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[DROID] Root instructions (UPDATED)

The following is a guide for how to obtain root access within an ADB shell, then locally on the device.
UPDATED TO SIMPLE VERSION WITHOUT ADB
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Credit:
- embeem for bringing the Eclair signature check hole to attention.
- For creating the exploited update package: Zinx Verituse (initially posted here)
- mjxg for writing a complete guide which I have modified and reposted here (original thread here
- Cyanogen for providing Superuser.
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THIS WILL NOT UPDATE YOU TO 2.0.1. If you would like to end up with a rooted 2.0.1 and haven't been pushed the update OTA yet, then please follow this (http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=568) guide THEN follow the directions below.
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1 - Download the droid-super_user.zip file from: http://alldroid.org/download/file.php?id=659 (md5sum cf653352967253e99d967498ffd9ce69).
Do not extract.
2 - Rename the file to "update.zip".
3 - Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select "USB Connected" then press "Mount".
4 - Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer
5 - Put the "update.zip" file you just renamed into the Root (top) directory of your SD Card.
6 - Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7 - Hold down the "X" key on the physical keyboard and while doing so press the power button. Hold both of them down until you see a Triangle with an !.
8 - Press the Vol+ and the Camera button together until you get a menu.
9 - Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
10 - This should take a little bit. Once it's done select the option to reboot the phone.
Now you can download a root application, or terminal emulator and try out your new found root access.
This works with 2.0.1
Please do not start removing any applications just yet. You will run into problems trying to flash anything. Wait until we have a recovery image made.

can some one dump the phone?

Looking at the change in Gerritt:
https://review.source.android.com/#change,12807
It has not been approved yet, although that doesn't prevent Mot from cherry picking it.
I just tried the droid-root.zip update on my Droid, worked great. The only thing I might add is to rename the otakeys.zip from /system/etc/security/otakeys.zip to prevent future OTA updates.
Don't want to lose root now that we have it.
-Howard
http://www.magicandroidapps.com. - Home of Better Terminal Emulator Pro, the best terminal emulator for Droid.

With root, you can dump out the MTD partitions to /data/local, ie:
adb shell
$ su
# cd /data/local
# cat /proc/mtd
Use this output to figure out which partitions are what, and then dump them out, ie:
# cat /dev/block/mtdblock0 > pds.bin
Then 'adb pull' the /data/local/*.bin files to your PC.
-Howard
http://www.magicandroidapps.com - Home of Better Terminal Emulator Pro, the best terminal emulator for Droid.

There is now a more streamlined way of going about this. I need to update the guide.

NEWEST METHOD that DOES NOT require adb
New exploit zip, including Superuser from CyanogenMod
First you have to update your phone to 2.0.1. If you have already done this manually, or if your phone has already received the OTA update, move on to the next section.
First, download this attachment ( http://alldroid.org/download/file.php?id=646 ) and rename it to "update.zip".
Copy update.zip to the SDcard in your phone.
Reboot your phone to recovery mode by holding down x while the phone turns on. once you see the /!\ emblem, press the Volume Up and Camera buttons at the same time.
Select Install update.zip from the menu.
Reboot once it is done.
Now your phone is updated to 2.0.1
Now, to root the phone.
download this attachment ( http://alldroid.org/download/file.php?id=659 ) and rename it "update.zip"
Copy update.zip to the phones sdcard
reboot phone to recovery mode (hold x while turning phone on, press volume up + camera button)
install update.zip
reboot
and you are done.
all credit to Zinx Verituse over on Alldroid.org

su works but apps still say I don't have root?
I'm an IT Professional not a newb, but not super great on Linux either.
I've followed the rooting steps, after updating manually to 2.0.1
The issue is, I can go: su using a term emulator on my phone and it says "access granted courtesy of magicandroidapps" (something like that).
I can do things through the term emulator, but for some reason when I download apps that require root and try to use them it still says I don't have root access? What gives? I couldn't even rename a file in /etc/bluez using ROOT EXPLORER (a file manager).
It's like root works on term emulator but not through GUI apps? Am I missing something?

Disregard, problem solved
Disregard.

Updated to new, simple, one flash instructions.

i cant get this to work for nothing. when i download the files i extract them to the desktop then put them into one folder named update.zip is this wrong?

dabo318 said:
i cant get this to work for nothing. when i download the files i extract them to the desktop then put them into one folder named update.zip is this wrong?
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It never said to extract. Rename the .zip to update.zip (make sure it's not update.zip.zip) then carry on.

