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[Q] cant root, need help!

ive been working on rooting my inspire via bubbys method and have run into several snags...
first off, im using a mac with parallels with windows vista installed.
I installed htc sync then uninstalled it, left the drivers there.
when i ran bubby's one click process and it got to the point of looking for the pd98img.zip this is where i hit a snag. Parallels pops up asking if i want to use it for the current VM session. i hit yes but it couldnt find the phone, had to unplug and plug back in twice.
the second problem was that when i finally got the pd98img.zip process to work the update failed...
the next issue was the rage thing. i got it to go through but terminal emulator will not run a 2nd time for me. it did force close, but wont open. just white screen and phone is sluggish. if i restart the phone, the cursor is still a $ not a #. not sure where i should go from here.
update: trying again after reading faq's that the issue may be the goldcard being wrong format. i formatted sd card on the phone itself and now running process over. ill make a brick outa this yet!
still getting model id incorrect! update fail! when doing pd98img.zip.
i get through the rage commands in terminal again and it will not run the 2nd time.
At this point i had to do some updates on windows, and now it wont even go through the process of making the goldcard through the utility included with bubby's, where as i had no issue prior to 170 updates windows had to make (i hate windows) so now im about to totally give up. ive tried two different sd cards, formatted them through the phone, because windows wont format them (i get an error with that too) ugh!
will someone PLEASE help me out?

Try a reboot.

Did you do a quick format or a full format of the SD card?

i did the format through the phone, dismount then format. the windows utility doesnt run, it fails immediately. no clue why.
i will try and reboot it and go from there again. otherwise i may try and download some aftermarket 3rd party formatting application to do it. ugh!
update: rebooting phone and windows changed nothing. i still see htc drivers etc. pc sees the phone if i switch it to disk drive. if i try and run bubbys format utility it tells me to check my drivers. they are there and were working prior to installing a ton of windows updates earlier this morning.
formatting sd card through dos right now...
*cross fingers*

i just want to rant for a sec while this is formatting.
ive been trying to root this thing for like 3 days now.
every single step has fought me tooth and nail, i dont know why, thats just how things go for me sometimes. but im going to do this. Im going to win and the phone may as well give in... my fuze was so easy lol
/rant off
thanks for the help guys, i get nervous when i get half way through a process and get an error message.

windows is not seeing the phone when in charge mode. htc drivers are still installed. i have uninstalled and reinstalled once already.

im getting this when i check out the driver for the htc phone:
androidusb.sys
Windows cannot initialize the device driver for this hardware. (Code 37)
Click 'Check for solutions' to send data about this device to Microsoft and to see if there is a solution available.

use the hack kit, its mac compatible and easier then bubbys method..

Have you, by chance asked in bubby's thread? You might also shoot cleard a pm.
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mudknot2005 said:
use the hack kit, its mac compatible and easier then bubbys method..
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I tried posting in his thread and was getting nothing. Ill try the hack kit again though. It would be awesome if I could find a chatroom full of you guys.

I don't have internet atm when I get home ill run this. Finally got the .sh hack file to.run, had to set it to open in terminal instead of text editor.

im trying to get to the following folder through astro file manager:
sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:82d1
but i have nothing like this. i can get to mmc1 but only see device, power, subsystem, and an event file. if i click subsystem folder i can click mmc1 again. i repeat this 10-15 times so it looks like:
sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1/subsystem/mmc1 then at the end i get 3 files mmc0, mmc1, mmc2. but never anything like "mmc1:82d1" it is this way on both sd cards even after i format them through the phone like the instructions said.
update: was able to go to mmc2 and find the file right away, hope its okay...

well its doing something now.... info[ruu]wp,userdata,xx stuff.
hope thats good.
k that done, sound back on now. booting up...

I had a bunch of trouble with mine too, cause i'm a tard. Let us know what happens.

okay everything seems to be fine now. signal, even has the H.
to flash a custom rom do i just go to clockwork and do flashwork recovery then install from sd card?

rwon said:
I had a bunch of trouble with mine too, cause i'm a tard. Let us know what happens.
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i knew if i could just get the ball rolling id be okay. nothing like the fuze lol

I would read a little more before you venture into it.

well i dont guess i need to get into kernels etc yet, but just roms maybe.
but is that the procedure from this point correct?

solaceofwinter said:
well i dont guess i need to get into kernels etc yet, but just roms maybe.
but is that the procedure from this point correct?
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Make sure you are happy with your downloads speeds first....depending on what radio you are using...if you are still on the downgraded radio you might want to update that.
Then if you go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1033353
There is a video and a picture tutorial on how to flash roms...just make sure you go into rom manger and flash clockworkmod recorvery first....

