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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 ?
DISCLAIMER: DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK / RUIN YOUR PHONE IN ANY WAY.
Hi Everyone,
I have some good news for the owners of Samsung Galaxy 5 (i5500) Smartphones.
Doing some research on Google and reading about efforts from other people who could install applications on SD card on other android phones, I was able to develop a method to install application into SD card for the Galaxy 5. Better yet, you won't even need a custom Rom.
Before I get into the specifcs let me state that the following steps are manual and no application is provided to automate the process, so advanced computer skill is required and some knowledge of unix/linux is a plus.
Here we go: PLEASE READ THE WHOLE THING BEFORE YOU START. I MAY HAVE OMMITED SOME COMMANDS OUT OF LACK OF ATTENTION.
1) You'll need to root your phone. There is a lot of guides about this available, just google for it. I've used the SuperOneClick Root to do this.
2) Partition your sd card like this: 1 - FAT, 2 - Linux ext2. Again, there is a lot of guides about this on the net, just google again. I've used Paragon Partition Manager 2010 to lower the size of my FAT partition, leaving a 550MB unallocated space at the end of the card. Then I formatted this space as ext2 in linux, using ubuntu live CD. Most guides around there recommends that you keep this partition between 500~750MB, so I didn’t try with greater sizes. Also, i kept my partition 1 as FAT 16, but FAT 32 might actually work too, try that if you want and post me a reply.
3) Download Titanium Backup (or another app backup tool) from market and backup your applications. You may need to restore your applications to correct some permission problems that may occur after completing this guide.
4) Install busybox. BusyBox is a software application that provides many standard Unix tools, which are not available on stock android. You can get a copy of busybox by clicking on “problems?” button on Titanium Backup main window. It will get installed on /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files.
5) If you still don’t have Android SDK installed on your PC, download and install it from Google. You’ll need ADB (Android Debug Bridge), which is included in the SDK, to proceed. Now open a shell connection with your device by typing:
Code:
adb shell
Just keep in mind that you MUST be logged as root. Root command prompt is recognized by the # character. If you don’t have root type the ‘su’ command. If even with ‘su’ you couldn’t get root, please review step 1.
6) Create ‘sd’ folder int /system:
Code:
cd /system
mkdir sd
7) Mount ext2 partition into /system/sd
Code:
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd
8) Create a folder to store the applications into ext2 partition:
Code:
cd /system/sd
mkdir app
9) Copy busybox to /system/bin
Code:
cat /data/data/com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup/files/busybox > /system/bin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/bin/busybox
10) Copy your applications to ext2 partition:
Code:
busybox cp /data/app/* /system/sd/app/
11) Change permissions of copied applications:
Code:
cd /system/sd/app
chown system.system *
chmod 644 *
12) Now comes the tricky part: making Android mount your new partition at boot time. All the hard work would be useless if Android discarded the mount points every time we restarted our phones. To do this we’ll need to create 2 scripts and store then into /system/etc. Obviously the scripts should be started by init.rc and need to run as root. Fortunately Android’s init.rc have a gap that makes this possible. The scripts are named install-recovery.sh and init-sd2.sh.
install-recovery.sh content:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
/system/etc/init-sd2.sh&
init-sd2.sh content:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
MYLOG=/data/install-recovery.log
echo "$(date) Starting install-recovery.sh" > $MYLOG
echo "$(date) Waiting SD to become ready..." >> $MYLOG
sleep 10
mount -t ext2 /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 /system/sd 1>>$MYLOG 2>>$MYLOG
mount -o bind /system/sd/app /data/app 1>>$MYLOG 2>>$MYLOG
mount >> $MYLOG
echo "$(date) Finishing install-recovery.sh" >> $MYLOG
If you plan to edit this files on windows I recommend a tool that is capable of keeping UNIX file format, just like notepad++ free tool.
13) After placing the scripts, change their permissions:
Code:
cd /system/etc
chmod 555 install-recovery.sh
chmod 555 init-sd2.sh
14) Rename the default application folder. If everything works fine you can remove this later to save space:
Code:
cd /data
mv app app_old
mkdir app
chown system.system app
chmod 755 app
15) Restart your phone and cross your fingers
16) If you have problems with your widgets don’t worry. You just need to remove then from your homescreen and add again.
