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[SOLVED] (Sort of)[APP ?] EasyTether on Ubuntu 10.04 x64

See post 2!
Has anyone gotten this working? I emailed the developers and they sent me the drivers with instructions but the drivers are 32-bit (i386). The instructions are: Unsip to desired folder (in this case my home folder), in folder where unzipped
Code:
./sudo easytether connect
, then
Code:
sudo dhclient easytether0
. When I type the first command, I get
Code:
sudo ./easytether: command not found
I would really like some help with this. Thanks.
Edit: Btw, I have the correct libs and tried to --force architecture and nothing seems to work.

Google is my best friend... well, after my wife of course!
I found this: http://www.humans-enabled.com/2009/12/how-to-tether-your-verizon-droid-as.html
I downloaded and ran the python script and it's working great! Using it right now!
Best part of this is no root required!
Mods, this installs an app to the phone called azilink which can be found here. Also, if this has been posted elsewhere please feel free to move/remove/merge, however I posted this as more of a method to tether with Ubuntu. Thank you!

[ubuntu Q] Any way to root using Ubuntu?

is there a way to use ubuntu to root the epic? I have ubuntu and I want to root my epic but I can't figure out how to use the one-click method because I can't really use the drivers. I was trying to use the terminal with adb but I don't really know what I am doing.

linux doesnt need drivers i made a one click script for linux ill see if i cant find it
http://www.mediafire.com/?hk59z8j5dve6tgf
download that and run the clickhere.sh it should root you just fine, you may need to make the script and adb executable

You can try following along the run.bat script included in the one click root. I did not need to install any drivers to root using Ubuntu, but I did download the Linux version of the android sdk (from Google) just in case (instead of using the adb included in the one-click-root download.
If you have your android-sdk-linux_x86 directory in ~/Downloads/, and you extracted the one.click.root file into ~/Downloads/ as well, here's what you could do:
cd ~/Downloads/one.click.root
(Now you're in the location of the one click root files.)
Next, type each line of the run.bat file manually. Any time you see "adb" replace it with:
sudo ../android-sdk-linux_x86/tools/adb (command)
You'll need to adapt a bit to your situation, but because most of the adb commands are native to adb and run on the phone, they should work verbatim on your Ubuntu system.
Didn't someone put out a Linux one click root, though?
EDIT: Yes, shabbypenguin did. Looks like he posted it above me before I finished typing my post. Whoops.

Complete Big edit....
I thought I bricked my phone but I didn't. I ended up getting the permanent root. I used this guide http://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/adb-root-exploit-test/
Is there anything special I am missing? like busybox? or remount scripts? not sure what either of those are.

remount allows your system to have rw access with a simple command, busybox.. think of it as an extended shell
the zip i included in my post is based off noobnl's latest version and works fine with linux. i made it while using ubuntu

shabbypenguin said:
linux doesnt need drivers i made a one click script for linux ill see if i cant find it
[snip]
download that and run the clickhere.sh it should root you just fine, you may need to make the script and adb executable
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Thank you so much for this! ... "You have no chance to survive make your time" means I'm rooted?

i made version 2, its in my sig, will root and install clockwork mod 2.5.1.0

[Tool][Guide]Linux tools

I. How to root Defy via Linux!
A simple script for rooting Defy from Linux. I use SuperOneClick 1.9.1 files in my script, and I rooting succesfully my device from Ubuntu 11.04.
It does not install "bussybox" and "Android Terminal", just "su" and "Superuser.apk".
I hope it will work for someone else too.
Using:
0. install usb grants on your computer (see adb install method)
1. unzip file
2. run RootDefy.sh
3. after succesfully install, reboot phone (./adblinux reboot)
Download:
(version 0.2) download
Changelogs:
Code:
[B]02.06.2011:[/B] Version 0.2
- Added header to script
[B]13.05.2011:[/B] Version 0.1
- correct Defy device number
- correct /system filesystem type and path
[B]12.05.2011:[/B] First release
II. How to flash a SBF via Linux!
0. charge your phone 100%!
1. download and extract your sbf file: download
2. download sbf_flash file (same directory): download, or see the editor blog
3. chmod +x sbf_flash
4. sudo ./sbf_flash xxxxxx.sbf
Now your phone should start flashing, and phone will reboot when finish it.
III. How to unroot Defy via Linux!
Go to this topic: link

Nice, will try this =)

nice work!
I have been looking for it
Thx.

