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[Q] Using a DROID X and MAC together is tough -- can someone help?

Too many threads... too many sites and PC options.
Here's my situation:
Droid X
Used the leak update... running 2.2 now.
Use a MAC. And have Terminal app on DX.
Have SBF file for 2.1 stock, have ZIP files of rooted 2.2's
Dont have custom recovery.
Dont care much about warranty or OTA... just want to be able to apply ZIPs.
I need to somehow either root my DX with Mac or Terminal app. Or flash the SBF to bring things back to 2.1.
Not sure what to do??? Please please help.
I am not familiar with terminal commands...so if you leave instructions that would be great.
-Roman

You follow the same ADB commands, more or less. Why not try something like Universal AndRoot though? Then you could just skip over it.
But, if you need to sbf, I would *think* you follow the Linux instructions.
1) download sbf_flash & sbf file
Code:
cd directory/where/these/are/located
./sbf_flash SBFfileLOCATION

The only way to SBF is to run windows through bootcamp or this http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-hacks/38671-flashing-sbf-mac.html . I am in the same boat as you luckily my girlfriend has a dell running Windows. You should also be able to root 2.2 using the Droid 2 method posted in this section http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=766767. I assume you have the SDK downloaded already? The Linux directions does not work for Mac.

x.v_ said:
You follow the same ADB commands, more or less. Why not try something like Universal AndRoot though? Then you could just skip over it.
I TRIED THAT, BUT THERE IS SOME ERROR THAT POPS UP... CAN'T DO IT. 2.2 ISN'T SUPPORTED... I THINK IT'S JUST FOR 2.1..
But, if you need to sbf, I would *think* you follow the Linux instructions.
1) download sbf_flash & sbf file
Code:
cd directory/where/these/are/located
./sbf_flash SBFfileLOCATION
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SO THAT EASY? JUST TWO COMMAND LINES?
So, if I put the SBF on my desktop it would be:
cd desktop (enter)
./sbf_flash fullSBFfilename.sbf (enter)
???????

romanvail said:
SO THAT EASY? JUST TWO COMMAND LINES?
So, if I put the SBF on my desktop it would be:
cd desktop (enter)
./sbf_flash fullSBFfilename.sbf (enter)
???????
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Running ADB with Mac OSX and therefore rooting with the mac is EASY. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed on your Mac. Make sure in your .bash_profile you have the path set to the tools directory of your SDK folder.
Since I can't tell if you have all this down, I'll give you the instructions on setting up adb on the mac (using terminal), then give you the directions I followed on rooting my Droid X from OSX (I am running 2.2 leaked).
Essentially follow these instructions (taken from tjrocks91 on droidforum... I'd link, but I am not yet allowed to post outside links on this forum):
1. Download the Android SDK for Mac OSX. (google it)
2. Extract the zip file to any destination on your Mac. *Remember its path!*
In the AndroidSDK folder, there will be a folder named “tools”. We will be adding this folder to the path on Mac OSX. For this example, extract to your home folder (the folder that contains the desktop, documents, etc. folders)
3. To do this click on Finder > Go > Utilities > Terminal.
4. Type in without quotations “cd ~/”
5. Next, type "touch .bash_profile" to create your new bash or otherwise known path file.
6. Next, type "open -e .bash_profile" to open it in TextEdit. A TextEdit window will open, copy and past this into that window, substituting <username> for your username on OSX:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/<username>/AndroidSDK/tools
7. Save the file and close the window.
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7, but replace .bash_profile with ".bashrc" (without the quotes)
9. ADB should be ready to go. Make sure that your Droid X is set to "charge only" when connected via USB, and that you have debug mode set to on in your Android settings (settings>applications>development> USB Debugging)
10. In terminal, type (without the quotes): "adb devices". You should see a return that gives a list of devices attached. If the daemon wasn't started yet, this will do it. After that, type "adb shell" to enter adb.
11. After that, the adb commands are ALL the same on any platform, just make adjustments for different file systems when moving things TO your phone when using the command prompt (and not in the adb shell itself, but using adb commands). OSX follows unix/linux file structure, but not always the linux/unix file arrangement (but pretty darn close, since it is a Unix BSD GUI).
Now onto rooting your DX running 2.2. I've attached the file I used. It is a .rar files, so you will need a .rar extractor. I found a nice free one on the net called UnrarX. Google it, get it. Its free, it works. I will give instructions assuming you have them. These instructions come from karnovaran here on XDA. THey are for the droid 2, but work for the Droid X as well. i will translate them into instructions that can be followed verbatim on Mac (as the instructions he gave are meant for those doing this through the command prompt in windows).
1. Extract the contents of the attached file to your sdk tools folder
2. Open a terminal window and navigate to your sdk tools folder. if you put the sdk folder in your home folder, then the command and path you should enter from the terminal should be something like this:
cd AndroidSDK/tools
3. Now the process is as follows (follow EXACTLY, making sure you are faithful to YOUR file paths). I'm copying almost verbatim from karnovaran:
- adb devices (to verify the connection)
- 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 (this WILL take a while, so don't TOUCH ANYTHING on your phone. Just go grab a beer and relax until the proces kicks you back out to the tools folder in terminal)
- adb kill-server
- cd <wherever-your-sdk-tools-folder-is>
- 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
This got me root on my DX and I did this on OSX no problem. The only PC I have that is functional is my laptop for work and because of the content on it and security procedures, though I could do android hacking with it, I will not, so I'm stuck with using my Mac. Thing is that it really is NOT hard. Commands are almost exactly as in Linux/Unix, and OSX terminal runs bash, which is quite versatile (more commands than busybox, iirc) in and of itself. And getting mac root access is bloody easy using sudo if you need it (otherwise, don't use it).
I hope this helps. Have fun.

many steps.... but will go slowly.
Thank you!!!!

Many steps, but they work!

