Credit goes to eugene373 and attn1. These are mostly their instructions, but I did change, clarify, and add a few steps. If you can't get any of the other methods working, try this one.
Prerequisites...
Note: If you're in Linux, you only need to do Step 4, Step 6, and Step 7.
Step 0.
Download and install HTC Sync: http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/
Step 1.
Download and unzip the Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Step 2.
Go into the folder where you unzipped the Android SDK and open "SDK Setup.exe".
If you aren't greeted with a failed to fetch URL error, proceed to Step 3. If you did receive this error, go to Settings in the "Choose Packages to Install" window and check "Force https;//... sources to be fetched using http://..."
Close and re-open "SDK Setup.exe".
Step 3.
When the "Choose Packages to Install" window pops up, make sure the package "Usb Driver package, revision x" is checked. You can uncheck everything else. Click Install. After it downloads and installs, close "Android SDK and AVD Manager".
Step 4.
With your device unplugged from your computer, go to Settings > Application > Development on your device and turn on USB Debugging.
Step 5.
Now plug your device in to your computer. This is just to make sure the USB drivers are installed.
Once they are installed, unplug your device and turn it off.
Step 6.
This step is optional, but it may prevent an error later on in the process. If you've never formatted your SD card from a computer, remove it from the phone and format it in Windows or OSX with an external card reader. Then place the formatted card back in your phone, but leave the phone off.
Step 7.
Download the updated Root.zip from eugene373's guide: Root the Slide & Other HTC Devices*6/15/2010* How-To Updated 6/29/2010
Now let's get started...
Step 0.
Unzip Root.zip
Step 1.
Place the contents ("update.zip", "ota.zip", and "loop") into the Android SDK tools folder.
Step 2.
Open Command Prompt or Terminal and CD to the SDK tools directory.
Step 3.
Power on your device into the bootloader by holding the "Volume Down" key and simultaneously pressing Power.
Once you're in the bootloader, wait about 30 seconds until some diagnostic checking is done.
Press "Volume Down" to highlight Recovery, but do not push Power to execute just yet.
Step 4.
Now run your loop file from the prompt (either type "loop" in Windows or "./loop.sh" in Linux) (refer to ice3186's post for Mac instructions)
Note: The loop does nothing but show you the connection status of your phone. It's not technically required, but we'll use it in this guide.
Step 5.
Once the loop is running in your prompt, get ready to connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable, but don't connect one end quite yet. With Recovery still highlighted on your phone, you will need to push the Power button and then immediately plug in the other end of the USB cord.
Step 6.
After a few seconds, you should see your device listed in the loop.
Step 7.
Unplug the USB cable from the bottom of your phone and plug it back in. You probably don't need to do this, but let's be safe. Wait for your device to show up in the loop again. Hit CTRL-C to terminate the loop.
Step 8.
You should see a triangle/exclaimation over a phone graphic.
Hold the "Volume Up" key (note it's Volume UP this time) and simultaneously press Power.
After the menu comes up, use the volume and power buttons to select and run update.zip. (This will fail, but we already know that! Select it anyway.)
Step 9.
Paste the following command into your prompt and press Enter.
adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip (*OSX users add a ./ in front of all terminal commands please)
Step 10.
This is very important!! Have this next command ready in your prompt before running update.zip again!!
This is the command. Paste it into your prompt, but DO NOT press Enter yet.
adb push update.zip /sdcard
Step 11.
Run update.zip and as soon as you see a faint progress bar appear behind the text at the bottom of the screen, push Enter to execute the command in your prompt.
Step 12.
If successful, you should see Clockwork Recovery and you now have Su and Superuser.apk installed! You can now reboot your phone into the OS to verify. If unsuccessful, repeat steps 11 and 12.
Step 13.
This step is optional, but it will save you the pain of going through all of these steps again in the future.
Unrevoked team: Recovery reflash tool (updated - Now for Aria/Liberty!)
I think some trouble shooting comments should be mentioned, so I'll just write a few things I noticed while rooting my device (for 7 frustration filled hours).
If you cannot see your device show up in 'adb devices' in recovery, boot into the OS normally and see if it shows up. If it does not, then it's a safe bet that you have one of two problems - you do not have all the drivers installed, or you do not have 'usb debugging' enabled. This can be enabled in 'settings->applications->development->usb debugging'. To avoid driver issues, it's highly recommended that you do this process in linux or osx.
