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[Q] Trying to Root. Just aint happening

Hi guys,
Just got my SNS and have been lurking on here trying to figure out how to ROOT it. There are plenty of guides, and I was using this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
For some reason, and at risk of sounding like an idiiot, SDK doesnt have fastboot (or I cant find it) and I cant even use Command Prompt to execute any commands such as "ADB Devices". It also wont let me change the driver to Android Bootloader Interface in Device Manager.
I basically need to start from scratch and Im tearing my hair out trying to figure it out. Sorry about the FRAT
Cheers

Bertrum said:
Hi guys,
Just got my SNS and have been lurking on here trying to figure out how to ROOT it. There are plenty of guides, and I was using this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
For some reason, and at risk of sounding like an idiiot, SDK doesnt have fastboot (or I cant find it) and I cant even use Command Prompt to execute any commands such as "ADB Devices". It also wont let me change the driver to Android Bootloader Interface in Device Manager.
I basically need to start from scratch and Im tearing my hair out trying to figure it out. Sorry about the FRAT
Cheers
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http://jaxov.com/2011/02/how-to-root-android-2-3-3-gingerbread-on-nexus-s/
I liked this guide. First time rooting.
On command prompt, you have to go to the Android\android-sdk\tools folder then execute those fastboot command.
Your command prompt probably says C:\Users\Your User Name.. [I have Windows 7]
Type 'cd..' (without ' ') until your line says C:\>
Then type the following cd Program Files\Android\android-sdk\tools
It could be Program Files (x86) not Program Files.. depends which bit you have. You can type those fastboot command from there.

Thanks for that info. Worked a treat right upto the part where I have to put the clockwork image on. command prompt keeps saying it cannot load it. Any ideas?

Bertrum said:
Thanks for that info. Worked a treat right upto the part where I have to put the clockwork image on. command prompt keeps saying it cannot load it. Any ideas?
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Did you download ClockWorkMod img and paste it into android-sdk\tools folder? You can do that my opening My Computer folder -> C:\ -> Program Files -> Android -> android-sdk -> tools folder.
Then open command prompt and type like that. I just did the first line for you.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Yours could be Program Files, not Program Files (x86) though. I downloaded 32-bit version accidentally and I didn't wanted to do it over.
After that you use your Nexus S to boot into bootloader [which the instruction says] and continue on.

thanks all sorted now. now to reinstall all my data as i didnt root straight away. ha!
Thanks for all your help.

Bertrum said:
thanks all sorted now. now to reinstall all my data as i didnt root straight away. ha!
Thanks for all your help.
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I'm glad I helped. I had hard time rooting yesterday but it's all good now

I finished everything last night. All unlocked and rooted. Also running CM7 rc2 with the n14 kernel.
Its soo fast compared to my old blackberry and my friends galaxy.
Many thanks to the people who worked on the roms and kernels. Your knowledge astounds me.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA Premium App

[SOLVED] Soft-Brick BOOT.IMG Recovery with CM10 and All-In-One Toolkit [NOOB-FRIENDLY

Right, I'm sure there is similar here, but I had loads of difficulty finding it, so I thought I'd create my own version.
I'm a complete noob at this, so I'll make it easier on you, and put it as plainly as possible. EVERY step is listed as if you're in the same [or similar] situation.
I only recently tried to get CM10 onto my phone, and on first try, I soft-bricked it. I unlocked the Bootloader, Rooted, Installed TWRP and a version of CWM when it didn't work, and CM10 seemed to work fine, but upon booting for the first time, and leaving it for about 15 minutes, I realised something went wrong. Tried going back to the most recent RUU [the EU OTA version], and that didn't work [after relocking the bootloader, yes]. Started freaking out a small bit, as it stopped letting me mount the storage in Recovery, even though ADB could still see the phone.
Asked a friend to help, and we found this over on the One X sub-forum.
BEING AWARE THIS IS RELATIVE TO hasoon2000's All-In-One Toolkit
[nice work btw! Might wanna look into this btw - it may be a small bug with your software. No offense ]
Turned out it was the boot.img that installed incorrectly, so making sure the .zip MD5 is correct is first step.
If that's not the issue, the 2nd step is to just open the .zip and take the boot.img out of the root of the container, and pushing that to the phone using ADB [the one that come's with the AIO is perfect]. If you're not sure how to get into ADB, and get it to stay open, here's what you do:
1. Copy the directory of "adb.exe" within your AIO's "data" folder [for example, mine is D:\Administrator.Sheol\HTC\All-In-One\Data\]
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2. Open Command Prompt [in Vista onwards, type "cmd" into the Start menu Search Bar, in XP, open the "run" dialog in type cmd. Alternatively, find it in Start > Accessories, in all recent versions of Windows]
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3. Type the following into Command Prompt:
cd D:\Administrator.Sheol\HTC\All-In-One\Data\
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Remembering your directory WILL be different, so adjust accordingly!
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4. It'll list all ADB's command's. Don't worry, it's meant to. If you want to, skim through them to familiarise yourself with it. At this point you may want to maximise the window, to fill the screen height [makes every thing much easier]
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5. Follow this thread to the tee > [Tutorial] How to flash a new boot.img via Fastboot
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Doing exactly this, worked a charm, and now I have a flawless CM10 HTC One S! After the GApps install of course [which can be done in your Recovery after downloading it/pushing it to your phone, by using the "Install from .zip" option]

