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Samsung Transform

The Samsung Transform has the same vulnerability as the Epic (joeykrim-root.sh works to get root).

So how would I go about rooting? Would I use the same process as the EPIC 4g?

if you're good with linux, you can follow the directions in this link forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/adb-root-exploit-test
(The mount command is slightly different in step 4.)

I'm running a mac. I tried several guides on the sph-m910 rooting for mac osx but it won't let me push any files to the phone with adb.
Sent from my SPH-M920 using XDA App

Have any of you successfully rooted it using this method?

I have successfully rooted my brother's Transform using the same method I used to root my Epic 4G... same files and everything.

aliendude5300 said:
I have successfully rooted my brother's Transform using the same method I used to root my Epic 4G... same files and everything.
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Here's a link to the zip file containing the exploit that worked: http://www.filedropper.com/ocr

drivers?
What drivers are you guys using? i cant get any drivers to install...

mark920 said:
What drivers are you guys using? i cant get any drivers to install...
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From what I am told and understand it must be mounted and run in linux. I will find out as soon as my local store gets one in, I'm first in line.

aliendude5300 said:
I have successfully rooted my brother's Transform using the same method I used to root my Epic 4G... same files and everything.
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Any link to the method you used?

aliendude5300 said:
Here's a link to the zip file containing the exploit that worked:
I've tried 8 times, cannot get it rooted. Suppose I'll wait just like the rest of us
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berger1980 said:
aliendude5300 said:
Here's a link to the zip file containing the exploit that worked:
I've tried 8 times, cannot get it rooted. Suppose I'll wait just like the rest of us
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I tried it as well. I couldn't get it to work either.
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I got it to work. I tried it under my computer with Windows 7. I had to right click the run.bat and click properties, Click compatibility, Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Thanks.

cachorropedorro said:
I got it to work. I tried it under my computer with Windows 7. I had to right click the run.bat and click properties, Click compatibility, Run this program in compatibility mode for Windows XP Service Pack 3. Thanks.
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I don't mean to be a ****, but what app have you installed that requires root access? I have a specific one, roam manager, that will not run. I believe you may have seen visually that it was rooting it, but it does not do squat.

berger1980 said:
I don't mean to be a ****, but what app have you installed that requires root access? I have a specific one, roam manager, that will not run. I believe you may have seen visually that it was rooting it, but it does not do squat.
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apps2sd, I need a new kernel for wifi tethering which is the main thing that I want

Rooting Help
Can someone give some detailed instructions on rooting the Samsung Transform???
I agree with cachorropedorro, I'm looking to root for wifi teathering also..... Tried a few methods also.... No luck.

Guys, I've never rooted a phone before and this is my first android. I looked a the Joeyconway version of root.... I'm having a hard time following the command prompts??? Any suggestions?

Is there going to be a transform category? Are there other pages about rooting this new phone??

I was able to root my transform using the ocr joey krimm root method, the drivers for the epic finally worked after restarting the phone, one thing i noticed about the transform was that the ratc script takes longer to work and does not always work. I modified the bat file to have a longer wait after running the ratc file, however that doesnt even work all the time, if you manually run the ratc script and then run the bat it should work thats what i had to do. I also updated the su bin and the busybox version from the current version of the one click root because the files in the ocr.zip have an older su bin that doesnt use superuser.apk and the busybox is not compatible with ti backup.

Mark920,
Can you give some more detailed directions for all of us that are newbees? Like I said in a earlier post, I've never rooted a phone so some of the things you were talking about like ratc script confuses me. Any detailed steps would be awsome.

[UPDATED, DUMPED!] I have an HTC 8X engineering unit! Check this out devs

The dump will be online soon, special thanks to the members who helped me get the dump! Without the help of them I wouldn't have do this.
I wanna thank these guys and to all who have posted here..
biktor_gj
Jaxbot
E:V:A
Cotulla
and especially rob243 who will host the dump for the developers to download.
I hope Windows Phone users will benefit to this!
Please check back here in a few days for the dump.
Meanwhile, the engineering HTC 8X loaner device will have to go back to the company soon, too. I would appreciate a little donation from the generous ones out there. Buy me a pizza? Buy me my own 8X? Just hit the donate to me button on the left under my username, or here.
Thanks all!

neilgoco said:
I got one with tons of apps that seems to be for testing. Maybe somehow this will help in the future development of the device? I am not sure how though.
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Lucky you, check the hspl/spl to see if it's locked or unlocked. If unlocked, contact the user, I mean The Living Legend called COTULLA and tell him about your phone. Actually, just contact him, he will tell you to do a few things and if someone can help in here, it's him. We owe him the HSPL for HTC WP7 1st and 2nd generation phones and the 1st Titan custom rom (DFT) among other things.
Thanks for sharing!
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forelli said:
Lucky you, check the hspl/spl to see if it's locked or unlocked. If unlocked, contact the user, I mean The Living Legend called COTULLA and tell him about your phone. Actually, just contact him, he will tell you to do a few things and if someone can help in here, it's him. We owe him the HSPL for HTC WP7 1st and 2nd generation phones and the 1st Titan custom rom (DFT) among other things.
Thanks for sharing!
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Okay, how do I check that? Here are the apps installed, aside from the normal ones.
AudioPathSwitch
AutoCountCharge
AutoCountHeadset
CameraAutoFocus
CameraTestTool
DebugFlagEdit
eMMCTool
GCFSettings
HTCLogUploadStatus
NFCTool
PPT7Extension
StorageFullTool
TestSuite
USBModeSwitch
User Trial Feedback
WiFiTool
WirelessTool
WPRControl
zAccCalibrationApp
zAdventureWorks
zAllThingShell
zAppPurchaseHistory
zBattInfo
zBingSuggestsTestApp
zCafeApp
zCasey's Coffee
zDebugMenu
zEpdDiscoverySettings
zFiddlerClient
zGestureBester
zIE Optimization
zLocation Diagnostic App
zManaged Maps
zMarbleMaze
zProximityTestApp
zSensorView
zSystemInfo
zTicTapToe
zUpdate
zUsbFnBusMenu
zWiFiCSSettings
zWPPerf
zWPRedApp

what is the ROM version installed on the device?

