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Rooting a 4g

OK so I'm commingle from the epic and I want to root for titanium but I've seen there is different varrent and different ways to root what meatod will work and I have looked and searched before I get the plaza use search I just don't want to brick using wrong root meathod thank you in advance for who ever is willing to help
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Do you have SDK and working fastboot? That is step one.

Yep
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*note* i did not develop this method entirely i scrapped it together from multiple posts found here on xda. I give credit to those who did the work first. it worked fine for me hopefully it works for you too.
download sdk tools and install
download fastboot drivers and install
both found here
after that, download clockwork recovery
also download superuser files you want eclair/froyo su it works for gingerbread too.
open command prompt and enter the following
Code:
fastboot devices
if it doesn't return your phone in the following line double check that your fastboot drivers are properly installed.
if it does enter the following
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
follow the onscreen prompt on your phone. volume up to "yes" and hit power to confirm
Your phone is now unlocked. next step installing a recovery.
navigate to the folder where the clockwork recovery image is located.
Code:
cd C:\users\#username#\downloads
or wherever the file is on your pc.
then enter the following
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-crespo.img
you now have a proper recovery installed on your phone you may now vol dn to recovery and hit power to confirm
VERY IMPORTANT
in recovery vol dn to "backup and restore" power to confirm
select Backup and hit power again.
you just created a nandroid backup of your phone if you ever mess it up you can restore it back to when it was stock and problem free
In recovery vol dn to "mounts and storage" power to confirm
then choose "Mount USB storage"
copy the SU zip to the root of your phone's storage
then "Unmount"
then "+++++Go Back+++++"
then "install zip from sdcard"
then "choose zip from sdcard"
Choose su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip
then select "Yes - Install su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip"
Reboot your phone and you should now have a stock rooted phone.

Ty Joe I will do this as soon as I get home
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tildog said:
No I have not but did not want to start on anything till I confirmed that the method will not brick I will dl. Sdk. And drivers tonight at work ATM
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It's really *really* hard (if not damn near impossible) to actually brick a nexus-s. Just so ya know ;D

netarchy said:
It's really *really* hard (if not damn near impossible) to actually brick a nexus-s. Just so ya know ;D
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That is good to know I had a few scares on my epic I know how to do stuff but on the epic was always a onclick meathod so this looks a little overwhelming in comparison but easyenof otherwise
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tildog said:
That is good to know I had a few scares on my epic I know how to do stuff but on the epic was always a onclick meathod so this looks a little overwhelming in comparison but easyenof otherwise
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Just remember to make a nandroid backup in clockwork after you're done rooting, so you always have a working setup to fall back on if something should go wrong in the future

tildog said:
That is good to know I had a few scares on my epic I know how to do stuff but on the epic was always a onclick meathod so this looks a little overwhelming in comparison but easyenof otherwise
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i just came from the evo and rooted that phone way before any one click roots where out. Trust me the nexus s is 100 times easier to root than any other phone it's actually pretty quick and easy, i just went into great detail so anyone could be able to follow it hopefully. I think i have seen some 1 click roots for the ns but i never looked into them once i saw how relatively pain free it is to do this way.
i remember having to copy and paste adb commands and spamming them while my phone rebooted. and hopefully... hopefully it would unlock the evo.

just out of curiousity as i wont know until tomorrow, but does gingerbreak work? if so just using the sdk and using adb to push it seems like it would be faster..

shabbypenguin said:
just out of curiousity as i wont know until tomorrow, but does gingerbreak work? if so just using the sdk and using adb to push it seems like it would be faster..
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Yes there has been success using that. You could i suppose gain root with gingerbreak and then use that to flash clockwork recovery. You would be rooted and able to flash Roms through clockwork. Bootloader would remain locked.

