So i have been researching silently for the last 3 days... i followed all the directions to flashing the cwm with krylons fix and i ws going to download sdvukicks temp flash but kept giving me trojans lol.... or coming up as an exploit and being blocked via avast. so i guess i need pointed in the general direction of what exactly needs to be done and also it just give me an signature verification failed and i deleted my old recovery instead of makiing a back up first and i am rooted using superone click... any suggestions please...
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I tried searching and did not really find any answers that worked so I am asking for assistance.
I recently used Odin to move to 2.2 (/showthread.php?t=797282) and that went well. The only issue now is that I am trying to root, and cannot get that to work. I would like to use Cognition with all the nice tweaks.
I have tried to use the one click root /showthread.php?t=761751) which is what I used when I first got my captivate. Each time that I run this it gives me a error about a esignature failure and so it will not allow the fix to happen.
I then tried to use Odin 2.1 stock recovery (/showthread.php?t=731989) but I cannot get it to boot into the same recovery that I used to get it to 2.2. I hold the volume keys (up and down like before) and no pure recovery. I hold the volume+power and I get the option to reinstall as when I am rooting, and get the same errors.
I have tried to follow the directions here:/showthread.php?t=734163 to go back to stock, but I am sure that I am missing something.
I have tried removing the update.zip from the internal card (using Root Explorer) file from the device, rebooting, and then running the root attempt again.
I have Clockwork Rom Premium but cannot use it as it will not work without root.
I am at a loss, and would really appreciate the communities support. I am sorry if I missed something one searching, and feel free to point me to a thread I missed. I really just want to get the phone back to 2.1 and I can root and then put Cognition on it, or just 2.1 and I can root it and wait for ATT for the OTA to 2.2.
Thank you in advance for assistance.
ps.. sorry for the /showthread= links. System would not let me post full urls.
RESOLVED!
UPDATE:::
I was able to get the 2.1 stock Odin to work and now I am on 2.1 with Root again.
Just so you know, at the moment clockwork recovery doesnt work wit 2.2. If you wanted to get to clockwork while using a 2.2 rom you have to make sure the clockwork update.zip is on your sdcard then use odin to flash a 2.1 kernel. Kind of a pain but it works.
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Just so you know the issue with using the update.zip or clockworkmod is the phone, when in 2.2, requires a signed update.zip; the old update.zip and the one that clockworkmod uses is not signed for 2.2; so you cannot root or modify with any of the update.zip methods. There is a longer process to root a 2.2, but if you are going to cog 2.2, you don't need to worry about it.
So I have been trying to root my phone. They sent me a new one after dropping mine and breaking it into a billion pieces.
I am running android 2.2 on my new phone and it has been updated to the fullest by AT&T. I have tried running the Update.zip but in recovery it is getting blocked. I get a error that says:
Code:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I tried running it over and over but still get the same error.
I have also tried Z4Root but it just sits on the screen over night about trying to run some exploit that never ran.
I have tried running SuperOneClick but it just hangs during me trying to run it on installing Busy Box. * NOTE GOT THAT TO WORK!
but when trying to install ClockWork and reboot to recovery I still get the stock recovery and when I try to run a Update.zip that has the clockwork in it I get
Code:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I have also tried running the AIO Captivate Software.
My last cappy was so much easier to root. Why am I running into so much trouble.
criticalmass24 said:
So I have been trying to root my phone. They sent me a new one after dropping mine and breaking it into a billion pieces.
I am running android 2.2 on my new phone and it has been updated to the fullest by AT&T. I have tried running the Update.zip but in recovery it is getting blocked. I get a error that says:
Code:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I tried running it over and over but still get the same error.
I have also tried Z4Root but it just sits on the screen over night about trying to run some exploit that never ran.
I have tried running SuperOneClick but it just hangs during me trying to run it on installing Busy Box. * NOTE GOT THAT TO WORK!
but when trying to install ClockWork and reboot to recovery I still get the stock recovery and when I try to run a Update.zip that has the clockwork in it I get
Code:
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
I have also tried running the AIO Captivate Software.
My last cappy was so much easier to root. Why am I running into so much trouble.
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This is a known issue, Ive attached a link that will get you through this process. I too had this problem and followed these instructions to resolve it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213&highlight=Signature+verification
with 2.2 dont root like that~~! and what ^that guy said for after rooting too!
