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ROOTING:
Since z4root, one of the easiest ways to root, is not working on Froyo in Galaxy 3, I decided to make this separate thread for instructions on how to root Froyo using Superoneclick.
First and foremost: Enable USB Debugging by going to Settings>Applications>Development. Make sure it is ticked.
Download the attached Superoneclickv1.5.zip file. Extract its contents. Make sure your phone drivers are installed on the computer (Samsung Kies). Then follow the steps:
1. From the extracted contents, run the file named Superoneclick.
2. Turn off your phone, then connect it to the computer using the USB Cable. Don't turn on the phone. Keep it off but connected to the computer.
3. In Superoneclick, click on the 'Root' button. After a few seconds, it'll say 'Waiting for device'.
4. Now turn on your phone (while it is still connected to the computer). Superoneclick will detect the phone.
5. Now the phone will be rooted, while it is starting up. When it is started, it'll be rooted.
6. After rooting, download and install busybox on your phone. It should take care of any slowing down of your phone after rooting.
That's it. The phone is now rooted, although it would be so much better if z4root worked on Froyo..
For those getting stuck at the 'pushing raceagainstthecage' step, try this method. Credits go to haree:
1. login as admin and then open the application. Or right click on Superoneclick.exe and click on 'Run as administrator'.
2. turn off ur Virus protection
3. remove all the additional external USB devices(this seems to confuse the SW)
i removed all the above mentioned
and then follow the instructions u will be successful
it worked for me now i have 2.2 and rooted
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UNROOTING INSTRUCTIONS:
Unfortunately, the method to unroot by clicking on the Unroot button in Superoneclick does not work. So follow the following steps to unroot.
1. Download rootexplorer.apk (attached) and install Root Explorer on phone.
2. Run Root Explorer. A 'Superuser Request' prompt will come up. Press Allow.
3. Now, on the top, there will be a button saying 'Mount R/W'. Press it. It should change to 'Mount R/O'. The button should say 'Mount R/O' in order for you to be able to do anything in the following steps.
4. Now scroll to the bottom, click on system. Then click on bin.
5. In the bin folder, look for a file named 'su'. Long press on this file, and select Delete to delete it.
6. Now go back to the system folder by pressing the Back button once.
7. Now enter the app folder. Scroll down and look for the file named 'superuser.apk'. Long press on this file and delete it.
8. Exit Root Explorer after this. Uninstall it if you don't want to use it.
9. That's it. Your phone will be un-rooted.
Another method to unroot:
1. Download and install Terminal Emulator (attached).
2. Run Terminal Emulator on the phone. If you don't see a keyboard to type, press Menu and press Toggle Soft Keyboard.
3. Type su and press enter. Press Allow on the 'Superuser Request' prompt. The $ sign will change to a #.
4. Now type the following line exactly as it is and press enter: mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
5. Nothing will happen visually. The pointer will shift to a new line.
6. Now type the following line and press enter: rm /system/bin/su
7. Again, type following line and press enter: rm /system/app/superuser.apk.
8. Now exit Terminal Emulator. Your phone is un-rooted.
Hehe, first i thought it makes no sense to write a howto on this since its described in the SOC thread anyway, but man the idea to do it during boot is ubercool, didn't think of that...
FadeFx said:
Hehe, first i thought it makes no sense to write a howto on this since its described in the SOC thread anyway, but man the idea to do it during boot is ubercool, didn't think of that...
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I know it's explained in the SOC thread, but many people keep asking on the "Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800: root, gps fix, upgrading" thread about rooting Froyo, so I thought it's better to have one SOC thread right in the Galaxy 3's Development Section. It'll save everyone reading through a lot of pages on that thread..
addicted2088 said:
I know it's explained in the SOC thread, but many people keep asking on the "Samsung Galaxy 3 GT-i5800: root, gps fix, upgrading" thread about rooting Froyo, so I thought it's better to have one SOC thread right in the Galaxy 3's Development Section. It'll save everyone reading through a lot of pages on that thread..
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hi
when i see a few reports that this is working for our G3 ill add this link to the roll up thread very nice of you to give this info to all keep up the good work
one question will this also un root the phone
haree said:
hi
when i see a few reports that this is working for our G3 ill add this link to the roll up thread very nice of you to give this info to all keep up the good work
one question will this also un root the phone
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Can't unroot using the same procedure, but have added another procedure to do it.