17) Check if your applications are running as they should. Restore backups you’ve made with Titanium Backup for the applications showing problems.
18) If your partition didn’t mount at boot, check log file at /data/install-recovery.log
19) From now on your new applications will be installed on your SD Card. You can modify the scripts to store other folders from /data into the ext2 partition as needed. I’ve been running my applications from SD Card for a week now without any problems or bugs.
20) If you can’t make it work, post your question here and I will try to help you out.
21) Donations are welcomed, just drop some money into my paypal account. Just kidding
Good luck and cya!
can this script use for moving /data/data to EXT2?
if can, from where i should start type the script?
i'm still newbie on this
so i'm alittle bit confused, i hope you can help me and sorry for my bad english
i'm already succes from step 1 to step 11
but i'm little confused at step 12
can you explain how to make the script?
should i make those 2 script via notepad++ and then copy it to /system/sd and then continue to step 13?
or should i just type everything on step 12 after step 11 in cmd prompt?
the problem is, if i make the script from notepad++ the android system will just discard my mount point when i restart my phone
and if i just type everything on the step 12 in comand prompt, when i'm type chmod 555 install-recovery.sh and chmod 555 init-sd2.sh like in the step 13, it always say that install-recovery.sh and init-sd2.sh file is not found?
so what should i do?
i'm stuck on step 12
step 12, type it on notepad++ and then you have to change the extension of the file with .sh, after that copied the 2 files to /system/etc
andikasuhendar said:
step 12, type it on notepad++ and then you have to change the extension of the file with .sh, after that copied the 2 files to /system/etc
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i've already done that
but when i make the script via notepad ++, i'm already make the save type become .sh, so isn't it just the same?
but when i reboot the phone it's still not working
But how to copy this two script files to system/etc??? it's saying permision denied..
But how to copy this two script files to system/etc??? it's saying permision denied..
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I'm use root explorer to move it to system/etc
The script can be moved but it still doesn't work at all :-(
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And i can't move them even with root explorer.. i don't get what i'm doing wrong (
@agus
about the scripts, u can check with root explorer, try to view the script and make sure it was the exact same from the script above, coz i experience the same problem for the first time i try this. if u sure that the script are same then try to execute it using root explorer and then go to titanium backup and see if there is there is another storage (usually there is internal and SD card only).
@stasic
use the root explorer to copy the script to /system/etc, don't forget to change the root explorer option from R/O to R/W, this option should be on top of the page, just touch it to change from R/O to R/W.
andikasuhendar said:
@agus
about the scripts, u can check with root explorer, try to view the script and make sure it was the exact same from the script above, coz i experience the same problem for the first time i try this. if u sure that the script are same then try to execute it using root explorer and then go to titanium backup and see if there is there is another storage (usually there is internal and SD card only).
@stasic
use the root explorer to copy the script to /system/etc, don't forget to change the root explorer option from R/O to R/W, this option should be on top of the page, just touch it to change from R/O to R/W.
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veeeerrrryyyyyyyyy biiiiiiigggggggggggg thaaaaaaannnnnkkkkkssssss brrroooo
you was right, after i check the script via root explorer, the script was not the same, after i fix it, everything works like a charm
in a step 2... how to change linux ext2???
any software can change from FAT to ext2???
I've changed root explorer option to R/W and still no luck..