SirBrass said:
Running ADB with Mac OSX and therefore rooting with the mac is EASY. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed on your Mac. Make sure in your .bash_profile you have the path set to the tools directory of your SDK folder.
Since I can't tell if you have all this down, I'll give you the instructions on setting up adb on the mac (using terminal), then give you the directions I followed on rooting my Droid X from OSX (I am running 2.2 leaked).
Essentially follow these instructions (taken from tjrocks91 on droidforum... I'd link, but I am not yet allowed to post outside links on this forum):
1. Download the Android SDK for Mac OSX. (google it)
2. Extract the zip file to any destination on your Mac. *Remember its path!*
In the AndroidSDK folder, there will be a folder named “tools”. We will be adding this folder to the path on Mac OSX. For this example, extract to your home folder (the folder that contains the desktop, documents, etc. folders)
3. To do this click on Finder > Go > Utilities > Terminal.
4. Type in without quotations “cd ~/”
5. Next, type "touch .bash_profile" to create your new bash or otherwise known path file.
6. Next, type "open -e .bash_profile" to open it in TextEdit. A TextEdit window will open, copy and past this into that window, substituting <username> for your username on OSX:
export PATH=${PATH}:/Users/<username>/AndroidSDK/tools
7. Save the file and close the window.
8. Repeat steps 5 through 7, but replace .bash_profile with ".bashrc" (without the quotes)
9. ADB should be ready to go. Make sure that your Droid X is set to "charge only" when connected via USB, and that you have debug mode set to on in your Android settings (settings>applications>development> USB Debugging)
10. In terminal, type (without the quotes): "adb devices". You should see a return that gives a list of devices attached. If the daemon wasn't started yet, this will do it. After that, type "adb shell" to enter adb.
Last login: Tue Sep 14 09:12:34 on console
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ cd ~/
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ touch .bash_profile
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ open -e .bash_profile
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ touch .bashrc
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ open -e .bashrc
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ adb devices
-bash: adb: command not found
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$
*****DOESNT WORK FOR ME*****
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Do you have the path to adb set properly?
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App

SirBrass said:
Do you have the path to adb set properly?
Sent from my DROIDX using XDA App
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Yeah this would be your problem.
@OP,
yes, it would be just that easy IF AND ONLY IF the linux commands apply to macs as well. Which I have NO IDEA on. so proceed at your own risk :z

i finally figured it out... saw another post....
here's what worked:
./
Here's my log in case anyone else needs is:
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ adb
-bash: adb: command not found
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ cd/Users/romanvail/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools -bash: cd/Users/romanvail/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools: No such file or directory
Roman-Vails-Computer:~ romanvail$ cd /Users/romanvail/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26
-d - directs command to the only connected USB device
returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is running.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator with
the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL
environment variable.
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices
connect <host>[:<port>] - connect to a device via TCP/IP
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number is specified.
disconnect [<host>[:<port>]] - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number is specified.
Using this ocmmand with no additional arguments
will disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devices.
device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(-l means list but don't copy)
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] <file> - push this package file to the device and install it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of internal storage)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.
adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
DATAOPTS:
(no option) - don't touch the data partition
-w - wipe the data partition
-d - flash the data partition
scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specified device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device read-write
adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the bootloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader
adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
adb usb - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
adb tcpip <port> - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on the specified port
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:
- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be updated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.
environmental variables:
ADB_TRACE - Print debug information. A comma separated list of the following values
1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx, usb, sync, sysdeps, transport, jdwp
ANDROID_SERIAL - The serial number to connect to. -s takes priority over this if given.
ANDROID_LOG_TAGS - When used with the logcat option, only these debug tags are printed.
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ adb devices
-bash: adb: command not found
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
015D61C60A003017 device
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
1059 KB/s (27688 bytes in 0.025s)
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb push su /sdcard/su
1802 KB/s (26248 bytes in 0.014s)
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox
1918 KB/s (1926944 bytes in 0.980s)
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
726 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.007s)
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb shell
$ cd data/local/tmp
$ chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
$ ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C
[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3815, 3815}
[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 2846
[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
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[*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.
$ Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb kill-server
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb kill-server
* server not running *
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ cd /Users/romanvail/android-sdk-mac_x86/tools
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX device
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ ./adb shell
# 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
Roman-Vails-Computer:tools romanvail$ exit
logout
[Process completed]

Now that's odd. I only get problems when I try and use ./ just regular "adb" works on my machine.

SirBrass said:
Now that's odd. I only get problems when I try and use ./ just regular "adb" works on my machine.
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Yea pretty weird... I use OSX 10.5.8
Intel machine... so, it's weird, but IT DID WORK.

romanvail said:
Yea pretty weird... I use OSX 10.5.8
Intel machine... so, it's weird, but IT DID WORK.
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There's your problem.... you're using leopard . I'm using 10.6.3. Love it. They did well with this new OS version (for those who don't know... the difference to users between Leopard and Snow Leopard for OSX folks is like the diff between Eclair and FroYo... the former is good, but the later far exceeds it under the hood though still remaining almost the same on the front end).
And obviously that means I'm running an intel machine as well. 2008 iMac 20".... 2.66 Ghz Core 2 Duo. Just your regular, nothing-special iMac.

I thought Macs were supposed to be user friendly?
*snicker*
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Will this method work for a Droid X on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread and with build # 4.5.1_57_DX8-51 Also is there a new one click type solution by now on a Mac?

[GUIDE] Beginner guide how to install new kernel from linux OS !!!

Let`s start from beginning...
First download attached file New kernell install.7z and unpack it on your desktop.
Then go to ADB install procedure...
Open Terminal and you will see something like this...
HINT:
The best way to install is to run on Root Terminal. This is placed on Applications -> System Tools.
On Ubuntu it is invisible by default and you must to enable it on System -> Preferences -> Main menu and make it visible.
That`t it... lets go to work...
Open terminal and you will see this...
[email protected]_name:~$
Then type this in your Terminal window. Only BOLD text must be typed... Don`t forget to press ENTER after type the command in Terminal.
And don`t forget to type your root password after sudo command.
[email protected]_name:~$ cd Desktop
[email protected]_name:~/Desktop$ cd ADB_install
[email protected]_name:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ sudo cp adb /usr/bin
[email protected]_name:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/adb
Don`t forget that USB Debugging MUST be enabled on your phone !!!
Connect your phone via USB cable and type this...
[email protected]_name:~$ adb devices
After that you can see that is your device properly connected to your computer and will see this...
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
Close Terminal window.
Now, the ADB is finished to install on your linux OS and your phone is visible on computer.
Now we can go to update kernel...
Download kernel as you wish. I`m usin a MDJ kernel but if you can, you may use any other kernel.
Create new folder on your desktop and place all files from archive into this folder.
Rename folder to some simple name. In my case this folder is named newkernel
In MDJ kernel files is this...
zImage
bcm4329.ko
tun.ko
cifs.ko
fuse.ko
msm_rmnet.ko
nls_utf8.ko
Copy attached install_kernel.sh script and place it into the newkernel folder.
After that, all kernel files, modules and install_kernel.sh script must be in root of newkernel folder.
Open Terminal window and see something like this...
[email protected]_name:~$
Type...
[email protected]_name:~$ cd Desktop
[email protected]_name:~/Desktop$ cd newkernel
[email protected]_name:~/Desktop/newkernel$ sh install_kernel.sh
After finish and after see All Done!!! massage, you must to reboot yor phone and your new kernel is up.
Or just type in existing Terminal window...
[email protected]_name:~$ adb reboot
Enyoy !!!
FileFixer.

