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Hi guys. I published a step by step guide for all the newbies (I had a tough time the first time. Slightly different combination but it works! Also flashed the custom recovery image!
http://ilikemygooglephone.com/2010/...-and-root-google-nexus-one-mac-windows-linux/
This tutorial on rooting and flashing the RA recovery rom is THE BOMB!
Followed all the steps and now I too have gone to the dark side, and eaten some cookies....
Nice work.
Great! Love it!
This how I REroot Android in my N1.
Needs:
1) RA recovery image v2.0
2) fastboot
3) adb
1) Set to bootloader
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
2) Boot RA-recovery 2.0
Code:
fastboot boot /path/to/recovery-RA-nexus-v2.0.0.img
Yes, it only boot the recovery image in memory.
2a) If you have RA already, then just boot the recovery
3) RA: Mount -> mount /system
4) Change permission /system/bin/su to 4755
Code:
adb shell 'chmod 4755 /system/bin/su'
5) Reboot, and enjoy your rooted Android.
Tested, on FRG83D, FRG83G and GRI40 stocks
Good luck.
Thank you.
Does it have to be 2.0.0? or can it be any of the RA recoveries above 2.0.0?
bahathir said:
This how I REroot Android in my N1.
Needs:
1) RA recovery image v2.0
2) fastboot
3) adb
1) Set to bootloader
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
2) Boot RA-recovery 2.0
Code:
fastboot boot /path/to/recovery-RA-nexus-v2.0.0.img
Yes, it only boot the recovery image in memory.
2a) If you have RA already, then just boot the recovery
3) RA: Mount -> mount /system
4) Change permission /system/bin/su to 4755
Code:
adb shell 'chmod 4755 /system/bin/su'
5) Reboot, and enjoy your rooted Android.
Tested, on FRG83D, FRG83G and GRI40 stocks
Good luck.
Thank you.
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A question for you, if it's possible to simply just change the permission of the su file on the phone, why do most auto root zip's come with an su file of their own?
Could they not just run the script above?
this whole procedure thing ... do stock users like myself lose anything? Like, does it wipe data or does it simply root and nothing at all changes?
You can never tell with these procedures... half wipe the phone...
I haven't tested it, but from the steps listed above (by bahathir) you won't lose any data.
All he's doing is getting you to boot into fastboot mode (power on the phone while pressing the trackball), and then loading the custom recover into temporary memory.
Then, the system folder is mounted and the required permissions are applied to the su file. Once that's done, you reboot your phone and nothing else changes.
The question that I had above though, is that I've not seen this method used before. Most one-click root methond replace the su file (requiring you to flash a zip file from custom recovery).
ahh too bad it doesn't work. maybe a 2.3.3 thing, but I just tried unlocking my bootloader and it says I'm missing AdbWinApi.dll from my PC ... but it's clearly there.
I have the most up-to-date Android SDK packages. I've used them before to root my nexus without a hitch...
SU should be present on the system, and the method above takes it for granted. Thus it's for RErooting. Rooting methods bring the SU - they don't care if there's one on the system, assuming that there isn't.
On the other hand, I'm completely unsure that "fastboot boot recovery.img" will work on custom image and locked bootloader. If it's the case - this is the most overlooked and bulletproof rooting method for Nexus. But I doubt it's the case.
Here's a n00b question. I have an unlocked boot loader and had previously rooted my phone using superoneclick. I wiped all the data before moving to stock gingerbread since I was on CM7 nightlies before. So there is no "su" in my phone. I get the obvious error:
c:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools>adb shell 'chmod 4755 /system/bin/su'
/sbin/sh: chmod 4755 /system/bin/su: not found
when I try to run the steps listed here. Any ideas how to get the 'su' on my phone?
I guess you're executing "rerooting guide". Well, you can stop now, since there is no SU.
Flash it on your phone. That would be the obvious solution. Running unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, not really hard to do.
When you're doing things you don't fully understand, sometimes you go in extremely awkward ways to accomplish simple tasks. Having unlocked bootloader, why are you bothering with those guides? Reboot to fastboot, flash custom recovery, flash SU package in recovery, reboot. That would be all. Hard? not really.