@agus
sama2 bro AKA ur welcome bro, have fun with the app2sd hehehe
@nima
search on google, how to format EXT2, if i correct u can use paragon partition for windows user, but if u use macintosh u can just go to disk utility and make partition with EXT2 format
@stasic
go to the /system/etc and see if it already R/W or still R/O
It's written that R/W but when I copy and paste still nothing happens..
thx guy.... i must try it
andikasuhendar said:
@stasic
go to the /system/etc and see if it already R/W or still R/O
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i've rooted my g5 using superoneclick
but i still have R/O in /system/etc
when i tap R/O on the screen, i wont changed to R/W
what should i do?
maaf inggris nya acak2an
@siap
siapakahaku said:
i've rooted my g5 using superoneclick
but i still have R/O in /system/etc
when i tap R/O on the screen, i wont changed to R/W
what should i do?
maaf inggris nya acak2an
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In your PC command prompt execute:
Code:
adb shell
Make sure you are loged in as root and in ADB SHELL try this:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/stl12 /system
Then execute:
Code:
mount
If your mount result has a line like the one bellow, with the rw set, you'll be able to copy the files.
Code:
/dev/stl12 /system rfs rw,vfat,llw,check=no,gid/uid/rwx,iocharset=utf8 0 0
@stasic
stas1c said:
It's written that R/W but when I copy and paste still nothing happens..
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Try the same thing I posted above. I don't have Root Explorer installed here, so you should be able to finish this guide without it.
stuck in step 2
cant mkdir....
Hi, nice guide!
I succeded with this the first time I tried but now I have changed to a larger sd card and I can't get it to work.
The log file says that it failed to mount the mmcblk0p2 folder, and now when I check it doesn't even exist. What should I do?
Hope I can get help.. thankful for response. /Mattefacit
I've been trying for a couple of days now to try and modify the /system folder because I want to edit the host file and delete standard .apk's. However I just can't get it to work and I don't understand why.
I got a rooted 2.2 legend with modaco stock htc sense rom.
Things I tried:
Root explorer: For some reason I can't write files to the folder. It always says there is not enough free space while there is something like 6mb available. Also, deleting files doesn't actually seem to work. Root exploreres says the files are deleted but after a reboot they are there again!
Also root explorer makes my phone reboot.
ADB: Basically the same thing. Also I don't get adb to work when i'm in recovery mode (red traingle screen, I used to have clockwork but even after trying to reflash the clockwork recovery that just doesn't show up anymore and gone fubar out of the blue....) and want to enter the /system folder.
Terminal app: Same thing as above.
All 3 make my phone reboot.
What am I doing wrong?
I don't use the same phone as you, but I think that /system is usually mounted as read only (ro). Some file managers can mount /system as read/write (rw). Or I think you can chmod /system to 777 in your terminal as su with the command chmod 777 /system. Also I think CWM has an option to mount /system as rw, but I may be wrong. If you chmod, remember to set it back. You'll need to know shell commands and how to read permissions from an ls -a -l command and reset them. Hope this helps.
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REVISED TUTORIAL IN ROOTING 2.3.6 SAMSUNG REPLENISH
warning for experienced adb users!: this was made with noobs in mind. you may learn something (from me! a noob! XD) but anyways, enjoy!
this does not affect anything on the phone except for adding the ability to access root permissions. CWM is not permanent, it disappears after you use it, and nothing on the phone is affected, as far as i know, but i had just factory reset the phone, so use at your own risk...
you may need to know:
root of a drive- drives are designated C:\ or D:\ or whatever letter in windows. Just go to "computer" and double click the first item. That location is the "root" of a drive.
Note: make sure you have at least 400 mb of memory (i know, thats alot, but just in case) on your sd card so you can back up your entire phone! i reccomend doing every optional step!!! It'll save you hassle if you have problems. If you can't make room for some reason, and you still wanna try, you should skip step 8. I don't suggest it though.
1. download "odin.zip" and "su" here: https://www.box.com/shared/620b03e95cc0814fefc8 and unzip to your desktop. if you dont have the android sdk, simply copy the "adb.exe" file from "odin.zip" to the root of your primary drive for later. Just go to "computer" and double click the top icon/item. It should say something about C:/. If you're on Mac, sorry. Idk much about it. As for Linux, I have no clue how you'd even try to do this. I love Linux but, sadly, can't experiment with this in it. WINE has its limits....... And I don't think adb or Odin would work.
2. download the "su" file and put into into "platform-tools" where you installed the android sdk, if you have it, or put onto the root of your primary drive if you havent.