Cotulla said:
what is the ROM version installed on the device?
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Check these screenshots, especially the 3rd one.

okay, from the app titles and about phone screenshots- this is most definitely an engineering/test unit. bootloader entry built into the OS? wp bld lab? how did you come across this gem?

nothingsfactory said:
okay, from the app titles and about phone screenshots- this is most definitely an engineering/test unit. bootloader entry built into the OS? wp bld lab? how did you come across this gem?
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By the way, I am not sure if it's right to tap the Enter Bootloader button, I'm scared! LMAO

You do realize that this can help developers reverse engineer windows phone 8 right?

mcosmin222 said:
You do realize that this can help developers reverse engineer windows phone 8 right?
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I do, that's why I created this thread so I can help somehow, even by a bit.
EDIT: I found a setting that lets me developer lock/unlock the device (even without registration). If you want me to test or run apps that will help you guys let me know.
EDIT 2: I tried tapping the Enter Bootloader option but it does nothing. Maybe I am doing it wrong?

neilgoco said:
I do, that's why I created this thread so I can help somehow, even by a bit.
EDIT: I found a setting that lets me developer lock/unlock the device (even without registration). If you want me to test or run apps that will help you guys let me know.
EDIT 2: I tried tapping the Enter Bootloader option but it does nothing. Maybe I am doing it wrong?
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You can try holding down Vol Up, camera, and power, or Vol Down, camera, and power to get to the bootloader.
Is there a way to access the file system?

Jaxbot said:
You can try holding down Vol Up, camera, and power, or Vol Down, camera, and power to get to the bootloader.
Is there a way to access the file system?
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I tried doing the volume down, camera, and power combination and it displayed something like a BIOS screen very quickly, around 1-2 seconds and then continues to boot up. I only managed to read the 1st line which says 'Security Unlocked' or something. I'll try take a photo.
EDIT 2: Regarding the file system access, I found these on the phone. Will any of these help?
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neilgoco said:
I tried doing the volume down, camera, and power combination and it displayed something like a BIOS screen very quickly, around 1-2 seconds and then continues to boot up. I only managed to read the 1st line which says 'Security Unlocked' or something. I'll try take a photo.
EDIT: Here's a rather blurry shot. :S
EDIT 2: Regarding the file system access, I found these on the phone. Will any of these help?
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Security Unlocked probably means UEFI is off, or otherwise the bootloader is unlocked. Could be very wrong on that, though. Either way, doesn't matter since we don't have a 8X ROM to cook and modify.

Jaxbot said:
Security Unlocked probably means UEFI is off, or otherwise the bootloader is unlocked. Could be very wrong on that, though. Either way, doesn't matter since we don't have a 8X ROM to cook and modify.
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JK. http://www.xda-developers.com/windows_phone/say-hello-to-wp8-htc-8x-ruu-leaked/

This is so very serious and huge news...if it has the UEFI unlocked like an ES is supposed to be. Can you access the file system/mount device in bootloader mode?
Also, could you try and install a WP7.* xap file ( just download an app/game xap from xda or this one from here, not a sys messing one) on it? Just copy it inside phone's int meme and click on it, the installer ''should" handle the xap...
BTW,if tha XAP installs and runs I could say that phone is worth its weight in gold...cough...cough...for us and MS.

htc9420 said:
This is so very serious and huge news...if it has the UEFI unlocked like an ES is supposed to be. Can you access the file system/mount device in bootloader mode?
Also, could you try and install a WP7.* xap file ( just download an app/game xap from xda or this one from here, not a sys messing one) on it? Just copy it inside phone's int meme and click on it, the installer ''should" handle the xap...
BTW,if tha XAP installs and runs I could say that phone is worth its weight in gold...cough...cough...for us and MS.
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Can you access the file system/mount device in bootloader mode?
I cannot enter the bootloader mode, when I press volume down, camera, and power button it just shows the (I'll call it the...) BIOS screen very quickly, and then continues to boot up. Are there any other ways to access the file system?
Also, could you try and install a WP7.* xap file on it?
I'll try later. And what do you mean by "Just copy it inside phone's int meme and click on it, the installer ''should" handle the xap..."

neilgoco said:
Can you access the file system/mount device in bootloader mode?
I cannot enter the bootloader mode, when I press volume down, camera, and power button it just shows the (I'll call it the...) BIOS screen very quickly, and then continues to boot up. Are there any other ways to access the file system?
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Maybe it's a combination of only two buttons....or maybe there's an app for that
neilgoco said:
Also, could you try and install a WP7.* xap file on it?
I'll try later. And what do you mean by "Just copy it inside phone's int meme and click on it, the installer ''should" handle the xap..."
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Email it to you as an attachment and try to open it on the phone.
Also, depending on your time and availability, you could contact E:V:A by PM or posting in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1934388 so you could dump whatever is on that phone.

Wow, this is real HW porn! I posted partition dump instructions in that thread, but I now see that this could be even more useful in the future, for allowing us to have unlocked bootloaders with all engineering features intact. So if you could somehow get us, either a full "disk image" or preferably all of the individual partitions, that would be awesome!
All the tools needed can be found in the links of my footer. It could be that you need to install some additional USB drivers as well.. But we'll see.

