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[HOW TO] Fix Quickboot as well as reboot into recovery from ROM Manager.

For those of you who want to use Quickboot
OR
Have ROM Manager from market and want to "Reboot into recovery" directly, do this
Extract Reboot from Reboot.zip and place it in \androidsdk\tools folder
Then
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
exit
adb push reboot /system/bin
adb shell
cd /system/bin/
ls
chmod 755 reboot
chmod 755 /system/bin/reboot
And of course, this can't be done in Android system. You would have to boot to toast's recovery.
Also, i didn't know the command to push from shell, therefore the redundant adb shell. =)

so this takes out the HBoot? and goes straight to Recovery Rom?

unfortunately no,
but it lets you skip the step "Vol up+power" and go straight to stock recovery.
From there you can use the "fake-flash"

awesome...Thanks for sharing, i will try this

I would recommend "rm /system/bin/reboot" before pushing the new one.

Great job! Works like a charm!

I guess TheBiles and I were posting in the wrong sub-forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695978

wcasdf said:
For those of you who want to use Quickboot
OR
Have ROM Manager from market and want to "Reboot into recovery" directly, do this
Extract Reboot from Reboot.zip and place it in \androidsdk\tools folder
Then
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
exit
adb push reboot /system/bin
adb shell
cd /system/bin/
ls
chmod 755 reboot
chmod 755 /system/bin/reboot
And of course, this can't be done in Android system. You would have to boot to toast's recovery.
Also, i didn't know the command to push from shell, therefore the redundant adb shell. =)
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C:\Documents and Settings\Owner>adb shell
# mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
# exit
what am i doing wrong??

worked great, we are only one step away now

Help......
Hi Sorry to bother..
Have started the process got to push the file to the system bin. However when then attempting the next command adb shell, i recieve the following error:-
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: Not a directory (20) -
Any advice????
Cheers
Andy
.....Extract Reboot from Reboot.zip and place it in \androidsdk\tools folder
Then
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
exit
adb push reboot /system/bin
adb shell
cd /system/bin/
ls
chmod 755 reboot
chmod 755 /system/bin/reboot

wcasdf this will also useful for desire user, i have pushed reboot into /system/bin but didnt sames to work
desire /system is /dev/block/mtdblock3, this is the problem?

Sorted....
Kali- said:
wcasdf this will also useful for desire user, i have pushed reboot into /system/bin but didnt sames to work
desire /system is /dev/block/mtdblock3, this is the problem?
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Absolutely right Kali........the mtdblock3 resolved the issue.....now able to enter recovery mode and also back up rom.....
Brilliant....many thanks......

watzone69 said:
I guess TheBiles and I were posting in the wrong sub-forum?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695978
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I was just afraid the thread would get moved with these super-strict mods in this board.
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Worked great. Now the reboot commands in ROM Manager and Quick Boot work.

tells me reboot file is not there its in the androidsdk\tools folder

Sporkman said:
tells me reboot file is not there its in the androidsdk\tools folder
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adb push is pretty versatile, you can give it absolute paths. if you downloaded the reboot file to a different directory, example:
adb push c:\downloads\reboot /system/bin/reboot
hope that helps!
OP: where did this reboot binary come from?
im running PC36IMG.zip and reboot recovery and reboot bootloader both work in normal android mode ...

joeykrim said:
adb push is pretty versatile, you can give it absolute paths. if you downloaded the reboot file to a different directory, example:
adb push c:\downloads\reboot /system/bin/reboot
hope that helps!
OP: where did this reboot binary come from?
im running PC36IMG.zip and reboot recovery and reboot bootloader both work in normal android mode ...
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i dropped the file in C:\androidsdk\tools WHERE it needs to be

trying to figure this for my desire i understand block needs to be 3 and the rest the same but
keep getting device or resource busy when trying the mount command?

fixed it..you need to be in recovery before doing the above-otherwise you get a resource busy message
dont forget to change to block3 not 4 if using desire- rom manger now works as it should !! thanks

joeykrim said:
...OP: where did this reboot binary come from?
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I'm not the OP but I originally got mine from the Hero sub-forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5356050&postcount=623

