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So I am trying to install update.zip to root my vibrant but the power button is broken with JI6 z4mod patched kernel. I am trying to root the phone and I have the update.zip in both sdcard and sdcard/sd folders. I am looking for a way to install update.zip in recovery mode without power button.
Is this possible using ADB on a nonrooted device? I have already tried this without success....
Also, I can't use adb remount since I dont have root access.
Code:
adb shell recovery --update=sdcard/update.zip
Anyone out there found a solution to this? The power button on my Nexus One is completely shot, and luck would have it that I voided my warranty to replace a smashed digitizer shortly before it started to act up, so no love from HTC.
I get by with WidgetLocker, which allows wake-via-trackball, so I haven't yet sprung the US$50 to buy a replacement power button/upper circuit board on eBay. I wanted to apply the Gingerbread update.zip to my phone, but I haven't yet found a way to do that without having to use the power button somewhere in the procedure.
Advice?
Google Nexus One
Android 2.2.2 FRG83G
Rooted using SuperOneClick v1.7
Thanks!
you don't "install a update.zip"
You leave it on your external SD Card that you mount on your computer. and thts that.
Okay read your question one more time..
Here's what you do.
This rooting method doesn't require you to go into Recovery at all.
Use a program called "super one click root" it some-how which idk, puts a superuser app on your app drawer, and if the superuser app is there, your rooted. so try that. I'll edit this post if i find the link. hold up.
found it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Are you able to
adb reboot recovery
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Are you able to
adb reboot recovery
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That will work to get into recovery, but then how does he select anything in the menu?
Ahh, so simple, yet I neglected.... This seems tough
I am not familiar with this mod z4 kernel... Is there not a revert?
Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Is the physical power button broken, or is it software broken?
If it's software wouldn't an odin to jfd fix it? To access d/l mode without power button, run "adb reboot download".
If its the physical button...i don't know if this works on stock recovery but I was able to use the back button to select in clockwork red. I didn't have the stock recovery long enough to remember if it works on it.
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Yeah, if you are stuck on a kernel with bad button mapping then you should probably just odin out.
jamaroufi said:
Why don't you root with super one click, then use rom manager from koush to install a new kernel?
No power button needed. (I think)
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Agreed, I think through ROM manager you have to select flash rom or something to that effect, but it will let you flash any .zip including a new kernel
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Wow I created this thread 4 months ago. Great to see the community has evolved and a lot of folks are here to help
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I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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jamesd86 said:
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I'm mad I didnt notice the OP date smh....hope it worked out for you.
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same lol i thought this was a recent thread.
haha, it's alright, glad you didn't create a new thread. It's all consolidated in here now
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I will upload the apk oclf or one click lag fix app. Once this app is installed select root device then click fire it up and once done reboot into recovery and select reinstall packages. that's it, you're rooted, please anyone who does this save the apk to your computer or sd card on your phone so you can always root easily or help someone else if need be. if you try to download this app from the market it no longer has the root option. this is the original apk and EASIEST way to root your vibrant
Or you could just download it from the market...where it has been for almost as long as its been created.
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Or you could just download it from the market...where it has been for almost as long as its been created.
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you can't get it from the market anymore... something about the app apparently violated google terms so he had to take it down.
you can download Z4 root from places around the internet(search), put that on your internal SD and run it. It takes even fewer steps to gain root access
I've never understood why people find this easier than downloading a file and putting that file on the root of your internal...
Does this method work for the people who used mini kies to get stock froyo? Didn't know how this played with the 3E stock recovery.
Well I have tried the stock froyo from mini keys and personally I didn't like it. But every time I've odined back to stock 2.1 update 1 firmware, I'm rooted and back on a custom rom in minutes. And if theres an easier way to root have at it, this is just the method I use and has worked every time for me.
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I'm headed out of town for a work conference, and I am taking my Epic and Xoom wi-fi with me. I've got a completely stock EC05 build that I would like to use as a wi-fi hotspot for my Xoom while I am out/about.