I've got a question. This is a hole found in android, so this should work for any android device, as long as you append the original exploit.zip to that devices update.zip, correct?

ok i finally got the zip on the phone and trying to setup metamorph now. its been setting up file: zip for about five min is this normal?

Here is a link to a tutorial on how to create your own update.zip in order to deliver whatever you may need to (with a size limitation).
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=626
Please note this is exclusive to the current Android 2.0

cellulararrest said:
Here is a link to a tutorial on how to create your own update.zip in order to deliver whatever you may need to (with a size limitation).
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=626
Please note this is exclusive to the current Android 2.0
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And 2.0.1 ... thanks though, that pretty much answered my question. So any device that gets pushed 2.0/2.0.1 ota update and on before this hole is patched up this should work on. Let's hope they don't patch it before we get a hold of a milestoine update.
Btw- someone should check out the 2.1 sense dump and see if this hole is still present.
Oh and sorry about getting slightly off topic, just seemed the most revelent place to ask.

Yeah that would be good to check 2.1. But I don't think anyone is actually using that recovery image. If it's even available. Everyone has fancy dancy custom recovery images.

COMPREHENSIVE HOWTO "ROOT YOUR DROID" (my best attempt anyhow)
*deleted* per a noobs request (cuz I've heard from others as well that my directions were outdated even though they use super-root from Cyanogen).

Rainabba, Please delete that post. it's out-of-date and incorrect.

i just installed a terminal app from the market, type su and hit enter, it asked to allow or deny, so i believe just a terminal app will give you SU also, correct?
im an idiot when it comes to adb. also just a reminder to the root nobbs, if your using vista, just name the update, update dont add the .zip to it, or it wont work.

Correct. Please don't start removing apps from your system. A few people have been doing that just because they can and are causing themselves real problems. Hold off until someone succeeds in their endeavors for a custom recovery image.

[TUTORIAL] Updating to DI07, Obtaining Root, and Flashing Custom Recovery [FIX]

Scroll to the bottom for a fix to the newest clockwork recovery flasher...
UPDATING TO DI07
First things first, you must update to the latest firmware and kernel, but in order to do this you must un-root and return to the stock kernel in order to avoid problems.
Simply download the zip here, and run the run.bat inside, after extracting the folder to your desktop.
You must have debugging mode enabled for this to work.
Once that's finished you can update to DI07 using the stock recovery. You do this, like any other update, by renaming the zip (found here, to update.zip on throwing it onto the root of your sdcard.
Then, boot up into the stock recovery (power+camera+volume down) and press home to apply the update.zip.
The update will install and your phone will reboot into DI07.
First boot will take some time, so be patient.
Now onto the fun part, rooting your phone.
OBTAINING ROOT
Just as you obtained root before DI07, you obtain root on DI07, if you have the right tools. Download the one click root here, and once more extract the included folder to you desktop, make sure you have usb debugging enabled, and run the run.bat. Your phone will reboot, and you will have root.
FLASHING CUSTOM RECOVERY
Here is where it gets a tad bit more complicated. First off, you have to download the zip here, but this time before running the bat you have to open up command prompt and redirect it to your C:/android-sdk-windows/tools folder and then run the following code.
adb devices
adb shell
su
remount rw
exit
exit
Now the command prompt should close, and you can run the run.bat for build 31 of clockwork recovery flasher. Once more, your phone will reboot and after the script is done running and says "press any key to exit...." you can press enter and boot into recovery.
That's it, three simple steps to updating, obtaining root, and flashing clockwork recovery!
Also, don't forget to check out my ROM coming later today, as well as noobnl's Andromeda Galaxy ROM v1, just released.

great tutorial...and i can use these instructions even if i am using aridons v4 rom and heros overclocked kernel?

Well, it basically reverts you back to the stock kernal, so you will for sure lose the overclocked kernal. However, I'm not sure about the ROM. Your best bet would be either to hold off on this as the ROM you are suing isn't based on DI07, or flash to stock and then follow this guide. Your choice.

bubby323 said:
Well, it basically reverts you back to the stock kernal, so you will for sure lose the overclocked kernal. However, I'm not sure about the ROM. Your best bet would be either to hold off on this as the ROM you are suing isn't based on DI07, or flash to stock and then follow this guide. Your choice.
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Well I just ran this and at first glance, it got me right into clockwork. I selected one of my nandroid and restored it. After the phone finished restoring and everything, I wanted to make sure that I still had clockwork but instead it was stock recovery once more.
Since I still had root, I redid the steps starting with entering the commands, then I re-ran the bat file for clockwork. I checked and clockwork is back...unknown as to how long though.