Hello I have a question. Is it possible to do this from teminal inside Android and after installing the new kernel to reboot? Thanks.

Sticky please
very usefull should be a sticky!

ogoglass said:
Hello I have a question. Is it possible to do this from teminal inside Android and after installing the new kernel to reboot? Thanks.
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You need to mount and remoun your boot.img from NAND to SD card. Yaffs2 must be installed on android but i have not found anywher yaffs2 for ARM processor.
Maybe some other want to help with this. Rework the sh cript is not a major problem.

ADB was installed correctly... but the installation kernel not work for me:
~$ cd Desktop
~/Desktop$ cd newkernel
~/Desktop/newkernel$ sh install_kernel.sh
install_kernel.sh: 1: @echo: not found
Creating directory and mounting /boot...
mkdir failed for /data/boot, File exists
Pushing zImage...
1427 KB/s (2401156 bytes in 1.642s)
Remounting system and pushing modules...
remount succeeded
310 KB/s (272851 bytes in 0.857s)
1459 KB/s (185916 bytes in 0.124s)
failed to copy 'cifs.ko' to '/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko': No space left on device
1579 KB/s (635894 bytes in 0.393s)
1294 KB/s (120735 bytes in 0.091s)
619 KB/s (28764 bytes in 0.045s)
Cleaning up...
rmdir failed for /data/boot, Directory not empty
All done!
~/Desktop/newkernel$

FileFixer said:
You need to mount and remoun your boot.img from NAND to SD card. Yaffs2 must be installed on android but i have not found anywher yaffs2 for ARM processor.
Maybe some other want to help with this. Rework the sh cript is not a major problem.
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mkyaffs2image command comes on most builds of android that are rooted

really cannot understand, please, advise for noob:
is this manual for Linux OS PC or Windows PC?
which exact Terminal you mean?

Excellent Job! Sticky for noobs!

dimdimdim said:
really cannot understand, please, advise for noob:
is this manual for Linux OS PC or Windows PC?
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primarily for Linux,
I have run it under OSX
but ADB can run under everything.

internauta2000 said:
ADB was installed correctly... but the installation kernel not work for me:
~$ cd Desktop
~/Desktop$ cd newkernel
~/Desktop/newkernel$ sh install_kernel.sh
install_kernel.sh: 1: @echo: not found
Creating directory and mounting /boot...
mkdir failed for /data/boot, File exists
Pushing zImage...
1427 KB/s (2401156 bytes in 1.642s)
Remounting system and pushing modules...
remount succeeded
310 KB/s (272851 bytes in 0.857s)
1459 KB/s (185916 bytes in 0.124s)
failed to copy 'cifs.ko' to '/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko': No space left on device
1579 KB/s (635894 bytes in 0.393s)
1294 KB/s (120735 bytes in 0.091s)
619 KB/s (28764 bytes in 0.045s)
Cleaning up...
rmdir failed for /data/boot, Directory not empty
All done!
~/Desktop/newkernel$
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This is correct on my PC...
~/Desktop/newkernel$ sh install_kernel.sh
install_kernel.sh: 1: @echo: not found
Creating directory and mounting /boot...
Pushing zImage...
1994 KB/s (2401156 bytes in 1.175s)
Remounting system and pushing modules...
remount succeeded
1809 KB/s (272851 bytes in 0.147s)
1775 KB/s (185916 bytes in 0.102s)
1951 KB/s (3056268 bytes in 1.529s)
1964 KB/s (635894 bytes in 0.316s)
1643 KB/s (120735 bytes in 0.071s)
663 KB/s (28764 bytes in 0.042s)
Cleaning up...
All done!
Do you have a rooted phone or you not have more free space on your phone?
Look at this line when start sh script...
mkdir failed for /data/boot, File exists
and this...
failed to copy 'cifs.ko' to '/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko': No space left on device

g30rg10u said:
primarily for Linux,
I have run it under OSX
but ADB can run under everything.
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which are requirements for adb and how to run if I already have on my windows7 android sdk?

g30rg10u said:
primarily for Linux,
I have run it under OSX
but ADB can run under everything.
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actually, adb.exe's window I'm trying to run under platform-tools disappears after a second.
what's my problem? (besides "invalid user", of course)

Ok...
The build is Gauner HD-FI 0.3 and understand that is routed by default ... Correct me if not...
With respect to free space on the phone, is a TMUS with 1024 Mb in ROM... shown that limited ... I do not know because it shows to have 431 Mb free...
This is what marks my last attempt:
...
install.sh: 1: @echo: not found
Creating directory and mounting /boot...
mkdir failed for /data/boot, File exists
Pushing zImage...
1653 KB/s (1708764 bytes in 1.009s)
Remounting system and pushing modules...
remount succeeded
1508 KB/s (272303 bytes in 0.176s)
1404 KB/s (184956 bytes in 0.128s)
failed to copy 'cifs.ko' to '/system/lib/modules/cifs.ko': No space left on device
1577 KB/s (633598 bytes in 0.392s)
1312 KB/s (117451 bytes in 0.087s)
654 KB/s (27800 bytes in 0.041s)
Cleaning up...
rmdir failed for /data/boot, Directory not empty
All done!
What confuses me even more you can look into the following screenshorts
It has installed the new kernel?

