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Trying to root - problems [SOLVED]

Hey guys.
I've been attempting this all morning and so far I've had no luck. I have a VodafoneAU Legend which I updated to the official 2.2 yesterday. But now I want to try root.
I've been trying to follow the HBOOT 1.01 guide but there's a few problems. First, I cannot connect to the phone with adb unless it's in htc sync mode. No other mode will work. So when it's time to copy testimage.zip to the card I have to change from sync mode to disk mode, whereby adb loses it's connection. What do I do about this? Is it a driver problem (in Win7 here) or something else?
Thanks,
Dave.

Ok, the first problem were drivers.
Now I can't finish the second guide. When I try using clockwork to install the firmware.zip, the phone just boots to the red triangle. What do I have to do?
Dave.

So I pressed the up button/power combo at the red triangle and get the Android system recovery. Selecting "apply update.zip" says it can't verify. What do I do? Is this guide for my phone or do I need to follow something else?

I don't understand this guys. Anyone help? I'm thinking since this is a step to root the phone, I'm not actually rooted yet so I can't use the clockworkmod? Then what is the guide for? The guides at unlockr don't mention what firmware/hboot they work for so I'm not keen to try them yet.

Read the guide on fake flash. You need the recovery file named "update.zip" in the root of your sd to proceed..
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

whitetigerdk said:
Read the guide on fake flash. You need the recovery file named "update.zip" in the root of your sd to proceed..
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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But isn't that what Rom Manager does? Download the update.zip then run it? Man this is getting even harder to understand.
Edit: And this is left out of the HBOOT 1.01 guide because.....????? When I work this out I'll write a PROPPER guide, lol.

Just checked and update.zip is on the card.
So which part of the guide am I getting wrong?

Decided to reinstall phone with the official froyo release and am now ready to try this again. Is there anyone that will walk me through the process? I will write a complete guide if the "gotchas" are still there.

i feel for you ... hope you get it fixed... thats one of the reason i havent dared messing with the phone because i've seen a few post like yours where something didnt go quite as described... for whatever reason... and im sure the answer is out there but just not within the guide instructions... i guess there is no way to gather all gotchas because there are so many environment variables...
good luck
and please share your technique

Just saw gobczak's thread in the developer forum having similar troubles with Vodafone UK phone, getting the red triangle at reboot. I'll keep an eye on his thread and see how he goes with it.

Did you run the stage1 and stage2 bats while in recovery?

dezzadk said:
Did you run the stage1 and stage2 bats while in recovery?
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No because the guide didn't say to.
The thing is it seems I'm only stuck on the part where the firmware.zip file has to be flashed. The guide says to use clockworkmod for this. But when I try installing the clockworkmod recovery it gives some file verification error. Isn't there ways to do this via the pc, either through those batch files, adb etc? Or will that fake-flash update.zip file work?

jabbado said:
No because the guide didn't say to.
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As I just posted on the other forum, I think you need to skip that step in guide 2 and go straight onto guide 3 after you have flashed the LEGEIMG.zip, rebooted, and then removed LEGEIMG.zip from the SD card.

Guys I've got to the point of downgrading to 1.31. But when I run the first batch file it just hangs at the "Writing zip" part, with the htc logo on the screen. Is there any way to fix this?

Can someone please explain this part of the guide:
Phone will reboot and find LEGEIMG.zip on your sdcard, copy it into RAM and check it. If you get CID error at this point, then you don't have goldcard.
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Ok, so I don't get an error. I get nothing. The phone just boots to the fastboot screen. If I press the power button it goes to the hboot screen and I can see the messages of loading LEGEIMG.zip. But the guide doesn't say to press anything.
So should I or shouldn't I press the power button? Also, if I try making the goldcard again, at which point in the guide do I start from again? The entire process or just copying LEGEIMG.zip to card then rebooting phone? I mean, will all the other things like flashing misc1-2.img still be there?