Thanks all. I'll try this later tonight and report back. I've seen a few root methods around here but wanted to make sure it was no different for the ns4g before I actually got into it.
So to confirm one more time Joe's method he posted here should work for the ns4g as well, right?
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matt2053 said:
Yes there has been success using that. You could i suppose gain root with gingerbreak and then use that to flash clockwork recovery. You would be rooted and able to flash Roms through clockwork. Bootloader would remain locked.
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Yea but its a quick and easy way to root. Until there is more support for the ns4g no real reason to unlock

shabbypenguin said:
Yea but its a quick and easy way to root. Until there is more support for the ns4g no real reason to unlock
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Yeah for sure, I'm not saying its good or bad. Just pointing out the difference in that method. Some people prefer to keep the bootloader locked anyway. Unlocking it is always one command line away.
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shabbypenguin said:
Yea but its a quick and easy way to root. Until there is more support for the ns4g no real reason to unlock
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Not totally sure regarding roms, but my latest kernel builds *should* be compatible ;D
(Disclaimer: always nandroid before flashing customs!!)

netarchy said:
Not totally sure regarding roms, but my latest kernel builds *should* be compatible ;D
(Disclaimer: always nandroid before flashing customs!!)
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cool thanks for the support man

Running into an issue on ns4g. I can unlock and install Clockwork 3.0.0.5 but when I try to Nand backup it says it can't find cache. I've tried to manually mount it but won't do it there either. Any suggestions?

oubravs2b said:
Running into an issue on ns4g. I can unlock and install Clockwork 3.0.0.5 but when I try to Nand backup it says it can't find cache. I've tried to manually mount it but won't do it there either. Any suggestions?
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Install clockwork 3.0.2.4
Make sure you've renamed the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh script (if you haven't already) as well so clockwork isn't overwritten by the stock recovery.

netarchy said:
Install clockwork 3.0.2.4
Make sure you've renamed the /system/etc/install-recovery.sh script (if you haven't already) as well so clockwork isn't overwritten by the stock recovery.
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Good to go I think - thanks netarchy!
So for you all that are trying to follow joe's steps, they are correct except the download linked in his post will give you the 3.0.0.4 version of Clockwork and you need the one referenced by netarchy (3.0.2.4). All worked as planned after that.
Rooted and ready to flash netarchy's kernel on ns4g!

CWM 5.0.1.0?

Hi folks,
Today I booted up Rom Manager and it told me that a new version of CWM was available : 5.0.1.0 So I flashed it (through Rom Manager, so the temporary one) and noticed that it is cyan instead of orange. I didn't pay attention to new features. Is there a official version for permanent flash? Is this a official CWM?
Thanks in advance
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Yes its official, and yes, there is an IMG file for a permanent flash.
http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/
ROM Manager and Clockworkmod are written by the same person, so, if ROM Manager says there's an update, it will be an official one.
PS - Questions shouldn't be in Dev Section.

It works but this isn't permanent flash?
after recovery reboot i get back to v.3.x.x.x
Ups... I didn't download *.img. now it's working

Can someone talk me through how do I go about making this permanent? I've downloaded through Rom Manager and if I boot into recovery via rom manager I get the new version but if I reboot into recovery I still have the old one.
I've read about a couple of methods of doing this, I believe it's possible using either Unrevoked or Terminal Emulator? I'm having trouble working out which method is easier/more reliable.
I'm S-On if this makes any difference?
Thanks!

steve_032 said:
Can someone talk me through how do I go about making this permanent? I've downloaded through Rom Manager and if I boot into recovery via rom manager I get the new version but if I reboot into recovery I still have the old one.
I've read about a couple of methods of doing this, I believe it's possible using either Unrevoked or Terminal Emulator? I'm having trouble working out which method is easier/more reliable.
I'm S-On if this makes any difference?
Thanks!
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Both work. Unrevoked method is definitely more easier, but, if you don't mind typing in a bunch of commands, then the terminal emulator method is probably more reliable.
EDIT - I think the Terminal method needs S-OFF, so I guess you are stuck with Unrevoked, in all probability.

Download the image. Open up a terminal and type su, you should get a # sign. Move the image to the root of your SD. In your terminal type flash_image recovery SD/(name of image). Hit return and watch the terminal flash the latest version. Personally I'd use Amon-Ra, but that's just me.
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3xeno said:
Both work. Unrevoked method is definitely more easier, but, if you don't mind typing in a bunch of commands, then the terminal emulator method is probably more reliable.
EDIT - I think the Terminal method needs S-OFF, so I guess you are stuck with Unrevoked, in all probability.
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Ok that's awesome! I'll give it a try, thanks for the quick response.