[APP]SuperOneClick v1.9.1 (Root, Unroot, Enable Non-Market App) - xda-developers
I had an issue with rooting in 2.2 as well, right around the time that 2.2 had first come out. I was trying to root so that I could get CWM properly installed, and a custom rom to replace the stock 2.2. What I ended up doing was using Odin 1 click to restore to 2.1 and flash the custom rom from there. It was, at that time, the easiest way for me.
Thank you all for the fast reply i will try some of those methods out and see what one works best. I have odin at the house. I have not used it once i do adb recovery download and it boots to with the lil android guy shoveling stuff how long does it normally take from there.
so i have a sgs4g, aka the vibrant 4g from what im told, i love the phone got it cheap and have managed to root it using superoneclick 1.7. i have su permisions, i downloaded root checker, i have root and busy box installed as well
now im a noob and it took me four days to figure out the damn thing, i got caught up on the driver for my phone, so last night at 238 am i had root.
since root i have downloaded the following:
setcpu app paid the 1.99
astro filemngr
bloat freezer
task killer
device mark
mybackup root, and the tool box that was also 1.99.... any info on this one guys, it freezes apps and is said to be a back up, i made two different ones.
then i have titanium back up, and i did a back up on that as well. i tried to delete the bloat ware but when it reboots i get the same error msg as described below... any help
the i have rom manager by cwm. i tried to install recovery for the vibrant, and i get the error below also... any help guys?
when i hold the power button down to the menu to turn off the phone there is no recovery options
thx...
when it reboot to go into android system recovery it says install from package
reboot system now
reinstal...
deltete user date
delete cache data
then install from package
finding....
opening...
verifying....
E; failed to verify whole life signature
E signature verification failed
appling muti csc
installing multi csc
instalation aborted
mcelhenye said:
so i have a sgs4g, aka the vibrant 4g from what im told, i love the phone got it cheap and have managed to root it using superoneclick 1.7. i have su permisions, i downloaded root checker, i have root and busy box installed as well
now im a noob and it took me four days to figure out the damn thing, i got caught up on the driver for my phone, so last night at 238 am i had root.
since root i have downloaded the following:
setcpu app paid the 1.99
astro filemngr
bloat freezer
task killer
device mark
mybackup root, and the tool box that was also 1.99.... any info on this one guys, it freezes apps and is said to be a back up, i made two different ones.
then i have titanium back up, and i did a back up on that as well. i tried to delete the bloat ware but when it reboots i get the same error msg as described below... any help
the i have rom manager by cwm. i tried to install recovery for the vibrant, and i get the error below also... any help guys?
when i hold the power button down to the menu to turn off the phone there is no recovery options
thx...
when it reboot to go into android system recovery it says install from package
reboot system now
reinstal...
deltete user date
delete cache data
then install from package
finding....
opening...
verifying....
E; failed to verify whole life signature
E signature verification failed
appling muti csc
installing multi csc
instalation aborted
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Looks like your trying to use the CWM from Rom Manager and tried using the Samsung Vibrant. Which our phone is not. Go to the Dev Section here and READ the thread posted by KRYLON360 titled "[ClockWorkMod] for the SGS4G Public Beta 3 [05/12/2011]"
That will get you to a working CWM.
I dunno why you need Astro File Manager. The Files app that came with the phone does the same thing.
Bloat Freezer. You can use Titanium Backup to do the same thing.
Stop making things hard for yourself. You don't need that many backup apps for your phone lol. I personally only use Titanium backup and CWM that was posted by Krylon360. If you ever mess up your phone any more you can always use Odin to go back to stock.
Beefvvl said:
Looks like your trying to use the CWM from Rom Manager and tried using the Samsung Vibrant. Which our phone is not. Go to the Dev Section here and READ the thread posted by KRYLON360 titled "[ClockWorkMod] for the SGS4G Public Beta 3 [05/12/2011]"
That will get you to a working CWM.
I dunno why you need Astro File Manager. The Files app that came with the phone does the same thing.
Bloat Freezer. You can use Titanium Backup to do the same thing.
Stop making things hard for yourself. You don't need that many backup apps for your phone lol. I personally only use Titanium backup and CWM that was posted by Krylon360. If you ever mess up your phone any more you can always use Odin to go back to stock.
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Sent from my SGH-T959V using XDA Premium App
Hello, Im a noob and I have spent 2 weeks or prob more on reading and messing around with him phone.