How to root the Droid 2

All credit for the binary goes to Sebastian Krahmer at http://c-skills.blogspot.com/. Please see fit to donate via Paypal to [email protected]
If you want a simpler 'one-click' process, go to this thread: Easier 1-2-3 Droid 2 Root for Windows / Linux / Mac
***NOTE: Proceed at your own risk. I and the providers of this code are not responsible for anything you do to your phone!***
Setup:
- Install adb (here) and Motorola drivers for windows(32-bit or 64-bit)
- Download attached archive
- Extract to a directory, I used c:\Droid2Root
- Make sure you have USB degugging enabled
- Change connection to PC Mode
Process:
- Open command prompt
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- cd c:/Droid2Root
- adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
- adb push su /sdcard/su
- adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
- adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- adb shell
- cd data/local/tmp
- chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
- let the process run until it 'kicks' you out (may take a minute or two) to c:/Droid2Root
- cd c:/wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is
- adb kill-server
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- adb shell (you should now have a # prompt, if not return to ./rage step above)
- mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
- cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/su
- cp /sdcard/busybox /system/bin/busybox
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
- chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
- mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
- exit
- exit
I'm sure there are certain steps that could be streamlined or eliminated, so please feel free to make a suggestion and I'll edit the post.
Additional thanks to @rainabba and AllDroid.org for their excellent Droid X rooting tutorial, which assisted me greatly in this process.

waiting for a recovery, glad to see its rooted

Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?

thelolotov said:
Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?
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yes and yes

thelolotov said:
Android n00b here, I can remove the Verizon crapware with this right? And tether?
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I wouldn't remove anything yet since we don't have a sbf file to recover from partial bricks. However, tethering and any other apps that require root can be used now.

I'm new to doing this all the adb way.
When you say extract to a directory what do you mean to extract. After it downloads the achive files its done.....
i understand the rest of the commands but im lost there

Hmm, alright, that's still worth it, will I lose my data/have to hard reset to root?

Right click the downloaded archive and "extract files". You need to do this so adb can push them to the phone.

thelolotov said:
Hmm, alright, that's still worth it, will I lose my data/have to hard reset to root?
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Nope, it just gives you access. Nothing deleted.

I'm retarded i didnt realize it was attached to the post, i thought it was what adb downloaded when i first opened it cause it called them archives.

cannot access
I got as far as pushing super user su and busy box onto my phone but it says that system in read only.. how do i fix this?

Anybody actually try this?

Hello,
I am following your directions and when I get to the "adb push Superuser.apk" step I receive the following error:
"failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file system"
I get this same error for the other adb push steps that follow.
Edit: To verify, I get a # shell.
Edit 2: I tried pushing the Superuser.apk to /data/local/tmp then cp to /system/app/, this also popped up a read-only file system error.

I'm currently trying it.
I have a 64 bit driver on my computer that i used to use for my D1 but it doesn't recognize my D2 when doing adb devices and i cant install the 32 bit driver

GSletta said:
I got as far as pushing super user su and busy box onto my phone but it says that system in read only.. how do i fix this?
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Did you verify you have the # prompt three steps before that?

Yeah i get the # but it wont let me push superuser su and busybox

GSletta said:
Yeah i get the # but it wont let me push superuser su and busybox
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Weird.. I didn't need to mount the system manually, but let me if there's a step I left out.

and some more screens (feel free to use in first post):
http://i.imgur.com/nPllt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/COTEA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/open3.jpg

djh816 said:
and some more screens (feel free to use in first post):
http://i.imgur.com/nPllt.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/COTEA.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/open3.jpg
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Did you add any steps to mount the system? I don't believe I did, but it seems others are finding it to be read-only.

jerseyh22accord said:
I'm currently trying it.
I have a 64 bit driver on my computer that i used to use for my D1 but it doesn't recognize my D2 when doing adb devices and i cant install the 32 bit driver
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Don't know if it will help you, but if it's anything like the DInc, you could just use the SDK's drivers and add a few device identifier lines to the INF file before installing them.