E:V:A said:
Wow, this is real HW porn! I posted partition dump instructions in that thread, but I now see that this could be even more useful in the future, for allowing us to have unlocked bootloaders with all engineering features intact. So if you could somehow get us, either a full "disk image" or preferably all of the individual partitions, that would be awesome!
All the tools needed can be found in the links of my footer. It could be that you need to install some additional USB drivers as well.. But we'll see.
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My brains! Is it possible to do that via TeamViewer or something like that? So you would control my PC?
EDIT: I got into the 'bootloader mode' (not sure if it is). I plugged it into my notebook and it installed Windows Mobile Device Center (forgot the exact name lol) and the 'Serial' mode changed into 'USB'. ?
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neilgoco said:
My brains! Is it possible to do that via TeamViewer or something like that? So you would control my PC?
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It's not that hard and it can't be done via remote support unless you have two machines ( you need one running linux and the other one with a IM that has video also). Your best shot is to find a friend that knows Linux and has a Linux distro installed and "beg" him to do it for you.
Also, it would be wise to keep secret the rest of the info about the device. It's been known that MS roams XDA and this thread isn't good news for them, just let me put this in another way : it's like you've got a WIN8 key generator in your hands ( though this is not a solution to activate W8). Stick to PM the devs.
Gracias

More finds. I pressed camera, volume UP, and power. Got this on Windows.
CHECK FIRST PAGE. =)

Successful Root Method for the Pantech Flex P8010

This guide assumes that you are on a stock Pantech Flex P8010 running either ICS (v4.0.4). or the updated JB (v4.1.2) Please note that rooting a ICS phone has been known to cause issues when trying to run the over the air update. If you have already rooted and are looking for a way to update to JellyBean please skip to the section on updating, if this isn't you keep reading.
So at this point you have decided to continue. You shouldn't run into any issues if you follow the directions and you shouldn't mess your phone up even if root doesn't take. However, in the spirit of covering ones back side....
I am not responsible for anything that goes wrong.
Jelly Bean 4.1.2 or ICS 4.0.4
This method was found by LuneBear and has not been tested by myself so I cannot personally verify its effectiveness. I did check and it seems to work with both ICS and JB but your mileage may vary. You will need to download SRSroot and install it on a Windows machine.
SRS ROOT
SRS Homepage
Make sure that USB debugging is enabled on your phone. Connect your phone via USB and run the program. Select the button for all root methods. Then you will need to select the Legolas exploit. Once everything is done (may take some time) just reboot the phone and you should be good to go.
Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.4 ONLY
Windows Option
This method has been tried on a number of Windows versions and some work some don't so your mileage may very. This method uses Bin4ry's Root method and was orgnially discovered by aaki_rocker and is WAY LESS COMPLICATED. However please note that some users have had issues using this method with Bin4ry's latest version of the root script. It is recommended that you download an older version if you run into any issues or the root doesn't take.
First lets get some drivers on your Windows box. To do this you will need to download the Pantech PC Suite and install it.
http://c724062.r62.cf2.rackcdn.com/PantechPCSuite_1.1.1.3437.exe
Next you will need to download and extract Bin4ry's root script.
http://ul.to/z7krermj
Once you have these two files you will need to plug your phone into the PC via USB and enable the USB type as Data Mode.
Next run the Bin4ry's script and follow the directions when in doubt about what to choose select the simplest option in all cases.
If everything goes well you will have a nicely rooted phone.
Linux Option
This is not a point and click root and is not for the faint of heart. This method of rooting is based off of Bin4ry's root for ICS/JB. Changes have been made to the srcipt to allow it to work with the Flex please follow the steps below and you will have root in just a few minutes. It will probably take you longer to download the files you need than to actually root the phone.
This method has been performed successfully using Ubuntu 12.10 64bit it may work with other versions of linux but it will not work with Windows due to the driver issues and the fact that I didn't alter the windows batch file, in fact I removed any windows related files from Bin4ry's original package.
First you will need to set up the linux machine if you don't already have it. This can be done in one of a few ways you can run a live copy using a Live CD/USB boot (this will not install linux on your computer unless you tell it to) or you can install it in the standard manner or using WUBI, the third option us setting up linux in a virtual machine. If you don't know how to do this google it, there is a wealth of information out there on these subjects and probably some you can even understand without a degree in astro-physics.
Second you will need to set your phone up so that USB debug mode is turned on [settings>developer options]. Make sure you phone isnt plugged into the USB or it won't let you change the setting.
Now plug your phone into to the (linux) computer with the USB. Next you will need to set the USB computer connection type to Media Device(MTP)
In order for the computer to communicate with the phone we will need to install Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and create a couple of files.
These files will basically trick the computer into thinking it has actual drivers for the phone.
Open a terminal window, and enter the following (this will install ADB):
sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb​
Once this is done enter the following
sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/70-android.rules​
Gedit will open at this point copy the the following into it and then click save and close the window.
SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10a9:6055", MODE="0666"​
In the terminal window enter this (yeah I know it looks the same just go with it)
sudo gedit /lib/udev/rules.d/70-android.rules​
After the window opens paste the same line of code into the file that you did in the previous files, save and close.
Test your connection by issuing the following command in the terminal window:
adb devices​
Should see something similar to:
OSCAR01111112010204 device​
Your adb is now recognizing your phone and you can now move on to the next step if you are not getting this don't even bother moving to the next step it wont work. If you don't see this check your settings and go again.
Ok so you are now ready to actually root the phone. The first thing your going to need to do is download my modified Bin4ry script. See the attached file.
After you have it downloaded you will need to extract it you can do this by opening the file manager (click on the home folder icon) and going to download. Find the file called Root_Flex.zip. Right click on it and select EXTRACT HERE. After its done extracting you should see a directory called Root_Flex. In a terminal windows enter the following:
cd Downloads/Root_Flex​
Your prompt should now look something like
[email protected]_name~/Downloads/Root_Flex$​
From here just enter the command:
bash RunMeFlex.sh​
At this point you should see a bunch of junk come up and a menu asking which way you want to try to root. Type 1 and press enter. It will give you 3 errors, ignore them. It should copy a bunch of files and ask you to press restore on your phone, do it. It should ask you to press Enter to reboot the phone, do so and the phone will reboot. It should be waiting on you to press enter again dont press enter until the phone is completely rebooted and for good measure give it an extra few seconds. The script should finish and the phone will reboot again this time you should see a little box with an update appear on the phone. At this point you should be rooted. If not try the script again.
I hope this helps out a lot of folks out there. Let me know if I need to change anything in this How to or if I made any mistakes along the way.
Updating If you're already rooted
So you rooted your phone and now you want JellyBean but when you run the update you get the dead droid image and the update fails OR you live in an area that isn't covered by AT&T and you want the update, what do you do? Well thanks to some hard work by Attn1 we have a solution and its pretty simple. First off you will need to have CWM running on the phone. Now there are a few ways to go about this but the method I used was here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2133857
You only need to go as far as getting CWM up an running on the phone you do not need to install it as the the update by Attn1 will take care of a full install of a better version. You will need to have a copy of Fastboot.exe and some img files. Below is a rar file that has all the necessary files to get CWM running (not installed) on the phone using windows (sorry I don't have the linux files for this one). Just unpack them into a convienent folder somewhere and follow the instructions on the link above.
http://tinyurl.com/oa2p48f
I recommend using the boot_external.img but if you do not have an external SD card and only have the internal storage just use boot_internal.img instead. This method relys on you being able to get into fast boot. If you do not have access to fastboot for what ever reason I suggest you jump ahead in the thread and read Attn1 methods for installing CWM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008888&page=44
Next get the update files from this link (second post)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2008888&page=47
Once you have all the files downloaded and copied everything to the appropriate SD cards on your phone your ready to go. If you don't know how to do this don't even think about anything else till you learn this. After this is all done follow the directions below (copied from Attn1's post)
Procedure if you ARE NOT running baseband JYUS06032013 (ICS Basebands) :
boot ICS CWM
flash FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-FIRMWARE.zip from CWM
format system in CWM (will NOT wipe data, but makes sure old rom does not flash back stock recovery)
restart start recovery/adb reboot recovery (JB CWM is installed - do not try to fastboot boot ICS CWM)
flash FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-ROM.zip from CWM.
reboot
Procedure if you ARE running baseband JYUS06032013 (JB Baseband) :
get root (Instructions HERE - use GANDALF)
install CWM (Instructions HERE)
flash FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-FIRMWARE.zip from CWM
format system in CWM (will NOT wipe data, but makes sure old rom does not flash back stock recovery)
reboot to CWM
flash FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-ROM.zip from CWM.
reboot
This ROM is Pantech stock with no mods other than CWM installation protection and all stock permissions and symlinks carefully maintained and consistent with the product of a successful OTA.
The firmware is also stock, with the exception of the open aboot allowing fastboot boot <bootimage>, and installation of JB CWM with nothing else added or changed. It runs well with nothing broken. You MUST be on JB firmware (below) to run it properly.
You can let the new CWM root it if you like when you exit - it will prompt you. It will also prompt you to disable CWM on reboot make sure this gets disabled or the phone will keep booting to CWM rather than the ROM.
Downloads:
md5: 1a0ca5f177bce2f4c428931616e0ecd1 FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-FIRMWARE.zip
md5: 17c0e611ab6dfbca230571c1e40f3d14 FLEX-JB-JYUS06032013-ROM.zip
Make sure you check the md5sum on the files before you flash them if there wrong download them again this is vital.
If you need a program to check md5sums copy this .exe file to your c:\windows\system\ and run it from the command line.
http://tinyurl.com/l74wl9q
Thanks go to Bin4ry for the original script and all the technical help provided.
Check out the thread and give a thanks and donate a few bucks if you can.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460
Thanks to Atadres for getting me going in the right direction and help testing along the way.
Thanks to Esau Silva for this post that helped get the drivers working for us in Ubutnu.
http://esausilva.com/2010/05/13/setting-up-adbusb-drivers-for-android-devices-in-linux-ubuntu/
Thanks to Aaki_rocker for coming up with the Windows version of this root method you can find his original post here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141538
Thanks to LuneBear for finding the root method for JellyBean.
Thanks to Attn1 for the JellyBean update and CM 10.2 version of CWM Recovery.