Wait what? You don't have S-OFF? ......oh
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KFlannigan5 said:
Wait what? You don't have S-OFF? ......oh
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Yeah, it will only work when you are S-OFF.
steve_032 said:
Can someone talk me through how do I go about making this permanent? I've downloaded through Rom Manager and if I boot into recovery via rom manager I get the new version but if I reboot into recovery I still have the old one.
I've read about a couple of methods of doing this, I believe it's possible using either Unrevoked or Terminal Emulator? I'm having trouble working out which method is easier/more reliable.
I'm S-On if this makes any difference?
Thanks!
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When you open the UnrEVOked tool, you can somewhere select a custom recovery image (I can't tell you exacly, but if I remember right, there weren't that much menu options in unrEVOked). You can then proceed with the normal procedure: the UnrEVOked tool will do its magic to install your new recovery image.
You can download the .img from the link from 3xeno, or you can find it somewhere on your sdcard as ROM Manager has already downloaded it.
To be honest: your life willnbe much mor easy when you use the AlpheRevX/Revolutionary tool to get S-OFF. The commands to flash a new recovery aren't that difficult, and other fastboot commands can be very usefull when you did something very stupid, want to restore a nandroid backup and notice that clockworkmod doesn't want to cooperate anymore. It really saved my phone more then once And, last but not least, when S-OFF you can remount your system folder as read/write (im stead of read-only) to change certain system files (for example, deinstall a useless system app) in a descent graphical interface and when your phone is booted.
Good luck!
Erwin

Unrevoked doesn't seem to want to play ball for me at the moment, keep getting "Is your firmware too new?" error messages. I'll S-Off, it's something I've been meaning to do anyway just never got round to! Thanks for your help.

Use an older version of Unrevoked, something between 3.14 and 3.21. All newer versions give this error for some or the other reason. (Assuming you are not going to S-OFF yet)

Ahh yes 3.14 did the trick! Thanks.

It is an official update, CWM won't install something that isn't official.

Use fast boot flash. From windows or linux.
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Not sure if the OP is aware but a newer version is available btw (5.0.2.0)
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Not New to Android, New to Atrix

I've had an Evo for about 9 months....but....
Work basically just gave me an Atrix and laptop dock to mess with, and even encouraged the "development" side of it (aka root it, without saying root it)
I've done a bit of research, and I have a few questions.
Right away I used the "One Click Root" at the top of this forum.
What I want to know is how to enter Clockword Mod Recovory, which I can on the Evo to backup my phone and flash a rom stored on the SD card.
It doesn't seem to have it unlocked that menu though, as I can't access it by holding those buttons down.
That would make my life alot better, as I can start to experiment for the Roms for this phone (currently running Mik2.3? on the Evo, didn't see a ROM for this phone though )
Anyway, thanks for helping out....I'm excited to learn this phone.
Also, the dock is rather new, any cool tricks I could exploit?

(Have you unlocked the bootloader..?)
Flash romracer's recovery, check in the development forum. Or download Rom Manager and install the recovery from there.

Vangelis13 said:
(Have you unlocked the bootloader..?)
Flash romracer's recovery, check in the development forum. Or download Rom Manager and install the recovery from there.
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Not really sure how to flash in img file.
I really don't remember doing that on the EVO....I can only really do things once I boot into recovery, which I can't seem to figure out on this Phone

Check the noob guide at the top here, all answers are there. First step is to unlock the bootloader.

Vangelis13 said:
Check the noob guide at the top here, all answers are there. First step is to unlock the bootloader.
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Got it unlocked...
Anyway, what exactly is Deodex? not sure I see that with the Evo...
Also, whats the hotness in roms....can i simply place in a directery and flash like i can with evo and recovery screen?
Well I thought I flashed CWM but it just shows up a android guy with an !
??

drs6222 said:
Got it unlocked...
Anyway, what exactly is Deodex? not sure I see that with the Evo...
Also, whats the hotness in roms....can i simply place in a directery and flash like i can with evo and recovery screen?
Well I thought I flashed CWM but it just shows up a android guy with an !
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when u first turn on the atrix does it say unlocked in the top left corner if it does download and install ether cwm or rom manager drom market and install the cwm from it then install romracers latest revovery from the dev forums
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Romracer said:
The system runs /system/etc/install-recovery.sh on boot with the stock rom. On boot it checks the recovery partition for some update and with CWM installed decides to reflash the stock recovery over it. Rename or delete the file and the CWM should stick.
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after you delete install-recovery.sh you can flash a recovery and have it stick past reboot.

