Hey there! Im curious if there are any good programs to use for rooting an SGS6. I don't have a mac and won't be able to use windows in a long while. Ive heard of Heimdall but does it work on the SGS6? Is there any other alternative?
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6/samsung-galaxy-s-6--s-6-edge-unified-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395
You need at least one pc wether it is on Windows, Mac OS or Linux. Without any PC its not possible.
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I've been searching on the internet for quite some time, attempting to find a comprehensive guide to rooting my OG Droid (build number FRG83G running 2.2.2)on my Macbook Pro (i know windows is easier). Does anybody know any way I can do this? Preferably something that includes everything I would need to download/install (with links to said things). Thank you everybody in advance.
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You would be better dual booting your mac with windows or using a VM such as parallels for example. I dual boot with win xp and can flash quite happily
Do you by any chance have a list of steps that I need to follow in order to do that? Im not very familiar with that process.
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Do you by any chance have a list of steps that I need to follow in order to do that? Im not very familiar with that process.
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Assuming your using osx 10.6x (as i am) go into utilities and look for bootcamp assistant. You will need a copy of a windows os of your choice, licensed of course!
You will be given the choice to boot windows or os on boot, funnily enough windows xp runs better on a mac (and faster) then it does on a pc haha.
Follow the instructions given on bootcamp and enjoy (this will partition your hard drive so ensure its not full!)
For further reading, google bootcamp osx
Have fun.
I now have windows XP running on my mac via parallels. Do you have any further instructions for rooting my phone? Previously I had tried rooting my phone via SuperOneClick v 1.9.5 through mono on my macbook Pro, but it always ran stopped and said Psneuter exploit failed. I figured trying it again on windows could fix that problem, but I cant figure out how to transfer the file over.
Nevermind, I ended up using a usb flash drive, but the program has the same error still; so once again, do you have any instructions for me to follow detailing another way?
I had to post in the Q&A since i'm a newb here, but my transformer is bricked, and i tried the unbricking method seen in the development thread and I keep getting stalled at "waiting for bootloader to initilize"
does anybody know how i can fix this and get a stock rom on my transformer incase i need to rma it.
I am also running VMware as i do not have a windows pc at the moment, so i don't know if that has anything to do with it.
Any help is much appriciated, thank you.
Not sure, but does VMware support USB devices?
it does, or at least it shows apx mode when it's plugged in. I may need to just try it on an actual windows computer though :/
EDIT: for some reason it worked right after i posted that. I didn't really do anything different, htc-hd2 is just good luck i guess!
Running VMWare on what machine? A Mac ?
Can't you dualboot Windows 7 with BootCamp ?
I dont have a mac, just going on what I have heard
VMware is probably your problem. Boot up a Linux live CD and run this: Stock Honeycomb 3.2 (Actually if you have a mac you can run this too, just run extract the archive and run the bash script from the terminal)
It's a tar ball that I put together that contains the files needed to flash a stock image of 3.2 via nvflash. The archive is about 300mb IIRC.
Hello everybody,
I could not find any other experiences so far so I'd like to confirm that if someone is trying to use livesuit under WinXP running in a virtual machine in Virtualbox it works perfectly.
Just connect the tablet and then enable the new USB device in Virtualbox, and Windows will pick it up.
The only thing to take care of is that when the tablet is connected, a new hardware wizard comes up. At this point you need to MANUALLY install the drivers in the wizard TWICE before livesuit picks up the tablet.
If someone is having trouble I'd be happy to help.
I'm trying to do this a WinXP virtual machine inside of Mac OS X. Managed to install the drivers once but, virtualbox drops it quickly from the list of usb devices before livesuit can ask me if I want to flash the img
Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if this is a MacOSX specific problem but wondering if you ran into the same problem.
XDA is a forum for Android and Windows Phone devices only. Linux, Windows XP, and MacOS are far outside our scope. Try posting in the computer support thread in the Off-topic section.
hello! just got my new gt-9500, great device! but I tried for hours now to root it on a mac, couse i have no PC around and I just don't seems to be able to!
no odin, and the sh file I found is just for 9505, I also tired with heimdall, but the new version (1.4) don't work with my mac's version, and I can't get the older one to work properly..
am I missing something? how can I just root my device from a mac without a pc? giving it's not my own mac, its a problem to install vm on it. I don't have windows installation anyway.
tnx!
Any way to perform any unlocking, flashing, rooting, etc if i use a Mac?
All software i see is PC based...
Do the drivers & stuff for Win get installed ok in bootcamp?
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Any way to perform any unlocking, flashing, rooting, etc if i use a Mac?
All software i see is PC based...
Do the drivers & stuff for Win get installed ok in bootcamp?
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Yes, you can use a Mac to unlock and flashing. The programs required are all included in the android SDK (fastboot and adb mainly). The SDK is available for Mac as well as for Windows and Linux.
I don't think there's a simple GUI for Mac like hasoon's all in one toolkit, so you'll have to do some typing yourself, but it's all doable on a Mac.
Running he Windows apps in bootcamp works, but you really don't need Windows to unlock your phone or to use fastboot.
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One thing you can not do on Mac is run a RUU.
Unlocking, Rooting, Flashing, S-Off'ing, etc.. can all be done with only adb and fastboot, which like @zaak00 said are included in the android sdk. (add platform-tools to your $PATH)
Developing android apps works fine on Mac. (I've only used Eclipse, not Android Studio.)
For kernel development or building AOSP, however, I would recommend running Linux in a VM.