This method does work for everyone. The only new step in my procedure is to do it while the phone is booting.
help! !
cant root. stuck at "waiting for device"..... tried everything.. no luck. can anyone help?
coolzarjun said:
cant root. stuck at "waiting for device"..... tried everything.. no luck. can anyone help?
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Are your phone drivers properly installed? Does your computer make a 'Hardware connected' ding sound when you turn on the phone? If not, then you'll have to install Samsung Kies and then connect the phone to the computer to install the drivers. Try rooting after that.
all drivers are installed.. i reinstalled twice.. when i connect in usb debugg.. says installing some adb stuff after fews secs.. comp says hardware might not work properly not properly installed. all other drivers wrk fine.. wat can i do to install adb drivers properly. . i have windows xp
coolzarjun said:
all drivers are installed.. i reinstalled twice.. when i connect in usb debugg.. says installing some adb stuff after fews secs.. comp says hardware might not work properly not properly installed. all other drivers wrk fine.. wat can i do to install adb drivers properly. . i have windows xp
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Connect your phone to your computer. Then open the Device Manager. Then look for the entry 'SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface' in the list. It might be under the ADB Interface tab. Right click on the 'SAMSUNG Android Composite ADB Interface' and uninstall it.
Then reconnect your phone to the computer and see if the ADB drivers get installed properly this time.
did that also....uninstalled and connected the phone. still the same error..
hardware not properly installed.. it might not work properly
i got windows xp 32-bit
can u help ?? plz !
coolzarjun said:
did that also....uninstalled and connected the phone. still the same error..
hardware not properly installed.. it might not work properly
i got windows xp 32-bit
can u help ?? plz !
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Sorry, I'm using Windows 7, so I've no idea what to do about the drivers in Windows XP. Try updating Kies..
i also have win 7 and it doesnt work...help??
reist said:
i also have win 7 and it doesnt work...help??
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I can't help if the drivers on your computer are not installed properly. After connecting the phone while it is ON, open the Device Manager and see if the ADB driver is properly installed.
If the drivers are properly installed, this method will work..
Edit: As mentioned by mhndk14 below, enable USB Debugging in Settings>Applications>Development.
I also had the same problem with windows 7. Just make sure that the USB Debugging is enabled and then try again. It worked for me.
how to bring the phone back to factory settings
hi how can i get back my phone to the original factory settings? i rooted using z4mod and when unrooted the live wallpapers wont go... and how do i get my boot menu when restarted on my 1 5801??
nageshkaja said:
hi how can i get back my phone to the original factory settings? i rooted using z4mod and when unrooted the live wallpapers wont go... and how do i get my boot menu when restarted on my 1 5801??
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To remove the Live Wallpapers, you'll have to root your phone, and then use Root Explorer to remove the files Livewallpaperspicker.apk from system/app, and libRS.so and librs_jni.so from system/bin. Then un-root your phone. Be sure to press the 'Mount R/W' button in Root Explorer to be able to delete the files.
As for restoring your boot menu, that procedure is there somewhere in the Development section. The boot menu changes because of upgrading, not rooting.
It seems i have lost haptic feedback after rooting(jpb), anybody else experience this?
Edit: lol
It was probably sue to the "forced" reboot, but I accidently dropped my phone (batteries feel out) and now it's working
stubborn_d0nkey said:
It seems i have lost haptic feedback after rooting(jpb), anybody else experience this?
Edit: lol
It was probably sue to the "forced" reboot, but I accidently dropped my phone (batteries feel out) and now it's working
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Yeah, haptic feedback stops working sometimes on JPA and JPB after rooting. But restarting the phone corrects it. (Although your method of restarting the phone was too brutal!! )
Thanks addicted2088...worked perfectly...
successfully rooted..........
now i need to know how to install live wallpapers......
thanks
I have downloaded the one click and samsung drivers. The program opens fine. But I have read some people getting phones messed up from rooting with this program?
Should I remove the SD card first before rooting?
Does this program work with 2.2 one click for Galaxy?