Jack_R1 said:
I guess you're executing "rerooting guide". Well, you can stop now, since there is no SU.
Flash it on your phone. That would be the obvious solution. Running unlocked bootloader and custom recovery, not really hard to do.
When you're doing things you don't fully understand, sometimes you go in extremely awkward ways to accomplish simple tasks. Having unlocked bootloader, why are you bothering with those guides? Reboot to fastboot, flash custom recovery, flash SU package in recovery, reboot. That would be all. Hard? not really.
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Thanks Jack! Can you point me to an su package that I can safely flash with gingerbread?
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I found the package nexus-addon-0.1-signed.zip while searching for 'su' packages to root an unlocked nexus one on this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795 . Will it be safe to flash this on a stock gingerbread?
aliezad said:
I found the package nexus-addon-0.1-signed.zip while searching for 'su' packages to root an unlocked nexus one on this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=636795 . Will it be safe to flash this on a stock gingerbread?
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I don't think that zip would work.
I rooted by applying the su.zip provide by dsixda here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968396 (attachment, bottom of first post)
You would need to flash this from custom recovery (I used Amon RA 2+).
Thanks Brownbay! Worked like a charm!
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...I'm completely unsure that "fastboot boot recovery.img" will work on custom image and locked bootloader.
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Unfortunately this won't work on a locked bootloader (at least, not on mine!), so if you've used 'super one click' to root your N1 without unlocking it (like me), this method won't work for you.
I already have had my bootloader unlocked. I'm wondering if this rooting method alone will wipe my phone?
No, it won't wipe your phone.
my magic is TIM's G2
the rom is myhero 2.0.5 but the recovery is too old, so i want to flash the recovery to Amon's recovery 1.5.2.
but when i flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
some error type. all is "out of memory". then i open the phone, i can't into the recovery.
it's so bay. now i can flash 1.2.3H into my Magic, i want flash 1.5.2, help please.
It won't work if you only type that. I assume you're using a terminal emulator. I'm pretty sure you only forgot the mount command, but I'll go trough everything to be sure.
All you need to to is to flash the recovery image again. As you're having MyHero, I assume you're having a 32A. Therefore, make sure you have the recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img, not the recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2G.img.
Copy the file to the root of your SD, no need to rename it.
Open up your terminal emulator, and type:
Code:
su
You should get a root request, accept it. Then type in:
Code:
mount -a
Don't worry if you're getting errors here, that's normal. Lastly, type in the following.
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-sapphire-v1.5.2H.img
It's just normal to get errors here too. Or, at least I do.
Start your phone in recovery, and it should work.
tks
i will try later
Well I need help. Last week when verizon was having probelms with service my friend thought that it was his phone. He got to messing with **** and now he cant load any roms. Im hoping someone can help. When he boots into recovery mood he no longer has the option to flash zip from sd. Also Nand backup is now missing so he can not backup to a restore point. the only options he has is flash update reboot wipe cache and factory reset. I have heard of people losing root but with that would you even be able to boot by pressing power and the volume up key... he wont leave me alone about fixing his problem so any info someone could shed on the situation I would really appreciate... Thanks
leech2082 said:
Well I need help. Last week when verizon was having probelms with service my friend thought that it was his phone. He got to messing with **** and now he cant load any roms. Im hoping someone can help. When he boots into recovery mood he no longer has the option to flash zip from sd. Also Nand backup is now missing so he can not backup to a restore point. the only options he has is flash update reboot wipe cache and factory reset. I have heard of people losing root but with that would you even be able to boot by pressing power and the volume up key... he wont leave me alone about fixing his problem so any info someone could shed on the situation I would really appreciate... Thanks
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Just redo Amons recovery. That should fix it.
Follow these steps: (Also found in Sticky section)
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
4. Success! You now have a recovery partition installed on your phone. You can access it by running "adb shell reboot recovery" or by powering off your phone, holding "Volume Up + Power On"
Once you do this...power down... then volume up + end = recovery..
The behavior of the recovery boot that you are describing is an HTC recovery; it is not Amon_RA. Amon_RA didn't change, it got replaced.
That strongly suggests that "your friend" re-flashed an HTC ROM onto the phone, probably using a HBOOT method (using a "PB00IMG.ZIP" file).
droidkevlar said:
Just redo Amons recovery. That should fix it.
