Hello all,
I was one of those people who used the unrEVOked root to simply obtain wireless tether. Now that I have it, I cant update to Froyo. Would anyone be able to suggest a method to obtain full root so I can just flash a Froyo ROM?
FYI, I dont have adb shell or android sdk installed. I was looking at toast's method however I am unsure, if that is the correct path to march in. I have no problem learning adb shell if necessary.
Thanks in advance and look forward to buying someone a beer.
.....crickets.....
dlbevo
If you want the closest you can possibly get to unmodified stock, you could flash Unrevoked Forever and follow the "Stock 2.1 to Stock 2.2 ROOTED" guide in my sig.
Or, if you don't want to go through the work of installing the regular OTA, you could install a pre-rooted ROM. It should end up being pretty much the same thing as above. However, when I did it this way, I had issues and had to wipe to clear them up. YMMV.
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OK so I downloaded the original 2.1 leak.
It changed the boot loader (I believe that's the reason after the 2.1 update why people weren't able to rollback to 1.5, yes I know 2.1 rooted rom's can roll back now) and then installed 2.1 OTA "official"... guess it was the second attempt at 2.1 since VZW canned the first test ROM.
Anyway... so now I am running the latest OTA non-root ROM and if I hit power + volume up to enter recovery mode (or install other ROMs like EvilEris1.1.zip, Legend.zip) I get an Exclamation point.
Hitting Power and Volume down gets me into hboot where I could install the PB00IMG.zip (it checks for a few other names like this as well).
Is there anyway to restore that recovery functionality?
Also, which I am assuming because I'm running non-root ROM, when trying to use adb I cannot run "adb root", "adb mount", or "adb shell" and remount /system as rw. Complains can't do this because it's official rom?
Any help here getting me to the point that I can recover if necessary, install EvilEris, Legend, etc for testing purposes, even recover to rollback and start all over... would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
nemish13 said:
OK so I downloaded the original 2.1 leak.
It changed the boot loader (I believe that's the reason after the 2.1 update why people weren't able to rollback to 1.5, yes I know 2.1 rooted rom's can roll back now) and then installed 2.1 OTA "official"... guess it was the second attempt at 2.1 since VZW canned the first test ROM.
Anyway... so now I am running the latest OTA non-root ROM and if I hit power + volume up to enter recovery mode (or install other ROMs like EvilEris1.1.zip, Legend.zip) I get an Exclamation point.
Hitting Power and Volume down gets me into hboot where I could install the PB00IMG.zip (it checks for a few other names like this as well).
Is there anyway to restore that recovery functionality?
Also, which I am assuming because I'm running non-root ROM, when trying to use adb I cannot run "adb root", "adb mount", or "adb shell" and remount /system as rw. Complains can't do this because it's official rom?
Any help here getting me to the point that I can recover if necessary, install EvilEris, Legend, etc for testing purposes, even recover to rollback and start all over... would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Chris
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it sounds like you installed an official non root image over root, replacing everything including the recovery img. We have no current way of rooting your phone.
Nope,
As I said I have downloaded and installed the following
Beginning of March --
HTC 2.1 Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, REJECTED. Do not Install if you want root.
Rom: http://www.sendspace.com/file/frqze0
March 30 Installed --
HTC 2.1 Release Candidate (AKA OTA) Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, possible OTA leak. Do not Install if you want root.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RHNAWUR0
Never downloaded or installed any other ROM. Never installed a root ROM.
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Nope,
As I said I have downloaded and installed the following
Beginning of March --
HTC 2.1 Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, REJECTED. Do not Install if you want root.
Rom: http://www.sendspace.com/file/frqze0
March 30 Installed --
HTC 2.1 Release Candidate (AKA OTA) Leak Rom
Verizon test rom, possible OTA leak. Do not Install if you want root.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=RHNAWUR0
Never downloaded or installed any other ROM. Never installed a root ROM.
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sorry dude
well, you are not going to be able to install other roms since you do not have root. i believe you should be able to get into recovery, but only able to do basic functions such as data/wipe. you wont be able to install new roms via recovery. the only real function you will have is to go into hboot and flash the current build version or a higher build version of the pb00img.zip file.
like jcase said, there is no way to root your phone, unless you have the official build version 1.5.