3. start phone while holding "spacebar" and "p". "downloading..." should appear on the screen in yellow text
4. plug into the computer and run "Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.42.exe"
5. select SPHM580.ops for "OPS" and Replenish-CWM5.tar for "One Package" (they should be the only options) DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!
6. hit "Start" and DO NOT REMOVE PHONE FROM USB.
7. as the phone reboots, hold "u" until CWM opens and set the phone down. you should close Odin now.
8. use the volume keys to navigate to the backup and restore option and use enter to select backup. wait for it to finish completely and take you back to the the CWM main UI. backing up here creates a pure recovery, untouched by anything. CWM is NOT installed into this recovery. continue with the guide.
9. open the command prompt (type cmd.exe in search or run in the start menu, depending on your version of windows) or use some form of terminal emulator on your operating system of choice. command prompt is preferred due to the fact i know it can get the job done, but do what you will.
10. navigate to the drive your sdk is on and into "platform-tools" or to the folder you put the adb.exe and su files on. the default should be [name of drive]:\Users\[username]\. use the "cd.." command til youre at the root of the drive, and if you installed the sdk, type "cd android-sdk-windows/platform-tools" or just go to the root of the drive and go to the next step if you havent. just be sure adb.exe and su are there.
11. type this in line for line, with enters in between. the blue "~#" in the later lines is the prompt you should have. do not type this. it will be in blue. (clockworkmod should still be open on your phone at this point)
adb shell
~#mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
~#exit
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell
~#chmod 777 /system/bin/su
~#reboot
DO NOT CLOSE THE COMMAND PROMPT YET FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE
If you have problems with that, try using CWM to mount "/system". Some friendly people over at androidcentral pointed that out. I personally didn't have that problem, but I'm glad it's fixed.
12. when your phone has rebooted, go back to the open command prompt, which should be where it was before you typed "adb shell"
13. type "adb shell". you will see a prompt of "$." type "su." if you have a prompt of "#" rejoice! you have permanent root! now you can go on the Play Store and find "Superuser" and "Busybox" (they should be free. if you cant find it, get ahold of me and ill try to supply the newest updates) if not, and you have a backup from optional step 2, you should go through til you hit CWM and restore the backup. if not, make one now and reattempt everything aside from downloads and the moving the files around on your computer. Also, someone said something about "chmod 06755 /system/bin/su", so if you might try using that instead of "chmod 777 /system/bin/su". 777 worked for me, but maybe this works better for you.
OPTIONAL FINISH STEP: I dont know how you install CWM permanently, but you should do this so you can make backups of your rom and store them somewhere like on a box.com or mediafire.com account if you decide to mess with something on your phone. (use hjsplit to break it into pieces for uploading and reassemble after download for flashing if its too big). to use a recovery, enter CWM (either the way i have here or if you have permanently installed, just reboot and hold "u") and navigate to "backup and restore," "restore," and select the recovery you wish to use on your sd card (make sure when you take out a backup for storage, you zip up the entire folder with the name that contains the date and time of your backup.) it will overwrite everything on your phone to be exactly like it was when you backed it up.
good luck! have fun!
Note: if you rename the CWM backup file, make sure it DOESN'T HAVE A SPACE or it'll give you something about md5 or something not matching. If it says this, remove any spaces in the name and try again. I had it happen on my xperia play and freaked, thinking it was soft-bricked permanently one time, til I found out about cwm's glitch with that.
Also, I uploaded pretty much everything needed for rooting the phone, with comments pertaining to each file. This includes current (as of July 31, 2012) copies of Superuser.apk, a busybox installer, and the busybox and su binaries, as well the Odin package containing the tools to temp flash CWM.
the odin.zip file and the process of achieving CWM temp-flashing was found at http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...method-samsung-replenish-android-2-3-6-a.html and credit for that part is given to joshua.worth, although I took it a different path than he did.
Update to above info: to simplify things, I uploaded all relevant files to box so people can get them easier. The su file went missing from xda, most importantly, so I fixed that, and added an updated binary in case someone has trouble with the other one.
contact me at [email protected] if you cant pm me.