Guys I finally got this working.
The first problem was with the goldcards. For whatever reason formatting them with the win7 format tool just wouldn't work. I had to use the command-line format tool, setting the block size etc manually.
The second problem was the unnecessary steps in the guide. A few people helped me out with this (namely blackbart at the Aus Whirlpool forum), but basically in the second step you can stop after flashing the LEGEIMG.zip. The updating froyo part isn't needed - for my phone anyway.
Then when running the batch files in the third part, for whatever reason the first batch would keep hanging at 'writing zip...' and I needed to remove the battery to unfreeze the phone. flannigan, also from the Aus Whirlpool forums suggested to just go on to the second batch file. This worked!
So my Legend is now finally a true Legend
Anyway, thanks for the help everyone - couldn't have done this by myself.
Dave

Great news, I think we need a new guide focused on rooting for HBOOT 1.01 / Stock Froyo to clear up the inconsistencies in the existing one. It's a minefield for a noob (or a rite of passage!), a revised guide will certainly save a lot of time and frustration for those taking this road in the future.
Sent from my HTC Legend using XDA App

EpicSauce said:
Great news, I think we need a new guide focused on rooting for HBOOT 1.01 to clear up the inconsistencies in the existing one. It's a minefield for a noob (or a rite of passage!), a revised guide will certainly save a lot of time and frustration for those taking this road in the future.
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I'll write one if ya's want. I wanted to include little tidbits like downloading the apps required (visionary, rom manager etc) from the market then backing them up to the card with Astro so if it goes all wrong and you have to start again, you can just install them all from the card Also on using adb to push the files (roms, img's etc) when the guides say "copy this blah blah". Much quicker than changing to disk mode and back. Sound good?

Sounds good! Happy to help and add my 20c worth along the way. The existing guide has got the meaty bits, a new guide would cull the stuff not relevant, help fill in the gaps and alert to the pitfalls we've fallen into.

jabbado said:
I'll write one if ya's want. I wanted to include little tidbits like downloading the apps required (visionary, rom manager etc) from the market then backing them up to the card with Astro so if it goes all wrong and you have to start again, you can just install them all from the card Also on using adb to push the files (roms, img's etc) when the guides say "copy this blah blah". Much quicker than changing to disk mode and back. Sound good?
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I agree... i've done my reading since june of last year but then didnt check for another 4 months... and so many how to's pop up with various ways of doing it depeding on the situation... a lot of those howtos were consolidated howtos which sometimes make intermediate steps unenecessary (may be in some cases causes more head aches since it didnt take into considerations on newer version of hboots...etc)... an updated how to will be much appreciated...
And you're right the most important pre requirement is to have a safety net ... so starting with how to create a back up in case you screw it up is a must!
but im glad it worked out for you!

Root Atrix on Mac OSX?

i have read LOTS of forums on this, but have found no diffinative, working methods. has anyone actually ever done this, and if so what method did you use? links/guides would be much appreciated! thanks

I also have searched everywhere and apart from "get a pc" or "get parallels and windows 7 for your mac" I've heard nothing concrete.
Any advice on this would be hugely appreciated!

ishamm said:
i have read LOTS of forums on this, but have found no diffinative, working methods. has anyone actually ever done this, and if so what method did you use? links/guides would be much appreciated! thanks
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No guys, all the methods posted are just theoretical blabber posted for the LULZ!...
.... NOT!!!
... all the methods mentioned on this forum work, unless stated otherwise...
only a handful require a Windows PC
yes, preinstall method works, CWM root package works, gingerbreak works,
1-click easy root also works
follow the link, go to post 3... and you have directions for Mac OS

sorry, i didnt mention, im not on gingerbread (thanks to tmobiles slow updating), and most of these rooting methods seem to require it. would going straight to unlocking the bootloader be easier on mac? (i realise the methods arent written for fun, but many require a lot of presumed knowledge of terminal commands, which unfortunately i lack XD )
thanks

Bootcamp or parallels with windows 7. That's how I did it.

xploited said:
No guys, all the methods posted are just theoretical blabber posted for the LULZ!...
.... NOT!!!
... all the methods mentioned on this forum work, unless stated otherwise...
only a handful require a Windows PC
yes, preinstall method works, CWM root package works, gingerbreak works,
1-click easy root also works
follow the link, go to post 3... and you have directions for Mac OS
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Many thanks, I'll try one of the ones you mentioned.
I'd love to try the one click method for mac but I clocked on the link, went to third post and it's not as you suggested it might be.
If there is a simple oneclick method for mac dullards like me it would be great to tell me where to go for it. Thanks again!