If, on the other hand, your phone DOES show up in Android but not in recovery, or if it just blips on the screen for a second (when running the loop) as an offline device, then it might be the formatting of your sd card. Do NOT format your sd card from your phone or within Android. The ONLY time I managed to get the phone to show up in recovery without disappearing immediately was by removing the sd card, formatting it in windows or osx with an external card reader, copying the files over (new rom or rooting files), and then replacing it in the phone while the phone is off. After putting the card back in your phone, try the procedure again - go to the bootloader->hboot->recovery (while the cable is unplugged), then press the power button and immediately after plug the cable in (usually works when you plug the cable in about .2-.5 seconds later). If it does not show up at all, reboot the phone and try again, but do NOT let it boot back to Android. You can get back in to the bootloader by waiting until the 'HTC quietly brilliant' screen shows up and typing 'adb reboot bootloader' with the usb cable attached.
It took me a really long time to figure that out. I don't think the type of sd card matters so much as the formatting of it. I actually used the 2gb card that came with the phone, and it worked almost every single time after I reformatted the card.
Also, if you manage to get it working and root the phone, do yourself a huge favor and install the custom Unrevoked recovery image mentioned in the original rooting thread, so you never have to deal with this nonsense ever again.
Also also, if you get to the step where you do 'adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip' and you get an error:0, installation aborted message, you did something wrong. The problem is that you aren't actually supposed to flash ota.zip. What you're supposed to do is push ota.zip to your phone as update.zip, and leave it there. Don't touch anything else. What you will do after that is type 'adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip' in the command prompt (WITHOUT hitting enter yet, just get ready to). You will then select 'sdcard:update.zip' and press power and IMMEDIATELY AFTER pressing power, you will press enter on the command prompt to execute your adb push command. What this does is causes recovery to read the ota.zip file you uploaded and recognize it as a legit update, but you replace it with update.zip before it actually gets extracted (if your timing is good). So recovery reads the signature of ota.zip, but actually extracts the stuff in update.zip and runs that instead.
Hope that helps with some common problems I observed. Good luck, dudes.
okay so I think I the only one using a Mac in this rooting process. A few things I have learned and may already be known but I thought I would clarify.
1.) to get a loop to run on the mac i had to re-write the file loop.bat
this is the code that works for me and how to do it.
a.) rename the file to end in .sh not .bat the way it came
b.) open the file with TextEdit
c.) delete all of the text in it and write this in there
Code:
while [ "0" ]
do
{
./adb devices
}
done
d.) save the file back in the sdk/tools folder
e.) in terminal the command once you cd to the folder is ./loop.sh
2.) i have yet to be successful in the attempt to root so anyone knowing anything to help would be appreciated! But i am still cracking i think i am going to wear out the plug before i am done though.
it should be pointed out that the loop does nothing except tell you if you have a connection or not. When you plug in the usb port, it will respond after a few seconds, or it won't. Try again.
gtg465x said:
Credit goes to eugene373 and attn1. These are mostly their instructions, but I did change, clarify, and add a few steps. If you can't get any of the other methods working, try this one.
Prerequisites...
Step 0.
Download and install HTC Sync: http://www.htc.com/us/support/aria-att/downloads/
Step 1.
Download and unzip the Android SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Step 2.
Go into the folder where you unzipped the Android SDK and open "SDK Setup.exe"
When the "Choose Packages to Install" window pops up, make sure the package "Usb Driver package, revision x" is checked. You can uncheck everything else. Click Install. After it downloads and installs, close "Android SDK and AVD Manager".
Step 3.
With your device unplugged from your computer, go to Settings > Application > Development on your device and turn on USB Debugging.
Step 4.
Now plug your device in to your computer. This is just to make sure the USB drivers are installed.
Once they are installed, unplug your device and turn it off.
Step 5.
Download Root.zip from eugene373's guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6820344&postcount=1
Now let's get into it...
Step 0.
Unzip Root.zip
Step 1.
Place the contents ("update.zip", "ota.zip", and "loop") into the Android SDK tools folder.
Step 2.
Open Command Prompt or Terminal and CD to the SDK tools directory.
Step 3.
