After having nearly hung myself trying to figure out the whole SDK thing, what the hey ADB was and all that jazz, I thought I would give the rest of the people out there a step by step guide on getting from stock to root in no time. If you follow this guide, you won't spend the hours I did on google, XDA and irc trying to get where I am. This stuff can be confusing, and I am only here to make it less so.
Disclaimer: If you destroy your phone, I take no responsibility for it. You are performing this at your own risk.
I take no credit for the root process itself, there are people much smarter than I who worked on this. I used the method outlined here by jcase. I am simply compiling this and making it easy for people (much like myself) who had no prior experience be able to have root.
jcase said:
Credits (from original post here)
Scotty2, jamezelle, jcase, and all of Team AndIRC
Testers, especially ProTekk and Trident
Thanks to scotty2 for WPThis
Busybox was pulled from a CyanogenMod ROM, source should be available here
psneuter was pulled from somewhere, credit to scotty2, source here
All firmware credit goes to 911sniper
Jaroslav from Android Police for editorial help
If I missed anyone in the credits, it was unintentional and I will fix it soon. Lots of people had their hands in on this project.
Original warnings, posted by jcase:
Pros
Root with read/write access to /system
Ability to downgrade and flash any RUU (i.e. signed firmware)
S-OFF
Fully unlocked bootloader
All ThunderBolts survived testing
Cons
Voids warranty
Could brick your phone if you aren’t careful
The method of rooting your Android device as described in the article herein is solely for enthusiasts and not for the faint of heart.
IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA. IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA. IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA.
Android Police and Team AndIRC disclaim all liability for any harm that may befall your device, including, but not limited to: bricked phones, voided manufacturer warranties, exploding batteries, etc.
The instructions below assume you already have a strong familiarity with adb command lines – this is not for beginners.*
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*I made this guide as seamless and easy as possible. I have tested this 4 times now with success each time. Just follow every step to a T and there will be no problems. The warning is there to tell you what could happen if you don't listen very well...
Step 1: Download the Android SDK
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Step 2: Get into the SDK
After downloading, you should have a package named android-sdk_r10-mac_x86.zip in your downloads folder. Unzip it and move it to your desktop, to make life easier on yourself.
*Stop here right now if you have no idea what terminal is... shame on you, also this might be slightly more technical than you thought. No worries, I am going to hold your hand through it all*
Step 3: Get ADB
You can search as hard as you want to in that SDK and you won't find ADB. It's not there, leave it to google to be smug and leave a "ADB's not here sucka!!" readme in the file... cheeky muppets. Regardless of my personal feelings, You need to get ahold of the ADB. Easy enough to do. Open the tools folder located in the android-sdk-mac_x86 folder. Click on "android" (it's right next to google's smug readme...), and wait until it pulls up the screen seen below.
{
"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"
}
Once you've gotten here, click "available packages" on the left and install Android SDK Platform-tools, revision 3. Let it go through it's process and click close. Now, go back to your android-sdk-mac_x86 and you'll have the folder titled "Platform-tools", open it and, TA-DA! You have adb, don't click it... you don't need to.
Step 4: Prepare your phone for rooting.
Make sure your phone is fully charged before beginning. Go to Menu>Settings>Applications>Developer> and turn on USB Debugging. I had my phone on Disk Drive the entire procedure, I'm not sure if it had any benefits other than convenience, but, granted, it helped.
Step 5. Setup terminal for ADB.
To this point, you haven't had to open terminal on your own. It is probably still open from when you installed the platform-tools folder from the android executable file. If it is, right click (control click) the terminal icon, click new window and then click basic. If you closed it haphazardly (shame on you!) you need to open it. It is located in your application folder, in another folder titled Utilities.
Once you get to the terminal screen, you should see a white box, with the name of your computer, followed by the place your currently "located." A ~ means you are in your home folder. For fun, type the following into your terminal window.
Code:
touch test_file.txt
Now, navigate to your home folder and there is a text file there for you. Pretty neat, eh?
Now, we need to navigate to adb. Go to your android-sdk-mac_x86 folder, open it. Now, go back to terminal, type cd and drag the folder Platform-tools to the terminal window. You should see a green dot with a plus sign in it, that means you can add the folder to the terminal window. It should read something like this:
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cd /Users/Your Computer's Name/Downloads/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools
If you moved the android-sdk-mac_x86 folder (Like I did) after downloading it, it will only be slightly different. (My folder was in my home folder, so it just says /users/my computer/android-sdk-mac_x86/platform-tools)
Once you do this, you are ready to begin.
Step 6: GAIN ROOT!!!!11!!
Take a moment, breathe, cry, caress your phone... No, it really isn't that bad. I am what many consider a hypochondriac, I say I am just more "down to earth."
Glass half empty, half full, etc. we begin. I've slightly modified these to make them usable for us Apple guys. (All that has been changed is the adding of a "./" to the beginning of ever adb.)
Step 1
First, download these files:
RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.03.605.10_Radio_1.02.00.0103_2r_NV_8k_1.37_9k_1.52_release_
165253 (md5sum : aae974054fc3aed275ba3596480ccd5b):
Multiupload mirror
GalaxySense mirror
DroidSite mirror
Mirrors for the package (contains busybox, wpthis, psneuter, su, readme.txt, misc.img, and hbooteng.nb0) (md5sum : 3b359efd76aac456ba7fb0d6972de3af):
Multiupload mirror
GalaxySense mirror
DroidSite mirror
Custom RUU mirrors (md5sum : aff07b8256628a175c40938d408fa16f):
Multiupload mirror
GalaxySense mirror
(Personally, I extracted the exploit.zip folder, and the RUU_MECHA to my platform-tools folder so I never had to cd anywhere. I strongly recommend you do the same. I put the Custom RUU [PG05IMG.zip] on my desktop, so I didn't get it confused later in the process)
Step 2
Note that adb is required.
Push misc.img, busybox, and psnueter using the following commands:
Code:
./adb push psneuter /data/local/
./adb push busybox /data/local/
./adb push misc.img /data/local/
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
Step 3
This step will gain temp root and flash the custom misc.img. Run:
Code:
./adb shell
Now the shell should display "$".