i have tried using dorootv3.sh and doroot2, on terminal, but both always fail, is there any other .sh that has been shown to work?
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basically, after a load of different attempts, my main problem seems to be this: to root on mac, i need 2.3.4 (i have 2.2.2); to get 2.3.4 i need to unlock the bootloader; and to unlock the bootloader it must be rooted.
it seems im stuck in this cycle, and dont really know what i should do. any help would be great.
can i flash with the at&t 2.3.4 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1125944 ?

you dont need root to unlock bootloader....you unlock bootloader through an sbf flash
we seriously need a popup box on every freaking forum that will explain what ROOT actually is.
root is SYSTEM access within the OS. outside of the OS, root doesnt mean squat
you will wipe all your system when you unlock your bootloader which means:
contacts stored on phone (unless you export them to vcf on sdcard)
settings
text messages
user installed apps
it does NOT wipe internal or external sdcard (i always keep a backup of this stuff on my computer anyway when i start messing with my phone)

oh sorry, in that case i totally got the wrong end of the stick reading the noob intro howtos so to unlock the bootloader what sbf do i need to flash? that i can do now through terminal, which is very handy, but i havnt come across any howto on bootloader unlocking that just says flash an sbf

http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
i typed in google.com
'unlock motorola atrix bootloader'
a link lead me directly to that.....its the exact same tut listed here on xda....

sorry, im having a serious slow day, just gone on holiday so brain is totally out of gear XD thanks so much for clearing up the root/bootloader confusion, i have now unlocked successfuly, and will be installing my first rom!

ishamm said:
sorry, im having a serious slow day, just gone on holiday so brain is totally out of gear XD thanks so much for clearing up the root/bootloader confusion, i have now unlocked successfuly, and will be installing my first rom!
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its not just you confused with root. its xda-wide.
for some reason sooooo many people have this notion that root=unlocking bl/s-off/rom-flashing
its frustrating to see people suggesting to others on some forums around here that they need to 're-root' their device when they are already on a rooted rom....its baffling that so much misinformation can be spread like wildfire.

my last confusion, for now XD, is this: the alien rom contains an image, which i can flash ok, but also a Meta Inf folder and System folder. if i follow this method
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1. Extract all the files to the same directory and CD there in the terminal.
2. Put your phone in fastboot mode (turn it on holding volume down button then press volume up)
3. Type these commands in the terminal:
chmod +x moto-fastboot-osx64
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash boot XXXXXX.boot.img (work out what Tegra part you need to flash and change the XXXXXX to that!)
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash system ORFR234-system.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash webtop webtop.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 reboot
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what should i do with the 2 folders, since as far as i know, i cant just flash folders right?
thanks

ishamm said:
my last confusion, for now XD, is this: the alien rom contains an image, which i can flash ok, but also a Meta Inf folder and System folder. if i follow this method
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1. Extract all the files to the same directory and CD there in the terminal.
2. Put your phone in fastboot mode (turn it on holding volume down button then press volume up)
3. Type these commands in the terminal:
chmod +x moto-fastboot-osx64
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash boot XXXXXX.boot.img (work out what Tegra part you need to flash and change the XXXXXX to that!)
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash system ORFR234-system.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 flash webtop webtop.img
./moto-fastboot-osx64 reboot
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what should i do with the 2 folders, since as far as i know, i cant just flash folders right?
thanks
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alien rom, as with any other custom rom, comes packaged for CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY
you dont extract rom zips
you need CWM installed on your unlocked atrix, then you boot to recovery, and flash the rom zip

oh man, just when i thought i'd started to understand everything! XD
if its not too much trouble, can you explain the method to go about installing alien on a mac, or if it exists, link a relevent thread? i can only find ones which confuse me even more
many thanks

ishamm said:
oh man, just when i thought i'd started to understand everything! XD
if its not too much trouble, can you explain the method to go about installing alien on a mac, or if it exists, link a relevent thread? i can only find ones which confuse me even more
many thanks
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you dont install roms from your computer
you need to make sure you have CWM installed. you can do this with fastboot
fastboot this recovery on
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-olympus.img
instructions can be found
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
you download a rom to your phone and flash it through recovery. no computer needed at all after you have unlocked and flashed recovery on.