Sorry if it takes a while to respond. Life's been kinda crazy for me lately, and I am using my new phone (no service) to do this over wifi.
ahh... well, turns out unrooting cannot be done with a CWM backup... you probably have to find a nandroid or a clean version of kernel with rom. the su file dissapears, although root is still there. ill keep playing with it, i have an idea why root stays although su disappears from the system files. anyways, i will still supply a backup thats pre-rooted for anyone who is willing to have a fresh start on their replenish. it will have superuser.apk preinstalled along with busybox, and everything else will be wiped. this will be a sprint backup, so if anyone has the boost version and is willing to back up with CWM and factory reset, then follow my guide, install busybox and superuser.apk, then back it up again, id be eternally grateful to have a copy
by the way, if anyone has problems with restoring a backup due to "md5" tags or whatever it is, make sure the name of the backup has no spaces. i was freaking out til i found that tip on an obscure forum (well, to me. i dont have a Motorola. lol. just a Sony Ericsson and 2 Samsungs)
update: sorry i havent uploaded the backup. i realized it would give whoever used it the number on this phone and i have to fix that. havent had time to anyways, plus it would only work on a sprint phone. it would convert any boost mobile to sprint, so thats a no-go. sorry...
does this work for the boost mobile replenish that is 2.3.6 if so how long does it take to odin
It should work. And Odin just flashes cwm (really fast) for the duration of the next boot cycle, which it automatically initiates, so hold the recovery button (I think it's u) as it goes into it and you'll have temp root. Make sure it's in download mode before you start. Remember, it cannot be unrooted, so if you value your warranty, plz think twice before doing it. I'm just here to supply the how-to if you decide to, not to say you have to. If you do, enjoy root access!
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It should work. And Odin just flashes cwm (really fast) for the duration of the next boot cycle, which it automatically initiates, so hold up (I think it's u) as it goes into it and you'll have temp root. Make sure it's in download mode before you start. Remember, it cannot be unrooted, so if you value your warranty, plz think twice before doing it. I'm just here to supply the how-to if you decide to, not to say you have to. If you do, enjoy root access!
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Thanks. I did not know if there is a fail safe if something went wrong. so I was second guessing. Very simple to do thank you assuming with odin I made a back up. if I where to mess my system up I can use odin and restore my backup and I be back up and running again no need to sbf
i keep getting : ~ # mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument
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i keep getting : ~ # mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument
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hmm... i am familiar with the error (ive gotten it with 3 different phones in my attempt to root it, but i have succeeded each time regardless) but are you sure you actually have clockworkmod OPEN on your phone when the error shows up? i cant actually do anything from my end, because i no longer have a computer i can use to test anything, or the replenish i rooted with the method... but i opened the cwm several times before thinking to test the adb and seeing the "~#". i actually restarted the phone and did it again before actually rooting it, seeing if i had rooted it or what, and tho i got the same prompt every time it was booted in cwm, it wouldnt show up if i allowed the phone to boot normally after using odin, i HAD to ACTUALLY boot into the cwm menu, which is completely seperate from the OS itself, although it has access to the system files.
by the way, copy and paste this directly into the command prompt when you get to the step to avoid human error. mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
or, if it wont work, try this mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sorry bout the babbling XD. anyways, cwm should be circumnavigating the root permissions. hmm.... if you still have problems after that, try skipping to the adb push for the "su" file.
sorry i havent been on top of the thread. ill set up an email notification.
and by the way, something i found very useful on my xperia play when it went into infinite reboot, you can always just restore the system files in the advanced restore option, allowing you to keep all of your app data if, later down the line, your phone needs to be restored. hope this helps. it helped me XD thought id lose all of my messages, but nope. i decided to explore the advanced restore and yay! i got to keep them XD
UPDATE
I don't know if it matters to you anymore, but apparently, some people have trouble with this and fix it by going to the mount menu in CWM and mounting /system
Couple of corrections:
chmod 777 /system/bin/su
should be chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
and then following that command should be
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
and I saw someone say this is unrootable. Thats not correct. Simply running the unroot script would unroot. Doomlord made a nice one.