Adb & htc m8 issues

First off would like to say hello to the M8 community.
Just come from the S4
Here's a quick explanation, I rooted and installed SU 1.94, got root. Read and watched videos on how to s-off and unlock boot loader.
Set up phone for debugging . Installed drivers on Windows 7 and ADB during first attempt got to step two phone waiting on fire wire never got passed that. Deleted every thing and started over. Now ADB will not run looks Like the cmd isn't see the path. I really need some help, sent a good day trying this with no luck ?
I've have attached a screen of base band info. Help help plz.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2

It would help if you were a little more descriptive. Do you have the ADB path set up in your Windows Environment Variables? If not you can just put everything where you have ADB "installed" and just run the command line prompt from within that folder to start. I'm not sure exactly what your problem is though...

brandogg said:
It would help if you were a little more descriptive. Do you have the ADB path set up in your Windows Environment Variables? If not you can just put everything where you have ADB "installed" and just run the command line prompt from within that folder to start. I'm not sure exactly what your problem is though...
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Thanks for the help!
I didn't think that I needed to record the issues, as I didn't expect to run into any. But I do see that I should have.
I will try your recommendation to run adb (Windows +right click, open command window) from the folder. This way no need to insert the path ,correct?
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Xparent Cyan Tapatalk 2

Cannot find 'recovery.img'

Hi..I have Android L installed on my N5 and want to root it..so I have been following THIS guide, to install custom recovery and then I plan on rooting it using THIS thread..
While following the first guide to install TWRP..I am getting the following error
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Can anyone please help me with this error..I tried the TAB to search for the recovery.img..but it did not work
if I hit Tab after 'fastboot flash' then I am not getting first 'recovery' option.
Not sure if this will help..here are the contents of the slimmed down android sdk I downloaded from first guide:

rockstar283 said:
Hi..I have Android L installed on my N5 and want to root it..so I have been following THIS guide, to install custom recovery and then I plan on rooting it using THIS thread..
While following the first guide to install TWRP..I am getting the following error
Can anyone please help me with this error..I tried the TAB to search for the recovery.img..but it did not work
if I hit Tab after 'fastboot flash' then I am not getting first 'recovery' option.
Not sure if this will help..here are the contents of the slimmed down android sdk I downloaded from first guide:
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Navigate to your platform tools folder in command prompt. The path you have specified in the screenshot is not where your recovery.img is located... so keep typing ''cd.. enter'' until you're back at C:\ in the window, then type cd android-sdk-windows and hit enter, then cd platform-tools, and it should be able to find the recovery image.

GTI6speed said:
Navigate to your platform tools folder in command prompt. The path you have specified in the screenshot is not where your recovery.img is located... so keep typing ''cd.. enter'' until you're back at C:\ in the window, then type cd android-sdk-windows and hit enter, then cd platform-tools, and it should be able to find the recovery image.
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was having the same problem and this actually fixed it, thank you sir

All, please have a read of my "adb and fastboot. What is it?" thread. It can be reached via the sticky roll up link in my signature.
You shouldn't need to put recover where you put it. My thread explains how to use it properly.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

GTI6speed said:
Navigate to your platform tools folder in command prompt. The path you have specified in the screenshot is not where your recovery.img is located... so keep typing ''cd.. enter'' until you're back at C:\ in the window, then type cd android-sdk-windows and hit enter, then cd platform-tools, and it should be able to find the recovery image.
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Thanks a lot mate..that did the trick..DUMB mistake

[GUIDE] Real Guide! Recover Yur LG Intuition From Bricked Stage

As the tittle says, now i'm gonna show you the real way to recover your lg intuition from bricked and at the same time, upgrade it to android 4.1 jelly bean, if you haven't. There are various tutorials about this, in various forums, but any of them work or do something relevant.
Just follow my instructions step by step and you'll get your intuition unbricked and/or upgraded. Well, LET'S START! :fingers-crossed:
1-Download the firmware (.cab file) from here:http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW706685432109876543213/VS95022B_10.S22B_10.P58019.R5.cab
2-Download this both tools: https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=XZje57ZOU5Fm68zqW7g8i2nEdqOFjtMcuuk
3-Unzip the archive with the tools inside in a folder, move the firmware already downloaded in this same folder.
4-Download lg drivers from here: http://faq.scs.lge.com/common/FileDownload.do?fileId=BD-1374141705928
5- In the folder created, open the folder named "FlashTool.1.0.54", execute the "Windows Enable.exe" program with administrato rigths.Then execute "UpTestEX.exe"
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
In the 1 you're gonna search for the folder you previously created, just select the folder, don' open it. In the 2 select the .cab firmware downloaded for converting in a .kdz file. Select it and press" Encrypt cab -> kdz" then i will start to convert it and the .kdz file will appear in the folder you selected in work directory.
6-When that is done, get your intuition on "Download Mode",hold Volume up and down at the same time, the connect it to your pc and will promt "Download mode". Go to the folder and open "LG Flash Tool 2014" in this folder execute "LGFlashTool2014.exe" in PhoneMode choose CS_EMERGENCY.Then, look for the .kdz file created and select it.
7-Click on"CSE flash" when a new window is promtep just click on "START" windows will ask you to confirm, just hit Yes. In the next window just change the language for english.
8- The program will start analyzing your phone, extracting the firmware and finally installing it.
If you have followed all the steps, you will safe your phone! Enjoy it :highfive:​

Do you know of a recovery system that supports the VS950 yet?
Sent from my VS950 4G

CollisionFactor said:
Do you know of a recovery system that supports the VS950 yet?
Sent from my VS950 4G
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No, there is. I don't think this phone has a recovery partition.