This root was rendered unusable at this time due to AT&T disabling the Ready2Go app installation feature. Working on a work around now.
Original content:
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...the-att-htc-one-x-on-version-1-85-or-earlier/
Hope you get your One X soon dude!
Confirmation number: 8PH11891CA483914J
In! Thanks Justin!
Billy
Damn, thanks a lot!
jcase said:
Now comes the timing critical part, you have to use ATT Ready2Go to Download "AT&T Mark the Spot", and interrupt the install process right after the download has finished. Easiest way is to reboot the device, but we have found other ways to do it.
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OK, so when exactly do we reboot? There is no download status bar or whatnot, and I have rebooted right when it says install started to no avail. Do we have to do it before that point?
<---Not a noob, just crappy at timing.
id10terrordfw said:
OK, so when exactly do we reboot? There is no download status bar or whatnot, and I have rebooted right when it says install started to no avail. Do we have to do it before that point?
<---Not a noob, just crappy at timing.
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You need to reboot right after the download is done. I haven't had a chance to do this in person, I just found it in the firmware and asked others to test for confirmation. Hopefully someone can chime in and tell us what visual indicators show when to do the reboot.
Some testers got it first try, some took 3-4 tries.
id10terrordfw said:
OK, so when exactly do we reboot? There is no download status bar or whatnot, and I have rebooted right when it says install started to no avail. Do we have to do it before that point?
<---Not a noob, just crappy at timing.
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I'm with you on this one. I've been trying this for last hour but to no avail. The minute it says in status bar that it's installing, I tried command. I tried when I press finish on phone and LTE signals go up and down and even tried as soon as I was done with att site but can't get it to work. I've restarted 20 times and this startup sounds I think is now annoying other people in the office
jcase said:
You need to reboot right after the download is done. I haven't had a chance to do this in person, I just found it in the firmware and asked others to test for confirmation. Hopefully someone can chime in and tell us what visual indicators show when to do the reboot.
Some testers got it first try, some took 3-4 tries.
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Hah, well now I just feel dumb as I am on try 10 or so. I must not be able to hit the timing right at all. I'll keep at it, as I am constant as the northern star.
Don't feel dumb, it is very timing critical, with few real indicators of when to pull it off.
Maybe xfinrodx or designgears can chime in on this one
noobsquared said:
I'm with you on this one. I've been trying this for last hour but to no avail. The minute it says in status bar that it's installing, I tried command. I tried when I press finish on phone and LTE signals go up and down and even tried as soon as I was done with att site but can't get it to work. I've restarted 20 times and this startup sounds I think is now annoying other people in the office
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Turn your ringer off, it will silence the startup sound. At least I can help with that!
id10terrordfw said:
Turn your ringer off, it will silence the startup sound. At least I can help with that!
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Thanks, but everytime I do factory reset...it comes back on?
I might be doing something dumb.
After I get permission denied error, I try to start at the process of tryping:
Code:
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk
but when I do that after uninstalling AT&T Mark the spot, it gives me erorr:
link failed File exists
So I do a factory reset and then try again from scratch.
Is there an easier way to repeat the process?
Edit: I figured it out, just delete the file like this:
Code:
adb shell rm -r /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk
Hope that's the right way of doing it.
Thank you.
I have been deleting the file from data/install
adb shell
cd data/install
rm com.att.android.markthespot.apk
exit
then repeat the process...i'm in double digits on attempts...going to have to walk away from it for a bit.
going on 10x for me and still nothing. Any suggestions?
id10terrordfw said:
OK, so when exactly do we reboot? There is no download status bar or whatnot, and I have rebooted right when it says install started to no avail. Do we have to do it before that point?
<---Not a noob, just crappy at timing.
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No worries. Here's the way I did it back when I did it:
Open 2 cmd windows
adb devices on both (to make sure daemon is running)
In first shell type adb reboot but do not execute (obviously!)
In second window, cd /data/install
Enter ls -l
Now tell Ready2Go to install.
In that second window SPAM "up arrow - enter" to repeatedly execute ls -l. Observe the .apk file growing in size. When it stops growing it's probably done downloading (It is 3801413 bytes as of today). Go back to that first window IMMEDIATELY and hit enter on that adb reboot you typed in. It's a small apk so you need to be fast.
This was my method. Hopefully it works for you!
noobsquared said:
Thanks, but everytime I do factory reset...it comes back on?
I might be doing something dumb.
After I get permission denied error, I try to start at the process of tryping:
Code:
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk
but when I do that after uninstalling AT&T Mark the spot, it gives me erorr:
link failed File exists
So I do a factory reset and then try again from scratch.
Is there an easier way to repeat the process?
Edit: I figured it out, just delete the file like this:
Code:
adb shell rm -r /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk
Hope that's the right way of doing it.
Thank you.
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Um, why are you doing a factory reset?
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xfinrodx said:
No worries. Here's the way I did it back when I did it:
Open 2 cmd windows
adb devices on both (to make sure daemon is running)
In first shell type adb reboot but do not execute (obviously!)
In second window, cd /data/install
Enter ls -l
Now tell Ready2Go to install.
