[Q] Hasoon2000's HTC Vivid All-In-One Kit - General Questions and Answers

I used the tool on my HTC Vivid running 4.0.3 ICS
Unlocked bootloader - easy
Flash arecovery - easy
More Flash Recovery documentation is needed. Without documentation, how do you know which recovery to install. The tool lists the following: 1) CWM 5.5.0.4 (GB) 2) WCXs CWM(GB / ICS). Does GB stand for Ginger Bread and ICS for Ice Cream Sandwich?
Also, to root the phone, do you need to install a Kernel? If so, some documentation on the various kernels available would be very helpful.
Also when performing perm root, instructions say press a button to complete the process. What button? Phone power/volume or Enter on DOS prompt. I've tried this n times x n ways without success.

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"Android is installing" on EVERY reboot
Could it be that after "Perm Root" is run the phone reboots. During bootup the phone always goes into an Android is installing loop. Maybe the endless update loop always overwrites the root that was just applied.

"Android is installing" on EVERY reboot
Going to "Settings/Storage" and performing a "Factory Data reset" did not take care of the "Android is Installing" that occurs every time the phone restarts.
After bootup the phone works ok; however, if I restart the phone the "Android is Installing" will repeat.
What's the solution?

Still trying to fix "Android is Upgrading" issue
A forum entry suggested setting fastboot mode to fix the "Android is Upgrading" issue.
Goto -> settings/Power/Fastboot checked
Performed restart
"Android is Upgrading" loop occurred again
This above did not work

Still trying to fix "Android is Upgrading" issue
A forum suggested wiping the davlic cache to fix the "Android is Upgrading" loop.
From All-In-One Kit, applied perm root
# FYI: this leaves phone in recovery screen
wipe davlic cache from Recovery menu
reboot
same "Android is Upgrading" loop occurred again
Above did not work

HTC White Screen after Flash Stock Kernel
I flashed the Stock Kernal using the "Hasoon2000's HTC Vivid All-In-One Kit"
NOTE:
> The Kernel Flash failed on "adb remount" - output shown below.
> Other command seemed successful.
After flashing reboot, the phone stays on HTC white screen forever.
I need help to Unbrick this phone.
Note: If I pull out/in the battery, I can successfully perform the following:
> adb reboot-bootloader
> or adb reboot recovery
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# Flash Stock Output
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C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>adb kill-server
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>adb remount
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
remount failed: Unknown error: 0
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>adb push Kernels/ModulesStock/system /system
push: Kernels/ModulesStock/system/lib/modules/spidev.ko -> /system/lib/modules/spidev.ko
push: Kernels/ModulesStock/system/lib/modules/lcd.ko -> /system/lib/modules/lcd.ko
push: Kernels/ModulesStock/system/lib/modules/cpaccess.ko -> /system/lib/modules/cpaccess.ko
push: Kernels/ModulesStock/system/lib/modules/bcm4330.ko -> /system/lib/modules/bcm4330.ko
4 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
2001 KB/s (608638 bytes in 0.297s)
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>adb reboot bootloader
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>fastboot flash boot Kernels/Kernel-HereStock/boot.img
< waiting for device >
sending 'boot' (2838 KB)... OKAY [ 0.735s]
writing 'boot'... OKAY [ 1.088s]
finished. total time: 1.823s
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>fastboot reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 1.937s
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\data>pause
Press any key to continue . . .

More on my HTC Vivid Behavior
Please see the following. Any help fixing my phone will be highly appreciated.
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C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb reboot-bootloader
Phone screen shows:
*** UNLOCKED ***
HOLIDAY PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.85.0025
MICROP-0360
Mar 1 2012,17:09:49
...
*** The above worked
Selected power down
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C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb reboot recovery
Phone screen shows:
Android system recovery
- Reboot system now
- USB-MS toggle
- Backup/Restore
...
- Developer menu
- Power off
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...
RA Revamped
Build: Made for WCX ILLUMINATI SERIES BY GINM
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From Recovery wipe / all
reboot
same, get's stuck at HTC White screen
Have to pull battery out and start again
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C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb get-serialno
HT1ASVJ27111
C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb get-state
unknown
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C:\Android\HTC_VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb shell
~ # ?[6nls
ls
/sbin/sh: ls: not found
~ # ?[6nls -la
ls -la
/sbin/sh: ls: not found
~ # ?[6ncd /
cd /
~ # ?[6nls
ls
/sbin/sh: ls: not found
~ # ?[6n

Was S-On the reason for the flash failure?
Did the Flash Kernel to Stock fail because my phone was S-On?
It seems Hasoon2000's HTC Vivid All-In-One Kit is not noob proof.

Almost Solved - Restored HTC Vivid to Stock
I restored my HTC Vivid to Stock using the PROCEDURE below
PROCEDURE:
1) Perform PROCEDURE: Put phone in bootloader
2) Perform PROCEDURE: Relock bootloader
3) Perform PROCEDURE: Obtain Flash Media (PH39IMG.zip)
4) Perform PROCEDURE: Flash back to Stock
5) Your phone should now be restored to stock
Discovered all is not well:
The Radio on the restored phone is not working.
PROCEDURES ARE SHOWN BELOW:
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# PROCEDURE: Put phone in bootloader
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power off phone (remove/insert battery)
connect phone to computer via usb
Open command prompt
C:\Android\VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>adb reboot-bootloader
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
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# PROCEDURE: Relock bootloader
# NOTE: I Ignored the FAILED meesge
# WHY? Put phone back in bootloader, the screen says "relocked"
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C:\Android\VIVID\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1\Vivid_All-In-One_Kit_v2.0\Data>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (No such file or directory))
finished. total time: 0.027s
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# PROCEDURE: Obtain Flash Media (PH39IMG.zip)
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Download PH39IMG.zip file - this includes recovery, system, everything stock
Verify the file is good by Using WinMd5Sum utility
Good MD5 = ab2ad5f3eebbbbb246da204b4d78d418
save the file at the root of your sd card
power off phone (i.e. remove battery)
put the microSD card back into your phone
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# PROCEDURE: Flash back to Stock
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Perform PROCEDURE: Put phone in bootloader
FROM the phone's bootloader:
- boot to bootloader to initiate the update
- It should automatically find the zip file in the microSD and flash the stock image
*** What I remember about the upgrade - may not be exact ***
When the upgrade starts the phone says some stuff about the image
THE upgrade installs 3 or 4 items
reboots to continue the upgrade
continues installing a list of items, you should see all ok's for each
After upgrade completed, the screen displayed a Green battery
I pressed power button and the phone rebooted correctly
*** Yahoo my phone is fixed!!! I am back to stock. ***
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# Lesson Learned
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Be very careful. Read, read, and read some more. Learn to be patient.
Don't trust anything blindly do your home work.
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# Credits
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Obtained the raw procedure from the following post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20807914&postcount=2
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# Future s-off reading
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Without s-off you cannot flash other kernels
S-off seems to be required for perm root
ControlBear (the wire trick) for s-off: http://unlimited.io/
Revolutionary s-off (not supported on htc vivid as of 5/23):
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary

Factory Data Rest killed the phone
From the phones settings menu, I performed a factory reset. I did this because of the radio issue.
The phone is now 100% dead. Does not do anything. I don't think this is a happy ending. I tried.