Great. I'm under linux too, each time I root a rom I launched a script from sdcard. For next time I'll test your script.
Fyi, I flash rom under linux too. I use 'sbf_flash', that works very well!
( but unsuccessfull under mac )
Now I'm looking for deodex script. I wrote and test some but still get errors with some apk and jar
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App

rumcajsz said:
I made a simple script for rooting Defy from Linux. I use SuperOneClick 1.9.1 files in my script, and I rooting succesfully my device from Ubuntu 11.04.
It does not install "bussybox" and "Android Terminal", just "su" and "Superuser.apk".
I hope it will work for someone else too.
Using:
0. install usb grants on your computer (see adb install method)
1. unzip file
2. run RootDefy.sh
3. after succesfully install, reboot phone (./adblinux reboot)
Download:
link
(sorry for my bad english)
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I believe that this script will not work for Motorola Defy for the following reasons:
1)on lines 17-19 the script checks if there are any udev rules matching a Samsung device (for Samsung devices the idVendor attribute is 04e8, but for Motorola devices, the idVendor attribute is 22b8).
2)on line 53 you are remounting the /system partition specifying that the file system is yaffs2 and the device block is /dev/block/mtdblock0.
On my Defy the file system used is ext3 and the device is /dev/block/mmcblk1p21
I have managed to root my defy a few days ago, from my linux box, using the files used by Sooperonelick (rageagainstthecage, superuser.apk, su and busybox) but considering the facts stated above.
@MisterWB
Fyi, I flash rom under linux too. I use 'sbf_flash', that works very well!
( but unsuccessfull under mac )
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Did you used the last version for sbf_flash? On the original site its stated that the same binary should work on linux and mac

tuxtm said:
I believe that this script will not work for Motorola Defy for the following reasons:
1)on lines 17-19 the script checks if there are any udev rules matching a Samsung device (for Samsung devices the idVendor attribute is 04e8, but for Motorola devices, the idVendor attribute is 22b8).
2)on line 53 you are remounting the /system partition specifying that the file system is yaffs2 and the device block is /dev/block/mtdblock0.
On my Defy the file system used is ext3 and the device is /dev/block/mmcblk1p21
I have managed to root my defy a few days ago, from my linux box, using the files used by Sooperonelick (rageagainstthecage, superuser.apk, su and busybox) but considering the facts stated above.
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Thanks for the advice, I will correct their lines ...

You're welcome.
If you want to make a script that will work on all devices you could parse the /rpoc/mounts file from the device and extract the device that's mounted to /system and the file system used (in this case the udev part would also need to be modified)
Also, did you check if the adb binary you are using doesn't need any other external libraries installed by Android SDK. I'm asking this because in the sooperoneclick zip I downloaded, I saw some dll files which I' guess that are used by the adb windows binary, and I don't know if the linux adb binary doesn't need some external libraries, which should also be included in your zip file.
Good luck

tuxtm said:
@MisterWB
Did you used the last version for sbf_flash? On the original site its stated that the same binary should work on linux and mac
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Yes I use it on mac+linux... but on my mac, at beginning sbf_flash see my phone, but when I want to flash a sbf, sbf_flash freeze on message "waiting for phone" It seems usb behavior varies on mac models.
Anyway, thanks for your reply.
@everyone
This thread could-be a good space to exchange about linux tools.
In this case rumcajsz should change the first post's title, and maintain text, links ...
What do-you think about ? Or do-you prefer a new thread ?

MisterWB said:
Fyi, I flash rom under linux too. I use 'sbf_flash', that works very well!
Sent from my MB525 using XDA App
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where can i download sbf_flash?
thank you.

