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Need Help rooting and Flashing on Sprint?

Hello. I am sick from school today and decided to make a thread to help out some people.
DOWNLOADS ARE BELOW(AT THE BOTTOM!!!)
All of these steps are posted on TheUnlockr.com in a Video but The video is for the GSM version. The difference is just the recovery image. (http://theunlockr.com/2009/08/27/how-to-root-your-htc-hero-in-one-click/)
Ok lets get started.
This method works on all Sprint phones with updates. I am not sure how long this will last unpatched.
First YOU HAVE TO HAVE ADB WORKING!!!
Download my zip file if you do not want to download the entire SDK.
1)After it is downloaded, extract the files to C:\Windows\System32\
(you can copy and past the file-path)
2) Now pickup your phone and go into Settings-Applications and Enable Unknown Sources then from there go into Development and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled.
3) Now connect your phone to your computer and open up command prompt (Start-Run(or search) cmd.exe.
4)When it is open type: ADB Devices.
You should see your'r phone's serial.
Now download flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk (the download is below)
1) Copy the file to your sdcard.
2) Download any File Manager from the android market.
3) Go to your Sdcard in the file manager app on your phone.
4) Press flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk
Let it install.
5) When it is complete, go to your apps drawer and open the Recovery Flasher app.
My method requires you to have a recovery image before root.
6) In the recovery flasher app, Press Backup Recovery Image
7) Let it work. You may have to try twice for Success.
8) Now Mount your phone back on the computer and replace the recovery-backup.img with the recovery-backup.img on this thread(MAJOR thanx to Amon_RA)
9) Now unmount your phone and go back into the Recovery Flasher app on your phone.
10) Now press restore and let it flash recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img(Amon_RA's Sprint custom recovery image)
YOU NOW HAVE A CUSTOM RECOVERY IMAGE!!! WOOT WOOT
the work is still not done.
Download the Superuser.zip(http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=211569&d=1249225060 or in the downloads below) and extract it to your Sdcard
Now go into your new recovery image (power off the phone and then power it on by holding the Power and Home buttons)
Connect your phone to a computer and run command prompt.
IN COMMAND PROMPT TYPE:
Code:
adb shell
mount /sdcard
mount /system
cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/
reboot
(you can copy and past the code into command prompt from the thread)
Download the Better Terminal Emulator app from the market and type:
Code:
$ su
if you get a
Code:
#
then...YOU NOW HAVE ROOT!!
now you can install custom ROMs and root-required apps
FlashREC(Recovery Flasher): http://zenthought.org/system/files/asset/2/flashrec-1.1.3-20091107-2.apk
Amon RA's Sprint Recovery: http://www.mediafire.com/file/uozzgzmmnym/recovery-backup.img
Superuser.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/file/3mddanwztzd/superuser.zip
ADB and Fastboot(for those who need it): http://www.mediafire.com/file/tyib2wmomym/ADB_Fastboot.zip

