Sorry to sound pig ignorant about phones but I am ... my expertise is in PCs. So anyway I want to upgrade the Hero with CyanogenMod.
I backed up my contacts, apps, etc and rooted the phone with unrevoked ... lost everything in memory in the process, but that's OK -- the important stuff is backed up.
Rebooted into stock 21. ROM and skipped all the new user stuff ...
OK, here's where I'm lost ... to load the CyanogenMod ROM I apparently need something like Amon-RA, but to load Amon-RA image file I need to install the SDK pack.
So I downloaded the SDK pack, but it is nothing like what is described in all the install SDK posts I've been able to find. What I have found are instructions about running ASroot and other files that don't exist in the SDK version I have.
So like what do I do now, more important ... is there an A to B thread for doing this mod starting from a stock phone, going to unlocking, than loading SDK, than installing Amon-RA (or equivalent) and than installing CyanogenMOD.
I know all this info is out there, but it seems like most of the files I've found don't interface well in the sense that the ones that talk about doing step one aren't terribly relevant to ones that talk about step 2, etc.
Thanks
Yes. Its a sticky at the top of the page. Search "guides" lol...
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All you need to do with the sdk is download it and extract it. I just put it in the root of my C: drive. Then open a cmd prompt in windows by going to Start > Run > cmd (press enter). Then in the command prompt you need to change directories to the sdk folder you extracted. For example, mine is in C:\android-sdk-windows. I just type "cd c:\android-sdk-windows" then "cd tools" to get into the directory where you can run the adb program. Make sure your phone is in debugging mode by going to settings > applications > development > check the USB Debugging box. Then you can hook the phone up to the usb and run the command "adb devices". If everything is working correctly then you should see a device serial number show up. If that doesn't work make sure you have the htc drivers installed by downloading htc sync from their website and installing it.
Once adb can see the phone then you should run the command "adb shell" and then when you get a $ prompt type su in order to elevate to root. Make sure you put a recovery image on the phones sd card using step 4 from this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572 I think he has a link to download the recovery in that guide but just in case here is a direct download link for the recovery: http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-heroc-v1.6.2.img Feel free to rename it to recovery.img so that the commands in the guide can be used as is.
Now you should be able to start at step nine from the guide in that thread (you should be in an adb shell when you start). It should be the adb command to flash a recovery image. Once you do that installing roms is as simple as putting them on your sd card and booting into recovery to select the flash option.
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Sorry about the post but I cannot find the post were it tells me how to install custom boot animations. I also need to be able to do the sounds. As far as I understand I have to put it in the media folder. I found the original one but it does not allow me to move it. I'm assuming I have to do it from recovery but I don't know how. Detailed instructions would be appreciated. I have a cold and the old brain is doing so well. Thanks
s-off your dinc and you can do it while booted
I was trying to avoid that because they do not have a way to undo s-off yet. Just incase my phone dies I dont want verizon to say I voided the warranty. Any way to do it without?
You can flash some of them from rom manager...that's how I did mine.
If you have rooted your phone, which you must have in order to install a custom ROM, you've already voided your warranty.
Adding S-OFF wouldn't change anything in the eyes of Verizon, and you can always drop your phone until it's physically broken if you need to take it in.
rom manager -> download rom -> Ihtfp69 -> boot animations -> download -> pick one
thats where i got mine from
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rom manager -> download rom -> Ihtfp69 -> boot animations -> download -> pick one
thats where i got mine from
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When I try to install from Rom manager it doesn't load it says verification failed or something. Does anyone know how to manually install Droid 2 boot screen.
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SR sense 2. 5. 2
Radio 2. 15
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Did mine 'manually', since I'm rooted I have clockwork mod installed.
1. Boot into recovery (clockwork mod)
2. launched android SDK adb daemon
3. moved file from 'tools' folder of sdk to the proper destination on the phone.
4. Done.
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Did mine 'manually', since I'm rooted I have clockwork mod installed.
1. Boot into recovery (clockwork mod)
2. launched android SDK adb daemon
3. moved file from 'tools' folder of sdk to the proper destination on the phone.
4. Done.
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I'm not sure how to do step 2 your referring to. If you have a link to a thread that explains how to do that, it would be greatly appreciated.
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Well, you have to go to the android website and download the android SDK. Install it somewhere on your computer that's easy to access, preferably put the folder at the root of one of your hard drives.
You'll go into command prompt after that to do a lot of the work to transfer files.
So, make sure USB debugging is enabled (just in case) and boot your phone into cwm recovery. Connect the phone to your computer via USB.
in command prompt, cd to the android sdk's tools directory. From there, you can use the adb commands to transfer files.
So, for me, after connecting the phone I do the following in command prompt:
cd G:
cd androidsdk/tools
and then I use ADB to communicate with phone, first by verifying the phone is connected:
adb devices
(if adb is on your pc, it will auto run the daemon if it is not running)
If your phone shows up in recovery mode, you're set.