Run:
Code:
/data/local/psneuter
You will now be kicked out of adb, and adb will restart as root. Let’s confirm the md5 of misc.img:
./adb shell
At this point, the shell should display "#".
Run:
Code:
/data/local/busybox md5sum /data/local/misc.img
Output should be "c88dd947eb3b36eec90503a3525ae0de." If it’s anything else, re-download the file and try again.
Now let’s write misc.img:
Code:
dd if=/data/local/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
exit
Step 4
Here you will rename the downgrade RUU (RUU_Mecha_VERIZON_WWE_1.03.605.10_Radio_1.02.00.0103_2r_NV_8k_1.37_9k_1.52_release_165253_signed.zip) as PG05IMG.zip and place it on your SD card. Then, run the following command:
Code:
./adb reboot bootloader
Choose the bootloader option and press power; let the ROM flash. When asked to upgrade, choose yes. Don’t freak, it’s a long reboot.
Once done, reboot and delete PG05IMG.zip from your SD card.
**Make sure to Re-enable USB Debugging!!! (Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging)**
Set up the two part exploit, to gain root and unlock MMC.
Code:
Push wpthis, busybox, and psnueter.
./adb push psneuter /data/local/
./adb push busybox /data/local/
./adb push wpthis /data/local/
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/wpthis
Step 5
Next, enter the following commands:
Code:
./adb shell
/data/local/psneuter
To unlock eMMC:
./adb shell
/data/local/wpthis
exit
Step 6
Please pay attention – this is very important. This step involves a small chance of bricking if you mess up.
To push the eng bootloader:
Code:
./adb push hbooteng.nb0 /data/local/
./adb shell
/data/local/busybox md5sum /data/local/hbooteng.nb0
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb" exactly, stop, delete it, and re-download it. Otherwise, continue.
Now we will write the new bootloader.
Code:
dd if=/data/local/hbooteng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Confirm proper write:
Code:
/data/local/busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb," try again; if it still doesn’t work, seek help from chat.andirc.net in channel #thunderbolt.
DO NOT REBOOT.
Now, reboot your phone and put the custom RUU (PG05IMG.zip) on your SD card. Then flash it. This will upgrade you to release firmware with an S-OFF bootloader.
**Make sure to Re-enable USB Debugging!!! (Menu>Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging)**
Next, run this command:
Code:
./adb reboot bootloader
After it flashes, you will be running release firmware with S-OFF.
Step 7
Code:
Push SU, busybox, and psneuter.
./adb push psneuter /data/local/
./adb push busybox /data/local/
./adb push su /data/local/
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
To gain root:
Code:
./adb shell
/data/local/psneuter
The following will remount /system and set up SU:
Code:
./adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
/data/local/busybox cp /data/local/su /system/xbin/su
chown 0:0 /system/xbin/su
chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
Step 8
Install Superuser from the Market.
Reboot your phone. You should now have full root permissions.
Step 9
Finally, install ROM Manager from the market, enter ROM Manager and flash the ThunderBolt recovery.
If you have problems getting SU to work, a couple extra reboots will likely fix it. If you still have problems, come to the chat: irc.andirc.net #thunderbolt or use http://chat.andirc.net:9090/?channels=#thunderbolt.
And there you go. You now have root. That was fun right? The irc is absolutely invaluable if you are having any trouble. The people there are really helpful and knowledgable. They won't talk down to you, just try to help.
Again, thank you to the people who made this possible, You all are awesome. the work that had to be done to make this user friendly is beyond amazing.
If I missed anything, please let me know. I might have missed something, I haven't slept all night.
Quite the thorough walk through. Nice job!
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Looks like a nice walk-through.
I may suggest including all of your steps for configuring the SDK and then simply referencing the official root guide... because if that would get updated then you would have old instructions on this thread.
It is not that hard for people to type the ./ in front of every command...
Alternatively (and recommended), you could provide a more thorough guide and include instructions on adding the SDK platform-tools directory to the PATH environment variable. Once this is added, the user can use adb whenever they want, they do not have to change directories to the SDK! This also allow for using the command without needing the leading ./
I knew people would come in who knew something... You both are right. The problem I was having was the same many of my friends and people on here were having, they kept getting a -bash: adb: command not found. I am working on fixing my .bash_profile, but until I get that fixed, this tutorial is the best I've got.
IISiDeK1CKII said:
I knew people would come in who knew something... You both are right. The problem I was having was the same many of my friends and people on here were having, they kept getting a -bash: adb: command not found. I am working on fixing my .bash_profile, but until I get that fixed, this tutorial is the best I've got.
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I am excited try try this, thank you so much for writing this up. I get very confused doing these things the first time and didn't realize you could do this on mac by adding the prefix in the commands. So, now that I know that, I am hoping to try it!
One question.....and this is a total newbie question, sorry..... In the steps that have several commands like this one:
Set up the two part exploit, to gain root and unlock MMC.
Code:
Push wpthis, busybox, and psnueter.
./adb push psneuter /data/local/
./adb push busybox /data/local/
./adb push wpthis /data/local/
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
./adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/wpthis
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Should the commands all be ran individually, or all at the same time just on their own lines? Like, can I just copy all six commands and paste them in just like this then hit enter? Or do I need to run them all one at a time?
gadsden said:
I am excited try try this, thank you so much for writing this up. I get very confused doing these things the first time and didn't realize you could do this on mac by adding the prefix in the commands. So, now that I know that, I am hoping to try it!
One question.....and this is a total newbie question, sorry..... In the steps that have several commands like this one:
Should the commands all be ran individually, or all at the same time just on their own lines? Like, can I just copy all six commands and paste them in just like this then hit enter? Or do I need to run them all one at a time?
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You hit enter after each of those commands.
I'm AMAZED at how well this went! I'd been avoiding ADB on windows, plus avoiding all the 1-click options as they didn't work correctly on VMWare/WinXp on my Mac Pro. So, I saw this post and decided to take the leap.