MisterWB said:
@everyone
This thread could-be a good space to exchange about linux tools.
In this case rumcajsz should change the first post's title, and maintain text, links ...
What do-you think about ? Or do-you prefer a new thread ?
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Great idea, I changed it.
johnw.xda said:
where can i download sbf_flash?
thank you.
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The download link in the first post now.

usb tether
Hi,
thanks for both script, works well for me.
I like: go first to recovery menu (vol donw and power) with usb connected and run the flashing script, perfect...
How do you usb tether with your defy and linux ? (ubuntu)
I use this a lot with my previous phone htc.
I run the french froyo rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1072367), but i did not found the m.stone usbtether app.
Maybe you got a sbf with every things working natively with linux and no blur?
Regards and BRAVO again...

usb tether
Usb tether is ok with proxoid and port fowarding with the defy (see proxoid wiki).
It is not like my old htc as the device is seen by the pc as a network interface (usb0). In this way you got an IP to communicate with your phone (i am using it for vlc remote for example and other app where ip is needed).
When i plug my defy on usb I got 3 menu: motorola pc, windows sync, sd and nothing.
Is there a way to have menu without motorola and windows stuff ? ( sorry for duplicate the question between this form and the french froyo rom one...)
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That option should be related to the Media Portal application. Maybe if you would rename it (by changing the apk extension to something else) would do the trick. I didn't test this so, I can not tell you if it will work or if it won't brick your phone
/LE I have just renamed the MediaPortal.apk and apk for the Media Share (I belive it is HomeSyncWizard.apk)then rebooted the phone, but the "Portal and Tools" and "Windows Media Sync" options are still there.

I have to check what is the difference between HTC and motorola.
Tkx for the try,

added "unroot" to first post

On an aside, superoneclick and sbfdepacker can both be ran with mono
If you running 64bit distro ensure libncurses 32bit is installed

I tried SOC & mono (ubuntu 10.10, 11.04: 32 bit), and it doesn't worked for me.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8699742&postcount=537
Follow the link on there, it will work although the script's here do it just as well anyway, but the sbfdepacker, I can find no equivalent of.

I tried this way...

Hi,
If
i root an froyo offical french rom with this script to backup my stuff
install 2nd-init
upgrade to an GingerRom with fixed sbf
then flash back the official french sbf
will i keep my warranty ?
No way to find out i rooted my defy?
I will try mono...

[Q] How To Root Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G SGH-T769 on Linux?

I got Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G SGH-T769 (it comes with Gingerbread). My goal is to get Cyanogen Mod there, so first I planned to root it and use CWM to install a CM. But I need to do it on Linux, so all the instructions found around suggesting using Odin don't help. So far I found Heimdall and installed it on Debian x86_64.
But I'm not sure what else is needed to actually root it. I found some examples with some "one click" methods, but that's not helpful (since they are for other models). Any advice?
Thanks.

shmerl said:
I got Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G SGH-T769 (it comes with Gingerbread). My goal is to get Cyanogen Mod there, so first I planned to root it and use CWM to install a CM. But I need to do it on Linux, so all the instructions found around suggesting using Odin don't help. So far I found Heimdall and installed it on Debian x86_64.
But I'm not sure what else is needed to actually root it. I found some examples with some "one click" methods, but that's not helpful (since they are for other models). Any advice?
Thanks.
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Hate to be a hater, but the KISS rule applies here. Just do it on a windows machine, your Linux friends won't know. Don't have one? Borrow a friends, it shouldn't take you long.