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droidkevlar assumes here that what got flashed was the HTC Root PB00IMG.ZIP file.
For the sake of "your friend who won't leave you alone", I hope droidkevlar is correct; otherwise your friend has joined the leak club.
Good luck,
bftb0
vash8806 said:
* 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
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or you could do it from the PC with a single command. Put the phone into FASTBOOT mode (power on phone holding down both Send+End/Power), and then
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-eris-v1.6.2.img
The md5sum of Amon_RA v1.6.2 for the Eris is e3932991f097993602af3c7a4b61a4f8
You can check to see if fastboot is communicating with the phone by using the command "fastboot devices". (Note that if running fastboot from Linux, fastboot needs to be run as root to access the USB device).
bftb0
Here is a quick guide on how to unroot the latest RUU 5.07. It seems that quite a few people are having trouble unrooting their device or running an official RUU while being on the latest update, or a ROM based on the latest update.
The problem is that HTC has fixed the bootloader (in particular Hboot 2.18) so that it will reject any PC36IMG.zip official software or RUU files that update previous operating systems on the phone (a S-ON phone). You would usually need a RUU (I'm calling both the PC3IMG.zip file and the RUU file an RUU) that is for your current operating system. If your phone is on the latest 5.07 update or a ROM that is based on the 5.07 update, then latest RUU that exist is for the Evo with RUU Supersonic 4.67. 5.07 never came out, done intentionally by HTC I believe. So none of the RUUs which exist today will work with the 5.07 update. The problem exist because the phone's misc partition is updated whenever you accept an update or run a RUU from HTC, or even flash a ROM. There are other cases as well. The only way to run an official RUU on a phone that is not currently S-OFF is either to downgrade the phone's misc partition, or to turn the phone S-OFF (which you will still have to flash the phone's misc partition to do).
What I've done is put together a quick guide for those who need (or just insist) on unrooting their Evo. It is brief and only for a PC (not a Mac). Hopefully, someone in the future can provide further details or make it Mac friendly or even more user friendly because I don't have a Mac, nor the time to spend to make this guide perfect. I have another phone too to deal with. Remember too, that everything is done at your own risk. So if something goes wrong, well you knew the risks.
For this guide I'm going to assume that you are on Hboot 2.18, the phone is S-ON, the bootloader is unlocked (UNLOCKED), and that the phone's ROM is currently rooted. If not, then this is not the right guide for you.
1. Download this zip file. It contains the necessary files that you will need.
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/38127313/sdk.zip
2. Plug your phone into your computer. Then go to Settings/Applications and uncheck Fastboot. Then goto Development and make sure that USB debugging is now checked. If you have a custom ROM, then the locations of these settings may be slightly different.
If you need the HTC drivers, then I have also included the drivers.exe file that you must run from your computer to install the "MyHtc" drivers that you must have under the computer's device manager when the phone is plug in.
3. Next, unzip the file to a folder, preferably sdk. Rename the "PC36IMG_SuperSonic_GB_Sprint_WWE_4.54.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.0808_NV_2.15_release_220182_signed" file to PC36IMG.zip (not PC36IMG.zip.zip). Place the phone into "Disk drive, then copy the PC36IMG.zip file to your sdcard. Afterwards, don't forget to change the phone back to "Charge only".
4. Next you will need to open a command prompt at the folder where you extracted the files. If you are not familiar or uncomfortable with adb commands, then I cannot help you here.
5. Type or copy the below commands exactly as they appear.
adb push flash_image /data/local <ENTER>
(This places the file on your phone in the /data/local directory).
adb push mtd-eng.img /data/local <ENTER>
(This places the file on your phone in the /data/local directory).
adb shell <ENTER>
(You should see either a dollar sign ($) or a pound sign (#) at your prompt, depending on your ROM. If you do not then something went wrong. And, No the phone will not brick if you should stop at this point).
su <ENTER>
(You might not need this command depending on your ROM, and also you should check to see if your phone is asking for superuser permissions. If everything went Ok, you should now see a pound (#) sign at your prompt. If you do not then something went wrong. And, No the phone will not brick if you should stop at this point).
cd /data/local <ENTER>
(You need to be in the directory where you put the flash_image and mtd-eng.img files).
chmod 755 flash_image <ENTER>
(flash_image needs to be assigned permissions).