Related

110 Error RUU 1.56 Fix - 100% unroot too!

Update - 2/21/2011
If you have bricked an HTC EVO this will likely NOT work for you and this is the wrong info to be reading. I have gotten a few emails from this link about EVO 110 errors.
12/26/2010 - This thread is super old now:
If you ran the 1.56 RUU and your phone no longer turns on visit htc.com, go to support, choose Hero (Sprint) and download the 2.1 system update.
Remove battery from your phone and start it up again, then run the exe file that you just downloaded -
http://member.america.htc.com/downlo...2.27.651.6.exe
------All the info below is kept for reference -------
(As of 3/31/2010 - I am 10 for 10 for getting these back and working!! 3/3 of going back to 100% stock)
Edit: I have no longer kept track... its been over a month and I know personally I've done about 15 more of these... with about half being return to stock.
If you need to contact me, PLEASE EMAIL instead of using private messages, it'll probably turn into a google talk chat anyways, so add me on there, [email protected] (Its just easier than having to log in here and reply to private messages, since I get emails on the go as well.)
So you just ran the 1.56 RUU and got a 110 error. Now your screen turns on and stays black and if you plug the phone into USB you see the HTC logo. Unplug it and see the RUU menu.
Like you, I decided to attempt to roll back using the RUU 1.56. I was hit with the 110 error, and nothing but fastboot would work, I was able to launch ./fastboot-mac oem boot to get into the system.
I tried ./fastboot-mac boot image/bootname.img and a billion other things like everyone else who is having the issue, but just like them I had no success. In the second post below are the steps to resolve this issue. This will either take you to your first Nandroid backup or to whatever ROM you choose to flash once you get recovery back. I have not found a way to get back to 100% stock, but at least your phone wont be a brick.
EDIT:As of 3/30/2010 @ 8:30 PM I was able to get my phone completely 100% to stock. I was able to do this by retrieving a Nandroid restore from someone who used flashrec to make their initial backup. This restore does not touch the recovery image but I was able to boot into my recovery then write the HTC recovery back on top of it. I now have 100% un-rooted phone. See Post number 2 for the right way to do this.?
I've helped a few people over log me in now.
I'm willing to continue doing this but it is cutting into my family time, I will do this for a "respectable" amount of money.
Feel like I've helped you??
Buy me some coffee!
(Zip attached includes fix and stock folders. Use the fix folder FIRST to get completely booted. You can use the stock folder if you want to get 100% stock after you have a running unrooted system but have RA recovery.)
Steps to resolve:
(You SHOULD have a Nandroid backup of some sort, if not download a ROM... Fresh1.1??)
1) Boot the phone to black screen
2) Plug phone into PC/MAC - The HTC logo should appear at this point
---- If you've been doing anything else, rerun the RUU and let it fail and reboot to the HTC logo.
3) PC - fastboot oem boot | MAC - ./fastboot oem boot
(Make sure you turn on USB Debugging under Settings --> Applications --> Developer)
4) Root your phone using asroot2
Code:
adb push asroot2 /data/local/
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
adb shell
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4775 su
5) This is where your Nandroid backup comes into play.
(Browse to your nandroid folder, find your first backup and copy all of the .img files except system and cache to your SD card root directory)
NOTE: At this point you should dismount the SD card if you mounted inside of Android OS(Sense/Launcher)
6) run adb shell (PC - adb shell | Mac - ./adb shell)
7) type su
8) Run the following commands (if you get out of memory errors, type su again and try once more)
NOTE: Do not copy the "#"'s in the commands, the # just means you are running as SU, as opposed to the "$"
Code:
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
# flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img
# flash_image misc /sdcard/misc.img
9) now... type reboot recovery
This time you should get your recovery menu, should have been RA or whatever you used... from there I did a complete nandroid restore and my system booted.
Also, after I did this I did try to let it boot without doing a recovery and it wouldnt go anywhere... but I'm fairly impatient... it may have wanted to load. I figured it best to do an entire Nandroid restore though.
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100% Stock Configuration Work Around
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Non-Rooted Nandroid Backup:
nandroid.7z
I was able to get my phone completely 100% to stock. I was able to do this by retrieving a Nandroid restore from someone who used flashrec to make their initial backup. This restore does not touch the recovery image but I was able to boot into my recovery then write the HTC recovery back on top of it. I now have 100% un-rooted phone. I'm not sure how to go about posting a 127MB file, what do you think it the best place?
After restoring the Nandroid backup I tried this:
Code:
Dustan-Bonneys-MacBook:tools dustanbonney$ ./adb shell
$ su
su: permission denied
Then I rebooted to recovery (I used RA 1.5.2)
Code:
Dustan-Bonneys-MacBook:tools dustanbonney$ ./adb remount
remount succeeded
Dustan-Bonneys-MacBook:tools dustanbonney$ ./adb shell
/ # mount -a
mount: mounting /dev/block/mmcblk0p2 on /system/sd failed: No such file or directory
/ # cd /sdcard
/sdcard # flash_image recovery /sdcard/Stock/recovery.img
flashing recovery from /sdcard/Stock/recovery.img
/sdcard # reboot recovery
I was booted to the Triangle and exclamation mark... I pulled the battery and booted up normally.
Stock Kernel - 2.6.27-533ce29d [email protected] )
Stock Build - 1.56.651.2 CL85027 release-keys
Other things that should be mentioned:
If you used RA 1.6.2 - I was unable to get my boot.img or the stock boot.img from the RUU's rom.zip to flash back to the recovery partition. I had to use the RA 1.6.2.img and "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoverynamegoeshere.img"
It seems that if you've flashed the radio update, the RUU does not write the radio back successfully. Others have had issues going back to the stock radio using the upgrade.zip option as well.
I attempted to use the boot.img, recovery.img, from the RUU's rom.zip with no success. I might try it again. I was able to get to stock recovery (Triangle and exclamation) and to the Hboot menu... but from hboot I had to run the RUU and rebrick the device cause I couldnt get anything at that point, even fastboot oem boot wouldnt load.
There have been times when I get weird issues writing the flash recovery, boot, or misc and when you reboot and load "fastboot oem boot" it wont look like it goes anywhere.... check "adb devices" and your device should be listed. From there do an "adb remount" and then "adb shell" and reflash once more and then "reboot recovery".
If all else fails, I'm available for a small fee.
[email protected]
Anxiously waiting your news. Just encountered this problem today.
Updated ...
imekul said:
Anxiously waiting your news. Just encountered this problem today.
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Wow! If you've fixed this, I think you're everyone's hero now. We won't have to worry about using the RUU now
I was going to try something similar to this today, but i was unable to brick my phone using the 1.56.651.2 RUU. I was running Flipz updated radio and DamageControl v2.0r2.. The RUU completed successfully..
I was reading over the forum post in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645002 and i read that you could boot the system using the command 'fastboot oem boot' I was going to try to use FlashRec to do the work of Flashing the recovery, then booting into recovery and use nandroid.. but you beat me to it! Good work!
I attempted flashing a new recovery image this way with no avail... I also attempted only
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
and still was unable to boot the phone into recovery. I think it had to have been something with doing boot.img and recovery.img at the same time... I dont know what the misc.img does and I'm assuming data.img is userdata... but I did them all and then it worked...
Other users also tried flashrec and with no success... right track though.
chavo2005 said:
I was going to try something similar to this today, but i was unable to brick my phone using the 1.56.651.2 RUU. I was running Flipz updated radio and DamageControl v2.0r2.. The RUU completed successfully..
I was reading over the forum post in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645002 and i read that you could boot the system using the command 'fastboot oem boot' I was going to try to use FlashRec to do the work of Flashing the recovery, then booting into recovery and use nandroid.. but you beat me to it! Good work!
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What do u mean by 3) PC - fastboot oem boot | MAC - oem boot?
blankd3ckskat3r said:
What do u mean by 3) PC - fastboot oem boot | MAC - oem boot?
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if your using a pc type fastboot oem boot
if your using a mac type ./fastboot oem boot
This!
Thanks Regaw
regaw_leinad said:
if your using a pc type fastboot oem boot
if your using a mac type ./fastboot oem boot
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Trying this right now.
So far, am getting lots of "mtd: write error" and "mtd: re-read error" Out of memory errors for flashing the recovery image. Guess I'll give this some time, and try to su again and reflash? Or should I kill it as soon as the Out of memory errors pop up and try again?
If you get errors like...
adb shell
su
flash_image recovery .........
(out of memory... etc)
Then...
just su again... so you really su twice
its what I had to do.
imekul said:
Trying this right now.
So far, am getting lots of "mtd: write error" and "mtd: re-read error" Out of memory errors for flashing the recovery image. Guess I'll give this some time, and try to su again and reflash? Or should I kill it as soon as the Out of memory errors pop up and try again?
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Trying it a second time, and so far am getting a bunch of Out of memory errors. After the first one "finished," I did as you recommended and typed "su" a second time, and then typed the "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img" command.
So far, looks like it's giving the same errors the second time around.
This second attempt, it ended with "error writing recovery: No space left on device."
Just to be sure, I checked the SD card, and that has over 1 GB of free space.
If you're willing to allow something like logmein.com or some way for me to remote assist you, I would like to try. [email protected] if you're in.
imekul said:
This second attempt, it ended with "error writing recovery: No space left on device."
Just to be sure, I checked the SD card, and that has over 1 GB of free space.
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Sounds awesome. Thanks. I'll e-mail you now.
Dun Dun Dun... The results are in!
imekul said:
Sounds awesome. Thanks. I'll e-mail you now.
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dfbonney is the man!!
After a friendly little session on LogMeIn Express, I am good as new! How awesome!!
imekul said:
dfbonney is the man!!
After a friendly little session on LogMeIn Express, I am good as new! How awesome!!
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We ended up just needing to run
Code:
adb shell
reboot
fastboot oem boot
adb shell
su
//flash commands here
that seemed to do it. so make sure if you're having issues to restart the device and try again!
Edit: Also, we didnt get data.img to work so we only did boot, recovery, and misc.img's

[ROOT] ~~~ HTC EVO - Auto Root ~~~ v2.5 (4/25/11)(deprecated)