jist a quick memo guys when you issue the command adb devices please cd to proper android sdk platform tools folder or else youll get an error like no command did you mean..... heres the proper way do this step before you do the adb devices step type in cd ~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools press enter then type in ./adb devices
i am now trying to contact team win for help with porting the recovery image team win recovery so we can start roming this device and adding ports and roms

atadres said:
jist a quick memo guys when you issue the command adb devices please cd to proper android sdk platform tools folder or else youll get an error like no command did you mean..... heres the proper way do this step before you do the adb devices step type in cd ~/android-sdk-linux/platform-tools press enter then type in ./adb devices....
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Acutally this assumes you are on a completely fresh install and did not have adb installed through the platform tools if that is the case everything I typed up will work. However you are correct too. Let me know if you think I should go ahead and rework the stuff to be a little more universal if so please PM me an update of the commands.

your right my apologies but one thing i noticed that i would like to say idk if its my experiance or universal after successfully rooting the flex the lockscreen fails to resize itself leaving a black space where the onscreen dock is usualy located no big issue though and the rooting was easy and painless once adb was set up correctly 100000+ points thanks so much

Good job guys. Respect! I have a Pantech Flex, which is an awesome device with the same specs (things that matter to me) as S3, but without big name. I like Pantech Flex because it's size is much better for me than.
The only thing now is to create a ROM! Is it difficult to make a pure Android ROM? Nothing additional, just a pure Android like in Nexus?
Again, thank you guys for your dedication! I'll definitely donate as soon as I have Jelly Bean loaded on my Pantech Flex!

Thanks, this worked great. I am gonna start on a ROM. Hope I don't get bricked.
Sent from the new Pantech Flex. Nominated best lowest priced new smartphone. U jelly I paid nothing, for a phone almost as good as the Galaxy S3?