Cirkustanz said:
Hate to be a hater, but the KISS rule applies here. Just do it on a windows machine, your Linux friends won't know. Don't have one? Borrow a friends, it shouldn't take you long.
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That's an option, but I won't have an access to one until somewhat later. Just tried to figure out a way to do it on Linux now. But if that's going to be a huge hassle - I'll wait until I'll access Windows to do it. On the other hand I'd still prefer to know how to do it on Linux, in case I'll need to do it again. Heimdall is supposed to work (disregarding potential bugs, like one I got there when trying to extract a PIT file with failed interface), but I'm not sure where to get all the needed components for it (like rooted firmware and what not).

shmerl said:
That's an option, but I won't have an access to one until somewhat later. Just tried to figure out a way to do it on Linux now. But if that's going to be a huge hassle - I'll wait until I'll access Windows to do it. On the other hand I'd still prefer to know how to do it on Linux, in case I'll need to do it again. Heimdall is supposed to work (disregarding potential bugs, like one I got there when trying to extract a PIT file with failed interface), but I'm not sure where to get all the needed components for it (like rooted firmware and what not).
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Go into the blaze dev section and checkout the blaze Bible by nick. Its a one stop for everything you need.

jbats said:
Go into the blaze dev section and checkout the blaze Bible by nick. Its a one stop for everything you need.
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I looked there, so far I only saw: In The Beginning There was Root.ROOT!(Via Odin) CWM Vr-5.5.0.4(Via ODIN). As I wrote above, this doesn't help me, since method with Odin to unlock the bootloader is for Windows only. Unless I missed something (that page does look confusing enough for a newcomer).
Btw, that rooted kernel (tar file) mentioned on the Odin method, doesn't work with Heimdall. So unless you succeeded doing it somehow, I'm not sure how exactly that would help me.

shmerl said:
I looked there, so far I only saw: In The Beginning There was Root.ROOT!(Via Odin) CWM Vr-5.5.0.4(Via ODIN). As I wrote above, this doesn't help me, since method with Odin to unlock the bootloader is for Windows only. Unless I missed something (that page does look confusing enough for a newcomer).
Btw, that rooted kernel (tar file) mentioned on the Odin method, doesn't work with Heimdall. So unless you succeeded doing it somehow, I'm not sure how exactly that would help me.
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I was pointing you in that direction for if and when you got near a computer using windows. Unfortunately you'll have to root that way. Once rooted you can stay away from win afterwards and just download and flash zips in recovery. I dual boot win 7 and Ubuntu 12.10.

Why has nobody suggested Android SDK? Odin is not the only way to do it (although the easiest, perhaps).
OP, are you trying to root the stock GB? If so, you should install Android SDK for linux (google it), and then use command adb from {android SDK install dir}/platform-tools/ directory. Please refer to http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Android_SDK for detailed instructions.
The usage is the following:
Code:
$ adb push boot.img /sdcard/external_sd
Where boot.img is the rooted boot image for GB.
Code:
$ adb shell dd if=/sdcard/external_sd/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
Then, you can also copy CWM or TWRP. to the sd card and flash in the same way:
Code:
$ adb push recovery.img /sdcard/external_sd
Code:
$ adb shell dd if=/sdcard/external_sd/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
I think for rooted GB, you can download superuser app from the Google Play, or maybe, you will need to push it to /system/app through ADB.

Got a friend with a rooted phone? Got a otg cable? Use root transmission XDA link
There are a lot of rooting apps as well, but I wouldnt trust anything not found on XDA or the play store.

E107946 said:
Why has nobody suggested Android SDK? Odin is not the only way to do it (although the easiest, perhaps).
OP, are you trying to root the stock GB? If so, you should install Android SDK for linux (google it), and then use command adb from {android SDK install dir}/platform-tools/ directory. Please refer to http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/Android_SDK for detailed instructions.
The usage is the following:
Code:
$ adb push boot.img /sdcard/external_sd
Where boot.img is the rooted boot image for GB.
Code:
$ adb shell dd if=/sdcard/external_sd/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8
Then, you can also copy CWM or TWRP. to the sd card and flash in the same way:
Code:
$ adb push recovery.img /sdcard/external_sd
Code:
$ adb shell dd if=/sdcard/external_sd/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
I think for rooted GB, you can download superuser app from the Google Play, or maybe, you will need to push it to /system/app through ADB.
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Thanks. I have a fastboot and adb tools, from Android Platform Tools (it's a smaller package than a whole SDK: dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools_r16-linux.zip ). But will writing the rooted image unlock the bootloader? I'm a bit confused here. I thought the locked bootlader that was a main barrier for writing new images like CM with recover tools, and Odin/Heimdall actually unlock bootloader as a prerequisite for the rest. So will adb achieve the same? And if it does, what rooted image I should use for Blaze. One of these?
hotfile.com/dl/163659712/8fd8b1d/SGH-T769_UVLB7_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM.zip.html
hotfile.com/dl/163658008/35fc621/SGH-T769_UVLF4_Rooted_Deodexed_ROM.zip.html