phoenixtraveller said:
FOR ALL THOSE WANTING UBUNTU/LINUX:
You just use DAF.EXE and DFT-Android (Desire original release with Magldr) partition layout.
Unyaffs BOOT.IMG and copy initrd.gz
Copy over ALL ubuntu \linux\ files to sdcard root (not \linux).
rename main adb_htc_leo_zimage to just zImage.
do not rename initrd.cpio.gz as ppl are doing: use initrd.gz from DFT' Android BOOT.IMG (unyaffs).
Now you can copy over all rootfs.ext2 to the appropriate partitions in NAND and Run.
Any suggestions on how to improve this?
Proper layout settings for flash.cfg?
I get to keyboard etc then cant use it (no usb connected - no touch).
But point is: IT WORKS AS LONG:
1) INITRD.GZ is Magldr compatible and matches flash.cfg/AD-NAND-partion (why I did this proof-of-concept with DFT's initrd)
2) rootfs.ext2 must now be mounted.
3) usb keyboard etc? internet? POWER?
self notes: for future ref: install magldr, do dft-droid-daf.exe, copy linux: ren htc_adb_zimage to just zImage. then. USE THE INITRD.GZ from inside DFT's BOOT.IMG. !!!
make magldr/ubuntu work: ad hardreset, install dft-android by daf.exe, copy all \linux\ files to root. rename files like so: (above)
Magldr and Ubuntu working: ok... You need to make sure your initrd.gz initial ramdisk is in sync with the nand partitioning by daf.exe so...
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Update:
Hmmm.. Looks like--> It is mounting rootfs.ext2 --> by itself in - NAND? SDCARD? Will update but seems to have booted properly !!! Takes a LONG time and black screen etc for ages before "desktop" - mentions "adb" and other things in verbose output during "boot". Someone please let me know thoughts as I am nt kernel developer (drivers etc) and new to Linux. Thankyou. This is my first day on XDA. My first intro to all of this so sorry if over-posting or in wrong spot.
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Update2:
Linux penguin screen verbose:
ANDROID unable to open persistent property directory
init: cannot find /system/...
(a lot of them)
then: enabling adb, adb open, et etc etc, host does not support read-only switch assuming write-enable...
mmc1: new high speed sdhc card at address b504
then a lot of lines with numbers microp set bkl(9) and ACR= FL= RAAC=
power button works as in screensaver/lock... this all leads up to keyboard and desktop eventually !!!
any ideas ?
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It takes forever: but it is till going and ALIVE.
Can anyone please help getting Ubuntu/Linux up over Magldr-NAND/SD ***properly***?
Happy (as explained above) to make donation $$$.

Can you post a simple step by step guide for us Windows users?
I really dont know how to make it work.
Thanks.

i am getting a strange error after i connect the phone.
[email protected]:~/Desktop$ cd
ADB_install/ Backup/ Rom Android/
[email protected]:~/Desktop$ cd
ADB_install/ Backup/ Rom Android/
[email protected]:~/Desktop$ cd ADB_install/
[email protected]:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ sudo cp adb /usr/bin
[sudo] password for ionut:
[email protected]:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/adb
[email protected]:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
[email protected]:~/Desktop/ADB_install$ adb devices
List of devices attached
???????????? no permissions
i am using on the phone this nand build: [03 Jan][NAND][data.img with copy from phone]LEO "Stock Desire" MOD
thanx

solved.
service MUST be started as root. if you are getting this error try this:
[email protected]:~$ sudo su -
[sudo] password for ionut: <<type root password >>
[email protected]:~# adb kill-server
[email protected]:~# adb start-server
[email protected]:~# adb devices
List of devices attached
0123456789ABCDEF device
seems it's working

The best way to install is to run on Root Terminal. This is placed on Applications -> System Tools.
On Ubuntu it is invisible and you must to enable it on System -> Preferences -> Main menu and make it visible.