Power on your device into the bootloader by holding down the "Volume Down" key and simultaneously pressing Power.
Once you're in the bootloader, wait about 30 seconds, until some diagnostic checking is done.
Press "Volume Down" to highlight Recovery, but do not push Power to execute just yet.
Step 4.
Now run your loop file from the prompt (either type "loop" in Windows or "./loop.sh" in a *nix like) ( ./ Is used For OSX )
Step 5.
Once the loop is running in your prompt, get ready to connect the phone to the computer with the USB cable, but don't connect one end quite yet. With Recovery still highlighted on your phone, you will need to push the Power button and then immediately plug in the other end of the USB cord.
Step 6.
After a few seconds, you should see your device listed in the loop.
Step 7.
Unplug your USB cable from the bottom of your phone and plug it back in. You probably don't need to do this, but let's be safe. Wait for your device to show up in the loop again. Hit CTRL-C to terminate the loop.
Step 8.
You should see a triangle/exclaimation over a phone graphic.
Hold down the "Volume Up" key (note it's Volume UP this time) and simultaneously press Power.
After the menu comes up, use the volume and power buttons to select and run update.zip. (This will fail, but we already know that! Select it anyway.)
Step 9.
Paste the following command into your prompt and press Enter.
adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip (*OSX users add a ./ in front of all terminal commands please.)
Step 11.
This is very important!! Have this next command ready in your prompt before running update.zip again!!
This is the command. Paste it into your prompt, but DO NOT press Enter yet.
adb push update.zip /sdcard
step 12.
Run update.zip and as soon as you see a faint progress bar appear behind the text at the bottom of the screen, push Enter to execute the command in your prompt.
Step 13.
If successful, you should see Clockwork Recovery and you now have Su & Superuser.apk installed! You can now reboot your phone into the OS to verify.
If unsuccessful, repeat steps 11 & 12.
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This isn't complete - this just gets you to clockwork and you haven't installed anything yet. You need to add steps to add root acces or flash a rom that is rooted. Also, make sure to reference the unrevoked tool to install Clockwork after root so this whole ordeal can be avoided next time.
Yes! The secret was formatting the sd card outside of the phone. I am now rooted and liberated! Thanks for plugging along with all the advice guys!
modest_mandroid said:
I think some trouble shooting comments should be mentioned, so I'll just write a few things I noticed while rooting my device (for 7 frustration filled hours).
If you cannot see your device show up in 'adb devices' in recovery, boot into the OS normally and see if it shows up. If it does not, then it's a safe bet that you have one of two problems - you do not have all the drivers installed, or you do not have 'usb debugging' enabled. This can be enabled in 'settings->applications->development->usb debugging'. To avoid driver issues, it's highly recommended that you do this process in linux or osx.
If, on the other hand, your phone DOES show up in Android but not in recovery, or if it just blips on the screen for a second (when running the loop) as an offline device, then it might be the formatting of your sd card. Do NOT format your sd card from your phone or within Android. The ONLY time I managed to get the phone to show up in recovery without disappearing immediately was by removing the sd card, formatting it in windows or osx with an external card reader, copying the files over (new rom or rooting files), and then replacing it in the phone while the phone is off. After putting the card back in your phone, try the procedure again - go to the bootloader->hboot->recovery (while the cable is unplugged), then press the power button and immediately after plug the cable in (usually works when you plug the cable in about .2-.5 seconds later). If it does not show up at all, reboot the phone and try again, but do NOT let it boot back to Android. You can get back in to the bootloader by waiting until the 'HTC quietly brilliant' screen shows up and typing 'adb reboot bootloader' with the usb cable attached.
It took me a really long time to figure that out. I don't think the type of sd card matters so much as the formatting of it. I actually used the 2gb card that came with the phone, and it worked almost every single time after I reformatted the card.
Also, if you manage to get it working and root the phone, do yourself a huge favor and install the custom Unrevoked recovery image mentioned in the original rooting thread, so you never have to deal with this nonsense ever again.