Thanks!
Hey
the version i used is 1.7 and no problem here ....
I have read somewhere that you should unmount your sd card , well i didnt and still got phone rooted..
i dont see much of problem with it ..... it will take around 5 mins so just be patient.....dont forget to install samsung drivers .... and put phone into developer mode
Can not get it to work.
Yes I did download Samsung drivers succesfuly.
Yes I enabled Debugging mode succesfully
Tried using both One click 1.7 in Rage mode. Tries to work but just cursor flashing and does nothing.
Then used the other One click program that comes up with BLUE SAMSUNG I9000 and has choice to One click 2.1, 2.2 or remove root.
I choose 2.2 and then phone resets like when I used Clockwork on my old HD2.
I chose correctly to install the files.
PHone loads files but then get error code and wont install them. Reads Signiture Verification Failed!
I read others having same issue of phone not letting files install.
Anyhelp!
I know its not rooted as Titanium Backup is not getting root permission..
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Can not get it to work.
Yes I did download Samsung drivers succesfuly.
Yes I enabled Debugging mode succesfully
Tried using both One click 1.7 in Rage mode. Tries to work but just cursor flashing and does nothing.
Then used the other One click program that comes up with BLUE SAMSUNG I9000 and has choice to One click 2.1, 2.2 or remove root.
I choose 2.2 and then phone resets like when I used Clockwork on my old HD2.
I chose correctly to install the files.
PHone loads files but then get error code and wont install them. Reads Signiture Verification Failed!
I read others having same issue of phone not letting files install.
Anyhelp!
I know its not rooted as Titanium Backup is not getting root permission..
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Down root check fron the market. Just because Titainium is not getting root permission does not mean it's not rooted. It’s not that difficult to root the SGS 4G Phone. The first thing you need to do is make sure your phone is communicating with your computer. Install the Samsung USB drivers.(make sure you have the right drivers for your O.S. either 32bit or 64bit) In your phone go into Settings/Applications/Development and make sure you check “USB debugging”. Connect your Tethering cable to your phone. On your home screen you should see “USB Connected” popup on top of your screen. You should be able to press USB connected button from the drop-down menu on the home screen and see the external SD card on the computer now. If that works then Turn off USB storage. (leave “USB debugging” checked) Then Download SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse, expand the file and go to SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse Directory. Run the SuperOneClick App. When it opens don’t change anything and just click “Root” and let it run. It should say rooted when done. Then go to the Market on your phone and get Titanium Backup and install it. It will ask for SuperUser permission and accept that on your phone. If that fails press “Problems” button, Then “Get Busybox”. Install the new Busybox. You may have to close and reopen Titanium Backup again. BTW this post should be in general.
yeah, i dont suggest you use rage. it took forever for me to root the phone that way. i left it on psneuter and it rooted in about 5 minutes
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Thanks guys! Yes Rage was the issue. I followed his instructions and left in pnuueter and it worked perfectly! Now my Titanium is rooted and working.
Now if we could just get a good Apsd to let us format the SD card to ext 4 that would be a perfect world!
Thank you.
Moved to proper forum.
menacetwosociety said:
yeah, i dont suggest you use rage. it took forever for me to root the phone that way. i left it on psneuter and it rooted in about 5 minutes
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^ thats what i forgot to tell him to change it lol
Rooted my SGS4G using Superoneclick.
2 things I noticed. Your AV will think that Rage is a virus. NOD32 kept quarantining it. I turned off both AV and FW.
Also, after you install the Samsung USB driver, reboot your computer. I had that "waiting for device" message until I rebooted computer. Then it flew. The driver doesn't offer to reboot, or tell you to.
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Just wondering what is the best method to root a Samsung replenish. Thanks
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I'm wondering the same. I've tried using rageagainstthecage, gingerbreak and psneuter. The first makes the phone vibrate alot. The second just sits there and the third looks like it runs comlpetely but still no #. Anyone tried anything else?
Edit: z4root causes the constand vibrate. rageagainstthecage kills adb and adb will not recognize my device until I reboot the phone.
have you guys figuered out how to root the replinish yet??