[HOW TO] Unbricking/Restoring your Kindle Fire

UPDATE: It has come to my attention that zergRush root has been patched and no longer works on the most resent updates. At the moment I haven't checked to see what to use to replace it. I would advise anyone who is needing to unbrick your device to go over to this thread started by Vashypooh: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1399889. It is the Kindle Fire Utility v0.9.1 and has options to unbrick your kindle fire among many other great features. Please try his utility out as I have not been keeping up with this thread much over the holidays.
My kindle fire was stuck in a bootloop/bricked (info on what was going on prior to fixing: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1355371) after some complications when trying to install google apps. I may of deleted system files, really not sure what happened at this point. Anyway, this is what finally fixed it. This will get your device to the just out of the box state. Just follow along with the commands. I documented as much as I could, but if you have any questions feel free to ask. Hope this helps anyone whos Kindle Fire wont boot up!
For this to work you will need fastboot and zergRush root
get fastboot here: http://multiupload.com/TPWBYSCGM7
details on how fastboot works: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Fastboot
zergRush root: http://rootkindlefire.com/kindle-fire-root/how-to-root-kindle-fire/
->zergRush should be in the folder called files when extracted
Also make sure your device is charged, this will save you some time at the end!
I most likely not respond to private messages. This is a general thread so anyone can post here. It is beneficial to others since they may be experiencing the same problems as you. Being in my inbox wont help anyone.
***DISCLAIMER***: This process may not work for everyone! It really does depend on what you did to brick your kindle fire!! Also please consider thinking twice about messing with your device again after you fix it. Unless, of course, you think you can fix it on your own or are an advanced user.
PS: Read other peoples posts! Many have posted a lot of useful information, please use this to your advantage before asking questions!
PPS:What you did to brick your device is probably not unique. in order to prevent this thread from annoying those trying to help and from getting too long, we may ignore posts that ask questions or ask for solutions that have already been asked. If you don't get a reply within 24 hours, your problem probably falls under this.
PPPS:If the directions don't work and you don't see a solution in this thread already then you probably bricked your device beyond this way of recovery and need to seek other ways. If you are still having troubles please post a DESCRIPTIVE (pictures, links, anything and everything you did to get where you are at now) question/post with the problems you are facing and we can try and help you. Thank you.
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Hard reset may work for some people - hold power button for ~20 seconds and turn back on. If it doesn't then proceed:
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How to begin the how-to using cmd:
1. Download the files you need and stick them in your C:\ directory
2. stick fastboot in C:\KindleFireRoot\files directory
3. open cmd (command prompt)
4. navigate to the files directory on your C:\ drive
should look similar to this:
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Code:
C:\users\userName>cd C:\KindleFireRoot\files
5. now you are in the kindleFireRoot\files directoryshould look something like this:
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Code:
C:\KindleFireRoot\files>
Now you can start following the directions in the how-to and type exactly what you see to the right of the $ and # symbols. You should see them but do not type another one next to what you already see.
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IF YOU THINK MODIFYING PERMISSIONS ON /system/app IS WHAT CAUSED YOUR DEVICE TO BOOTLOOP THEN FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
check your permissions first
Code:
adb shell
ls -l /system/
they should look like:
Code:
drwxr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 00:00 lost+found
drw-r-xr-x root root 2011-11-29 12:31 app
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-11-16 03:03 bin
-rw-r--r-- root root 2144 2008-08-01 12:00 build.prop
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 etc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 fonts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 framework
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 lib
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 media
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 tts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-16 03:03 usr
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-11-16 03:03 vendor
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-11-29 12:31 xbin
if yours do not look like this then continute:
follow the steps to temp root FIRST(steps 1 and 2 below)!
AFTER you temp root:
Code:
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
chmod 755 /system/app
then reboot
Note: this can work with any directory that has permissions messed up
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IF YOU CHANGED WALLPAPERS/THEME AND BRICKED YOUR DEVICE BY MESSING WITH FRAMEWORK-RES.APK TRY THIS:
if you have adb active, try
adb shell ls -l /system/framework/framework-res.apk
if you dont see it show permissions as rw-r--r--
temp root (steps 1 and 2) first then run:
adb shell mount -o remount rw /system
adb shell chown root /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell mount -o remount ro /system
adb reboot
if that does not work, then you need to go back to the old file, get it from the amazon update (download the update from their site and unzip it with 7zip or winrar, ignore the fact it's called bin and just rename it if you don't know how to do it otherwise to .zip).
then run
adb push framework-res.apk /data/local/tmp
adb shell mount -o remount rw /system
adb shell mv /data/local/tmp/framework-res.apk /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell chown root /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb shell chmod 644 /system/framework/framework-res.apk
adb reboot
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IF NONE OF THE ABOVE APPLIES TO YOU THEN DO THESE STEPS:
//Step 1: push zergRush on the device then run chmod 755 on zergRush
Code:
$ adb push zergRush /data/local/tmp
$ adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
//Step 2: temp root
Code:
$ adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
$ cd data/local
cd data/local
$ cd tmp
cd tmp
$ ls
ls
boomsh
zergRush
sh
$ rm sh boomsh [B]Remove everything but zergRush here, it will not matter if yours is missing/out of order compared to mine[/B]
rm sh boomsh
$ ./zergRush
./zergRush
[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.
[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.
[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00015118
[*] Scooting ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[+] Zerglings found a way to enter ! 0x10
[+] Overseer found a path ! 0x000151e0
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x40119cd4 0x0054
[*] Researching Metabolic Boost ...
[+] Speedlings on the go ! 0xafd195cb 0xafd3937f
[*] Popping 24 more zerglings
[*] Sending 173 zerglings ...
[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !
[+] Killing ADB and restarting as root... enjoy!
//Step 3: reboot into fastboot
//note: 4002 for fastboot
Code:
$ adb shell
# cd /system/bin
cd /system/bin
# idme bootmode 4002
idme bootmode 4002
<idme> write 4002 to offset 0x1000
# reboot
reboot
//Step 4: clear user data and cache using fastboot
//note: 0x1949 is the device-id for the kindle so fastboot can recognize it
Code:
$ fastboot -i 0x1949 -w //this part might take a while
erasing 'userdata'... OKAY [110.203s]
erasing 'cache'... OKAY [ 28.328s]
finished. total time: 138.531s
//Step 5: change back to normal boot mode in fastboot
//note: 4000 is for normal boot
Code:
$ fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
... OKAY [ 0.219s]
finished. total time: 0.219s
//Step 6: use fastboot to restart kindle fire
Code:
$ fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.016s
At this point the kindle hit splash screen for a few minutes then told me that my device needed to be charged (was at 13%) to continue. **So make sure your device is charged**, otherwise you will have to wait about 20-30 minutes depending on your charge %. The amber light finally came on while connected to PC which it wasn't doing before so this was a good sign.
After it was charged enough the next step stated: "Your kindle has detected a problem and must clear app storage.The recovery precess will erase some applications and data from your device. Apps from the appstore are stored in the cloud and can be reinstalled later. This will reset your kindle to its original factory settings. You will need to re-register your kindle prior to downloading items from your amazon account. Please press power button to proceed"
After you press the power button it shows a progress bar, reboots, hits splash screen for a few minutes then takes you to set up your Kindle Fire account YAYYYY!

Just a suggestion but perhaps one of the mods could move this to the developer's forum (or sticky it and make the links have http:// in front)? The OP could not post it there since they do not have 10 posts yet, but they're a friend of mine and we worked together to unbrick their device.

unbricking from recovery
I am going to try the method for unbricking, but not sure it will work on mine. My fire is stuck on the boot screen where it has a long message saying there is a problem with the fire and that it needs to restore the apps and bring it back to default.
It then says to press the power button continue with the restore. Then it completes, says success, then reboots right back into the same message screen all over again.
When I adb devices I get "firexxxxxSN recovery"
I am hoping fastboot can help me or perhaps I need to re-image recovery or boot.
What happened was this. I tried to follow a method to change my wallpapers using metamorph. I followed all the steps then started getting theme errors and such while in the kindle. I rebooted and was stuck in the bootloop as described here.
Being the novice I am, I thought I could then copy over a fresh copy of "system" from the fire system dump that was posted. I did this and this is where I am now.
Any help would be appreciated. It might be a good idea for us to figure this one out so that we have the procedure.

you dont need root to run idme.
But since you can get root, try clearing the /data/dalvik-cache by hand & reboot.. much quicker than a full userdata wipe.

Hi, assuming your responding to me, whats idme? Right now I cant get root just a bootloop. And when I adb devices I get my device serial # recovery where is normally says device serial # device
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Here is the exact message I get on the screen:
'Your Kindle has detected a problem and must clear app storage. The recovery process will erase some applications and data from your device. Apps from the appstore are stored in the cloud and can be reinstalled later.
This will reset your kindle to its original factory settings. you will need to re-register your kindle prior to downloading items from your Amazon account.
Please press power button to proceed.'
After i press the power button I get a status bar indicating the restore, it then says success, then reboots and ultimately comes back to the same restore screen as noted above.
Any help is appreciated.

Hey, can you please tell me how you get into fastboot? I went to the wiki and did everything it said there but am stuck because I am getting stuck on step 5
Boot device into bootloader - How do I do this? Is this simply powering on the fire?
Make sure the device is in FASTBOOT and not HBOOT - same question

I'm getting "zergRush: permission denied" any help?