[Huawei IDEOS U8150] How to gain root access

I hold no responsibility to how you use or not use this info and if you brick phone - you do this at your own risk
There is a couple away you can go about gaining root access with this phone I have tested all 3 ways but only had success with 2 of them.
a) You can download 'z4root' from the Android Market (If is still available) or search XDA forums for it.
b) Search the XDA forums for 'SuperOneClick' which requires mono to work on Linux. I have read people that have had success with 'SuperOneClick' but that was not the case for me.
c) My preferred method:
Prerequisite:
knowledge of Linux and Terminal
knowledge of ADB (guide available in forums)
I did all this using Debian (testing) 64bit, Android SDK.
Creating correct permissions to access the phone via USB:
i) create
Code:
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
ii) in the file put
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"
iii) then
Code:
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
iv) restart udev or reboot
Downloading and/or Installing required software:
1) Downloading and installing the android-sdk from: developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2) Downloading and extracting 'SuperOneClick' (you will only need these 5 files: rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk)
3) Copy rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk into the platform-tools directory of android-sdk. Put phone in debug mode.
4) From a terminal (command line) change to the android/platform-tools directory and carefully do these steps.
Check to see if adb can see your phone properly:
Code:
./adb devices
You should see the serial number of you device, if you see bunch of '?' you have done something wrong.
Now for the fun part rooting the phone: <= no phun intended hehe
Code:
./adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
Code:
./adb shell
Code:
cd /data/local/tmp
Code:
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage
Code:
./rageagainstthecage
5) Now wait until you get kicked out from adb before you do the following:
Code:
./adb shell
If everything worked now you should see a "#" instead of the "$" you saw previously in the adb shell which means you shouldn't get "permission denied" in the following steps:
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mdtblock4 /system
Code:
exit
Code:
./adb push su /system/bin/su
Code:
./adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
Code:
./adb push sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
Code:
./adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
Code:
./adb shell
Code:
cd /system/bin
Code:
chmod 4755 su
Code:
chmod 4755 busybox
Code:
chmod 4755 sqlite3
Code:
./adb reboot
Now you should be able to use apps like 'Cache Cleaner NG', 'Root Explorer', 'SetCPU' etc that require root access to work correctly.
Enjoy

Guide reflash FW for those who did some damage:
* Download from here that you want to install the FW
* Copy the folder in the microSD DLOAD (with the file inside UPADATE.APP)
* From phone off, Volume + Hold down RED BUTTON UP and power button.
* start the firmware upgrade, take a few minutes and then restart the phone . is a bit slow, do not be afraid, let him work and then back on (like the first time)
Help to get into recovery mode:
* down the 'volume up 'and 'green button'and then switch the device
Guide to bootloader mode:
* switch off, press and hold power button + volume down + red key

Overclock
Can this fone be oveclocked

SethIsHere said:
Can this fone be oveclocked
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yes it can be OCed, I recommend using setCPU from the market

SethIsHere said:
Can this fone be oveclocked
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Yes it can, to a Maximum of 600mhz (0.6 ghz) on the stock kernel
setCPU is no longer available on the market for free afaik.
Also can someone better translate the instructions to get into recovery mode? i can barely make sense of the above instructions ^^^

.produkt-R said:
Also can someone better translate the instructions to get into recovery mode? i can barely make sense of the above instructions ^^^
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does this help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10371747&postcount=5

quail said:
does this help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=10371747&postcount=5
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Helped, Thanks.
Although after reading the entire page, i wonder if i should have a Recovery ROM installed. But i wonder if the phone will be left in it's current working state after installing it ?

i used z4root, worked fine for me

quail said:
Code:
chmod 4755 su
Code:
chmod 4755 busybox
Code:
chmod 4755 sqlite3
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I think only "su" should be 4755 (setuid root), busybox and sqlite3 should just be 0755? Thanks for the instructions.

pb05life said:
i used z4root, worked fine for me
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Ok I figured it ill shut up you have to use crappy dos command prompt and type everything in manually install proggies lol Google must die!

quail said:
Creating correct permissions to access the phone via USB:
i) create
Code:
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
ii) in the file put
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"
iii) then
Code:
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
iv) restart udev or reboot
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Anyone know this part for windows XP?Not linux?
I got to rageagainstthecage and it says permission denied.

