[Mod] Webtop via HDMI without a Dock. - Motorola Atrix 2

What this mod does:
It removes the device ID string check from PortalApp, and enables the webtop option in DockService. Replacing these two apk files effectively allows the webtop to launch without proprietary hardware.
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What this means to you:
Webtop mode over any HDMI without an expensive dock.
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Installation:
Method 1: ADB install
Download the package here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=791033&d=1321938181
First Get the files to the device and remount /system as rw:
Code:
adb push DockService.apk /mnt/sdcard/
adb push PortalApp.apk /mnt/sdcard/
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system
Backup the original files:
Code:
mv /system/app/DockService.odex /system/app/DockService.odex.bak
mv /system/app/PortalApp.odex /system/app/PortalApp.odex.bak
cp /system/app/DockService.apk /system/app/DockService.apk.bak
cp /system/app/PortalApp.apk /system/app/PortalApp.apk.bak
Copy the modded files over fix permissions and reboot:
Code:
cp /mnt/sdcard/DockService.apk /system/app
cp /mnt/sdcard/PortalApp.apk /system/app
chmod 644 /system/app/DockService.apk
chmod 644 /system/app/PortalApp.apk
reboot
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awesome job!
however, will this effect how the device currently interacts with the motorola docks (webtop, lapdock, car-dock, hd-dock, etc)

The modifications to PortalApp will have no effect on that interaction whatsoever I have just removed the bit that checks to see if your dock is legit when the Webtop Launches. And the modification to DockService simply causes the mIsWebtopAllowed variable to return true.
In short everything will work the same, you'll just always have a webtop option in the Dock Picker Activity no matter what type of HDMI/Dock you have connected.

Excellent WORK!!!
Thanks i appreciate the work you did to make this happen!!! as soon as i get paid im buying you a beer!!!

Used this mod on my OG ATRIX. Works great on it with a Bluetooth keyboard. Again good work.

silly question I'm sure but I have to ask: Does this require root?

Code:
mount -o remount,rw /system
Didn't work for me. Had to use this:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/system /system

voodoomurphy said:
silly question I'm sure but I have to ask: Does this require root?
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Yes, you'll need root.

Is it just 720p for all or anyone got it going @1080?
Sent from soberstone mobile.

Mod works great Thanks. I just have one question. Is there a way to make the 4G connection work on webtop?

sweet! thanks works great

Does this trick will enabling ethernet network?
Thanks

sobesan said:
Is it just 720p for all or anyone got it going @1080?
Sent from soberstone mobile.
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i just got it going at 720p, but i haven't played with it to much.

works great. Has anyone tried getting the full ubuntu or installing any .deb packages on i yet?

duke8804 said:
Mod works great Thanks. I just have one question. Is there a way to make the 4G connection work on webtop?
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Just enable tethering/mobile hotspots. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1330438.
Anyway after this turn on your mobile hotspots and and then connect your lapdock. It will run on your mobile broadband without a tethering plan. Now will you get a letter? I dunno.

Well... I've screwed up. I tried this from the Bionic Forum as a test: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281722
and now my Atrix 2 will not load the web top. The M pulses and then nothing happens, the phone goes to sleep. I've tried a factory restore but that did not correct this. Any help would be appreciated.

voodoomurphy said:
Well... I've screwed up. I tried this from the Bionic Forum as a test: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1281722
and now my Atrix 2 will not load the web top. The M pulses and then nothing happens, the phone goes to sleep. I've tried a factory restore but that did not correct this. Any help would be appreciated.
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Were you able to flash the webtop restore through RSD and go back to stock webtop?

I have not tried that yet, I have been a little to afraid to given what happened the first time I tried using Bionic derived tools. I'm a Mac guy, so RSD is out of my reach right now. I will try it tonight at work.

can I flash via recovery?
the same way I did with the first Atrix? Please let me know, and thank you, don't wanna try and brick it.

voodoomurphy said:
I have not tried that yet, I have been a little to afraid to given what happened the first time I tried using Bionic derived tools. I'm a Mac guy, so RSD is out of my reach right now. I will try it tonight at work.
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The first times a mistake, the second time is a choice.