Thank you!!! the remount rw was what I needed to get the clockwork custom recovery to flash!!!
I have another question for you? Is it possible to install the custom recovery without having root? I suspect not? The reason I ask is that I would like to have a nandroid backup of the completely stock rom although I guess I could use the one noobnl has posted

well, i got back to a stock rom....applied the stock kernal...but when i went to apply the update.zip...it took me back to clockwork...not the stock recovery....so i tried to apply the update from there but it aborted...how do i get rid of clockwork so i can go into stock recovery and will that fix it?

mrkrabs said:
well, i got back to a stock rom....applied the stock kernal...but when i went to apply the update.zip...it took me back to clockwork...not the stock recovery....so i tried to apply the update from there but it aborted...how do i get rid of clockwork so i can go into stock recovery and will that fix it?
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Three options I can think of- if you use adb reboot recovery I believe it will load the stock recovery- the other option is to use odin to go back to complete stock. Finally you could use the option for clockwork in this thread look for the link under "B]Update.zip (for clockwork recovery and includes all the listed apps below)"
EDIT: I can confirm that "adb reboot recovery" loads the stock recovery when you have clockwork

bubby323 said:
FLASHING CUSTOM RECOVERY
Here is where it gets a tad bit more complicated. First off, you have to download the zip --- but this time before running the bat you have to open up command prompt and redirect it to your C:/android-sdk-windows/tools folder and then run the following code.
adb devices
adb shell
su
remount rw
exit
exit
Now the command prompt should close, and you can run the run.bat for build 31 of clockwork recovery flasher. Once more, your phone will reboot and after the script is done running and says "press any key to exit...." you can press enter and boot into recovery.
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Im having a little issue with this. Im running windows 7. Can I do this in windows 7? Also when it says redirect it to your C:/Android---- do I have to change the drive to ex. cd c:/ first or do i just type in the command prompt C:/android-sdk-windows/tools and hit enter and follow the rest of the commands? Sorry extreme noob here..
Thank you for any help!!

I have ClockworkMod Recovery installed, how can I get into the stock recovery to apply this?

Look 2 posts up
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA APP

You need to use the DG27 uninstaller instead of the DI07 uninstaller to update to DI07.
The DI07 uninstaller is just to go back to stock DI07 kernel if you already updated
DG27 uninstaller: http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/one.click.stock.&.root.uninstallerv1.0.1.zip

I think it needs to be pointed out that this alone won't work if you are like me and have removed apps from the phone. All those apps must be restored in addition to reverting to stock kernel before the OTA update can be applied. At least that's how I understand it. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks a lot, I appreciate step-by-step tutorials like this for noobs like myself ... this made things a lot easier since some of the stuff (files, instructions, etc.) was all over the place.

would seem that way because I removed the alarmclock to start and when i try to run update.zip from sd it fails when checking current system @ /system/app/AlarmClock.odex
i tried rerooting and reinstalling alarm clock using the backup from titanium. says it is successful but i do not find it in my apps drawer. it still fails there too..
WisdomWolf said:
I think it needs to be pointed out that this alone won't work if you are like me and have removed apps from the phone. All those apps must be restored in addition to reverting to stock kernel before the OTA update can be applied. At least that's how I understand it. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
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Titanium backup does not restore apps in /system. You have to restore those by hand.

Im officially struggling, undid the root then copy/paste the update to the sdcard, renamed it. It unzips but says its failed to open /sdcard/update.zip(no such file or directory)...suggestions?
I know that in the step it said to copy it to the root on the sd but im am very green to this stuff, and didnt see a folder marked that, therefore I just copied it to the sd card

I can't get Clockwork to flash now. I walked through the steps...I did the remount crap and ran the bat and it rebooted the phone but when i reboot into recovery it goes to the normal recovery screen. Now if I try to redo it it does not recognize the remount rw and i can't get anywhere with it and i'm stuck with no clockwork.

but this time before running the bat you have to open up command prompt and redirect it to your C:/android-sdk-windows/tools folder and then run the following code.
adb devices
adb shell
su
remount rw
exit
exit
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This part is unnecessary because the recovery zip comes with adb built in

is there a manual way to push this to the phone? These one clicks never seem to work for me ever it's just easier to do it myself.