To use it do the following:
Code:
adb push unroot /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/unroot
adb shell su -c "/data/local/unroot"
adb reboot
[code]
The above will unroot almost any android device.
halfcab123 said:
Couple of corrections:
chmod 777 /system/bin/su
should be chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
and then following that command should be
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
and I saw someone say this is unrootable. Thats not correct. Simply running the unroot script would unroot. Doomlord made a nice one.
To use it do the following:
Code:
adb push unroot /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/unroot
adb shell su -c "/data/local/unroot"
adb reboot
[code]
The above will unroot almost any android device.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, Doomlord's method didn't work on it. I tried all manner of one clicks and manual versions and only this got even temporary root. It's a workaround based on forcing the phone to boot into a custom recovery. (I call it custom bc its not an "official" recovery.) And I chose the chmod by looking through many manual ways to root, and that one was popular, and it works. I had full root access afterwards. I tried to unroot afterwards, however, so I could take screenshots and stuff, but the su file would reappear, even after manual deletion or restoring to an unrooted backup. Anyways, point is, this is the only method I could get to work at all, and it does work.
But the "chmod" night help other people, so ill make note of it in the post just in case. Thanks for the info.
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Important fix----
If step 11 doesn't work, go to the "mount" menu in cwm and mount /system. Some people on androidcentral were kind enough to mention that this fixed their problem with mounting /system as rewritable
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isavegas said:
Important fix----
If step 11 doesn't work, go to the "mount" menu in cwm and mount /system. Some people on androidcentral were kind enough to mention that this fixed their problem with mounting /system as rewritable
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thats because your command is wrong
shabbypenguin said:
thats because your command is wrong
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How? Throughout my own rooting of one of the phones, I had this working perfectly. Every time I hit a snag, I found a way around it and documented it. A few other people had errors show up because the phone itself hadn't mounted the system, but the problem was resolved, and only a couple people had any other problems, and they were unrelated to that. I assure you, every command works properly, as far as I know.
exactly my point. your command to mount system is wrong.
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
lets break it down shall we?
mount - this is teh command
-o remount,rw - this is where you tell it what option you want, in this case remounting as rw.
-t yaffs2 - here you are telling mount that it should expect a yaffs2 formatted device, which is not what the samsung replenish is. the replenish uses RFS (robust file system), the best way i can describe it is like telling your windows computer that your hard drive is fat32 when its actually ntfs.
/dev/block/mtdblock3 - this is where you tell mount what you are looking to mount, the issue here is that the replenish doesnt use MTD blocks, it uses STL's and BML's.
/system here is where you are trying to mount the said device to..
out of 5 parts you did get 3 correct tho. you might wish to modify your guide to reflect the actual mount command, for your device it is the following:
mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
and that will kick out system as r/w
shabbypenguin said:
exactly my point. your command to mount system is wrong.
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
lets break it down shall we?
mount - this is teh command
-o remount,rw - this is where you tell it what option you want, in this case remounting as rw.
-t yaffs2 - here you are telling mount that it should expect a yaffs2 formatted device, which is not what the samsung replenish is. the replenish uses RFS (robust file system), the best way i can describe it is like telling your windows computer that your hard drive is fat32 when its actually ntfs.
/dev/block/mtdblock3 - this is where you tell mount what you are looking to mount, the issue here is that the replenish doesnt use MTD blocks, it uses STL's and BML's.
/system here is where you are trying to mount the said device to..
out of 5 parts you did get 3 correct tho. you might wish to modify your guide to reflect the actual mount command, for your device it is the following:
mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
and that will kick out system as r/w
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Hmmmm.... Odd..... *shrugs* I had no problem with the command, but I guess other ppl had pickier computers or phones. Hell, Vista's buginess might have worked in my favor that time XD. Thanks for the pointer. I didn't really understand the exact way the replenish was built. I just found a lil guide for making it boot into cwm and found it allowed for me to use that as an exploit to root the device. In fact, I've done the same kind of stuff to root the samsung Intercept, except I made their own software flash a pre-rooted kernel. anyways, I'll update the guide on xda and androidcentral. Thanks!
