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Evo Shift/HTC Speedy

Any idea when a sub forum will be created for this device?
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I was just searching for this as well.

I am interested in knowing this information as well. I am interested in buying the phone but I want to see if any developers plan on supporting it.

Ditto
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In the meantime, I tried running `rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin` that seems to be common between a few phones- Droid2, Optimus S, probably others.
It runs but does not give root- the shell disconnects as normal but the phone will no longer show up as a device from 'adb device' or 'adb shell' until you reboot it.
Edit: z4root does work to root it. Install Superuser, run z4root, it will say it rooted while it didn't really work. Run it again and Superuser will ask for root perms. Permanent root function in z4root does not work.

I sure am hoping they create one. I tweeted them also about adding a Shift 4G sub forum but no one replied as of yet.

Yes please. I'm excited to see what kind of a developer community this phone gets.

Ditto, also. As the proud new owner of a Shift I turn to XDA to help me void my warranty
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also interested in this ^_^

I agree.
Please create a Evo Shift 4G forum.
Thanks.

One of you pull system for me with adb.
Code:
adb pull /system /system
Zip the folder at C:/path-to-sdk/tools/ named system, and upload it and post it in this thread and I'll start working on some custom roms. Picking up this phone when I get the money from donations.

I will do it right now if no one has it up before I get done

http://www.digglesworth.net/evoshift/system.7z
There is the system dump from my phone. I hope this helps out.

Z4root wouldn't work for me. It just acts like its loading.
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Z4root worked before but now it starts and then the phone restarts and runs really slowly until I do a battery pull.
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I had that happen the last time I ran it (two nights ago?). I think this was after I told z4root to attempt to permanently root it. I haven't run it since and all has been fine.

Advocating this device....
Every time I try to .sh the ratc file I get permission denied. Have already chmod 0755 both root and ratc. Can we also throw a sh file in data/temp, chmod, then run it from there? Maybe?
Ill try it and try pushing busybox to temp when I get home
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bubby323 said:
..... Picking up this phone...:
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very good news to read

I've created three new threads in the XDA general section in an attempt to streamline all Evo Shift discussions.
Root and Development
Issues
General Discussion

Noob with,questions

I have a samsung continuum with dl17 and I want to root it and gain super user acess but I do not have a computer can some one figure out how to manually do this via android terminal and post the command lines here so I can copy them and enter them I have tried some guides I must be doing something wrong none of it works I get errors like cp not found and cannot chmod file not found
Thanks

Try z4root. Click it for more info on it... thread is kinda old, but I still think it works for your phone even know its not posted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953

does z4root also work on HTC devices?

It does not work with baseband dl17 which is what my phone is I cannot use z4root

I think you have to use adb. But try http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/wiki/index.php/Samsung_Continuum under "IF ALL ELSE FAILS" inside the terminal.

I dont have a pc is there anyway without ?

I know. Have you tried entering those commands in the terminal tho? But have to edit them a little. Do you know how to use Linux commands ( cp, chmod, ls, cd, ./, etc)?
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No ill give it a shot thanks
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Can some one explain linux commands in terminal emulater im noob im usung unrooted continuum trying to root
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I'll post the commands later tonight
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Ok what do I need to download aswell
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Can't seem to get perm root access only temp

I downgraded & installed the PC10IMG.zip, I can gan temp root by running adb shell from my pc & using the command that ends in FFFFFFFF,after this I get # promt and the commands in the guides give me an error message, I DL ROM Manger from the Market & it gives me an error message on startup no Su in X/Bin, you don't have root access, I need to know what to do after gaining temp root to make it permanent I DL every zip & img files in the XDA forums but can't get passed this,THX any help will do tried to do it on my own like over 100 times THX again
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LORD2NYC said:
I downgraded & installed the PC10IMG.zip, I can gan temp root by running adb shell from my pc & using the command that ends in FFFFFFFF,after this I get # promt and the commands in the guides give me an error message, I DL ROM Manger from the Market & it gives me an error message on startup no Su in X/Bin, you don't have root access, I need to know what to do after gaining temp root to make it permanent I DL every zip & img files in the XDA forums but can't get passed this,THX any help will do tried to do it on my own like over 100 times THX again
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[Q] Need 'su' to be root?

It seems a few application detect that the phone is rooted with the presence of su. Can someone be root on a device, using one of the available exploit, without having to push and use 'su'?

You need SU to do anything in root. May want to read the what is root threads, they are really informative and even may surprise you with some info you hadn't come across yet
MoPhoACTV Initiative

Actually one can have root access with out the superuser.apk there's a thread on the g2x section about it, it's in the app and theme section. I reccomed that one fully understanding the implications of not having SU before they remove it though.
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How to copy to /system/ folder?

Hi there, I'm very new to all this android stuff, but i'm currently trying to get a sim unlock code for my one s. For this I'll need to copy a file to /system/ but Android Commander has so far told me I need root access (which i thought i had) and ES File Explorer has just said copy failed. Any help would be appreciated greatly

There is an option you may need to enable that will allow read/write access in es file explorer. Also, your SU program should request SU rights if it hasn't already.
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lampel said:
There is an option you may need to enable that will allow read/write access in es file explorer. Also, your SU program should request SU rights if it hasn't already.
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I suspect it is to do with a 'soft root' issue, or so I keep seeing. Now I'm trying to use SuperOneClick but it just hangs at step#7, ive been having a lot of issues with the device being recognised in things such as HTC Sync.

I guess a better question to ask would be, is there another method to root i can use to get full access?

I'm not sure which tool you're using but sometimes connection issues are because usb debugging is not enabled. Did you get as far as flashing a custom recovery?
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jasonc2345 said:
I guess a better question to ask would be, is there another method to root i can use to get full access?
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You need to unlock bootloader, install custom recovery, flash SU and SU script.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24478083