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[Q] downgrading android software. stuck on command prompt

hiya everyone, im new on here and really need some help.
im trying to downgrade my android software so im able to root it. only problem being ive never used command prompt lol!!
the guide im using says:
Launch a Command Prompt window and browse to the location of the files extracted in Step 1.
Enter the following commands:
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp
adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/misc_version
adb shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell
You should now get the # prompt, indicating temporary root.
Enter these commands:
cd /data/local/tmp
./misc_version -s 1.31.405.6
but how do i browse for the files if ive stored them in my documents and in a folder called downgrade android.
many thanks

What device are you trying to downgrade and what version of Android are you currently on? If it's Gingerbread there is a oneclick root called gingerbreak that works for a lot of people.
More info needed really.

problem downgrading gingerbread to froyo

I hope somebody can help me with this little anomaly.
Been trying to downgrade htc panache with gingerbread 2.3.3.
I was able to successfully execute the commands listed on the guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912) however, when i try to downgrade the misc_version, I get the "PERMISSION DENIED"
Here is how it goes:
> adb push misc_version /data/local/tmp/misc_version
> adb push flashgc /data/local/tmp/flashgc
> adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/*
> adb shell
> cd /data/local/tmp
# ./misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
./misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
./misc_version -s 1.00.000.0: PERMISSION DENIED
According to the guide I should have seen something like this (--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.00.000.0
Patching and backing up partition 17...)
Please help

I've been following (or trying to) the same guide. I ran into the same error. From another member here, "aDeQ666", I found the following:
To be entered in adb
cd /data/local/tmp/misc_version
chmod 777 misc_version
./misc_version -s 1.00.000.0
sync
Fixed my problem, but the next step, "./flashgc" , give the permission denied error. Still looking for answers ....

Type in
Code:
su
to gain superuser permissions before attempting those commands

They're most likely working in temp-root shell, where there is no su, and they don't need to call it explicitly.
The first case is solved, AFAIK.
The second case has some problems:
1) The first command is wrong. It should be:
cd /data/local/tmp/
2) A command is missing before running ./flashgc:
chmod 777 flashgc
3) You don't need to run ./flashgc in any case. You don't need a goldcard for downgrade, unless you have a Panache - and if you have and follow Panache guide, you'll see that a goldcard is already prepared in another form.

Nicgraner said:
Type in
Code:
su
to gain superuser permissions before attempting those commands
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ive tried that, and it says su not found

How about actually reading the thread before posting?
Jack_R1 said:
They're most likely working in temp-root shell, where there is no su, and they don't need to call it explicitly.
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[Q] TPSparkyRoot - ICS (Root/UnRoot)

Hi sparkym3,
I'm not able to reply your post "[ROOT] TPSparkyRoot - ICS' so I created a new post here.
I had successfully rooted my Star N8000 phone using the below script with busybox, Superuser and RootExplorer installed.
Root
====
echo off
cls
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (1/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell rm /data/local.prop > nul
adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (2/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell id
echo If the id is 0 / root then continue, otherwise ctrl+c to cancel and start over
pause
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/bin/busybox
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/busybox
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb push RootExplorer.apk /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
echo Removing changes except ROOT
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (3/3) - You should now be Rooted
pause
echo on
***My question is if I want to unroot my Star N8000 phone, I will need to remove the su, busybox, Superuser and RootExplorer from my phone system.
So, the new script should as below. Please help to verify and let me know whether this is correct.
Thanks in advance.
UNRoot
======
echo off
cls
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (1/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell rm /data/local.prop > nul
adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (2/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell id
echo If the id is 0 / root then continue, otherwise ctrl+c to cancel and start over
pause
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /system/xbin/busybox
adb shell rm /system/xbin/Superuser.apk
adb shell rm /system/xbin/RootExplorer.apk
echo Removing changes except ROOT
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (3/3) - You should now be UNRooted
pause
echo on