./flash_image misc mtd-eng.img <ENTER>
(This is the most critical step here).
reboot bootloader <ENTER>
(I prefer this step, as it is much faster than pulling the battery and all that other stuff that people suggest).
The phone should now reboot directly into the bootloader. Also the phone will now be locked again (LOCKED OWW) regardless of its previous state. Next hit the power button. It will then take some time to read the PC36IMG.zip file. If everything went Ok, then it should ask you whether or not you want to accept the update, which means that your misc partition was successfully downgraded, and now you can successfully run the RUU.
EDIT: I have to re-upload the sdk.zip file, because the original one had a problem with the PC36IMG.zip file. It should be available shortly. The one I added does work this time; however, the phone may have to be updated in order to bring it back to the latest bootloader and update. It's not the latest RUU 4.67, but the second latest 4.54. I cannot believe that something was wrong with that file. Also, instead of the PC36IMG.zip file that I added, you could also use any other PC36IMG.zip file or a RUU.exe file from HTC. They should work as well. I would not recommend a RUU below Supersonic 3.70. I'm going to upload some of these as well when I get a chance. I have like all of them.
Re: How to unroot the latest RUU (5.07)
You should put "[GUIDE]" in the title, right now it seems like a question
Just a thought anyway.
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CNexus said:
You should put "[GUIDE]" in the title, right now it seems like a question
Just a thought anyway.
Sent from my PG06100 using xda premium
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Thanks for the advice. I'm currently re-uploading the sdk.zip file. Something went wrong with the PC36IMG file. It should be available again in a little while.
I wonder if you can help me?
I have a problem with an Evo I got from someone, it mostly gets stuck in a bootloop but sometimes it actually boots all the way up. As your guide mentioned, I'm not able to RUU because its on the 5.0.7. I think the phone was rooted because it had a few .apk's that require root including su.apk. I did a factory reset while the phone was on a sprint account but it didn't fix the issue........ long story short, I noticed the bootlooping stopped when she got off the phone, so I figured the bootloop was caused by the data running through it or something. Today I turned the phone on and fooled around with it for about an hour before I decided to put it on my pageplus account because my verizon droid razr was stolen yesterday, as soon as I did the esn swap with the pageplus rep the phone started the bootlooping again. So I came across your post and luckily got the phone to boot up and began following your guide...... when i got to the "su" I didn't get "#" sign and permission was denied. I noticed the su.apk was not in the app draw so I downloaded it, I also installed root explorer to see if I get root access, no luck. Since then I can't get the Evo to boot up..... So finally my question, is it possible to execute your guide in fastboot or is there a way to push su through fastboot via adb?
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6foot5nbad said:
I have a problem with an Evo I got from someone, it mostly gets stuck in a bootloop but sometimes it actually boots all the way up. As your guide mentioned, I'm not able to RUU because its on the 5.0.7. I think the phone was rooted because it had a few .apk's that require root including su.apk. I did a factory reset while the phone was on a sprint account but it didn't fix the issue........ long story short, I noticed the bootlooping stopped when she got off the phone, so I figured the bootloop was caused by the data running through it or something. Today I turned the phone on and fooled around with it for about an hour before I decided to put it on my pageplus account because my verizon droid razr was stolen yesterday, as soon as I did the esn swap with the pageplus rep the phone started the bootlooping again. So I came across your post and luckily got the phone to boot up and began following your guide...... when i got to the "su" I didn't get "#" sign and permission was denied. I noticed the su.apk was not in the app draw so I downloaded it, I also installed root explorer to see if I get root access, no luck. Since then I can't get the Evo to boot up..... So finally my question, is it possible to execute your guide in fastboot or is there a way to push su through fastboot via adb?