THANK YOU!!!! My device is now rooted and working flawlessly.
Nice write up, I completely avoided the whole ADB setup subject, due to a lack of mac/windows knowledge. Glad the community can come through.
Can you please paste in my warnings, full credits and links to the GPL (this part if very important to us) sources if you are going to base this on our stuff. Just take them from the original post please.
~jcase
I ALWAYS had to put the
./
before adb so it would be "./adb" for anything that started with adb. I see you missed it a couple times and that concerns me. I followed the original tut by jcase and put ./adb instead of plain adb and everything worked perfect. Just my 2¢.
bmcclure937 said:
Looks like a nice walk-through.
I may suggest including all of your steps for configuring the SDK and then simply referencing the official root guide... because if that would get updated then you would have old instructions on this thread.
It is not that hard for people to type the ./ in front of every command...
Alternatively (and recommended), you could provide a more thorough guide and include instructions on adding the SDK platform-tools directory to the PATH environment variable. Once this is added, the user can use adb whenever they want, they do not have to change directories to the SDK! This also allow for using the command without needing the leading ./
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I really didn't realize until today that I could just as easily perform a manual root on a mac as a windows machine. So, I am trying to learn about this, been doing a bunch of reading. I am interested in what you are mentioning about adding SDK platform-tools directory to the PATH environment. On a mac, what environment should I be using? I am a little confused about the options listed on the Andorid Developer website. It seems Eclipse is what everything is all about primarily, but I have no clue which one to use. Perhaps I ought to just not worry about all that right now and just follow these steps to root my TB? I'm not really after doing anything other than rooting and flashing ROMs, so is it really necessary to set all that up?
xCHPx said:
I ALWAYS had to put the
./
before adb so it would be "./adb" for anything that started with adb. I see you missed it a couple times and that concerns me. I followed the original tut by jcase and put ./adb instead of plain adb and everything worked perfect. Just my 2¢.
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Regarding the ./ Are you saying that we need to use that in front of these commands even though it's not listed in the steps?
adb reboot bootloader
adb shell
Other than that, the steps in this post work, right? I have everything downloaded and got as far as getting ADB, but I don't want to go any further if this isn't really as comprehensive as its made out to be.
gadsden said:
Regarding the ./ Are you saying that we need to use that in front of these commands even though it's not listed in the steps?
adb reboot bootloader
adb shell
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Yes otherwise i don't believe it will work.
Wow! I really didn't think this would get quite as much attention. I think I need to do some more solid work and clean this up a bit. Now, for the individual responses:
@Gadsden: You're very welcome. I kept thinking, this is impossible! But, with a little Red Hat experience and some awesome google skills, I got this.
@Jayhammy: You're welcome man. Enjoy!
@jcase: Of course I can. I never really thought this would gain so many views. There aren't words to explain how psyched I am to see you talking directly to me... lol, I will give full credit to everyone, as soon as I post this
@xCHPx: I posted this after a long night, with no sleep. I knew I would miss something. The cool thing about that is if you copy and pasted the command without ./ in front of it, it would simply not run. There is really no way to mess this up.
@gadsden (pt.2): Hypothetically speaking, you don't need to do ANYTHING other than what I've listed. If you decide to start developing themes, apps, etc. you'd have to worry about eclipse. I made a mistake on the two things listed there, every adb command must have ./ in front of it. I simply overlooked it when typing this up. There was a lot of stuff to be typed.
thanks for the walk-through!
i have 2 quick questions...
for say like this step:
./adb shell
/data/local/psneuter
To unlock eMMC:
./adb shell
/data/local/wpthis
exit
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ur hitting enter after shell correct? the /data/... doesnt need a program command like ./adb before it correct? same with all other lines with no ./adb in front of them?
also for this:
Step 9
Finally, install ROM Manager and flash the ThunderBolt recovery.
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im assuming ROM Manager is in market like Super User but i dont know what flash the Thunderbolt recovery means...could u explain that?
Thanks again!
yeah, I'll explain that in the post but also here. ROM Manager is a program available in the market. If you go to the market and type it in, you'll see it. It's a top hat with a gear behind it.
After you install ROM Manager, You need to touch the first item in the screen, Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Then you will be good. I am going to update that now in the OP.
IISiDeK1CKII said:
yeah, I'll explain that in the post but also here. ROM Manager is a program available in the market. If you go to the market and type it in, you'll see it. It's a top hat with a gear behind it.
After you install ROM Manager, You need to touch the first item in the screen, Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Then you will be good. I am going to update that now in the OP.
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Funny, I had the same exact question. I posted it in the jcase discussion and got the answer there. Definitely put that in the OP, because first timers don't know these things!
gadsden said:
Funny, I had the same exact question. I posted it in the jcase discussion and got the answer there. Definitely put that in the OP, because first timers don't know these things!
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Fixed it, I overlooked it. I guess I assumed that everyone knew what ROM Manager was... lol. I've been rooting since the Droid 1, so I've always been around people who know these things. Sorry for not clarifying though, I hope my new updated post is more concrete.
gadsden said:
I really didn't realize until today that I could just as easily perform a manual root on a mac as a windows machine. So, I am trying to learn about this, been doing a bunch of reading. I am interested in what you are mentioning about adding SDK platform-tools directory to the PATH environment. On a mac, what environment should I be using? I am a little confused about the options listed on the Andorid Developer website. It seems Eclipse is what everything is all about primarily, but I have no clue which one to use. Perhaps I ought to just not worry about all that right now and just follow these steps to root my TB? I'm not really after doing anything other than rooting and flashing ROMs, so is it really necessary to set all that up?
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You can add the path of the SDK to your $PATH variable. This allows you to run ADB from any directory and not need the ./ in front of every single command.
From terminal, do the following:
Code:
ls -la
You should see a file called ".bash-profile within your home directory.
Edit this file and add the path of your SDK to the $PATH variable.
Code:
nano .bash-profile
Familiarize yourself with editing files in nano if you have not done this before. It is very simple. Once you have edited and saved the file... run this last command to check if the PATH variable now contains the new path.