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[HOW-TO] Enabling Wireless N on Evo- Android Eclair 2.1

THIS IS FOR ECLAIR 2.1 DO NOT USE THIS IN A FROYO 2.2 ROM. SINCE THE 2.2 UPDATE WIRELESS N IS SUPPORTED OUT THE BOX. NO NEED FOR THIS HACK IN FROYO 2.2
edited by toastcfh to avoid mishaps
Update: Thanks to Calkulin there are now flashable zips on my blog post as well as just the driver. Just flash them like any other update.zip file.
So the Evo's WiFi chip supports Wireless N technology, which allows for faster throughput on your WiFi connection. To use this you obviously need a Wireless N capable AP or router. Basically, for some reason (I am going to assume battery life?), HTC decided to disable the wireless n capability of this chip but this can be fixed. Since we don't have the source for the driver we need to use a hex editor. Note, if using AOSP wireless n will already be enabled using the AOSP driver. But if you are using a Sense rom then you will need to do the following. Also I am including a download link with the driver that you can just push if you don't want to get dirty with a hex editor. Anyway, here we go:
1. Download a hex editor (I just googled hex editor and downloaded this one: http://www.chmaas.handshake.de/delphi/freeware/xvi32/xvi32.htm)
2. Go into a command prompt or shell and perform:
Code:
adb pull /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko ./bcm4329.ko.old
adb pull /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko ./bcm4329.ko
This will pull the file and make a backup in case you need to replace the backup.
3. In your hex editor open the file you just pulled. Now, in two spots HTC added 'nmode' in here to disable Wireless N. All we have to do is modify this string to be any other 5 character string and wireless N will be enabled. I did a search and replace and replaced 'nmode' with '-----' (Note: Do not include the single quotes).
4. Save the file.
5. Perform the following in a command prompt or shell:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
Now wireless N should be enabled on your device. If not, restart it and try. If you ever want to restore your original just perform the following:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push bcm4329.ko.old /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
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Below is the download link for the already modified wireless driver.
http://objectunoriented.com/android/?p=35
I downloaded the file and pushed it to my phone. I restarted the phone and once it came back up it connected on 802.11n. So far been working perfectly.
Sounds good, will try when I get home. But I have to say I was expecting this after I heard that the incredible is getting a patch to enable wireless n.
wow. clever little patch. im excited to try this! hopefully will at least allow better throughput if not also better signal with wireless n! thanks!!
on a technical side note, any reason why your /system is mtdblock3 while mine is mtdblock4?
cant wait to try this.... thanks
good stuff! gonna try this.
joeykrim said:
wow. clever little patch. im excited to try this! hopefully will at least allow better throughput if not also better signal with wireless n! thanks!!
on a technical side note, any reason why your /system is mtdblock3 while mine is mtdblock4?
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That's just the command I used when I mounted the system directory as writeable when I had my Hero. Should it be 4 instead of 3?
liquidhaste said:
Sounds good, will try when I get home. But I have to say I was expecting this after I heard that the incredible is getting a patch to enable wireless n.
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I have actually had this working for maybe a week now in my latest Superersonic rom but since I haven't had time to fix the root problem with that rom I just decided to post this seperately.
most of the power issues/concerns with wireless-n are targetted at the AP/Router i think... wondering if anyone has been seeing a drop in battery power though.
poporo said:
most of the power issues/concerns with wireless-n are targetted at the AP/Router i think... wondering if anyone has been seeing a drop in battery power though.
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That was just an assumption. I had nothing to back that up lol
Here is the mod in zip format to make it easier, restore is also attached
Calkulin said:
Here is the mod in zip format to make it easier, restore is also attached
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Hey thanks for doing this for me. I completely forgot to do this lol
Updated blog post with these update zips btw. Thanks again.
Probably a dumb question but im guessing since you have provided us with a zip file we can just flash it now??? And even dumber question this will still work with wireless g routers right?
awesome bro. Thanks.
rustyman14 said:
Probably a dumb question but im guessing since you have provided us with a zip file we can just flash it now??? And even dumber question this will still work with wireless g routers right?
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Correct. Thanks to Calkulin you can now use the zips he provided (downloadable here or on my blog post) to flash instead of using adb.
And yes this will still work with a/b/g routers.
chuckhriczko said:
That's just the command I used when I mounted the system directory as writeable when I had my Hero. Should it be 4 instead of 3?
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never used the hero, but this makes sense. on the EVO, pretty sure its mtdblock4.
would you be okay if i add this to the update.zip builder im putting together with credit going to you and a link to this thread?
joeykrim said:
never used the hero, but this makes sense. on the EVO, pretty sure its mtdblock4.
would you be okay if i add this to the update.zip builder im putting together with credit going to you and a link to this thread?
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No problem bro. I'd be honored. My work is your work. Anything any of us do on here should be freely used by anyone else assuming proper credit is given.
Should have brought my laptop to work today, oh well will give it a go tonight. Can't wait!
jwhitney83 said:
Should have brought my laptop to work today, oh well will give it a go tonight. Can't wait!
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You can download the files through your phone's browser and flash through that as long as you NAND unlocked everything. Just make sure you copy Calkulin's update.zip files to the root of the sd card after downloading.
Calkulin said:
Here is the mod in zip format to make it easier, restore is also attached
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You are freakin awesome!