This tool is now deprecated. To root your Evo 4G running Gingerbread you will need to use the Revolutionary tool that can be found at http://www.revolutionary.io.
I'm sorry to do it but due to the ridiculous amount of people who are still asking for help rooting gingerbread, I will no longer be supporting this tool what so ever. Any further emails I receive about it will be deleted.
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I am proud to present the HTC EVO Auto Root script! It took me awhile but I finally got it fully automated, it probably would have been easier using VB to write it but I wanted it to be readable by everybody. I don't have working scripts for Linux or Mac yet but for older phones you should be able to follow the Alternative Method and use the code included at the end of the post with minimal changes. If you are new to rooting the Evo you should check out the Rooting Information and Common Problems thread to familiarize yourself with some of the screens you will see. At times your phone may shows ominous looking icons that look bad but really aren't, at times like that it is important that you don't panic and do anything that could damage your phone.
This will make a backup of your WiMAX partition and the RSA keys that are stored on it; backing up your RSA keys separate is not necessary. It will save it in the AutoRoot folder so be sure not to delete it.
If you run into any problems please include the following information with your post: Any methods you have previously tried to root with, what it did last plus any error messages it may have given (if you can right click, select all and copy it from the terminal), and if you are in the bootloader we need to know what the top two lines say. Running this will create a log file named: autorootlog.txt. Please post this as well.
Any feedback no matter good or bad is appreciated! Let me know how it works for you.
Randy (randyshear on youtube) has made a great video of the process if you would like to get an idea of what to expect before hand. It is important to note that, depending on your phone, the process may be slightly more involved or require more or less time.
HTC EVO 4G ** ROOT AND NAND UNLOCK ** AUTOROOT V 2.2 ** HOW TO **
This has been confirmed working with:
Software versions 1.32, 1.36, 3.29, 3.30 & 3.70
hBoot Version .76, .93, .97, 2.02 & 2.10
Thanks go to
HTC for making the phone to begin with
Sebastian Khramer for his rageagainstthecage exploit
Toastcfh for his tutorial and all of his work on improving the Evo, a lot of this is borrowed from his previous work
Amon_RA for his recoveries and for his quick work creating a recovery compatible with the new NAND blocks
Calkulin for collecting all of the radios and update images
Whosdaman, Football and Sniper911 for sharing the RUUs with us
The Unrevoked Crew for all of their hard work on the Unrevoked Forever s-off tool
amoamare and Zikronix for all of their hard work on rooting phones with the 2.02 hboot
chris1683 for his Sprint Lovers ROM
Netarchy for all of the great kernels
A huge thanks goes out to Dan0412 who took the time to debug this for version 003 2.02 phones
Schnick1 and tauzins for their help with getting ADB to act right
Props go to RyanZA and anyone else who worked on the z4root app. I wouldn't have got 3.70 rooted as fast as I did if I didn't have their app to learn from.
You Will Need:
A windows machine
HTC Sync that can be found on Sprint's website. HTC Sync 2.0.35.exe
At least 1 GB of free space on your SD card
A full or close to full battery (your phone will not charge during part of this and if it dies you will be SOL, aka Bricked)
ADB debugging enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > ADB Debugging)
Your phone connected to your computer as Charge Only and HTC's Evo drivers / HTC Sync installed.
The AutoRoot.zip File that can be found in this post
[*]I highly recommend you have the appropriate RUU, or PC36IMG, downloaded before you start. It is always good to have and if something does not go as planned it can get your phone back up and running with minimal down time.
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IF YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY TRIED ROOTING YOU MUST RESTORE FROM A RUU BEFORE RUNNING THIS. IT WILL NOT ROOT IT UNLESS YOU DO THIS.
Instructions:
This will try to back up your apps but it's not always able to, you will also lose all of your settings. Titanium Backup works well to save your apps however you will need to use z4root to temporarily root before you will be able to use it.
Download HTC Sync from Sprint's website here and install it. You may need to use the 'Repair' option for it to replace any old drivers.
Extract AutoRoot.zip into a folder that is easy to find and then open the folder.
Right click on 'AutoRoot.bat' and run it as Administrator.
Once it finds your phone it will start by checking out what kind of setup it uses and then attempt to get root access. If it fails usually it's from too many active apps or the phone being used, if so you will need to restart it before trying again. If you are using 3.70 it will let you know when it is running by blurring the screen.
When it is ready it will reboot your phone into the boot loader. Then, depending on your phones setup, it will either enter RUU mode and automatically flash the debugging firmware or give you instructions on how to flash it from the hBoot.
If you have to flash it manually just push Power to select "BOOTLOADER" and say Yes when it asks to flash the PC36IMG.zip. It will complain part of the way through about Boot Loader and/or radio errors and then skip them, this is normal. Once it finishes say No when asked to reboot and use the Vol Down button to highlight Recovery. Then press Power to select it.
If you are entering the Recovery your phone will show a Red Triangle with an Exclamation mark inside, at this point the script will take back over and attempt to flash Unrevoked Forever.
After it finishes flashing the engineering bootloader, or Unrevoked Forever, it will reboot into the bootloader and see if your NAND is unlocked. If so it will flash the Sprint Lovers ROM along with the Recovery and updated Radios. Afterward it may boot into the ROM and attempt to restore your Apps before finishing, try not to interrupt it until it tells you it has finished.
Once it's fully rooted and you have your phone set back up it's a good idea to make one more NANDroid with everything up to date. Then make one more backup of your WiMAX partition in case something happens to the first one.
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If you have an older phone and don't want to flash Unrevoked Forever or Sprint Lovers w/ the radio updates you can have it skip them. It will just flash the engineering bootloader to unlock the NAND and then flash the recovery directly from there. You will need to update everything and flash a custom ROM on your own. This will only work if your phone has a version .9x hBoot.
Instructions for Quick method:
This will completely wipe your phone. If you would like to back up your apps you can use Titanium backup to save them. It also has an option to save the system files but this can result in a buggy ROM afterward.
Extract AutoRoot.zip into a folder that is easy to find.
Open a DOS prompt by running the OpenShell file.
Type 'autoroot quick' and press Enter
It will then flash the engineering bootloader and the recovery through fastboot. Once it is finished you can use the bootloader menu to boot into the recovery and make a NANDroid, flash a ROM, radios, etc.
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Links:
Downloads
AutoRoot v2.5 - Full Root Zip (MD5: 5E1BF365F3B5479329896BD55C33678E)
AutoRoot v2.5 - Tools Only (MD5: 5DBA70A8CDD052A9908E4F43D6BBC669)
The following are the ROMs pulled out of the RUUs, you can flash them by renaming and putting it on your sd card or from your computer with fastboot using the included FlashZip script.
Sprint Evos (USA):
3.29.651.5_PC36IMG.zip (MD5: 2F5046C0FC6FE61114EBC53D5997B485)
3.30.651.2_PC36IMG.zip (MD5: 4A2CAB264244C79B2E2BE9E3CFE2B503)
3.70.651.1_PC36IMG.zip (MD5: 7056D42812AA5DF03FCC8DDDC2B64E85)
KDDI Evos (Japan):
1.05.970.1_PC36IMG.zip (MD5: 78F9E8BFEE705F34790A46C258268F02)
Sources
How to unlock Nand Protection ~ Part-2
RA-evo-v1.8.0 (a modified version is included)
RUU to restore 3.29.651.5
RUU to restore 3.30.651.2
RUU to restore 3.70.651.1 (Thanks to 911Sniper for the original mirror)
Sprint Lovers ROM (a modified version is included)
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Changes for v2.5
Script now checks for Admin Priveledges and kills HTC Sync Services for Sync 3.05
Fixed issue recognizing build numbers
It will attempt to back up Apps now
Checks branding in order to recognize KDDI Evos
Unrevoked forever will now be retried if it doesn't get run the first try
Changed it so it will leave the phones in Fastboot mode if it fails
Recognizes ADB issues easier now
Changes for v2.4
Updated the ROM and Recovery
The working directory is now saved correctly when the path has a space in it
Fixed an error checking the firmware version that would cause the script to close
Made it more capable of recovering when the phone is in an unknown state
Fixed the SD card not being recognized with Eclair
Some parts will check for the 'daemon' error messages and will call to fix it
Made it so the MTD data is not saved unless it is recognized
The script will continue if it times out while waiting on Unrevoked Forever
The WiMAX partition is backed up through the ROM at the very beginning instead of through the Recovery
Changes for v2.3:
Updated the ROM, Recovery and Radios
The script will now recognize your phone at any point in the process and will continue where it left off
Fixed the FlashRecovery script and made it so you can choose what to flash, just put your PC36IMG of choice in the folder with it and let it do the work
Fixed the version checker so it doesn't get confused with custom ROMs anymore
Quick mode checks your hboot version from the ROM now so it won't even try if you have a new bootloader
It is much more tenacious going into the recovery, hopefully fixing the issue with ADB dropping out there
Fixed a bug where the MTD block sizes were not always being remembered correctly
Added more checks to make sure the phone is where it's supposed to be throughout the process
Made it try harder to get the recovery log so it doesn't get missed as much
Tweaked the timing some so it moves a little bit quicker and you only have to hit a button twice to exit instead of three times
Fixed the infinite loops so they are now 95% shorter
Changes for v2.2:
Updated the recovery to Amon RA's version 2.2.1
MTD information for each phone is saved in case it is restarted and unable to find out.
Fixed a bug where pre 3.xx ROMs were not being recognized correctly.
Phones are explicitly called by their serial number to prevent confusion if an emulator starts or another phone gets plugged in.
Unresponsive ADB daemons are killed to help prevent them for hanging or randomly restarting.
Changed autoroot.log to autorootlog.txt to make it easier to attach
Minor bug fixes.
Changes for v2.1:
Updated the recovery to Amon RA's version 2.2
Minor bug fixes
Changes for v2.0:
Added an app to give ADB root and keep it active in 3.70
Updated Sprint Lovers and Amon RA
Removed the two separate kernels/recoveries for new and old phones
Added a battery life check before flashing
Checks Firmware versions in both the ROM and hBoot
Checks that the Misc partition was flashed properly
Fixed all of the bugs with Quick root, it no longer flashes Sprint Lovers if you run it with S-OFF
It automatically restarts adbd where it would occasionally reset itself and get hung up
It also kills adbd when it finishes so you can move/delete it
Changed the bat that restarted adbd so it kills it instead
Added a bat to flash AmonRA through Fastboot with non-Eng hBoots
Added a bat to open a Cmd prompt already in the autoroot folder
Rewrote a good portion of the script and cleaned it up a lot
Made it more flexible so it doesn't get lost as easily
Plus more I forgot
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Contents of v2.5 Include:
adb.exe
adb-linux
adb-mac
adbWinapi.dll
adbWinusbapi.dll
AutoRoot.bat
check.bat
fastboot.exe
fastboot-linux
fastboot-mac
FindPhone.bat
FlashZip.bat
OpenShell.bat
StartRecovery.bat
amon_ra_1.8-mod/
res/
....AutoRoot.apk
....autoroot.ini
....dump_image
....Escalate.vbs
....Escalater.bat
....EscSC.lnk
....exploid.com
....FindPhone.bat
....flash_image
....ini.cmd
....mtd-eng.img
....PC36IMG_UD.zip
....PC36IMG_AmonRA-v2.3-hausmod_revA.zip
....PC36IMG-SprintLovers-AmonRA_2.3-hausmod_revA.zip
....radios.zip
....rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
....recovery-RA-v2.3-hausmod_revA.img
....URFSOff.zip
....URFSOn.zip
....WatchPhone.bat
Notes:
Recovery is recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3 with Netarchy's 4.3.2 CFS NoHAVS NoSBC NoUV
radios.zip is EVO_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_WiMAX_27167_R01_PRI_NV_1.90_003
URFSOff.zip is the Unrevoked Forever S-OFF tool
URFSOn.zip is the Unrevoked Forever S-ON tool
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As always, this will void your warranty and may possibly damage your phone. You and you alone are responsible for anything that you do. Everything contained in this thread is for informational purposes only.
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IMPORTANT: Everything contained in this post is meant for phones with the older bootloader. If you have hBoot version 2.02 or ROM version 3.30 you must use the above method.
Old Universal Root
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You Will Need:
A windows machine and basic knowledge of DOS or a Linux/Mac box with a little bit of determination
At least 1 GB of free space on your SD card
A full or close to full battery
ADB debugging enabled (Settings > Applications > Development > ADB Debugging)
Your phone connected to your computer as Charge Only
The EVORoot.zip File that can be found in this post
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Instructions:
Extract EVORoot.zip into a folder that is easy to find and go to that folder. Then copy the 'moveme' folder out of that one and on to your sdcard. Once it finishes copying unmount/eject the SD card through windows and change your phone back to Charge Only.
Double click on 'runexploit' and let it run. When it asks if you want to flash the hBoot push 'y' and then {enter}. If there are any errors follow the instructions given to try and resolve them. It will automatically reboot your phone once it is ready for it. If all you see is the prompt flashing press Ctrl+C or close the window to exit and re-run it as Administrator.
When the bootloader comes up push the Power button and you should see it start searching for updates. When it gets to PC36IMG.zip it will ask if you want to update with it, push Volume Up to say yes.
*DO NOT TURN OFF THE PHONE OR LET THE BATTERY DIE WHILE UPDATING*
When it's finished push the power button to select 'fastboot' and use the volume buttons to select the yellow 'reboot' button. Push power one more time to select it and reboot your phone. It should start up rooted and ready to go, however you will still need a custom Recovery so you can make NANDroid back-ups and flash an up to date ROM.
Once the phone starts back up run 'flashrecovery' through explorer. It will automatically flash and then reboot your phone into Amon_RA's recovery. When it reboots you should see green text on a black background, if you see a triangle with an exclamation mark then you still have the stock recovery and need to reboot and try again.
Use the volume buttons to select Backup/Restore then push Power to select it.