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echo $PATH
If you get lost or confused... Google is your friend! There is a lot of info on editing the PATH environment variable.
*Please Note* this is not needed for the guide but it does allow you to run ADB from any directory... and without leading ./ in front of all commands.
Thanks for this. I'm going to go to lunch and then get into this. How long did it take everyone to go through this?
bmcclure937 said:
You can add the path of the SDK to your $PATH variable. This allows you to run ADB from any directory and not need the ./ in front of every single command.
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I've set my path up, and it works when I want it to... but this is easier to do (imho) without getting too far into command line. If I feel I could streamline this by doing such, then I will do so.
edit: And now it is broken again... back to troubleshooting... not quite sure wth I did...
@want a droid: The thing that will take the longest is downloading the files needed. Everything else will take you all of 30 minutes at most.
IISiDeK1CKII said:
yeah, I'll explain that in the post but also here. ROM Manager is a program available in the market. If you go to the market and type it in, you'll see it. It's a top hat with a gear behind it.
After you install ROM Manager, You need to touch the first item in the screen, Flash ClockworkMod Recovery. Then you will be good. I am going to update that now in the OP.
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IISiDeK1CKII said:
Fixed it, I overlooked it. I guess I assumed that everyone knew what ROM Manager was... lol. I've been rooting since the Droid 1, so I've always been around people who know these things. Sorry for not clarifying though, I hope my new updated post is more concrete.
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thanks man!
yea im coming from a BB so new to this stuff...i have a PC and im doing long way to learn...doesnt seem hard, simple terminal commands but just want to get everything rights...soon as i do it once, ill be good to go and help out others like u guys
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If anyone can post a link to a detailed Ubuntu guide for newbies to root the Hero and remove stock apps, I would appreciate it. The guide posted doesn't go into too much detail in Ubuntu since the OP said that he could not get it to work in Ubuntu. Thanks.
killabee44 said:
If anyone can post a link to a detailed Ubuntu guide for newbies to root the Hero and remove stock apps, I would appreciate it. The guide posted doesn't go into too much detail in Ubuntu since the OP said that he could not get it to work in Ubuntu. Thanks.
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Wouldnt the Mac version work since they are both *nix?
I was able to root my Sprint HTC hero just fine running Jaunty. I followed the instructions in the guide you mentioned, for Ubuntu. One thing I noticed is before adb recognized my phone, I had to start "HTC Sync" from the phone's notifications. Just ignore the error about it not finding HTC Sync on your PC. Obviously it never will since HTC Sync is a Windows app
Here's the step by step that worked for me: http://romeosidvicious.com/2009/11/09/rooting-the-htc-hero-with-ubuntu-karmic/
I typed it so I could find it easily if necessary and figured why not share it....
romeosidvicious,
Thanks for all your hard work. I and others really appreciate it.
Stevious said:
I was able to root my Sprint HTC hero just fine running Jaunty. I followed the instructions in the guide you mentioned, for Ubuntu. One thing I noticed is before adb recognized my phone, I had to start "HTC Sync" from the phone's notifications. Just ignore the error about it not finding HTC Sync on your PC. Obviously it never will since HTC Sync is a Windows app
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Yep, that is something I had to do in windows XP as well. It will help many others as well. Thanks.
Stevious said:
I was able to root my Sprint HTC hero just fine running Jaunty. I followed the instructions in the guide you mentioned, for Ubuntu. One thing I noticed is before adb recognized my phone, I had to start "HTC Sync" from the phone's notifications. Just ignore the error about it not finding HTC Sync on your PC. Obviously it never will since HTC Sync is a Windows app
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Great, now my Ubuntu Jaunty machine won't detect the phone. I did the above but it still won't work. Im gonna reboot and retry...
Edit:
Nope, no love for my Ubuntu. It's not seeing the Hero. I will have to research this one.. If anyone has suggestions, please chime in.
Ok, found a solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=537508
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Here is the part that solved it for me:
Setting up UDEV to recognize HTC Device -
1. Type the following into a terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal):
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gksudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
2. Now add the following line to the blank file:
Code:
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0bb4", MODE="0666"
3. Click save and close.
4. To restart udev, open up a terminal and enter:
Code:
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
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Thanks to Wddglr for all the useful info. It looks like I will be using other things he posted about. Hopefully that info will help someone else.
Just curious, which version of Ubuntu are you running? I didn't have to make any UDEV changes in Jaunty.
romeosidvicious said:
Here's the step by step that worked for me: http://romeosidvicious.com/2009/11/09/rooting-the-htc-hero-with-ubuntu-karmic/
I typed it so I could find it easily if necessary and figured why not share it....
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I want to follow through with this...
I was following this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArMO5IHS2eI
until the step came to plug it in and then he suggested typing "adb devices" which told me this.
"~/android-sdk-linux/tools$ adb devices
bash: adb: command not found"
So I came here and I want to follow the links tutorial.. two questions
Is it safe to proceed even though i've been told adb: Command not found
will i be able to proceed although ive been told this command is not found?
Onompoly2 said:
"~/android-sdk-linux/tools$ adb devices
bash: adb: command not found"
So I came here and I want to follow the links tutorial.. two questions
Is it safe to proceed even though i've been told adb: Command not found
will i be able to proceed although ive been told this command is not found?
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Try:
sudo ./adb devices
From the same directory. Or, you can specify the full path:
sudo ~/android-sdk-linux/tools/adb devices
To answer your other questions, it won't work if it says the command is not found.
Okay
It worked but I must have turned into an idiot when i decided my operating system was good enough.
This isn't working, and I am not even upgraded to the operating system the tutorial is written for...
194 updates due... running 8.04 with a bunch of double half installed broken applications.. maybe I should reformat.
I'll let you guys know how things go which ever way it goes.
back again. fresh 9.10 install fully updated.
