
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Seems like this is a tradition so I will put this on here.
Update 4: 2018/1/14, Offline rooting method by retyre (If no new method comes out, this will be the final update)
Update 3: 2018/1/1, Minor text fix
Update 2: 2017/12/31, New rooting method by bibikalka.
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I am not responsible for the potential damage that will be done to your tablet, such as boot looping and bricking.
Your warranty might be void by doing the following steps.
YOU are choosing to make these modification.
Looks like these methods doesn't work for Fire HD 8 (7th GEN, 2017)
Reason to start this thread
The topic was started by ztrund in this thread and we ended up with a pretty messy thread, which makes people really hard to locate the exact tutorial post. So I think it should be a good idea to start a new thread.
Note: This thread doesn't work for HD 10 (7th Gen) anymore because root access is temporary and it can't survive after a reboot. As a result, don't follow the exact steps on that thread.
Special thanks to strund, DragonFire1024, Blaiser47, mistermojorizin, UROMEGAX, retyre, bibikalka and countless people who helped, discussed and contributed in the original thread.
By the way, please correct me if there is any problem or mistake.
Some useful posts
1. The first detailed tutorial is located in #221 in the original thread. mistermojorizin provided the method and adb shell history.
2. #233 in the original thread. UROMEGAX provided a detailed guide of the method.
3. #304 in the original thread. I provided a more coherent step by step guide.
4. #248 in the original thread. retyre provided a different way to root the tablet. (Blaiser47 wrote that it's easier for him)
5. Easier Way to Root Fire HD 10 used a different approach by bibikalka. (Looks like new method is easier to do) (For legacy method go to post #2)
6. Offline Rooting Method by retyre
After getting root access
1. Xposed & FlashFire posted by retyre
2. tweaks/apps/modules/hacks/optimizations started by razers7t8
New method
Easier Way to Root Fire HD 10 by bibikalka.
Offline Rooting Method by retyre
Legacy way
You need the following things in order to proceed:
1) adb (Available Here)
2) Kingoroot PC version (Available Here)
3) Kingo.to.SuperSU.zip (can be found here in the attachment of the post)
Preparation work:
1. Turn on USB debug mode and "allow third party app to install" on fire HD 10
2. Update Kingoroot to the latest version
Note: There will be a small grey box on the update pop up page. It is up to you whether to uncheck that box or not. I don't think that will affect the following process.
3. Connect your fire HD 10 with your PC.
4. Unzip "Kingo.to.SuperSU.zip". Copy the folder to your internal storage on tablet.
Note: In root explorer the directory is /storage/emulated/0
Let's start:
1.- Install supersu (ver 2.82) on the fire and root file explorer.
2.- Use Kingoroot to root
3.- Open the adb shell and start to type "su" while Kingoroot is rooting (You can also wait until it's done, then type su to proceed)
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
Note: Do not type "adb shell su" because you won't be able to type any command once the # appear. The correct way is to type "adb shell" first then start typing "su"
4.- once the # appear i did # mount -w -o remount /system
5.-Uninstall the Kingo super user app normally (Do not choose to unroot in Kingo super user app)
6.- # cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU
7.- # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu (no error was given in my situation)
8.-# chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
9.-# daemonsu -d &
10.-# cp ./su /system/xbin/su
11.-# chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
12.-# rm /system/xbin/supolicy
13.-# rm /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
14.-# rm -rf /system/usr/iku
15.-# rm -rf /sdcard/Kingroot
16.-Open Supersu (and get the Su occupied error)
17.-setting > reinstall (It is not rebooted)
18.-Install Supersu (ver 2.79) and open it
19.-Supersu ask the user to update binary (I tried to update the binary but failed, nothing happened, didn't reboot)
20.-setting > set supersu as a system app (Mine rebooted immediately after doing this step)
21.-Go to google play to launch Supersu (Don't know why the Supersu icon is not shown in the Fire Launcher so this is an alternative way to open Supersu)
22.-setting > set grant as default access
23.-Then (not sure if a reboot is required here) I received a notification from Supersu and it ask me to update binary
24.-Click the notification to update binary and it should work.
