III: Flashing a Custom Recovery
Flashing a custom recovery will make your life easier when flashing ROMs in the future.
1. Download this file: Recovery.zip
2. Extract file contents to your \tools\ directory of your Android SDK.
3. Open up a command prompt and go to your tools directory, and execute these commands:
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
adb push flash_image /system/bin
adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img(this is were my problem comes, i had tons before this but figured it out and now im stuck here, i know its in the same folder as the recovery file and the whole process was fine, i was excited haha but then it gets here and no image found. wth. anybody? sry i been postin alot
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I didn't find any mentions of this in the other threads or a thread dedicated to this, but just wanted to point out that it is very easy to do this on a Mac.
You will need to follow the same instructions in the other guides, but you can do it all from the Mac OS Terminal easily and no need to install drivers, just like you would with Linux.
In case someone wants step by step instructions, here they are modified for Mac OS:
Original instructions by chuckhriczko http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581577
Step 1:
First you need to download the Android SDK. You can get it from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Download the Mac OS version and remember where the android-sdk-mac folder is (most likely in your Downloads folder)
The next thing we download is asroot2. This is a script that was developed that runs an exploit in Android's linux that allows us to run root. The link for that is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=244212&d=1257621154. Unzip that file and place it in a directory of your choice (I used android-sdk-mac/tools). Also download http://www.androidspin.com/downloads.php?dir=amon_ra/RECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img and place that into the same directory you extracted asroot2.
Step 2:
Connect the phone to the USB port.
Open a terminal and cd into the directory that you extracted the sdk into. Then cd into the tools directory. Then run the following commands:
sudo ./adb push /directory_you_placed_asroot2/asroot2 /data/local/
sudo ./adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
sudo ./adb shell /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su
type exit until you are back to your Mac's prompt.
Now your phone is officially rooted! We arent done yet though. Now you need to flash the recovery image. If you are still in adb shell type in exit until you are out. You should be in the directory where you extracted the recovery image. If not go there. Type in the following:
sudo /.adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img /sdcard/
Once that is done, type in sudo ./adb shell. If your command prompt is a dollar sign then type in su and press enter. If it is a pound sign you are good. Then type in the following:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img
Once that is finished you are done. To reboot into recovery type in
sudo ./adb shell reboot recovery
If you are already in the shell, just type
reboot recovery
You should reboot into recovery mode and you can go from here. You can do a nandroid backup and then follow the other guides to install a different ROM or any other things you want to do.
If there are no instructions for Mac, just follow the Linux/Ubuntu instructions as they will be very similar if not the same.
Actually...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=581686
This is the thread I used to root my Hero CDMA from my Macbook, worked just fine...Thanks anyways for giving some love to macusers, guides are usually windows only.
I thought it was weird that there wasn't a Mac dedicated thread. I guess the search doesn't like 3 letter words.
i try this on the comment prompt while phone running.
cd\sdk
cd android-sdk-windows
cd tools
adb devices
adb shell
#mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
ls
i get all the apk. files
i try removing an apk.file
typing this syntax:
rm -f thenameoftheapp.apk
and it'll say:
rm failed for -f, read only file system
it wont let me write on the system im guessing.
Now i tried doing the same thing but phone mode is on recovery.
I have the nand protection unlocked so when i get to recovery mode
i have already the custom recovery setup showing, i don't run the recovery-windows.bat.
now when i type this on the comment prompt
cd\sdk
cd android-sdk-windows
cd tools
adb devices
adb shell
#mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/app
ls
i get all the apk. files
i try removing an apk.file
typing this syntax:
rm -f thenameoftheapp.apk
after i hit enter it shows me
#
so im assuming the apk. has been removed
after i exit the comment prompt and i wipe the dalvik-cache
i reboot the phone and all the apps i removed are still there and running still.
help please
i get an error when try adb push a recovery file to my sdcard and ideas?
Need to give it a file name at the location you're moving it to I believe.