Select Nand backup and push power. This will make an exact copy of your phone as it is. If you get an error that says 'run mobile-nandroid...." make sure you have at least 3 or 400MB free on your memory card. You can use USB-MS toggle to mount your SD card if you need to make room or copy a ROM to your phone. The moveme folder can also be deleted from your SD card at this point and you can make copies or move the backup once it is complete. Just make sure you have one good backup before continuing.
The NANDroids are saved under 'nandroid/??????????/backupfolder-date-time/'. The folders need to be moved whole.
Return to previous menu, select Wipe, then have it Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe cache & Wipe dalvik-cache. If you get stuck in a bootloop try these steps again and try wiping the SD:ext partition as well.
Return, then go in Flash zip from sdcard. Once there flash the Radios. It is again very important not to interrupt or reset the phone while the radios are being flashed, although it will probably want to reboot before flashing can be finalized, just follow the instructions.
Once it is finished Return to the previous menu and select Power Off. Then hold down the vol down button while turning the phone back on.
It will boot back up into the bootloader, select No if it asks to update or reboot. From here select Recovery and it should go back to the black background with green text.
Select Flash zip from sdcard and Flash ROM-Supersonic_3.30....zip. If you have a different ROM you want to use you can flash another one instead.
Once it is finished Return to the main menu and have it Reboot system. Your phone should start up normally and ask to be set up, complete the set up like normal.
When you have it set up and are sure everything is working properly I would make one more NANDroid so you have a copy with the updated radios. At this point you can also flash another recovery and do anything else you would normally do. Just be sure to use unrevoked forever if you plan on using a different hBoot.
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Links:
Downloads
EVORoot.zip
EVORoot.zip - No bootloader, ROM or Radio updates
eng-PC36IMG.zip mirror 1, mirror 2
The following are the ROMs pulled out of the RUUs and renamed, make sure you use the correct version for your phone but if you aren't able to find out start with the 3.29.
3.29.651.5_PC36IMG.zip
3.30.651.2_PC36IMG.zip
If you are having trouble flashing custom ROMs try using this kernel (Thanks to xxbabiboi228xx)
Stock kernel #17
Sources
How to unlock Nand Protection ~ Part-2
All EVO Radio, WiMAX, PRI & NV versions
RA-evo-v1.8.0
RUU to restore 3.29.651.5
RUU to restore 3.30.651.2
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Contents Include:
adb.exe
adb-linux
adb-mac
adbWinapi.dll
adbWinusbapi.dll
exploid.com
flashboot.bat
flashrecovery.bat
runexploit.bat
moveme/
.....eng-PC36IMG.zip
.....evo_radios_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip
.....flash_image
.....mtd-eng.img
.....rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
.....recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img
.....SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip
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Alternate method
If you already have the EVORoot.zip file you can download the scripts below without the boot/ROM/radio.
Instructions:
Extract EVORoot.zip into a folder that is easy to find such as C:\EVORoot. Then copy the 'moveme' folder out of that one and on to your sdcard.
Open up a DOS prompt and go to the EVORoot directory. eg. 'cd C:\EVORoot'.
type: runexploit {enter}
It will scroll a few lines saying that the ADB server will be reset and to run it on the desktop, this is normal. If it says Permission Denied check to make sure your phone is set to charge only and your sd card is not mounted as a hard disk.
type: adb shell {enter}
If you see '$' then type: "./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin", without the quotation marks, and push enter. After a few seconds it should kick you out to the \> prompt.
If you see '#' then type: exit {enter}
type: flashboot {enter}
If you don't see any errors let it continue, if you do see an error push Ctrl+X to stop
Your phone will then reboot, when it comes back up the bootloader option should be highlight. Press the power button to select it. It should then search for a second and ask if you want to install the pc36img.zip, push Volume Up for Yes.
*DO NOT TURN OFF THE PHONE OR LET THE BATTERY DIE WHILE UPDATING*
When it's finished go into fastboot and select the yellow 'reboot' through the menu, it should start up rooted and ready to go however you will still need a custom Recovery so you can make NANDroid back-ups and flash an up to date ROM.
Once the phone starts up do step #4 to check for root (# prompt), if it is a '$' try typing 'su {enter}'. If that does not work use runexploit and then check again. Return to the DOS prompt once finished.
type: flashrecovery {enter}
Let it continue as long as there are no errors, otherwise Ctrl+X will stop it. If you run this more than once you can ignore the file not found errors from when it first starts. When the phone reboots you should see green text on a black background, if you see a triangle with an exclamation mark then you still have the stock recovery.
Use the volume buttons to select Backup/Restore then push Power to select it.
Select Nand backup and push power. This will make an exact copy of your phone as it is. If you get an error that says 'run mobile-nandroid...." make sure you have at least 3 or 400MB free on your memory card. You can use USB-MS toggle to mount your SD card if you need to make room or copy a ROM to your phone. The moveme folder can also be deleted from your SD card at this point and you can make copies or move the backup once it is complete. Just make sure you have one good backup before continuing.
The NANDroids are saved under 'nandroid/??????????/backupfolder-date-time/'. The folders need to be moved whole.
Return to previous menu, select Wipe, then have it Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe cache & Wipe dalvik-cache. If you get stuck in a bootloop try these steps again and try wiping the SD:ext partition as well.
Return, then go in Flash zip from sdcard. Select and Flash ROM-Supersonic_3.30....zip. If you have a different ROM you want to use you can flash that one instead.
Flash the Radios, it is again very important not to interrupt or reset the phone while the radios are being flashed. It will probably want to reboot itself afterward, just follow the instructions.
Once it is finished Return to the main menu and have it Reboot system. Your phone should start up normally and ask to be set up, complete the set up like normal.
Once you have it set up and are sure everything is working properly I would make one more NANDroid so you have a copy with the updated radios. At this point you can also flash another recovery and do anything else you would normally do. Just be sure to use unrevoked forever if you plan on using a different hBoot.
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Links:
Downloads
EVORoot.zip
EVORoot.zip - No bootloader, ROM or Radio updates
eng-PC36IMG.zip mirror 1, mirror 2
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Contents Include:
adb.exe
adb-linux
adb-mac
adbWinapi.dll
adbWinusbapi.dll
flashboot.bat
flashrecovery.bat
runexploit.bat
moveme/
.....eng-PC36IMG.zip
.....evo_radios_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip
.....flash_image
.....mtd-eng.img
.....rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
.....recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img
.....SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip
Batch Files
runexploit.bat
Code:
adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin > /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
adb shell "chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
adb shell "./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
flashboot.bat
Code:
adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/flash_image > /data/flash_image"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/flash_image"
adb shell "/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/moveme/mtd-eng.img"
adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/eng-pc36img.zip /sdcard/pc36img.zip"
adb shell sync
adb reboot bootloader
flashrecovery.bat
Code:
adb shell "mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/moveme/eng-PC36IMG.zip"
adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/evo_radio_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip /sdcard/evo_radio_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip"
adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip /sdcard/ROM-SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip"
adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/flash_image > /data/flash_image"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/flash_image"
adb shell "/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/moveme/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img"
adb shell sync
adb reboot recovery
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This uses HTC's eng hBoot to unlock NAND protection so it is relatively safe, but, as always, this will void your warranty and may possibly damage your phone. You and you alone are responsible for anything that you do. This is for informational purposes only.
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Here are linux and mac versions. You just need to get adb from somewhere (I don't think the packaged windows version will work).
If it's in your path, just change all of the "./adb" to "adb", or if you copy the executable to the same directory as these scripts, leave them as is.
Put them in the same directory, as the kit, and they should work.
I haven't tested, but thought I would write them up quickly to help with mutli-os support.
runexploit.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash
./adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin > /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
./adb shell "chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
./adb shell "./data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin"
flashboot.sh
Code:
#/bin/bash
./adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/flash_image > /data/flash_image"
./adb shell "chmod 755 /data/flash_image"
./adb shell "/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/moveme/mtd-eng.img"
./adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/eng-pc36img.zip /sdcard/pc36img.zip"
./adb shell sync
./adb reboot bootloader
flashrecovery.sh
Code:
#!/bin/bash
./adb shell "mv /sdcard/PC36IMG.zip /sdcard/moveme/eng-PC36IMG.zip"
./adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/evo_radio_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip /sdcard/evo_radio_wimax_pri_nv_3.30.zip"
./adb shell "mv /sdcard/moveme/SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip /sdcard/ROM-SuperSonic_3.30.651.2_Rooted_BB_DeOdexed_Bash_ADP_BattPrcnt.zip"
./adb shell "cat /sdcard/moveme/flash_image > /data/flash_image"
./adb shell "chmod 755 /data/flash_image"
./adb shell "/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/moveme/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img"
./adb shell sync
./adb reboot recovery
I'm getting a permission denied when I try to runexploit
Can you post an alternate mirror for the rootkit?
jacobzamarripa said:
I'm getting a permission denied when I try to runexploit
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Do you have debugging enabled?
MJStephens said:
Do you have debugging enabled?
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usb debugging. yes
jacobzamarripa said:
usb debugging. yes
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Are you running cmd.exe as admin?
Do you guys have a youtube video of step by step for this? Because i cant even get past the third step
BrashL said:
Are you running cmd.exe as admin?
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im not quite sure how. im on windows xp
jacobzamarripa said:
im not quite sure how. im on windows xp
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Im pretty sure he just means that your on an user name on windows that has Master rights.
Bravo, bravo. You really outdid yourself on this hauss. What a fabulous tutorial for noobs. In my spare time, I would be happy to make a Mac version of this tutorial for you. I think the Mac part jut confuses people more. Seriously, great work. I will be referring people to this. Replaces the need to do 20 commands with like 4 homemade batch scripts. Pm me or email at [email protected] and I will build a Mac tutorial (giving you full credit of course)...
Confirm?
This looks and sounds awesome. I would LOVE a mac version of this and like to donate to good work
Can I get a confirmation from someone reporting success using this method?
I'd like to use this on a friends phone today but am a bit hesitant because it's so new.
thanks!
i will confirm that all the scripts work on thier own. i have no idea if hauss's batch scripts work. all the exploits are legit though. i will download and proofread. either way, it should work. i know hauss is experianced at rooting and stuff.
wait, huge file. does someone mind sending me everything except the pc36img.zip and eng-pc36img.zip? email is [email protected]
does anyone know if it will work on parallels on mac.
adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login
I keep getting error message saying "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login"
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[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C
[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3316, 3316}
[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 1400
[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
[*]
[*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to
[*] [email protected] so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.
[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,
[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD!
[*]
[*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
rukshmani said:
I keep getting error message saying "adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login"
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[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C
[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3316, 3316}
[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 1400
[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
[*]
[*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to
[*] [email protected] so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.
[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,
[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD!
[*]
[*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
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Actually i kept getting this same message when i was on the adb server and was attempting to get to the recovery screeen on the phone. Do you by any chance have HBoot 2.2 on your evo?
Hi Noobe , yes unfortunately..am i SOL
rukshmani said:
i keep getting error message saying "adb connection will be reset. Restart adb server on desktop and re-login"
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[*] cve-2010-easy android local root exploit (c) 2010 by 743c
[*] checking nproc limit ...
[+] rlimit_nproc={3316, 3316}
[*] searching for adb ...
[+] found adb as pid 1400
[*] spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
[*]
[*] if you like what we are doing you can send us paypal money to
[*] [email protected] so we can compensate time, effort and hw costs.
[*] if you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,
[*] we also accept donations > 1000 usd!
[*]
[*] adb connection will be reset. Restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
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this is not an error message! This means it is working! Just move on to the next step. If there is nothing that says the word error, there is probably no error!