Following this
http://romeosidvicious.com/2009/11/09/rooting-the-htc-hero-with-ubuntu-karmic/
I get this far
[email protected]:~# sudo su
[email protected]:~# cd ~/android-sdk-linux/tools
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools#
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools#
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# ./adb push ../asroot2 /data/local/
711 KB/s (74512 bytes in 0.102s)
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# ./adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
bash: /data/local/asroot2: No such file or directory
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# ./adb shell /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
[+] Using newer pipe_inode_info layout
Opening: /proc/559/fd/3
SUCCESS: Enjoy the shell.
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su
reboot
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It seems as though after it says "SUCCESS" that my terminal just stops responding to code...
Tried reading the link to where he made the tutorial from, but its a mixture of ubuntu and windows with 30 pages of posts.
Any thoughts/help?
Thanks
[Continuing]
So just pretending that everything is going as planned I reboot the phone and it actually turns my computer off as well..
So I continue with the steps.
[email protected]:~# cd ~/android-sdk-linux/tools
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# ./adb push ../recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img /sdcard/
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
1199 KB/s (3352576 bytes in 2.730s)
[email protected]:~/android-sdk-linux/tools# ./adb shell
$ su
su: permission denied
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But Get permission denied.
I'm going to go ahead and start over but skip the first line that i input that said SUCCESS and stopped the terminal.
(really don't know what i'm doing but I think I need to get these two lines in
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su)
EDIT: on second thought perhaps this has something to do with me being logged in as root on my computer from the get go, i'll try that.
A dummy and his cell phone perhaps soon part.
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su
reboot
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It looks like you copy/pasted this whole section as a block. I think you need to execute the commands one at a time, and wait for a new "#" prompt between each one. The reason the terminal stops responding is that as one long string, it's not a meaningful command.
buck2202 said:
It looks like you copy/pasted this whole section as a block. I think you need to execute the commands one at a time, and wait for a new "#" prompt between each one. The reason the terminal stops responding is that as one long string, it's not a meaningful command.
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I didn't, although i did try that as well
after I would do the mount commands i would no longer get a $ or a # sign, it was just a bunch of nothingness...
I ended up booting up my girlfriends vista and then spent quite a while figuring out how to get the driver for adb, I had to follow two different windows guides for rooting for some reason as well... so if that says anything.. just imagine how long it took me to realize how to get the driver hahah
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It looks like you copy/pasted this whole section as a block. I think you need to execute the commands one at a time, and wait for a new "#" prompt between each one. The reason the terminal stops responding is that as one long string, it's not a meaningful command.
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no, I'm having the same problem. After the "mount" command it gives me nothing.
Edit: doing this in karmic
Odd. I've had no problems following the generic procedure from theunlockr on ubuntu. My only suggestion would be to turn
Code:
./adb shell /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
into
Code:
./adb shell
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
I'm not sure why it should make a difference, but on my computer "./adb shell <command>" exits the shell when it finishes. From what you've pasted, it doesn't look like that's happening to you, but that's my only guess right now.
If you run "./adb devices" do you see your serial number?
And out of curiosity, why are you running as root on your computer? (sudo su) Have you tried just starting the adb server as root, and running the rest of the commands normally? Does this work?
Code:
./adb kill-server
sudo ./adb start-server
./adb devices
Hi, I'm pretty geeky for a non IT person, but I have had a Blackberry up until now, so I am totally new to this Android set up. I have the Epic on Sprint; am frustrated with battery life, and would like to try and root the phone for 2.2 froyo. however most of the tutorials blow through the lingo (adb, huh?) in a way that is not explanatory for people who are new to this. Is their either a visual step-by-step guide for people or a more basic explanation of what is what and what to do somewhere? And, so far all I've seen is for Windows people. I have a Mac running snow leopard?
Help!
tromano said:
Hi, I'm pretty geeky for a non IT person, but I have had a Blackberry up until now, so I am totally new to this Android set up. I have the Epic on Sprint; am frustrated with battery life, and would like to try and root the phone for 2.2 froyo. however most of the tutorials blow through the lingo (adb, huh?) in a way that is not explanatory for people who are new to this. Is their either a visual step-by-step guide for people or a more basic explanation of what is what and what to do somewhere? And, so far all I've seen is for Windows people. I have a Mac running snow leopard?
Help!
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I'm thinking of writing a script for Mac users, i don't have an epic but my xo-worker does and i rooted his today on my Mac, not as simple as the one click root but is doable.
that would be awesome; i guess the main things are 1. if you root it, can you upgrade to 2.2? 2. if you root it and upgrade, can you undo everything to factory?
Id be interested in this also
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that would be awesome; i guess the main things are 1. if you root it, can you upgrade to 2.2? 2. if you root it and upgrade, can you undo everything to factory?
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1. Rooting doesn't instantly make you 2.2 Upgradeable. 2.2 Froyo comes in different flavors for different manufactures. They lock the phone down with their systems so they phone cannot be unlocked, etc. Right now we are a bit far behind in getting 2.2 on the Epic. I think Sprint might even get it faster.
2. If you root you can ALWAYS go back to stock. They is a guide right here for returning to stock 2.1 and undo everything to factory.
It's kind of crude, but I wrote this for someone over at SDX-Developers to try. I think they were successful.
I don't use Macs much, but here's Joey's Permanent Root Method process I used to get it working under linux. The same method can be done through a Mac's Terminal if you're not intimidated by using command line.
First download Android-SDK for OSX.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Once downloaded extract it and save to the root of your Mac's hard drive. Then rename the folder "android-sdk"
Next download the following files and save them to the /android-sdk/tools folder.
http://www.joeyconway.com/epic/root/joeykrim-root.sh
http://www.joeyconway.com/epic/root/jk-su
http://www.joeyconway.com/epic/root/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
http://www.joeyconway.com/epic/root/playlogo
Next open a terminal window. (command key + space then type terminal)
At the prompt, type "cd /android-sdk/tools"
If you save the files where I told you to, you shoud be able to copy and paste the commands into your terminal window. Do one line at a time and press enter after each pasting.
./adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
./adb push joeykrim-root.sh /sdcard/joeykrim-root.sh
./adb push jk-su /sdcard/jk-su
./adb push playlogo /sdcard/playlogo
./adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
cd /data/local/tmp
rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
exit
./adb shell
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cat /sdcard/joeykrim-root.sh > /system/bin/joeykrim-root.sh
cat /sdcard/jk-su > /system/bin/jk-su
mv /system/bin/playlogo /system/bin/playlogo-orig
cat /sdcard/playlogo > /system/bin/playlogo
chmod 755 /system/bin/playlogo
chmod 755 /system/bin/joeykrim-root.sh
exit
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Issue for operation not permitted
I got all the way to the last paragraph of ./adb shell but cannot get the mount line to work....it says operatino not permitted. I put everything in the mac's root section just inside mac hd.
HELP!! I put hte phone in debug mode....did I need ot install any drivers from samsung....help!!!
-J
jayhover85 said:
I got all the way to the last paragraph of ./adb shell but cannot get the mount line to work....it says operatino not permitted. I put everything in the mac's root section just inside mac hd.
HELP!! I put hte phone in debug mode....did I need ot install any drivers from samsung....help!!!
-J
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Were you able to get this working?
Root
No, I was not.
Check out this snippet of the instructions (I'll number them for ease):
<snip>
1.) cd /data/local/tmp
2.) rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
3.) exit
4.) ./adb shell
5.) mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
</snip>
When you ran step 2, what happened? You may have to run the command this way with a dot and slash in front instead:
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
When you ran step 4, did you get a $ or a #? If you got a #, step 5 should work properly. If you got a $, you'll need to do re-run the ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin step again. Re-running this step doesn't hurt anything. Good luck.
ss4rob said:
Check out this snippet of the instructions (I'll number them for ease):
<snip>
1.) cd /data/local/tmp
2.) rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
3.) exit
4.) ./adb shell
5.) mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
</snip>
When you ran step 2, what happened? You may have to run the command this way with a dot and slash in front instead:
./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
When you ran step 4, did you get a $ or a #? If you got a #, step 5 should work properly. If you got a $, you'll need to do re-run the ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin step again. Re-running this step doesn't hurt anything. Good luck.
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i'm stuck. i just got my epic and i'm trying to root it. i get to step 2 (using "./" before rage...cage) and terminal looks like it's running something. i type in "exit" when it finishes and it's as if my terminal logs me out. i can't reach step 4 and the screen on my epic has gone black by now. frozen up. i need to remove the battery to reboot and unfreeze my device. what am i doing wrong? am i missing a step somewhere? also, the "playlogo" file saves as ".sh" at the end, so in the terminal i manually enter that at the end of the file name just so that it can be read. "playlogo" without the ".sh" at the end cannot be found. is this what's causing it? any help would be greatly appreciated. i'm trying not to brick my phone!
Hey all,
I would like to know, what I might have done wrong in the rooting process. I used
This Tutorial hxxp://g2hacks.com/g2-hacks/how-to-root-g2-phone/
I made it to step #18 and was stopped by this error:
Code:
/data/local/tmp/root: data/local/tmp/busybox: not found
/data/local/tmp/root: data/local/tmp/busybox: not found
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
/data/local/tmp/root: /system/xbin/busybox: not found
cp: not found
cp: not found
Ideas?
Thanks,
Danny
Here is a screenshot of what I pushed to the phone:
hxxp://i.imgur.com/No1id.jpg
You have a typo in your push command for busybox (you renamed it to root instead, which then got overwritten when you pushed root). Just push busybox again.
How do I back out and enter that push command again?
What would I type?
I'm a total novice.
On your comp, just type the command again:
Code:
adb push G2TempRoot/busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
Then on your phone, in Terminal, just run the root command again:
Code:
/data/local/tmp/root
It should complete this time.
I made a mess. Check it:
hxxp://i.imgur.com/y3NRW.jpg
You are still in the adb shell (basically creates a terminal on your phone that you can interact with on your computer).
Type "exit" to leave the shell. This will return you to the regular command prompt (instead of the $). Then try the push command again.
So now the phone terminal gives me this:
Code:
/data/local/tmp/busybox: permission denied
Oh sorry, forgot you needed to set permissions on the file. Run this command again from your computer:
Code:
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/*
Then it should all work fine.
The errors are getting shorter
Now I get this:
Code:
mkdir failed for /system/xbin, File exists
This error doesn't matter (it's really more of a warning in this case) and is actually expected.
You should actually be rooted if you didn't see anything else.
AND I'M ROOTED... THANK YOU!
I'm new to Android from iOS. Any ROMS you would recommend?
Danny.B said:
AND I'M ROOTED... THANK YOU!
I'm new to Android from iOS. Any ROMS you would recommend?
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Congrats! And there are a few threads about this that you can read through (just search for them). If you like HTC Sense (the interface HTC adds to a lot of their phones---basically lots nice visuals and extra polish to things), you can try Virtuous. If you like the stock look that the G2 comes with, there is a stock DEODEX rom out there. By de-odexing the rom, you can do things like customize the framework (e.g., customize the status bar icons/colors or add a battery percentage to it). Lots of people here (myself included), use CyanogenMod. It's close to stock but with lots of tweaks/extras (it's based on the Android Open Source Project or AOSP). It's also nice because it has frequent updates and constant development (they recently started pushing test builds that are based on Gingerbread---the new Android update only available on Nexus S).
Now that you are rooted though, it's easy enough to install Rom Manager and test them all out. Be sure to create a backup first as well.
ROM Manager installed. I'm backed up.
Thanks again for your help.
i cant flash the engineering hboot keep getting error md5sum : not found Verification of hboot-eng.img failed i re-download the files, re-extracted them to my SD card, and ran the flash_hboot script 3x still nothing plz help but im rooted and backed up
Did not want to create a new thread so I'm posting it here.
First off, I haven't tried rooting any of my phones previously so I'm obviously making a mistake somewhere.Hope someone here can help me out.
I installed visionary+ r14 but it just blacked out the screen with a heading.I've read elsewhere that it has all to do with the new firmware updates.My update for the DZ seems to be country a specific one and came out a couple of weeks back.
