I have downloaded the prgramme from the site for unlockign the XDA but my PC does not seem able to run it. Can anyone explain why, or what I may need to enable it to run? Also, does anyone know whether O2 in England can refuse to unlock my XDA? I've had it for more than a year. Thanks.
think you need the seriel cable and this program if it's xda1
and you cant use this tool
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/UnlockWiz/Wallaby/XDAunlock
the XDAunlock.exe tool should run on the XDA device not the PC ... copy it to the device using normal activesync and the cradle and run it through the file explorer on the XDA
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 and I am trying to use Adams linux tool to unlock it. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and got ADB to recognize my phone. I downloaded the tool extracted it, opened it nothing ran so I found the file Root GS3 with DebugFSRoot in Scripts I opened that and then clicked on adb.exe and got this error.
Archive: /home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe
Zip file size: 191488 bytes, number of entries: 33758
[/home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe]:
Zipfile is disk 58485 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 30091).
I am completely lost on how to fix it. I am still learning Ubuntu and am familiarizing myself with the system. For some reason when excuting adb commanding I have to put ./ in front of every command or it will not recognize the command. I tried following a guide which would update a source file so I would not need ./ Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
joebob296 said:
No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
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Just download the app its in the play store it will unlock your boot loader. Its simple! If you are trying to root your phone also the you will have to use Adams tool if you chose. You will also need java JDK 6.XX. If you look in development you will see other ways to root also and a link to the app for boot loader
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Just download the app its in the play store it will unlock your boot loader. Its simple! If you are trying to root your phone also the you will have to use Adams tool if you chose. You will also need java JDK 6.XX. If you look in development you will see other ways to root also and a link to the app for boot loader
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Yea I have java installed my laptop also recognizes my phone over adb so I know java is working and installed in the right place I also set my path variable. I know there is an app and there is a windows version, but I'm trying to get used to using linux.
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Yea I have java installed my laptop also recognizes my phone over adb so I know java is working and installed in the right place I also set my path variable. I know there is an app and there is a windows version, but I'm trying to get used to using linux.
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Gotcha, I don't use linux. How is it? I might try it out.
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Gotcha, I don't use linux. How is it? I might try it out.
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I did download it. I decided to try windows when I used Adams.
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joebob296 said:
I have a Verizon Galaxy S3 and I am trying to use Adams linux tool to unlock it. I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop and got ADB to recognize my phone. I downloaded the tool extracted it, opened it nothing ran so I found the file Root GS3 with DebugFSRoot in Scripts I opened that and then clicked on adb.exe and got this error.
Archive: /home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe
Zip file size: 191488 bytes, number of entries: 33758
[/home/eric/.cache/.fr-97pmjP/adb.exe]:
Zipfile is disk 58485 of a multi-disk archive, and this is not the disk on
which the central zipfile directory begins (disk 30091).
I am completely lost on how to fix it. I am still learning Ubuntu and am familiarizing myself with the system. For some reason when excuting adb commanding I have to put ./ in front of every command or it will not recognize the command. I tried following a guide which would update a source file so I would not need ./ Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I used to use Ubuntu a great deal until I needed Word to write my dissertation. I tried to use Adam's tool in Ubuntu as well and eventually gave up and went back to Windows. For some reason, the tool always said I had a good connection to my phone event when I unplugged my phone from the cable. My computer obviously was not recognizing the phone properly. Since I have been back on Windows for a few years, I just decided to follow the idiots guides out there and just get it done.
Here are a few stupid errors I made:
1. I did not have java runtime environment installed. I simply went to the software store that comes with Ubuntu, searched for java, and installed it.
2. I did not make the .jar file executable. I just clicked on the file, went into properties, and chose the make it executable option.
This at least got the program to run rather than exploring the file .jar file for what it included in it.
As I am sure you know, the Ubuntu forums are a wealth of information. I could have searched there for answers, but I decided to take an easier path. Of course, Adam's program didn't work for me under windows either so I just used a different method. Good luck and I hope you get it working for you in Ubuntu.