[Q] cant get phone to downgrade

so i did the aahk and this is what i get after running it
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
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/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
anyone help please
makadams said:
so i did the aahk and this is what i get after running it
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
]
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
anyone help please
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something is failing. I need to see the whole session and not that part only. Main version has not been lowered due to idk what...paste the whole session please
OK
glevitan said:
something is failing. I need to see the whole session and not that part only. Main version has not been lowered due to idk what...paste the whole session please
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So i did it again and the phone go through all this the it goes to reboot and stop at a whaite screen with HTC in green
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
OK
glevitan said:
something is failing. I need to see the whole session and not that part only. Main version has not been lowered due to idk what...paste the whole session please
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So i did it again and the phone go through all this the it goes to reboot and stop at a whaite screen with HTC in green then i have to remove battery
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
full aahk dos string
makadams said:
So i did it again and the phone go through all this the it goes to reboot and stop at a whaite screen with HTC in green then i have to remove battery
Ace Advanced Hack Kit [Linux/OSX/Windows] attn1 2011/2012
___________________________
MAIN MENU | |
| Only ONE Menu Step to: |
1 - Hack Ace <----------------------------+ * S-OFF |
| * SIM Unlock |
2 - DONATE (Encouraged, but optional) | * SuperCID |
| * Root |
| * Busybox |
| |
**********************************************************************
o - Options Menu (Return to Stock, Flash radios, etc)
**********************************************************************
t - Toggle Flash Method - current method is fastbootRUU
*********************************************************************
q - Quit
[Select and press Enter]1
ro.product.version=3.20.502.52 710RD
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
a67daa6baa7ef085307593fef6329d14 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB2.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time please be patient.
1529 KB/s (259503624 bytes in 165.731s)
1588 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.352s)
853 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.022s)
1177 KB/s (14475 bytes in 0.012s)
Starting stock recovery the first time to init....
Steps:
1. When you see the ugly red triangle, push/hold vol-UP and then push power to
start stock recovery.
2. When you get to the blue stock recovery menu, choose reboot and push power.
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg fist). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into recovery, please press Volume+, Volume- and Power at the same tim
e, and reboot the system.
rm failed for /data/data/recovery/log, No such file or directory
link failed No such file or directory
Starting stock recovery for the last time....
Steps:
1. When you see the ugly red triangle, push/hold vol-UP and then push power to
start stock recovery.
2. When you get to the blue stock recovery menu, choose reboot and push power.
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg fist). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
**** PUSH POWER WHEN THIS STEP COMPLETES ****
If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.
Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu......
Otherwise, cut and paste the output to the screen into a text file for evaluatio
n.... then press a key.
Press any key to continue . . .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
makadams said:
makadams said:
So i did it again and the phone go through all this the it goes to reboot and stop at a whaite screen with HTC in green then i have to remove battery
Ace Advanced Hack Kit [Linux/OSX/Windows] attn1 2011/2012
___________________________
MAIN MENU | |
| Only ONE Menu Step to: |
1 - Hack Ace <----------------------------+ * S-OFF |
| * SIM Unlock |
2 - DONATE (Encouraged, but optional) | * SuperCID |
| * Root |
| * Busybox |
| |
**********************************************************************
o - Options Menu (Return to Stock, Flash radios, etc)
**********************************************************************
t - Toggle Flash Method - current method is fastbootRUU
*********************************************************************
q - Quit
[Select and press Enter]1
ro.product.version=3.20.502.52 710RD
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
a67daa6baa7ef085307593fef6329d14 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB2.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time please be patient.
1529 KB/s (259503624 bytes in 165.731s)
1588 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.352s)
853 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.022s)
1177 KB/s (14475 bytes in 0.012s)
Starting stock recovery the first time to init....
Steps:
1. When you see the ugly red triangle, push/hold vol-UP and then push power to
start stock recovery.
2. When you get to the blue stock recovery menu, choose reboot and push power.
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg fist). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into recovery, please press Volume+, Volume- and Power at the same tim
e, and reboot the system.
rm failed for /data/data/recovery/log, No such file or directory
link failed No such file or directory
Starting stock recovery for the last time....
Steps:
1. When you see the ugly red triangle, push/hold vol-UP and then push power to
start stock recovery.
2. When you get to the blue stock recovery menu, choose reboot and push power.
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by
both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg fist). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into root.
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
allowing time for the rom to settle.....
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
rm failed for /data/local.prop, No such file or directory
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
**** PUSH POWER WHEN THIS STEP COMPLETES ****
If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.
Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu......
Otherwise, cut and paste the output to the screen into a text file for evaluatio
n.... then press a key.
Press any key to continue . . .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Buddy, your bootloader is unlocked. You wk,never be able to flash a ruu in that way. relock the bootloader first, then run the hack kit.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
relocked
glevitan said:
makadams said:
Buddy, your bootloader is unlocked. You wk,never be able to flash a ruu in that way. relock the bootloader first, then run the hack kit.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ace Advanced Hack Kit [Linux/OSX/Windows] attn1 2011/2012
___________________________
MAIN MENU | |
| Only ONE Menu Step to: |
1 - Hack Ace <----------------------------+ * S-OFF |
| * SIM Unlock |
2 - DONATE (Encouraged, but optional) | * SuperCID |
| * Root |
| * Busybox |
| |
**********************************************************************
o - Options Menu (Return to Stock, Flash radios, etc)
**********************************************************************
t - Toggle Flash Method - current method is fastbootRUU
*********************************************************************
q - Quit
[Select and press Enter]1
3.20.502.52 710RD
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
7152e6ebd09f5ca9f0a88b2c9c9a30c0 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB1.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time please be patient.
1430 KB/s (268194363 bytes in 183.087s)
Setting up to temproot....
1150 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.018s)
1507 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.371s)
1174 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.016s)
going for temproot using zergRush....
[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.
[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.
[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
or to B. Kerler:
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
**** PUSH POWER WHEN THIS STEP COMPLETES ****
If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.
Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu......
Otherwise, cut and paste the output to the screen into a text file for evaluatio
n.... then press a key.
Press any key to continue . . .
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Help
i got it to go al the way through but after it reboots it lock on white screen with green htc and wont do anything i have to remove battery to get it to reboot i never get to screen with red triangle
makadams said:
i got it to go al the way through but after it reboots it lock on white screen with green htc and wont do anything i have to remove battery to get it to reboot i never get to screen with red triangle
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you set your phone as charge only? sdcard seems to be inaccesbile....
Help
Yes got it charge only and debugging mode anti virus disabled
makadams said:
Yes got it charge only and debugging mode anti virus disabled
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
drivers were installed with the phone unplugged?
NO
glevitan said:
drivers were installed with the phone unplugged?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
No i think phone was connected should i uninstall and re install with phone disconnected ?
makadams said:
No i think phone was connected should i uninstall and re install with phone disconnected ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes. It's in the AAHK instructions.
ok
bananagranola said:
Yes. It's in the AAHK instructions.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok ill try that then thanks
makadams said:
No i think phone was connected should i uninstall and re install with phone disconnected ?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Make sure that you do that. Once the driver is installed, plug the phone and let the driver install. You will be see a notification about that the device is ready to be used...
my drivers are all installed properly, i have no antivirus, i did all the suggested fix, any other suggestions? im still having the same problem
r0mmel said:
my drivers are all installed properly, i have no antivirus, i did all the suggested fix, any other suggestions? im still having the same problem
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
what is your problem? downgrade has nothing to do with drivers or antivirus...
aww sorry bro i wasnt too clear, i been reading alot of threads on the issue and some people said its your antivirus or connection or drivers or its unlocked.. basically my problem is the same as this thread , i cant downgrade, same as the original problem of this thread,
r0mmel said:
aww sorry bro i wasnt too clear, i been reading alot of threads on the issue and some people said its your antivirus or connection or drivers or its unlocked.. basically my problem is the same as this thread , i cant downgrade, same as the original problem of this thread,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I need to see the Hack Kit session to have an idea of what is going on...
glevitan said:
I need to see the Hack Kit session to have an idea of what is going on...
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This phone is awesome, i dont know why but it feels like its faster response time then my htc sensation running arhd.
my only gripe is that it doesnt have a front facing camera. other then that it rocks!
here are a few info that you might need with my phone, im not too sure how to look somethings up.
in settings/about
android version 2.3.5
htc sense version 3.0
software number 3.20.502.52 71ord
kernel version 2.6.35.10-ga375925
baseband version 12.69a.60.29U
build number 3.20.502.52
in hboot
*** relocked ***
ace pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-2.00.0030
microp-0438
radio-26.17.14.11_M
eMMC-boot
feb 20, 2012, 16:03:18
here goes...
[Select and press Enter]1
3.20.502.52 710RD
This version of Android cannot use the hack kit at this time.
You can downgrade if you like, then rerun the hack step.
WARNING: THIS WILL WIPE DATA
[Would you like to downgrade? y/n]y
7152e6ebd09f5ca9f0a88b2c9c9a30c0 *PD98IMG/PD98IMG-GB1.zip
Flash the downgrade RUU? [y,n]y
pushing rom to sdcard - this takes time please be patient.
1286 KB/s (268194363 bytes in 203.545s)
Setting up to temproot....
406 KB/s (21215 bytes in 0.051s)
1699 KB/s (572752 bytes in 0.329s)
447 KB/s (19240 bytes in 0.042s)
going for temproot using zergRush....
[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.
[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.
[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Sending 189 zerglings ...
[-] Hellions with BLUE flames !
setting mainver lower for downgrade...
--set_version set. VERSION will be changed to: 1.31.405.6
Misc partition is "/dev/block/mmcblk0p17"
Patching and backing up misc partition...
Error opening input file.
Creating goldcard....
HTC android goldcard tool Copyright (C) 2011, Wayne D. Hoxsie Jr.
Original code by B. Kerler. Special thanks to ATTN1 and the XDA team.
Donations can be made to the Electronic Frontier Foundation:
http://www.eff.org/
or to B. Kerler:
http://psas.revskills.de/
/dev/block/mmcblk1: cannot open for write: Permission denied
starting downgrade...
** The phone will now reboot into HBOOT.
** It will then check the file just sent.
** If everything is okay, the phone will
** prompt you to continue by pressing
** VOLUME UP. It will reboot, flashing twice.
**** PUSH POWER WHEN THIS STEP COMPLETES ****
If downgrade is successful, you may set up the phone and try to hack it again.
Once the downgrade is successful, press a key to return to the menu......
Otherwise, cut and paste the output to the screen into a text file for evaluatio
n.... then press a key.
Press any key to continue . . .
so then the phone boots to hboot. and displayes this
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
press <power> to reboot.
any idea?
also my sdcard is 2 gb, is that a problem? i formatted it before starting..
thanks in advance.