fvckyougooglescammer said:
So would you tell us, exactly how you did it?
Without using the market place?
Because I have tried 100 things downloaded all that junk wasted 5 hours.
And I do not know how to run the z4root on my phone.
I do not want to install another ROM.
I do not know why you can not run z4root and a file manager from the SD card I have tried methods with the SDK they are total rubbish.
Once again *without* using the market place.
Thanks
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Download it mediafire.com/u8150
Sent from my Ideos using XDA App

could you explain why you prefer this way instead using z4root?

nitro-ale said:
could you explain why you prefer this way instead using z4root?
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I have Z4root on the phone and its supposedly rooted.
Yet, I can install apps from PC onto phone, but can not uninstall them.
Adb always gives me failure.
And if I try from shell it always says permission denied.

tilal6991 said:
Download it
Sent from my Ideos using XDA App
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Hi thanks downloaded it fine its on the phone but this doesn't tell me how to remove apps.
I have been able to install but not remove adb always says failure.

Thanks man,
Just worked perfectly on my IDEOS brought from 2degrees in NZ.
The copy of SuperOneClick that I downloaded contained a file called su-v2 instead of su. In order to get the hack to work I had to rename su-v2 to su before running ./rageagainstthecage . Pretty obvious, but it might help someone out.
Thanks

fvckyougooglescammer said:
I have Z4root on the phone and its supposedly rooted.
Yet, I can install apps from PC onto phone, but can not uninstall them.
Adb always gives me failure.
And if I try from shell it always says permission denied.
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I followed your instructions and installed SetCPU to test my phone was rooted. It worked great! Thanks.
I still have a problem. When I try adb root it still says "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I'm trying this to be able to control my phone with pc mouse/keyboard with androidscreencast.
Any suggestions will be much appreciated.
Answering to myself: I updated my phone with FUSIONideos 1.5 and now adb runs as root without problems.

Z4root
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
Worked for me

Does it removes simlock I have Huawei U8150 IDEOS Android phone with career lock ( Simlock ), so will this remove it

can there be a batch file / command / app for all this, too techy out there
also how to setup the environment to run these commands, i m windows user can i do it ?

[Q] Using ADB from Terminal Emulator

I recently received my Transformer back after RMA-ing it for a non functioning screen. Of course, even though the problem lied with the hardware, they still unrooted and reinstalled stock firmware on it. Everything on it works, except for the USB cable that seems to be either not working, or because they installed all my apps and settings back on the tablet, something's wrong. This is a problem when it comes to rooting it again. What I'm trying to do is run the commands through the Terminal Emulator, but here is what happens:
Code:
[email protected]: /sdcard $ adb start-server
* Daemon not running, starting it on port 5038 *
* Daemon started successfully *
[email protected]: /sdcard $ adb connect localhost:5038
connected to localhost:5038
[email protected]: /sdcard $ adb push su /data/local/tmp
error: device not found
So my question is, is it even possible to do this? If not, is there another way to do it?
Thanks in advanced for any help!

adb is the android debugging bridge what it does is changes your shell from your computer to your device so you do not need to run anything that refers to adb from your device

Hmm, run Wolf's exploit but remove 'adb' from all the commands, pretend you're already in the shell. (Because you are)

Thing O Doom said:
Hmm, run Wolf's exploit but remove 'adb' from all the commands, pretend you're already in the shell. (Because you are)
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Yeah, I've tried that too.
Code:
/system/bin/sh: push: not found

aldude999 said:
Yeah, I've tried that too.
Code:
/system/bin/sh: push: not found
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push is an adb command not a terminal command

mrevankyle said:
push is an adb command not a terminal command
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I understand that.
I've been trying mv with no luck:
Code:
mv /sdcard/su /data/local/tmp
failed on '/sdcard/su' - Cross-device link