In that second window SPAM "up arrow - enter" to repeatedly execute ls -l. Observe the .apk file growing in size. When it stops growing it's probably done downloading (I think it was around 5MB but it's been a while). Go back to that first window IMMEDIATELY and hit enter on that adb reboot you typed in. It's a small apk so you need to be fast.
This was my method. Hopefully it works for you!
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I will give that a shot, and I should have thought of that. Thanks!
xfinrodx said:
No worries. Here's the way I did it back when I did it:
Open 2 cmd windows
adb devices on both (to make sure daemon is running)
In first shell type adb reboot but do not execute (obviously!)
In second window, cd /data/install
Enter ls -l
Now tell Ready2Go to install.
In that second window SPAM "up arrow - enter" to repeatedly execute ls -l. Observe the .apk file growing in size. When it stops growing it's probably done downloading (It is 3801413 bytes as of today). Go back to that first window IMMEDIATELY and hit enter on that adb reboot you typed in. It's a small apk so you need to be fast.
This was my method. Hopefully it works for you!
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Good advice, was the first person to test it for me. I confirmed it with 4 users before posting, and all got it eventually.
id10terrordfw said:
I will give that a shot, and I should have thought of that. Thanks!
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I was the first one I'm aware of who used this exploit a couple weeks ago. I won't claim that the process is clean, but it should work for you if you do it the way I intended the instructions to read... Good luck!
Thanks for all the help but I think this red bull is not working today.
Here is what I did:
First CMD:
Code:
adb shell
cd /data/install
ls -l <- it only gives me the file name..it doesn't tell me the size.
Also, I delete the file and run the first command in second CMD and right after that I see this in ls -l:
[email protected]:/data/install $ ls -l
ls -l
lrwxrwxrwx shell shell 2012-05-25 12:16 com.att.android.markthesp
ot.apk -> /data/local.prop
Second CMD:
Execute:
Code:
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk
Wait to execute:
Code:
adb reboot
xfinrodx said:
No worries. Here's the way I did it back when I did it:
Open 2 cmd windows
adb devices on both (to make sure daemon is running)
In first shell type adb reboot but do not execute (obviously!)
In second window, cd /data/install
Enter ls -l
Now tell Ready2Go to install.
In that second window SPAM "up arrow - enter" to repeatedly execute ls -l. Observe the .apk file growing in size. When it stops growing it's probably done downloading (I think it was around 5MB but it's been a while). Go back to that first window IMMEDIATELY and hit enter on that adb reboot you typed in. It's a small apk so you need to be fast.
This was my method. Hopefully it works for you!
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Great Idea !!!.... If you could post the exact size of the file , we can probably try to script it...( I have an idea in mind as mentioned below , but not sure if it works the way I intended in android )
for Ex:
szie=`ls -l /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk | awk '{print $4}'`
while [ "$szie" -lt <size-of-apk> ];do
echo "waiting......"
done
adb reboot
dharani1234 said:
Great Idea !!!.... If you could post the exact size of the file , we can probably try to script it...( I have an idea in mind as mentioned below , but not sure if it works the way I intended in android )
for Ex:
szie=`ls -l /data/install/com.att.android.markthespot.apk | awk '{print $5}'`
while [ "$szie" -lt <size-of-apk> ];do
echo "waiting......"
done
adb reboot
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If you can get a working script, that was reliable I would love to post it in the OP. To get an idea of the size, you could install the app, and do adb shell ls -l /data/app/<filename>
Related
Ok... If your wimax isn't working and you want to downgrade to try to get it working this is how to do it...
1st get all of the files like you want to do Toast's Part-2. link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701835
Then do this part:
STEP 2~FLASHING MTD PARTITION TO ENABLE DOWNGRADE:
- download all files posted above
- unzip the flash_image.zip and the mtd-eng.zip
- put the flash_image and mtd-eng.img on the root of your sdcard
- go into shell on ur pc and do:
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
- this should only take a second or two
- now put the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard
- power off the phone
STEP 3~FLASHING ENG BUILD:
- hold volume down + power to boot into hboot
- it should now find and verify the PC36IMG.zip on the root of your sdcard. itll show a blue status bar on the top right of the screen.
- after a minute or so it will ask u if u wanna flash SAY YES
- affter it flashes the PC36IMG.zip it will ask if you wanna reboot. SAY YES
After if finally boots you should see HTC quietly brilliant which hangs forever but it should eventually get past it. Once it does you will have the oldest everything. This is a beta build and has a bunch of tools but just do an upgrade to root like you normally would. I would suggest going to .6 then upgrading to the latest 47 from there.
Hope that this helps someone.
P.S. is anyone willing to dump all of the tools that are included in this rom. It might be helpful for the other devs.
Thats the hard way... but yeah it'l work.
Why is everyone so hype on adb everything...?
Tell me the easy way. I would love to do it instead.
kthejoker20 said:
Thats the hard way... but yeah it'l work.
Why is everyone so hype on adb everything...?
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It's just easier to copy and paste stuff, even typing on a real keyboard. It's a pain in the ass doing it via terminal emulator with the lack of a physical keyboard on our Evo's.