[ROOT][CWM][ROM]Pantech Discover P9090 (Magnus) Root & Modification Guide

Pantech Discover P9090 (Magnus) Root & Modification Guide
This thread is intended as an updated version of the original Ultimate Pantech Discover/Magnus/P9090 Rooting & Modding Thread thread. I created this thread to bring the latest knowledge and tutorials to the top. If you are interested in the evolution of Discover rooting and modding pour yourself a cup of coffee, tea, or ??? and review the posts in that thread and when you are ready to modify your Discover come back here.
Available Mods
Root access
ClockworkMod Recovery
TWRP Recovery
Restore unlocked bootloader for Jellybean devices
CWM flashable ROM/partition updates
Warning/Disclaimer
The tutorials posted in this thread at the time of this writing have been tested and should do what they claim to do without causing harm to your phone, however, if for any reason things go awry when doing any kind of update or modification to your phone the authors of these tutorials or thread posts are not responsible. There is always a chance that modifying your phone can cause damage or a loss of features. Proceed at your own risk. I suggest you read the procedure you intend to implement thoroughly and if necessary ask questions before you proceed. Also, installing mods may make it so you cannot receive or install updates from Pantech/AT&T.
Modification Procedure Order
Determine if your device is running Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) or Jellybean (JB)
Open the Settings app and tap on "About phone"
If the "Android version" is 4.0.4 you are running ICS, if it is 4.1.2 you are running JB
Set up and ensure you have ADB access to the phone
For now you will have to find an ADB installation tutorial elsewhere
Root your device
Follow the tutorial here.
Jellybean (JB) users should revert back to the unlocked (ICS) bootloader to increase the chance of brick recovery
Follow the tutorial here.
Install ClockworkMod Recovery or TWRP
Follow the tutorial here (CWM) or here (TWRP).
(Optional) Install custom ROM(s)
Follow the tutorial here.
Useful links
Pantech Discover Specs
Ultimate Pantech Discover/Magnus/P9090 Rooting & Modding Thread - Not all content is still relevant but a great read
PantechDevTeam Github - The original Pantech devs (a ton of awesome work here)
PantechDiscover Github - Put together by @Unjustified Dev with contributions from @mifl and myself
Pantech Discover Jellybean Kernel Source
Pantech Discover ICS Kernel Source
Thanks to everyone who helped test and provide feedback for these advancements. A big thanks to @Unjustified Dev & @mifl for their continued development help and porting TWRP (Unjustified Dev) and to @ShotSkydiver for creating the original Pantech Discover mod thread.
Root
Rooting the Pantech Discover P9090
WARNING: Please review the Warning/Disclaimer in the original post before following this procedure!
Click "CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT" to proceed.
Users running ICS
Download recovery-magnus.img, su, and SuperSU_1.65.apk and move them to a directory of your choosing hereafter known as <install-directory>
Boot the phone in fastboot (bootloader) mode by holding down both volume buttons and the power button, once the menu appears use the volume buttons to select "fastboot", then hit the power button
Attach your phone to your computer
Open a cmd window (Windows) or terminal/shell (unix flavors) and type the following command (hit enter after each):
Code:
cd <install-directory>
Now boot to the magnus recovery by typing:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-magnus.img
The phone should be booted to CWM, now type:
Code:
adb push su /sdcard/
adb push SuperSU_1.65.apk /sdcard/
adb shell
You should now be in an adb terminal on the phone, type the following:
Code:
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p14 /system
cd /sdcard
cp SuperSU_1.65.apk /system/app/
cp su /system/xbin/
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
exit
If all goes well you should be back in your computer's terminal, reboot the phone with
Code:
adb reboot
Enjoy!
Users running Jellybean
Download and install the Framaroot app (version 1.6.1 or later) from here.
Install and open the app
Select "Gandalf"
Reboot the phone for good measure
Enjoy!
Bootloader
Reverting to the Unlocked (ICS) Bootloader from the JB Bootloader
WARNING: Please review the Warning/Disclaimer in the original post before following this procedure!
Click "CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT" to proceed.
Context: The Jelly Bean update for the Pantech Discover flashes a locked bootloader over the unlocked Ice Cream Sandwich bootloader. The result is that you can no longer use fastboot to flash images or boot to external bootloaders. If you are on ICS this tutorial does not apply.
You can test to see if you have the locked bootloader by booting into fastboot (power off device, power on devices holding both volume keys, select fastboot), connect the device to your PC, and run the following command from a command terminal.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-magnus.img
NOTE: If you don't already have the magnus recovery image download it from here.
If your output looks like the message below you have the locked bootloader and this guide applies to you.
Code:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.538s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Not Support !!)
finished. total time: 0.543s
Procedure: If you have the locked bootloader, you would prefer not be locked, and you are willing to take the risk you can follow the procedure below.
Prerequisites
Phone must be rooted
ADB access
Download the ICS bootloader image (aboot.img) from here.
Connect your phone to your PC and from a command window in the download directory type:
Code:
adb push aboot.img /sdcard/
adb shell
If you are connected to your device at this point type:
Code:
su
cd /sdcard
md5sum aboot.img
The output should be:
Code:
7f55c5ab321cf20e595b841371f45cda aboot.img
The MD5 checksum should be the hex number above (beginning in 7f and ending in cda). If it does match download it again and make sure the checksum matches before proceeding. If no matter what you do you can't get a match then don't proceed.
If you are here then you have the ICS bootloader and it's ready to be flashed, before we do this you should check the checksum for the bootloader partition with the command:
Code:
md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
output:
Code:
8b6fa6881c7f155858243e94490d0a29 /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
If you are on JB the checksum should match mine.
Now you are ready to flash the ICS image. If you are feeling confident and risk adverse run the command below:
Code:
dd if=aboot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5
You should get the output:
Code:
5120+0 records in
5120+0 records out
2621440 bytes transferred in 0.458 secs (5723668 bytes/sec)
Don't be concerned if the transfer time is not precise.
Now confirm that our checksum is updated to the new image:
Code:
md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
Code:
7f55c5ab321cf20e595b841371f45cda /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
If not follow the bail out procedure outlined after this procedure, otherwise get back to your PC command window with:
Code:
exit
exit
Reboot into the ICS bootloader with:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Once you are in fastboot verify it worked with:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-magnus.img
You should be rewarded with the following output:
Code:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.544s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.020s]
finished. total time: 0.565s
You are done!!!!!
Invalid checksum: If the checksum you show does not match the checksum above you can reflash the JB bootloader and if all goes well you will be back where you started.
Download the JB bootloader (jb-aboot.img) from here.
Follow the procedure above to push the bootloader to the device and validate that the checksum matches the original JB checksum you copied on step above.
Flash the JB bootloader as per the guide above replacing aboot.img with jb-aboot.img.
If you have problems I strongly suggest you refrain from rebooting your phone and ask for help.
CWM
Installing ClockworkMod 6.0.2.8 on your Pantech Discover
WARNING: Please review the Warning/Disclaimer in the original post before following this procedure!
Click "CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT" to proceed.
Prerequisites
You must have adb and fastboot installed and working on your computer. There are literally hundreds of tutorials on this so I won't go into it here.
Your phone must be rooted
Optional but recommended
If you are on Jellybean and you haven't already done so I recommend reverting to the unlocked (ICS) booloader. An unlocked bootloader will increase the ability to restore a "brick" substantially.
Ready, set, go!
Option 1 (Do this if you have the unlocked ICS bootloader this is much faster)
Download update_magnus_clockworkmod-6.0.2.8.zip and recovery-magnus.img and move them to a directory of your choosing hereafter known as <install-directory>
Turn off the phone, copy update_magnus_clockworkmod-6.0.2.8.zip to a micro sdcard and install it in the phone
Boot the phone in fastboot (bootloader) mode by holding down both volume buttons and power, once the menu appears use the volume keys to select fastboot, then hit power
Attach your phone to your computer
Open a cmd window (Windows) or terminal/shell (unix flavors) and type the following command (hit enter after each):
Code:
cd <install-directory>
Now boot to the magnus recovery by typing:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery-magnus.img
The phone should be booted to CWM, now select the menu options:
install zip from sdcard > choose zip from external sdcard​
Select update_magnus_clockworkmod-6.0.2.8.zip then hit power and confirm by choosing
Yes - Install update_magnus_clockworkmod-6.0.2.8.zip​
Once the install is finished choose
Go Back > reboot system now​
Enjoy!
Option 2 (Do this if you have the locked Jellybean bootloader and do not wish to revert it):
Attach your phone to your computer and make sure it is booted to Android
Download recovery-magnus.img and move it to a directory of your choosing hereafter known as <install-directory>
Open a cmd window (Windows) or terminal/shell (unix flavors) and type the following command (hit enter after each):
Code:
cd <install-directory>
adb push recovery-magnus.img /sdcard/
adb shell
In the adb terminal type:
Code:
cd /sdcard
ls
Verify that the recovery-magnus.img file is there and if so type:
Code:
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
dd if=recovery-magnus.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20
You should see output indicating that the image was flashed (I'll try to update this with the exact text). If you get an error don't continue and when you reboot to Android the original recovery should be restored. Otherwise type:
Code:
mv /system/recovery_from_boot.p /system/recovery_from_boot.p.bak
exit
exit
You should be back in your computers terminal, type:
Code:
adb reboot recovery
You should be in CWM 6.0.2.8 after a minute or so. The first time you reboot CWM will ask if you want to prevent recovery from being overwritten, go ahead and say yes.
You can use the backup feature to backup your ROM.
What works
Backup/restore from sdcard and external sdcard (including advanced restore)
Delete backup (sdcard and external sdcard)
Choose default backup method
Install zip from sdcard (external)
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik-cache
Wipe data/factory reset
Mounts - mounting and unmounting partitions
Key test
Show log
Fix permissions (I ran this and it completed and the phone boots but I haven't done exhaustive testing so I don't recommend it, shouldn't need this feature at this point)
What hasn't been tested yet
Install zip from sideload
Format partitions (not recommended)
Partition external sdcard
Report error
Bugs
Backups do not reflect the correct date (common issue that can be resolved eventually)
ROM
Flashing a Custom ROM
WARNING: If you downloaded the ROM that was originally linked to in this guide (magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted-all_partitions.zip) please do not flash it!! While this has worked on most phones the original IMEI on a couple of phones was wiped out.
WARNING 2 (Untested fix uploaded on 11/29, see below) : A couple of users have reported that this update failed on their phones but they were able to restore from a nandroid backup. If you still want to try this ROM please backup your current ROM in CWM first! If you try this please let me know if this works or does not work on your phone and which Android version you were on prior to flashing it. Thanks!
UPDATE 11/29/2013 Newly uploaded file will most likely fix the issues mentioned in warning 2 above, however, I still strongly encourage that you do a backup in CWM before flashing. Please respond with the results indicating which version of Android you flashed this over.
Click "CLICK TO SHOW CONTENT" to proceed.
This guide covers the procedure to flash a specific, JB ROM as discussed below, however, the basic procedure can be used to flash different ROMs as they become available.
Features
Jellybean 4.1.2 stock (other than noted below)
Rooted with /system/xbin/su
SuperSU installed as a system app
Magnus CWM recovery
ICS unlocked bootloader (aboot)
This update is intended to install the unlocked bootloader for all users; provide a restore point going forward; and serve as a basis for future ROMs and enhancements.
This update does not flash the cache or data partitions so your installed apps and data will remain.
WARNING: Please review the Warning/Disclaimer in the original post before following this procedure!
NOTE FOR ICS USERS: The AT&T/Pantech OTA JB Update (from ICS) provides patches to several partitions that are not patched as part of this update. If you are able to run the OTA update I recommend it, if not and you don’t mind having a “hybrid” ROM go for it at your own risk.
Since this flashes the bootloader I strongly recommend checking the MD5 Checksum as per the guide below before executing the update. Make sure the device has enough power, and don't unplug, wiggle, or otherwise mess with the device until the update is complete.
Prerequisites
Magnus CWM installed per the guide above (see OP)
Jellbean or ICS (see notes above before flashing over ICS)
ADB installed and functional
Make sure the battery level of the device is adequate
Flash from the internal sdcard
Download the update from here.
Boot into CWM recovery by holding down the volume up button and power button
Do a CWM nandroid backup
Select "mounts and storage > mount /sdcard > +++++Go Back+++++"
Select "wipe cache partition"
Select "advanced > wipe dalvik cache > +++++Go Back+++++"
OPTIONAL: Select "wipe data/factory reset". WARNING: This will remove your personal apps and data!
Once the download from step 1 is complete, plug the phone into your computer, open a command window, navigate to the download directory, and push the update to the sdcard with:
Code:
adb push magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted2.zip /sdcard/
Check the md5 checksum to ensure you don't have a corrupt download (IMPORTANT!)
Code:
adb shell
cd /sdcard
md5sum magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted2.zip
Should result in:
Code:
3dca0555f81cef97e304c17515c807fa magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted2.zip
If not, download the update and try again. Do not proceed if your checksum doesn't match!
Exit adb shell:
Code:
exit
On the phone, select "install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sdcard", select the update file, and confirm
Wait patiently and do not unplug the device or disrupt the process!
When the update is finished select "+++++Go Back+++++" followed by "reboot system now", if you are prompted to "Fix root" select "Yes" to prevent it from warning again
Wait patiently while it boots, configures the apps, compiles & caches, and connects to your carrier. This can take a few minutes.
Enjoy!
Nice guide. Can't wait till this phone comes if I'm not mistaken cogency sent it again
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
Unjustified Dev said:
Nice guide. Can't wait till this phone comes if I'm not mistaken cogency sent it again
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
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Thanks! I have been pretty swamped at work so I haven't been able to pull your kernel updates but I am anxious to get back to it. I am glad you have a phone on the way.
Great detailed guide, that provides easy to follow instructions.....nice work, again.
CM11.0
gj23 said:
Great detailed guide, that provides easy to follow instructions.....nice work, again.
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I predict that on 2 months we will get CM11.0 (kitkat) for the p9090
eeter said:
I predict that on 2 months we will get CM11.0 (kitkat) for the p9090
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I predict less than one month when my Discover comes in
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk
I saw in the Original Thread that Updating to Jellybean on an ICS device doesn't work and he made it work by restoring a nandroid backup and then flashing the rom via CWM.
Any other way to directly upgrade to Jelly bean by flashing the zip via CWM directly without using nandroid backup?
Thanks.
vijayr2002 said:
I saw in the Original Thread that Updating to Jellybean on an ICS device doesn't work and he made it work by restoring a nandroid backup and then flashing the rom via CWM.
Any other way to directly upgrade to Jelly bean by flashing the zip via CWM directly without using nandroid backup?
Thanks.
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If you are talking about the post below I think you misunderstood. Flashing Jellybean using the guide on the first page of this thread worked for him. He was outlining the history of what he has done on the device and nothing worked other than the magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted.zip update.
If you are on ICS and you have CWM installed the guide in post #5 will get you on Jellybean with all of the goodies.
osopol4r said:
Confirmed working....
> ICS Unable to Update
> Updated to JB with nandroid provided here
> JB nandroid missing browser apk
> Restored from to and from previous ICS
> Installed zip from sd card magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted.zip
> Phone booted correctly, so far so good
I'll report back any issued (if any)
Thanks!!!
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New subforum in "DevsNest Developments" dedicated to Pantech P9090:
http://www.devsnest.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=142
We hope you include some content in it.
Greetings.
sandnap said:
If you are talking about the post below I think you misunderstood. Flashing Jellybean using the guide on the first page of this thread worked for him. He was outlining the history of what he has done on the device and nothing worked other than the magnus-jb-4.1.2-cwm-unlocked_bootloader-rooted.zip update.
If you are on ICS and you have CWM installed the guide in post #5 will get you on Jellybean with all of the goodies.
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Great! I somehow misunderstood it. I will update after i install. Thank you for your time spent in contributing for Pantech Discover. Kudos!
vijayr2002 said:
Great! I somehow misunderstood it. I will update after i install. Thank you for your time spent in contributing for Pantech Discover. Kudos!
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If u install the JB 4.1.2 from here that's rooted and CWM you won't need to update as u will be on Jellybean.
was having wifi issues and bluetooth issues and was ics/jb mix . everything flashed fine and updated fine. will post back after further testing but all seems to be working and volume seems a bit better now.
greg97526 said:
was having wifi issues and bluetooth issues and was ics/jb mix . everything flashed fine and updated fine. will post back after further testing but all seems to be working and volume seems a bit better now.
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Glad to hear it! I have been waiting to hear from you. I am interested to know if this improves your wifi/bluetooth issues.
sandnap said:
Glad to hear it! I have been waiting to hear from you. I am interested to know if this improves your wifi/bluetooth issues.
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Blue tooth works flawlessly. Still a bit lagging on wifi. Maybe I need to remove the files we added that didn't match up with what you had or did this update erase all of that?
greg97526 said:
Blue tooth works flawlessly. Still a bit lagging on wifi. Maybe I need to remove the files we added that didn't match up with what you had or did this update erase all of that?
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This update completely wipes /system then copies over all of the stock Jellybean files so there are no remnants of our hand-crafted /system left. The update also flashes all of the Jellybean partitions that were patched as part of the OTA update so your device should now be consistent with those of everyone who has executed this update with the exception of your /data and /sdcard. You could try backing up your applications and doing a factory reset in CWM.
How about that!
Hi there!
I don't know if you remember me from the old post but...
I just realized my IMEI changed, I used to have my pantech discover unlocked (network unlock) and I believe after flashing the Jelly Bean update file some how relocked itself plus the IMEI also changed. I purchased the unlock code and I just compared the IMEI and it is not the same, plus the phone is now network locked.
I'll try my original nandroid backup and see what happens.