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BTW, Bootloader is still unlocked
If bootloader is unlocked, flash a recovery through fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash recovery path/to/RECOVERY_NAME_HERE
Most likely RECOVERY_NAME will end with ".img" so the command would be like this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/recovery-evo.img
After that, search google for a "zip" file named "su-signed-efghi.zip", look for a hit on goo.im (search "evo 4g su-signed-efghi.zip") and download and place it on your sdcard
Boot into recovery (VolDown + Power, then user volume keys to navigate and power key to select recovery)
Then choose "flash zip" and locate the "su-signed-efghi.zip" file and flash it
You should now have the su binary installed in the correct place
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CNexus said:
If bootloader is unlocked, flash a recovery through fastboot
Code:
fastboot flash recovery path/to/RECOVERY_NAME_HERE
Most likely RECOVERY_NAME will end with ".img" so the command would be like this:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery / path/to/recovery-evo.img
After that, search google for a "zip" file named "su-signed-efghi.zip", look for a hit on goo.im (search "evo 4g su-signed-efghi.zip") and download and place it on your sdcard
Boot into recovery (VolDown + Power, then user volume keys to navigate and power key to select recovery)
Then choose "flash zip" and locate the "su-signed-efghi.zip" file and flash it
You should now have the su binary installed in the correct place
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Thanks for your quick response. Been trying that but its been going into a bootloop after I select recovery from hboot. Can't boot into recovery at all I was thinking about using adb to flash a stock recovery but all the recovery.img's i come across.... seem to be for an older hboot and/or system. Also I don't want to attempt anything that will make things worse. I've rooted dozens of Evo's on hboot 2.18 and I have a good Idea of how adb works. I'm wondering if that if I can manage to get S-Off will the phone be able to take an RUU then? or is there anyway to push a older flash_image to trick RUU into updating? I guess the question I should ask is what would you do if your evo would barely boot normally and couldn't get into recovery? the only thing that does work consistently is Hboot and I can't launch recovery through adb nor hboot.
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6foot5nbad said:
Thanks for your quick response. Been trying that but its been going into a bootloop after I select recovery from hboot. Can't boot into recovery at all I was thinking about using adb to flash a stock recovery but all the recovery.img's i come across.... seem to be for an older hboot and/or system. Also I don't want to attempt anything that will make things worse. I've rooted dozens of Evo's on hboot 2.18 and I have a good Idea of how adb works. I'm wondering if that if I can manage to get S-Off will the phone be able to take an RUU then? or is there anyway to push a older flash_image to trick RUU into updating? I guess the question I should ask is what would you do if your evo would barely boot normally and couldn't get into recovery? the only thing that does work consistently is Hboot and I can't launch recovery through adb nor hboot.
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I found and exploit on TacoRoot that will get me temp root access without booting into recovery as long as I had an recovery log in /data/data/recovery/log (stock preferably). So I would greatly appreciate if someone can post the file here. I want to attempt to use the exploit to get temp root access then use this guide to get to the point where i can use an RUU.
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6foot5nbad said:
I found and exploit on TacoRoot that will get me temp root access without booting into recovery as long as I had an recovery log in /data/data/recovery/log (stock preferably). So I would greatly appreciate if someone can post the file here. I want to attempt to use the exploit to get temp root access then use this guide to get to the point where i can use an RUU.
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Also, I would need help on how to push the recovery log file to /data/data/recovery/log if possible or would it simply be adb push log /data/data/recovery/ ?
An RUU would only work if you had a lower or equal version on your phone than the RUU
As for your actual issue....you cant use adb while its in the bootloader, phone has to be fully booted if you want to do anything with adb
The only thing you can do while in hboot is to use fastboot
Try running:
Code:
fastboot reboot recovery
And see if that gets you into recovery
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CNexus said:
An RUU would only work if you had a lower or equal version on your phone than the RUU
As for your actual issue....you cant use adb while its in the bootloader, phone has to be fully booted if you want to do anything with adb
The only thing you can do while in hboot is to use fastboot
Try running:
Code:
fastboot reboot recovery
And see if that gets you into recovery
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Yes, I've tried -fastboot reboot recovery- in fastboot, just goes into a boot loop....... I did get the phone to stay booted overnight, I think as long as the battery is fully charged it stays on, and I can use adb now. The main issue now is that I can't boot into recovery therefore, like I mentioned it just goes into a bootloop and the battery discharges if I let the phone bootloop while trying to boot into recovery. Also, I noticed that the phone won't boot normally unless I have a full charge (Green Light). I think I just need the recovery log file, my thinking is if I can put the log file in the the correct location I can trick the phone into thinking it booted into recovery. If I can get temp root access then I use this guide to relock the bootloader and be able to use an RUU. Do you think that's possible?