Huawei Ideos Super FAQ

This is an FAQ for the Huawei Ideos as there have been many questions on how to do the same things. Hopefully this should help. There are other FAQs but this one tries to compile as many as it can into one FAQ.
Feel free to reply to this if there are any questions or if you want me to make any additions. The FAQ won't be complete to begin with but I will add as I get time.
One thing I will say is that I WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBITY IF YOU DAMAGE YOUR PHONE. I AM PROVIDING THE INFORMATION AND WILL TRY TO HELP YOU IF SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS BUT I CAN'T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY
1. How to root the IDEOS
This can be done quite simply by adapting what quail wrote:
There is a couple away you can go about gaining root access with this phone I have tested all 3 ways but only had success with 2 of them.
a) You can download 'z4root' from here (WORKS)
b) Search the XDA forums for 'SuperOneClick' which requires mono to work on Linux. I have read people that have had success with 'SuperOneClick' but that was not the case for me. (HAVEN'T CHECKED)
c) My preferred method: (HAVEN'T CHECKED)
Prerequisite:
knowledge of Linux and Terminal
knowledge of ADB (guide available in forums)
I did all this using Debian (testing) 64bit, Android SDK.
Creating correct permissions to access the phone via USB:
i) create
Code:
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
ii) in the file put
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"
iii) then
Code:
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
iv) restart udev or reboot
Downloading and/or Installing required software:
1) Downloading and installing the android-sdk from: developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2) Downloading and extracting 'SuperOneClick' (you will only need these 5 files: rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk)
3) Copy rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk into the platform-tools directory of android-sdk. Put phone in debug mode.
4) From a terminal (command line) change to the android/platform-tools directory and carefully do these steps.
Check to see if adb can see your phone properly:
Code:
./adb devices
You should see the serial number of you device, if you see bunch of '?' you have done something wrong.
Now for the fun part rooting the phone: <= no phun intended hehe
Code:
./adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
Code:
./adb shell
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
Code:
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage
Code:
./rageagainstthecage
5) Now wait until you get kicked out from adb before you do the following:
Code:
./adb shell
If everything worked now you should see a "#" instead of the "$" you saw previously in the adb shell which means you shouldn't get "permission denied" in the following steps:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mdtblock4 /system
Code:
exit
Code:
./adb push su /system/bin/su
Code:
./adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
Code:
./adb push sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
Code:
./adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
Code:
./adb shell
Code:
cd /system/bin
Code:
chmod 4755 su
Code:
chmod 4755 busybox
Code:
chmod 4755 sqlite3
Code:
./adb reboot
Now you should be able to use apps like 'Cache Cleaner NG', 'Root Explorer', 'SetCPU' etc that require root access to work correctly.
Enjoy​
2. How to flash the Ultrakiller Recovery Image
Now this has been covered many times but there have been a lot of problems with the BSOD on the IDEOS. A few days ago Ultrakiller came up with a solution that works regardless of the LCD type. Now this was distributed as an IMG file so many people were confused so here is a link to one with everything you need included. All I did was remove the amon'ra image and copied the Ultrakiller recovery IMG to the folder and edited the scripts to point to the new file.
After you download the file:
* Put your device in bootloader mode - turn it off, then press the power button while holding the 'Volume Down' and 'End (Red)' keys (Yes, bootloader is just the IDEOS logo) WHILE YOUR DEVICE IS PLUGGED IN
* WINDOWS - double click 'install-recovery-windows.bat'
* MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-recovery-mac.sh' followed by './install-recovery-mac.sh'
* LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-recovery-linux.sh' followed by './install-recovery-linux.sh'​
See Q3 if you have Windows and the prompt hangs on "Waiting for Device"
3. How to solve problems with drivers on Windows in bootloader mode?
1. Unplug your phone
2. Download and install PDANet from here - at the end of the setup it will tell you to plug in your phone - do that
3. Put the phone into bootloader (See Q2 above)
4. Go to device manager and right click on "Android 1.0" and click "Update drivers"
5. Click "No, not this time" and Next
6. When it asks you where to look for drivers point it to PDANet's install location
7. Hopefully it should find the driver and prompt you to install it - it will take some time
8. You can now access your device in bootloader!​
Thanks to the following people:
Quail for the base of the guide and the ROM I'm using - it's amazing BTW
Ultrakiller for the recovery image
Changelog:
21/01/2010: Initial writeup
22/01/2010: Added Q3 and made some minor changes​

i unfortunately deleted a system app and upon restarting my phone it wont boot.....it keeps hanging at the startup and reboots.. help me how to system restore...

