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Heya, the N1 is my first phone so a lot of this is brand new territory for me
Anyhow I had a problem with a metamorph theme so i used nandroid to restore back to an update i made this morning (After i rooted N1). However now apps that require root access (Metamorph, N1 torch etc) are now all running into errors such as cannot access LED, cannot extract files (Even though all partitions have at least 40% free space).
Any ideas guys? Thanks!
EDIT: One of the root programs i tried to run stated that it can only run in read-only mode, is this familiar to anyone? Thanks!
your answer is in other parts of the forum but you still have root just dont have su permission anymore. you can flash a custom rom or flash the cyanogen add-on. pm if you need help
Ah right, is this common after a nandroid backup? Could someone perhaps post the link to the cyanogen add-on? I'm currently running the latest cyanogen for the nexus one, thanks
As far as I know the Cyanogen add-on is the Cyanogen rom. It is not a completely standalone rom, just sort of a patch for the stock rom.
I just re-flashed the rom and everything is sweet again. This is my first android phone never mind first rooting experience so all this is new Cheers guys
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=634986
This mod requires deodexed ROM so currently only made for SamSet.. If you have a deodexed ROM and need my assistant, please let me know
Strongly suggest you use ROM Manager by Clockworkmod to backup your ROM before doing anything
Thanks to brut.all, judison, Fightspit and setenza01 for this nice looking ROM
Instructions:
1) Download and install ROM
2) Use my zip as update.zip and flash in recovery
Download
For SamSet v1.6 ROM
Custom CSC for Singapore network users see here
This doesn't work. Applied the update fine, but when rebooted, black screen with a bunch of FC's. Had to restore. Was running ROM Samset 1.6 as recommended.
Did u use stock recovery or rom manager to flash?
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First used rom manager and nothing happened. Then used stock recovery, applied, and when booted, got the FC's. I could see the percentage in the battery, but that's about it. The FC's would not let me do anything else. Any suggestions?
hmm.. i've tried it again and it works on mine. only difference is im using clockworkmod to flash (remember to mount /system first)
anyway, i've resigned so download again..
Just installed your Mod. Works fine on my Galaxy S.
Thanks a lot !
Thanks, nice work. I have searched such a mod.
raspdeep said:
hmm.. i've tried it again and it works on mine. only difference is im using clockworkmod to flash (remember to mount /system first)
anyway, i've resigned so download again..
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Just tried it again, and seems to be working now. I applied update.zip from stock recovery and seemed to be fine. Thanks for the mod.
does this work on samset 2.0?
shaunm1989 said:
does this work on samset 2.0?
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most likely not, jp2 is development firmware, i will make one but will not support it since i wont be using jp2 as my daily rom
installed, it works~ =)
does it look good?
the sceenie looks like the numbers are blurry ...
anyway to go back to stock samset battery if i dont like this one?
Could you make an update out of the images i have linked? it's a circle battery with % in it. also the charging got a few more images.
I can get the images into framework-res.apk with no problem but the problem i'm having is modding the two battery xml files and the packing the apk again to get it to work
i've already tried this:
http://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/showthread.php?t=2812085&page=58
as it does not quite match the theme, i modded samset battery to fit the theme
Ok so far i have updated my baseband to xxx15 and i have rooted my phone installed root explorer busybox etc, i have tried installing XRecovery 1000s of times and have done everything possible i just really want 2.2 froyo on my X8 and i've tried so many times to use XRECOVERY and have gone through every tutorial but it don't seem to work.
Are there any suggestions?
Any other ways to install froyo 2.2 custom roms onto my phone?
Post here the complete procedure you made, step by step.
Maybe anything is going wrong.
Don't give up
/youtube.com/watch?v=lPV6Ue5a0Ww
thats the way I make but with a different ROM it's easy Don't forget to make a backup of your data!