Also also, if you get to the step where you do 'adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip' and you get an error:0, installation aborted message, you did something wrong. The problem is that you aren't actually supposed to flash ota.zip. What you're supposed to do is push ota.zip to your phone as update.zip, and leave it there. Don't touch anything else. What you will do after that is type 'adb push update.zip /sdcard/update.zip' in the command prompt (WITHOUT hitting enter yet, just get ready to). You will then select 'sdcard:update.zip' and press power and IMMEDIATELY AFTER pressing power, you will press enter on the command prompt to execute your adb push command. What this does is causes recovery to read the ota.zip file you uploaded and recognize it as a legit update, but you replace it with update.zip before it actually gets extracted (if your timing is good). So recovery reads the signature of ota.zip, but actually extracts the stuff in update.zip and runs that instead.
Hope that helps with some common problems I observed. Good luck, dudes.
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Really good tips. I hope you don't mind - I am going to link to this to my original thread.
Troubleshooting Tip on Prerequisite Step 2: If you're working behind a firewall, router, or proxy server, you're going to have to configure SDK Setup to use an open port on that device, in order to download updates.
I won't go through the exact steps here, but if SDK setup is hanging, this is the most likely culprit.
Regards,
Corporate Dog
Corporate Dog said:
Troubleshooting Tip on Prerequisite Step 2: If you're working behind a firewall, router, or proxy server, you're going to have to configure SDK Setup to use an open port on that device, in order to download updates.
I won't go through the exact steps here, but if SDK setup is hanging, this is the most likely culprit.
Regards,
Corporate Dog
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get a copy of linux livecd and then you don't have to actually set up the SDK or worry about any drivers.
attn1 said:
This isn't complete - this just gets you to clockwork and you having installed anything yet. You need to add steps to root or flash a rom that is rooted. Also, make sure to reference the unrevoked tool to install Clockwork after root so this whole ordeal can be avoided next time.
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If you made it to clockwork using this method then you're rooted. Check eugene's updated instructions. Look at the 6/29/2010 update on his original post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6820344&postcount=1
I will add a reference to the unrevoked tool.
modest_mandroid said:
If, on the other hand, your phone DOES show up in Android but not in recovery, or if it just blips on the screen for a second (when running the loop) as an offline device, then it might be the formatting of your sd card. Do NOT format your sd card from your phone or within Android. The ONLY time I managed to get the phone to show up in recovery without disappearing immediately was by removing the sd card, formatting it in windows or osx with an external card reader, copying the files over (new rom or rooting files), and then replacing it in the phone while the phone is off. After putting the card back in your phone, try the procedure again - go to the bootloader->hboot->recovery (while the cable is unplugged), then press the power button and immediately after plug the cable in (usually works when you plug the cable in about .2-.5 seconds later). If it does not show up at all, reboot the phone and try again, but do NOT let it boot back to Android. You can get back in to the bootloader by waiting until the 'HTC quietly brilliant' screen shows up and typing 'adb reboot bootloader' with the usb cable attached.
It took me a really long time to figure that out. I don't think the type of sd card matters so much as the formatting of it. I actually used the 2gb card that came with the phone, and it worked almost every single time after I reformatted the card.
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Excellent troubleshooting tips. I added a note about formatting your SD card to the prerequisites.
ice3186 said:
okay so I think I the only one using a Mac in this rooting process. A few things I have learned and may already be known but I thought I would clarify.
1.) to get a loop to run on the mac i had to re-write the file loop.bat
this is the code that works for me and how to do it.
a.) rename the file to end in .sh not .bat the way it came
b.) open the file with TextEdit
c.) delete all of the text in it and write this in there
Code:
while [ "0" ]
do
{
./adb devices
}
done
d.) save the file back in the sdk/tools folder
e.) in terminal the command once you cd to the folder is ./loop.sh
2.) i have yet to be successful in the attempt to root so anyone knowing anything to help would be appreciated! But i am still cracking i think i am going to wear out the plug before i am done though.
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Thanks. Added a reference to your post.
attn1 said:
it should be pointed out that the loop does nothing except tell you if you have a connection or not. When you plug in the usb port, it will respond after a few seconds, or it won't. Try again.
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Noted in the original post.
Corporate Dog said:
Troubleshooting Tip on Prerequisite Step 2: If you're working behind a firewall, router, or proxy server, you're going to have to configure SDK Setup to use an open port on that device, in order to download updates.
I won't go through the exact steps here, but if SDK setup is hanging, this is the most likely culprit.