Anyway,
I tried this visionary method a few times but the phone just hung and I had to go to the homescreen and uninstall Visionary and reboot to get the phone to run smoothly again.
Then I read another way of rooting the thing and it took me here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_G2
After a couple of tries I was able to push the files to the DZ but got stuck at this command:
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/*
The error it gives me is:
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/sqlite3: operation not permitted
Strange thing is, yesterday at the same point it gave me the same error but it was 'busybox' instead of sqlite3 and right before that it was something else.Which should mean that those earlier commands were run successfully by the terminal.
P.S. Debugging mode is on.Visionary is uninstalled. followed all the steps mentioned in the guide.
Okay.So I format the phone memory and I'm now able to move a few steps ahead.
But as soon as it seems that everything is going well, the terminal emulator refuses to open at this step:
"Launch Terminal Emulator, it Force Closes. Launch a second time, and you'll have a root shell "
waited a while and there is only a blank screen showing up.
mohitanfield said:
Okay.So I format the phone memory and I'm now able to move a few steps ahead.
But as soon as it seems that everything is going well, the terminal emulator refuses to open at this step:
"Launch Terminal Emulator, it Force Closes. Launch a second time, and you'll have a root shell "
waited a while and there is only a blank screen showing up.
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It looks like you are trying to root a DZ with a firmeware version >= 1.72.
If yes to have to downgrade it to 1.34 first.
See either the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=905261 or the more comprehensive at http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_Z:_Rooting
But if your CID is other then the ones stated in the the first thread you need a goldcard to downgrade first, which is also described in the first thread.
have fun - Guhl
Thanks a lot for your reply and as is the case, my phones CID is HTC_38 which does not seem to be downgradable without a gold card.
I read the procedure and although its well explained, it will take a bit of time.
Will try it sometime soon hopefully, although I wish someone would just make a simple rooting app for the newer versions!
It took us month without sleep to create the existing rooting tools. So I do not see any simple rooting tools on the horizon
OUTDATED
Augest 14 2011
Unrevoked and AlpharevX released a new version of their http://revolutionary.io/ tool, use it, and preserve your data.
Do not use the root method below.
Original root left for a good read.
Advanced users wanting a different hboot please see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186022, others continue as is.
Updated May 12th 2011
This guide has been updated to MR1/OTA Firmware 1.13.605.7
This guide has been updated on April 21 2011 to make it more reliable, and faster.
On request I am reposting this in full, but please check out the original here first.
HTC tried to stop us. They made signed images, a signed kernel, and a signed recovery. They locked the memory. In short, the ThunderBolt is their most locked-down phone to date.
We fixed it for you. Unlike the root method we described yesterday, following the instructions below will provide S-OFF, remove signature checks, and unlock eMMC. Enjoy!
Rooting The ThunderBolt – Version 3
Pros
Root with read/write access to /system
Ability to downgrade and flash any RUU (i.e. signed firmware)
S-OFF
Fully unlocked bootloader
All ThunderBolts survived testing
Cons
Voids warranty
Could brick your phone if you aren’t careful
The method of rooting your Android device as described in the article herein is solely for enthusiasts and not for the faint of heart.
IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA. IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA. IT WILL WIPE YOUR DATA.
Android Police and Team AndIRC disclaim all liability for any harm that may befall your device, including, but not limited to: bricked phones, voided manufacturer warranties, exploding batteries, etc.
The instructions below assume you already have a strong familiarity with adb command lines – this is not for beginners.
Credits
Scotty2, jamezelle, jcase, and all of Team AndIRC
dsb9938 for the tutorial cleanup
Testers, especially ProTekk and Trident
Thanks to scotty2 for WPThis
Busybox was pulled from a CyanogenMod ROM, source should be available here
psneuter was pulled from somewhere, credit to scotty2, source here
All firmware credit goes to 911sniper
Jaroslav from Android Police for editorial help
If I missed anyone in the credits, it was unintentional and I will fix it soon. Lots of people had their hands in on this project.
*** Please read the instructions in full before you attempt the process or head to IRC to ask questions. Also, make sure your battery is fully charged before taking the plunge. ***
Step 1
First, download these files:
Downgrade RUU PG05IMG_downgrade.zip ( (md5sum : aae974054fc3aed275ba3596480ccd5b) THIS IS THE DOWNGRADE RUU USED IN STEP 4:
Multiupload mirror
Mirrors for the package (contains busybox, wpthis, psneuter, su, readme.txt, misc.img, and hbooteng.nb0) (md5sum : 3b359efd76aac456ba7fb0d6972de3af) THIS IS THE EXPLOITS FILE:
Multiupload mirror
DroidSite mirror
Custom upgrade PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip (md5sum : 7960c7977c25b2c8759605be264843ea) THIS IS THE CUSTOM RUU USED IN STEP 7:
http://www.multiupload.com/NEANZBS5S4
Step 2
Note that adb is required.
Push misc.img, busybox, and psnueter using the following commands:
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/
adb push busybox /data/local/
adb push misc.img /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
Step 3
This step will gain temp root and flash the custom misc.img. Run:
Code:
adb shell
Now the shell should display "$".
Run:
Code:
/data/local/psneuter
You will now be kicked out of adb, and adb will restart as root.
Let’s confirm the md5 of misc.img:
Code:
adb shell
At this point, the shell should display "#".
Now run:
Code:
/data/local/busybox md5sum /data/local/misc.img
Output should be "c88dd947eb3b36eec90503a3525ae0de." If it’s anything else, re-download the file and try again.
Now let’s write misc.img:
Code:
dd if=/data/local/misc.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17
exit
Step 4
Here you will rename the downgrade RUU (PG05IMG_downgrade.zip) as PG05IMG.zip and place it on your SD card (put the phone in drive mode and just copy it with your OS). Then, run the following command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Choose the bootloader option and press power; let the ROM flash. When asked to upgrade, choose yes. Don’t freak, it’s a long reboot.
Once done, reboot and delete PG05IMG.zip from your SD card.
Step 5
Set up the two part exploit, to gain root and unlock MMC.