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Hmmmm.... Odd..... *shrugs* I had no problem with the command, but I guess other ppl had pickier computers or phones. Hell, Vista's buginess might have worked in my favor that time XD. Thanks for the pointer. I didn't really understand the exact way the replenish was built. I just found a lil guide for making it boot into cwm and found it allowed for me to use that as an exploit to root the device. In fact, I've done the same kind of stuff to root the samsung Intercept, except I made their own software flash a pre-rooted kernel. anyways, I'll update the guide on xda and androidcentral. Thanks!
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chances are you had system mounted in cwm without knowing it.
for future knowledge always check the devices fstab for where to mount and filesystem type
https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_replenish/blob/master/recovery/recovery.fstab
as you can see the proper mounts from the files i used to make CWM for the replenish
shabbypenguin said:
chances are you had system mounted in cwm without knowing it.
for future knowledge always check the devices fstab for where to mount and filesystem type
https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_replenish/blob/master/recovery/recovery.fstab
as you can see from the files i used to make CWM for the replenish the proper mounts
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Eh, maybe. For all I know the first thing I did was mount everything with cwm. I DID do this several months ago. I don't even have the phone anymore. The owner of the phone was gonna give it to me after upgrading, but she sold it, so I kept her 500gb laptop hard drive instead. Popped it out of the external hdd casing and stuck it in a laptop. XD. It now has Linux on it.
Anyways, I've updated the guide to have the right command and note that if it doesn't work to use cwm to mount /system. And how do you find the fstab? Just Google it? Or is it somewhere on the device?
Btw, do you know anything about cwm? It refuses to properly back up my xperia play anymore. The .android_secure folder keeps giving it errors.
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Eh, maybe. For all I know the first thing I did was mount everything with cwm. I DID do this several months ago. I don't even have the phone anymore. The owner of the phone was gonna give it to me after upgrading, but she sold it, so I kept her 500gb laptop hard drive instead. Popped it out of the external hdd casing and stuck it in a laptop. XD. It now has Linux on it.
Anyways, I've updated the guide to have the right command and note that if it doesn't work to use cwm to mount /system. And how do you find the fstab? Just Google it? Or is it somewhere on the device?
Btw, do you know anything about cwm? It refuses to properly back up my xperia play anymore. The .android_secure folder keeps giving it errors.
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its where the recovery is on the device. each device has their own fstab. as for your error sounds like a conflict, either with cwm itself or that folder
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its where the recovery is on the device. each device has their own fstab. as for your error sounds like a conflict, either with cwm itself or that folder
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It HAS to he cwm, because the folder is regarded as super hidden by the device. The folder itself can be seen, but the contents can ONLY be edited by the rom or a pc, and I haven't touched it with a pc before. It's where your apps go when you move them to the sd card. I've been trying to back my phone up with cwm because I wanted to test the jelly bean alpha release for it. its the xperia play 4g. Stupid backup crashes every time I try and it ends up eating up what room is left in my sdcard.
i followed your guide and have root in shell. however i cant get root permission on any apps, the window doesnt pop up asking me for permission. i also get a toast notification saying superuser access denied for whatever app im trying to open. any ideas?
arodey said:
i followed your guide and have root in shell. however i cant get root permission on any apps, the window doesnt pop up asking me for permission. i also get a toast notification saying superuser access denied for whatever app im trying to open. any ideas?
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What does your Superuser log show?
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Hello Forum!
So i am currently using a Virgin Mobile LG Optimus Elite.
After 2 days of refuge here on the forums i amazingly found a small little program that was intended to root p500 devices and worked for mine.
I did run root checker and all plus i have root access so it is rooted.
My problem is,
1.) I cannot edit my build.prop
2.) Install Xbox Smartglass (which is the whole reason i'm killing myself for all this right now)
I'm running 2.3.7 gingerbread, and the smartglass app requires 4.0 and up.
I am certain this phone can run the app.