HighCommander540 said:
Thanks, this worked great. I am gonna start on a ROM. Hope I don't get bricked.
Sent from the new Pantech Flex. Nominated best lowest priced new smartphone. U jelly I paid nothing, for a phone almost as good as the Galaxy S3?
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lets not get ahead of ourselves here guys in order to create a rom we would need to get a custom recovery on our phone this can be achived by mapping out the devices bootloader extracting an img file of it and using koushes clockworks mod recovery creator only when we achive a port of a custom recovery can we make roms and be able to flash them if any of you have knowledge of this as i am a noob when it comes to recoveries pleasae feel free to input we need all the help we can get guys
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ivansana said:
Good job guys. Respect! I have a Pantech Flex, which is an awesome device with the same specs (things that matter to me) as S3, but without big name. I like Pantech Flex because it's size is much better for me than.
The only thing now is to create a ROM! Is it difficult to make a pure Android ROM? Nothing additional, just a pure Android like in Nexus?
Again, thank you guys for your dedication! I'll definitely donate as soon as I have Jelly Bean loaded on my Pantech Flex!
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lol right now we need knowledge donations unfourtunatly we cannot start working on roms till we have a custom recovery ported over either team win or clockworks mod recovery this will take a little bit of time and knowledge and to answer your question about the stock nexus rom your talking along the terms of a cynaogen mod port? or akop port looking into it i would say untill we have mapped the bootloader we wouldnt know how diffcult it would be because the simlinks maybe difcult for a phone that has not yet caught fire in the dev world

i wish i had the time to do a recovery myself and get cwm working but with my family and my fulltime job i barely get any time. Im going to spend all my time on this amazing little phone to do what i can. props to the root method it worked flawlessly!!!
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2

Awesome I'm glad im getting some good feed back on the root. I wasnt sure if I did the rightup correctly and im glad its working out for everyone.
If I get some time I will start looking into a custom CWM and all that junk I have a contact that should be a pretty good help in this just have to find the time to do it.

Yeah after coming from the LG Nitro HD I was surprised at how easy this was to root.
If you want to get together on gtalk we can work on this together. Right now I'm in the process of getting a ROM dump so we can recover our phones from stock images if we happen to mess them up, which I'm sure we will, but that's the best part! Lol.
I can smell CM9 and CM10 calling to this phone!!!
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2

jSterling said:
Yeah after coming from the LG Nitro HD I was surprised at how easy this was to root.
If you want to get together on gtalk we can work on this together. Right now I'm in the process of getting a ROM dump so we can recover our phones from stock images if we happen to mess them up, which I'm sure we will, but that's the best part! Lol.
I can smell CM9 and CM10 calling to this phone!!!
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2
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Yeah I love this phone but I have to say the Pantech launcher kinda pisses me off.

donavan01 said:
Yeah I love this phone but I have to say the Pantech launcher kinda pisses me off.
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Agreed lol im using nova

I actually don't mind the launcher, its pretty nice compared to other brand launchers. I'm probably going to try launcher pro though that's been my favorite sense I had my prepaid optimus V
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2

jSterling said:
I actually don't mind the launcher, its pretty nice compared to other brand launchers. I'm probably going to try launcher pro though that's been my favorite sense I had my prepaid optimus V
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2
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I had launcher pro and hated it ... check out APEX seems like the stock ICS but with a lot of extras and without the annoying bits of the pantech that make me insane

donavan01 said:
I had launcher pro and hated it ... check out APEX seems like the stock ICS but with a lot of extras and without the annoying bits of the pantech that make me insane
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hey guys... is there a pantech flex forum????????
also is it possible to unlock the device if you forget the log in pattern????? thanks

I don't know anything about mapping the device. So I am just going to work on a ROM for my infuse.
I will help with anything for testing. A stock image would be awesome. =-)
No flex forum yet.
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Sent from the new rooted Pantech Flex. Nominated best lowest priced new smartphone. U jelly I paid nothing, for a phone almost as good as the Galaxy S3?

jSterling said:
I actually don't mind the launcher, its pretty nice compared to other brand launchers. I'm probably going to try launcher pro though that's been my favorite sense I had my prepaid optimus V
Sent from my PantechP8010 using Tapatalk 2
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sense is my fav launcher and no no forum yet ive requested and gotten no reply smh

did this thread die guys?

atadres said:
did this thread die guys?
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Wait till after Xmas I bet you a lot of people will get this phone as presents.

donavan01 said:
Wait till after Xmas I bet you a lot of people will get this phone as presents.
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Yeah I can see that happening. This weekend I am going to work on it to see what I can come up with. I've been so swamped with work and life bs that I haven't had a chance.
No this thread didn't die.
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[Q] Exchange the whole UI stack on Android

Hi
I am new to hacking android. I have built linux distros in the past, and have worked with Linux for 15 years,
I have just rooted a ZTE V965. It doesn't come pre-installed with Play store, and has all sorts of ZTE-specific Chinese apps. It has a good baseband circuit, a good screen, reasonable camera and I think is a great value phone, apart from the awful UI.
It is an android phone, although heavily customised. It has an MTK6589 processor coupled with 4Gb ROM and 512Mb RAM.
I have other phones which operate a much more "Vanilla" android. For example, the Guophone 9105 which also uses an MTK6589. This has a troubling tendency to reboot every random interval. Approx 6 times a week.
I have had success in the past running Linux systems built for much earlier kernels on later kernels. This suggests the ABI (application binary interface) for the Linux kernel changes rather slowly.
I am wondering how well the userland apps are separated from the kernel and drivers on Android.
Specifically, is it feasible to dump all the UI stuff from one phone onto another then change the init to launch the other UI?
Would this risk bricking the phone, or would the shell commands and ADB infrastructure still likely operate?
I guess I should change the bootloader to one that supports fastboot first, right? Is ther a how-to on achieveing this from the root shell?
Thanks for any thoughts
Nick.