Whosdaman said:
This part is unnecessary because the recovery zip comes with adb built in
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No you must do this in order to get clockwork.

HTC EVO superuser port to Samsung Transform???

Rooted my Transform and went in to the superuser APK.... I'm disappointed that it has very limited content vs. my buddies HTC EVO. I'm new to Androids, but anyone know if there would be a way to port the superuser APK from the HTC EVO to the Samsung Transfrom, or is it even Feasible?

Can you go into more detail on how you rooted your Samsung Transform. I have tried SuperOneClick but the root never sticks. I would lose superuser randomly.

I just rooted with Super One Click, now, i dont know what to do with it lol. It sticks with me though.

No need for a superuser port. Just download from the market after rooting
via skeeterslint sdx:
Heres is a one click recovery installer for people that don't want to do it by hand.
http://www.mediafire.com/?jl21knp1d0lbf17
This is a still beta but working version of SDX Recovery version 3.1.1.
Things known to work.
Backups and restores.
Clearing dalvik cache.
Clearing cache partition.
Flashing kernel zImages.
Flashing zip files.
Adb works in recovery.
Also mounting the sdcard to your computer works.
Anything else in the options is still in need of testing I am not responsible if your phone gets bricked.
THIS MAY BRICK ALL PHONE MODS YOU DO AT YOUR OWN RISK!
OK now that thats out of the way heres the files needed.
1. http://www.mediafire.com/?862j3wlzftenwef This is the recovery image.
2. http://www.mediafire.com/?67an7lkm9qtmf5b until there is a custom recovery you will need this program to flash recovery. Its called flash_image.
3. http://www.mediafire.com/?5dcv3r14sjvsfdq rage.bin temporary exploit to get root.
4. You will also need the Android SDK so you have a working adb to be able to push files over to your phone.
If you are flashing this from a phone running my rooted kernel you can skip steps 4 and 7 and just su over to a root prompt.
OK these are the steps to install this recovery.
1. Make sure adb is installed and working there are how to's on the forum to get this setup or just use google.
2 adb push recovery.bin /data/local/tmp to move the kernel to the phone.
3 adb push flash_image /data/local/tmp to move flash_image onto the phone.
4 adb push rage.bin /data/local/tmp to move rage.bin onto the phone.
5. Run adb shell to get to a shell prompt on the phone.
6. Run chmod 755 on flash_image and rage.bin chmod 755 rage.bin chmod 755 flash_image.
7. Run ./rage.bin and let it go run through untill it exits you out of adb.
8. adb shell you should now have a root shell on the phone.
9. Run ./flash_image recovery recovery.bin to install the kernel.
Once its installed to get into recovery use Volume down Camera and power to get into recovery.
Volume up and down scroll through the option.
Menu should be the enter key.
Back button is back.
Search key is delete.
You will need to create the directorys on your sdcard that recovery needs to flash zip files make backup and flash kernel and recovery from.
Create directory called sdx on the root of the sdcard and inside it create 3 folders zips update and backup.
At this time it seems that factory restore is not working correctly and anyone else can confirm please let me know.
And for better recovery via vampirefo on sdx:
his is my first recovery, I made the change to the first screen to show that this is a transform recovery rather than a moment recovery. Also I got console to work in recovery, it wont rotate but works just fine.
http://www.4shared.com/file/bBTlN7UZ/recoveryrfs.html
You can flash this via swupdate, or if you already have skeeters recovery installed, just extract recovery.tar to /sdcard/sdx/updates
boot to recovery
Scroll down to
Backup, Restore, Flash
Scroll down to
Flash Recovery
After flash is complete
press back button
Under Reboot options choose Reboot to Recovery to see new recovery

Clockwork Recovery for Coby Kyros MID-7015--Updated

All credit for this goes to Razor950
Coby Kyros MID-7015
Download recovery.img from Sendspace.com - send big files the easy way
use flash_image and flash recovery to tablet. (ex flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img)
Navigating:
Home is down
Menu is select
Back is back
Everything works and I'll post stock nandroid dumps on here soon.
Update some are reporting that they are unable to Flash to the recent firmware update that was posted
on the coby website do to the clockworkmod being installed.
Thanks to Kasten for coding this then thanks to adamdietrick for creating a new zip
That can be flashed with the clockworkmod installed.
Clockworkmod Coby Firmware update
Donate if you like Razor950's work!