Alcapone263 said:
after you delete install-recovery.sh you can flash a recovery and have it stick past reboot.
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He shouldn't have to do that. If it's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader he should just be able to download either rom manager from the market and install the recovery that way or he could flash romracer's recovery via fastboot. That's all I really did when I went through this and it worked just fine for me.
On another note, to the thread poster, definitely read the "stuck" threads at the top of each forum and you'll be able to figure everything out without having to ask questions that are already answered. I went through it all and have gotten to the point where I can do a lot of this stuff on my own so I highly recommend doing so.
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GeNiO426 said:
He shouldn't have to do that. If it's rooted and has an unlocked bootloader he should just be able to download either rom manager from the market and install the recovery that way or he could flash romracer's recovery via fastboot. That's all I really did when I went through this and it worked just fine for me.
On another note, to the thread poster, definitely read the "stuck" threads at the top of each forum and you'll be able to figure everything out without having to ask questions that are already answered. I went through it all and have gotten to the point where I can do a lot of this stuff on my own so I highly recommend doing so.
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rooted and unlocked bootloader doesn't matter, if he's on the stock ROM and has that file it runs on boot every time. you can install recovery, but it just won't stick since install-recovery.sh runs at boot every time the file is present.

[Q]Can we use ClockworkMod Recovery instead of TWRP?

Just was wondering. I'm more used to what clockworkmod has so I figured it would be easier to install that instead. But I wanted to make sure it was supported before I went ahead and installed it. Anyone know?

Yes. ClockworkMod works just fine on the Kindle Fiya. there is no looking back now.

androidcues said:
Yes. ClockworkMod works just fine on the Kindle Fiya. there is no looking back now.
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awesome. so i'm ok with installing it straight from rom manager right?
i'm a little paranoid bc a lot of people seem to be posting about bricking their fires.

Unknown. But if you follow the "bricked fire" threads, you'll see that most people find ways to get them back. So I think a lot of folks are at times stuck, but not truly bricked. I think the most common problem, and the one that bit me too - is being stuck in fastboot and therefore having the device not accessible by adb. And they, like me, panic a bit and think they've bricked it. Granted, I'm sure there are ways of truly bricking it, but as long as you're patient, I think KFU and the fastboot command can get you out of most problems.

gadgetman13 said:
Unknown. But if you follow the "bricked fire" threads, you'll see that most people find ways to get them back. So I think a lot of folks are at times stuck, but not truly bricked. I think the most common problem, and the one that bit me too - is being stuck in fastboot and therefore having the device not accessible by adb. And they, like me, panic a bit and think they've bricked it. Granted, I'm sure there are ways of truly bricking it, but as long as you're patient, I think KFU and the fastboot command can get you out of most problems.
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thanks man, gonna go ahead and do it in a bit. fingers crossed .

Where do you find the CWM files to download?
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Bmcd37 said:
Where do you find the CWM files to download?
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it installs when you start up rom manager for the first time
EDIT: Woops, just went to install it and it says it's not officially supported yet. Anyone know where to get it?

Looks like there's more to it. Guess I'm gonna be going by this guide to install early CM9:
http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-7-on-the-amazon-kindle-fire.html

HeliosAI said:
it installs when you start up rom manager for the first time
EDIT: Woops, just went to install it and it says it's not officially supported yet. Anyone know where to get it?
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I thought CWM required the use of hardware buttons?

HeliosAI said:
Looks like there's more to it. Guess I'm gonna be going by this guide to install early CM9:
http://liliputing.com/2011/12/how-to-install-cyanogenmod-7-on-the-amazon-kindle-fire.html
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Go to the development section. It says beta but its solid, I did most of the alpha testing for it and doom lord did the port. Is not officially supported by koush. If you know how to use fastboot, you can't fastboot flash recovery.img if u can't figure it out pm me. I'll get u going.
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smirkis said:
Go to the development section. It says beta but its solid, I did most of the alpha testing for it and doom lord did the port. Is not officially supported by koush. If you know how to use fastboot, you can't fastboot flash recovery.img if u can't figure it out pm me. I'll get u going.
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Agreed. Doomlord's CWM recovery port is awesome. It's touch based and I've tried most every feature and it seems very solid. I installed it in a much easier fashion than most... I just copied it to my SD area and used the dd command to put a copy into the recovery partition. I did this during normal operation of the Kindle.... No fastboot necessary in using that method. Neall.
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ndoren said:
Agreed. Doomlord's CWM recovery port is awesome. It's touch based and I've tried most every feature and it seems very solid. I installed it in a much easier fashion than most... I just copied it to my SD area and used the dd command to put a copy into the recovery partition. I did this during normal operation of the Kindle.... No fastboot necessary in using that method. Neall.
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That method is sketch. Fastboot is the proper way to flash a recovery. Any other way you risk trouble. Wear your rubbers and use the fastboot binary.