and is this do-able without an SD card installed? before i get halfway down the road and find im screwed XD also it seems i need to be rooted for CWM, though i still cant find a way to do it...

ishamm said:
and is this do-able without an SD card installed? before i get halfway down the road and find im screwed XD also it seems i need to be rooted for CWM, though i still cant find a way to do it...
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did you actually read the post above????
you can fastboot the recovery image.
you DO NOT need root in order to do so.....

yes i did read it... while it might be obvious to you, some of us have no idea what were doing. loads of howtos include having to install the rom from a SD card. also CWM says "The SD Card needs to be mounted to use ROM Manager" so i dont think its too much of a stretch to think i need one

ishamm said:
yes i did read it... while it might be obvious to you, some of us have no idea what were doing. loads of howtos include having to install the rom from a SD card. also CWM says "The SD Card needs to be mounted to use ROM Manager" so i dont think its too much of a stretch to think i need one
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you dont need rom manager....
you boot into recovery and install from there.......
A. download rom
B. transfer to phone's storage (if you download directly from phone, obviously skip this step)
C. boot into recovery
D. wipe data/factory reset (option in CWM recovery)
E. select option: install from sdcard
F. confirm
G. after flash is complete reboot your phone, you are now on a new rom.

Samsung Recovery Mode is useless! Grr

hiya, well i am new to the forums been learning a lot and found out a lot of weird things about this phone.
Yesterday downgraded wifes HTC Wildfire HBOOTs, Firmware, Rooted it, and Installed ClockWorkMod and cygenMod7
so i am fairly confident when it comes to using recovery mod so decided to try and see what i can do on my galaxy 3
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i have my stock ROM (rooted) and just how i like it, the only thing i want to be-able to do now is just put ClockWorkMod
on my phone, so if anything goes wrong i can just restore via the bootloader.
Read a lot today and decided the best way to go is to just flash the kernel that includes CWM
and the install method for this i read was to boot into recovery and install the kernel from the SD card.
On booting into the recovery (power home volume up/down together) there is an option that says
"Apply SDcard update.zip"
do i rename the kernel to update.zip? or will it see the kernel file?.
i did try clicking this update.zip just to see what it would say but it give me this message.
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Finding Update Package
E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or null)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount SDCARD:Update.zip installation Aborted
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Now is there something i am missing? does this mean i cannot flash the kernel to another one
Grrr all i want is to just get clockworkmod recovery on this phone nothing else and its just seeming impossible
does this now mean i have to use ODIN the magical Mystical Tool that everyone knows about but doesn't have a clue where it come from?
or is there some other way to get this kernel onto this phone
i don't want to try the other options wipe data factory reset to see if the options are in there?
Sorry if this sounds dumb just i have no clue what this Apply sdcard:update.zip is or meant to be for
and if thats not how to update the kernel i don't see any other options to install a file from the SD card!
it's frustating now any help advice would be great even if someone could explain more about what this option does?

GraphiX2004 said:
hiya, well i am new to the forums been learning a lot and found out a lot of weird things about this phone.
Yesterday downgraded wifes HTC Wildfire HBOOTs, Firmware, Rooted it, and Installed ClockWorkMod and cygenMod7
so i am fairly confident when it comes to using recovery mod so decided to try and see what i can do on my galaxy 3
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i have my stock ROM (rooted) and just how i like it, the only thing i want to be-able to do now is just put ClockWorkMod
on my phone, so if anything goes wrong i can just restore via the bootloader.
Read a lot today and decided the best way to go is to just flash the kernel that includes CWM
and the install method for this i read was to boot into recovery and install the kernel from the SD card.
On booting into the recovery (power home volume up/down together) there is an option that says
"Apply SDcard update.zip"
do i rename the kernel to update.zip? or will it see the kernel file?.
i did try clicking this update.zip just to see what it would say but it give me this message.
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Finding Update Package
E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or null)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount SDCARD:Update.zip installation Aborted
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Now is there something i am missing? does this mean i cannot flash the kernel to another one
Grrr all i want is to just get clockworkmod recovery on this phone nothing else and its just seeming impossible
does this now mean i have to use ODIN the magical Mystical Tool that everyone knows about but doesn't have a clue where it come from?
or is there some other way to get this kernel onto this phone
i don't want to try the other options wipe data factory reset to see if the options are in there?
Sorry if this sounds dumb just i have no clue what this Apply sdcard:update.zip is or meant to be for
and if thats not how to update the kernel i don't see any other options to install a file from the SD card!
it's frustating now any help advice would be great even if someone could explain more about what this option does?
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You have to use odin

Download the G3MOD kernel and flash it via Odin. Search on this forum and you'll find Odin as well as the ops file for our phone and a guide on how to use odin.
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stubborn_d0nkey said:
You have to use odin
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saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.