Can anyone confirm if this helps fix the 4g issue?
krosemm said:
Can anyone confirm if this helps fix the 4g issue?
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If you used the unrevoked, no it wont.
There is no fix for 4g from unrevoked yet.
Neotelos_com said:
If you used the unrevoked, no it wont.
There is no fix for 4g from unrevoked yet.
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I used the toast method. And if i'm not mistaken I should flash roms w/o the 1.47.651.1 OTA update after downgrading right?
Nope, I try this method and it is not working. Some how the new OTA encrypted a code that any lower version will not over write it.
You don't have root access to even copy/paste or push the files to /data. I tried this and got a permission denied error message.
How do you input adb shell into Vista, I clicked "start", "run" and type "cmd" it bring up C:\users\XXXXX\ cd c:\android hit "enter"
then I type
c:\android>adb remount
Access is denied
Please advise what I did wrong. thanks
It worked for me... you have to make sure that when you enter the su command in adb to look at your phone. There should be a super user permission box that pops up. Accept it and youll be able to adb. It went fine for me after that.
urcboss07 said:
How do you input adb shell into Vista, I clicked "start", "run" and type "cmd" it bring up C:\users\XXXXX\ cd c:\android hit "enter"
then I type
c:\android>adb remount
Access is denied
Please advise what I did wrong. thanks
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1) Put your phone on USB Debug
2) On your Phone make sure the Ninja(SuperUserPermission) is set to prompt you when you have a request.
3) go to your PC and type in adb shell
4) type in SU
5) Once do you that you will see a prompt from the Ninja asking for a request. Allow for it. And it will remember from that point forward.
6) Look at your cmd prompt screen for a # - if you have it you have full access.
Then so what commands you have been given to do.
It can also be done from the Android Terminal Emulator but some might not like working with a smaller screen I like it myself. Makes me feel geeky
mrmomoman said:
1) Put your phone on USB Debug
2) On your Phone make sure the Ninja(SuperUserPermission) is set to prompt you when you have a request.
3) go to your PC and type in adb shell
4) type in SU
5) Once do you that you will see a prompt from the Ninja asking for a request. Allow for it. And it will remember from that point forward.
6) Look at your cmd prompt screen for a # - if you have it you have full access.
Then so what commands you have been given to do.
It can also be done from the Android Terminal Emulator but some might not like working with a smaller screen I like it myself. Makes me feel geeky
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This would only work if after the messup your still has root access. Some people have root and the "SU" will work but for the people w/o root will get access denied.
also
From above (I hate quoting) have you tried going to your tools folder inside your android folder and from there try your adb commands?
If you applied the OTA sent from Sprint, you lost root access. There will be no Ninja in the programs folder, because it was a new rom that the was flashed with the OTA. Root access has been closed for those that downloaded the update. If you try and type su, you will get permission denied.
Those of you that still have the root and superuser rights, DON'T DOWNLOAD THE OTA!! You are in a better position then the rest of us. I wanted the good battery life, so that's why I did it.
THanks to TEAMWIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UPDATE to UPDATE- advanced users only that can understand my instructions please. I tried to make it newb friendly but this takes alot more time than I ever imagined ... (PROPS to ALL DEVS and POSTERS taking the time to share with us that which they spent hours testing!!!!)
so,
also download build.prop
place it in /data/bin
chown to root.root
chmod to 644
you only have to do this once, of course
Now reboot and run (updated and attached here at same time as the build.prop; so if you don't have the build.prop, you need to redownload daddy'stemproot.bat s it has been updated) daddy'stemproot.bat from wherever you downloaded it to.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7393616/build.prop
good luck!
UPDATE:
Just wanted to upload what I have been using since the original instructions are out of date.
have tested the following Windows script for 2 days without rebooting and retain full functionality on all root apps.
Instructions:
instead of doing copy/paste, once you have put fre3vo,su,busybox,and sqlite3 into /data/bin and set permisions/ownership, as per original instructions below,
if you have been using another script, just move everything to /data/bin and set permissions/ownership as per below;
and after every reboot, (or after doing the set-up for the first time users)
simply run this script:
(personally, after plugging my phone into my PC, and opening a command prompt, I always do "adb reboot"
then wait until the soft keys at bottom of screen light up (this means the phone is finishing all start up processes but for all extents and purposes the phone has booted) and then double click the file below. the command prompt will open and close itself, when closed, you are good to go until reboot)
Download and save this .bat to anywhere you want and run from anywhere you wish(mine is on my desktop for easy access):
LATEST VERSION Directly below:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7393616/daddy%27stemproot.bat
ORIGINAL Instructions:
Just wanted to give back so I will share how I have been getting functional su for on phone term apk and visible /data on root explorer and Superuser prompts for every root app (just because you allow at the prompt and Superuser allows an apk, doesn't mean it will alwasy work; if you open SetCpu more then once a boot it stops working. Bloatware Remover, though given root priveledges, doesn't work, I think becasue when trying to mount system, the apk uses the wrong partition in its script. etc.)
anyways
first get fre3vo, then the latest versions of su, busybox, sqlite3.