thanks for posting
any issues that anyone gets with this recovery, please pm me.
enjoy

havic said:
Everything works and I'll post stock nandroid dumps on here soon.
Donate if you like Razor950's work!
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Here's my backup
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ALHYN80

You must be rooted (I assume z4root or universal android root works)
then either using terminal (grab terminal app from market) or using adb.
Grab the recovery.img and drop it into sdcard via usb or adb push.
Open terminal and type su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
or if using adb, its adb shell and then su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Note: I am not the best at writing noobie guides but hopefully it helps

Thanks for this. I do not have mine yet( lol, just ordered it) but I donated for your work!
Thanks!

Anyone have a idea on how to get back into recovery? I have it installed but have tried holding every button to get me back and nothing kinda sucks since I have been testing new mods for this and cant get to my backup because the first shot at the mod was a fail.

I was able to get clockwork installed thanks to you. Do you know of any images that are out for the 7015?

Lawful123 said:
I was able to get clockwork installed thanks to you. Do you know of any images that are out for the 7015?
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Aside from stock(rooted) dump, there is nothing, I'll work with havic to get a rooted dump with google apps(market mostly) working correctly.
Besides that there is nothing else from my end for now. I personally don't like telechip tablets, bad experience from a gentouch :X
Also telechip company are retards and don't release kernel source, it'd help developers optimize a 2.1 rom and also be able to port kernel to a newer one for 2.2

I can see that this model gained popularity this black Friday. We are just now starting to see android tablets hit " Joe User ". I think that the telechip tabs will become popular so long as the price is on point. Thanks for all you do.

what exactly is this recovery for?
does installing this offer me additional features, or is it merely what we would restore to in case of disaster?

Deenybird said:
what exactly is this recovery for?
does installing this offer me additional features, or is it merely what we would restore to in case of disaster?
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For now it is a good way to backup your unit so that if you screw it up you can go back. In the future people will make images for it. Hopefully someday android 2.2

Which version of flash_image tool is needed to flash this recovery or is the tool stock on the tablet?
EDIT: figured it out. stock. Looking through the dump now =)

adamdietrick said:
Here's my backup
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=5ALHYN80
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If you try and recover from the backup that is in the link you may or may not get a error.The error is md5 mismatch. So the recovery fails to install.
What needs to be done is need to have busybox installed then shell in and run the following commands.
This has to be ran from the dir. that contains the backup files.
Which will more than likely be similar to this
/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-12-01.20.41.18
#busybox md5sum -c nandroid.md5
boot.img: OK
cache.img: OK
data.img: OK
recovery.img: OK
system.img: OK
# reboot recovery
reboot recovery
Once in clockwork then run a recovery.
If you have a Issue let me know I will try my best to get you some answers.

razor950 said:
You must be rooted (I assume z4root or universal android root works)
then either using terminal (grab terminal app from market) or using adb.
Grab the recovery.img and drop it into sdcard via usb or adb push.
Open terminal and type su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
or if using adb, its adb shell and then su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Note: I am not the best at writing noobie guides but hopefully it helps
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When I type this it it says its file not found.
I double checked and in astro I see
sdcard/recovery.img
any ideas?

beccaannabell said:
When I type this it it says its file not found.
I double checked and in astro I see
sdcard/recovery.img
any ideas?
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where are you when you type that? does it not find the flash_image binary or the .img?

Worked for me
I got it working by doing the following.
1. Download and installed "Android Terminal Emulator" on to the device.
2. Download and installed Z4Root 1.3.0.apk from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
3. Run it and pressed the "Permanent Root" button. It took a bit and it auto rebooted.
4. Place the recovery.img on the root of my sd card. (Razor950's recovery.img is from post#1 on this thread.)
5. Opened "Android Terminal Emulator".
6. Entered the following.
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
7. Locked everything up for about 5 min and it went back to # prompt when it was done.
8. I powered off the device.
9. After it turned off I pressed and held the back button then pressed the power button. Kept holding it until you see clockworkMod v2.5.1.3. (If it says Android it's too late.)
I have a question myself what is sd-ext on clockwork? Also is there a way to do a selective backup? Just system with no data?
Thanks.