You're over complicating it. There is a guide on how to use Odin on our forum so read that. You flash a kernel the same way you flash a ROM and there's not much risk. Yes you do protect ops. The process of flashing takes approximately 5-10 seconds for a kernel then your phone reboots. Just relax and do it. After you've done it once you'll be able to do it a million times.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372414 << here is the tutorial.
Click thanks if I helped.

GraphiX2004 said:
saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.
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well you could easily have just read the sticky topics explaining all the different things about our phone including how to flash using Odin.
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GraphiX2004 said:
saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.
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"You have to use odin" pretty much answered all of your questions since it did answer one and made all the rest irrelevant. You wrote all that text and all those questions yet you couldn't have written three little words ("If so, how?") after asking if you needed to use odin? You never made it seem as though you would need help if the answer was that you had to use odin, so dont shame me if I chose not to waste words when answering your post, which I did do. If I wasn't helpful the reason isn't because I was cheap on words, its because your post didn't require anything more than what I wrote (even if you did).

no worries thanks anyway 12 hours it was driving me nuts trying to just simply get clockworkmod on this phone.
in the end i decided to opt for a popular rom here (which will be donating after this post) the guys rom does everything i needed.
i made a post about odin 117 views but not a reply.. since this thread seems to be a little active
in simplyfied terms where on earth does this odin come from? everyone knows about it uses it but who makes it?
is there an official downloads page, their must be something otherwise how would people know when newer versions come out?
again donkey sorry i snarked, yes i looked into the guide it was great! followed everything and i now have a lovely G3Mod rom installed.

GraphiX2004 said:
no worries thanks anyway 12 hours it was driving me nuts trying to just simply get clockworkmod on this phone.
in the end i decided to opt for a popular rom here (which will be donating after this post) the guys rom does everything i needed.
i made a post about odin 117 views but not a reply.. since this thread seems to be a little active
in simplyfied terms where on earth does this odin come from? everyone knows about it uses it but who makes it?
is there an official downloads page, their must be something otherwise how would people know when newer versions come out?
again donkey sorry i snarked, yes i looked into the guide it was great! followed everything and i now have a lovely G3Mod rom installed.
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Samsung made it, however there is no official download page since it is leaked software. It probably not intended for the general public, but I dont think Samsung minds that it gets out. AFAIK samsung uses it/used it internally.
No problem about the snarking, I understand what its like to be a noob, every has been a noob, but I do know what its like to be a person who tries to help noobs.

[SOLVED] Vibrant Root Concerns

Hey there. I rooted my Vibrant successfully, but realized I left some important things out. I used this guide to root my Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
The problems:
1) I can't nandroid (not that I need to, I only have 4 apps)
2) I would like to install either Miui v4 or CyanogenMod 9 but cannot as my recovery screen does not show me the options to do so (I only get the 4 options you normally would get unrooted, such as "Reinstall Packages"), so I'm stuck with the lame default homescreen.
3) I'm currently on 2.1-update1; should I upgrade to 2.2? If so, must I unroot to upgrade, and then reroot? And if this were the case, how do you unroot, and can I reroot using the same method in the link above?
Also, I was looking at this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sa...te_Guide#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
and noticed the line "This guide assumes the Samsung Vibrant already has Android 2.2 build UVKB5 already installed on it."
Does this mean 2.2 is required to install the CWM Recovery?
Thank you.