[Q] Issues attempting to root phone

First time ever trying to root a phone, and I tried using the one click method to root my phone, and when I got to the point of installing the radio, it wouldn't work because I stupidly forgot to turn off my anti virus.
So when I attmepted to go back and give it a second try, the program will not restart the daemon server, this is what shows in my command prompt.
"HTC Inspire 4G Simple One Click S-OFF, Downgrade, Clockwork, Root
Scripted by bubby323 of XDA-Developers
Press any key to continue . . .
Press any key to continue . . .
Before we begin: Make sure your phone is plugged into your computer via USB and
"Charge Only" mode is selected.
Press any key to continue . . .
Also make sure you have installed, then uninstalled the "HTC Sync" program.
We need its drivers to root your device. If you have not done this, exit the pro
gram, then try again when you are finished.
Press any key to continue . . .
Changing directory to use the needed resources...
We will now stop, then restart the ADB server. When it's ready, it will say "Dae
mon started successfully "...
Restarting adb server...
"
and it just gets stuck there.
If anyone can help me with this, it would be GREATLY appreciated.

You need to make sure that USB Debugging is enabled. It's possible that during your initial run, some things worked, and thus the USB Debugging was unselected. Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Development and make sure that it is indeed ticked.

I've made sure it was in charge only, made sure fast boot was off, and the unknown sources was turned on, as well as USB debugging turned on god only knows how many times thinking I had made a stupidly simple mistake like that.
Edit: I just tried it again, and now it repeatedly says that the daemon server is not started, and says it cannot connect to daemon

I'm no pro, having just rooted my first Android. I would consider the possibility of the following. 1) Corrupted usb drivers, reinstall drivers. 2) Antivirus deleted some one click files, remove and redownload.
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I guess it's worth a shot, I'll try it when I get home from work tonight.

fernandezhjr said:
I'm no pro, having just rooted my first Android. I would consider the possibility of the following. 1) Corrupted usb drivers, reinstall drivers. 2) Antivirus deleted some one click files, remove and redownload.
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Number 2 was the most common issue when I read through Bubby's thread a month or so ago (all 3200 posts). If you use MS Security Essentials, you have to completely uninstall BEFORE downloading the program.

I didnt even have security essentials on my PC, all I use is Eset smart secuirty, and I had it completely closed down, shut down the process from task manager.

Alright, I went back and followed everything from scratch. Uninstalled Eset smart security, removed all of the HTC drivers, then reinstalled them, and started the process over completely
seems to have worked flawlessly so far, but I haven't tested the radio yet.
Edit: it works, flawless victory

You should realize that you may not completely kill the antivirus from process manager. You would need to shut it down from within the program. There are many processes running that are in task manager that belong to the antivirus, some which you may not recognize.
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like I said in my above post, I completely uninstalled it, and everything works now.

I hope I'm not asking a bit much, but could someone showed me a detailed instruction set for my first time trying to install a new ROM on my droid?
I want to put Cyanogen on it, but have no clue how to go about doing so.

chaosrde said:
I hope I'm not asking a bit much, but could someone showed me a detailed instruction set for my first time trying to install a new ROM on my droid?
I want to put Cyanogen on it, but have no clue how to go about doing so.
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There's one stickied to the general section.
[For the life of me, I'll never understand how a thread that's stickied and should be so clearly visible, gets missed/ignored by so many people.]

Well I have it working for the most part, but I can't find the Kernal needed for Cyanogen 7.0.3(Is it included with the rom?), and would I need a different radio for it as well?

chaosrde said:
Well I have it working for the most part, but I can't find the Kernal needed for Cyanogen 7.0.3(Is it included with the rom?), and would I need a different radio for it as well?
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I would think that both the kernel and the recommended radio questions you ask would probably be addressed in that roms thread.
If not in the original post, then by someone asking in the comments.

I apologize if I seem like a complete idiot to this stuff, It just never really occurs to me to go searching for things like this, because 90% of the time when I try that in the past, it doesn't work for my specific issues.
Thanks for taking the time to respond though, I'll go take a look through the rom thread.

chaosrde said:
I apologize if I seem like a complete idiot to this stuff, It just never really occurs to me to go searching for things like this, because 90% of the time when I try that in the past, it doesn't work for my specific issues.
Thanks for taking the time to respond though, I'll go take a look through the rom thread.
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I know, a lot of people feel the same way.
ROM threads are unique in that they are focused on the ROM in question. Comments/questions/answers are by/from users of that specific ROM.
I visit many of them, most of which I've never even flashed on my phone, just to get myself educated on little quirks that people are experiencing.

[Q] Please Help New sensation and i want to root

so I have already downloaded rev and i get everything right but after i enter the beta code its says "zerging root.... may take a minute or soo" and i can let it sit like this for hours with nothing happening PLEASE HELP
Specs:
Tmobile
2.3.4
hboot: 1.18.0000

What version of Windows are you using?