Thanks for your procedure, will try it when I receive my tablet.
Regarding your question about sd-ext, it's a partition of your sdcard. One will be in fat32 and the other in ext2 or ext3. Usually ext2 is used when you have app2sd or 12sd+. The purpose of this is to have more apps in install by installing them on your ext partition instead of internal memory. I use it for my HTC desire (smartphone)
Regarding your second question, I don't know anyway of doing a backup without data but pretty sure it's possible, for example, if you go in your Android do a factory reset. reboot in recovery then do your backup. Not sure if there's another way to do it

Yezir!
Kasten said:
I got it working by downing the following.
1. Download and installed "Android Terminal Emulator" on to the device.
2. Download and installed Z4Root 1.3.0.apk from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
3. Ran it and pressed the "permit root" button. It look a bit and it auto rebooted.
4. Place the recovery.img on the root of my sd card.
5. Opened "Android Terminal Emulator.
6. Entered the following.
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
7. Locked everything up for about 5 min and went back to # prompt when done.
8. Powered off device.
9. Press and held the back button then pressed the power button. Kept holding it until I saw clockworkMod v2.5.1.3. (If it says Android its too late)
I have a question myself what is sd-ext on clockwork? Also is there a way to do a selective backup? Just system with no data?
Thanks.
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this is perfect!!!!! thanks for thinking of us dummies

Daali said:
where are you when you type that? does it not find the flash_image binary or the .img?
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same thing for me
"error opening /sdcard/recovery.img:No such file or directory"
Help

noonerealy said:
same thing for me
"error opening /sdcard/recovery.img:No such file or directory"
Help
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Can you see the recovery.img on your sd card from a file manger app like Astro? If so when your in the terminal can you cd to /sdcard? If so can you enter ls -l recovery.img? Check the size to make sure it is all there.
I have anther question myself.
At cobyusa.com/?p=prod&prod_num_id=10498&pcat_id=1013 there is a firmware update. in the update.zip in system in the build.prop file i see a line that says "ro.build.version.incremental=eng.enzo.20101125.200217". I notice that the build number on the device says "MID7015 1.6a_20101105-2". Looks like they may have changed somethings but not sure what. What would be bet best way to figure out what they changed?
I tried to run it from clockwork and i get
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "tcc8900" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "tcc8900"
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
To install this update would I just have to unroot my device? Not sure how to look what the current ro.build.product is now.
Thanks.

Coby Kyros 7015 - Getting the Most Out of Eclair (Android 2.1)

This will be an often-updated guide to getting the most out of the Eclair (Android 2.1) that comes stock on the Kyros 2015.
Things we have working: Root, Market, Texting via Google Talk.
Things we have kinda working: Connecting to Ad-Hoc networks
Things that do not work/Issues: Contacts crashes if you try to edit.
Further Reading:
Most of the development for the Kyros 7015 has taken place in this thread.
Also check out my tutorial on installing CyanogenMod onto this same device.

Instructions
1. If you haven't already rooted, download the official update.zip from Coby. Reboot into recovery and choose "apply sdcard:update.zip" to apply the update.
If you have already rooted, downloaded the modified update.zip, which works with clockwordmod. Reboot into recovery and make a backup. Once your back is complete, choose "apply sdcard:update.zip" to apply the update.
2: Rooting Your Tablet. Download z4root 1.3.0 APK and place on your sdcard. Open Settings, go to Applications and check the Unknown Sources box. Use File Manager to navigate to the z4root APK (it's in the /sdcard folder) and click to run. You should now have root access (you may need to reboot). You will also notice a new app, Superuser, has been installed.
3. Installing ClockworkMod. You must complete this step even if you already had ClockworkMod installed, as the update.zip has replaced it with the stock recovery. If you have not already, install Android SDKto your PC, so you will be able to issue ADB commands. Download ClockwordMod. Open the ZIP file and extract the IMG. For simplicity, rename the IMG file "recovery.img" and place on your SDcard. From ADB,issue the following commands:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
4: Enabling Google Apps, such as Market. Download gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip and place onto your SD card and reboot into recovery. Choose "Install Zip from SDcard" and install gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip. Reboot and accept the terms of the market!
5: Texting using Google Voice. Here is how to text with Google voice. You will need a working android phone (probably needs to be rooted) with Titanium Backup installed. Set up Google Voice on the phone-- make sure you opt for the Google phone number as that is the number you will be texting from. Once up and running, back up the program using Titanium. On the tablet, install Titanium Backup and use it to restore the Google Voice program (App+Data) to your tablet. (You may have to copy the backup files to the Titanium directory on the INTERNAL drive.) Once Google Voice Launches, switch back to Titanium Backup-- do not try to set up Google Voice. Titanium backup will then restore the data for Google Voice. You should now be able to text from your tablet.
6: Work-around for Connecting to Ad-Hoc Networks. If your Ad-Hoc network is an Android phone, download and install Wireless Tether to the phone (this version works well). Follow instructions in this thread to install work-around on your tablet.
This is all I have right now, more to follow. I hope I didn't forget anything!