I'm still trying. I don't think anything out there right now is going to work without doing some coding and I'm not a coder. Anyone know what irc channels I can hit up for some tips on the android exploits used for rooting?
This may help or not get closer to root.
To boot into Android Recovery Hold U down while powering on....or do 'adb reboot recovery' (requires android sdk tools)
If you hold down Q while powering on you get some verbose output instead of the first www.samsungmobile.com screen.
If you power down then hold Q while you plug in you charger you'll get some verbose output on right below the battery icon.
Bootloader appears to be Little Kernel based. Anyone have experience with that?
you guys think Gingerbreak might work?
bump ttt....
More and more of these phones out there... anyone? They sold like 10 of them at the best buy store I work at today...
Bigjohn_S said:
More and more of these phones out there... anyone? They sold like 10 of them at the best buy store I work at today...
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I have my replenish rooted, here's the files.
Extract KMS.zip
Remove SD Card
run PrevailToExistence.bat
Done
KMS will root this phone, run the bat and follow the directions, after you unmount the sdcard and enable usb debugging its best to reboot the phone. seems to have teh highest success
http://www.holylivingfuck.com/Crap/Prevail/KMS.zip
freakb18c1 said:
I have my replenish rooted, here's the files.
Extract KMS.zip
Remove SD Card
run PrevailToExistence.bat
Done
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I'm new to this, so let me see if I have this process down:
I hookup my Replenish to the PC without the SD card.
I transfer PrevailToExistence.bat to the device (where/which folder)?
I run the file within the device.
Is there anything else that needs to be done to root the device that most people would have already assumed to do?
freakb18c1 said:
I have my replenish rooted, here's the files.
Extract KMS.zip
Remove SD Card
run PrevailToExistence.bat
Done
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Unfortunately this did not work at all for me. I have the drivers correctly installed because if I put an SD card in, I can read/write to the sd card from my wife's replenish. I did remove the SD Card before trying this & USB Debugging was enabled. This is the screenshot of what came up. Also why is it that this says its for the Samsung Prevail? Does this batch file also work for the replenish? Anyway take a look at the screenshot & tell me what I did wrong because I followed the above instructions with no success.
UPDATE*** I ran the batch file & rebooted the phone when the batch file said "waiting for phone to reconnect" while it was rebooting, the batch file continued to run and failed........BUT, after it rebooted, I ran the batch file again never disconnecting the phone and I finally had success. Thank you for this method but more detailed instructions would have made this as easy as it really is. Thanks.
freakb18c1 said:
I have my replenish rooted, here's the files.
Extract KMS.zip
Remove SD Card
run PrevailToExistence.bat
Done
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I just tried your method, and was unsuccessful, I had my card unmounted, usb was in debug mode. maybe there was something else you had to do?
update: I pressed space to continue as I powered on my phone, and it worked fine, many thanks to everyone!
Worked on a coworkers Replenish, here's what I did to make it work:
0. Did not install drivers (I already have samsung captivate drivers and samsung transform drivers from rooting previous phones, so the phone was already recognized)
1.Unzipped KMS.zip on my computer.
2. Put phone into USB Debug mode. Plugged in USB cable.
3. (Phone is currently on) Removed SD card.
4. Ran bat file.
5. Received errors identical to those screencap'd by PRBajista above.
6. Powered phone off (left it plugged in).
7. Powered phone back on.
8. After the boot logo, but before the lock screen came up, I ran the bat file again.
9. Bat file ran sucessfully, phone rebooted by itself and was rooted.
I'm guessing the correct process for rooting this phone is to do exactly what I did (install drivers for step 0 if you don't have already), except skip step 4 and 5.
seems very coordinated... what if I have bad reflexes? (in other words, no other way to root?)
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Its pretty easy push the power button in thenphone and hit the spacebar about 5-10 seconds later
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Working on my Replenish too!
ch1pn3ss said:
Worked on a coworkers Replenish, here's what I did to make it work:
0. Did not install drivers (I already have samsung captivate drivers and samsung transform drivers from rooting previous phones, so the phone was already recognized)
1.Unzipped KMS.zip on my computer.
2. Put phone into USB Debug mode. Plugged in USB cable.
3. (Phone is currently on) Removed SD card.