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6foot5nbad said:
Yes, I've tried -fastboot reboot recovery- in fastboot, just goes into a boot loop....... I did get the phone to stay booted overnight, I think as long as the battery is fully charged it stays on, and I can use adb now. The main issue now is that I can't boot into recovery therefore, like I mentioned it just goes into a bootloop and the battery discharges if I let the phone bootloop while trying to boot into recovery. Also, I noticed that the phone won't boot normally unless I have a full charge (Green Light). I think I just need the recovery log file, my thinking is if I can put the log file in the the correct location I can trick the phone into thinking it booted into recovery. If I can get temp root access then I use this guide to relock the bootloader and be able to use an RUU. Do you think that's possible?
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I forgot to mention, the TacoRoot Exploit requires the recovery log file (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/13713-tacoroot-htc-universal-root-exploit-12-30-2011/) to be in /data/data/recovery/ directory, so it requires a user to boot into recovery to create the log file, and I can't boot into recovery.... so my idea is to push the recovery log file to /data/data/recovery/log cause thats where the exploit is looking for the log file. I'm hoping that will prevent me from having to boot into recovery which is where I'm getting stuck on the tacoroot exploit. With shortydoggs guide, I'm getting stuck at the "su" command cause the evo (for some reason) isn't rooted anymore. So my plan is to get me temp root with TacoRoot so I can get "#" and continue with shortydoggs guide. Not sure if that's possible but at this point its my only option since I can't get into recovery to flash su.zip nor can I RUU cause I'm on 5.0.7 which has no RUU.
I can give you the file, but it's hard to get it to work without that recovery. You have to extract out of the zip file and then push it to the /data/data/recovery directory. I tried it myself and I can adb push it, but when doing the tacoroot --root, I get an error "/data/local/tacoroot.sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied".
EDIT: I uploaded the two files that you need. You need to unzip the two files. Then push the log file to the /data/data/recovery directory, and the local.prop file to the /data/ directory. Getting them there will be up to you, as I'm not the most Linux educated person out there. I'm only able to push the files because my phone is already rooted. Hopefully you figure it out or someone more familiar with Linux (adb) commands can help you. Then, the "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root" command is a breeze.
Code:
adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh
adb shell chmod /data/local/tacoroot.sh
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
#should give an error after line above, its fine because you're pushing the local.prop yourself
adb push local.prop /data/local.prop
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root
If anything goes wrong or it doesnt work, run this to revert
Code:
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
I would've posted the tacoroot.sh for you since I use it in my shift utility to root your phone, but I wasn't sure if it was universal for all HTC devices or just for the evo shift. Sorry about that.
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Thanks!!!
shortydoggg said:
I can give you the file, but it's hard to get it to work without that recovery. You have to extract out of the zip file and then push it to the /data/data/recovery directory. I tried it myself and I can adb push it, but when doing the tacoroot --root, I get an error "/data/local/tacoroot.sh: cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied".
EDIT: I uploaded the two files that you need. You need to unzip the two files. Then push the log file to the /data/data/recovery directory, and the local.prop file to the /data/ directory. Getting them there will be up to you, as I'm not the most Linux educated person out there. I'm only able to push the files because my phone is already rooted. Hopefully you figure it out or someone more familiar with Linux (adb) commands can help you. Then, the "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root" command is a breeze.
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Thank you and CNexus. I'll try it and let you know how it went. I probably will fool around with it tomorrow sometime so I'll get back to you then. Going back a little, after I pushed flash_image and mtd-eng.img to data/local/, I noticed a blue status bar while in hboot, I'm assumming its searching for the pg36img.img update...... that said, is it necessary to push those files again?? BTW, great guide and write up. Thanks for everything. http://forum.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/good.gif
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Thanks for your help, I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.