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No one used Adams tool? Or even offer a link to something to help me out?
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Download this app from the app store.
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OK not being a **** to anyone who says "just download the app, or use windows" if you read my post you would know that I'm trying to use Linux. Read the post before submitting a useless response. I thank the people who read my post and submitted and gave me a place to start.
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Got it to work I sent Adam a pm had to run it from java
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I have been using a windows 7 pc for a while to flash fast boot's. But, recently, I bought a windows 8 pc, and now (no matter what I try) I can't get adb to work. Did any of you guys manage to get it to work? I am screwed?
You can always try using a live CD or run a distro off a flash drive for dedicated developing. Puppy linux works beautifully. Buy a cheapo 4gb drive from a retail chain!
Make sure you're using the correct driver version, win 8 has a finicky install process where it draws the files from the internet even if it's not really correct.
Try manual installation.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982718
have you tried this?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/fix-adb-and-fastboot-on-windows-8-consumer-preview/
this may be better
I have a mac book pro, and I want to use Odin, install CWM, and root using that computer, is that possible? Must it be on Windows?
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I have a mac too, I've hard conflicting reports, but I'm not sure you can (at least not easily). I'd suggest just using a friend's pc to do it. It'll take you 5 minutes and you'll never need to use the computer again.
If you what your doing you can pull the recovery image out of an odin flashable and use Heimdall to flash it. If you don't know what those are best to borrow a windows machine.
It might be possible if you have windows boot camp for Mac
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I used VMWare/Windows 7 from my Mac to root my device.
There is a native way using the Android SDK
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1685493
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OgYscP-bho
Okay, I know there is a tutorial for this already, but I am making a new one for a new version of the software that is out.
This tutorial uses Windows XP as an example, you may replace Windows XP with other OS if you want!
***Required Software/Hardware***
SOFTWARE:
-Limbo Emulator (QEMU BASED) for Android(Play Store)
-qemu manager for PC (Windows/MAC/Linux)
-OS Installer CD/DVD(ISO is okay too)(E.G. Windows 2000-XP, Ubuntu, Etc.)
HARDWARE:
-High-end Phone(1GHZ Dual-core recommended although ANY phone WILL work.)
-PC
-USB Cable, etc
-At least 5GB free on SDcard OR Phone.
MISC:
-LOTS OF TIME!!!!
-Root (optional)
STEPS:
Step One:
Download all the required software. Install them to the respective device.
Step Two:
- Open up QEMU Manager and create a new VM, USE QEMU32bit for the processor, and Windows XP as the OS (Because the variables are predefind.)
-Select Make new drive and make a Hard Drive that is 3GB-5GB in size.
Make sure it is in qcow2 format!!
(Please note: after installation, the file size will only be 1.49GB)
-Mount the ISO/CD inside qemu manager in the VM settings and begin installation of the OS to the drive.
(This step will take at least 2HOURS! Let it do its thing.)
-After your first successful boot, Shut down the VM from within the VM (Windows XP VM: Start->shutdown->Shutdown)
Step Three:
-Connect the phone to the computer.
-Mount USB Storage.
-Find the Hard Drive file (Usually Installation/images folder!) and copy it to any directory of your SDcard (No spaces in the names and directories!!!)
- Install Limbo Emulator, and then Launch it!
- Select Load VM and hit New give it any name you would like it doesnt matter.
- then make sure the settings are as follows:
~CPU: qemu32
~RAM Memory Size: 256
~Hard Disk (HDA): /mnt/sdcard/{Location of your qcow2 file}
~Network Configuration: User
~Network Card: ne2k_pci
~VGA Configuration: cirrus
******Please note: if the option is not in the above list Leave it at it's default setting!!!!!!!! or this will not work (For Windows XP)
There you go, Go ahead and hit start!