Hi - the Ultrakiller recovery IMG in the ZIP from the Link above is "Ultrakiller.img.img". Dunno if it didnt work cause of this - sry didnt test, just downloaded new Ultrakillers "UltraJack-Recovery_v4.6.2.img", saved into that folder and changed the .bat to "fastboot-windows.exe flash recovery UltraJack-Recovery_v4.6.2.img" and it worked for me Even superuser.apk didnt work for usb-root but z4root does it perfect and DroidExplorer showing files now .
Thanks so far to all investing their time here
P.S.: the HUAWEI background of Ultrakillers recovery is very delicious

General guide to Flash ROM
Can you please provide a detailed guide for flashing Huawei Ideos. Because it is super guide. So it must contain this topic also.
I want to flash official ROM on following link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Huawei_U8150_IDEOS
Waiting for your response

yrnehukuht said:
i unfortunately deleted a system app and upon restarting my phone it wont boot.....it keeps hanging at the startup and reboots.. help me how to system restore...
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Dear have u find out the solution of this problem?? COZ im also suffering from this if u find it then plz tell me [email protected]

I have downloaded a rom from xda-developers wiki from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Huawei_U8150_IDEOS
then updated my device software by going in to update mode(press vol up + end key + power button) .
This step returned me my original recovery.
But I am not going to recommend it bcoz i am facing problems like my cd drive which is automatically displayed has become inaccessible.
I am having problem to copy files to sd card.
My upgrade mode is not working now.
all these things were working immediately after the above mentioned process but I am now stuck with these things.
I think it is because i have flashed lower version number of rom on phone.
If you want to recover recovery mode only then I have successfully flashed UltraJack-Recovery 5.2.1 from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860189&page=24
Inform about your progress

Thanx. Very useful

Hi guys. I am in a lot of trouble with my ideos.
Tried installing a custom ROm using ROM manager and it failed, although the original ROM is still there and its booting up and working perfectly.
However, when i try to boot into recovery, only the lit blackscreen shows.
I have tried everything from running ULTRAjack recovery on windows(which only shows 'waiting for device' on cmd, with the pdanet drivers installed) to ubuntu(which shows 'waiting for device' on Amon-ra recovery and permission denied on ULTRAjack).
Could it be i didnt root the device properly since i used z4 root?
Any more ideas?

900/2100 or 850/1700/1900/2100
Hello, How do I tell which sub-model my U8150 is please? Either HSDPA 900 / 2100 / AWS or HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 / 1700. baseband = 22201003; build no.= U8150V100R001C183B825; IMEC = 355093040562676; IMEC-SV = 39.

Check out your fcc id suffix. I have heard there is a b version and a d version.

hi do flashing many roms affects my ideos mobile?

netskink said:
Check out your fcc id suffix. I have heard there is a b version and a d version.
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All I got is a U8510-1, no letter... any thoughts?

Unlock u8150
Hello.
i have a T-Mobile Ideos u8150, also known as Comet.
it is locked to T-Mobile and requests a pin code when using another sim card.
is there a way to unlock the phone?
please help me...
thank you.

Enable USB Debugging & One Click Root with Unlock Root Tool

[GUIDE] update 2.3.5 to OTA stock 2.3.6, w/o loosing root linux

I was on 2.3.5 supercharged rom.
I wanted to try the OTA update without loosing root, using linux os. It will not install directly because supercharged rom is modded and att bloatware is removed (they are required for the OTA update to install).
Had to search for a while to make things work.
I'm just compiling all the things together.
Assuming you have adb and fastboot installed on your system. (if not follow this link for ubuntu)
Things I did :
- Flash fxz file for 2.3.5 stock rom to revert back to stock
- Root it
- Change permission in mount_ext3.sh
- Download the OTA (from system update)
- install the OTA.
Step by step explanation of how I did it.
Flashing fxz file for 2.3.5
- Download the fxz file and untar.
- Shut down the phone.
- Hold the volumedown and power button.
- U will enter the fastboot
- connect the usb
- Now in the terminal:
Code:
/path/of/fastboot flash system /path/of/unzippedFXZ/system.img
/path/of/fastboot flash recovery /path/of/unzippedFXZ/recovery.img
/path/of/fastboot flash boot /path/of/unzippedFXZ/boot.img
/path/of/fastboot flash -w
/path/of/fastboot reboot
- if the fastboot is <waiting for device> for too long then :
- ctrl + c in terminal to quit the earlier command
-
Code:
lsusb
- make a note of the ID xxxx:yyyy for ur phone
-
Code:
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/11-android.rules
- enter the following lines
-
Code:
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="xxxx", ATTRS{idProduct}=="yyyy", MODE="0666", OWNER="mylogname"
- Change the xxxx, yyyy, and mylogname(linux system username)
- save the file
- unplug and replug usb then try fastboot flash again.
Note :
- it takes a while to reboot
- make sure that the phone is aptly charged or else you may end up bricking it
- Root the phone
- install SU update fixer from the market, if you are having trouble with updating superuser.
- install ES file explorer from market
- In the settings of ES file explorer, enable root explorer and mount file system.
- give the root permission
- navigate to /system/bin/
- edit mount_ext3.sh
- add the following code to the end of the file
-
Code:
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
chmod 4755 /system/app/Superuser.apk
- Save the file (make sure you save it)
- Go to software updates in settings>about phone
- Download the OTA update and install.
I would like to say thanks to all the devs.