ECLIPS3 said:
well, you are not going to be able to install other roms since you do not have root. i believe you should be able to get into recovery, but only able to do basic functions such as data/wipe. you wont be able to install new roms via recovery. the only real function you will have is to go into hboot and flash the current build version or a higher build version of the pb00img.zip file.
like jcase said, there is no way to root your phone, unless you have the official build version 1.5.
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I can do hboot (Power + Volume Down) but I can't do recovery at all (Power + Volume Up). Just get Exclamation Point.
So one of these Verizon Test Roms erased the "stock" recovery mode as it is no longer there and there is no way I can figure out how to restore that, forget a modified recovery.
just a question , what if someone backed up the files off the card to their computer or somewhere? i was just wondering cuz a lot i have been readin , people have downloaded the wrong file and lost root .if they have it backed up ,couldnt they just replace the files on the card with the ones saved and be able to do a recovery? i dont know much about how this works so dont rip me to bad lol just asking
HTC?!?!?!?
So someone from HTC needs to post a signed "su enabled" ROM...
Hello? HTC employees... help here like you did for the 1.5 "su enabled" leak that got us root... PLEASE!!!
nemish13 said:
So someone from HTC needs to post a signed "su enabled" ROM...
Hello? HTC employees... help here like you did for the 1.5 "su enabled" leak that got us root... PLEASE!!!
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Doubtful it will happen for the eris again.
jcase said:
Doubtful it will happen for the eris again.
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yeah but we can hope here... someone working for HTC has to be nice enough to take the OTA, enable root, sign it (most important) and post it...
I can't think people at HTC wouldn't share if they had the ability to help the community out now... LOL
More than likely only a hand full of people have the ability to sign the roms. We didn't get a release rom with root, we got a engineering rom.
Odds are in the favor or a root exploit, go see what Paul O'Brian has done with the HTD Desire and Legend . Hopefully that can help us.
So I've got a stock FRF85B setup. I'd like to be able to run some rooted apps, mainly something like SetCPU. Do I have to run a custom ROM or can I just obtain root and then install what I want?
clickwir said:
So I've got a stock FRF85B setup. I'd like to be able to run some rooted apps, mainly something like SetCPU. Do I have to run a custom ROM or can I just obtain root and then install what I want?
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if apps requiring root are all you want, yes.
if flashing custom ROM or kernel are what you are looking for, you need custom recovery as well.
I got a file called 'update-nexusone-FRF85-root-signed.zip'. Can I just rename that to update.zip and do like I was doing for the other updates 2.1->FRF50, FRF50->FRF72 etc?
clickwir said:
So I've got a stock FRF85B setup. I'd like to be able to run some rooted apps, mainly something like SetCPU. Do I have to run a custom ROM or can I just obtain root and then install what I want?
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have you unlocked you bootloader?
clickwir said:
I got a file called 'update-nexusone-FRF85-root-signed.zip'. Can I just rename that to update.zip and do like I was doing for the other updates 2.1->FRF50, FRF50->FRF72 etc?
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+1... thanks
clickwir said:
I got a file called 'update-nexusone-FRF85-root-signed.zip'. Can I just rename that to update.zip and do like I was doing for the other updates 2.1->FRF50, FRF50->FRF72 etc?
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If that is the (about)530KB update then you can do it that way if you want to go the long route.
You can get the already rooted custom ROMS like kang-o-rama frf85b final and flash them through custom recovery. Then you will be on 85b.
Also, here is the full update from 2.1. It took me from t-mobile stock 2.1 (edr79) to frf85b, but it works from most ROMS. This one you change to update.zip and go through stock recovery...If you haven't received it yet OTA.
Post #291
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712902&page=30
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have you unlocked you bootloader?
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No I have not. It's stock except for I've applied the google provided updates as they came out.
@adambenjamin The file I have is 2.9MB. How is it the long route?
My current understanding is I just rename this to update.zip, reboot into stock recovery, apply and reboot. There's more to it maybe? I think this is the one provided by Lox...? maybe.