androidcues said:
That method is sketch. Fastboot is the proper way to flash a recovery. Any other way you risk trouble. Wear your rubbers and use the fastboot binary.
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its not sketch, just no room for error.
put recovery.img on the root of ur SD card, than open mobile terminal, than type these commands.
su (enter)
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/recovery (enter)
just don't mistype it, all it does is make a copy directly to the /dev folder.
this is how, rom manager actually puts cwm on ur device.
or use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500935
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Easy hboot S-on recovery/img install or change up.

I haven't seen any post about fastboot flashing recovery,on an s-on Evo using fastboot . Since this is a guaranteed way to flash a recovery. I thought I'd share the process. Your phone must be in fastboot for this to work.
1. Install this folder in C: .... https://www.dropbox.com/s/pr4qllkvwo74vzk/e4grec.zip
2. Go to cmd and type. CD/e4grec .... you will see this..C:\e4grec>
3. Then enter this....fastboot flash recovery recovery-ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-mason.img
4.And your done, this same ,method can be used to flash any img file.
Don't worry if you not using the recovery I used as info all you have to do is change the name portion only (IE) (recovery-ra-supersonic-4.3-smelkus-mason)
The fastboot command and recoveries are already inside this folder as fastbootflashcmdReadme.txt.
You must use the entire folder do not remove anything but recovery img's. You can also place any img in this folder to fastboot flash.
I'm recommend that you use smelkus new recoveries as that are the shi#.smelkus ra recoveries can be found here..... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661543
Mac and Linux adb and fastboot drivers now included.

Where you've typed fast boot in your instructions, it's 2 words. Shouldn't it be one word ? Fastboot?
And don't people already need to have the sdk installed to use this?
I ask cuz I finally figured out how to install sdk recently (big tip I never knew, gotta have Java installed d'oh) and have been playing a bit and trying to get familiar with fastboot and adb.
Thanks for your efforts
sent from 2yr old Evo on ICS

scottspa74 said:
Where you've typed fast boot in your instructions, it's 2 words. Shouldn't it be one word ? Fastboot?
And don't people already need to have the sdk installed to use this?
I ask cuz I finally figured out how to install sdk recently (big tip I never knew, gotta have Java installed d'oh) and have been playing a bit and trying to get familiar with fastboot and adb.
Thanks for your efforts
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Yup 1 one word fastboot flash recovery (name of recovery image).img
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Yeah that's pretty funny I didn't even notice it was spacing it. This works without use of sdk. Its way easier to place a folder in C: and use cmd. This way anyone can make it work. Everything you need is in one folder. Evo drivers,fastboot and adb are inside with a few other need to haves so when you call the folder from cmd it will automatically initiate the right program for you. If you can't get it to work you can just install drivers,fastboot,adb right from the folder and it will work.
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Added new linux,mac,windows drivers.Just incase someone needs them.

whats the instructions for mac?

Keyz450 said:
whats the instructions for mac?
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I don't use mac,so I couldn't tell you. I just put the drivers in,so everyone can do this.
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thank you this worked 1 2 3!!!!!!

bboy_201 said:
thank you this worked 1 2 3!!!!!!
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Glad I could help.
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just what I was looking for.. thank you!!

I am a complete noob and I have a question.... Is this tutorial used to get S/on or off?

IAMDEE7 said:
I am a complete noob and I have a question.... Is this tutorial used to get S/on or off?
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Neither...this is for flashing via hboot with s/on..

Went to download dropbox file and it said it was deleted...?

I will put it back up in a few sorry. I had to clean dropbox and deleted it by accident

Folders up i only put ra 2.3 inside as i dont have my recoveries folder anymore. there's a link to get more recoveries on OP enjoy.