Push wpthis, busybox, and psnueter:
Code:
adb push psneuter /data/local/
adb push busybox /data/local/
adb push wpthis /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/psneuter
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/busybox
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/wpthis
Gain root (this will once again throw you out of adb):
Code:
adb shell
/data/local/psneuter
Unlock MMC:
Code:
adb shell
/data/local/wpthis
exit
Step 6
Please pay attention – this is very important. This step involves a small chance of bricking if you mess up.
To push the eng bootloader:
Code:
adb push hbooteng.nb0 /data/local/
adb shell
/data/local/busybox md5sum /data/local/hbooteng.nb0
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb" exactly, stop, delete it, and re-download it. Otherwise, continue.
Now we will write the new bootloader.
Code:
dd if=/data/local/hbooteng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
Confirm proper write:
Code:
/data/local/busybox md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
If the output does not match "6991368ee2deaf182048a3ed9d3c0fcb," try again; if it still doesn’t work, seek help from chat.andirc.net in channel #root or go here AndIRC Thunderbolt Web Chat DO NOT REBOOT.
Reboot.
Step 7
Now, put the custom MR1 RUU (PG05IMG_MR1_upgrade.zip) on your SD card by putting the phone in drive mode and copying it with your OS. Then rename it to PG05IMG.zip
Then using an md5sum type program, check the md5sum and make sure it matches 7960c7977c25b2c8759605be264843ea, if it does not, redownload it. (Here is a free windows md5summer).
Next, run this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Choose the bootloader option and press power; let the ROM flash. When asked to upgrade, choose yes. Don’t freak, it’s a long reboot.
Once done, reboot and delete PG05IMG.zip from your SD card.
After it flashes, you will be running release firmware with S-OFF.
Reboot your phone. You should now have full root permissions, an engineering kernel and recovery.
I recommend you get rom manger from market.
If you still have problems, come to the chat: irc.andirc.net #thunderbolt or use http://chat.andirc.net:9090/?channels=#thunderbolt.
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Good luck to you guys and thank you for the work you're putting into this. Definitely going to do a lot of projects once I get the TB and we get confirmed permanent root.
Cool, can't wait to hear about it!
Its against the nature of my being to have an unrooted Android phone for more than 72 hours. Good luck guys!
HAHAAAaaaaa
rulevoid said:
Its against the nature of my being to have an unrooted Android phone for more than 72 hours. Good luck guys!
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Same here brother....
waiting for my instructions so i can root this
Waiting on this!
Ah...the cutting edge. Can't wait to see the development for this phone.
<- is very excited, I made it first in line for vzw opening at my store.
destroyerbmx said:
<- is very excited, I made it first in line for vzw opening at my store.
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Me too! Now bring on the root! I need to restore data to some of my apps from my incredible.
Gimme Gimme
So pumped. TB is great, but like you guys, after five minutes, now on to rooting. Can't wait, and thanks for all the hard work on this. TB is going to be monster.
ahahaha
/10char
Awe yea!!!!!! Can't wait.
Got VZW to give me an early-up early-up! TB arriving in 12 hrs! Rooting in 12.5...
just copped my thunderbolt today so be on the lookout for the HOTNESS
XxXViRuSXxX said:
just copped my thunderbolt today so be on the lookout for the HOTNESS
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Sweet, mine should be in hand tomorrow. Lookin' forward to it.
Picked up mine this am at local verizon looks sweet..., bring on the rooting
Ok guys I just picked up TB and itching to root and run cm7 ,It's not as fast as inc on gbread.
Sent from my ADR6400L using XDA App
I came from the fascinate and it feels a lot better to me. I don't use my phone for games but browsing feels like the xoom to me, minus the chrome browser. Hope we can port it.
santod040 said:
Sweet, mine should be in hand tomorrow. Lookin' forward to it.
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WOW whats up man haven't talked to you in a WHILE man add me on gtalk [email protected]
Running with instructions here:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/HTC_Glacier:_Full_Update_Guide#Rooting_the_HTC_Glacier
but after going into adb shell and running:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
I'm getting a "permission denied" error for any adb for that or any adb command I throw at it.
I do notice that my adb shell starts with $ instead of # but not sure what step I'm missing. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Trying to breath new life in this thing and don't have any account/market setup on it - so if I can do the rooting through this it'll be easier for me otherwise I'll go ahead and setup another G-account to do it that way if I have to :\
Try executing "adb shell mkdir /data/local/tmp" and try again.
If doesn't work - try changing all /data/local/tmp references to /data/local
thanks for the feedback Jack_R1
Unfortunately that's a no go... same error even with that
Then you're doing something wrong. Follow the guides EXACTLY. Don't do stuff that's not written, do the stuff that's written EXACTLY as it's written, verify that you're starting where the guides expect you to and have all the prerequisites, and it'll work. Your phone isn't different from any other phone, and if something that works for million others doesn't work for you - then you're doing something wrong.
For example, nobody asked you to get into ADB shell to run these commands you're running. You can't run "adb" while being inside ADB shell. Read the guide PROPERLY.
Jack_R1 said:
Then you're doing something wrong. Follow the guides EXACTLY. Don't do stuff that's not written, do the stuff that's written EXACTLY as it's written, verify that you're starting where the guides expect you to and have all the prerequisites, and it'll work. Your phone isn't different from any other phone, and if something that works for million others doesn't work for you - then you're doing something wrong.
For example, nobody asked you to get into ADB shell to run these commands you're running. You can't run "adb" while being inside ADB shell. Read the guide PROPERLY.
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Thanks,
I did try to follow things to the T but diverted away from doing things -exactly- since starting with "adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/" command I keep getting a "cannot stat 'busybox': No such file or directory"
So in reality.. .THAT was my main issue which is leading to me trying other stuff such as the "adb shell" and not getting # (since I'm pushing files to gain root)
Turns out I'm now able to get "adb push" working on my files since.. I hate myself for it being this simple... I just had to "CD" into my /platform-tools folder since command prompt started in my documents folder by default thus it was looking there for my files
Welp, thanks for the help anyway. Seen this question lingering around in Google Search and hope this helps out someone else :good: