I have been cracking my head open trying to find a good guide to root my google play edition samsung. I have sought out YouTube videos that utilize motochopper and terminal and while I manage to get Superuser installed, I don't have root access. I've also tried forum but most of them just use windows. Is there anyone who's done this and can instruct me on how to do it?
And please, no snarky comments on why I would ever want a Mac or anything of the sort...
Thanks!
red5stand1ngby said:
I have been cracking my head open trying to find a good guide to root my google play edition samsung. I have sought out YouTube videos that utilize motochopper and terminal and while I manage to get Superuser installed, I don't have root access. I've also tried forum but most of them just use windows. Is there anyone who's done this and can instruct me on how to do it?
And please, no snarky comments on why I would ever want a Mac or anything of the sort...
Thanks!
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It easy to root on Mac -> install on your mac windows, macos is strange unusefull system...
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I have tried everything to get a one click solution to enable non-market apps. First and foremost I am on a MAC. No access to a windows machine. I have my phone rooted and have installed superuser status.
I am looking for a solution that will let me install (easily) non- market applications. There appears to be several solutions doing this on a windows machine. I have not been able to find a solution on a MAC. And instructions, help, videos anything is greatly appreciated.
Thanks
PS: not a total nube, but I have limited knowledge of the root directory and manipulation, but follow instructions well ........
What firmware are you on? Because if you are on the leaked 2.2 you should look on the leaked ji6 hacks forum page and it will give you the instructions that you can run in adb shell in the terminal application on a mac you just have to type ./adb (command) where windows users just have to type adb (command) you should make sure that you are comfortable on adb though because there are hardly any tutorials for adb on a mac around. I found that the hard way. Hope this helps, if you still can't figure it out post more info and I will do my best to help although I am still kinda a noob to android development.
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Thank for the help, I will look at thie ji6 hack and see if it works. I'll let you know. Right now I have spent 3 days trying to unlock this pile of dung. ATT should be shot for doing this people. We bought the phone let us put what we want on it. PERIOD
Have you tried ADB? If you can get ADB to work, you should have the skill to copy over the settings.db and use the SQLeditor for Firefox plugin. Or use SQLite on the phone.
Read up on how to enable sideloading - the same commands that work on windows work on a mac - or very similar. As long as you know how to copy files in terminal you should be set.
I have a stock captivate running 2.2 and I use a mac to work on my phones (I have an atrix too). I need to root this phone but everything on here only works for stock 2.1 not 2.2 and most of it is for windows not osx.
A little background, I used AirSideLoad to push Z4root to my phone but it did not root it. I downloaded the update.zip file and restarted the phone holding the volumes buttons to apply the update and that did not work. Lastly, I downloaded One Click Root and that too does not work. I put my phone in debugging mode, connect it to my computer then run One Click and it restarts my phone but when I select "reinstall packages" it fails.
Can someone help me here? Are there update versions of z4root (I used 1.3.0) or one click root (1.1.0) that would work on a stock captivate running 2.2?
please don't remove this post. I have read these forums and the other tips are either not for my phone or computer, or have NOT worked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Trying right now.
edit: do you know how to start the root process? the instructions just say to use mono. is mono an emulator to run superoneclick? or is it a substitute program? shortfuse.org provides no instruction on this. can you help?
did you not follow the link to install mono on your mac?
i did. i dont even have a mac, but the description is right there
http://mono-project.com/Main_Page
i downloaded and installed mono. the question is how to use it with superoneclick. the website offers no instructions. i figure mono is a program that lets you use the same code across platforms so how to i run a program like superoneclick in it?
its like .net framework. there shouldnt be anything you need to do aside from run the app. i dont use mac so i cant test until i get home and fire up my mac mini
Did you get around this? I'm stuck on the same thing. Mono is installed, but the .exe files wont open anyway. And Mono isn't installed as a program, otherwise I would try to open it with that.
And there is really now description on their website other thank "install and it's should work".
Cool forum btw, thanks!
How to root A777 MID tablet? I tried everything found on the internet but I could not root.Can someone help me to route Tablet? Can not connect 3g modem I can not log into google account, can not do anything without root access
adrianjwf said:
How to root A777 MID tablet? I tried everything found on the internet but I could not root.Can someone help me to route Tablet? Can not connect 3g modem I can not log into google account, can not do anything without root access
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nice selection, to root that your going to need a program written in Chinese most likely since all the hardware for it is written that way but that shouldnt be too hard. before we start here
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT: by choosing to do any of the things I have written here for you, you assume full responsibility for whatever happens, I DO NOT and CAN NOT be held responsible for anything you do! I have provided you with a way to do what you asked. YOU assume full liability regardless the outcome.
1st. your gonna want to go to Google, yahoo, Bing, whatever one you choose and download a translator from Chinese to English (i assume you speak English obviously) anyways you need this to translate whatever program your gonna be using when you find it...
2. do a search online for your tablet model, be as specific as possible, version number, serial numbers, kernel version and you should find a bunch of links but they will be in Chinese ( this is what the translator is for) when you find the links in your search engine copy the writing to your translator and it should convert it to English this way you can see the description of the programs your looking at.
3. when you find one you think is the rooting software download the program and open to folder location, you should see a few folders, maybe an exe. maybe not but there should be names in Chinese on every folder, copy an paste the names to your translator until you find the name for the EXE. thats the program that runs it, you may also want to look for an instruction manual too via the same method because the actual program and script instructions are gonna be in Chinese as well but your computer should have no trouble running it you just wont be able to understand the instructions so before you actually run it for real on your device copy tose instructions to translator to see how to root your device, most likely the program is going to have choices you need to make just like and SPF program does LINUX or RSD lite, ect ect...
4. I know this is getting to be a long process but I did this with a laptop I was given 2 years ago and it worked fine after a few try's with different programs I found. you also have to make sure the software/hardware on your computer is compatible with whatever is on the tablet and the rooting program, if you cant find a rooting program thats compatible unfortunately this method wont work because the program to root will not work on your computer is its not compatible.
Good luck.
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adrianjwf said:
How to root A777 MID tablet? I tried everything found on the internet but I could not root.Can someone help me to route Tablet? Can not connect 3g modem I can not log into google account, can not do anything without root access
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did you find eventually find the drivers ? Im in the same need...
Thanks
arodr said:
did you find eventually find the drivers ? Im in the same need...
Thanks
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No nothing . I can`t find nothing
Actually the TomTec Excellent 7 is rooted by default.
Latest official firmware is available @ tom-tec.eu/pages/firmware.
Code:
adb root
adb shell
And you'll notice you have root access to the whole system .
adrianjwf said:
No nothing . I can`t find nothing
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I finaly rooted with vroot
adrianjwf said:
I finaly rooted with vroot
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now its called iroot
Hi, I have successfully installed Kali Linux on my LG G3 using Linux Deploy and VNC viewer. I am successfully able to use everything, but I am relatively new to Linux. Still, I was able to switch to root in the terminal. I also tried creating a new account, giving it root access, and then switching to it, which I was able to do, again only in the terminal. However, even if I had root access in the terminal (confirmed by "whoami"), it seemed that I did not have any other root privileges. For example, everything, including the desktop, was read only. I tried switching users using the gui and that did not work at all. I also tried to open the root folder under computer and I wasn't able to do that either. I have tried changing the preferences in linux deploy to log me in as username "root," but I think even then I am logged in as a user that is named root... not the actual root administrator. If anyone could offer some guidance with this situation that would be great. I have spent a lot of time searching google and more to find the solution to this problem, but I haven't had any success. Thanks in advance.
I'd also like to add that some normal commands were not accessible in the terminal even though it said that I had root privileges. Therefore, I could not get done what I would like to even if I were to do everything in the terminal .
jackfitz5 said:
Hi, I have successfully installed Kali Linux on my LG G3 using Linux Deploy and VNC viewer. I am successfully able to use everything, but I am relatively new to Linux. Still, I was able to switch to root in the terminal. I also tried creating a new account, giving it root access, and then switching to it, which I was able to do, again only in the terminal. However, even if I had root access in the terminal (confirmed by "whoami"), it seemed that I did not have any other root privileges. For example, everything, including the desktop, was read only. I tried switching users using the gui and that did not work at all. I also tried to open the root folder under computer and I wasn't able to do that either. I have tried changing the preferences in linux deploy to log me in as username "root," but I think even then I am logged in as a user that is named root... not the actual root administrator. If anyone could offer some guidance with this situation that would be great. I have spent a lot of time searching google and more to find the solution to this problem, but I haven't had any success. Thanks in advance.
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There is not a specific XDA forum for Kali Linux.
You might find some help in Ubuntu Touch General
or [APP] Linux Deploy by AbuYahya
Which S3? SGH-I747 or I9300, I9305 ...
So.. After a whole week trying to find a succesful way to root this f***ng phone, no success has been found.
I couldn't find this phone's section on XDA so I'm posting this on the general section...
If anyone could give me the link to the section, it would be very appreciated.
This is the phone:
Samsung Galaxy Trend 3 - SM-G3502C
Android Version: 4.3
Build Number: JLS36C.G3502CZCUAOD1
I have tried a number of on android apps, windows software, and even tried rooting manually by adb and linux. But couldn't have a single successful attemp or any signs of advancement...
Can anyone help me out with this phone, the reason I need root is because this is a chinese phone and doesnt have Play Store installed, and I need root access to install Play Store on /system/apps/ and give R+W permission...
Apps tried:
Saferoot
Kingo App Root
iRoot (vRoot/Root Master)
OneClickRoot
TowelRoot
A bunch of .bat rooting scripts
Baidu in-app Rooter
Rooting through ADB (everything was going fine until I had to access Ubuntu's Nautilus, to move the files to /system/ but the device wouldn't mount by MTP, and I couldn't access the files) link to the guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684210
Any help would be truly appreciated, and If there is a way to install play store without the need of root access, or even a good replacement for play store would be really good.
Also, I have 0 experience on custom recovery, so, If any developer out there could create a custom recovery for this phone, I could give them the recovery.img from this phone and modify it to work on this phone. If that's the way it works, idk XD.
Hi, thank you for using XDA assist. Unfortunately I can't find anything on XDA regarding rooting your phone. You've probably already tried all these but maybe this will help, http://www.xda-developers.com/root/