Nick Hill said:
Hi
I am new to hacking android. I have built linux distros in the past, and have worked with Linux for 15 years,
I have just rooted a ZTE V965. It doesn't come pre-installed with Play store, and has all sorts of ZTE-specific Chinese apps. It has a good baseband circuit, a good screen, reasonable camera and I think is a great value phone, apart from the awful UI.
It is an android phone, although heavily customised. It has an MTK6589 processor coupled with 4Gb ROM and 512Mb RAM.
I have other phones which operate a much more "Vanilla" android. For example, the Guophone 9105 which also uses an MTK6589. This has a troubling tendency to reboot every random interval. Approx 6 times a week.
I have had success in the past running Linux systems built for much earlier kernels on later kernels. This suggests the ABI (application binary interface) for the Linux kernel changes rather slowly.
I am wondering how well the userland apps are separated from the kernel and drivers on Android.
Specifically, is it feasible to dump all the UI stuff from one phone onto another then change the init to launch the other UI?
Would this risk bricking the phone, or would the shell commands and ADB infrastructure still likely operate?
I guess I should change the bootloader to one that supports fastboot first, right? Is ther a how-to on achieveing this from the root shell?
Thanks for any thoughts
Nick.
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Hi Nick, I have the same phone. I'm also very new to android, last phone was iOS and before that windows. I managed to root the V965 using Vroot. I also managed to install SuperSU and CWM. However, the CWM is not fully functional, I can only do a factory reset, not install any packages or roms. Probably the phone has a locked bootloader. I can't check, because the USB driver with the phone doesnt support fastboot.
I really need to get google play working in this phone, read a lot of stuff, tried many things, but I havent succeeded yet. Please let me know if you make any progress.
In China they are flashing this phone, found some ROMs even, but I am not sure how they manage and google translate isn't much help there.
http://www.romjd.com/Device/zte-v965/hot/all/1

Hmmm my V965 is having some issues now
After a factory reset, the setup wizard keeps crashing. Even after another resest. So I can't get in the phone anymore.
Any chance you can send me the USB drivers that are on the phone? My phone isnt deteceted anymore, so I can't access the drivers, which I want to reinstall. And of course they are not on the ZTE website.

Byte_Me said:
Hmmm my V965 is having some issues now
After a factory reset, the setup wizard keeps crashing. Even after another resest. So I can't get in the phone anymore.
Any chance you can send me the USB drivers that are on the phone? My phone isnt deteceted anymore, so I can't access the drivers, which I want to reinstall. And of course they are not on the ZTE website.
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Hi
You can temporarily download the ZTE v965 USB drivers from
www dot nickhill dot co dot uk forward slash ztev965usb dot zip

Byte_Me said:
Hi Nick, I have the same phone. I'm also very new to android, last phone was iOS and before that windows. I managed to root the V965 using Vroot. I also managed to install SuperSU and CWM. However, the CWM is not fully functional, I can only do a factory reset, not install any packages or roms. Probably the phone has a locked bootloader. I can't check, because the USB driver with the phone doesnt support fastboot.
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Fastboot and ADB appear to be standard protocols, at least on my Ubuntu, which don't need special drivers. However, it does appear that the stock boot loaader on the v965 does fail to incorporate the fastboot option.
If you remove the battery, replace it then turn on holding the volume down, you will get a menu, but fastboot is not there.
I don't know for a fact, but I do suspect that if you have access to the running android system as root, then you could in principle change any of the internal flash data. Therefore, in principle, I guess you could replace the boot loader or anything else in the running android system. Anyone please correct me if I am wrong, or confirm if I am right.
The feature set of this phone seems to be the same as the feature set of my Guophone. MTK6589, dual SIM, etc. So this image may be a good place to start if considering a transplant.
If you have ROMs, then perhaps it is possible to flash the ROM from a root terminal. I'm thinking add the uncompressed ROM to the Micro SD card, then using the dd command, block copy it to the appropriate image area on the internal ROM, reboot, reset to factory defaults.
If anyone more experienced than me with the nuts and bolts of Android can confirm or deny this will work, or where it should be put, please let me know.

An important factor is that the NAND is not locked on the ZTE V965. So if you have a root shell on the phone, you can issue the following command:
mount -o remount,rw /[email protected] /system/
Once you have done this, you will have read/write access to the system partition.
The only thing I then need to know is what should I avoid changing that may break the ADB bridge/root console?
And is all the UI stuff kept together, if so, where?
Shuffle it around a bit, make a new ROM

Thanks for the driver!
Unfortuntely it doesn't help
I found out the culprit, I tried to install gapps (google apps package) to the system app folder. I thought these changes would be reversed with a factory reset, but they are not. Setupwizard.apk keeps crashing and is preventing me from accessing my phone, so I must find a way to remove it from the system app folder. However, since this error occurred, I am not able to contact the phone in any way from the PC. Adb toolkit does not detect it, even when I reinstalled your driver. It's quite puzzling, I dont understand why in recovery mode I cannot connect adb-toolkit anymore.

Got my V965 working again, but it was a lot of hassle with shell access. Still not fully functional, no drives detected when i connect to USB, which is quite annoying, but not more than that. If you ever make any progress with google apps or flashing, please keep me informed, that would make this phone much more useable. I'll also keep hacking away at it, but without a bootloader unlock (I still think this is the problem), I don't think it will be possible.

I'm convinced it's possible to flash the phone, it seems they do it a lot in China.
I found a website with a couple of custom ROMs specific for the V965:
http://www.romjd.com/Rom/Detail/17086
And what I suspect is a rooting & flashing tool. Rooting works, I haven't figured out flashing yet.
http://dl.vmall.com/c0xa12brvo
I've also tried flashing from the settings - update menu in the phone, but it never finds the ROM (update.zip)
I did find another problem, I can't be reached on my phone, it always goes to voicemail. Same SIM in another phone works fine. No idea what's causing this.