Regards,
Corporate Dog
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Thanks. Added the workaround.
attn1 said:
get a copy of linux livecd and then you don't have to actually set up the SDK or worry about any drivers.
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Thanks. Added a note to the top of the prerequisites.
gtg465x said:
Step 12.
If successful, you should see Clockwork Recovery and you now have Su and Superuser.apk installed! You can now reboot your phone into the OS to verify. If unsuccessful, repeat steps 11 and 12.
Step 13.
This step is optional, but it will save you the pain of going through all of these steps again in the future.
Unrevoked team: Recovery reflash tool (updated - Now for Aria/Liberty!)
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In no way, shape or form are you done after set 12.
You need to do more than just get into Clockwork. That alone doesn't root the phone.
gtg465x said:
If you made it to clockwork using this method then you're rooted. Check eugene's updated instructions. Look at the 6/29/2010 update on his original post... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6820344&postcount=1
I will add a reference to the unrevoked tool.
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My mistake. He not only updated his instructions, he updated his update.zip. That should do it.
Good job!
I was just wondering If I have device issues after it is rooted, is it possible to remove the root and flash everything back to factory defaults for warranty purposes like the windows phones or is it once the warranty is gone it is gone?
steezee said:
I was just wondering If I have device issues after it is rooted, is it possible to remove the root and flash everything back to factory defaults for warranty purposes like the windows phones or is it once the warranty is gone it is gone?
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Dunno if you can reflash the stock recovery again if you replaced it with clockwork, but you can definitely flash the stock ATT rom again. You can download it from HTC's site: http://member.america.htc.com/download/Web_materials/Manual/HTC_Aria_ATT/HTCAriaOriginalShipROM.exe
Banging my head on the wall. Got it to detect device once on loop. Never again after that. Phone shows up in device manager. Formatted 8gb and 2 gb cards several times.
urge growing. ... want to . . break.. . . .. . .random objects. . .
attn1 said:
My mistake. He not only updated his instructions, he updated his update.zip. That should do it.
Good job!
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Sorry, I should have mentioned that he updated his update.zip.
You guys are right , there are missing step in the tutorial to fully root Aria.
after i get in to the clockwork from the step above. i have to install the custom rom that can be found in the forum.
when i try to install "Unrevoked team: Recovery reflash tool (updated - Now for Aria/Liberty!) " . the process goes throught but the recovery is still the same HTC blue color recovery screen.
so before you insert your sd card into the phone after you format the sd card. remember to copy the rooted rom into the sd card so when you successfully get into the clockwork. you want to install the rom then your aria is rooted with superuser icon on the application.
after then you do the "Unrevoked team: Recovery reflash tool (updated - Now for Aria/Liberty!) step .
There are no steps missing from the first post. I rooted my Aria using that method. Just make sure you have the latest Root.zip from eugene's thread. He updated it the other day and if you try to use the older version of Root.zip with this method it will not work.
What you are doing is installing a custom rom, which is fine, but it's not required to root the Aria.
i was trying to get the clockwork to install and it only work after i load the liberated_aria_b003_signed.zip
before i load liberated_aria_b003_signed.zip , it still give me the default HTC recovery screen.
after i load liberated_aria_b003_signed.zip and install "Unrevoked team: Recovery reflash tool (updated - Now for Aria/Liberty!) " . i get the clockwork screen as the recovery screen .
i still can't get the side loading to show after i follow the step from here
•COMMON:
•Enable USB debugging (settings > applications > development > USB Debugging)
•adb remount
•adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
Linux/OS X:
•echo "update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';"|sqlite3 settings.db
WINDOWS:
•echo update secure set value = 1 where name = 'install_non_market_apps';|sqlite3 settings.db
COMMON:
•adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
•Reboot phone and sideloading works. (thanks to fluffyarmada)
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I take no credit for figuring out how to root the Epic, nor do I take any credit for creating the .bat file.
All credits go to joeykrim for the manual root. And noobnl for the .bat file.
I was having trouble rooting as many of you have been but I have figured out a simple solution that actually worked for me and I hope it works for you.