CONFIRMED: Permament Root!

please see this link http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/adb-root-exploit-test/
if your having trouble: use my instructon
1. copy & run the exploit
adb push c:\downloads\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
2. make it RW and move files
adb shell mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
adb push c:\downloads\joeykrim-root.sh /system/bin/joeykrim-root.sh
adb push c:\downloads\jk-su /system/bin/jk-su
adb shell mv /system/bin/playlogo /system/bin/playlogo-orig
adb push c:\downloads\playlogo /system/bin/playlogo
3. set permission
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/joeykrim-root.sh
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/playlogo
Sweet! I've been following the thread at sdx. Thanks for being a test dummy
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Hopefully there will be a one click method or something just as easy to use to perform this
Has anyone actually tried this on there epic? I have an advocate device and prefer not to ruin it before I even goes active on my line.
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cognitivel0gic said:
Has anyone actually tried this on there epic? I have an advocate device and prefer not to ruin it before I even goes active on my line.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
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Yes, I can confirm this absolutely does work. Joeykrim and I spent the better part of an hour working on my Epic and hammering out the kinks. I now happily have root access, and there are no words to describe how happy I am to have QuickBoot and AdFree Android back up and running
Awesome Ill be giving this a shot tomorrow. Thanks for all the hard work!
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I assume this is just a quick fix until kernel source is released? (due to lack of apply:update.zip in the recovery)
Now i know this is a noob question and all, but;
How do i adb in ubuntu?
I have the environment all set up, eclipse, adt, and the sdk...im just lost after that...
Does the root still intact after reboot?
ImSoHungry said:
Now i know this is a noob question and all, but;
How do i adb in ubuntu?
I have the environment all set up, eclipse, adt, and the sdk...im just lost after that...
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http://esausilva.com/2010/05/13/setting-up-adbusb-drivers-for-android-devices-in-linux-ubuntu/
JGeZau said:
http://esausilva.com/2010/05/13/setting-up-adbusb-drivers-for-android-devices-in-linux-ubuntu/
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can i haz your baby?!
thanks
2kmy477 said:
Does the root still intact after reboot?
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Yes it does. That was the main problem Joey and I were having was getting the root to be persistant.
chris5h said:
Yes it does. That was the main problem Joey and I were having was getting the root to be persistant.
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Great,thanks.I'm wating for the new version of wifi tether to work on the epic.
You mean the source code that is available at opensource.samsung.com when you search for SPH-D700?
dseo80 said:
I assume this is just a quick fix until kernel source is released? (due to lack of apply:update.zip in the recovery)
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You mean the source code that is available at opensource.samsung.com when you search for SPH-D700?
Is nand unlocked?
No, it is not.
Root is a great first step. Now.. let's get bootloader access and get some stock 2.2 ROMs running for maximum awesome.
Anyone have the stock rom?
Whosdaman said:
Anyone have the stock rom?
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You can find the system dump at the forums in androidcentral.com
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Anyone know how to....