Is CWM installed the same way as you would apply the update.zip firmware from Coby?

jmfrost said:
Is CWM installed the same way as you would apply the update.zip firmware from Coby?
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Sorry, I had a fragment of another post mixed in there. See step three for complete details.

Google Apps
I followed the directions and every thing worked except I only have google maps from the google apps. No Market. Any help would be appreciated.

tpace75 said:
I followed the directions and every thing worked except I only have google maps from the google apps. No Market. Any help would be appreciated.
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First off, you what tablet are you using?
The gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip has vending.apk (the market) in it, if properly installed according to the steps provided, it should be working.
But since it is not, here is my suggestion.
1. Reboot into clockworkmod
2. Wipe Cache Partition -- Make sure you choose yes from the menu.
3. Choose Advanced and then Wipe Dalvik Cache -- Make sure you choose yes from the menu.
4. Choose "Install Zip from SDcard" and select gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip -- Make sure you choose yes from the menu.
5. Choose "Install Zip from SDcard" and select MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi.zip -- Make sure you choose yes from the menu.
6. Reboot
You should now have market.

Google Apps
Thanks that seemed to do it. I have the Kyros Mid-7015. One thing though both times I install those zip files I lose root. And have to reroot. Thanks Again

tpace75 said:
Thanks that seemed to do it. I have the Kyros Mid-7015. One thing though both times I install those zip files I lose root. And have to reroot. Thanks Again
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Are you losing root or just losing clockworkmod? If this is the case, it is a known issue that the update (step one) overwrites clockworkmod on reboot, and that is why we have more than just the one line of code for installing clockworkmod.
From ADB:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
If clockworkmod is what you are having issues with, that should make it say put.

Using MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi with 2.1
I have already installed gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip to get Market. Can I upload MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi.zip to my SDcard and use your ClockworkMod instruction: "Choose "Install Zip from SDcard" and select MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi.zip" to get the new version of Market.
I was reading in original development thread for Kyros 7015 that their might be some problems with the new version of Market. Would the Update Market problems be true for 2.1 version of Android as well?
I am using Kyros 7015 with Coby's update, gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip installed, and various apps installed by AppsLib, side loading, and Market.

lschroeder said:
I have already installed gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip to get Market. Can I upload MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi.zip to my SDcard and use your ClockworkMod instruction: "Choose "Install Zip from SDcard" and select MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi.zip" to get the new version of Market.
I was reading in original development thread for Kyros 7015 that their might be some problems with the new version of Market. Would the Update Market problems be true for 2.1 version of Android as well?
I am using Kyros 7015 with Coby's update, gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip installed, and various apps installed by AppsLib, side loading, and Market.
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MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi only unlocks some previously restricted apps in the market. We do not have the new version of the market running on this device yet.
Also, I believe I misspoke in my directions to use that file in the market process, a result of me copying an pasting from my other guide. I will fix this immediately.

adamdietrick said:
MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi only unlocks some previously restricted apps in the market. We do not have the new version of the market running on this device yet.
Also, I believe I misspoke in my directions to use that file in the market process, a result of me copying an pasting from my other guide. I will fix this immediately.
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Since my Market is somewhat restricted, I could load MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi to my SDCard and install it from ClockworkMod to remove some of my restrictions.

lschroeder said:
Since my Market is somewhat restricted, I could load MarketUpdateFroyoHdpi to my SDCard and install it from ClockworkMod to remove some of my restrictions.
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Give it a shot (do a backup first), let me know how it turns out. However, I do believe that MarketUPdateFroyoHdpi only unlocked gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip to the same extent that gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is already unlocked, so I doubt that it would do any good.