I am running windows 7

Hmmm, I had no issues with it myself but I would suggest running as administrator and see if that helps

lame part is I have tried that, if you have skype or something i can share my desktop to show you :/ its very frustrating lol, i stayed up all night -.-

OK so i ran rev on an older computer with xp and it worked right now im running leedriod ? so what can i do with these custom roms/?

I'm also using windows 7 and have had no problems. The fact that it says searching for root kinda makes me wonder if its the phone that's the problem and not your system. Is your phone connected with charge only selected? Do you have adb debugging enabled? Maybe try with another USB if you have checked the above while running as an administrator. You may have to disable your antivirus also. I have Norton and it detected revolutionary as a virus and kept deleting parts of it. That could also be the problem. You may be missing parts. Verify the zipped contents with the unzipped contents. *Edit* Just saw that you got it working. Great! But to answer your question, you can do everything. The only problem is, is figuring or what you want to do first.

doesnt say serching for root says zerging, which it sayed on the other comp too, idk why it wasnt running on my laptop but yah, so i installed leedriod on my phone , is there any roms you guys would suggest leedriod is alright but i think there are better ones out there/...

[Q] Virgin Mobile Galaxy 550 root FAIL. :c

Hi there. I got me a samsung galaxy 550 from virgin mobile canada yesterday, and well, I kinda like it despite being a slow piece of hardware with a 320x240 screen but until I can get enough money to buy something better, I'm fine with this (the phone I had before was a nokia n95, so that's a step up.)
The problem is, I want to try out the official 2.2.1 rom from samsung, and the only way I can do that is to update via odin. actually, that's not the problem, but I want to make a backup of all the apps I've downloaded already, and I just can't get it rooted. at all. z4root, universal androot, superoneclick; they just don't work. the one that was the closest to getting it rooted was superoneclick, and even then it can't finish the job, so I'm stuck with superuser on an unrooted phone, and titanium backup won't work either, so I'm kinda stuck here.
What else could I do?

anyone? please?

6 days later...

You may have noticed this is a "development and hacking" forum. Your problem reads more like a user error than a development one.
I do not mean to say this thread does not belong. It is just that "they just don't work" is something like what a Windows-using grandmother would say.
What are the exact errors you are getting? Preferably, they should be copied and pasted from the terminal itself.

Jason_25 said:
You may have noticed this is a "development and hacking" forum. Your problem reads more like a user error than a development one.
I do not mean to say this thread does not belong. It is just that "they just don't work" is something like what a Windows-using grandmother would say.
What are the exact errors you are getting? Preferably, they should be copied and pasted from the terminal itself.
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Well, z4root doesn't do anything after it says "running exploit", superoneclick gets stuck on "waiting for device", and the only time it managed to get superuser onto it, it couldn't root the device no matter if I updated it or not; universal androot says "FAILED NO FU GOO", both odin and heimdall fails to connect to the device, and ADB doesn't even see the phone no matter what mode it is. I can't seem to find how to boot into recovery mode (I only ever get instructions to boot into download mode).

ok now in odin I get "cannot open the usb serial port. code: 2". sometimes it's code 5.

Go to madteam.co...dedicated for G5 users,you will get help there at no time
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First problem is ADB not seeing the phone. ADB is pretty necessary if you want to debug something. You will need to download LG's Windows driver for your phone if you use Windows. I will include the one I use for my Optimus V here.
On many LG phones it is impossible to boot into recovery or fastboot mode without modification.
Try zergRush from here first:
https://github.com/revolutionary
If not working, try GingerBreak from here:
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04/yummy-yummy-gingerbreak.html
You may want or need to compile these first which is going to add another level of complexity. Be patient.
The general idea is:
1.setup your drivers
2.get comfortable working with ADB
3.run temporary root
4.immediately flash recovery
5.immediately Nandroid backup everything in several places for safety
6.test Nandroid backup
7.make whatever modifications you like, including permanent root

That's not a lg phone.

Ok so I managed to install cyanogemod and everything's fine. now, I just wanna know, is there any way to enable multitouch on this thing? it's got a capacitive screen, but no multitouch. can that be fixed or is it really just a hardware issue?