Not sure whether it will work or not if SuperSU (ver 2.79) is used in the beginning of the guide.
Personally the method posted here seems simpler and makes more sense to me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...re-hd-10-7th-generation-t3718629/post74940137
No need to mess with two versions of supersu. After you have root you can just update supersu and binaries to the latest.
I also do not think there is any need to start adb while kingoroot is rooting. It is fine, and maybe better to prevent errors, to just wait until it is done.
I would recommend one always go back to a clean system by sideloading the official Amazon 5.6.0.0 .bin and do not fully set up or connect to the internet until you have rooted. To skip Amazon set up, just select a wifi and enter the wrong password. Then hit back and it will let you skip. May need to do it a few times.
Make sure to say in the op to copy the kingo folder with the files to your SD card storage and clarify that this is the emulated SD. Implied but for newbies just saying you need to have it and not saying where could be confusing.
After you root, if you want the latest updates, at least as of a day or so ago you can still update officially via device options, system updates. But be careful as at some point doing this may remove root if Amazon pushes more updates. To this point I strongly encourage everyone who roots to keep a copy of the current 5.6.0.0 .bin in case you need to recover. If Amazon updates their website with a new updated os, this version may be gone.
Another note, if you are using the fire launcher (default) and new apps are not showing up, just go to manage apps and find the system app called Home Pages. Force stop it and see if that fixes it. If not, go back and force stop and clear data. That should make it work.
I'll add more as I think of things and as this thread evolves.
why do I have problems with the :
... cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
and the ... cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
Obviously , others like me, have problems with it, so the question becomes why do some Fire 10 devices not recognize the commands, when people are transferring the folder to tablet, HOW EXACTLY are they doing it. I open PC and just copy the files to the base directory of Storage Device of Fire. If you got it to work, where did you place the folder and how?
Thank you so much for working to consolidate the root method for the 10. I've been trying to follow these instructions, but they don't clearly explain what you need to do to the Kingoroot app while it's rooting the device and you're in the ADB shell. Do these instructions imply that I need uninstall Kingoroot and not let it finish it's process? Or do I need to wait until Kingoroot is complete with it's task?
Also, did I need to install the "recommended" app which Kingoroot had checked off before starting the 'One Click Root'? Is that recommended app the 'Kingo Superuser' app that's been mentioned which needs to be removed? More importantly, did I need to run Kingoroot as the APK or did I need to install the Windows version in order to do the rooting process? And what does it mean to copy the 'Kingoroot' folder to the SD card? Is there a compressed package somewhere which I need to extract and put into internal storage? Explaining how to use Kingoroot might help in this thread as well.
Right now Kingoroot is 90% done and has been stuck at the number for 15 minutes.
C:\ADB>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # mount -w -o remount /system
[email protected]:/ # cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
cp: /system/xbin/daemonsu: Text file busy
1|[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
cp: /system/xbin/daemonsu: Text file busy
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bakshi said:
Thank you so much for working to consolidate the root method for the 10. I've been trying to follow these instructions, but they don't clearly explain what you need to do to the Kingoroot app while it's rooting the device and you're in the ADB shell. Do these instructions imply that I need uninstall Kingoroot and not let it finish it's process? Or do I need to wait until Kingoroot is complete with it's task?
Also, did I need to install the "recommended" app which Kingoroot had checked off before starting the 'One Click Root'? Is that recommended app the 'Kingo Superuser' app that's been mentioned which needs to be removed? More importantly, did I need to run Kingoroot as the APK or did I need to install the Windows version in order to do the rooting process? And what does it mean to copy the 'Kingoroot' folder to the SD card? Is there a compressed package somewhere which I need to extract and put into internal storage? Explaining how to use Kingoroot might help in this thread as well.