Hey i was wondering if anyone knew how to change the Verizon Wireless text in the notification screen and lock screen on the Droid x!? Easy way??
MonoDraken said:
Hey i was wondering if anyone knew how to change the Verizon Wireless text in the notification screen and lock screen on the Droid x!? Easy way??
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look here and on droidforums for modifying the eri.xml
HMmm let me look!
http://alldroid.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=876
Thanks for that but i am wondering if there is a easier way?..
MonoDraken said:
Thanks for that but i am wondering if there is a easier way?..
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Pay me to do it for you
Haha i would but dont have credit card or anything like that lol...
and parents wont let me use there... -.-'
MonoDraken said:
Thanks for that but i am wondering if there is a easier way?..
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Its actually quite easy. Takes like 5 minutes.
I'm like a noon at these things :/
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It's really not that hard and the feeling of accomplishment you will get by doing it yourself will be worth it.
Just do it.
Just used this method and it was super easy! Got rid of that stupid VZW name and replaced it with something cool. Thanks a bunch!!
Dont really wanna mess up my phone so lol.
MonoDraken said:
Hey i was wondering if anyone knew how to change the Verizon Wireless text in the notification screen and lock screen on the Droid x!? Easy way??
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Casen said:
http://alldroid.org/default.aspx?g=posts&t=876
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Wanted to thank MD for starting the thread and Casen for the lnk. Very cool. I now have "android droidX".
MD- how far have you got? Try downloading the android sdk and you can start experimenting with ADB (android debug bridge). If you just google "android sdk" you can go right to google's site and they have instructions there. Or maybe you have all ready messed around with ADB?
anyways, cheers for the good question.
Thanks and idk im trying to look for a easier way first. Theres a app out there it just doesnt support DX yet.
Whenever I push my changed apk back to my system I lose all of my contacts. What's up?
zehkaiser said:
Whenever I push my changed apk back to my system I lose all of my contacts. What's up?
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I had that same problem originally. Did you follow the directions on the link exactly? If you push the framework-res.apk back to the phone while it is running "normally"- that is what happens (or it happened to me at least).
But when I booted into recovery, mounted system (it will actually read unmount when it is mounted) and then pushed the apk- I didn't have that problem.
I am not sure if that was the only step that made the difference- but is the only one I can think of.
thepolishguy said:
I had that same problem originally. Did you follow the directions on the link exactly? If you push the framework-res.apk back to the phone while it is running "normally"- that is what happens (or it happened to me at least).
But when I booted into recovery, mounted system (it will actually read unmount when it is mounted) and then pushed the apk- I didn't have that problem.
I am not sure if that was the only step that made the difference- but is the only one I can think of.
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Thanks. I couldn't get my system to recognize the phone while in recovery. I ended up mounting the system while the phone was in Media Sync Mode, issuing the "stop" command, replacing the files and rebooting. Worked like a charm. :-D
zehkaiser said:
Thanks. I couldn't get my system to recognize the phone while in recovery. I ended up mounting the system while the phone was in Media Sync Mode, issuing the "stop" command, replacing the files and rebooting. Worked like a charm. :-D
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That sounds easier. I am no ADB wizard. Could you type it out for me?
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
etc.
Or whatever commands you issued?
Thanks.
It's much easier to use Android Terminal Emulator on the phone instead of the cable/ADB method.
dave8311 said:
It's much easier to use Android Terminal Emulator on the phone instead of the cable/ADB method.
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A couple of things...
1. This is in no way meant as a "come back". Just my view.
2. Whether it is easier to use terminal or not - I still need the commands.
3. And for me it is easier to use a full size key board. The USB cable is less of a hassle to me then the mini touch screen keyboard.
Again- that's just me.

