Im a complete noob Here..
Just bought my LG P500 android phone with 2.2.1 froyo stock..
I want to root my phone as a start to Open VPN
I've done my research and ended with gingerbreak...
Im on Chainfires thread and It says "format the SD card"
Doesnt that mean erasing everything on my sd card?? will that affect the phone or system??
Im really sorry for this pure noob question... But I just want to be sure..
Thank you...
Just rooted my phone..
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i have an unmodified wifi only xoom (us) im a little confused about getting the update to work, im a noob but do have success with other devices like rooting and installing cm7 on an evo and others, but im either missing something or just not getting it. if im stock can i just install clockwork through rommanager and put the update.zip on an sd card and update through that, i thought the xoom needed to be modified to use an sd card( until an update anyway) and i understand and have installed fastboot and any and all drivers. i cant post in the dev so i thought id post here, any help at all is appreciated. thanks
I was a little confused about it too. It seems CWM will "see" your sdcard as /sdcard/ even if you dont have sd support. Once I booted up, /sdcard/ went back to what it was, and so did everything else, but I'm on 3.1 somehow.
I'm pretty sure you have to be rooted to flash in CWM though, am I wrong? At least anything dealing with /system/ . If you're totally stock, I'd just keep pushing for the OTA
is there any reason at all to update to 3.1, what are the benefits, I see all the hype but nobody is showing any benefit????
Alright i am almost ready to root my infuse 4g... i just wanna make im doing this right... I got this one that i think i should do(link is gonna be at the bottom) but i wanna know, how do i put a file on the internal sd card? Is that the folder that comes up when ever you use a file manager, without root access, on the phone?
And also how do i know that i have the drivers for my phone? Because kies is **** and it keeps failing or something...and last question, Someone please tell me the procedure if im wrong...
What i think is supposed to be done for rooting is you root, with something such as the one below in the link, and then do you have to install a different rom(i was thinking of infused 2.1.0) or do you have to just get a rom manager and do enable it or something like that?
Please someone answer these questions?
This is the link for the root i wanna do, as it is aimed at rogers infuse 4g, which of course is what i ahve
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248
joeym11 said:
Alright i am almost ready to root my infuse 4g... i just wanna make im doing this right... I got this one that i think i should do(link is gonna be at the bottom) but i wanna know, how do i put a file on the internal sd card? Is that the folder that comes up when ever you use a file manager, without root access, on the phone?
And also how do i know that i have the drivers for my phone? Because kies is **** and it keeps failing or something...and last question, Someone please tell me the procedure if im wrong...
What i think is supposed to be done for rooting is you root, with something such as the one below in the link, and then do you have to install a different rom(i was thinking of infused 2.1.0) or do you have to just get a rom manager and do enable it or something like that?
Please someone answer these questions?
This is the link for the root i wanna do, as it is aimed at rogers infuse 4g, which of course is what i ahve
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As long as Kies is successfully installed you should have the drivers. That's all I had to do. As for loading rom's, don't use rom manager. Flash it with CWM.
EricNagel said:
As long as Kies is successfully installed you should have the drivers. That's all I had to do. As for loading rom's, don't use rom manager. Flash it with CWM.
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What does that last part mean?
ROOTED now how do i install infused 2.1.0?
Hello all, I recently acquired a skyrocket and new to this rooting thing. I swtch from iphone to this phone and loving it. Do you need an sd card to root? also can someone give me a step by step guide to rooting. I want to root to have super user and back up all my apps but would like to stay as close to stock as possible til I learn and get comfortable with rooting and flashing the kernel.
Yea. Obvs u need a SD card. Where are you going to keep your roms and kernels
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thre3aces said:
Yea. Obvs u need a SD card. Where are you going to keep your roms and kernels
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On the internal SD card, which CWM recognizes and can use just fine.
jayzfelon said:
Hello all, I recently acquired a skyrocket and new to this rooting thing. I swtch from iphone to this phone and loving it. Do you need an sd card to root? also can someone give me a step by step guide to rooting. I want to root to have super user and back up all my apps but would like to stay as close to stock as possible til I learn and get comfortable with rooting and flashing the kernel.
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Please read the guides that are already posted in the DEV section. You don't need a SD card to root nor to run custom ROMs. It is advisable to get one though.
shansmi said:
Please read the guides that are already posted in the DEV section. You don't need a SD card to root nor to run custom ROMs. It is advisable to get one though.
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Could you post a link I've been searching how to root with out an SD card.
Xoom 4g
k0nane said:
On the internal SD card, which CWM recognizes and can use just fine.
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This. Yes you can just use the internal memory.
jayzfelon said:
Hello all, I recently acquired a skyrocket and new to this rooting thing. I swtch from iphone to this phone and loving it. Do you need an sd card to root? also can someone give me a step by step guide to rooting. I want to root to have super user and back up all my apps but would like to stay as close to stock as possible til I learn and get comfortable with rooting and flashing the kernel.
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Give this thread a read. I think you'll find it very usefull.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1427268
I have few question and dunno where to start. First, I downloaded some custom ROM and I want to install it, is installing new ROM same as rooting ? If not, how to install that ROM which I have already downloaded and ROOT my Galaxy Ace ?
P.S. I'm kinda afraid of rooting I get it as some sort of scary **** to do :S But since I can't update to 2.3.6 since this stupid Polish firmware doesn't let me to do it, I want to change to another one. And I want to ROOT it so I can move some apps to memory card so I get more RAM
I would really appriciate some useful advices
This thread by hubix should explain it all
SwannyBhoy said:
This thread by hubix should explain it all
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Thanks I should have searched first >.< Btw after I install some other firmware and root my phone, would I be able to update it via Kies ?
Thanks for the answer again
No buddy, once you root Kies will be useless. You may be able to find the most up-to-date rom and root it.
If you go for a custom rom usually developers update it to the latest firmware version.
Just be careful on what your doing to your phone. Read the tutorial 3-4 times before starting the process and make sure you have everything.
Also.. make sure you check task manager and end task all KIES apps. (KiesAgentTray KiesPLR etc)
Hey guys, I'm finally fed up with my lg p506 thrive:
I am running the Android 2.2.2 system. My kernal version is 2.6.32.9
Is it possible to so called 'root' this phone in order to make it perform faster. I am always getting the low space warnings and barely have any apps on it. I know this isn't the most state of the art phone at all, but if their's anything you guys could recommend besides moving apps to my SD card I would really appreciate it!
I'm a newbie at any sort of rooting so if you guys could assist me it'd be great. From my research here, people say to install Gingerbreak 1.2 APK. My main question being, where do I "install' this file when I have my phone connected via USB?
Thanks,
Megafast13