4. Ran bat file.
5. Received errors identical to those screencap'd by PRBajista above.
6. Powered phone off (left it plugged in).
7. Powered phone back on.
8. After the boot logo, but before the lock screen came up, I ran the bat file again.
9. Bat file ran sucessfully, phone rebooted by itself and was rooted.
I'm guessing the correct process for rooting this phone is to do exactly what I did (install drivers for step 0 if you don't have already), except skip step 4 and 5.
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Yep, worked perfectly for my replenish too--I simply had to get the samsung drivers and then run the program right as the samsung logo came up after rebooting.
QUESTION: Anyone know how to UNROOT the Replenish?
Worked for me!
First try, very easy thanks for posting this!
Good Point
panamaniac said:
Yep, worked perfectly for my replenish too--I simply had to get the samsung drivers and then run the program right as the samsung logo came up after rebooting.
QUESTION: Anyone know how to UNROOT the Replenish?
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I agree....I wont do a root until I know there is an unroot method that works. Anyone know of one?
Hello everyone and thanks in advance for anyone replying to my dumb question.
Today I was preparing to use the Aroma Toolkit to restore my phone to a basic stock. I placed it in a folder called ".rom" on the internal sdcard so it would appear at the top. (can you believe it?) I have CWM Red and it doesn't see ".rom" as it is now hidden. (I guess) Unfortunately, I already wiped AND formatted "system" so I can't boot the phone up to change the folder to something more sensible. I cannot restore from Odin OR Heimdall because my phone won't show up on ANY PC and it only shows "Unknown USB Device." I've been up and down with that one too. Also, I tried to put the toolkit on the external sdcard both as is and as update.zip but it says there are no files. I think my only way(s) out of this would be to Odin or Heimdall, if I can get either working again, or if there is a way to get the CWM Red to see that hidden ".rom" folder.
ANY help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks for reading this.
folders and files that begin with a dot are hidden in linux systems like android. you are seeing an unknown device because you dont have samsung drivers installed. you should be able to go into mounts and storage and select usb mass storage or something like that and it will mount as a mass storage device where you can rename the file in windows where that doesnt show as a hidden file.
if you wiped system, if you turn off your device, you might not be able to get back into recovery and youll have to use odin or heimdall. you can download the samsung drivers from http://d-h.st/xEG and when you are in recovery mode, go to device manager and select from the list of device and choose samsung composite device or something like that i dont remember.
next time you want a folder to show at the top of the list, i think you can start it with an underscore. i could be wrong about that though. you can try it out and see.
I don't recall if red CWM has the mount as usb storage option. If not...
Next step is getting the drivers on your PC. Easiest option from there is Odin or Heimdall - unless you want to download the android SDK and use adb shell to rename the directory.
Underscore should work for sorting...
fwiw I use exclamation points.
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Thanks for the reply! Although I did have the Samsung drivers installed with Kies mini, I removed Kies and installed the drivers in the link you gave me but no luck. USB used to work fine in Win as well as Lin but it stopped suddenly. I am able to get into both recovery and download mode fine but I can't go anywhere from there. I tried to "mount sd_ext" under mounts and storage in recovery, hoping to access the aroma toolkit file from there, but I get a can't mount error that says /dev/block/mmcblklb1p2 (file exists). "mount USB" doesn't help either. I really did it this time....
Thanks again for the input
well, if youre not going to download mode to run odin, and you cant do usb mass storage in red cwm, and you want to do it from recovery, you need to choose samsung adb device in device manager. then you need adb and can do adb shell and run "mv /sdcard/.rom /sdcard/_rom"
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Thanks for the reply! Although I did have the Samsung drivers installed with Kies mini, I removed Kies and installed the drivers in the link you gave me but no luck. USB used to work fine in Win as well as Lin but it stopped suddenly. I am able to get into both recovery and download mode fine but I can't go anywhere from there. I tried to "mount sd_ext" under mounts and storage in recovery, hoping to access the aroma toolkit file from there, but I get a can't mount error that says /dev/block/mmcblklb1p2 (file exists). "mount USB" doesn't help either. I really did it this time....