Example: adb push foo.txt /sdcard/foo.txt
ok thanx, how do i delete a file off the phone? when i install a custom recovery and reboot it goes back too stock recovery so i need to delete /system/etc/install-recovery.sh file, but need to know how
corolla90 said:
ok thanx, how do i delete a file off the phone? when i install a custom recovery and reboot it goes back too stock recovery so i need to delete /system/etc/install-recovery.sh file, but need to know how
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enter this into command prompt or terminal
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/mtdblock3 /system
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Hi there!
I upgraded my wife's tattoo's recovery to 3.0.0.6 using ROM Manager, unaware that I will not be able to flash ROMs anymore (amend / edify scripting differences)
Now I cannot find a way to revert to original/older recovery, did try a lot of stuff around here and still no luck
Cannot flash using RUU as i receive a "Wrong bootloader error"
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx in advance.
Adrian
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LE: After trying for some weeks now, I decided to post this message - few minutes after, I solved the problem - like this:
Code:
C:\>adb push c:\flash_image /sdcard/
365 KB/s (26172 bytes in 0.070s)
C:\>adb push c:\rtattoo\recovery.img /sdcard/
905 KB/s (3731456 bytes in 4.025s)
C:\>adb shell
# su
su
# mount -o remount, rw /system
mount -o remount, rw /system
# cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin
# cd /system/bin
cd /system/bin
# chmod 777 flash_image
chmod 777 flash_image
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Thanx - OP please close.
why so much on typing CMD adb
use android commmander It is Great
You can try to use this script http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=644279 but replace the recovery file with the original recovery file . don't forget to rename it to the same name.
This method is similar to Chainfire's adbd Insecure, I tried Chainfire method, adb wireless didn't work for me, so I made my own, I needed to use adb wireless on some devices.
I made this adbd for my BLU Studio 5.0 C Cell phone, but I am sure it will work for other arm devices.
Anyway long story short, you need a rooted device, you push a script and an adbd file to /system/xbin then you add a line to /etc/install-recovery.sh to load the script each boot.
To install download replace_adbd.zip
extract zip place all three files on sdcard, and use rooted file manager to copy them to to their correct places, or use adb.
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount /system
adb push adbd /system/xbin/adbd
adb push adbd-Insecure /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell
chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd
chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
reboot
Or use file manager like ES File Explorer File Manager to copy files from sdcard to correct place and set permission then reboot.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347763661
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=1
ro.allow.mock.location=0
persist.mtk.aee.aed=on
ro.debuggable=0
ro.adb.secure=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mtp,adb
persist.service.acm.enable=0
ro.mount.fs=EXT4
ro.persist.partition.support=no
[email protected] STUDIO 5.0 C:/ #
credits
@carliv for CarlivScreenshot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/tool-carlivscreenshot-screenshots-t3075992
@Chainfire for the ideal of making adbd insecure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687590
Download link didn't sync correctly, file was corrupt first link, I have now changed the link, this one should now work correctly.
Thanks, I will test on my device and report back. I've always wanted some manual way instead of using the app.
@vampirefo
Is it possible to integrate in your batch the latest version of adbd demon get from adb insecuere 2.0.apk?
Is it possible to check the adbd version? How to?
Is it possible to create a dos batch with all need commands via adb commands? Like
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system
adb push adbd /system/xbin/adbd
adb push adbd-Insecure /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
adb shell cp /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.old
adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
adb shell chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb reboot
Thanks.
bovirus said:
@vampirefo
Is it possible to integrate in your batch the latest version of adbd demon get from adb insecuere 2.0.apk?
Is it possible to check the adbd version? How to?
Is it possible to create a dos batch with all need commands via adb commands? Like
adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system
adb push adbd /system/xbin/adbd
adb push adbd-Insecure /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
adb shell cp /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.old
adb push install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd
adb shell chmod 755 /system/xbin/adbd-Insecure
adb shell chmod 755 /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
adb reboot
Thanks.
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Yes, one can use the adbd binary from adb insecure 2.0.apk.
There isn't any version number to check, we both just build the adbd binary from source, mine was built from CM 12.1 source, not sure about chainfire's.
Chainfire's may have used AOSP source.
Yes one can create a Windows batch file, to execute the adb commands, or create a flashable zip, provided the devices has a custom recovery.
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