I'm not sure how you don't have CWM recovery if you followed the guide as it is written. Maybe its because the 2.1 is updated? I would do the following and see if that's all it takes. You definitely don't want to update to stock 2.2 via Kies or anything of that nature.
Worst case scenario, we can have you Odin back to stock JFD. You'll be smooth sailing from there.
Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
Put that on the lowest level of your INTERNAL storage. Not your microsd card. For example f:\update.zip
Now go to your boring 4 option stock recovery and select reinstall packages. It will reboot to the same boring screen. Select reinstall packages again, and it will reboot into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
Let me know if that does anything for you. Also what version of stock recovery do you have?

Toast6977 said:
Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
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Can pull that directly from my signature, if OP wants. (Only works on Eclair [JFD] build btw)
Also OP, You will have to have a ROM that you are going to want to flash saved on your Internal SD card. Jsut download it, put in a folder and follow the ROM OP's instructions. Since you are fresh and new, I would NOT suggest flashing anything of ICS or JB until you get the hang of things first.
Read, read and then read somemore. When it comes time to flash ICS or beyond, there is a guide in my signature. Good luck and make sure to hit Toast's "Thanks" button. He is a good asset to have around here.

Wow! I was hesitant to even check today, let it alone this early! Did not think that I would have two very useful replies waiting for me. Thanks guys, much appreciated!
I'll try the Odin thing out first before I even try to flash (you need root first before flashing, I'm assuming). Just out of curiosity, what is JFD and Odin? I'm still gonna try it out using the guides found here, but just curious.
EDIT: Damn, it worked like a charm! Now I have CWM. The mistake I made was that I only installed the Superuser/ROOT and not both. Gonna play with it for a bit now

I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
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Toast6977 said:
I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
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Thank you for teaching me the etiquette around here as well

Root H830 running 20A and 20C [Nougat] AutoMagically (Custom Easy Recowvery Script)

I posted this as a reply originally. Then thought it probably should be a thread so it can help as many people as possible! Let's get the custom kernels and ROMs going for this beautiful device!
You will need to already have Android 20A (C should be fine as well) stock image installed, and the bootloader unlocked [Plenty of easy help via Google won't cover that here]
You can use the Recowvery Method on 20A (Nougat) (again this should be the same for 20C) with the H830. Below is the script I used with supersu and no-verity script included. Plug-in the device to your Windows machine. Install LG drivers, and remember to unlock screen and authorize the computer via the Device's screen so ADB commands can run (unnecessary tech note: you could open command prompt cd to where this is and use it's ADB to run adb devices (if you don't understand that no worries skip it)). After that just run the script and follow the menus. Answer yes when asked if you're sure you wish to continue, and done. I hope you find my work helpful .
I used this guy's script [Easy Recowvery ALL CREDITS TO THE AUTHOR I'M JUST SUPPLYING AN H830 SPECIFIC PACK WITH NEEDED FILES THAT I VERIFIED FULLY WORK. PLEASE GO RATE HIS THREAD AND CLICK THANKS IF THIS WORKS FOR YOU!]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-recowvery-unlock-v20-root-shell-t3490594
DON'T FORGET
This should work granted you have the drivers installed, and Windows has finished installing them, you tapped the prompt on your device screen to allow the adb connection, and you run script as administrator, and you restart the computer if you run adb commands yourself and aren't comfortable checking task manager to kill any and all running adb instances (could also issue the stop server command too), but if unsure of any or all of that last statement, restart
Of note answer yes when it says this isn't a V20 are you sure you wish to continue?. Also, as stated in notes I had to actually run it twice for it to stick for me (I'm sure I rushed the first time or something).
I took the time to create an H830 package of the script version with the files that worked for me. Out of respect I changed nothing aside from adding the needed files and throwing quick notes in the readme.md (bottom of file) file. (PLEASE read it, if you have issues read it you missed something). You will also still need to type yes when it states this is not a V20; Do you wish to continue? <Yes>.
. I used this package to root my H830 after the Nougat OTA killed my root access so
SHOULD WORK ON ANY H830 RUNNING STOCK 20A (should work with 20C) [NOUGAT] Read the following paragraph if you skip the rest
Read the readme.md file found in root of archive (see bottom of file).
Start it up hit like 5 for TWRP and supersu (or there's another menu option for just supersu or just TWRP whatever you desire).
Answer yes to the prompt to continue.
Now wait for the magic (again not mine this is the authors work)).
Once done you can download a reboot to recovery app or widget (or root checker) and verify that you're good to go.
If it doesn't take the first time you may need to run it again. DON'T FREAK OUT, RUN SCRIPT AGAIN IT CAN TAKE MULTIPLE RUNS.
Don't forget to install BusyBox (Stericson installer recommended and I use /su/bin personally (/su/xbin should also be fine) Since we're talking stock here generally I like to minimize any changes to /system if it can be helped personally; so I haven't tried running BusyBox from any /system mount) as this is a stock ROM.
Kernel Adiutor works and yes I recommend leaving thermald enabled as your thermal governor unless you flash a custom kernel (not included)
Manual Boot to Recovery:
Start With phone off (pinch battery button and re-insert battery if you can't otherwise shut it down or are lazy like me )
Hold both Power AND Volume Down at same time
1-2 seconds in to seeing LG Logo release and hold power button while continuing to hold volume down the entire time...
Release once you see white screen prompting yes or no to wipe user data (don't freak) ¹
use volume key to highlight yes
Hit Power key (think enter)
¹(If you have factory recovery this WILL format all user data and settings you've been warned. Only way to boot to stock recovery is to use app, widget, or terminal/adb command (reboot recovery). I don't know of any manual physical button methods to access stock recovery directly.).
You should now see TWRP Loading and can release any keys if you're holding any down still (once white wipe screen is seen you should release the keys)
Sweet, the file is small enough to be attached to this post directly, Enjoy! Also it's a 7-zip archive. It's available for every OS. For Android if you use ES File Explorer the first time you try to use a 7z file it'll offer to download plug-in, and you're good to read/write 7z archives (best compression almost always imho).