What do people recommend as the best method to root my phone and leave it as untouched as possible (IE reversible so that 2.3 OTA update can be had when it comes out)? I would really like to NOT have to totally flash/wipe my phone to achieve this, but admittedly I haven't gotten too far in researching because every method I've seen involves wiping the phone and installing some custom rom from scratch when I'm perfectly happy with the base/pre-fab interface from Sprint.
IS there even a way to get root without losing the existing data on my phone?
Odin cwm 3.1.0.1, and flash the genocide kernel. Yes, when you update you will lose root, but everything else should be intact (data/apps/contact)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
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Odin cwm 3.1.0.1, and flash the genocide kernel. Yes, when you update you will lose root, but everything else should be intact (data/apps/contact)
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It's not that simple. He's going to have to odin to get GB. How will he save all his **** in a restorable fashion? Once he loses root he loses access to his data.
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It's not that simple. He's going to have to odin to get GB. How will he save all his **** in a restorable fashion? Once he loses root he loses access to his data.
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He's not flashing gingerbread. He wants to stay on froyo. For easy root u could use odin to flash clockwork mod 3.1.0.1 and then flash the su.zip in recovery. Or you could run the one click root with clockwork mod 3.1.0.1. A third option if u just want root with no custom recovery u could try an app called gingerbreak. That will give u root without a custom recovery. All 3 of these will not wipe your phone.
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
Ok cool. Just didn't want him to end up in a bind. Lots of ways to gets stuck. It's not foolproof and you may end up having to wipe in the end. I say root and stick with it.
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He's not flashing gingerbread. He wants to stay on froyo. For easy root u could use odin to flash clockwork mod 3.1.0.1 and then flash the su.zip in recovery. Or you could run the one click root with clockwork mod 3.1.0.1. A third option if u just want root with no custom recovery u could try an app called gingerbreak. That will give u root without a custom recovery. All 3 of these will not wipe your phone.
"The greatest respect you can earn is self respect" Louie Simmons
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Excellent, thank you for the information :]
The Root said:
It's not that simple. He's going to have to odin to get GB. How will he save all his **** in a restorable fashion? Once he loses root he loses access to his data.
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He's talking about the ota gingerbread that's not here yet...
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Hmm... I just downloaded the file http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip and had MSSE flag it as dangerous:
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Category: Exploit
Description: This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run.
Recommended action: Remove this software immediately.
Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the Allow action and click Apply actions. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the security administrator for help.
Items:
containerfile:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
file:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip->OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
webfile:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\LocalCopy\{1B73367F-970B-49FC-9CA2-6ECED58D94F3}-OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip|http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
webfile:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip|http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
Get more information about this item online.
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Is this an expected alert for this file or is there something unpleasant going on?
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Hmm... I just downloaded the file http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip and had MSSE flag it as dangerous:
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Category: Exploit
Description: This program is dangerous and exploits the computer on which it is run.
Recommended action: Remove this software immediately.
Security Essentials detected programs that may compromise your privacy or damage your computer. You can still access the files that these programs use without removing them (not recommended). To access these files, select the Allow action and click Apply actions. If this option is not available, log on as administrator or ask the security administrator for help.
Items:
containerfile:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
file:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip->OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
webfile:C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Microsoft Antimalware\LocalCopy\{1B73367F-970B-49FC-9CA2-6ECED58D94F3}-OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip|http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
webfile:C:\Users\Tib\Downloads\OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip|http://devphone.org/files/epic4g/oneclickroot/OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05.zip
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Is this an expected alert for this file or is there something unpleasant going on?
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It flags it as an exploit...cuz it is an exploit...it literally "hacks" your phone.
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ugothakd said:
It flags it as an exploit...cuz it is an exploit...it literally "hacks" your phone.