via shell from PC:
cd (directory where your 4 files are located)
push above files to /data/local/tmp (follow instructions in other threads)
get temp root via fre3vo
now with temp root do :
adb remount
adb shell mount -oremount,suid /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 /data
adb shell mkdir /data/bin
adb shell chown root.shell /data/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /data/bin
adb push (all 4 files, one at a time, to /data/bin)
adb shell chown root.shell /data/bin/su
adb shell chown root.shell /data/bin/busybox
adb shell chown root.shell /data/bin/sqlite3
adb shell chmod 6555 /data/bin/su
adb shell chmod 4555 /data/bin/busybox
adb shell chmod 755 /data/bin/sqlite3
adb shell chmod 755 /data/bin/fre3vo
now, set up is done, you don't have to do any of that again (unless you mesed up of course)
copy and paste the following lines into shell on PC and viola!
adb shell /data/bin/fre3vo
adb wait-for-device
adb remount
adb shell mount -o remount,suid /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 /data
adb shell ln -s /data/bin/su /system/xbin/su
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
adb shell ln -s /data/bin/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
adb shell ln -s /data/bin/sqlite /system/xbin/sqlite
adb shell mkdir /system/xbin/bb
adb shell /data/bin/busybox install /system/xbin/busybox /system/xbin/bb/
adb shell sync
So, everytime you reboot,
open a shell on your PC and copy and paste, and then you are free to live with root, until you reboot, and of course with limitations; but I personally can live with this until Fre3dom is complete.
Take your time boys(TEAMWIN) we love you!!!!
hope this helps somebody. I don't have much bandwith to check back to answer questions, but I am confident if any arise, that the community will step up as always. enjoy your root apps
Can somebody please explain to me what he means by latest version of su, busybox, and sqlite3? Apk or like files if anybody would be kind enough to post a zip file of all three?
xSunny said:
Can somebody please explain to me what he means by latest version of su, busybox, and sqlite3? Apk or like files if anybody would be kind enough to post a zip file of all three?
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You can pull them files out of any rooted android phone.......
Why doesnt the OP just create a script and have it run with one click from the phone??
Thanks..
Sent from my HTC Sensation Z710e using XDA App
Mikey1022 said:
You can pull them files out of any rooted android phone.......
Why doesnt the OP just create a script and have it run with one click from the phone??
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Commands to pull please?
xSunny said:
Commands to pull please?
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Try the "Search" command here, if that fails hit Alt+f4.
KillaHurtz said:
Try the "Search" command here, if that fails hit Alt+f4.
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How about you stop being a prick and answer the question if u dont want to answer then stop running your mouth like a little 2 years begging your mommie for ice cream.. Thank you.. Maybe you should hold the Alt+F4 button =] And dont come attacking me again please..
xSunny said:
How about you stop being a prick and answer the question if u dont want to answer then stop running your mouth like a little 2 years begging your mommie for ice cream.. Thank you.. Maybe you should hold the Alt+F4 button =] And dont come attacking me again please..
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Wow your general lack of knowledge despite having a long list of devices is disturbing and sad. I guess referring you to the best, and most timely manner to find an answer is an attack ? LOL
xSunny said:
Commands to pull please?
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adb pull /sdcard/yourfile /whereveryouwantit
or setup an FTP server on your phone (https://market.android.com/details?id=org.swiftp) and download what you're looking for through that.
xSunny said:
How about you stop being a prick and answer the question if u dont want to answer then stop running your mouth like a little 2 years begging your mommie for ice cream.. Thank you.. Maybe you should hold the Alt+F4 button =] And dont come attacking me again please..
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KillaHurtz said:
Wow your general lack of knowledge despite having a long list of devices is disturbing and sad. I guess referring you to the best, and most timely manner to find an answer is an attack ? LOL
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What is it with this forum??!??!?! I used to have a HD2 and the forum there was awesome! So many helpful and friendly people creating a productive and welcoming community! But here in the Sensation forum every second thread is full of people *****ing at each other and behaving like children! What the hell is wrong with you guys???
KillaHurtz said:
Wow your general lack of knowledge despite having a long list of devices is disturbing and sad. I guess referring you to the best, and most timely manner to find an answer is an attack ? LOL
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Lmao.. Thats all im going to say to end this conversation anyways thanks for posting the commands to pull via adb
How do you push more than one file at a time?
adb push (all 4 files, one at a time, to /data/bin)
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Thanks
Thanks Daddyroot ! the commands have really worked for me. Now I have a sensation with Temp root till I restart. All other scripts in the forum was not helping me.
Best solution I found so far. Not losing root till reboot anymore.
A++ would install again
Really glad to be able to give back to the community.
I wish I had more time when I posted this to check back and reply but I'm a single parent and time is short. After playing for a couple hours and finally seeing and being able to edit the /data folder, I knew it would be with it to make the time if I could help just one person to not waste the time figuring out what I could share. Nothing quite like the feeling you get on an unrooted phone when you first see the superuser prompt to allow or deny!!!
Thank you all who hit the thanks button!
And God bless TEAMWIN and (insert your favorite dev here)!!!
I will try to check back at least once a day...
Wisefire said:
How do you push more than one file at a time?
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You don't... that's why he said "ONE, at a time"...
Silly HTC. THIS EXPLOIT MAY NOT LAST FOREVER. ATT COULD KILL THIS. DO IT NOW.
Warning: If something goes wrong, whatever you do, do NOT install the update that this process finds. If you DO, you will be stuck on 2.20 with no chance for root (currently)
What you need:
HOX on ATT 1.85
su binary from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/don'tusemeimabadsubinary
EDIT: The su binary above has issues. Use this one instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9060692/su
Make sure HTC sync is NOT RUNNING (down in system tray)
Make sure phone is set to "charge only" and usb debugging is enabled!
Put su in same directory as ADB. Get to adb command prompt and cd into that directory
NEW - pull sim card
NEW - do factory reset
NEW - when reset is complete, do not replace sim, do NOT connect to wifi. Go through setup, go to settings, enable USB debugging. When that's done:
adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
adb reboot
After the device reboots:
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
(If you get file doesn't exist after the FIRST command don't worry - they may not be there)
Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update. It will tell you you need to connect to network. Now, replace the SIM OR connect to wifi. Have it check for software update again. When it's done, do NOT click "yes" or "ok" on the phone. Simply:
adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop
IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over. If you get file info, you're golden. Proceed....
adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"
Now it's time to reboot
adb reboot
After phones reboots
adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb reboot
Congrats, you have root. Install supersu and busybox installer from the market (or Play store).
If you pledged a bounty in the bounty thread, note the instructions here:
Please pay bounty to make a wish foundation
http://www.wish.org/help/donate
Please choose the "Make a Wish Foundation of America" (don't select a chapter). You can use Paypal as well.
Special thanks to designgears as well for being my tester and also writing the one click. He has several hours of work in this project as well. Consider a donation to him, too - http://rootzwiki.com/store
ADDED: Please let me know if this works for you!
ADDED: If you already pushed the wrong binary it's easiest just to start over with the correct binary.
SWEEEEEEEEEEET!
You have just made a lot of people. SCC/FGFD
where do we get the su binary. I have a supersu zip to gain root after unlock
Great job guys!!!
Do terminal apps need root to run? Can I do this with terminal and avoid ADB?
I got "no updates found" and permission denied...
-rw------- system system 1196598 2012-05-25 12:36 local.prop
beaups you are the ****ing best!!!
AWESOME. Thank you so much!
Where do we get su binary?
I'm thinking maybe from a rooted phone? I have a rooted HTC Inspire.
shgadwa said:
AWESOME. Thank you so much!
Where do we get su binary?
I'm thinking maybe from a rooted phone? I have a rooted HTC Inspire.
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I added the link to op
shgadwa said:
AWESOME. Thank you so much!
Where do we get su binary?
I'm thinking maybe from a rooted phone? I have a rooted HTC Inspire.
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It's in the op
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2nd line after adb shell i get no device found. USB debugging is enabled.
Very awesome. Hard work and dedication finally paid off. Thanks to who all that contributed to this.
Omg. Awesome. Who discovered this exploit?
My brother, give us your PayPal so we can donate. This is awesome.
Anyway to put the setting up of ADB in lamens terms for some of us that aren't familiar? I am ok with the commands, I just don't know how to get ADB to command prompt and where to place the files.
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gunnyman said:
Omg. Awesome. Who discovered this exploit?
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beaups and dg
I updated to op to fix a wrong instruction.
when I put in the first line it says device not found. It's weird I can boot into boot into bootloader and everything but can't do that line
gunnyman said:
Omg. Awesome. Who discovered this exploit?
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Once we get a few success stories I'll be claiming bounty (charity).
OMG GOOD JOB!!!! Im already rooted but im proud of you guys!!! GOOD JOB!! Hopefully Me and a Simonsimons will be releasing S=OFF SOON! fingers crossed
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when I put in the first line it says device not found.
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Try again, updated instructions.
Root for ZTE z990g aka ZTE Merit
by jcase - [email protected] - http://twitter.com/TeamAndIRC
June 16 2012 - Copyright 2012 CunningLogic
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Required files:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8699733/chainsdd-su.zip
Unzip chaindsdd-su.zip and then get a shell with adb
Code:
adb shell
Set up the dirs, so shell owns them prior to logging. If shell does not own them then we can not control them. If the logs dir already exists, you may have to do a factory reset to remove them. They should not exist unless someone attempted this previously.
Code:
mkdir /data/local/logs
mkdir /data/local/logs/kernel
Open emode's logset activity. First button should be for enabling log set, enable it. Do not exit the activity, but if you do just repeat the below command.
Code:
am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.zte.emode/.logset
Confirm the log_kernel.txt file exists, if it does not wait a minute and check again.
Code:
ls -l /data/local/logs/kernel/log_kernel.txt
If it exists, delete it and immediately symlink it to /data/local.prop, logset may recreate it, if it does delete and try symlinking again.
Code:
rm /data/local/logs/kernel/log_kernel.txt
ln -s /data/local.prop /data/local/logs/kernel/log_kernel.txt
Now we want to wait for /data/local.prop to be created, it may take a minute or two. Keep checking until it exists.
Code:
ls -l /data/local.prop
Now once /data/local.prop exists, go back to the logset activity and disable logset. If you don't disable it, it will slowly eat away at all the disk space, and possibly overwrite the local.prop before you get root. Now lets set qemu=1 then reboot.
Code:
echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop
exit
adb reboot
Once you have rebooted, remount, install su.
Code:
adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
Clean up your mess!
Code:
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb shell rm -r /data/local/logs
Reboot, install the Superuser app from the market and enjoy
Code:
adb reboot
Might Not Work As Expected
I just tried this procedure from JCase at the RootzWiki dot com site with mixed results. The phone is a ZTE Merit Z990G from Straight Talk.
I went through all the steps and everything performed as expected. When I start start an app that requires superuser permissions, the app reports that the device has not been properly rooted. I have repeated the process as outlined four times, including downloading the SU file, and have the same results. Titanium Plus, Busy Box Pro and Root Check Basic report that the device is not rooted.
However, a couple of the Google apps - music, movies and reader seem to think the phone is rooted. Any ideas or suggestions will be very appreciated.
bitshifter52 said:
I just tried this procedure from JCase at the RootzWiki dot com site with mixed results. The phone is a ZTE Merit Z990G from Straight Talk.
I went through all the steps and everything performed as expected. When I start start an app that requires superuser permissions, the app reports that the device has not been properly rooted. I have repeated the process as outlined four times, including downloading the SU file, and have the same results. Titanium Plus, Busy Box Pro and Root Check Basic report that the device is not rooted.
However, a couple of the Google apps - music, movies and reader seem to think the phone is rooted. Any ideas or suggestions will be very appreciated.
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Sounds like band permissions on su, try
adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/su
if the permissions come out as "-rwsr-sr-x" then you are rooted, try updating su with the suepruser app, or finding a different copy of su.
If the permissions are different or it says it doesnt exist, then you need to repeat the instructions as you missed one or two
jcase said:
Sounds like band permissions on su, try
adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/su
if the permissions come out as "-rwsr-sr-x" then you are rooted, try updating su with the suepruser app, or finding a different copy of su.
If the permissions are different or it says it doesnt exist, then you need to repeat the instructions as you missed one or two
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Thank you for the fast response. Here are the permissions for the SU file and based on what you are saying they look good:
C:\SDK>adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 22364 2012-06-17 12:47 su
I have located and downloaded a couple of "su" files from XDA and similar sites and the files are identical. I will continue searching for a different "su" file and see if that makes a difference.
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bitshifter52 said:
Thank you for the fast response. Here are the permissions for the SU file and based on what you are saying they look good:
C:\SDK>adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 22364 2012-06-17 12:47 su
I have located and downloaded a couple of "su" files from XDA and similar sites and the files are identical. I will continue searching for a different "su" file and see if that makes a difference.
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I looked around and did not find any "su" files that were different than what I downloaded according to the root process. Just for grins I copied the "su" file from my Noot Tablet which is rooted and tried that file. Sadly, it did not make a difference.
Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide or if you would like me to try something else.
What happens when you open the Superuser app (note this is not supersu) and go to settings/options and attempt to update su?
bitshifter52 said:
Thank you for the fast response. Here are the permissions for the SU file and based on what you are saying they look good:
C:\SDK>adb shell ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 22364 2012-06-17 12:47 su
I have located and downloaded a couple of "su" files from XDA and similar sites and the files are identical. I will continue searching for a different "su" file and see if that makes a difference.
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I looked around and did not find any "su" files that were different than what I downloaded according to the root process. Just for grins I copied the "su" file from my Noot Tablet which is rooted and tried that file. Sadly, it did not make a difference.
Please let me know if there is any other information I can provide or if you would like me to try something else.
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It Worked - But Don't Know Why...
jcase said:
What happens when you open the Superuser app (note this is not supersu) and go to settings/options and attempt to update su?
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I re-installed Superuser and Superuser Elite and now the phone says it's rooted. I've been in IT for over 35 years and it makes me nervous when software "magically" fixes itself. But now that it's working I won't question it and proceed from here. I appreciate your help and your effort.
Cheers
bitshifter52 said:
I re-installed Superuser and Superuser Elite and now the phone says it's rooted. I've been in IT for over 35 years and it makes me nervous when software "magically" fixes itself. But now that it's working I won't question it and proceed from here. I appreciate your help and your effort.
Cheers
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Generally you have to run superuser once to get it to work I've found, at least recent builds (or maybe its recent android builds)
Problem.
Hello, i have followed this entirely but at parts it says "Access denied" when im on certain parts when i tryed to check if the Kernel log was there it said "access denied" same with some folders.
root or no root
followed steps, ended up with this...
$ ls -l /system/xbin/su
ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rw-rw-rw- root root 22364 2012-07-15 09:25 su
the superuser app shows all blank under apps and logs, when i try to update it, it says "checking" for a few secs and then nothing... also wondering how to do a factory reset cuz if i didn't screw the phone up yet, i will thx in advance
Has you can see I'm new here. I'm old and retired I would love to root my ZTE Merit 2.3.5 but this is over my head.