It doesn't seem to work for me, it reboots and the little android says No Command. Any suggestions?

well I ran the script ,Im afraid what was happening earlier is happening here to,when the script tries to flash Supersu it reboots to Firmware Update screen,Im fairly certain thats not right...am I correct? Gonna try to pull out (lol) before that screen loads like I did with the other method...

Ahhh I miss being able to root without a PC. I don't own one ?

Can anyone confirm this works fine? I won't have time for troubleshooting if it doesn't..

Jonathanpeyton said:
well I ran the script ,Im afraid what was happening earlier is happening here to,when the script tries to flash Supersu it reboots to Firmware Update screen,Im fairly certain thats not right...am I correct? Gonna try to pull out (lol) before that screen loads like I did with the other method...
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Sounds like your hope would be if someone made a tot with root for 20A

shaneg79 said:
Sounds like your hope would be if someone made a tot with root for 20A
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unfortunatley, I think that may be the only way Ill ever get my oddball device to accept TWRP....

WiiR0cKz said:
It doesn't seem to work for me, it reboots and the little android says No Command. Any suggestions?
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same issue i turned off integrety check and ran it again it worked fine

Alpha_wolf said:
same issue i turned off integrety check and ran it again it worked fine
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Where did you find integrety check
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Hi, thanks you for this post. I tried to use this script and I got an error saying that I am missing files in the "exploit" directory...please see the attached screenshot. Any ideas? Thanks.

famous145 said:
Where did you find integrety check
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hit 5 in the main screen it should be there

Can someone please help me unlock my bootloader now that I am running nougat! TIA fellow peeps!

Is this working for everyone / anyone? Most posts so far seem to have issues...

Alpha_wolf said:
hit 5 in the main screen it should be there
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I did this but am still getting the no command issue

This method worked for me after about 5 failed attempts. The OP guide is not very clear, I might write my own and post it today.

aanonymoushuman said:
This method worked for me after about 5 failed attempts. The OP guide is not very clear, I might write my own and post it today.
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Please!
When you say failed, did you get the no command issue as well,or something different?

Dumboguy03 said:
Please!
When you say failed, did you get the no command issue as well,or something different?
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I did get the no command issue in recovery, the first time I did it, disabling integrity verification solved the problem when I did my next time, but I got some other issues before this solution worked.

My problem is, i am on Mac in parallels i can't list my phone in adb devices command. it shows as empty. Installed every possible app scenarios but still looks empty

Check out my guide on rooting Nougat, https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g5/how-to/guide-root-stock-n-using-jcadduonos-t3529093

Can confirm this does work. Took me 30 tries but it worked!