[STEP 1] First you need to make sure you have android's latest sdk. You can download it at http://developer.android.com/sdk
[STEP 2] After installation (if i remember correctly) sdk should of been installed into the root of your hard drive, normally (C:/). It will be labeled "android-sdk-windows" if you installed the windows version. To make things a lot more simple, you can rename this to "sdk". Anyways, download and install the Samsung Galaxy S drivers. This is the one I installed. http://www.mobile-stream.com/beta/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
[STEP 3] Go over to "One click root for the Epic 4G! v2.2.4 Now has Busybox & remount scripts!" and grab the latest zip file. I used v2.2.4.
[STEP 4] Extract the folder to the "android-sdk-windows" folder and rename it to "epic". Or something smaller if you want.
[STEP 5] Next open up command prompt (cmd). Start/Run/cmd or start/all programs/command prompt.
[STEP 6] In the command prompt, type "cd \sdk\epic" (sdk, and epic are to be replaced with what you have the folders named). Do not close command prompt.
[STEP 7] Type run.bat and let it do its work.
[STEP 8] Once the phone is rebooted, keep the phone connected and in that same command prompt type "adb shell" you should get a "$" symbol.
[STEP 9] Now type "su" and you should get a "#" symbol.
STEP 10] If you got those symbol's, then you are now rooted. Now go into the market and download "Superuser" by "ChainsDD".
You should now be rooted. This was tested on a Acer Aspire One netbook running Windows XP. If you are running Windows Vista/7, then the only different step you need to do is right-click the cmd/command prompt and select "run as administrator".
This was also done without mounting the sd card like some users have done to make it work. If it doesn't work, try mounting the SD card. If all else fails, restart the phone and try again. What I did was pull the battery out and then tried it.
As stated before, credits go to joeykrim at sdx-developers and noobnl from our very own xda-developers.
Have a nice day
OMG..... I GOT IT ROOTED YEEEEHHHHHAAAAA )))
Thank you so much for everyone involved in making this possible for all of us )
I'll add something I've noticed while fiddling around with all of the "one-click" installations:
Do not let your phone lock/go to sleep while they are running (step 7 above).
I couldn't figure out why they would work sometimes and not others (device not found errors) and I think this may have been it.
You can also launch the .bat by double-clicking it wherever you extracted it to instead of going through the command prompt to save a couple steps.
If this is way off base please let me know what is really causing the problem or just delete this post!
puppetmstr said:
STEP 10] If you got those symbol's, then you are now rooted. Now go into the market and download "Superuser" by "ChainsDD".
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If you want to use the superuser app you need to do some additional modifications because the root method actually replaces su every time you reboot. I wrote the steps out in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788939
i finally got it to work for me
after several times trying to install and nothing just $ after $ after $ then i noticed the advise on removing the battery at the very end
so leaving the phone connect my cmd window still open i pulled the battery waited bout a 30 seconds then put the battery back in booted the phone
once the SD finished its scan
i ran the ADB SHELL and typed su and got the #
so thanks much for the help guide
richse said:
If you want to use the superuser app you need to do some additional modifications because the root method actually replaces su every time you reboot. I wrote the steps out in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788939
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2.2.5 fixes this and comes with superuser.apk built in.
Folders one click root
cant seem to get my computer to see my epic when in debugging
Recently I've got a cheap Motorola Backflip for Telus, then I start exploring and find a solution to upgrade to 2.3.7. I've spent 2 whole days facing the computer but eventually got the solution.
I don't know is there anyone still using this ancient phone but I wish this thread can help the one who needs this and also update some of the out-dated processes.
Origin: Android 1.5
Let's start:
(The following are tested on a telus backflip)
First Root
1) Go setting>Application> Development>USB debugging. check the debugging box
Put a at least 1GB memory card in your phone
2)Connect your phone to computer. USB connecting type: "charge only"
3)Download pdanet so that they can install the driver you need, run it after you downloaded it with your phone connected to the computer
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php
4)Download adb and extract all the files to the root of (C: )
http://www.mediafire.com/?tntogmymgo16ac0
5)Download the rageagainstthecage file, create a file called "Moto_MSM_Root" in (C: ), then extract all the files into "Moto_MSM_Root" in (C: )
http://www.mediafire.com/?azcraghfl12sw8w
6)Download “Terminal Emulator” and "Rootchecker" and put them in the root of (C: )
http://www.iapktop.com/wp-content/plugins/download-monitor/download.php?id=5181
http://goo.gl/KEt1Z
7)Computer: Enter (C: )drive and then hold "shift" on your keyboard and right click, choose to open the command prompt
8)Code
8a)Verify the connection by typing the following code, if it shows your devices serial and "device" side by side, you are good to go
Code:
adb devices
Example:XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX device
8b)start rooting
Code:
adb install RootCheckPro.apk
adb install Android_Terminal_Emulator_v1.0.32.apk
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\su /sdcard/su
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb push c:\Moto_MSM_Root\install-root.sh /data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
chmod 0755 install-root.sh
Keep your phone connecting to the computer
9)Backflip: open the terminal emulator in your Backflip
10)type the following in the terminal emulator on Backflip
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
11)Wait for a while until you see this message
Code:
[+] Forked xxxx childs.