[Temp] Fix for missing apps on froyo

in your build.prop replace the current text with this: you can get things like tv.com back
Code:
ro.build.description=passion-user 2.2.1 FRG83 60505 release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2.1/FRG83/60505:user/release-keys
i would upload one for people to flash but as some many people are on diff roms/kernels it would just cause more issues then its worth best way to go about fixing it is pulling the file from your phone (or the zip from teh rom your on). swapping out the text and pushing it back to /system
all credit goes to Decad3nce for the fix
Didn't s work for me...
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you may have to reboot
Worked for me! Thanks.
Sent from Froyo!
Thanks worked great!!
shabbypenguin said:
in your build.prop replace the current text with this:
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Wouldn't you like to be more specific? Your current instructions technically mean to replace the entire file with just those three lines...
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Please note that users of Quantum Rom already have this fix applied, since 1.3
(Used the epic 2.1 key in 1.3, 1.4+ use the nexus one key)
Thanks shabby xD
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Here's what I did from my PC with adb. (I have adb in my PATH so adjust the commands for wherever you might have adb.exe)
adb pull /system/build.prop
Then I edited the 2 lines on my PC with notepad++ and saved. Then I put it on my sdcard, remounted /system readwrite and copied it over to /system/build.prop and then rebooted.
adb push build.prop /sdcard/build.prop
adb shell
su (if your ROM didn't already drop you in to root, and check your phone for the superuser popup)
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cat /sdcard/build.prop > /system/build.prop
reboot
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didnt work for me. I been trying to get the PayPal 2.2 to show up on the market but its a no go.
Im using Froyo also.
anyway we could just get the paypal.apk??
This didn't work for me either. Trying to get Pocket Blu installed, but it isn't working. TV.com isn't showing either. FWIW I have the new Market app if that means anything.
Any ideas?
Milkman00 said:
This didn't work for me either. Trying to get Pocket Blu installed, but it isn't working. TV.com isn't showing either. FWIW I have the new Market app if that means anything.
Any ideas?
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Did you reboot your phone?
yes, and after rebooting a rechecked my build.prop file to make sure it took, and it was correct
Nevermind, I got it to work...
The end of the second line was missing the s. Put the s in, and it works perfect.
Can I get some clarification on this? I am using Mammon 1.0.3.1 and cannot get my sprint football ap to work.
Would this be an example of what this would fix?
Could the MSID number in my phone being different from my phone number be the reason it doesn't think this is a SPrint phone?
Thanks for posting a fix but it also didn't seem to work for me. I have been trying to load a program called Laser Appraiser from maket with no avail. Can anyone find it in their market?
worldlyinquirer said:
Thanks for posting a fix but it also didn't seem to work for me. I have been trying to load a program called Laser Appraiser from maket with no avail. Can anyone find it in their market?
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Laser Appraiser shows up for me.
Milkman00 said:
Laser Appraiser shows up for me.
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Thanks, Hmm I think I'll just wait for the latest froyo release and see if that helps
I tried downloading it and saving it to my SD card, but it's a protected app. I use AppMonster, which backs up all the apps for when I do flashing, but it doesn't do protected ones. Sorry man, I tried.
sorry i havent replied, most of the roms out there SHOULD have this baked in... i know acs and quantum do and the cm rom should but ill ask noob just to be sure.