Things to know:
One, it will take awhile to boot up on any phone (5-30 Minutes)
Two, Emulation is never perfect.
Optional Steps:
Getting more RAM for your BUCK
********NOTE: THIS STEP IS NO LONGER REQUIRED, THE APPLICATION HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ALLOW FOR 1GB OF RAM*******
ROOT ONLY
Go ahead and Exit and Kill the Limbo Task.
With root explorer go to /data/data/com.max2idea.limbo/databases/
and edit limbo.db with an SQlite editor of choice.
Find your VM in the Table and edit max memory size to 512 or more!
Remember how much ram your phone has then divied that by 2, and thats the maximum you SHOULD use, but edit this at your own risk!!!!!!
After this MOD, DO NOT EDIT ANY SETTINGS IN THE LIMBO APP AS IT WILL OVERWRITE THIS MOD.
Thats it enjoy!!
Neato
Very cool! Prepping this for my Nexus 7 now. Will post the results.
Going to try on my HTC One X, and post back here results Thanks
Okay! Any news?
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Okay! Any news?
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Sorry, I felt asleep yesterday doing this I`m just copying windows to my phone, will post results in few minutes
Any screenshot please?
Thanks...
There is a youtube video of a guy using an older version of the software.
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File missing
Hi guys,
just for fun i tried to get this to work on my overclocked evo 3D, unfortunately without success.
It says a file is missing or broken (<Windows Root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe)
Can I fix this using my PC or do i have to install my XP again on another VM?
EDIT: I reinstalled my Windows XP and tried it again. When I noticed it still won't work, i tried to change the settings. After playing a bit with them i'm able now to boot into windows without problems. But i got stucked at the desktop, so i rebootet, now it don't works again..
Try a different windows install cd. Do not use the one you have been trying to use. I believe that is the reason it will not boot.
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Hi guys,
just for fun i tried to get this to work on my overclocked evo 3D, unfortunately without success.
It says a file is missing or broken (<Windows Root>\system32\ntoskrnl.exe)
Can I fix this using my PC or do i have to install my XP again on another VM?
EDIT: I reinstalled my Windows XP and tried it again. When I noticed it still won't work, i tried to change the settings. After playing a bit with them i'm able now to boot into windows without problems. But i got stucked at the desktop, so i rebootet, now it don't works again..
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Make sure multithreaded AIO is disabled.
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Well sandix, AIO Multithread has never been enabled, so I enabled this & tried it again.. This time it booted successfully and without any problems. The only bad thing is, how slow it runs. So I#m going to give it up to 512mb RAM, hopefully it makes it a bit faster
I understand, but the multithreaded AIO is what caused my vm to give the same error. Anyway try what you can. XP is slow but i have had pretty decent results from windows 98 and 2000.
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Oh, another OS that will work decently is windows PE.
Try make a BartPE out of a windows XP CD. A.k.a WinPE. The ram requirements of WinPE are very low. (Like windows 98) so it should respond better.
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Great tutorial
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Okayy I'm gonna try this BartPE thing out, will post my results here.
PS: @ArianaGrande, damn I wish you were the real one
I just tested bartPE it seems you need to install it to a qcow2 drive file first. Its in the start menu when you boot up in qemu on the pc.
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I just tested bartPE it seems you need to install it to a qcow2 drive file first. Its in the start menu when you boot up in qemu on the pc.
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Thank you very much, works nearly perfectly now. Still slow, but faster than the first one
How did you get it installed in to the qcow2 file? Mine keeps BSODing on me when i select install to hard drive. :/
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Sorry I forgot to check back in! Install went great through the QEMU OSX port. Enabled multithread and changed to 512. XP Boots and runs slower than snot but it works
Okay good. Its slow but hey! It runs none the less i was surfing the web with ie8 after mine went through updates (took three days mind you) lol but i was shocked that it actually worked i also took a snap shot so i did not have to wait for it to boot!
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