CNexus said:
Code:
adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh
adb shell chmod /data/local/tacoroot.sh
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup
#should give an error after line above, its fine because you're pushing the local.prop yourself
adb push local.prop /data/local.prop
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --root
If anything goes wrong or it doesnt work, run this to revert
Code:
adb shell sh /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo
I would've posted the tacoroot.sh for you since I use it in my shift utility to root your phone, but I wasn't sure if it was universal for all HTC devices or just for the evo shift. Sorry about that.
Thanks for your help, I'll let you know how it goes tomorrow.
Sent from my PG06100
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Hi, Just wondering if you would mind re-uploading the original files? The link is broken, and I'd really like to unroot my phone, so it would be really appreciated. Thanks heaps!
I will preface this with stating that this is not my phone. A friend had rooted his LG G2 and installed CWM. After he accepted the OTA, the phone was essentially rendered useless. After this process, the phone will be reverted back to 100% STOCK. It took a while to compile all of this information, and I give all credit to respective owners, but this process I pieced together from multiple threads and was able to make this work.
Symptoms-
Not booting (Hanging at LG screen)
Able to access CWM recovery
Unable to Mount USB
Unable to access Download Mode
#####1#####
Uninstall all previous LG Drivers installed (Add/Remove Programs)
#####2#####
Install PDAnet to get the drivers required installed.
#####3#####
Once PDAnet is installed, ADB should recognize the device when it is in 'Recovery' mode.
(ADB Devices should give the result of: ###DEVICEID### Recovery)
#####4#####
Download aboot.img from: http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2/D802/Stock_Firmware/10b_EUR_16G_partitions
(The file will need to be renamed to aboot.img)
#####5#####
Download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760973106
#####6#####
Extract the files we need:
g2_security
loki_patch
loki_flash
recovery.img
#####7#####
Get into a command prompt and run the following:
adb push g2_security /sdcard/
adb root
adb push loki_patch /data/local/tmp
adb push loki_flash /data/local/tmp
adb push recovery.img /data/local/tmp
adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/data/local/tmp/aboot.img"
adb shell "chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/aboot.img"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_patch"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash"
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/loki_patch recovery /data/local/tmp/aboot.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.lok"
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/loki_flash recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.lok"
adb shell "rm /sdcard/g2_security"
adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img"
adb shell "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota"
adb shell sync
adb reboot recovery
Once the above is done, the phone should boot into TWRP. I shut the phone off at this point and held "Volume Up" + "Power" and Download mode now worked!
#####8#####
Uninstalled PDAnet and then followed the instructions on the following page (including installing the drivers)
#####9#####--At this point the following thread finished reverting the phone to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
My only suggestion is that you RUN THE MD5 HASH to ensure the large file downloads correctly. After this was done, the phone was successfully reverted back to stock.
If you found this help, please donate and buy me a beer!
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZBZ8G6ZPUEN4C
Hi, your last step, a Verizon link for restoring back to stock.. I have international D802.. can I use some other rom(omni rom) instead of your last step...
Guys, this exactly worked for me.. i used D802... however, i used all verizon files only to flash and finally went to download mode and flashed stock ROM... awesome help guys.. i was about to change the PCB by spending half of mobile cost..... i am definitely getting you a case next week...
still nothing
Still stuck in fast boot mode cannot do anything in cwm
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Still stuck in fast boot mode cannot do anything in cwm. Please can someone help me ??????
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Me too on D802 and it worked. followed exactly as instructed.
thanks bro!
Thanks so much for the guide, one problem for me.... Im on a mac... I have pdanet, and android sdk set up but i cant get the commands to work. any idea on what to use for the commands?
P.S It does find the phone just fine with ./adb devices
dtuma1980 said:
I will preface this with stating that this is not my phone. A friend had rooted his LG G2 and installed CWM. After he accepted the OTA, the phone was essentially rendered useless. After this process, the phone will be reverted back to 100% STOCK. It took a while to compile all of this information, and I give all credit to respective owners, but this process I pieced together from multiple threads and was able to make this work.
Symptoms-
Not booting (Hanging at LG screen)
Able to access CWM recovery
Unable to Mount USB
Unable to access Download Mode
#####1#####
Uninstall all previous LG Drivers installed (Add/Remove Programs)
#####2#####
Install PDAnet to get the drivers required installed.