Wow, I'm so glad I found this! You just may be my life/job saver. I'm going to try this right now and reply with status.

transfuntioner said:
you dont need root to run idme.
But since you can get root, try clearing the /data/dalvik-cache by hand & reboot.. much quicker than a full userdata wipe.
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I tried this previous to what I explained in my fix above and it didn't work. I was still stuck in bootloop and getting the same errors in the logs.

transfuntioner said:
you dont need root to run idme.
But since you can get root, try clearing the /data/dalvik-cache by hand & reboot.. much quicker than a full userdata wipe.
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@transfuntioner - This sounds logical and I did try this. In my specific case it didn't work either but may work for others.

Done! Thanks ubeezee your awesomeness knows no boundaries. I owe you big-time! I'ma gonna buy you a whole case of beers.

@md202000 Glad it worked for you!

justki said:
I'm getting "zergRush: permission denied" any help?
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Can you give more explanation (i.e. what you were doing beforehand)?
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bjanice44 said:
Hey, can you please tell me how you get into fastboot? I went to the wiki and did everything it said there but am stuck because I am getting stuck on step 5
Boot device into bootloader - How do I do this? Is this simply powering on the fire?
Make sure the device is in FASTBOOT and not HBOOT - same question
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Don't rely on the wiki directions...those are meant for other devices (particularly phones). Just do the steps listed in the OP in that order. You won't get some screen that explicitly says FASTBOOT. You'll just assume you are there because fastboot commands will work (and the fact you told the device to go into fastboot before rebooting it through bootmode idme).
Hi, assuming your responding to me, whats idme? Right now I cant get root just a bootloop.
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Just because you have a bootloop, does not imply you cannot do things like run adb. You need to run "adb shell" with the kindle plugged into the computer and then push over the zergRush exploit and get root and then switch the mode to FASTBOOT. You cannot as far as I know get into FASTBOOT on the device unless you are able to tell it to through temp rooting and adb first.
But since you can get root, try clearing the /data/dalvik-cache by hand & reboot.. much quicker than a full userdata wipe.
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From trying that with ubeezee, it did nothing to help on its own. It took clearing out all user data to trigger a restore that did something useful.

bjanice44 said:
I am going to try the method for unbricking, but not sure it will work on mine. My fire is stuck on the boot screen where it has a long message saying there is a problem with the fire and that it needs to restore the apps and bring it back to default.
It then says to press the power button continue with the restore. Then it completes, says success, then reboots right back into the same message screen all over again.
When I adb devices I get "firexxxxxSN recovery"
I am hoping fastboot can help me or perhaps I need to re-image recovery or boot.
What happened was this. I tried to follow a method to change my wallpapers using metamorph. I followed all the steps then started getting theme errors and such while in the kindle. I rebooted and was stuck in the bootloop as described here.
Being the novice I am, I thought I could then copy over a fresh copy of "system" from the fire system dump that was posted. I did this and this is where I am now.
Any help would be appreciated. It might be a good idea for us to figure this one out so that we have the procedure.
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Did you try it out?

justki said:
I'm getting "zergRush: permission denied" any help?
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I think I know why, I forgot to add that you need to run chmod 755 on zergRush.(see updated first post)
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
after you push zergRush

i got to step 3 and there is no animation over the letters, so i think i am in fastboot, but i can not access the shell anymore. it appears my device is not being seen by adb? evn at a cmd prompt i tried fastboot devices and that shows nothing either.
any advice?

dingo8baby said:
i got to step 3 and there is no animation over the letters, so i think i am in fastboot, but i can not access the shell anymore. it appears my device is not being seen by adb? evn at a cmd prompt i tried fastboot devices and that shows nothing either.
any advice?
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I'm not totally sure what you mean. Are you trying to access adb while in fastboot? Because that will not work.
When you're in fastboot, you don't use adb, you use fastboot commands to wipe all the user data (see the reference link in the OP for the commands that work on fastboot and note that it's nothing like adb). Fastboot runs a much lower level than anything you access in adb--it's like being in the BIOS for your computer more or less. It wont show "devices" or anything like that unless you explicitly run the "fastboot -i 0x1949 devices" command (I didn't bother to run that command on the kindle, I just jumped ahead and had it wiped using fastboot, since it didn't really matter if it detected it or not).
However, even if you don't run that command to show devices, you'll know it works when you run the fastboot command to wipe data and it gives you a reply. If it doesn't give a reply and just hangs, then you weren't in fastboot (or you typed the command wrong) and need to try again (press ctrl+c to cancel the command, but just FYI, it takes 3-5 minutes for it to wipe all data, so be patient before canceling).

dingo8baby said:
i got to step 3 and there is no animation over the letters, so i think i am in fastboot, but i can not access the shell anymore. it appears my device is not being seen by adb? evn at a cmd prompt i tried fastboot devices and that shows nothing either.
any advice?
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Like yareally said, you should move on to step 4 if you are in fastboot. The only time you will need to access adb shell is when it says on the instructions.

ok, i'm sorry if i wasn't clear.
I saw the $ prompt, so I assumed the commands were run in a adb shell.
If i run the fastboot commands in a cmd window, this is the output:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 -w
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall 'flash boot' + 'flash system'
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline

dingo8baby said:
ok, i'm sorry if i wasn't clear.
I saw the $ prompt, so I assumed the commands were run in a adb shell.
If i run the fastboot commands in a cmd window, this is the output:
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot -i 0x1949 -w
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall 'flash boot' + 'flash system'
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
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I'm a bit confused as to what you are doing. What were you using before to enter commands? Whatever you were using that got you to step 3, was what you need to use. There should always be $ infront of your commands.
Oh I just saw the problem, the fastboot your using is out of date. Theres no -i command. I think the one that I linked was out of date too.. I'll upload the one I have which is the most current and link it on the main post. Sorry about that! So just start over after you update fastboot using whatever you were using before to enter commands that got you into fastboot.