OK, I managed to write a rooted kernel using Odin in the end. But that doesn't seem to help to write Cyanogen Mod to the device. I installed CWM (from Google's store) and rebooted into recovery. Now whey trying to apply an update using a CM image from download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=t769&type=
I'm getting the same signature verification error:
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed.
Does it mean that I still need to get another bootloader to flash it as well somehow?

UPDATE: OK, I figured it out. I flashed CWM from the CWM application itself, and then rebooted into recovery, which brought up CWM recovery. From there writing Cyanogen Mod worked without any issues.

Well, since you flashed boot image from Odin, you could just flash CWM with Odin as well. It would save you some time. But you figured everything out in the end anyway..
As a suggestion, I would recommend trying AOKP Beta. It is more stable than CM10 and works flawlessly with USB storage. It is my daily driver for over 2 weeks now.

Root vtab1008 honeycomb (masterkey)

!!!UPDATE!!!!
Sorry I lost my root files. I still have the base code i used to make them. I am trying to work with @saurik to get vtab1008 working with the cydia impactor so that this process will be eaiser. sorry about not keeping up here.
The linux root is still working.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was able to get the VTAB1008 HONEYCOMB ROOTED. This device is no longer doomed to a rootless existence.
ROOT AT YOUR OWN RISK! I AM IN NO WAY RESPONSIBLE IF THIS BREAKS SOMETHING.
----WINDOWS ROOT (This worked for me)----
!!Some people have had problems with 64 bit systems.!!
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...nys Root.zip (restored by grnsl2)
Download the latest java sdk http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
(if it installs anywhere but C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_45\bin\jdb change the path in the runme.bat)
Setup ADB
Follow instructions at http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...5IAx2Xg-VjGm5pQ&bvm=bv.57155469,d.cGU&cad=rja
for the inf file use the one in the skinnys root,zip
!!!THIS STEP IS VERY IMPORTANT ^ IF YOU ARE HAVING ISSUES YOU MAY HAVE NOT COMPLETED THIS STEP!!!
Run Exploit
open command prompt (windows 7 type cmd in start menu and press enter)
CD to location you extracted the zip
example: cd "C:\Users\skinny\Downloads\Skinnys Root"
type "runme.bat"
You will see a ton of data on the screen after a minute your tablet will show android.app.Activity
Paste the following into the shell (the prompt should have changed to look like >)
Code:
stop in android.os.MessageQueue.next()
Touch your tablets screen (the prompt should change to <1> main [1]
Paste the following into the shell
Code:
print java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/system/bin/sh /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh")
Wait until you see something like Java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/system/bin/sh /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh") = "Process[id=1265]"
Code:
exit
Press enter to reboot
----LINUX ROOT----
Get Linux on a live usb stick to run exploit (skip if you have a linux system)
Download 32bit kubuntu from http://www.kubuntu.org/getkubuntu/download
Get a thumbdrive at least 2 gig
Launch unetbootin
Select bubble next to diskimage
Choose ISO
Click on ...
Browse to the kubntu iso downloaded at A.
Set drive to your usb drive letter.
The next step will erase your thumb drive!!!!!
Click OK
Process will complete and ask you to reboot (reboot)
Select the thumbdrive at startup (i don't know what type of computer you are using but most systems you can press f8, f11, f12 or f2 tp get the boot prompt)
(For more information read this guide http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/unetbootin/wiki/guide)
Select Default at the kubuntu boot prompt
Select Try Ubuntu
Get kubuntu linux setup for the exploit (skip if you already have android tools on linux)
Press alt+f2
Type "konsole" and press enter
Paste the following commands in.
Code:
sudo chown kubuntu:kubuntu /opt
mkdir /opt/exploit/
cd /opt/
wget http://dl.google.com/android/adt/adt-bundle-linux-x86-20131030.zip -O adt.zip
unzip adt.zip
mv adt-bundle-linux-x86-20131030/ adt/
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:/opt/adt/sdk/build-tools/android-4.4:/opt/adt/sdk/platform-tools' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
sudo su -c "echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu saucy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu saucy main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-java.list"
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install git
cd /opt/exploit/
sudo apt-get -y install oracle-java7-installer
Accept Java license agreement to install java 7
Run Exploit
Plug in your tablet
Enable debugging mode (Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging)
Paste the following commands in your linux console (if following steps use the konsole that you have been running commands in).
If you are not using /opt/adb/sdk for your android devlopemnt use your dir on the 3rd step
Code:
git clone [url]https://github.com/raymondhardy/mkbreak.git[/url]
wget 'http://goo.gl/Ox8qDx' -O Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip #thanks to @Munk0
unzip Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip
cp system/bin/su mkbreak/
cp system/app/Superuser.apk mkbreak/
cd mkbreak
./doit.sh /opt/adt/sdk
You will see a ton of data on the screen after a minute your tablet will show android.app.Activity
Paste the following into the shell (the prompt should have changed to look like >)
Code:
stop in android.os.MessageQueue.next()
Touch your tablets screen (the prompt should change to <1> main [1]
Paste the following into the shell
Code:
print java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/system/bin/sh /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh")
Wait until you see something like Java.lang.Runtime.getRuntime().exec("/system/bin/sh /data/local/tmp/rootme.sh") = "Process[id=1265]"
Code:
exit
Press enter to reboot
If you get stuck at any part of this process please post a reply with information about the problem you are having.
PROOF OF ROOT
Thanks and credit goes out to.
robertmillan
Jay Freeman (saurik)
PoC by Pau Oliva
Vinogans for leading me to masterkey exploit

NICE!!! Any instruction changes for windows?

gnoober said:
NICE!!! Any instruction changes for windows?
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Not yet i suspect someone will make a better root later on as of now this is linux only. This exploit uses of linux commands for injecting code into a system application to gain root.

I will be updating the first post later on with steps and screenshots on how to do this on a ubuntu live instance (I may even throw in a shell script so you run it and then wait forever while it does the setup and starts the root. I will see what i can do.)

skinnyquiver said:
I will be updating the first post later on with steps and screenshots on how to do this on a ubuntu live instance (I may even throw in a shell script so you run it and then wait forever while it does the setup and starts the root. I will see what i can do.)
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Awesome! Nicely done! Guess I'm gonna have to dig out the VTab and give this a shot. Thinking it's gonna need a charge!
Sent from my LG Optimus G using Tapatalk

I updated the steps and re-rooted my tablet with them several times to verify that they worked. Let me know if they work for you
dandrumheller said:
Awesome! Nicely done! Guess I'm gonna have to dig out the VTab and give this a shot. Thinking it's gonna need a charge!
Sent from my LG Optimus G using Tapatalk
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gnoober said:
NICE!!! Any instruction changes for windows?
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Got this working on windows (does not look very pretty but it works.

Hey skinnyquiver, that is awesome... my vtab has already gained like 5mm of pure dust. However, i gonna digg it out these days, install stock recovery to update it to honeycomb finally and then reroot this thing...
Btw, the paragraph above windows instructions still says linux only...
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tapatalked from GalaxyS3