Byte_Me said:
Got my V965 working again, but it was a lot of hassle with shell access. Still not fully functional, no drives detected when i connect to USB, which is quite annoying, but not more than that. If you ever make any progress with google apps or flashing, please keep me informed, that would make this phone much more useable. I'll also keep hacking away at it, but without a bootloader unlock (I still think this is the problem), I don't think it will be possible.
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Hi
I might be able to help you with the problem.
I have a mint, unused ZTE v965. I have used MTK Droid root and tools to extract a backup of the entire new phone. It is currently uploading to www dot nickhill dot co dot uk forward slash ZTE-V965_new_backup.zip
You should be able to write this back to your phone using flashtool.exe.
I don't know for sure if this will work, so entirely at your own risk! Just trying to help. If unsure, ask around.
I am new to this forum, so please remember to click the thanks button if you find anything I have done helpful!
Meanwhile, the MTK droid root and tools has a function to remove much of the chinese stuff (once the system has been installed) and there is always the cyanogenmod gapps package. This may be worth investigating.

Nick Hill said:
Hi
I might be able to help you with the problem.
I have a mint, unused ZTE v965. I have used MTK Droid root and tools to extract a backup of the entire new phone. It is currently uploading to www dot nickhill dot co dot uk forward slash ZTE-V965_new_backup.zip
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The file size should be 635,972,093 bytes and should finish uploading at 04:00 GMT
md5sum 17ecfdd1040d5dbfab70a3adbc24e07a

Thanks for the ROM, i'll give it a go. I will try to install it using the update option in the settings, that seems the safest.
Be careful with gapps. setupwizard.apk + factory reset = a lot of problems (if you install in system app folder)

OMG that tool is awesome. created CWM boot, installed your ROM, then installed a clean ROM, then installed gapps, all working!!!

Byte_Me said:
OMG that tool is awesome. created CWM boot, installed your ROM, then installed a clean ROM, then installed gapps, all working!!!
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Firstly, I'm glad it's working for you.
Secondly, which tools did you use? Did you unpack the zip, open flashtools, select the scatter file then program the phone, or did you use some other method?
Which clean ROM did you then install, and how did you install it?
Did you then use MobileUncle to install CWM then use the cyanogenmod 10.1 gapps, or did you do something different?
It is useful to remember that MTKdroidtools has a useful function to remove chinese stuff. I think if more people contributed to the list of Chinese files that are safe to remove, that would be blade.
A detailed step-by-step guide might be helpful for anyone else with the same problem. One of the general problems I find is that there are plenty of guides around referring to this program, or that program, but few are detailed enough for someone who doesn't already know about those programs to use.
I pretty much bricked a Lenovo A766 yesterday, and it took several hours to learn about the tools to eventually unbrick it.
I would have rather spent my time understanding what is really going on, rather than spending my time learning vaguely what tool achieves what end result. If I understood more about the Android system, and built that knowledge on my understanding of Linux, I reckon I could achieve much more.
One thing I notice is that tablets and smartphones are actually replacing desktops and laptops. February this year, windows machines were down 7% YOY. I use Ubuntu for my main computer. Using these tools on Windows led me to significant frustration! This has led me to understand why there is a move. Maybe the tools provided for windows need to eventually move to android. We could then potentially use USB OTG to service other android devices. MTKdroidtools and flashtools runnng as a host on a separate Android system would be cool.

Nick Hill said:
Firstly, I'm glad it's working for you.
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Thanks, me too
Secondly, which tools did you use? Did you unpack the zip, open flashtools, select the scatter file then program the phone, or did you use some other method?
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I used MTK tools as described in that topic, rooted, made backup, installed CWM
Which clean ROM did you then install, and how did you install it?
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I used the update tool from CWM to flash this ROM:
http://www.romjd.com/Rom/Detail/17086
That ROM is not very clean though, You might as well clean your own ROM
Did you then use MobileUncle to install CWM then use the cyanogenmod 10.1 gapps, or did you do something different?
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CWM is installed using MTK Droid Root and Tools:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44660171&postcount=417
This gapps version I installed: gapps-jb-20121011-signed
It's installed using CWM bootloader: install .zip package
It is useful to remember that MTKdroidtools has a useful function to remove chinese stuff. I think if more people contributed to the list of Chinese files that are safe to remove, that would be blade.
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I used the delete China function, but it didnt catch very much. But with all the functions available now, it's quite easy to clean manually.
A detailed step-by-step guide might be helpful for anyone else with the same problem. One of the general problems I find is that there are plenty of guides around referring to this program, or that program, but few are detailed enough for someone who doesn't already know about those programs to use.
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Yes, I plan to make a topic for this phone, but at the moment I am still testing many things.
I pretty much bricked a Lenovo A766 yesterday, and it took several hours to learn about the tools to eventually unbrick it. I would have rather spent my time understanding what is really going on, rather than spending my time learning vaguely what tool achieves what end result. If I understood more about the Android system, and built that knowledge on my understanding of Linux, I reckon I could achieve much more.
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I know how you feel, I was ready to toss this phone in the trash
One thing I notice is that tablets and smartphones are actually replacing desktops and laptops. February this year, windows machines were down 7% YOY. I use Ubuntu for my main computer. Using these tools on Windows led me to significant frustration! This has led me to understand why there is a move. Maybe the tools provided for windows need to eventually move to android. We could then potentially use USB OTG to service other android devices. MTKdroidtools and flashtools runnng as a host on a separate Android system would be cool.
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I have no idea about the possibilities there. I'm not a programmer, just someone who is good with computers and knows a little bit of everything.
PS. I could also use some thanks as well, maybe get some respect around here

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Did you give it a try yet? Another user did and google apps are working for him, so thats 2 for 2.
Are you still on your original ROM? If so, I have a question for you. Do you get notification badges on your icons, for instance, when you have a missed call, is there a red box with a 1 on the phone icon? Also, do your contacts get ID-ed when they call you? I have some problems with that, caused by the country code prefix. I am still running that ROM I downlaoded from the Chinese forum, but if your ROM doent have these issues, I will switch back ASAP.