Multitouch is not possible,a fake dual touch is possible.
Sent from my blek krupuk

lexobys said:
Multitouch is not possible,a fake dual touch is possible.
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fake dual-touch?

booting problem (probably softbrick) with the SM-G532F (Samsung J2 Prime (not the Samsung galaxy grand prime which came up when i searched SM-G532F))

hi everyone, this is how it happened. i tried to root my phone using king root in the phone but i couldnt find app on play store so i tried downloading it from chrome, i found the site and tried to download the APK but it didnt work ( i tried to do that on few other sites on few other apps), so i thought "ill just search it on google or youtube". on youtube everyone said that i needed Kingroot or something like which required me to download stuff from chrome (which i couldnt do) so i decided to root my phone using my pc, so i found this Vid
heres the problem though, i think my usb drivers suck (maybe cuz' im still using Win 7, which is also not genuine?) so ignoring that fact, i tried to install file corresponding to SM-G532F model with odin. i somehow managed to fail over and over, until i eventually tried look up the USB drivers sooo i found this https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/android-usb-driver.html and installed it, after i did that something changed instead of instantly failing to stuff Odin actually started to do something and then stop (there was a certain log that made it stuck) then i tried to restart the phone but not in the normal way. i removed its battery and put it back, Odin got stuck exactly like before, that kinda scared me, not gonna lie, so i tried to turn the phone back on, but i couldnt (i cant recall exactly how it didnt start but yeah overall... it didnt), that made me search stuff in google yet again i found this
and i forgot to check Softbrick fixer 1:43, it didn't do thing there was just an error then i tried to get the batteries out and in again i also tried installing this too https://softfamous.com/postdownload-file/media-transfer-protocol-porting-kit/24862/10050/ when i finally did that, hijacking actually worked... or it said that it did, when i tried to start my phone with volume up+lock screen+home button it seemed like it started but it just didnt stop and even after 15-20 mins of loading it didnt finish doing it.i tried turning it on several times every attempt ended with failure. after that i tried once again to find answers on youtube so i found this guy
he said that file which i need to install can be found here but i cant find it here when i searched SM-G532F stock rom odin xda i found this https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/installing-stock-rom-on-sm-g532f.3672884/#post-75474147 thread which was about Samsung galaxy grand prime (that model somehow shares the name with my model?!), as the video first way is the easiest and it has the odd to be the most successful of all, soo i came up with this website and thought to myself am i doing everything right? should i keep doing what im doing, what if im messing my phone even more than it is right now, and i wrote this just to make sure what to do. thanks in advance!

Re-flash phone's Stock ROM.
BTW:
On Windows PC you have to install "Android USB Driver" provided by Samsung, if not done yet, too:
Samsung Android USB Drivers for Windows (Latest: v1.7.59)
Download latest Samsung Android USB Drivers for Galaxy mobile phones/tablets to transfer files and flash firmware using Odin. Compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8, 7, and XP computers.
www.thecustomdroid.com

sandth_halp said:
hi everyone, this is how it happened. i tried to root my phone using king root in the phone but i couldnt find app on play store so i tried downloading it from chrome, i found the site and tried to download the APK but it didnt work ( i tried to do that on few other sites on few other apps), so i thought "ill just search it on google or youtube". on youtube everyone said that i needed Kingroot or something like which required me to download stuff from chrome (which i couldnt do) so i decided to root my phone using my pc, so i found this Vid
heres the problem though, i think my usb drivers suck (maybe cuz' im still using Win 7, which is also not genuine?) so ignoring that fact, i tried to install file corresponding to SM-G532F model with odin. i somehow managed to fail over and over, until i eventually tried look up the USB drivers sooo i found this https://developer.samsung.com/mobile/android-usb-driver.html and installed it, after i did that something changed instead of instantly failing to stuff Odin actually started to do something and then stop (there was a certain log that made it stuck) then i tried to restart the phone but not in the normal way. i removed its battery and put it back, Odin got stuck exactly like before, that kinda scared me, not gonna lie, so i tried to turn the phone back on, but i couldnt (i cant recall exactly how it didnt start but yeah overall... it didnt), that made me search stuff in google yet again i found this
and i forgot to check Softbrick fixer 1:43, it didn't do thing there was just an error then i tried to get the batteries out and in again i also tried installing this too https://softfamous.com/postdownload-file/media-transfer-protocol-porting-kit/24862/10050/ when i finally did that, hijacking actually worked... or it said that it did, when i tried to start my phone with volume up+lock screen+home button it seemed like it started but it just didnt stop and even after 15-20 mins of loading it didnt finish doing it.i tried turning it on several times every attempt ended with failure. after that i tried once again to find answers on youtube so i found this guy
he said that file which i need to install can be found here but i cant find it here when i searched SM-G532F stock rom odin xda i found this https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/installing-stock-rom-on-sm-g532f.3672884/#post-75474147 thread which was about Samsung galaxy grand prime (that model somehow shares the name with my model?!), as the video first way is the easiest and it has the odd to be the most successful of all, soo i came up with this website and thought to myself am i doing everything right? should i keep doing what im doing, what if im messing my phone even more than it is right now, and i wrote this just to make sure what to do. thanks in advance!
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U tried to root your phone u should of used magisk it's better and the safest way to root any device