I was wondering if there's any accomplished phone rooters in the NC area that would be willing to walk me through this or do this for me
I'd be more than willing to make a donation to make this happen,
custom recovery
I was wondering if someone would make q custom recovery for this phone because the stock recovery is really bad
Not working
I can't even get past step 2, I have the file installed and unzipped on both my computer and my smart phone. The only thing I can find to put in the codes is command prompt which says "error: device not found" when I type in adb shell. My ZTE Merit phone has very low internal memory due to all the retarded system apps that came on the phone, I would very much like some assistance removing them from my phone. I also downloaded superuser elite onto my phone and it doesn't show up with ANYTHING. The first page says
superuse v3.1.3(46)
tap to display changelog
elite installed
su binary not found
a check in the box "outdated binary notification
unchecked box, temp unroot (When tapped it does nothing)
unchecked box ota survival (Again when tapped it does nothing)
I scroll over to the apps section of the program and it says "No apps in list"
What am I doing wrong? This lack of space is quite irritating
Worked!
omg I've wanted to root my phone. Thank you thank you! I thought I would brick my phone at first.
SIM Carrier unlock a ZTE Merit Z990G Straight Talk
I'm currently a T mobile prepaid customer and received the Merit from a friend of mine for doing some painting. I have looked for a month now and had a few unlock websites fail at attempting to unlock the phone via the IMEI (which the phone does have ). I have attempted to put my tmobile sim in the Merit but there is NO place to enter an unlock code. I really DONT wanna change my service to straight talk and would be willing to pay a decent amount to anyone that is capable of unlocking this phone for use with tmobile. If you think you have what it takes PM me and i will give you the IMEI and we can work out a deal. I challenge ANYONE achieve the impossible and get me the unlock code and a way to input it into the phone.
Cannot get local.prop
I have waited 20 minutes after trying to create the local.prop file and it simply won't create it. Any suggestions?
Can't get SU to upload
Hey I'm new to rooting android. I get to the point of installing SU but windows keeps telling me file not found. Would really like some help in fixing this issue. I have installed SU file to C:\Android\android-sdk\SU. Up to this point everything works fine.
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
Any help would be really appreciated.
Thnks
Help getting Started
Hey Anyone and everyone that may be online, I have a real quick and probably REALLY EASY question for ya... I'm trying to get started Rooting my ZTE Merit and I need to find out how to get to or where to find the screen where I type in the commands. I already downloaded the chainsdd zip file. So now I'm supposed to get shell with adb. If someone would be so kind and put me in the right general direction, I sure would
be grateful.
Thanks in advance,
Jason
Not a Damn thing...
Rather sad....I have everything going as it should....all input correct...still no root after final reboot...I followed every step to a T several times -rw-rw-rw- grrr...ive rooted many devices none this big of a pain in tha butt!
Used updated su binary on root just for fun...same result
Help plz!
im a noob to this but have been messing around with ubuntu for some time now can someone show me step by step on how to root my zte merit plz? is there a video tut on how? i tried all the quick methods but they don't work, this one obviously does on this page, can someone help start me out plz, im learning still and love to learn more!
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Univarseman said:
I can't even get past step 2, I have the file installed and unzipped on both my computer and my smart phone. The only thing I can find to put in the codes is command prompt which says "error: device not found" when I type in adb shell. My ZTE Merit phone has very low internal memory due to all the retarded system apps that came on the phone, I would very much like some assistance removing them from my phone. I also downloaded superuser elite onto my phone and it doesn't show up with ANYTHING. The first page says
superuse v3.1.3(46)
tap to display changelog
elite installed
su binary not found
a check in the box "outdated binary notification
unchecked box, temp unroot (When tapped it does nothing)
unchecked box ota survival (Again when tapped it does nothing)
I scroll over to the apps section of the program and it says "No apps in list"
What am I doing wrong? This lack of space is quite irritating
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help me, whats the first step then i can get the gearz in motion, i have not a clue on how to start this but if i do i can usually figure it out from them sometimes
Start menu
jjflappy said:
Hey Anyone and everyone that may be online, I have a real quick and probably REALLY EASY question for ya... I'm trying to get started Rooting my ZTE Merit and I need to find out how to get to or where to find the screen where I type in the commands. I already downloaded the chainsdd zip file. So now I'm supposed to get shell with adb. If someone would be so kind and put me in the right general direction, I sure would
be grateful.
Thanks in advance,
Jason
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Start menu then type CMD hit enter
Hey guys. I just got my HOX and have been trying to root it. The software update keeps popping up and I keep refusing, so no worries there. I've got 1.85 right now and have been attempting the methods found here and here, but they just aren't working. I'd prefer to use the manual method. Someone willing to help a guy get started with all this would be the greatest person ever, just saying!
blinkbomber said:
Hey guys. I just got my HOX and have been trying to root it. The software update keeps popping up and I keep refusing, so no worries there. I've got 1.85 right now and have been attempting the methods found here and here, but they just aren't working. I'd prefer to use the manual method. Someone willing to help a guy get started with all this would be the greatest person ever, just saying!