Download a Recovery.zip you want, and then extract the file called 'recoveryblob' out of it. (I highly recommend Rouge XM touch)
Place it on the root of your internal storage /sdcard/.
Run this:
Code:
mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data/local/tmp
exit
reboot the tab, get back in, run this:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recoveryblob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
reboot again, then you see a blue bar if it worked.
Then you can access CWM recovery that you just flashed with dd, and use that to install the Superuser or SuperSU .zip

Thing O Doom said:
Download a Recovery.zip you want, and then extract the file called 'recoveryblob' out of it. (I highly recommend Rouge XM touch)
Place it on the root of your internal storage /sdcard/.
Run this:
Code:
mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
ln -s /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /data/local/tmp
exit
reboot the tab, get back in, run this:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recoveryblob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4
reboot again, then you see a blue bar if it worked.
Then you can access CWM recovery that you just flashed with dd, and use that to install the Superuser or SuperSU .zip
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Code:
mv /data/local/tmp /data/local/tmp.bak
failed on '/data/local/tmp' - Permission denied
EDIT: Also, I've tried chmod, and I get an Operation not permitted error.

This is a TF101 correct? What stock firmware is it running?
You need to get USB working again.

Thing O Doom said:
This is a TF101 correct? What stock firmware is it running?
You need to get USB working again.
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Yes It's running completely up to date (unfortunately) 9.2.1.24.

aldude999 said:
Yeah, I've tried that too.
Code:
/system/bin/sh: push: not found
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It might help to understand what is going on. In this case, adb push su /data/tmp becomes "cp su /data/tmp/" if you are running from the terminal. You'll need stronger linux-fu.
You might also need a few extra /'s at the end of *some* of your commands.
sent from my transformer

gee one said:
It might help to understand what is going on. In this case, adb push su /data/tmp becomes "cp su /data/tmp/" if you are running from the terminal. You'll need stronger linux-fu.
You might also need a few extra /'s at the end of *some* of your commands.
sent from my transformer
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Yeah, I gotcha, but the only command I have that comes close to cp is mv, and all the commands are very strictly limited.

Rooting Crosscall Core-M5

Hi, I got a new phone recently, as the name implies it's a CC Core-m5, I would like to root this device but unfortunately there isn't anything on internet and the guys working at CC doesn't want to give me the firmware so that I can patch the boot using magisk.
Can someone help please ?

If someone manage to get temporary root access (even if it can't remount partitions) can he post how he managed to do it ? That way we could build our own TWRP image

Temporary root access is easy to realize: simply put a suitable su binary into Android's filesystem and make it executable:
Code:
adb devices
adb push <FULL-PATH-OF-SU-BINARY-ON-PC> /data/local/tmp/
adb shell "chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su"

xXx yYy said:
Temporary root access is easy to realize: simply put a suitable su binary into Android's filesystem and make it executable:
Code:
adb devices
adb push <FULL-PATH-OF-SU-BINARY-ON-PC> /data/local/tmp/
adb shell "chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su"
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Thanks a lot, Im gonna try that, I thought of that technic but wasn't sure if it was possible

Hmm, look like this isn't possible anymore, or Im doing it wrong. Im using lineageOS 18.1 su binary, when executing it threw the shell I get the error code 255. Weird

Using the SU binaries you provided in an other thread I get the error code 1. Nothing more
xXx yYy said:
Temporary root access is easy to realize: simply put a suitable su binary into Android's filesystem and make it executable:
Code:
adb devices
adb push <FULL-PATH-OF-SU-BINARY-ON-PC> /data/local/tmp/
adb shell "chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su"
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xXx yYy said:
Temporary root access is easy to realize: simply put a suitable su binary into Android's filesystem and make it executable:
Code:
adb devices
adb push <FULL-PATH-OF-SU-BINARY-ON-PC> /data/local/tmp/
adb shell "chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su"
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You won't get root access this way, as root access is allowed for binaries in root partition.
As you can't write this partition <=> you can't put any binary on it.
idem-bis-repetita

As seen in this thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/rooting-crosscall-core-m5.4359409/ there is a way to get temporary root access.

@xXx yYy Any further ideas ? Thanks btw

Might be resolved once we get more informations on dirty-cred, as it may affect the android kernel too.

Bricked my phone lol, no working recovery