adamdietrick said:
Give it a shot (do a backup first), let me know how it turns out. However, I do believe that MarketUPdateFroyoHdpi only unlocked gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip to the same extent that gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is already unlocked, so I doubt that it would do any good.
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I backuped my tablet to the SDcard using ClockworkMod yesterday. No major changes made since then. I only used it to surf web and play music and videos.
In case something goes wrong. I have never recovered from a backup of the my tablet before. I assume that their is an option to recover from the backup folder created by ClockworkMod. I assume some data from my use would be lost, but nothing meaningful to me. Is that correct?
A couple more questions. Is the major difference between gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip and gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip that the later has Market unlocked and has addtional applications as well as applications that do not work on our Kyros 7015? Thus using gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip and MarketUPdateFroyoHdpi,zip would give a cleaner but more complicated install for 2.1.

lschroeder said:
I backuped my tablet to the SDcard using ClockworkMod yesterday. No major changes made since then. I only used it to surf web and play music and videos.
In case something goes wrong. I have never recovered from a backup of the my tablet before. I assume that their is an option to recover from the backup folder created by ClockworkMod. I assume some data from my use would be lost, but nothing meaningful to me. Is that correct?
A couple more questions. Is the major difference between gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip and gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip that the later has Market unlocked and has addtional applications as well as applications that do not work on our Kyros 7015? Thus using gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip and MarketUPdateFroyoHdpi,zip would give a cleaner but more complicated install for 2.1.
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A backup will backup everything, even your cache.
I have noticed no differrence between the different installations, I just go with what works-- gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip works with 2.1.

adamdietrick said:
Are you losing root or just losing clockworkmod? If this is the case, it is a known issue that the update (step one) overwrites clockworkmod on reboot, and that is why we have more than just the one line of code for installing clockworkmod.
From ADB:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
If clockworkmod is what you are having issues with, that should make it say put.
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No I still have clockwork recovery but I lost root. I just rerooted with z4root.

tpace75 said:
No I still have clockwork recovery but I lost root. I just rerooted with z4root.
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Thanks for confirming that.

3. Installing ClockworkMod. You must complete this step even if you already had ClockworkMod installed, as the update.zip has replaced it with the stock recovery. If you have not already, install Android SDKto your PC, so you will be able to issue ADB commands. Download ClockwordMod. Open the ZIP file and extract the IMG. For simplicity, rename the IMG file "recovery.img" and place on your SDcard. From ADB,issue the following commands:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
I really don't know how to use this ADB. From my computer, from Coby or?
Please help me!
Thank you!

hayted7 said:
3. Installing ClockworkMod. You must complete this step even if you already had ClockworkMod installed, as the update.zip has replaced it with the stock recovery. If you have not already, install Android SDKto your PC, so you will be able to issue ADB commands. Download ClockwordMod. Open the ZIP file and extract the IMG. For simplicity, rename the IMG file "recovery.img" and place on your SDcard. From ADB,issue the following commands:
Code:
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
I really don't know how to use this ADB. From my computer, from Coby or?
Please help me!
Thank you!
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You will need to install the Androik SDK on your computer-- extract the files to your desktop for simplicity. Then connect your tablet to your PC via USB cable. On your PC, open a command prompt window and enter the following commands:
Code:
cd desktop
cd tools
adb remount
adb shell mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

Backup
adamdietrick said:
Instructions
1. If you haven't already rooted, download the official update.zip from Coby. Reboot into recovery and make a backup. Once your back is complete, choose "apply sdcard:update.zip" to apply the update.
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Thank you for posting these instructions.
I am sorry to say I am stuck on #1. Can you please explain how to "Reboot into recovery and make a backup". I don't see a backup option. Thanks.

niki2008 said:
Thank you for posting these instructions.
I am sorry to say I am stuck on #1. Can you please explain how to "Reboot into recovery and make a backup". I don't see a backup option. Thanks.
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Good point, you can reboot into recovery but you likely can't make a backup without having clockworkmod installed.
Here is what we will do:
Hold down the Back Button (on the front) and then use the stylus to momentarily press the reset button (on the back). Keep holding the back button until you see the recovery screen. Don't worry about the backup, just install zip from card.