Yes just rename update.zip with astro and boot into recovery just like the manual update process.
Well I tried it. Apparently there's more to it.
I got an error saying it's not a signed update. So I posted in the thread in the DEV section about it and we'll see what everyone says. Some people seem to be saying they need a custom recovery to run this, but can't put a custom recovery on because they need root first. I don't know.
No root for me.
If this helps at all I pulled some info from this guide to cobble something together. I already had my bootloader unlocked and I am unsure if the same method will apply to you as you are coming from stock. This also assumes you use a mac. Ignore the fluff about custom radios and images etc - this guide isn't specific to FRF85.
If you aren't urgent about this, I would hold off until you get better direction. If you don't mind tinkering around with your device then maybe this can get you in the right direction.
http://theonda.org/articles/2010/03...-performance-boost-and-some-serious-geek-cred
I wouldn't touch a mac with a 10 foot pole... unless I got a running start
I'm tempted to just wait for Cyanogen Mod 6 and go with that. There doesn't seem to be any easy way to get root. It seems complicated enough that I'd rather go with a full unlock, custom recovery and custom rom.
The method in the dev section works perfect on frf85b. I've got root with stock rom and stock recovery.
N1 w/ XDA App
Seriously? I can not find anything for the life of me!!! Has ANYONE found a way to unroot Unrevoked 3.21 if rooted AFTER accepting the OTA (3.29)??? If unrevoked puts out a root exploit without telling anyone how they obtain root, why wont they provide anyone with how to unroot it? Seriously make me so irritated because I see a bunch of people who rooted with UR3 and now need to unroot for various reasons; however, it seems almost impossible at this point...
I know there are a lot of people against unrevoked but nonetheless this is still a PROBLEM the needs to be RESOLVED.
Anybody have any answers or solutions?
Grab the RUU and flash the phone?
easy1600 said:
Grab the RUU and flash the phone?
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From what has been said in recent posts the RUU does not work nor does the pc36img that was posted in the 2 step unrooting guide in the devolopment section.
From my experience in doing this, you need the Unrevoked S-ON tool, which you can find here.
I have found that downloading the RUU and running it twice tends to solve the problems.
I think it might not connect to the bootloader on the first time, just run the RUU again and it should work it's magic. I would recommend a full wipe of system/cache/dalvik-cache after applying the S-ON tool and then running the RUU.
EDIT: This will revert your entire phone to stock, so don't do it without knowing that it will cause you to lose root and possibly not gain it again.
Whoops... posted in the wrong spot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780141
I used the above guide to restore mine back to factory BUT the guide is mistaken on steps.
You WILL need to preform all steps regardless of the style of root. At least thats what it took for me to get back to stock.
Forget the red text and start at #1 and work to #15 for success.
Once unrooted you will be at the version prior to 3.70 and then you will get the OTA update to bring you current.
Ok, first of all I know there are a million threads about rooting, believe me, I've looked through all of them otherwise I wouldn't be here posting
Now, my problem is that I finally want to root my HTC-Hero to give the fella some new life. However, I have literally tried everything and nothing has worked so far.
I have tried:
Superoneclick
Androot
Z4
via command prompt (coupled with sdk)
Info about my phone:
firmware 2.1 - update 1
build number 3.36.405.1
so far there seems to be a consistent problem: su is found in the folder bin, superuser is placed as should in 'apps'. however, superuser doesn't show up in my app list (yes I've tried rebooting a million times) and via connectbot (terminal) it simply either denies access to su or does not seem to change $ to #. Furthermore, all programs (s.o.c. - androot & Z4root say 'you're rooted' .. however, this is not true).
I am seriously desperate at this point because I want to run cyanogenmod, find a nice theme and gain root access altogether to make my phone a bit snappier. All help is welcome (I'm willing to try anything at this point!).
Thanks in advance !!!
Ok. If either people can't or won't help.. can someone at least point me in the right direction ?? pretty please with lots of sugary **** on top
I think there was a big hoo-haa about HTC locking out root quite well on their 2.1 update. I've been rooted since 1.5 so I didn't pay too much attention, but I think you had to make a goldcard then downgrade to 1.5 in order to root the official 2.1. Its an older method, but as you said all the other methods didn't work, I guess that is your best bet.