Thanks again for the input
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sd_ext in red recovery does not refer to the external sd card (even though you would think it does from the name)
For compatible drivers, remove all Samsung phone related drivers from your system and install the first driver package located here (not the mini-kies one):
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SGH-I997ZKAATT
Some things that may help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982306&page=2
Also, turn off auto driver install in Windows 7 - could be your PC is deciding what is best for you before you can install working drivers:
Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Hardware > Device Installation Settings > "No / Never"
Then install the driver, then connect your phone. Once the driver and devices are fully installed you can change the above setting back to what it was or to "No / Install" (that's where I usually leave it)
Good luck
Well I sincerely appreciate all the help from you guys, and Zen Arcade, thanks for the toolkit that brought me back from disaster quite a few times. I tried all of your suggestions, but it seems like I might have a hardware failure which occured before all this. I was able to connect to USB fine and out of nowhere it just wouldn't anymore. That was OK. I still rom-hopped along with straight to phone rom aquisition, but then I made a mistake. One I have learned from. I'm not able to get the phone to show up AT ALL. I even tried a clean install of WinXP then the drivers from Zen's post, and Nicky's Win7 laptop. I also tried several versions of Linux. Only Mint's Gparted could see it as /sdb/ with a corrupted partition. I even gave Haiku's Drive Probe a shot. Jack of Clubs, I tried the SDK shell but it just scans and sees nothing. I just think that the USB thing is roadblocking any hope of saving this heap. Recovery is there, download mode is there, but the connection required to utilize either of those is gone.
Again, I truly appreciate the help.
Well I've been trying to get CWM to see the Infuse Toolkit (and various roms) on external_sd but it keeps saying:
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (or /dev/block/mmcblk0)
(Invalid argument)
E:Can't mount /sdcard
I've tried 4 different microSD's formatted as FAT, FAT32, and I used SDFormatter (I saw someone recommend that somewhere). I really see this as the very last ember of hope for this phone before I let it go.
Any ideas?
BTW, my CWM is v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo lagfix
Thanks again and in advance.
Infuse GB recovery menu will not see external SD card.
If you can get adb working - connection to your PC - you have some options. From adb there are commands that will allow copying files from PC to phone ... also from external to internal sd card depending on which kernel you are running. You could also rename your hidden folder too.
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Thanks again for your continued help Zen. I just can't get it recognized (in a constructive way) by anything. I tried Santoku linux today and nothing. I've just been beating my head with this thing. Well here it is: CWM is accessible, as is download mode, and it charges fine, but no PC connection. When it was given to me, the glass was cracked, but it always worked fine for me. It's in a Ballistic case. If your interested in it, I'll be happy to send it to you, even if it's just for parts. I loved this phone, and had a lot of fun with it. (thanks to this community and all of its' contributors) I think it's time to move on.
I'm gonna start looking at a phone with a good selection of custom roms cuz I just love flashin' 'em
Let me know if your interested in this phone Zen.
I was wondering if I can upload a tutorial for Rooting, installing CWM(ClockWorkMod), and flashing Google Play Store through to the Coby Kyros mid7042 tablet, which apparently isn't getting much love.
:fingers-crossed:
Root, Recovery, Google Apps, and debloating of Coby Kyros Mid7042
Root, Recovery, Google Apps, and debloating of Coby Kyros Mid7042
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Backup any precious data from your tablet somewhere safe, like your PC. Atleast until the operation is done. This is easy as s**t....lol Just follow this to the letter. Tested on Windows 7 32bit, and 64bit.
-Extract the folder 'Kyros-7042-Root-CWM' onto your desktop.
-Double-click the 'adb.exe' file, it will quicky install some extra scipts for the tablet.[It won't actually install anything on your PC]
-Make sure your Coby tablet has atleast 70% battery power.
-With the tablet turned on, plug it in your PC.
-Let/have your PC install the latest drivers for the tablet. When done, safely eject.
-Turn on USB-Debugging on your tablet.(located in Settings>Developer options)
-Reconnect tablet to PC. If need be, it will install more drivers.
-You will need a microSD card, microSD card adapter(so you can insert it in your PC).
-So go ahead, and place the microSD card into your PC, and then you'll need to copy the 'gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip' file onto it, aswell as the 'Titanium_Backup_root_v6_1_4_1.apk' file'.