You may need to go into cwm and mount your system/sd card before transferring the file.
From there, you use adb shell to acess the phone's file systems.
If you put the boot animation to the phone you'll do something like (while in shell) mv bootanimation.zip system/somethingorother/bootanimation.zip
But don't take the above line as gospel. I dont remember the exact command line to use. Check the thread on "How 2 - ADB, Rooting...." for a list of commands in ADB shell and search for a webpage that gives basic linux commands.
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Well, you have to go to the android website and download the android SDK. Install it somewhere on your computer that's easy to access, preferably put the folder at the root of one of your hard drives.
You'll go into command prompt after that to do a lot of the work to transfer files.
So, make sure USB debugging is enabled (just in case) and boot your phone into cwm recovery. Connect the phone to your computer via USB.
in command prompt, cd to the android sdk's tools directory. From there, you can use the adb commands to transfer files.
So, for me, after connecting the phone I do the following in command prompt:
cd G:
cd androidsdk/tools
and then I use ADB to communicate with phone, first by verifying the phone is connected:
adb devices
(if adb is on your pc, it will auto run the daemon if it is not running)
If your phone shows up in recovery mode, you're set.
You may need to go into cwm and mount your system/sd card before transferring the file.
From there, you use adb shell to acess the phone's file systems.
If you put the boot animation to the phone you'll do something like (while in shell) mv bootanimation.zip system/somethingorother/bootanimation.zip
But don't take the above line as gospel. I dont remember the exact command line to use. Check the thread on "How 2 - ADB, Rooting...." for a list of commands in ADB shell and search for a webpage that gives basic linux commands.
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THANK YOU SIR. MUCH APPRECIATED.
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how do u root with z4root with out being able in install any 3rd party apps
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please help!!!!
Do alittle more research on the whole root process. 2.2 is a little weird but instructions are out there. I would not use any app to root Basically you need to find the right zip and install that with the button recovery.
Also don't expect an immediate response. Just because no one respond in 5 minutes does not mean they won't
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I had to use a side loading app to get z4root installed on my phone and then rooted it from there.
Google "captivate side loading" and you should be able to find the app you need the name escapes me at the moment.
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Sideload Wonder Machine from Android Central worked great for me.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/and...40770-ac-sideload-wonder-machine-windows.html
Watch this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFHLVF1aA0Q
If you can get an app to load and work on your machine to side load the apps you are ready to go. If not, i.e. Vista 64bit is an issue for DroidExplorer, you can use simple adb commands.
Like the video says... assuming you have the SDK and drivers installed. This is also assuming a computer running windows, if you are running Linux well... if you are running Linux you should be able to translate
1. Open a command prompt
2. change directories to the platform-tools directory where ever you installed the 3. SDK. i.e. C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
4. Turn usb debuging On via the phone Settings->Applications->Development and check Usb debuging
5. connect your phone to the PC with the usb cable
6. type adb devices
If you then see something like this you are ok to continue, if not you need to figure out what is wrong with either your SDK install or your driver install
List of devices attached
100049b90495 device
7. type adb install <location of your z4root.apk file> i.e. adb install c:\apks\z4root.apk
8. You will see adb copy the file and install to the phone. (If it fails start reading more in the dev section here. All the answers are there)
9. Disconnect your phone and open up z4Root on the phone and root it.
That should help. All of the steps above and A LOT more are in the dev section here, as posted above search and read and ye shall have all the fun you want.
+1 Sideload wonder machine
Follow the rooting guide on youtube from mobiletechvideo(?), he has a bunch of videos, one is how to flash cognition based rom onto your phone (but the first step is rooting, so you could skip the rest if you didn't want to flash a rom).
Hope it helps
http://capfaq.com/w/Root
Problem getting adb installed.
Installed the JDK.
Installed the Android SDK, revision 15.
Now I am stuck, not sure how to install ADB, don't know if it's done from within the SDK manager.
I've got a Rogers i727R. It's running 2.3.5. It's the stock ROM, rooted. I was figuring that I would have to tick the checkbox in Android SDK Manager for 2.3.5 and download those components, and that would give me everything I need.
But there is no 2.3.5. There is 2.2, and 2.3.3, and of course Android 4.
I do have drivers for my phone installed through Kies if that matters. Any pointers in the right direction would be appriciated.