[Gen8v2, A70B/A70IT2 Froyo] HOWTO: Enable SDE menus without Archos SDE firmware

Hi All,
As some may know, current Official SDE for gen8 doesn't work on the new Froyo Gen8 v2 devices (currently: A70b / A70it2).
As we do on Gen9, there is a way to enable SDE menu in recovery for the new Archos A70S/A70it2. It's quite easy and safe, it has been used multiple times on gen9 and only use Archos commands (except of course temp root that is done by using psneuter).
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible if you blow your device with this, I'm only using existing Archos commands but this is not an official Archos release. Use at your own risks.
If you don't know about SDE, check my Gen9 thread here, it has some pictures that could help (70it2 menus are not exactly the same but are similar).
So, to enable it:
1) You must have adb working, I won't detail how to install or use it here. "adb shell" should give you a '$' prompt, if it doesn't, check your adb installation first.
2) Unzip content of the attached file to a directory (or platform-tools if adb is not in your PATH)
3) Launch enable_sde.bat script (or enable_sde.sh for linux, don't forget to chmod 755 it)
4) It should display something like this:
Code:
5800 KB/s (557962 bytes in 0.093s)
4625 KB/s (2564188 bytes in 0.541s)
5000 KB/s (728825 bytes in 0.142s)
property service neutered.
killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)
Generating KD...
Updating KD (3293269 bytes)...
0
100
4) If it worked properly (check file sizes, some had troubles with adb push), reboot in recovery with power+vol+, you should now see the SDE boot menu. If you go to recovery, you should see the and if you go to recovery, you should see the "Developer Edition Menu". If it doesn't work for you, please report in this thread.
Next step is to install a rooted build, you can find one here.
Cheers,
LeTama

Flawless victory...excellent.

Hello!
i get the following error:
Code:
D:\test>enable_sde.bat
D:\test>adb push psneuter /tmp
failed to copy 'psneuter' to '/tmp/psneuter': Permission denied
D:\test>adb push init_zImage /tmp
failed to copy 'init_zImage' to '/tmp/init_zImage': Permission denied
D:\test>adb push init-cpio.gz /tmp
failed to copy 'init-cpio.gz' to '/tmp/init-cpio.gz': Permission denied
D:\test>adb shell chmod 755 /tmp/psneuter
chmod: /tmp/psneuter: No such file or directory
D:\test>adb shell /tmp/psneuter
/bin/sh: /tmp/psneuter: not found
D:\test>ping 127.0.0.1 -n 5 -w 1000 1>nul
D:\test>adb shell /usr/bin/kd_flasher -i /tmp/init-cpio.gz -k /tmp/init_zImage
Generating KD...
cannot open kernel file: No such file or directory
mkflashimage failed
D:\test>adb shell sync
D:\test>
it is an archos A70it2.

Honeycomb or Froyo model ?
This one is for Froyo, I changed title to reflect it, sorry. Check my sig for the Honeycomb one...

Ok, it is the honeycomb model I will try the other one - thx!

Someone please HELPP! Before...

Okay...so here Iam once more driving myself insane. I'am pretty intermediate with devices and rooting and can usually do things solo or with slight help...but!!. So just received the device from a friend of mine and I actually want to unlock it to allow Simple Mobile (sim card) and services...when i Hboot it says Radio ON...to what i presume will be the freedom I need. Okay so here goes my trouble... I know that your supposed to downgrade the device to root, or temp root, I have been following the instructions to the T (or at least I'm hoping so) on http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f62...ouch-4g-2-3-4-hb-0-89-0005-stock-rom-1344617/ and even on this site which is where i also have tried following the directions. Okay so what confuses me is that one post says tools, the other says platform-tools..and if i'm incorrect the directory has both. Okay so I've opened up a command line from both and it's around
$ adb push fre3vo /sdcard/fre3vo
$ adb shell
$ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
$ /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF
that I start to have my trouble!! I was actually able to copy this...
C:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools> adb push fre3vo /sdcard/fre3vo
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
cannot stat 'fre3vo': No such file or directory <---is this the error file im supposed to get?? so I rewrite it connecting the sdcard to fre3vo and then wallah!! A whole bunch of writing like ...
C:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools> adb push fre3vo/sdcard/fre3vo
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31 <------------------------Right over here (excessive content so i deleted)
C:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools>adb shell
$ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/fre3vo: No such file or directory
$ /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo: not found <---------------------------So I go down through the line of codes I'm supposed to trty and all say not found
$
Now as you can see this is where my problems arise. Every code or set of codes I get result in not found?? What am I doing wrong? I saw a tutorial on youtube and when he added this coding it was immediately followed by a massive amount of writing and then ADB seems to have shut down...Am i supposed to have ADB running while I do this? I've even tried rewriting the codes thinking that maybe a space was misplaced or such. Please help guys. Also what I did was manually created a directory at C;\Adroidsdk since there was none and placed all of the adb tools there or hope I did. Before that every time I'd open the executable the adb program would open from C\users\appdata\local\temp. I honestly don't know where i went wrong. I really want to root this phone. I went as far as spending 30 dollars on one of those bogus websites that can "root your device guaranteed" only to find that the programs they had like Superoneclick I already had on my desktop. Go figure..Ok I will sit here miserably until one of you rescues me. Thanks.

Some people said they used this tool to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870652
I personally have not tried it, but hey, you never know

Did you unzip the files before putting them in platform tools?
Also shouldn't you be pushing the file to the folder you are trying to chmod? It looks like you are pushing it to sdcard and I'm pretty sure it needs to be in the tmp folder:
adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
Instead of sdcard, but don't quote me on that I haven't done this in ages. Trying it *shouldn't* break anything... I think
If you can't push it to tmp then you are missing steps.
Edit:
Found an xda thread that verifies the file should be pushed to data local tmp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Shame on the person who wrote the other guide.

If u already got s-off (cuz u might have to downgrade) or still in fryo u can try vissionary+ method efficient stressless

N_otori0us_ said:
Some people said they used this tool to root.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1870652
I personally have not tried it, but hey, you never know
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yeAh this is one of the tools the $30 dollar spot gave me. Funny because it actually says it worked..Su installed Busybox installed and once process is done..Nada..zip..is still the same now to convince them of a refund.