From the very beginning i tried to take the easy path out by manually downloading the .apk from an outside source but when i try to install it
i get an error stating that it had a problem "parsing" the info.
Running my little research i found you could edit the build.prop file to make the play store think you were running another device that was compatible. Then realizing my device must be rooted first, began my 2 days long journey to root the stubborn thing.
After root success, I installed ES File Explorer. From there, i went to my build.prop, proceeded to edit it with the ES text editor. Re-wrote the 2 lines required then when i went to save, "Error occurred when trying to save the file. It will not be saved." And just left me hanging after that.
In a quick desperate attempt, i found QtADB, which i thought would allow me to edit the system files. It only allowed me access to a hand full of the root directories. I downloaded the newest android dev kit (obviously you need it to run QtADB) so i don't know what exactly the problem here is.
For my absolute last desperate attempt i decided to do it manually. I took the build.prop and edited it manually through wordpad. (NOTE: i backed up the original) I named it "copy.build.prop" and placed it back in an easy to find directory. I then opened up ES file explorer, located the file and tried to copy it to the original location but no matter what i name it or what i do in general it will not move. It keeps failing and just telling me the file cannot be moved.
I am at my last legs with this to the point where i may just give up.
I dont know what to do and was hoping someone on here would.
If there was another way to install the app? If i could install it manually? Something to get me around all these utterly frustrating and annoying errors. I've ran from error to error, fixing it then coming to another. And at this point i just dont know what to do.
The help and replies would be much appreciated! Thanks in advanced!
The build.prop file is located in the /system partition, which is by default mounted as read-only (and for good reason).
Here are some simple steps to modifying the build.prop file.
1) Fire up an ADB shell ("adb shell" from a command prompt without quotes)
2) Within the ADB shell, execute "mount -o rw,remount /system /system" without quotes. This will remount your /system partition in read-write mode
3) Open a new command prompt and CD to an easily accessible directory (e.g "cd ~/Desktop" if on a Linux box)
4) Execute "adb pull /system/build.prop" without quotes
5) Edit the build.prop file as needed with a good text editor (DO NOT use Wordpad or Notepad, I prefer Notepad++ on Windows and Geany on Linux)
6) Execute "adb push /path/to/your/edited/build.prop /system/build.prop" without quotes. This will copy your modified build.prop back into the /system partition
7) In the ADB shell prompt, execute "mount -o ro,remount /system /system" without quotes. This will remount your /system partition read-only (never leave it read-write that is bad)
8) Reboot your phone
9) Profit!
As far as the Smartglass app goes, there is likely a good reason it requires ICS and above, and simply modifying your build.prop may not be enough. Don't take my word for it though, try the above steps and see what happens.
Cheers!
drewwalton19216801 said:
The build.prop file is located in the /system partition, which is by default mounted as read-only (and for good reason).
Here are some simple steps to modifying the build.prop file.
1) Fire up an ADB shell ("adb shell" from a command prompt without quotes)
2) Within the ADB shell, execute "mount -o rw,remount /system /system" without quotes. This will remount your /system partition in read-write mode
3) Open a new command prompt and CD to an easily accessible directory (e.g "cd ~/Desktop" if on a Linux box)
4) Execute "adb pull /system/build.prop" without quotes
5) Edit the build.prop file as needed with a good text editor (DO NOT use Wordpad or Notepad, I prefer Notepad++ on Windows and Geany on Linux)
6) Execute "adb push /path/to/your/edited/build.prop /system/build.prop" without quotes. This will copy your modified build.prop back into the /system partition
7) In the ADB shell prompt, execute "mount -o ro,remount /system /system" without quotes. This will remount your /system partition read-only (never leave it read-write that is bad)
8) Reboot your phone
9) Profit!
As far as the Smartglass app goes, there is likely a good reason it requires ICS and above, and simply modifying your build.prop may not be enough. Don't take my word for it though, try the above steps and see what happens.
Cheers!
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I'm having problems setting a custom directory now... im on a windows 7 pc. I'm using the Qtabd shell, and at first it stated to give the CD a home, i've tried a million combinations and i just cant get one to work!!!