Firstly I updated my baseband to xxx15 and then I rooted using superoneclick and installed busybox from market then I got root explorer and placed the 3 recovery files in system bin and set permissions and mounted in RW and rebooted and clicked back button but nothing comes and have tried Apk xrecovery which still don't work....
Aren't there any other ways apart from using recovery to install custom time because in going crazy here.. I did that YouTube tutorial but it still didn't work.
don't hold the back key, you must tap it fast, when you hold it it will not work, just tap it!
I have beem tapping it but nothing happens
I was having the same exact problem, but then i used the Flash tool, and after click "ask root perms" i clicked "optimize" and after that my phone rebbot onto Xrecovery.
Could you give me a step by step guide through of what you did please?
I´ll try.
If you already done everything else the only thing left is to download the flash tool from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986697
Then after download, open the flash tool, after open, you will see in the top some buttons, click on the one "ask root perms" first, and after click on the one that says "optimize".
When i did that the phone rebooted to Xrecovery.
If you have any doubts ask and i will try to help.
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Firstly I updated my baseband to xxx15 and then I rooted using superoneclick and installed busybox from market then I got root explorer and placed the 3 recovery files in system bin and set permissions and mounted in RW and rebooted and clicked back button but nothing comes and have tried Apk xrecovery which still don't work....
Aren't there any other ways apart from using recovery to install custom time because in going crazy here.. I did that YouTube tutorial but it still didn't work.
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It's like this, after you install busybox from market, the file you had in SD is changed, (really don't know why), so, the solution is the busybox file you have to move to System/bin, apart from chargemon and xrecovery, YOU must check it's size, busybox must have 700~ kbs, if not, download, or unzip current xrecovery given from many places (must be v0.1) and replace the correct busybox file with the wrong one inside sdcard.
So, YOU MUST BE CERTAIN the busybox file you are moving to system/bin has around 700kb~
I think you're done, reboot and good luck
ok ive tried this process but it still isnt working..........
i am having the exact same problem
I thought i was the only one!, seriously i need helpp aint there any other way to install custom roms,??
i heard somewhere you can use x10flashtool but i wont be the first one to try as i have had soo many problems in the last week its unreal. i cant even get the gingerbread theme on. can anybody post a full tutorial. i have freshly reformated my phone so its on adroid 2.1 and its blank. where do i go from here?
For all that could´t install, after you install busybox on the phone, did you go to the phone, open busybox and install?
yh i installed Busybox after download from market......... and yh i did go to busybox on phone and install but still no luck
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For all that could´t install, after you install busybox on the phone, did you go to the phone, open busybox and install?
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Have you ever tried installed Busybox by installing Titanium Backup. tap the lower middle button to let it replaced by a workable one from the Market automatically, right after placing the three files you mentioned above?
This little trick may help...
... I'm NOW running Floyo2.2 beta v0.15 happily with this method for a couple of days, with multiple reboot from the beginning, but the rebooting problem is gone.
My favourite TrackID doesn't work in this beta, but I simply replaced it with Shazam ;-)
Drakenfall said:
I´ll try.
If you already done everything else the only thing left is to download the flash tool from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986697
Then after download, open the flash tool, after open, you will see in the top some buttons, click on the one "ask root perms" first, and after click on the one that says "optimize".
When i did that the phone rebooted to Xrecovery.
If you have any doubts ask and i will try to help.
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OMG OMG THANK YOU!!!!! SO MUCH!! it worked, YOU SIR ARE THE BESTTTTT
I just send you a solution but it doesnt let me send you the link for the files.....search this forum is a clear solution that works every time on me.....good luck
aaron187 said:
OMG OMG THANK YOU!!!!! SO MUCH!! it worked, YOU SIR ARE THE BESTTTTT
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I´m glad i could help.
Hello
Ive just installes taboonay 2.1. It was working great until i reboot. Then superuser didnt want to allow apps such a setcpu and other even if their superuser status are still authorised
please help
the infamous taboonay 2.1 root problem... I had the same problem and restored to 2.0... only I still don't have root back? I'm confused
The same here
I had the same issue with taboonay 2.0, i thought it would be solved with 2.1, but as far as i know it's a common issue with new version of ROMs taboonay and honeyvillain.
I think it's a SU problem in general. Maybe it needs an upgrade or a new binary.
I'm using honeyvillain 1.2 and i have SU problems when apps try to get SU permissions at boot only. If i open them, they get SU permission immediately.
Ive found this and it worked
I don't know whether my way is useful to you or not.
I flash the rom, reboot fail to get the root. Then re-flash the rom and flash beta4 superuser as they given. Also fail after reboot.
Then I think why I flash the HoneyVillain rom but never lose root. It is also a HC3.2 rom. So I decide to mod the beta4 superuser zip file. I replace the both su and superuser.apk with the same files extracted from HoneyVillain rom and signed it. I fully wipe and re-install the rom and flash the su_mod.zip that I made and wait it ran. Ok! went into system and It got the root, then power down and started it again. Cool! still got the root. Tested by root explorer and terminal(command :su root).
Modified superuser, use cwm to install and must re-flash the rom or you will fail.
<a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=727150&d=1316661095" >su_mod.zip</a>
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reinstalling su 3.0 beta 4 got root back for mein 2.0 but not 2.1... something being restored by titanium backup in 2.1 seems to be causing the problem but with 2 boys under 5yrs old destroying my house as I type, I don't have time to try to figure out what's causing the headaches... so 2.0 for now I guess
oh well i did replace the superuser and still fail.
Now trying something else.
So far ive been booting my iconia more than 5 times and yet im still rooted.
Its weird.
What's your new trial if you don't mind my asking?
I noticed that whenever i ran full apps restore from Titanium Backup, followed by a reboot..my root is gone.
So i did carefully restore my apps. Apps that uses root functions i didnt restore em. E.g SetCPU.
But before my final flashing, these was my steps
1. Wipe steps (data/cache/dalvik)
2.Flash Taboonay 2.1
3.Flash su-3.0-beta4-efgh (from androidsu.com/3-0-beta)
4.Flashed Thor Kernel 3.4 (from tegraowners.com/?p=1005)
I noticed thor kernel 3.5 is out but i havent tested that
Then when restoring, make sure u restore apps that doesnt use root functions.
Here im still playing/customizing/rebooting almost 10 times and still rooted..
Good luck.
and that is without restoring any root apps? Did you fresh install setcpu or anything yet?
yes i didnt restore any root apps nor system apps. just normal apps/games
Root apps that i fresh install and using right now are
Titanium Backup 4.2.1
RootExplorer
RootCheck (to see whether device still rooted or not plus double confirm using terminal *su root)
So far i dont see the need of installing SetCPU since you can O.C through tabootools.
Only profile i need for O.C is when my screenon/off.
Ill keep playing with taboonay 2.1 and see whether i'll get root issues again
thanks ill have to give that a try later... I wasn't sure how well tabootools handled thors crazy new steps
okay dont forget to let me know whether it succeed or not on root issues =]
im wondering if pimp my cpu has the same effect on this as setcpu?
uninstall setcpu, now it will root and su works fine. Use other oc utility.
uninstallng didn't help I had to rewipe and install the rom again and I'm using system tuner... I really miss setcpu though... of course root is more important
ah so i was right after all
I uninstalled set cpu, and now I'm using tabootools for oc. Also I saw there is a final version of SU v3 on the android market and i upgraded my su in my x8 and now everything is fine.
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Up until today I never did anything to my droid x as far as rooting and roms. I kept everything completely factory and android was at its latest version which is gingerbread 2.3.3 and system version 4.5.605.MB810.Verizon.en.US.
My goal today was to finally experiment this and install Liberty Rom. I completely failed because of all the version complications and plenty of other errors. Before I describe my final problem I should backtrack and let you know exactly what I did today so you can possibly get me out of this mess.
1. The very first thing I did was follow all of the steps at a forum on droid-life "How To: Get Rooted Gingerbread On DROID X" sorry it won't let me post the link.
After all of this I ended up with gingerbread again, but I guess a rooted version. No idea why this was the tutorial I followed when trying to install liberty. Throughout the tutorial I ended up buying "Droid X BootStrapper" because the tutorial had me use it.
Right after this tutorial I bought an app called Rom Toolbox for $5.00 downloaded Liberty through it and was trying to install through it. Every time it rebooted I would get a black screen. Never worked so many issues probably because I flashed the wrong sbf or something.
Here are the programs that I ended up buying today:
z4root (free), DroidXBootStrapper ($2.00), Rom Toolbox ($5.00).
That is everything I have done and all of the apps I own. Can someone please start fresh and give me short instructions to start from scratch on how to get the latest and greatest version of Liberty on my droidx from where I'm stuck at now. I want to completely start over and I am willing to do anything. I hope the apps I bought help and I also want to assume 2 of them probably do the same thing and I didn't need them.
Buying those tools will at least help support 2 members of the community (Koush & JRummy).
I'm pretty sure Z4Root does not work on the GB versions of DX firmware. That's probably why nothing is working. You aren't actually getting root.
you are on the .605 version of GB (when you see references to .602, .605, etc ...)
To get root, start here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258599
You may also want to download the Droid2 recovery rather than the DX. The D2 version is a little newer and I think avoids a slight bug on later kernels when Debug is on. The D2 version works just fine on the DX. It can be downloaded free from here:
http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/08/droid-x-recovery.html
Once you are rooted and have recover properly working, you should be able to use the Rom Toolbox to download and install Liberty. Just make sure you read carefully about the 'version' requirements on any ROM.
Oh ok so I was rooting it wrong.
I easily rooted the phone using Pete's Motorola Root Tools. I realized that Rom Toolbox Pro accesses clockwork recovery when the phone is rebooted instead of the phone just restarting fully. But, I still want to start fresh and do everything from the start again. Please let me know if you have any suggestions in the way or order I am doing things. My phone is currently up rooted at 4.5.596 and rooted by Pete's Motorola Root Tools but I want to start over from the beginning so here is what I am going to do:
Note: Before I do anything I am going to format my SD card for a fresh start.
1. Use RSD_Lite 4.9 to Flash my phone back to 2.3.340 using a file called VRZ_MB810_2.3.34_1FF_01.sbf. I always do this part with no problem.
2. Do a hold power+home then search and do a system wipe/restore. Then Activate service, sign into gmail etc.
3. Now that the OS is loaded (the old version with the grey bars 2.3.340) I am going to root my phone using Petes Root Tools. (I hope I can root it with this tool when the firmware is this version.)
4. Put the 3 zip files I have on my SD card to upgrade to GB 588. Also put my GB 596 file on here.
5. I will download 1 app. D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install all 3 zip files from SD card. Now I boot up in GB 588.
6. Now I go right back into D2BootStrapper. Bootstrap recovery, reboot into recovery. Install GB 596. Now I have GB 596 rooted and loaded.
7. After this, shouldn't I be able to download Rom Manager Premium and Rom Toolbox Pro and test as many roms as I want? always reverting back to my original backup.
I noticed after installing liberty I was getting all kind of force close popups. And the phone wouldn't connect to service. But then I just held power + home then hit the up/down arrows and did a wipe/restore and it loaded liberty and everything works. Is this normally what has to be done when installing roms?
If there is anything wrong with my process please let me know. Whew I can't believe all that I learned in 1 day.
You've got a lot of steps there that really aren't necessary. When you install a ROM like Liberty, it replaces EVERYTHING in /system. Thus, about all that is left from a .596, .588, .602, etc install is the kernel. The Kernel doesn't change very often in Motorola builds. The last change was on .602. Thus, for your purposes there is no difference between .602 and .605 (FYI, .605 was just a keyboard fix over .602).
So, if you search around, you should find an SBF or AIO flash file to get you to .602.
Or you can simply take the OTA update from VZW after SBF'ing to .340
Once you've flashed your Rom, be sure to clear data/factory reset. You should then start with a clean system.
Alright, if you don't mind can you please let me know what steps I can avoid.
I didn't think it was possible to have a rooted .605 but I guess I was wrong.
So my goal should be to get to .605, then root it. Then install roms from there?
On your first post you said you were on .605. I'm assuming that is still the case.
If so, then root it with pete's tool (I think you've already done that).
Install D2bootstrap, then ROM Toolbox and install your rom from there.
I have to be honest, in that I've not used Liberty in a while, nor have I used Rom Toolbox. It shouldn't be a problem, just make sure that the version of Liberty you are using is for the GB kernel. Some of the older versions of Liberty (Which I did use, and like) were for the Froyo kernel (in that case, stay on .340 and do your upgrades).
Make sure you wipe data in recovery after installing the ROM. Lots of 'Boot Loops' are due to not wiping data after flashing a new rom.
Yeah
Yeah I read up on all of that. I actually might not end up going with Liberty. Going to try others like ICX. But before I do any of this I need to get to .605.
No I am not at .605 I believe that's where my phone was before I started all of this.
Right now I am flashing back to 2.3.34
Once I am back up and running there. Can you please recommend the easiest way to get to .605 and that will be my final question.
.605 should update automatic. If not you can disable the updater using titanium backup by freezing system updater.
1. Use petes tools install cwm as well
A. Droid x bootstrap get this
B. Titanium backup. Backup your apps
2. Make a backup using cwm and backup apps with tb
3. Put the rom zip files on the sd card.
4. Reboot to recovery. Reformat system data etc
DO NOT REFORMAT THE SD CARD.
5. Wipe cache davik etc.
6 flash rom. And reboot.
7 run tb for your apps
Should be a smooth and clean install. The roms are already rooted so no need to worry about that. Hope this helps
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We aren't supposed to link to other forums, so expect this link to get removed.
http://rootzwiki.com/showthread.php?399-UPDATED-GUIDE-LINKS-DX-SBF-s
I would point you to a link here, but couldn't find a quick/easy link to what I wanted.
In this list is an SBF file for .602. Since you seem comfortable with doing SBF's, I would just SBF straight to .602 and root it from there.
Don't know much about ICX, but would encourage you to look at the CM7DXGB thread over at Rootzwiki as well.
ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.
HunterT said:
ohh, well I just went to Settings > About Phone and its auto updating to .605
Am I not going to be able to root it after this update or should it be fine.
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Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.
One last thing
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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Pete's Root tool should root .605 just fine.
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Pete's will work on .605 I did two the other day
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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Couple things most of the updates are to add support fix minor bugs etc.
I run the one from petes all the time I forget which version. I haven't had problems.
On my mt4g slide I had to flash a modified verson of clockwork due to my phone being newer and not as much support
With that said its not a difficult process to get a new recovery image. You would need terminal emulator and root explorer. Couple of great guides on here on how to do so. Also other methods as well.
All in all the ones that pete's give you should suffice. Unless your one of the extreame types of people who want the newest or like messing around.
Just remember backups can make the process and hassle of soft bricking your phone much easier to fix and takes a few mins to do.
Look around the forums lots of great information from the devs, experts, etc
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HunterT said:
As far as Clockwork recovery goes.
Should I always be in the latest version 5.0.2.0 (the blue version)
Or the old version 2.something (the green version)
Why is there 2 version and why would I ever want to flash back to the old version 2.something?
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The newer version changes the way backups are stored. The new format is smaller and quicker.
Among other issues/bug fixes as mentioned before, but the backup issue is important as the new version will not restore the old style backups.