Harry
Thanks goes to Silver<<<<<<
1- Like always enable your Debugging. you can enable that by going to your Settings -> Application -> Development
2- Install the android SDK . you can download it Android SDK
3- Extract the SDK to any folder, Example : C:\Android
4- Make sure you have the drivers installed- In that way your OS can talk to your phone!
now that everything is installed we can go ahead and perform a command :
1. Open the 'run' dialog by pressing the 'Windows' + 'r' buttons on your keyboard (minimize the browser & other non-windows programs) 2. cmd (this will open a DOS prompt) 3. cd c:\Android\tools (go to the directory where you extracted the SDK) 4. adb shell 5. Now you'll see just a '$' 6. logcat
You can now just press the power button on your phone to see what happens. It displays everything the device is doing.
So the thing is: leave your device connected for a while and see what is actually going on when you're not using it. Boom
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OP,
Just install the 'Tools' listed there in the sdk downloader. you dont need to worry about anything else
It seems to also want me to install the Google USB Driver package. Any reason to do that?
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It seems to also want me to install the Google USB Driver package. Any reason to do that?
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just do it, it wont affect anything negatively
By the way, it worked great. I can now talk to my phone using the emulator on my PC. I see the list of adb commands, lots of stuff. Seems I can even install apk files, run a remove shell. Very cool.
Lol good luck
Hello, i just got my new samsung 7 plus with honeycome 3.2 and im loving it
I want to know what is the step by step instruction to rooting my device using adb?
the root.zip i found on here dont work for me. when i save the file to /sdcard and n reboot n go into wher i applie the zip from sdcard it shows no files at all on my card. i bought the 16gb version of this tab so i dont have the externel sdcard. i thought that i read one the forum you can only use the externel card not the interel. i believe they added the folder /sdcard to the internel drive and thats why it not viewing.
The rooting instructions say to put it on an "external" sdcard for a reason as recovery will not recognize the internal storage. Do you have adb installed on your computer and at least know how to use it? If not it is going to be way easier for you to just go and spend the $10 for an 8 GB sdcard and install it that way.
I can at least get you part way, installing the sdk and jdk. Here are the instructions for installing the android sdk (adb) direct from google. You also need the java jdk installed on your commputer and google has a link in their instructions.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing.html
You first need the proper usb drivers installed and not exactly sure on how to do that. I already had the android usb drivers installed on my computer for my phone and I just let the compter install whatever else it needed the first time I connected my tab to it.
You will need usb debugging turned in your settings and then power the tab off. You would then plug the usb cable into the tab and computer then boot it into recovery. Once into recovery Mount/System. You then run adb in a command window and change the drive to the platform-tools directory where adb resides. It would look something like this in a command window (c:\android-sdk-windows\ is how I set my computer up yours may be different):
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
To check and see if your device is recognized by adb run the command:
adb devices
If nothing is listed then adb isn't recognizing the device and you would need to troubleshoot your installation or boot method.
As far as installing the root.zip file I'm not sure as I've never had to do that before as I've always had an external sdcard on my devices. Maybe someone else can take you thru the last step. I believe all you would do is push the file inside the zip folder over to the tab. The su file inside the root.zip folder needs to be in the same directory as adb, platform-tools directory.
adb push su /system/bin
I'm not sure if you need to change permissions on this file or not and that is done thru a chmod command in adb shell but not sure of the proper code to use for the GTab to do this. For my phone setting permissions looks like this:
adb shell
cd /system/bin
chmod 0644 Su
exit
Do not use this chmod as I'm not sure it will work on the GTab or what it will do to it, it just an example.
In summary these are the basic steps you are trying to accomplish:
1. Install Java JDK
2. Install Android SDK
3. Install USB drivers
4. Turn USB debugging on in Tabs settings
5. Boot Tab into recovery while connected to PC
6. Mount/System in recovery
7. ADB push su file to system/bin
8. Set permissions of su???
9. Exit adb
10. Reboot phone and install superuser and busy box from market
Thanks im rooted now. I took the sdcard out of my droidx & it works on my galaxy tab & i used the root.zip file.
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ronlsjr said:
Thanks im rooted now. I took the sdcard out of my droidx & it works on my galaxy tab & i used the root.zip file.
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Yes any sdcard will do and that is the easiest way. Though I think everyone should learn how to use adb anyways as it is useful especially if you get into modding.
Yes i do want to learn how to use adb. My desire is to become a developer.
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Just follow the link I provided previously to the android developers site and follow the instructions. You will first have to have Java JDK installed and a link to that is provided on the android developers website in the link. Once JDK is installed download and install the SDK. It will only put the basic functions onto your computer and you will have to install the rest through SDK Manager, this can take a while, up to an hour or so depending on what packages you want to install. At the minimum you would want the Android 3.2 API (GTab 7+ uses this) and the Google USB drivers and then any other API's for phones you may have. I myself installed all the API's as my first phone had Donut (Android 1.6).
I know this may be a stupid question but why root? what special features does it give you? I am not sure If I want to or not.