Or you could hop on the deodxed version I just added. All you gotta do is flash it from the bootstrap! And it will get you all ready for scv5!

Thank you so much buddy...
I hope moderators could delete this thread.

{HOW TO}[root][recovery][roms][unbrick][LG OPTIMUS NET][LG P690]

HII GUYS THIS THREAD IS ALL ABOUT LG P690:-
FIRST
/////////////////////////////​ROOTING:-​/////////////////////////////​
Code:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21348926
2)Custom Recovery for LG Optimus Net - Clockwork 5.0.2.7
DOWNLOAD ALL THESE FILES:-REQUIREMENTS​FLASH_IMAGE
RECOVERY IMAGE
ADB RUNNING
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
The Recovery can be installed as follow:
•Download recovery.img from the link attachment
•IMPORTANT: Check MD5SUM - This is to ensure that during the download / copy the file is not corrupted
•Copy recovery.img to the SD
•download Flash_image, unzip and copy it to SD
Now you must install the recovery through ADB (the commands must be entered one by one in the shell, waiting a couple of seconds between one and another.
Code:
$ adb shell
# su
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
# cat /sdcard/flash_image> /system/bin/flash_image
# chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
# mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
# mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
# reboot recovery
Note: the command
Code:
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.
WILL GIVE YOU SOME ERROR IGNORE IT
If all goes well, the menu with a cheerful hat ClockworkMod background confirms that the boot recovery occurred in CW.
Also ignore the error below: "E: bad boot message" is not a real error.
The recovery functionality is simple:
- The volume keys to scroll
- The back button to go back
- The power button to select a menu item.
If you have problems, you can select Advanced / Error Reporting. This will generate a log into SD (recovery.log). You can use it to understand the problem.
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[HOWTO] Flash original firmware on P690
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483192
[HOWTO] Flash DOWNLOAD firmware on P690
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483180
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[ROM] DarDroidXD_0.3 [LGP690]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1483206
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This guide works 100% , just used it now waiting for custom recovery to download.

Majestic36 said:
This guide works 100% , just used it now waiting for custom recovery to download.
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Doesnt work for me, recovery just freezes at the LG screen

Need to understand what is recovery and custom installation
May I know what is Custom Recovery for LG Optimus Net - Clockwork 5.0.2.7 and what it do?
and what is installing cyanogenmod 7.0 is it a custom rom and is it better then stock rom?