I have so far been able to root and install the premium version of Rom Manager. I have been trying to install clock work recovery so I can flash a Rom using the manager but I get signature verification fail. from what I understand since im on 3e I cannot install the update.
how in the world can I get this to work? I tried flashing the kernnel and other methods that I have read but no luck, any help is appreciated.
Thank you
First think I would do is read this thread from the developer of CWM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734163
This thread gives a step by step.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202673
Greetings,
I'm trying to root a U Prepaid Samsung Repp (SCH-R680). This phone is reportedly a rebadged Samsung GIO sold to US Cellular.
The unit is running Android 2.3.5 and kernel 2.65.37
Z4root, SoC, and gingerbreak all fail.
And If i try using the updater with a Samsung GIO update file it fails at signature verification.
I attempted to update the zip file for the universal Gingerbread root ( by stoneboy tony) by adding SCH-R680 in the assertions:
Code:
getprop("ro.product.device") == "SCH-R680" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "SCH-R680" ||
but am still experiencing signature verification issues. I attempted to self sign using the signing.zip utility found here on XDA but apparently that is not sufficient when using the android update <3e> utility on the phone.
I'm fairly computer literate and have access to both windows and Linux machines so any tips on what to try next are appreciated. This has become an obsession and I "must" root this phone
You could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582.
I'll take a look at it. I think that SoC uses the same zerg rush script but it is definitely worth a try.
Do you have any idea why I get the signature verification problems and how to work around that? It seems odd to me that a rooting method would only work on rooted devices
oldsoldier2003 said:
I'll take a look at it. I think that SoC uses the same zerg rush script but it is definitely worth a try.
DO you have any idea why I get the signature verification problems and how to work around that? It seems odd to me that a rooting method would only work on rooted devices
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It's your bootloader/recovery (being stock/locked) which may be causing that problem (not the fact that you don't have root). The only way around that would be to use a custom recovery to flash the file (with signature verification turned off).
Theonew said:
It's your bootloader/recovery (being stock/locked) which may be causing that problem (not the fact that you don't have root). The only way around that would be to use a custom recovery to flash the file (with signature verification turned off).
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This idea sounds interesting but help me get my head around this (I'm a newbie to androids). In order to use a custom recovery to bypass the verification I would need to root the phone in order to install the recovery, correct?
oldsoldier2003 said:
This idea sounds interesting but help me get my head around this (I'm a newbie to androids). In order to use a custom recovery to bypass the verification I would need to root the phone in order to install the recovery, correct?
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No, your device does not need to be rooted to install a custom recovery. All you'd need is an unlocked bootloader.
thanks! It is starting to sink in now. I'll do some more research and look into installing an unlocked bootloader. You've been extremely helpful and I think you have probably pointed me in the direction I needed to go with this
Cheers!
Theonew said:
You could try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582.
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Just for the record, this exploit does not work on Android 2.3.5 on Samsung devices. The script runs and the device reboots without being rooted.
Update:
Still no luck with this one. The new universal gingerbread root by StoneboyTony gives a whole file signature error. I'm at a loss as how to replace the bootloader with a custom recovery that doesn't do signature verification.
1) youd need to build a custom recovery for teh device and flash it using odin.
2) flashing any old recovery could cause bricks
3) best way to build one? getting root and getting the files off the device to build with
4) sorry i should have publicly posted it sooner, samsung repp is rooted :/ when i get the time ill upload the files etc
shabbypenguin said:
1) youd need to build a custom recovery for teh device and flash it using odin.
2) flashing any old recovery could cause bricks
3) best way to build one? getting root and getting the files off the device to build with
4) sorry i should have publicly posted it sooner, samsung repp is rooted :/ when i get the time ill upload the files etc
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Looking forward to when you get a chance. I've tried several methods but this sucker is just not rooting for me. When I get a chance I'll try to manually root it over ADB but I think that my biggest issue is going to be that zerg rush may have been patched in this version of gingerbread so manually rooting it may not have any better results than the methods I've tried so far.
@shabbypenguin:
I found your thread dated august 2nd - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812177 But it doesn't have a link for the rooted kernel. I'll subscribe and keep checking the thread to see if a new link shows up.
Awesome job and thank you.
rooted evo
i learned how to evo
Samsung repp root
Now its been a while,but i have 2 rooted samsung repp phones
and im pretty sure this is how i did it.please do it at your own risk.
Even though im pretty sure this is how i did both of mine.
Samsung repp clockwork mod recovery install
Actually,heres the files to install clockwork mod recovery
for the samsung repp also.i did this on both of mine too.