Right now Kingoroot is 90% done and has been stuck at the number for 15 minutes.
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I'll try to answer as much as possible.
First, use kingoroot pc, not the apk. This is likely to lead to a soft brick where on next boot you get stuck at fire screen forever. If this happens, you will need to recover by sodeloading the official bin. I posted how to do this in the other HD 10 rooting thread so just search there.
Next, I would recommend letting kingoroot pc fully root. Do not stop it or do any adb until it is done. You will have root so can adb and su at any point afterwards as long as you do not reboot as then root is lost. As for the recommended apps tick, I would un check it if you remember. It will still install what it needs to root (kingo supersu) but just less junk for you to have to uninstall later.
For the kingo.to.supersu folder, you need to download the zip the op points to and unzip it to a location on your fire. The directions in the op assumes you do this to your SD card (main storage) but do it where ever and just adjust the commands as necessary. Since there appear to be some issues with doing it to SD, maybe try the downloads folder?
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davidinfoman said:
why do I have problems with the :
... cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
and the ... cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
Obviously , others like me, have problems with it, so the question becomes why do some Fire 10 devices not recognize the commands, when people are transferring the folder to tablet, HOW EXACTLY are they doing it. I open PC and just copy the files to the base directory of Storage Device of Fire. If you got it to work, where did you place the folder and how?
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Use adb and explore your devices directories. CD to get to a directory, ls to list things in the directory. It shouldn't matter how you get it onto your fire, but it needs to be unzipped. It also doesn't matter where you put it as long as you adjust the commands accordingly. Maybe try the downloads folder?
Thanks for your quick reply, I'll do this now!
UPDATE: Your advice worked! Thanks for clarifying that we should do this with a factory reset and should use Kingoroot on the PC.
Blaiser47 said:
I'll try to answer as much as possible.
First, use kingoroot pc, not the apk. This is likely to lead to a soft brick where on next boot you get stuck at fire screen forever. If this happens, you will need to recover by sodeloading the official bin. I posted how to do this in the other HD 10 rooting thread so just search there.
Next, I would recommend letting kingoroot pc fully root. Do not stop it or do any adb until it is done. You will have root so can adb and su at any point afterwards as long as you do not reboot as then root is lost. As for the recommended apps tick, I would un check it if you remember. It will still install what it needs to root (kingo supersu) but just less junk for you to have to uninstall later.
For the kingo.to.supersu folder, you need to download the zip the op points to and unzip it to a location on your fire. The directions in the op assumes you do this to your SD card (main storage) but do it where ever and just adjust the commands as necessary. Since there appear to be some issues with doing it to SD, maybe try the downloads folder?
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Part of my problem was seeing written many times ... put files on SD card, and I thought we had to have an external SD card put in the tablet. ( I have been running with that "false IDEA" for a couple of days until an hour ago.
No! SD card just refers to location that is on Fire Tablet itself. The ls command helped me a lot. Others should be aware of this.
I thank Blaiser47 for pointing that out. I am getting much further so far, following the advice in this thread.
Thank you oscarcx for starting this thread. Hopefully you can watch over it, and help correct our errors and giving helpful pointers.
Thanks everybody. I feel better now because the roadblock I hit, has been overcome, now for the other steps in the process.
Too many of these instructions get it completely wrong. There is no using KingRoot to unroot necessary or running the rm commands in the original guides. These instructions were taken from this post by retyre and combined with this post. It's all that would work for me after many many attempts.
Root using KingoRoot as usual; start cmd.exe as administrator. Run the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps on your tablet (SuperUser, Power Cleaner [if installed], Kinglink) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Copy SuperSU 2.82.apk (2.79 also confirmed working) to your tablet and install.
6. Open SuperSU and update as normal if possible. If "SU is occupied" message appears, go to settings and select "clean for reinstall". DO NOT REBOOT. Force stop SuperSu in Settings > Apps.