FadeFx said:
Hey skinnyquiver, that is awesome... my vtab has already gained like 5mm of pure dust. However, i gonna digg it out these days, install stock recovery to update it to honeycomb finally and then reroot this thing...
Btw, the paragraph above windows instructions still says linux only...
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try to root it with master key exploit I am talking about the the version .57 .. then before updating to honeycomb grab the update.zip the one that belong to honey comb ... try to do this

vinogans said:
try to root it with master key exploit I am talking about the the version .57 .. then before updating to honeycomb grab the update.zip the one that belong to honey comb ... try to do this
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i am currently charging... my device is rooted with frozen updater, firmware is currently 1.9.56 so i am not sure what is the update path, will i get the honeycomb firmware immediately or do i have to update to .57 first?
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FadeFx said:
i am currently charging... my device is rooted with frozen updater, firmware is currently 1.9.56 so i am not sure what is the update path, will i get the honeycomb firmware immediately or do i have to update to .57 first?
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u will have to update to .57 then u will get honeycomb update ..

vinogans said:
u will have to update to .57 then u will get honeycomb update ..
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Thats bad, but i will give that a try. However, i cant promise that i will succeede and it will take me some days as i am quite busy with my real life as well
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So it's certainly exciting to see root for this guy after owning it now for a couple of years.
I believe with root we'll be able to get rid of some bloat and stuff unneeded but I'm assuming we'll stay on Honeycomb.
I'd like to figure out what the real upside to this is.
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grnsl2 said:
So it's certainly exciting to see root for this guy after owning it now for a couple of years.
I believe with root we'll be able to get rid of some bloat and stuff unneeded but I'm assuming we'll stay on Honeycomb.
I'd like to figure out what the real upside to this is.
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You should be able to use this root with the 5.7 before going to honeycomb. This way you can have gingerbead rooted if your device came with the 5.7 update. I would like to get this running cm9 or cm10. The first problem with this is it will require a new kernal. I am going to be moving this weekend so it will be a while until I can get a build env to work on this. I plan on using this tablet to learn all about android rom making. Hope I don't brick it.

As Vizio has not released the kernel source I think we may want to look at using the xo-3 kernel.

Everything seems like it works, everything says 'success', but root checker is showing no root. I had force closes on the System UI before rebooting it a second time.
I tried it straight from a factory reset, just to be sure, same issue.I'm on 3.2.1 on this Vtab.
Not sure what is missing? Anything I should check?

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Everything seems like it works, everything says 'success', but root checker is showing no root. I had force closes on the System UI before rebooting it a second time.
I tried it straight from a factory reset, just to be sure, same issue.I'm on 3.2.1 on this Vtab.
Not sure what is missing? Anything I should check?
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What os do u use? Check if adb is working
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unqualified said:
Everything seems like it works, everything says 'success', but root checker is showing no root. I had force closes on the System UI before rebooting it a second time.
I tried it straight from a factory reset, just to be sure, same issue.I'm on 3.2.1 on this Vtab.
Not sure what is missing? Anything I should check?
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I had this problem also in the first time .. try to check if java is installed and working well .. try to check if ADB driver is identified on ur pc ..
I am thinking it is just a java problem .. did u type the commands in the shell " just wondering " this will not work if u didnt type the commands and follow the steps ..

vinogans said:
I had this problem also in the first time .. try to check if java is installed and working well .. try to check if ADB driver is identified on ur pc ..
I am thinking it is just a java problem .. did u type the commands in the shell " just wondering " this will not work if u didnt type the commands and follow the steps ..
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Thanks for all the suggestions! I was surprised so many people responded on such a forgotten tablet.
I did enter the two commands in the shell (copied and pasted the exact commands) at the appropriate times, and they appeared to work.
I wasn't able to do the ADB setup exactly per the link on the OP, because my computer already recognizes the VTAB1008 under debugging mode, and runs ADB. If I try to uninstall and manually install the generic driver from the Skinny Root zip, it re-discovers and says the current driver is 'more current'. However, since 'adb devices' recognizes the vtab, and all the commands appear to be working, I should be good to go with ADB, right? Or is the generic driver from the Skinny Root zip file a critical component?
I also uninstalled Java SDK for x86 and re-installed for 64 just in case, but that didn't fix it.
Also tried disabling antivirus, no luck...
Is there a basic way to check whether java is working correctly? Or to read the java output as it is running the commands? Maybe something would show up there.
Thanks again

Do u see superuser app installed? If so, what does it output when you open it?
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