Anyone? I'm just curious if I should flash a ROM on here or not I just don't know why because it works fine now after the SwiftKey x and other little apps
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Noah321 said:
Anyone? I'm just curious if I should flash a ROM on here or not I just don't know why because it works fine now after the SwiftKey x and other little apps
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There's a difference between "flashing a ROM" and "adding root access".
A custom ROM implies someone has taken the stock software infrastructure, altered/tailored/customized it, and packaged it for others to easily use.
"Rooting" a device just simply gives you access to certain folders, permissions, files, etc.
It's like giving yourself Admin Rights to your work computer (assuming you're over 18 and/or working).
It allows you to do things that the manufacture probably didn't want you to do - like delete "bloatware" (unwanted apps).
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I am new to the ASUS family of tablets, and j just can't figure out how to root. I have rooted many tablets and installed custom roms before but the i cannot follow the how tos listed here. For one fastboot doesnt work on my computer. It opens and closes immediately. What i would like is a detailed step by step guide with a trouble shooting guide. I mean now i reading about downgrading, blob files and a few other things i never dealt with on my galaxy. Someone help......would love to root this thing. Email me if u want [email protected]
You need to run fastboot from the DOS Prompt
start run - cmd
then type fastboot command.
I take it you have unlocked your bootloader?
Check this thread, it has videos about rooting and whatnot, hope it helps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663244
Northern-Loop said:
You need to run fastboot from the DOS Prompt
start run - cmd
then type fastboot command.
I take it you have unlocked your bootloader?
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Yes, Bootloader is unlocked. Ok, so I tried the flashboot command, so now what? I typed the command from the walkthru "fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery recovery.img " but get an errorcannot load recovery.img. So what am I missing. I have the recovery image on my desktop.....
Put the recovery image in the same folder as your fastboot application and it should work.
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Put the recovery image in the same folder as your fastboot application and it should work.
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....what fastboot folder? I installed the ADK per the instructions, I downloaded the root and recovery image. I looked in the system for a fastboot folder and do not see it. Plus when I try to type in the fastboot command now, it says it is not a recognized command. I am sure this is something simple, but I am just not getting it. Is there a more detailed step by step somewhere that will actually walk you thru the steps without assuming you know what they are talking about? I can root my phone, my galaxy tab all day long and install and change ROMS, but this one has me upside down.
When you installed android SDK and ran SDK manager to install the tools, it should create a "platform tools" folder. In that folder you should see "fastboot.exe." Put the recovery image into the same platform tools folder.
Make sure when you run the command that you are in the command prompt, and that you have navigated to the same platform tools folder. It should then recognize the fastboot command and flash your recovery.
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When you installed android SDK and ran SDK manager to install the tools, it should create a "platform tools" folder. In that folder you should see "fastboot.exe." Put the recovery image into the same platform tools folder.
Make sure when you run the command that you are in the command prompt, and that you have navigated to the same platform tools folder. It should then recognize the fastboot command and flash your recovery.
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Found the folder and it did have the platform tools in it but Apparently I have forgotten how to navigate in CMD, so I moved the folder to the current location CMD was at. I typed in the command fromt the walkthrough and I get "adbwinapi.dll" is not installed. Not sure if this is progress or not.....so now what.
That file should be in your platform tools folder as well. I think it's a driver issue. Is your tablet showing up in device manager? Does it have a yellow triangle? I'm not really an expert unfortunately, hopefully someone with more knowledge can jump in.
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That file should be in your platform tools folder as well. I think it's a driver issue. Is your tablet showing up in device manager? Does it have a yellow triangle? I'm not really an expert unfortunately, hopefully someone with more knowledge can jump in.
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So I think I am going to delete everything and start from scratch. This shouldn't be this difficult. Here we go......
tccc143 said:
So I think I am going to delete everything and start from scratch. This shouldn't be this difficult. Here we go......
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Ok, so reinstalled everything.....did a quick refresher on CMD directions and had it rooted with CWM in 10 minutes. I have been working in Android so long without the use of a PC that I forgot how to use the PC. Thanks for the help....now we wait for some nice roms.
Sweet, glad you got it, I've done this stuff a few times but I always have to refresh myself and take it slow on each different device.
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Found the folder and it did have the platform tools in it but Apparently I have forgotten how to navigate in CMD, so I moved the folder to the current location CMD was at. I typed in the command fromt the walkthrough and I get "adbwinapi.dll" is not installed. Not sure if this is progress or not.....so now what.
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You should not move the folder. This can cause all kinds of problems. in the cmd prompt just type
cd \folder\folder\etc.
The cd means change directory and you start off with a backslash to set the initial path to the root of your drive. if folder names include spaces then wrap the path with quotes, cd "\folder one\folder two\etc". the prompt should change from C:\windows or whatever to what you typed in.
if you've installed on a drive other than C: then first change to that drive by typing the drive letter followed by a colon, ie D:
Good old DOS will never die.
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