-Insert that microSD card containting the 2 files into the tablet.
*!!!IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A MICROSD CARD ADAPTER!!!
Unplug tablet, and insert the MicroSD card into the tablet, wait a few seconds, and plug it back in to your PC. On the tablet screen, select 'Turn on USB Storage' from the prompt. After a minute or so, a dialogue window should pop up on your Windows PC screen, close those, now you should be able to copy those 2 files into your tablet via StartMenu>Computer>whichever drive your extSD card is, if unsure which is extSD drive, copy to both. After copying files there, close all windows.*
-While still being plugged in, double-click on 'root_recovery.bat' file. A dark window shoud pop up, and do it's thing, and when done, will say 'press any key to finish when done'. This will install a recovery, and root the tablet, this is needed to push Google Apps Store.
-Close the black pop-up window, and safely eject your tablet from your PC.
-If you check in your app drawer, you should have 'SuperSU' installed, that's good, now open it, and it will want to install extra binaries, install them, and close it.
-Now, power off your tablet.
-While holding the 'Volume +', and 'home-key' button, press, and hold the 'power button', and hold them until it turns on. It will now be entering into the custom recovery you just installed.
-Use the volume button to navigate through the options, the home-key to go back, and the power button to select.
-OPTIONAL~This is a good opportunity to make a rom backup of your current rom. Never know.~
-When done backing up your rom(or if you don't want to), Select 'Install zip from SD', choose 'gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip'.
-It will now flash Google Play store. When done, your phone may reboot autmatically, if not, then choose reboot.
-If your tablet restarts to a frozen dark screen, fear not, just hold the power button to turn off, and try again. If still no luck, go into recovery, and use that to reboot. Took me once or twice to see the Android is optimizing notification.
-Now that you also got Google play installed, you should keep in mind that Google play needs to be signed-in in order to use, and that you might get '.com.gapps...not responding'error message, just go through it and complete it as best as you can, if you can't get the screen to go away, just keep pressing the back/home screen button, or if you can, the home icon.
-To fix the annoying error, go to 'Settings', then into 'Accounts & Sync', be sure NOT to sync Contacts, Photos, and People(Remember, there's no phone on this device, hence the errors). You only need to have 'Sync App Data'checked.
-Now restart the phone, and you should be golden.
-You may also notice, you still have GetJar, and a bunch of other apps you want to unintall. If you want to get rid of these, you'll need 'root uninstaller', that you can easily get free from the Google play store to do the job.
OR
-you can use the 'titanium backup.apk' file that you placed on your MicroSD card. You find it by opening your ES File explorer app, scroll down 'til you see you it, tap it, install it. Hit done. Exit out of ES File explorer.
-Open Titanium, ignore offers, etc..., tap 'apps', and there should be an extensive list of all things installed. Be careful what you uninstall, if you do not know what it is, leave it alone. When you are done uninstalling what you want, uninstall Titanium, and you should now have a minimzed unbloated tablet that you have free reign over.
File corrupt
rrowe1980,
Thanks for the tutorial it looks pretty straightforward. I am having difficulty with the file. I'm unzipping with winzip and it says it is corrupt. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
SH
Just finally downloaded a good copy. Not sure what the problem was. Thanks again.
Still no Google Play
StillHacking said:
rrowe1980,
Thanks for the tutorial it looks pretty straightforward. I am having difficulty with the file. I'm unzipping with winzip and it says it is corrupt. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
SH
Just finally downloaded a good copy. Not sure what the problem was. Thanks again.
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I was able to root the MID7042 android version 4.03 however when going into CWM there seem to be no zip files present to load Google Play or any update. I've copied them to both the internal SD and external. I can see them from the PC but cannot find them in CWM. I,m starting to believe there is no real solution for this device.
Could someone confirm if this level of OS can run Google Play? If so what am I missing? I don't know why I'm wasting my time on this...
Many thanks,
SH
PLS help me: Coby Kyros MID7042
Hi all,
I have a Coby Kyros MID7042 which i was able to root with kingroot.
Can u guys tell me how to install custom recovery?
I have been searching for months but could not find anything.
PLS reply fast.
Thanking u,
ADHISH