7. Open SuperSU. Update binary as Normal when asked if possible. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
manaox2 said:
Too many of these instructions get it completely wrong. There is no using KingRoot to unroot necessary or running the rm commands in the original guides. These instructions were taken from this post by retyre and combined with this post. It's all that would work for me after many many attempts.
Root using KingoRoot as usual; start cmd.exe as administrator. Run the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps on your tablet (SuperUser, Power Cleaner [if installed], Kinglink) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Copy SuperSU 2.82.apk (2.79 also confirmed working) to your tablet and install.
6. Open SuperSU and update as normal if possible. If "SU is occupied" message appears, go to settings and select "clean for reinstall". DO NOT REBOOT. Force stop SuperSu in Settings > Apps.
7. Open SuperSU. Update binary as Normal when asked if possible. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
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manaox2
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
You are the man!
Only those of us that have been frustrated with this process can appreciate your KEEP IT SIMPLE approach to this!
Not sure why the other BIG thread on this couldn't do a step by step like you just did!
You listed the steps that were screwing around with me the last couple of days.
Finally it is ROOTED! Yeah!
Ok i know this is a silly question but how do you install the apk for Super SU or if I need to reload 5.6 APK? Where do I place them when its connected to the PC and how do i actually launch the install process on the tablet in ES file manager ( for SU) and also for if it gets bricked and I need to sideload the official amazon 5.6?
Has anyone tried this method with HD 8 2017 ?
dusty23007 said:
Ok i know this is a silly question but how do you install the apk for Super SU or if I need to reload 5.6 APK? Where do I place them when its connected to the PC and how do i actually launch the install process on the tablet in ES file manager ( for SU) and also for if it gets bricked and I need to sideload the official amazon 5.6?
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1. You can get it from Google Play or get it from any liable third party app store.
2. If you get it from any liable third party app store, place it directly in the internal storage so you can install it in es file manager.
3. I remember seeing a post about how to save the bricked device in this forum. You can try to follow that post if your tablet got bricked.
YEAH!!!
rooted baby!!!! now can i get rid of the home tabs?
never mind... i disabled fire launcher
Silly question perhaps, Do I need to reset the device before attempting this?
Guys, how about HD8 2017 ?
wikke said:
Silly question perhaps, Do I need to reset the device before attempting this?
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It is recommended but may not be required
hacker-on said:
Guys, how about HD8 2017 ?
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As reported in the original long thread, it doesn't work on Fire 7 or Fire HD8.
my .02, i like these instruction by @retyre. Easy peasy when I had to re-root. mostly just posting here for my own reference, hope it's ok.
retyre said:
I have done this with success multiple times over the last day, so try this and report:
1. Start with a pristine /system (adb sideload update .bin if you can).
2. Root using KingoRoot as usual; confirm su usage in adb shell.
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps (incl. SuperUser) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Confirm su and daemonsu are in /system/xbin/:
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cd /system/xbin
ls -al
If not, copy them to /system/xbin/ as in step 3.
6. Copy SuperSU 2.79 .apk (other versions might work, but this is the one I have tried) to your tablet and install.
7. Open SuperSU and update binary as Normal. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
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oscarcx said:
3. #304 in the original thread. I provided a more coherent step by step guide.[/SIZE]
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When I use KingoRoot it gets stuck at 90%, nevertheless su binary exists and is working.
The folder /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU however does not exists.
So I skip steps 7-11.
The folders /system/usr/iku and /sdcard/Kingroot do not exists, so I skip 14 & 15 as well
SuperSU does not show "ocupied", but the update binary pop-up (as in step 19) which seems to be successfull (non-recovery install).
I move SuperSU to /system (SuperSU config) and reboot manually.
afterwards the boot is stuck at the "fire" Logo, a soft brick. I tried this two times using adb sideload to reset the system.