rayxware said:
Hi sparkym3,
I'm not able to reply your post "[ROOT] TPSparkyRoot - ICS' so I created a new post here.
I had successfully rooted my Star N8000 phone using the below script with busybox, Superuser and RootExplorer installed.
Root
====
echo off
cls
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (1/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell rm /data/local.prop > nul
adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (2/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell id
echo If the id is 0 / root then continue, otherwise ctrl+c to cancel and start over
pause
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/bin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/bin/busybox
adb shell chmod 0755 /system/bin/busybox
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
adb push RootExplorer.apk /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
adb shell chmod 0644 /system/app/RootExplorer.apk
echo Removing changes except ROOT
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (3/3) - You should now be Rooted
pause
echo on
***My question is if I want to unroot my Star N8000 phone, I will need to remove the su, busybox, Superuser and RootExplorer from my phone system.
So, the new script should as below. Please help to verify and let me know whether this is correct.
Thanks in advance.
UNRoot
======
echo off
cls
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
adb shell ln -s /data /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (1/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell rm /data/local.prop > nul
adb shell "echo \"ro.kernel.qemu=1\" > /data/local.prop"
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (2/3) - Continue once device finishes rebooting
pause
adb shell id
echo If the id is 0 / root then continue, otherwise ctrl+c to cancel and start over
pause
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /system/xbin/busybox
adb shell rm /system/xbin/Superuser.apk
adb shell rm /system/xbin/RootExplorer.apk
echo Removing changes except ROOT
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp.bak /data/local/tmp
adb reboot
echo Rebooting (3/3) - You should now be UNRooted
pause
echo on
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This is doing way to much extra while unrooting. Since you would already have root by this point, you can just call su to do all the removes and then remove su last. This can be done from adb or any root file explorer like es file explorer (which will also allow you to mount the file system).
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF700T using Tapatalk 2

Panasonic Eluga Power P-07D

Greetings,
I have received my shiny new Eluga Power and I am wondering if anybody else has this device and if anybody has rooted there's?
Sent from my P-07D using xda premium

Edit: moved to Q&A, lets see if you can get some help but do search for your device.
First welcome...
Next time post in the Q&A section for questions. To better serve you do a search for your device and look in the Dev section for your model device...also you will find a Q&A section there, Thank you.
Btw ensure you read the forum rules.
Sent from a closet, at Arkham Asylum using Forum Runner.

ianford10 said:
Greetings,
I have received my shiny new Eluga Power and I am wondering if anybody else has this device and if anybody has rooted there's?
Sent from my P-07D using xda premium
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Click to collapse
Where did you get it from?HOw much? How's it first impression?

mixmaster said:
Where did you get it from?HOw much? How's it first impression?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Had to import it from a Japanese eBay store with a cost of £560 with delivery. First impressions of the phone are very good, nice big clear screen, batter life is okay considering the screen size, calls are crisp and clear, feels good in the hand to hold. Will have more info as I use it over the next couple of weeks
Sent from my P-07D using xda premium

Rooting P-07D success...
I was able to root my Panasonic Eluga Power (P-07D) you can check the screenshot below. As of the moment I am re-writing the steps for others so they can easily follow the instructions as this was written in Japanese (Thanks to http://sithxi.blog49.fc2.com/blog-entry-51.html and goroh_kun. Hopefully this would help others root there device just like me. The only main problem for me now is SIM unlock the device.