[Completed] Unlock forgotten pattern.

A few years ago, my bro has set a pattern lock for his old "G-Tide E66", then the phone was left abandoned. Now, I need this phone for some reason.
Info:
1- USB Debugging disabled.
2-Volume Up/Down corrupted.
3-Wifi / Mobile data are turned off.
Details:
- I get to the pattern screen.
-Andriod: Chocolate II
-Drop down menu, not working from the lock screen.
- No shareit to try open Wifi glitch.
Trials:
1-I tried looking for a pinhole to reset the phone ( Couldn't find where it is.)
2- Using Andriod Debug Bridge (ADB):
adb reboot recovery ( I got No command, Fixed it by holding the power button. then stuck in the recovery with corrupted volume down, I thought of triggering the key event from adb)
adb shell input keyevent 25 (25 = VOLUME_DOWN) ( I got this error: - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) nRet(-1) - Not sure about solution so I thought of another method.)
3-Using FastBoot:
adb reboot bootloader ( the phone reboots in recovery mode)
fastboot devices ( the device shows)
fastboot -w ( Loading for about 9 hours in "erasing 'user data'...." , I got this error: "FAILED TO read user data too many links" , I saw suggestions about rebooting the device, PC connecting to another socket ( In my case I have 5 , 2 of which are SS v3) triple failure.)
Other manual erases like:
fastboot erase cache (fail too).
4- Using Android Multi Tools v1.02b FAISAL JEE from SE-Thiland.
Reset Face/PIN Lock : rm failed for /data/system/password.key, Permission denied
Reset Face/Gesture Lock: rm failed for /data/system/gesture.key, Permission denied
Reset GMail:
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db, Permission denied
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-shm, Permission denied
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-wal, Permission denied
Wipe Data/cache:
erasing 'cache' (forever.)
Wipe Data:
Wiping /data
Error opendir'ing /data 'Permission denied'
Done wiping /data
5- Looking for G-Tide reset code , I failed too ( Found None and I got Not Emergency number pop up).
6- Using the wisdom " When you are stuck , start to F***" , I started typing random ****, eventually failed too.
7- Calling 999 and trying to unlock fails.
8- Rooting using superSU
I tried this command not sure if correct:
adb install <PATH of SuperSU.apk>
"com.noshufou.android.su.apk"
I got success and not sure what to do next.
9- Recovery img:
fastboot flash recovery < RECVERY IMG>
I used this
cm-13.0-20160901-NIGHTLY-d851-recovery.img
Result:
sending 'recovery' (11648 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.373s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote:
partition 'recovery' not support flash)
finished. total time: 0.392s
10- MirrorGO software.
11- Google Android Manager , apparently no internet so no luck too.
12- <I didn't try this> Installing a ROM
not really sure if that will work or screw everything, any ideas and how to install ?
is it ?
adb install <PATH of ROM.zip>
NOTE: I know the phone is dirt cheap , but I have to unlock it whatever the hell I do.
XDA Visitor said:
A few years ago, my bro has set a pattern lock for his old "G-Tide E66", then the phone was left abandoned. Now, I need this phone for some reason.
Info:
1- USB Debugging disabled.
2-Volume Up/Down corrupted.
3-Wifi / Mobile data are turned off.
Details:
- I get to the pattern screen.
-Andriod: Chocolate II
-Drop down menu, not working from the lock screen.
- No shareit to try open Wifi glitch.
Trials:
1-I tried looking for a pinhole to reset the phone ( Couldn't find where it is.)
2- Using Andriod Debug Bridge (ADB):
adb reboot recovery ( I got No command, Fixed it by holding the power button. then stuck in the recovery with corrupted volume down, I thought of triggering the key event from adb)
adb shell input keyevent 25 (25 = VOLUME_DOWN) ( I got this error: - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) nRet(-1) - Not sure about solution so I thought of another method.)
3-Using FastBoot:
adb reboot bootloader ( the phone reboots in recovery mode)
fastboot devices ( the device shows)
fastboot -w ( Loading for about 9 hours in "erasing 'user data'...." , I got this error: "FAILED TO read user data too many links" , I saw suggestions about rebooting the device, PC connecting to another socket ( In my case I have 5 , 2 of which are SS v3) triple failure.)
Other manual erases like:
fastboot erase cache (fail too).
4- Using Android Multi Tools v1.02b FAISAL JEE from SE-Thiland.
Reset Face/PIN Lock : rm failed for /data/system/password.key, Permission denied
Reset Face/Gesture Lock: rm failed for /data/system/gesture.key, Permission denied
Reset GMail:
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db, Permission denied
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-shm, Permission denied
rm failed for /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db-wal, Permission denied
Wipe Data/cache:
erasing 'cache' (forever.)
Wipe Data:
Wiping /data
Error opendir'ing /data 'Permission denied'
Done wiping /data
5- Looking for G-Tide reset code , I failed too ( Found None and I got Not Emergency number pop up).
6- Using the wisdom " When you are stuck , start to F***" , I started typing random ****, eventually failed too.
7- Calling 999 and trying to unlock fails.
8- Rooting using superSU
I tried this command not sure if correct:
adb install <PATH of SuperSU.apk>
"com.noshufou.android.su.apk"
I got success and not sure what to do next.
9- Recovery img:
fastboot flash recovery < RECVERY IMG>
I used this
cm-13.0-20160901-NIGHTLY-d851-recovery.img
Result:
sending 'recovery' (11648 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.373s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote:
partition 'recovery' not support flash)
finished. total time: 0.392s
10- MirrorGO software.
11- Google Android Manager , apparently no internet so no luck too.
12- <I didn't try this> Installing a ROM
not really sure if that will work or screw everything, any ideas and how to install ?
is it ?
adb install <PATH of ROM.zip>
NOTE: I know the phone is dirt cheap , but I have to unlock it whatever the hell I do.
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Hi and welcome to XDA.
I couldn't find much information about your device here, nothing helpful at all in fact: http://forum.xda-developers.com/sitesearch.php?q=G-Tide E66
Try posting your query in:
Android Q&A,Help and Troubleshooting.
You'll have to create an account to post in the main forums.
Good luck

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