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check pm
beaups said:
check pm
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Could you help me too X( ? I got my HOX last night at 8pm; I traded my rooted S2 Skyrocket for it.
Been looking for the past day through forums and google. It's so different from Samsung's phones, but a nice change indeed.
I'm on 1.85 and tried those two methods also. I'm not very familiar with ADB. From reading all night and this morning, I believe I root, unlock bootloader, flash recovery, flash custom roms?
smartnphone said:
Could you help me too X( ? I got my HOX last night at 8pm; I traded my rooted S2 Skyrocket for it.
Been looking for the past day through forums and google. It's so different from Samsung's phones, but a nice change indeed.
I'm on 1.85 and tried those two methods also. I'm not very familiar with ADB. From reading all night and this morning, I believe I root, unlock bootloader, flash recovery, flash custom roms?
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Follow the instructions in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30741993
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
abhipati said:
Follow the instructions in this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30741993
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
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Thanks. I used this for ADB http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
I remember using it for my S2, but I don't quite understand the directions for the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296 method. Could you dumb it down for this HOX noob?
smartnphone said:
Thanks. I used this for ADB http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
I remember using it for my S2, but I don't quite understand the directions for the http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296 method. Could you dumb it down for this HOX noob?
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I'll try to help! all of the following is my interpretation of the rooting method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296
What you need:
HOX on ATT 1.85
su binary from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/don'tusemeimabadsubinary
EDIT: The su binary above has issues. Use this one instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9060692/su
Make sure HTC sync is NOT RUNNING (down in system tray)
Make sure phone is set to "charge only" and usb debugging is enabled!
Download correct su file (assuming you don't have a problem with this step )
Put su in same directory as ADB. Get to adb command prompt and cd into that directory
Quote from Butters619: cd means change directory. It is a windows command prompt command. So you would type "cd C:\adb" if that was where your adb folder was. Folder and directory can be used interchangeably, although directory is more "correct". We only say folder because GUIs use folders to represent directories.
NEW - pull sim card
NEW - do factory reset
NEW - when reset is complete, do not replace sim, do NOT connect to wifi. Go through setup, go to settings, enable USB debugging. When that's done:
Enter these commands in adb:
adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
(If you get file doesn't exist after the FIRST command don't worry - they may not be there)
Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update. It will tell you you need to connect to network. Now, replace the SIM OR connect to wifi. Have it check for software update again. When it's done, do NOT click "yes" or "ok" on the phone. Simply:
Enter these commands in adb:
adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop
IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over. If you get file info, you're golden. Proceed...
Enter these commands into adb:
adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"
Reboot via adb by entering this command: adb reboot
After phones reboots
Enter these commands in adb:
adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb reboot
You should be rooted.
A cool username said:
I'll try to help! all of the following is my interpretation of the rooting method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1709296
What you need:
HOX on ATT 1.85
su binary from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/don'tusemeimabadsubinary
EDIT: The su binary above has issues. Use this one instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9060692/su
Make sure HTC sync is NOT RUNNING (down in system tray)
Make sure phone is set to "charge only" and usb debugging is enabled!
Download correct su file (assuming you don't have a problem with this step )
Put su in same directory as ADB. Get to adb command prompt and cd into that directory
Quote from Butters619: cd means change directory. It is a windows command prompt command. So you would type "cd C:\adb" if that was where your adb folder was. Folder and directory can be used interchangeably, although directory is more "correct". We only say folder because GUIs use folders to represent directories.
NEW - pull sim card
NEW - do factory reset
NEW - when reset is complete, do not replace sim, do NOT connect to wifi. Go through setup, go to settings, enable USB debugging. When that's done:
Enter these commands in adb:
adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
(If you get file doesn't exist after the FIRST command don't worry - they may not be there)
Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update. It will tell you you need to connect to network. Now, replace the SIM OR connect to wifi. Have it check for software update again. When it's done, do NOT click "yes" or "ok" on the phone. Simply:
Enter these commands in adb:
adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop
IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over. If you get file info, you're golden. Proceed...
Enter these commands into adb:
adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"
Reboot via adb by entering this command: adb reboot
After phones reboots
Enter these commands in adb:
adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb reboot
You should be rooted.
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Thanks. Yeah i've been trying it alld ay but it can't find where my SU is. it's in the same location as the ADB stuff i believe C:\android-sdk-windows. Seem like some of the senior members are willing to go through teamviewer to help the ones who can't do it. I'll try asking them :/
Sorry I couldn't be of any help, but please let me know if/how you get this to work just in case this happens to me when I get my one x.
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blinkbomber said:
Hey guys. I just got my HOX and have been trying to root it. The software update keeps popping up and I keep refusing, so no worries there. I've got 1.85 right now and have been attempting the methods found here and here, but they just aren't working. I'd prefer to use the manual method. Someone willing to help a guy get started with all this would be the greatest person ever, just saying!
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I wonder if the one who actually started this thread got his/her phone to work...???
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Someone think they can help me root the phone? I'm on 1.85 and I believe I finally got adb to recognize my device but after that I don't think I'm doing it right
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