Panasonic Eluga Power rooting instructions...
As promised here are the steps: (This seems to look like a temporary root, as you will loose it once the device rebooted) But still it's a good primary step. For the source code it can be downloaded from here. Panasonic Eluga Power Source Code
goroh_kun
2012/10/18
root privileges acquisition & tomoyo released experimental version in
the p-07d
things to do
Run:
1. >adb restore p-07d.ab
I press OK authentication
After the restore is finished
2. Open another command prompt and type the following:
>adb shell
$cd /data/data/com.android.settings/a/
$ls -l -d
drwxrwxrwx system system a
- check directory called A exists, it is world readable, writable as
show above
3. $ ls -l
⇒ file00 〜 file99 check if files exists
Delete all file from file00 ~ file99
run the command below
4. >adb shell
$cd /data/data/com.android.settings/
$rm -r a/*
change permissions to 777 /persist
This is the tricky part as you need to to do this using two command prompt, one running the adb restore p-07d.ab while the other on the shell command running ln -s /persist a/file99 command.
5. First run: >adb restore p-07d.ab while it is restoring on the other command prompt run in shell $ ln-s / persist a/file99
6. Now lets check the permission to folder /persist by typing on the command prompt that is already in shell.
$ ls -l -d /persist
drwxrwxrwx system system persist <--(you should see this)
Now move on your other command prompt window and run the following commands. (you can download the needed file at this link
Then run the command below to push the files needed for rooting:
>adb push init.cne.rc /data/local/tmp
>adb push p07dgetroot /data/local/tmp
>adb push xsh /data/local/tmp/
>adb push libQ.so /persist
>adb shell rm /persist/init.cne.rc
>adb shell ln -s /data/local/tmp/init.cne.rc /persist/init.cne.rc
>adb reboot
The next step is kinda hard to understand and I qoute: "/persist at Startup directory of the recovery process because it will not be restored and persist the only symbolic links should be a basic /data/local/tmp to keep the change."
After re-move environment variable is changed to check (LD_PRELOAD= /presist/libQ.so and be sure it is).
7. > adb shell
$echo $LD_PRELOAD
/persist/libQ.so <--(you should see this)
8. To Unlock Tomoyo, follow this steps:
> adb shell
$ cat /data/local/tmp/p07dgetroot > /tmp/xsh
$ ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rw-rw-rw- shell shell xsh <--(you should see this)
Make sure that wirelss LAN is ON before doing the command below:
9. WLAN ON / TURN OFF WLAN / TURN ON WLAN (wait to be connected before typing the below command or you will have to do it again)
$ ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rwsr-sr-x root root xsh <--(you should see this)
$ /tmp/xsh
/tmp/xsh
/tmp/.mem fd=3
read ret = 256
write ret = 256
At this stage, Tomoyo is now unlocked
10.
$rm /tmp/xsh
$cat /data/local/tmp/xsh > /tmp/xsh
11. WLAN ON / TURN OFF WLAN / TURN ON WLAN (wait to be connected before typing the below command or you will have to do it again)
$ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rwsr-sr-x root root xsh <--(you should see this)
12. $/tmp/xsh
$(precmd)[email protected]$HOSTNAME:${PWD:-?} $ <--(you should see
this)
Here is a shell with root privileges, so stand up and be able to work a variety. You can also install the su
13. $(precmd)[email protected]$HOSTNAME:${PWD:-?} $
$ mount -o remount,rw /system /system
$ chmod 777 /system/app/
$ chmod 777 /system/bin/
$ chmod 777 /system/xbin/
Open another command prompt:
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
adb push su /system/bin/
adb push busybox /system/xbin/
Go back to ($(precmd)[email protected]$HOSTNAME:${PWD:-?} $) window:
chown root.root /system/bin/su
chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
chmod 644 /system/app/Superuser.apk
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/app/
chmod 755 /system/bin/
chmod 755 /system/xbin/
Verify root access by installing "Root Checker".
Note: each time you reboot your device you will need to run Tomoyo Unlock script to regain root access (Step 8 - 12) which I re-wrote below:
8. Tomoyo Unlock
> adb shell
$ cat /data/local/tmp/p07dgetroot > /tmp/xsh
$ ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rw-rw-rw- shell shell xsh <--(you should see this)
WLAN ON / OFF / ON
$ ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rwsr-sr-x root root xsh <--(you should see this)
$ /tmp/xsh
/tmp/xsh
/tmp/.mem fd=3
read ret = 256
write ret = 256
At this stage, tomoyo is released
$rm /tmp/xsh
$cat /data/local/tmp/xsh > /tmp/xsh
WLAN ON / OFF / ON
$ls -l /tmp/xsh
-rwsr-sr-x root root xsh <--(you should see this)
$/tmp/xsh
$(precmd)[email protected]$HOSTNAME:${PWD:-?} $ <---(you should end up here to regain root access, if not redo it again)
Proof:

ask questions
hi,
If it unlocked the device of sim by docomo, when i root it, the condition of unlock sim whether will cancel????
---------- Post added at 12:10 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:06 AM ----------
dear zyper95,
Can you make the picture to show the process of root??
thank a lot

Panasonic P-07D
Hello, Someone tell me how to reset to factory settings "Android system recovery -> wipe data / factory reset -> Yes-delete all user data -> Please input password". What is the password to be entered? Help please.

Panasonic Eluga Power P-07D hard reset plz:crying::crying::crying:

[Q] rooting htc desire z

Hi all:
I am using the guide 1 HTC Desire Z: Firmware Downgrade (Gingerbread) .
i have managed to get the golden card.
on step 6,
at the last line, CHMOD 755 /DATA/LOCAL/TMP, i get the msg:
unable to chmod, /data/local/tmp/fixsu.sh: operation not permitted
On the computer, open terminal and run the following commands:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
adb push recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-vision.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
/data/local/tmp/psneuter
whathould i do?

Did you followed the instructions like in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1947934 ?