Root N920V

1. place the phone in download mode
2. open odin
3.download this file(https://www.dropbox.com/s/l96om7p00owmw0r/boot.tar.md5?dl=0) and place it in the ap section of odin
4.choose start
5.do the steps here http://galaxys7root.com/galaxy-s7-s...-attt-mobilesprintverizon-galaxy-s7s7-edge/3/
I only needed pages 3 and 4 because you need to use the files above instead!
6.Rooted
Please let me know if you have any issues!
activefan01 said:
Please let me know if you have any issues!
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Is there a specific rom you need to do this on?
Edit: Don't bother the MD5 isn't going to work in Odin anyway as it's been modified and doesn't match.. Besides what makes you think the S7 is anything similar to the 5?
MrMike2182 said:
Is there a specific rom you need to do this on?
Edit: Don't bother the MD5 isn't going to work in Odin anyway as it's been modified and doesn't match.. Besides what makes you think the S7 is anything similar to the 5?
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it always does that when i rename it idk why they get confusing when i leave them the same but here is the unrenamed file https://www.dropbox.com/s/l96om7p00owmw0r/boot.tar.md5?dl=0
finally i real developer. would this work on s6 edge plus?
warriorpluto said:
finally i real developer. would this work on s6 edge plus?
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no but i can get it pm me the model number and build number
activefan01 said:
no but i can get it pm me the model number and build number
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I got that kernel to go after so many tries but when you try to do root.bat it freezes the entire phone however I do have root access via adb shell from command prompt but that's it and when trying to issue the remount command on /system it freezes also.
that kernal should allow you to root what all steps did you do?
activefan01 said:
that kernal should allow you to root what all steps did you do?
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I did everything you did.. Still freezes right when it tries to adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system and then you can't do nothing but reboot. Went back to stock backup already.
MrMike2182 said:
I did everything you did.. Still freezes right when it tries to adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system and then you can't do nothing but reboot. Went back to stock backup already.
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How'd you go to stock backup? Does this seem promising?
tylerlawhon said:
How'd you go to stock backup? Does this seem promising?
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It might be promising however I've been working on this all night and haven't gotten anywhere except for root access within command prompt. As soon as you type root.bat the first thing it does is adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system but the entire phone freezes! I can't seem to get past this freezing crap because you can't do anything with the phone when it freezes it.
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It might be promising however I've been working on this all night and haven't gotten anywhere except for root access within command prompt. As soon as you type root.bat the first thing it does is adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system but the entire phone freezes! I can't seem to get past this freezing crap because you can't do anything with the phone when it freezes it.
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If it's giving you root access in a terminal, could you not push the root files that way? Or do you have to remount to do that? I honestly don't know is why I ask. Would love to root this beast, but I'm not a lot of help with the more deep down technical stuff.
tylerlawhon said:
If it's giving you root access in a terminal, could you not push the root files that way? Or do you have to remount to do that? I honestly don't know is why I ask. Would love to root this beast, but I'm not a lot of help with the more deep down technical stuff.
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You have to remount the system as writable otherwise trying to write a file to system doesnt work, and as soon as I issue the command adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system then phone just freezes but I'm looking into an answer for that but no luck so far.
MrMike2182 said:
You have to remount the system as writable otherwise trying to write a file to system doesnt work, and as soon as I issue the command adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system then phone just freezes but I'm looking into an answer for that but no luck so far.
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What is it supposed to do? Is it supposed to reboot? I might be open to trying on mine.
tylerlawhon said:
What is it supposed to do? Is it supposed to reboot? I might be open to trying on mine.
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No it's supposed to remount the system as writable because I need to be able to push su into /system/xbin but when I try to it gives me the error system READ only which means I cannot write to it. And if I were you be prepared to lose everything and factory reset in the end otherwise it's not going to hold no WiFi passwords or nothing every time I reboot I need to rein put all the WiFi crap and it's getting annoying.
MrMike2182 said:
No it's supposed to remount the system as writable because I need to be able to push su into /system/xbin but when I try to it gives me the error system READ only which means I cannot write to it. And if I were you be prepared to lose everything and factory reset in the end otherwise it's not going to hold no WiFi passwords or nothing every time I reboot I need to rein put all the WiFi crap and it's getting annoying.
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I'm pretty much where you are at. I don't think DM-Verify is turned off in the kernel but it is a eng one. If you get tired of it just flash the boot.img below and you will be back to normal. It says PI1 but it should work fine if you are on MM. I flashed it on PL4 no problem.
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Misterxtc said:
I'm pretty much where you are at. I don't think DM-Verify is turned off in the kernel but it is a eng one. If you get tired of it just flash the boot.img below and you will be back to normal. It says PI1 but it should work fine if you are on MM. I flashed it on PL4 no problem.
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Yeah I already flashed back but apparently I'm going to have to factory reset again anyway because after flashing the original kernel it still won't keep my WiFi passwords saved and I have to keep redoing it.
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I'm curious as to why the file system would deny me to mv su from my sdcard into /system/xbin when I'm ROOT... But if I so much as try to mount it as re writable it freaks out and freezes. But I can adb shell mount -o rw,remount / and adb shell mount rw,remount rootfs / with no issue but just that /system absolutely will not.
MrMike2182 said:
Yeah I already flashed back but apparently I'm going to have to factory reset again anyway because after flashing the original kernel it still won't keep my WiFi passwords saved and I have to keep redoing it.
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I'm curious as to why the file system would deny me to mv su from my sdcard into /system/xbin when I'm ROOT... But if I so much as try to mount it as re writable it freaks out and freezes. But I can adb shell mount -o rw,remount / and adb shell mount rw,remount rootfs / with no issue but just that /system absolutely will not.
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I feel like it's infuriating because root is right there but just out of reach. I've been using my m8 because I have root and my screen is peeling on my note, so if someone wants to shoot me some instructions, I can see what I get.
tylerlawhon said:
I feel like it's infuriating because root is right there but just out of reach. I've been using my m8 because I have root and my screen is peeling on my note, so if someone wants to shoot me some instructions, I can see what I get.
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I really don't think you should try right now considering that both myself and @Misterxtc know what we're doing already and there really isn't much point in trying to give instructions out just to end up in the same exact situation we are.
And by the way, there is root. It's just in the console that's it!
By the way you can adb pull the /efs/carrier/HiddenMenu from the phone to your computer and change it and then push it back and then viola secret codes in the phone dialer work such as *#0*# and many others! If you do change it reboot before it'll take effect. Also it will remain this way even with doing a factory reset.
Misterxtc said:
I'm pretty much where you are at. I don't think DM-Verify is turned off in the kernel but it is a eng one. If you get tired of it just flash the boot.img below and you will be back to normal. It says PI1 but it should work fine if you are on MM. I flashed it on PL4 no problem.
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I tried doing adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system /system and I get permission denied as root.. wth?

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