Nick Hill said:
Firstly, I'm glad it's working for you.
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as you are a Lenovo a766 owner, may you help me with this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49076877#post49076877

Where are configuration settings stored accross factory resets?
I have come to the (perhaps erroneous) conclusion that the user interface and what the user will experience is governed primarily from:
the APKs in
/system/app/
/system/vendor/operator/app/
and the configuration files pertaining to the installed apps, which is located at:
/data/user/0/
I guess that when the android device is factory reset, the /data partition is completely cleared, right?
Is there a set of standard configurations which are unpacked from somewhere into /data/user/0/ after a factory reset, or is it normal for all configurations to be stored in their respective APKs?

[Q] Need Help: To root, unlock bootloader and install TWRP/CWM?

Hello Guys,
First time poster!
I've already gone through numerous post suggesting one should not use toolkits for rooting phones. The whole purpose of writing or asking question is I'm rooting my device for the first time and I'm not having computer of high configurations (Still on WIn XP, 512 RAM, 40GB HDD). Can anyone suggest me absolutely minimum requirement(Tools/Software) for rooting phone via PC? I saw few post referring to AndroidSlimKat, but I'm not sure if the links are updated one.
Initially I was thinking of doing it by installing following apps:
> Towelroot
> Boot Unlocker for Nexus Devices
> Rashr - Flash Tool / TWRP Manager / ROM Manager
> SuperSU (Chainfire)
>Root Checker (Joey Krim)
Also, what all are basic knowledge/information/commands requirement in case I do go by above listed tool methods? Is it worth taking chance?
I'm on stock. Android 4.4.4 R2.
Thanks for your help!

Don't use toolkits or apps. Use fastboot commands. Definitely dont use ROM manager.
We cover everything you need to know in the general section
Click the link in my signature to get to the stocky thread. This contains all the important threads. Read "adb and fastboot. What is it?" then read the unlock and root thread.
Job done
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Thanks a lot for your reply!
I want to root but I don't want to mess up. I'm not sure if I can trust my PC (USB Connectivity and low end configuration). I will wait for few more days and hopefully I can build a willpower to go with traditional way!!
P.S: Toolkits/One click apps are so easy to use, but not sure what if you are stuck.

Definitely follow @rootSU 's advice. You'll learn something and see how easy it is once you get the hang of it.
You have a Nexus...kits and apps are completely unnecessary and can cause issues.

You have 2 options: (1) learn and HOPE you've done it right (and probably forget everything you learned later), or (2) use a GOOD toolkit.
For me the choice was easy. I used Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-3-t2517778
Use it with this vid tutorial to work up the courage - http://youtu.be/KnlUdjUaD3Q
Fantastic tool. Very easy and good to get you out of a bind also.

voidcomp said:
You have 2 options: (1) learn and HOPE you've done it right (and probably forget everything you learned later), or (2) use a GOOD toolkit.
For me the choice was easy. I used Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit - http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-8-3-t2517778
Use it with this vid tutorial to work up the courage - http://youtu.be/KnlUdjUaD3Q
Fantastic tool. Very easy and good to get you out of a bind also.
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Forget everything you've learnt? Hardly. If you just want your device to look "cool" and not care about using fastboot/adb ever again you probably shouldn't be here.

voidcomp said:
You have 2 options: (1) learn and HOPE you've done it right (and probably forget everything you learned later), or (2) use a GOOD toolkit..
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That is some seriously bad advice. I'm not ant-toolkit but that is shoddy rationalization.

Rule number 1 - don't trust the guy with 27 posts.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

Hahaha you purists crack me up! Reminds me of the linux guys who think Windows sucks and there's no other way to go.

voidcomp said:
Hahaha you purists crack me up! Reminds me of the linux guys who think Windows sucks and there's no other way to go.
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That purely depends on what you do with your PC lol. This is different.

"Don't learn because you might get things wrong and forget stuff." It doesn't take a purist to see right through that argument. You keep on laughing.

Lethargy said:
That purely depends on what you do with your PC lol. This is different.
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You make it run Linux of course. Hardware don't care what you're running.

Wakamatsu said:
"Don't learn because you might get things wrong and forget stuff." It doesn't take a purist to see right through that argument. You keep on laughing.
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Thanks, I am ... and will!

theesotericone said:
You make it run Linux of course. Hardware don't care what you're running.
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I would use Ubuntu over Windows if it wasn't for my sound card having zero Linux support.. Oh well, dual boot lol

Lethargy said:
I would use Ubuntu over Windows if it wasn't for my sound card having zero Linux support.. Oh well, dual boot lol
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Are you sure it doesn't support it? One thing about Linux is almost everything is supported. I had some issues with a cannon wireless printer. Couldn't get it to work with Ubuntu 14. Finally found an old post about cannon hating linux and not updating it's drivers. SO i just followed some links and built my own driver from source. And it worked. Now I print whenever I feel like it.
Not saying it's the same for your sound card but I bet it is.

I had an M-audio sound card I couldn't get linux support for.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

theesotericone said:
Are you sure it doesn't support it? One thing about Linux is almost everything is supported. I had some issues with a cannon wireless printer. Couldn't get it to work with Ubuntu 14. Finally found an old post about cannon hating linux and not updating it's drivers. SO i just followed some links and built my own driver from source. And it worked. Now I print whenever I feel like it.
Not saying it's the same for your sound card but I bet it is.
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Sound Blaster Recon3D PCIe.. Nope lol.
Speaker output works but headphone and mic jacks don't work at all, I prefer using headphones It's probably just using the onboard sound too

You both have just destroyed my faith in Linux. Back to the rock I go.:crying:

theesotericone said:
You both have just destroyed my faith in Linux. Back to the rock I go.:crying:
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Now get me support for my sound card! :silly: