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New Hero will not take recovery image

I have been lurking on this site for sometime in anticipation of my new Sprint Hero.
I got mine the other day.
Of course I want to put a custom image on it.
So I start with this link to start the process and get a recovery image on it.
I am following The Rest that guys guide.
When I get to step 13
adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img /sdcard
I get a permission denied error.
What are some ways around this or am I doing something incorrect?
I have searched the forums to no avail
Thanks in advance.
My Hero has this software versions:
Kernel 2.6.27-533ce29d
Build # 1.56.651.2 CL85027 release keys
Software version # 1.56.651.2
Hardware version # 0002

Did you "unmount the sdcard then enable your USB debugging"?

Unmount and enable USB Debugging from the applications menu.
And I think its "Theres That Guy"... Could be wrong.

Here are the contents of my command window.
I unmounted the sd card then I enabled the usb debugging.
I cannot even see the sd card in windows but the phone is seeing the correct capacity.
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\gpoulos>cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
HT9CWHF05632 device
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push asroot2 /data/local/
706 KB/s (74512 bytes in 0.103s)
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb shell
$ chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
$ /data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
[+] Using newer pipe_inode_info layout
Opening: /proc/671/fd/3
SUCCESS: Enjoy the shell.
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cd /system/bin
cd /system/bin
# cat sh > su
cat sh > su
# chmod 4755 su
chmod 4755 su
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img /sdcard
failed to copy 'recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img' to '/sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5
.2.img': Permission denied
C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

Uh Oh, did Sprint patch our root???
Sucks if they did, it looks like everything is done right.
My other suggestion is to go down load the pre-kitchen from
Geekfor.me
Downloads are on the right.
Use Auto-rooter.

Troopermoonchild said:
I have been lurking on this site for sometime in anticipation of my new Sprint Hero.
I got mine the other day.
Of course I want to put a custom image on it.
So I start with this link to start the process and get a recovery image on it.
I am following The Rest that guys guide.
When I get to step 13
adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img /sdcard
I get a permission denied error.
What are some ways around this or am I doing something incorrect?
I have searched the forums to no avail
Thanks in advance.
My Hero has this software versions:
Kernel 2.6.27-533ce29d
Build # 1.56.651.2 CL85027 release keys
Software version # 1.56.651.2
Hardware version # 0002
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I have always had an issue doing it from adb shell, or flashrec, even though it would work perfect on the old ladys phone. If your phone is rooted, put recovery on root of sdcard, download command executer from market. Open it, check superuser, and type.
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img
I can't remember if recovery is needed or not after flash image. If it doesn't work, try the other way. Also make sure you spell the file name right. It should take about 30 seconds, then reboot into recovery. This way, can be done quickly, from your phone. Also, if anything in the command is entered improperly, it won't work.

Wait never mind, its not Root thats failing its the Recovery Image.
Do this:
Rename the recovery image file something easy like RA152.img
Copy it to your SD card from windows. Which means you have to slide down the notifications bar and mount it for Windows to see it.
Once you have it on the ROOT of the SD card, not in a folder.
Go into CMD and do this.
CD C:\AndroidSDK\Tools
adb shell
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA152.img

Kcarpenter said:
Uh Oh, did Sprint patch our root???
Sucks if they did, it looks like everything is done right.
My other suggestion is to go down load the pre-kitchen from
Geekfor.me
Downloads are on the right.
Use Auto-rooter.
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It looks like he has root already.

Troopermoonchild said:
I have been lurking on this site for sometime in anticipation of my new Sprint Hero.
I got mine the other day.
Of course I want to put a custom image on it.
So I start with this link to start the process and get a recovery image on it.
I am following The Rest that guys guide.
When I get to step 13
adb push recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img /sdcard
I get a permission denied error.
What are some ways around this or am I doing something incorrect?
I have searched the forums to no avail
Thanks in advance.
My Hero has this software versions:
Kernel 2.6.27-533ce29d
Build # 1.56.651.2 CL85027 release keys
Software version # 1.56.651.2
Hardware version # 0002
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I just got mine yesterday same spec as your hero. Using flipz pre kitchen work just fine.

Wow you guys are awesome.
Where do I do for flipz pre kitchen?
Thanks again.

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=606172

Just mount your SD card via USB to your computer and copy it over. Then unmount and flash it.

I tried the Fresh Kitchen
When I try to auto root it says cannot find asroot2 please redownload the kitchen. I did that same results.
When I try to push a recovery image ontot the SD card it says kitchen cannot find the filepush.bat please redownlaod the kitchen. Which I did.
So frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Troopermoonchild said:
I tried the Fresh Kitchen
When I try to auto root it says cannot find asroot2 please redownload the kitchen. I did that same results.
When I try to push a recovery image ontot the SD card it says kitchen cannot find the filepush.bat please redownlaod the kitchen. Which I did.
So frustrating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Try this. Go to Setting -> SD Card & Phone Storage and see if you have an option to mount the SD card. If you do, try tapping the option to mount.
If you have 'Unmount SD card', try tapping that option, ejecting the SD card, reinsert it again, and (if needed) tap the 'Mount SD Card' option.
The only other option I can think of is to reformat the SD card in a card reader in Windows...could be a bad format.

Also i cannot see the SD card in Windows. I ahve tried it on a Windows 7 and a Windows XP machine.
I know the phone sees the card because its showing the correct size.

tkirton said:
Try this. Go to Setting -> SD Card & Phone Storage and see if you have an option to mount the SD card. If you do, try tapping the option to mount.
If you have 'Unmount SD card', try tapping that option, ejecting the SD card, reinsert it again, and (if needed) tap the 'Mount SD Card' option.
The only other option I can think of is to reformat the SD card in a card reader in Windows...could be a bad format.
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I never get a mount option. No matter what I try.

After I unmount the sd card. I can then remove the card from the phone.
Then when I insert it. The phone recognizes it and automatically mounts the card.

Plug the phone into your computer. Drag down the notification bar. Mount it. Then copy using Windows Explorer.

jonnythan said:
Plug the phone into your computer. Drag down the notification bar. Mount it. Then copy using Windows Explorer.
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Please describe better. I dont understand.

to move something to your SD card such as music or in this case the recovery image touch and hold at the very top of your screen and slide your finger down to the bottom. this should show a couple different options one will say USB connected. press that option and it will bring up a dialog box asking if you want to mount the card press mount. If you have windows then autoplay sould pop up on your comp and say open folder to view files choose that. you then drag and drop the recovery image to the SD card. once again go to notifications and choose the same option and unmount the card.
you then go to cmd and type this
Code:
cd/
cd /where_ever_you _have_SDK/tools/
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
flash_image recovery recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2.img
wait untill you see the '#' symbol and type
Code:
reboot recovery
that should do it

[Q] ADB Question

Ok. So im touching up on my ADB. Messing around trying to transfer files and what not. Now when I try and push and file from my pc to my sdcard it errors me out saying Read-Only File System.
Command im doing is
adb push C:\Android\android.jpg /sdcard/android.jpg
Any ideas where im going wrong here? I have full root access, When I:
adb shell
su
I do not get permission denied... So dont get why this is happening.
Edit: Just looked more into it. I can push to the phone. Just not to the sdcard. I pushed to /data/local for giggles and it worked. Only gives me read only when pushing to the /sdcard.
Thanks for any info.

just tried mine and it worked fine. I first tried it with pushing a file from my sdk dir, and tried it with pushing a file from another directory on the drive. worked both times, not sure what to tell you.
p.s. I'm running the desire z rom

Yeah for some reason its only on the sdcard I cant write to.. USB Debugging is checked. Anyone have the slightest idea as to why I'm unable to write to my sdcard with this Read-only File system error?

Anyone know the shell command to mount the sd card as rw? Been trying to figure this thing out but it has me in a puzzle.
[G2/HTC Vision]

luis86dr said:
Anyone know the shell command to mount the sd card as rw? Been trying to figure this thing out but it has me in a puzzle.
[G2/HTC Vision]
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Are you making sure that you don't have media mounted? That would screw up /sdcard. For me, it's "umount /media/*; eject /dev/sde" then on the G2 disable USB storage, wait for it to remount the SD card.
If that still doesn't work, what does "adb shell mount" tell you?
Normally, like with /system, it's "busybox mount -o remount,rw /system", but I've never seen /sdcard mounted readonly, unless there are I/O errors (it's mounted to remount ro on failure). Have you tried rebooting your phone?

luis86dr said:
Ok. So im touching up on my ADB. Messing around trying to transfer files and what not. Now when I try and push and file from my pc to my sdcard it errors me out saying Read-Only File System.
Command im doing is
adb push C:\Android\android.jpg /sdcard/android.jpg
Any ideas where im going wrong here? I have full root access, When I:
adb shell
su
I do not get permission denied... So dont get why this is happening.
Edit: Just looked more into it. I can push to the phone. Just not to the sdcard. I pushed to /data/local for giggles and it worked. Only gives me read only when pushing to the /sdcard.
Thanks for any info.
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Is it possible that you are writing the command wrong? I noticed the slash is opposite on the second half of your command code.
C:\Android\android.jpg /sdcard/android.jpg
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Figured it out. Had usb storage on. So it wouldn't push turned it off and I was able to push. Thx foe the info
[G2/HTC Vision]

Adb issues

Ok trying to learn a little about adb. and im trying to push a file to my phone.
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools ( done this to change the directory)
c:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push screengrab.apk .\sdcard.
failed to copy screengrabber.apk to .\sd card: Read-only file system
how do i change it to a write only file system also. i tryed adb shell i granted it SU permissions. then i done something and its telling me daemon still not runningerror cannot connect to daemon. what exactly does this mean it will start up successfully then it will stop and that message will come up

your sdcard is not read only. make sure you do not have it mounted at all on your computer and verify you are using PROPER command
adb push screengrab.apk /sdcard/

Pirateghost said:
your sdcard is not read only. make sure you do not have it mounted at all on your computer and verify you are using PROPER command
adb push screengrab.apk /sdcard/
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there is nothing mounted in my pc not internal or sd card when i used the PROPER command. It brings up a whole lot of stuff like the different commands and stuff.

[Q] Copying nandroid backups to MAC

I am sure this has been asked and answered, but I am not finding the answer. Anyone have a good method for backing up CWM backups to MAC? I know the CWM backups are stored at /data/media/clockworkmod which is not accessible to the MAC. I guess I could copy them to /data/media/0 and then access them from my mac. I guess I could also use ADB, but am looking for something simpler and less data manipulation. If this has been answered, please link me.

1. open terminal
2. ./adb pull /data/media{0, clockworkmod, twrp}
3. popcorn

Pirateghost said:
1. open terminal
2. ./adb pull /data/media{0, clockworkmod, twrp}
3. popcorn
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I have done it with ADB. Was hoping for something more elegant. Thank you.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

Pirateghost said:
1. open terminal
2. ./adb pull /data/media{0, clockworkmod, twrp}
3. popcorn
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Could you please write it in a more specific way? I'm a noob
I explain what I did:
I opened the terminal and I went in the folder were I keep the fastboot and adb etc..
I tried first with "./adb pull.." but nothing happened (aka: -bash: ./adb: No such file or directory)
Then I tried "./adb-mac pull.." and it didn't work either but I got the following long message:
"Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.31
-d - directs command to the only connected USB device
returns an error if more than one USB device is present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is running.
-s <specific device> - directs command to the device or emulator with the given
serial number or qualifier. Overrides ANDROID_SERIAL
environment variable.
etc..."
I tried both commands at first with the mobile on, then I reset it and I went in recovery mode with the same results..
I'm going insane, I even tried to copy the whole folder of clockworkmod with my backup to another folder, but I couldn't see it with my computer.
I'm running mac OS X, I could eventually try also to my PC windows 7.. I just need to copy my backup to a safe place :crying:

After the pull command you need to tell it what to pull
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

Pirateghost said:
After the pull command you need to tell it what to pull
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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Sorry Pirateghost, I meant that I wrote as you said:
./adb-mac pull /data/media{0, clockworkmod, twrp}
and I got just the long message from the Terminal and it doesn't work (even when using ./adb without the "-mac")
edit: ok I solved it:
I used this and it seems working (finally)
./adb-mac pull /data/media clockworkmod

ziovelvet said:
Sorry Pirateghost, I meant that I wrote as you said:
./adb-mac pull /data/media{0, clockworkmod, twrp}
and I got just the long message from the Terminal and it doesn't work (even when using ./adb without the "-mac")
edit: ok I solved it:
I used this and it seems working (finally)
./adb-mac pull /data/media clockworkmod
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the {0, clockworkmod, twrp} was to indicate that you can pull ONE of those folders at a time, or pull /data/media and get ALL of them at once

Cracked screen- no touch. ADB unauthorized - how to pull nandroid backup?

I sadly dropped my nexus 4 on hard tiles yesterday face down and the whole front cracked everywhere! The phone still turns on, I can copy internal storage off fine, but since the touchscreen doesn't work anymore I'm having trouble with getting system data off e.g. sms.
I've managed to get non touch CWM installed, made a nandroid, but now I can't copy the damn thing off! ADB gives me unauthorised for every command, and obviously I can't use the phone to authorise my PC. Am I now essentially screwed? Been googling for ages and can't find a way round the fact I can't use ADB or force my phone to authorise my PC without using the screen.
Any other ideas would be massively appreciated. The phone is rooted, CM10.2, and luckily usb debugging is enabled.
Cheers!!

You said you can copy internal storage right? so why not pull the nandroid from /clockworkmod/backup?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 4

I do not use CWM, but I do use TWRP and it allow me to access to the /data and /sdcard partition just fine, /system is off limit though. I don't know where your nandroid is backed up in, but I assume its in /sdcard.
Try this: Flash TWRP in fastboot mode, then press the volume button either up or down twice, then press Power to access the recovery. Then on the main menu of TWRP, you can do adb commands right away.
I can then simply back up my whole /sdcard partition by: adb pull /sdcard/ C:\backup
Or backup the all the apps data: adb pull /data/data/ C:\backup

Thank you both for the advice. I've tried using adb in recovery, but it says: remote object '/sdcard' is not a file or directory.
If I type adb devices, I get my phone ID along with 'recovery' next to as expected.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
EDIT: Ignore this, just added a / after /sdcard and now its pulling ok. Thanks so much!

I was typing this up before I read your edit:
If you don't know where certain files are, you can type "adb shell" to enter the phone itself, there you can look at the phone directory structure and find where your files are located.
Use the cd and ls commands to navigate in the phone: http://afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.rs/~ivica/nlm/part1/cd_ls.html
Once you're done, type "exit" to get out of adb shell. Then you can use the "adb pull" command to copy the files.