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So long as it's an expected reaction from my system, that's fine. It's the first time I've done this sort of thing to my phone, so please forgive me for being a little gun shy :]
Note that the Hacked hotspot app here requires a deodexed rom which you don't have.
You'd have to use
wifi-tether: here
wired-tether: here
Specialksg1 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967
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This worked like a champ - got nervous at first because it just sat there staring at me and it took me a minute to read ALL the text on the screen where it says to reboot the phone and try again if it did that. Second attempt went flawless and so now I am assuming I have CWM on my phone.
Now what? CWM just enables the ability to grab root and is not root itself, correct? Should I grab a hot-spot app now (which one is recommended? the links provided by blu9987 go to a distro directory with various flavors) from the market place? Do I still need to install some root app like Super User?
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A quick market search turned up this: https://market.android.com/details?id=android.tether
The only requirements are a rooted phone and a netfilter enabled kernel - which I imagine it is.. 2.6 linux kernels usually have it as part of their default module set, but that's for desktop linux - not sure about my phone.
You can use that, or a newer beta version which you won't find on the market, or use open garden.
I am trying it out because of the large number of votes and high rating. My only issue now is that it says tethering is up and running but I can't see it.
Trying to figure out how to enable ad-hoc mode instead of infrastructure and see if that makes the difference.
Is there a non-adhoc wifi hotspot app, by chance? Looks like if I want to use ad-hoc I will have to root my xoom, too.
Trying to find methods to do that which will preserve my xoom data too but if there's an infrastructure mode hotspot app I will happily use that instead.
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Now I see what blu's link was referring to. In digging around online I came back to it and it's more clear now what it is and which to use. Here's hoping it works for my epic and not just for the EVO.
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Now I see what blu's link was referring to. In digging around online I came back to it and it's more clear now what it is and which to use. Here's hoping it works for my epic and not just for the EVO.
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If you're talking about wifi tether it should work on the epic (atleast it did on eclair). In the version 3 in settings you can select "Samsung Epic" from the device menu too.
Run the one-click which will give you root and then download wifi tether from the market
Jeez you guys are making this seem so complicated. Wtf does he need odin for? All he wants is root and hotspot. He doesn't even need a new kernel.
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Nevermind. I only read the first page lol
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Hi guys,
Anyone using GFE on there rooted samsung epic? My company checks for root and was wondering if the Supercurio root keeper will work to do a temp unroot and have access to GFE. Any idea if I need to rename or remove superuser.apk if I use the Supercurio root keeper?
Thanks..
Why not just make a backup via cwm and have a stock non rooted rom running? Do they check for just SU or the 9 yards? If so you could odin in the stock el30 package by toadlife, odin a recovery , make a backup and flash whatever rom then if your company decides to check restore the back up and you'll be find
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The whole 9 yards I'm afraid . That is an idea but was hoping not to flip back and forth from stock to rooted. But if there is no other way it's probably the route I'm going to have to take.
Also it makes sense that it should work but since I never went back and forth from stock to rooted from CWM. The question is coming to my mind will it work? Or do I need to Odin to switch back and forth.
What is GFE?
Edit: why would it even care about root...
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I use GFE and I am rooted using mostly stock ei22 rom from xbtx. I thought GFE app had some sort of checking for rooted devices not that the company checked for rooted phone. How would the company check to see that your phone was rooted ?
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What is GFE?
Edit: why would it even care about root...
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Good For Enterprise, it's an app to get your corporate email on your phone.
I use it, and we don't check for root.... I seem to recall from my GFE training that they can check for it, we don't.
I use GFE and I also have it deployed to hundreds of users at my company. I'm not sure if I'm somehow using a different version of the Good management console, but I don't remember having an option to check for rooted devices? I'll double check tomorrow, but I feel like I would remember seeing that option.
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GFE the app has a check. From what I read it looks for superuser.apk and whatever else is root related. Coworker of mine has the same phone and rooted rom and got a message that the phone won't provision with gfe because against company policy i.e. phone is rooted.