#####3#####
Once PDAnet is installed, ADB should recognize the device when it is in 'Recovery' mode.
(ADB Devices should give the result of: ###DEVICEID### Recovery)
#####4#####
Download aboot.img from: http://downloads.codefi.re/autoprime/LG/LG_G2/D802/Stock_Firmware/10b_EUR_16G_partitions
(The file will need to be renamed to aboot.img)
#####5#####
Download: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23252070760973106
#####6#####
Extract the files we need:
g2_security
loki_patch
loki_flash
recovery.img
#####7#####
Get into a command prompt and run the following:
adb push g2_security /sdcard/
adb root
adb push loki_patch /data/local/tmp
adb push loki_flash /data/local/tmp
adb push recovery.img /data/local/tmp
adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/data/local/tmp/aboot.img"
adb shell "chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/aboot.img"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_patch"
adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/loki_flash"
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/loki_patch recovery /data/local/tmp/aboot.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.img /data/local/tmp/recovery.lok"
adb shell "/data/local/tmp/loki_flash recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.lok"
adb shell "rm /sdcard/g2_security"
adb shell "dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img"
adb shell "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota"
adb shell sync
adb reboot recovery
Once the above is done, the phone should boot into TWRP. I shut the phone off at this point and held "Volume Up" + "Power" and Download mode now worked!
#####8#####
Uninstalled PDAnet and then followed the instructions on the following page (including installing the drivers)
#####9#####--At this point the following thread finished reverting the phone to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960
My only suggestion is that you RUN THE MD5 HASH to ensure the large file downloads correctly. After this was done, the phone was successfully reverted back to stock.
If you found this help, please donate and buy me a beer!
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=ZBZ8G6ZPUEN4C
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My ADB keeps saying that my phone is unauthorized ;( I can only access .zip. Anyone else have this issue? Have tried multiple drivers, Sideload is the only thing that works.
Joppykid said:
My ADB keeps saying that my phone is unauthorized ;( I can only access .zip. Anyone else have this issue? Have tried multiple drivers, Sideload is the only thing that works.
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Are you connected via PDAnet?
dtuma1980 said:
Are you connected via PDAnet?
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I can't because I cannot turn on USB Debugging, I am stuck in the Recovery. Details of my situation are in this thread I posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726985
Joppykid said:
I can't because I cannot turn on USB Debugging, I am stuck in the Recovery. Details of my situation are in this thread I posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726985
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Oh boy i got the same issue before. I just go to a local technician to have it fixed.
Joppykid said:
I can't because I cannot turn on USB Debugging, I am stuck in the Recovery. Details of my situation are in this thread I posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726985
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Same issue here. In the command prompt, anything I do returns the unauthorized device error.
EDIT- I'm going to try and sideload a custom ROM, and then flash the stock ROM after setting USB debugging to see if that helps at all. I'll let you know
Joppykid said:
I can't because I cannot turn on USB Debugging, I am stuck in the Recovery. Details of my situation are in this thread I posted. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2726985
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Please refer to the initial post. This will only work if you can access the recovery. If you cannot access recovery, this method isn't going to work. Sorry!
dtuma1980 said:
Please refer to the initial post. This will only work if you can access the recovery. If you cannot access recovery, this method isn't going to work. Sorry!
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Did you not see what I wrote? Recovery was the only thing I could access. This method didn't work because the RSA Token wasn't authenticated on my computer any longer. My phone was bricked. I now have a new one. Lesson learned. Make sure you have USB debugging on with an RSA token on your computer at all times.
Did you end up wiping the internal SD with the process? I am in a similar situation except I don't have a friend like you to help me out haha.
Joppykid said:
My ADB keeps saying that my phone is unauthorized ;( I can only access .zip. Anyone else have this issue? Have tried multiple drivers, Sideload is the only thing that works.
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I factory wiped/reset my phone is CWM which got my phone to be recognized as in recovery.
I can't get past the adb shell commands to work. it keeps saying 'dd: can't open '/data/local/tmp/aboot.img' : Not a directory
I tried with the double quotations and without to see if the command would work thinking I was messing up the syntax.
perfect just saved my a$$. ota took for the 24a update. found this and i am back where i was.awesomes