12)Close the " terminal emulator"
13)Open " terminal emulator" and type the following (!My " terminal emulator" failed to open after closing it, so I force close it by this method: Setting>Application>Manage Applications>terminal emulator>Force close! Open terminal emulator again and type the code):
Code:
/data/local/tmp/install-root.sh
14)If the script doesn't show nothing, then your backflip is rooted!
15)Open "RootChecker" in your phone to verify "root"
Second Flashing ROM (CM7.2)
1)Download the ROM and other things we needed to run CM7 perfectly, DO NOT extract them, put them in (C: )Drive
CM7.2: http://get.cm/get/jenkins/2849/cm-7.2.0-motus.zip
gapps-gb-20110828:http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
(For non-AT&T Backflip ONLY) : signed-IT_radio.zip:http://www.mediafire.com/?pco663926xf2ccm
2)Download recovery.img and EXTRACT it to (C: )drive
recovery.img:http://www.mediafire.com/?4limlcamj4tv7dl
3)Computer: Enter (C: )drive and then hold "shift" on your keyboard and right click, choose to open the command prompt
4) Verify your device first ,if it shows your devices serial and "device"side by side, you are good to go
Code:
adb start-server
adb devices
5)Plug in your phone via USB and in "charge only" mode, check usb debugging
6)Code in the command prompt
Code:
adb push c:\cm-7.2.0-motus.zip /sdcard/cm-7.2.0-motus.zip
adb push c:\gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip /sdcard/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
adb push c:\signed-IT_radio.zip /sdcard/signed-IT_radio.zip
adb push c:\recovery.img /sdcard/recovery.img
adb shell
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
exit
exit
7) Reboot the phone in recovery mode. First, power off the phone>hold camera button –> Press power button while keep holding the camera button> hold until your see the screen with green letter. Then, press volume down key immediately. Don't concern what it says in this stage.
8)You should have enter the recovery mode with a green Android background
9)Use Volume Keys to navigate, home button for enter and Back button for back.
10)Select Wipe>wipe all and then confirmed by clicking the home button
10.1) (For non-AT&T Backflip ONLY) Click back and then select “Flash zip from SD”, select "signed-IT_radio.zip" and hit home button twice
After finish flashing this, reboot the phone to recovery.
11) Back to the main menu, select “Flash zip from SD”, then select "cm-7.2.0-motus.zip" hit home button twice
After finish flashing this, click back once
12)select "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip" and hit home button twice
13) select "Reboot system now"
14) It would take about 15-20 mins for the first boot-up
15) Done and Enjoying using CM7.2 Android 2.3.7
ATTENTION: I won't be held accountable for any damage to your phone, you take your own risk.
All the resources in the guide are from different website and developer, all the effort belongs to them. Please visit their own website/forum and support them.
ATTENTION: After flashed to Italian radiio, I can't detect telus network on my phone but it becomes usable for Rogers/Bell/Virgin/chatr/
Take your own risk
HOPE YOU CAN DO IT!
ADB http://www.mediafire.com/?occn7zlez9qkk2x
dead link
unable to dwnld gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
link seems to b dead
need an alternate link..
pls help !
edit : found it here
goo.im/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip add http @ beginning..!
Root is done and i can't access to write recovery
i download SuperOneClickv1.6.5-ShortFuse and do root then i open super user
then i do restart to phone and write
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Lot Of time
recovery is done write :good:
Your Post Helpful Bro
Br Ahmed Zitoon
---------- Post added at 07:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:53 PM ----------
And This is Perfectly Work
update-cm-7.1.0-BACKFLIP-signed