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I think there was a big hoo-haa about HTC locking out root quite well on their 2.1 update. I've been rooted since 1.5 so I didn't pay too much attention, but I think you had to make a goldcard then downgrade to 1.5 in order to root the official 2.1. Its an older method, but as you said all the other methods didn't work, I guess that is your best bet.
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Nope, I rooted with Androot from the Official 2.1 update. I used this guide: http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/s...de-Newbie-Guide-to-Install-VillainROM-amp-FaQ
He said he used androot with no success though, which is why I suggested goldcarding it.
Try this link same like the villain rom above , I would suggest you try the ADB way
its much more easier
http://www.villainrom.co.uk/forum/showthread.php/1930-How-To-Root-The-2.1-RUU-or-OTA-Update-For-The-Hero
Gold Card is not required anymore.. there are more easier ways like through ADB if you do it properly
Hi guys thanks for the suggestions. I've tried them but still without luck so far. I guess I will indeed try the goldcard method sometime soon because I think I'm running out of other options.
It's quite weird to say the least though since UniAndroot does say 'woot! you're rooted' but SU doesn't show up and in terminal I still can't get superuser access.
sigh
Uninstall your superuser first,then open androot and root again.The androot will install a superuser in your phone,then you can run it normally.
I had same problem problem,hopefully it helps you
Sent from my Hero using XDA App
already did that quite a few times..unfortunately there was no luck for me to be found there now I'm seriously thinking of just getting a new phone haha
I currently have stock 3.2 rooted (US 7.006.01_COM_GEN2). I got an ota notification for 7.014.01. Is there a rooted version of the ota I can flash via cwm?
From searching around, it's also looking like another ota ( 7.014.02?) Is right behind the 7.014.01. Is that true, and if so, is that available in rooted cwm-flashable form?
Neither available yet. (I'm waiting too. They were just released, so give them some time)
I wouldn't be so quick to update something, without first knowing what it is
Old saying "if it ain't broke, don't fix it"
A little more info on the update;
http://www.androidcentral.com/syste...ia-brings-market-update-and-improved-ui-speed
Yes, the 01 and 02 will break root. But, never fear, I rooted it for you. Here's the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539&page=12
Very cool
Although I don't need it, it's nice to know some people are still doing some neat things for stock 3.2.
update without wiping?
Thanks for the info. But, unless I'm reading your instructions wrong, it sounds like I have to wipe to update to your rooted 3.2.1. Is there just a rooted update.zip that can be flashed with cwm without wiping?
Or am I missing something?
There are some roms currently in the works for 3.2.1. I'd expect them to come out fairly soon, keep an eye on the development forum. A few guys working on them right now.
mpkrcl said:
Thanks for the info. But, unless I'm reading your instructions wrong, it sounds like I have to wipe to update to your rooted 3.2.1. Is there just a rooted update.zip that can be flashed with cwm without wiping?
Or am I missing something?
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Ok, if I hear you correctly, you are already rooted and want to use CWM to run the updates and keep root? Therefore you don't wipe out everything?
Piece of cake, just grab the update.zip and change it not to wipe your permissions. Then rebuilt it.
If you don't know how to do that, then put a backdoor into your device therefore you can get back into the device as root. Updates (normally) are not evil un-rooting tools. They don't seek and destroy root and rooting tools. Updates just reset the permissions on all files in /system removing the 'sticky' bit. The 'sticky' bit is how you get root.
What is a 'sticky' bit you ask? Well, in Linux (Unix) you can set a permission on a file so that any time it is run, it runs as the user that owns the file. This would be like setting a shortcut in Windows to say always run as 'Administrator'.
So, when you apply an update, the last thing it does is resets all the permissions back to their default. Since they recursively do this on the /system directory they remove the sticky bit on your su program.
So, all you have to do is set up a root backdoor outside the /system folder. My favorite is to set the ro.kernel.qemu = 1. This makes adb run as root. Now after your OTA resets permissions, you can just adb shell and you get #(root). Now you just reset your 'sticky' bits.
TD