Hi guys,
I have problem. I rooted my LG P690 and installed CWM bootloader. During installing custom ROM my phone bricked and rebooted after LG initial picture. I was able to enter only RECOVERY MODE by pressing PWR+BACKARROW+VOL_UP. But that was all, I couldn't also repair phone through HDZ_FW_UPD.exe , because problem with USB drivers. I tried everything, but without success. But I was able to connect to phone via ADB commands, downloaded update.zip, added it near fastboot.exe file, run fastboot and install that update.zip. I removed SD card to other phone, connected, uploaded some CyanogenMod 9 and moved SD card back to LG P690. Now I was able to enter BOOTLOADER (BUT I DON'T REMEMBER COMBINATION OF BUTTONS DURING SWITCHING PHONE !!!), and installed CyanogenMod9. Everything looks OK, but after rebbot and entering new Android OS my touch screen isn't working. I don't know why, but I think that problem is in that CyanogenMod9 version - it doesn't recognize touching screen. It reacts to pressing Vol UP/DOWN buttons (setting volume), pressing BACK button or long pressing PWR button. But that's all. I can turn off the phone by remobing battery. When it's ON and I connect it via USB, I cannot use ADB.exe or FASTBOOT.exe commands because PC donesn't recognise device
So now the question - how to enter bootloader during power ON sequence? I tried all combinations:
- pressing and holding PWR+VOL UP
- PWR+VOL DOWN
- quick pressing of VOL UP
- quick pressing VOL DOWN
- pressing PWR+BACK+VOL UP
- pressing.....and so on and so on
I don't know why I cannot access bootloader becasue before I did it without any problem....Can you please write me detailed "butto n sequence" for entering bootloader on LG P690 Optimus Net? Or am I LOL?
Thank you very much
Rado

SOLVED -> entering bootloader works with pressing HOME+VOL_DOWN+PWR_ON

Quantum7+/tabtronics (jb 4.1.1) – root

QUANTUM7+/TABTRONICS ( RK3066/JB 4.1.1) – ROOT
Just to share the experience. This is what worked for me...
All the CREDITS and THANKS go to the “digitalhigh” – for the post below (and the guys in the chain..):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102600
1. Android SDK Manager (used the following versions)
Android SDK Tools - Rev. 21.1
Android SDK Platform Tools - Rev. 16.0.2
2. Modify File (as explained in the original post):
C:\Users\<YOUR-PC-USER>\.android\adb_usb.ini
- add a line:
0x2207​
3. Install USB driver Win 32/64 respectively - they are attached in the original post above.
!Note: ignore PushThese.zip, attached in the original post – not required – as the “adb shell” gets the root on device straight away. Also, the “Superuser.apk” and the “su” in this attached .zip are not compatible with JB 4.1.1, that is installed on the device. The “Busybox” is also already installed on this device. You can download and update this later from “Google Play”... Hence, just do not use this .zip related step.
4. Download “Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed”
Download the following “Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed” package from location:
http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip
Unzip and copy “Superuser.apk” and “su” to the“adb” directory:
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\
5. Tablet to PC:
“Developer options” → “USB debugging” → [v]
Connect Tablet to PC. Kick off the USB driver installation (if not yet done in Step 3).
From the Win command line:
Code:
cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\
adb devices
The device should respond as 0123456789ABCDEF, or something similar to this.
6. This is the “Step 15” of the original post with the "busybox" push skipped, just the small changes specific to the device:
Code:
adb shell
# mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
adb push su /system/bin
adb install Superuser.apk
adb shell
[B]# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su[/B]
# mount -o remount,ro -t rfs /dev/block/st19 /system
# exit
adb reboot
7. Once your QUANTUM7+ rebooted you should have the “Superuser” app installed.
8. Install “Terminal Emulator” app from the “Google Play” and try to $ su. You should see the “Superuser” app permissions request etc., etc...
9. Update “Busybox” from the “Google Play” to the latest version.
10. I would suggest you to do the full nandroid backup as soon as you have rooted your device. You can look at this link or details (if interested in):
http://tips4droid.com/make-nandroid-backups-on-android-without-booting-into-recovery/
11. Just one more thing to say – by coupling 2 CPU cores, switching Governors to “interactive”, the I/O Scheduler to “noop” and extending the SD cache buffer to 4096, you device should easily outplay TF201 on the “Quadrant Standard” benchmark test.
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Good luck!
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EDITED(29/03/2013):
Installing CWM/recovery.img for RK3066
You can also download the stock firmware from the official site, use this as a base and follow the simple instructions from the tread below to install the CWM recovery.img for RK3066:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30842147
Worked without any issue for me.

One of my mates recently got this tablet and I'll be trying to root it with him over the weekend.
If it works I'll come back and click thanks. If not, expect a ban Just kidding. Thanks so far for this guide