Relsig said:
Did you unzip the files before putting them in platform tools?
Also shouldn't you be pushing the file to the folder you are trying to chmod? It looks like you are pushing it to sdcard and I'm pretty sure it needs to be in the tmp folder:
adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
Instead of sdcard, but don't quote me on that I haven't done this in ages. Trying it *shouldn't* break anything... I think
If you can't push it to tmp then you are missing steps.
Edit:
Found an xda thread that verifies the file should be pushed to data local tmp
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
Shame on the person who wrote the other guide.
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Yeah, I've actually tried it this way and the other. the thing is one site says tools..the other platform tools, and then this last one sd card?? I've tried them all I think...Maybe my adb is installed in the wrong area? could that be why possibly after i chmod and start putting in the files to finally root the phone it says "file not found"? I know it's alot of writing but I'm going to copy and paste everything on a new reply to see if you or anyone can see what I'm doing wrong. I even copy and paste to the cmd and nothing.

ughoji said:
If u already got s-off (cuz u might have to downgrade) or still in fryo u can try vissionary+ method efficient stressless
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If you could find me a place to download visionary from I'd be eternally grateful to you. It seems when they banned the app from google they must've done so everywhere else. Everytime I try to download my PC stops the download and says virus detected even with anti-virus off. Every time I go to the Visionary website and click the download link it takes me to some bogus website and never to the download link. The other sites I've found them on them on the PC says Virus detected...or maybe it's google chrome. Think I should try downloading on Internet Explorer?

what i'm gonna do guys is try the process from the xda website and then post it to see if one of you detect where I went wrong. Crossing Fingers...

now here it is ladies and gents...maybe we can find the problem here somewhere
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\Jorge>adb shell cat /dev/msm_rotator
/dev/msm_rotator: invalid length
C:\Users\Jorge>cd c:\androidsdk\platform-tools
c:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
cannot stat 'fre3vo': No such file or directory <-- here also i get the no file or directory error so then i rewrite putting fre3vo and data together which follows with fre3vo/data
c:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools>adb push fre3vo/data/local/tmp
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
-d - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
returns an error if more than one USB device is
present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <specific device> - directs command to the device or emulator with
the given
serial number or qualifier. Overrides ANDROID_S
ERIAL
environment variable.
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices [-l] - list all connected devices
('-l' will also list device qualifiers)
connect <host>[:<port>] - connect to a device via TCP/IP
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
disconnect [<host>[:<port>]] - disconnect from a TCP/IP device.
Port 5555 is used by default if no port number
is specified.
Using this command with no additional arguments
will disconnect from all connected TCP/IP devic
es.
device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(-l means list but don't copy)
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] [--algo <algorithm name> --key <hex-encoded key> --
iv <hex-encoded iv>] <file>
- push this package file to the device and instal
l it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of inter
nal storage)
('--algo', '--key', and '--iv' mean the file is
encrypted already)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.
adb backup [-f <file>] [-apk|-noapk] [-shared|-noshared] [-all] [-system|-nosy
stem] [<packages...>]
- write an archive of the device's data to <file>
.
If no -f option is supplied then the data is wr
itten
to "backup.ab" in the current directory.
(-apk|-noapk enable/disable backup of the .apks
themselves
in the archive; the default is noapk.)
(-shared|-noshared enable/disable backup of the
device's
shared storage / SD card contents; the defau
lt is noshared.)
(-all means to back up all installed applicatio
ns)
(-system|-nosystem toggles whether -all automat
ically includes
system applications; the default is to inclu
de system apps)
(<packages...> is the list of applications to b
e backed up. If
the -all or -shared flags are passed, then t
he package
list is optional. Applications explicitly g
iven on the
command line will be included even if -nosys
tem would
ordinarily cause them to be omitted.)
adb restore <file> - restore device contents from the <file> backup
archive
adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb get-devpath - prints: <device-path>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the boo
tloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader
adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
adb usb - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
adb tcpip <port> - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on th
e specified port
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:
- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.
environmental variables:
ADB_TRACE - Print debug information. A comma separated list
of the following values
1 or all, adb, sockets, packets, rwx, usb, sync
, sysdeps, transport, jdwp
ANDROID_SERIAL - The serial number to connect to. -s takes prior
ity over this if given.
ANDROID_LOG_TAGS - When used with the logcat option, only these de
bug tags are printed.
c:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools>adb shell
$ chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/fre3vo: No such file or directory <--when i input chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo it says no such file...so i
$ chmod 777/data/local/tmp/fre3vo rewrite it and connect the 777 to data like chmod 777/data and then
chmod 777/data/local/tmp/fre3vo the usahe chmod ...etc.
Usage: chmod <MODE> <FILE>
$ /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start FAA90000 -end FFFFFFFF
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo: not found
$ <-----I can continue and write the other passwords but it says not found.
I'm wondering if i might've installed adb in the wrong place and if so how do i change the variables? should i put C:android or as currently ANDROID_SDK_HOME then C:\AndroidSdk

There's no wrong place to install adb. If your in GingerBread, I don't think visionary will work. Try ginger break. But you have to downgrade to root your phone. If your on 2.3.4, you gotta get on 2.2.1 I think
Sent from my myTouch 4G using xda app-developers app

N_otori0us_ said:
There's no wrong place to install adb. If your in GingerBread, I don't think visionary will work. Try ginger break. But you have to downgrade to root your phone. If your on 2.3.4, you gotta get on 2.2.1 I think
Sent from my myTouch 4G using xda app-developers app
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yeA
YEAH PHONE IS ON 2.3.4...ooops sorry for caps! so can you see where i might've went wrong? I mean is it supposed to say file not found or those things? somewhere i messed up..sigh...

c:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools>adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
cannot stat 'fre3vo': No such file or directory
Is fre3vo in C:\AndroidSdk\platform-tools?
cause thats where you need to unzip the files to
-Nipqer

Found the problem...
Thanks to you guys I went back step by step and figured out the problem . So apparently when i had originally downloaded the fre3vo and misc files they were the wrong files. I looked inside of platform tools and both files were there as applications?? yeah like actual install type applications..finally it has all seemed to work so i'll now move on to step two...won't say im done till ive succesfully rooted and ill keep you posted but thank you guys.,.for your time and dedication towards helping me :_)

Playdoe said:
Thanks to you guys I went back step by step and figured out the problem . So apparently when i had originally downloaded the fre3vo and misc files they were the wrong files. I looked inside of platform tools and both files were there as applications?? yeah like actual install type applications..finally it has all seemed to work so i'll now move on to step two...won't say im done till ive succesfully rooted and ill keep you posted but thank you guys.,.for your time and dedication towards helping me :_)
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Just in case u wanted to root an s-off phone search pd15img(2.2.1).zip got mine from 4shared rename it to pd15img.zip and move it to root of your SD card boot into bootloader navigate to the second option then OK with power on to downgrade. here is a working visionary but note most cases play store doesn't agree to download make sure u got explore or es in another phone to send it run your rooting and every.the visionary process is in the dev part its pinned

I used visionary and it worked for me