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the donate version of superuser has ghost mode, the apk hides and you can only access it through a dialer code you select. you can set it to refuse and superuser requests while in ghost mode or to allow based of your settings.
can you check for superuser without superuser permissions?
i'm sure you need something more but a chance to plug elite, i couldn't refuse.
Thanks. I'll give the ghost superuser a try. Maybe a combination of SuperCurio rootkeeper and this will work.
Well I got the superuser elite but it looks like ghost mode just hides the icon. Not sure if this will work. As GFE will still find superuser in both the /sbin and /xbin.
Update- Still not in compliance tried both rootkeeper and super user elite.
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Why not just make a backup via cwm and have a stock non rooted rom running? Do they check for just SU or the 9 yards? If so you could odin in the stock el30 package by toadlife, odin a recovery , make a backup and flash whatever rom then if your company decides to check restore the back up and you'll be find
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Unfortunately, this will not work. I'm not sure what doesn't match up, but each time you flash, even from a backup, it will want you to reactivate with the Good server. Fortunately, I work in IT and can get a PIN in about 4 seconds, but for someone who is at the mercy of their IT department...flashing then begging them for a new PIN isn't a good option
Weird. I backup with MyBackup Pro, and I don't have to reset my PIN every time.....
From what i gather as long as you backup good in offline mode. It wont require a pin everytime you flash. I haven't tested this my self but have read people having success using this method.
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That could be, I only turn mine on when I'm oncall.
Can you set your PIN to never expire? Last job we had that, so the handful of users who had it didn't have to get a new PIN every time.
I've been looking for Jailbreak/Root detection, but haven't found it yet. Saw it in a manual but it didn't say where to set it.
Ae these companies you guys are talking about using exchange email servers or what?? What is so different that you are using this gfe app rather than stock email app? I run corporate exchange from stock email app and no issues with being rooted however I am the network admin too though lol.
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Supposedly, GFE allows for better data protection. We pay for it because of the potential for PHI* on the device. We do have OMA here, but until we upgrade our servers to Exchange2010 we don't have as much control over the device and can't remotely wipe it if it goes missing.
Or so I'm told. /shrug
* - Protected Health Information
So I went ahead and tried to unroot my rom. By just deleting superuser.apk and su by using adb. Only issue I'm seeing is that everytime I reboot su and superuser.apk come back and the phone is rooted again. Any ideas why? Surely GFE will not work if root returns after reboot .
cerchiara said:
So I went ahead and tried to unroot my rom. By just deleting superuser.apk and su by using adb. Only issue I'm seeing is that everytime I reboot su and superuser.apk come back and the phone is rooted again. Any ideas why?
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You're using a rooted kernel.
Thanks k0nane! That makes sense.
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I use a combo of renaming superuser.apk and installing supersu and freezing gfe to bypass the checks.... pm me if u need info.
Hello everyone,
I am trying to use the rooting method described here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=948722&page=1
*Correct cable is used
*USB drivers installed
I put the phone in debug, Plug in the correct cable,
Start the app, The root_start app finds the device, Press enter key
It push's the files over and then does a reboot, The problem is that when it does this initial reboot the rooting script is supposed to WAIT FOR THE PHONE TO BOOT, Before carrying on with the install.
I have tried diff usb ports, diff methods, several other people had the same problem but noone ever resolved it.
I am wondering if after it puts the files on the phone, reboots. Can i modify the script to take that part out and just proceed with the programming?
the begging of the script does nothing but puts files on the phone, then is suposed to sleep for 60 seconds while the phone starts, so i should be able to remove that part and just do the programming then right?
please help! i gotta get this bloatware off
I would suggest using droidstyles guide to just put a custom rooted rom on your phone and then you can delete what you want.
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The stock ROM is pretty much crap on this phone. Use a custom Touchwiz or AOSP-based ROM. They all come rooted. AOKP is extremely nice and stable.
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Droidstyle is your lord and master. Section 4 man
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
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