Hi, just installed the new BELL OTA update that is now available. If you have not received it, go to Settings -> About Phone -> System Update.
To Root, download GingerBreak from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
You will need v1.20 - install, enable USB Debugging, and wait. It took around 1 minute on my phone. Afterwards, if you were not rooted previously, download SuperUser from the market.
Can confirm this method works. First try did not work; rebooted unmounted formatted SD card, remouted. Then retried gingerbreak. 1 min approx to root, root confirmed with superuser.
Downloading now...
What about gladroot? It doesn't work?
Glad root will work, frozenfish is left intact in /osh/sbin.
(That's just the su binary with a different name, but the right permissions, you can adb shell, and type /osh/sbin/frozenfish and have a root shell.)
Cheers!
Worked for me. Takes a few good minutes so be patient.
Yeah, works fine to root and unroot, just have to be patient and wait.
NFHimself said:
Glad root will work, frozenfish is left intact in /osh/sbin.
(That's just the su binary with a different name, but the right permissions, you can adb shell, and type /osh/sbin/frozenfish and have a root shell.)
Cheers!
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I just updated (37.23) yesterday, there is no /osh/sbin/frozenfish on my Atrix
Now running Blur_Version.0.37.23.MB860.BellMobility.en.CA (build OLYLA_U4_0.37.23)
I had used GladRoot 4.3 to previously root the device. Now I'm wondering if it's going to be safe to run Gingerbreak 1.2 - anyone in the same scenario ?
daymz said:
I just updated (37.23) yesterday, there is no /osh/sbin/frozenfish on my Atrix
Now running Blur_Version.0.37.23.MB860.BellMobility.en.CA (build OLYLA_U4_0.37.23)
I had used GladRoot 4.3 to previously root the device. Now I'm wondering if it's going to be safe to run Gingerbreak 1.2 - anyone in the same scenario ?
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Just thought I'd report that I successfully ran Gingerbreak 1.20 on 37.23 (after having used GladRoot on 37.4) and everything seems OK, I'm back in root mode.
nikechristo said:
What about gladroot? It doesn't work?
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I used Gladroot for the initial FW version, but I didn't want to chance that it may not work or cause any issues like SuperOneClick. I went with Gingerbreak just to be safe.
Put me on the list of the list confirming that Gingerbreak works with this FW...
Hi I tried to use Gingerbreak but the application was running for about 20 minutes and then it crashed. I was wondering if this root app worked for everybody and if maybe I'm doing something wrong.
I'm have a Bell Atrix with the latest firmware.
Any information or suggestion/solution would be appreciated!!!
heptic buttons
Anyone having issues with their backlighting? Mine seems dim and sometimes don't come on.
Thanks
Just ran on 37.23. Works! Only took a minute.
Can confirm this works on bell 2.2.2. This indeed deleted my internal sd data though, so make sure to back up before proceeding.
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I just have a quick question about using Gingerbreak on my Atrix running this newest firmware.
Do I absolutely need an SD card in the phone?
I don't have one so I was wondering if I can stil do it or I need to go out and get one tomorrow?
Thanks!
You need one definately.
Successful 37.23 update - unsuccessful root.
I've just ran the the bell 37.23 update.
I managed to gain root access again after running super one click.
However after I factory reset the phone all my root applications stopped working.
Super user was still in the app drawer, but titanium backup was saying it didn't have root access. (along with every other root app)
I tried rooting/unrooting the phone again with super one click and every time it hangs on "Running psneuter..."
I also tried rooting with GingerBreak and it just stays on the "Running exploit..." screen.
Any suggestions?
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I installed the new 2.2.320 sbf from TBH, just to start fresh. I have now tried 6 different programs to root my phone. None of them are working...Is anyone else having this issue? And if you got it working, what steps did you take to fix it? Thanks in advance
Use z4root. Had The same problem. This is a one click root application.
Yup, same problem here too. I was actually going to ask if anyone has the z4 root app because it disappeared from the market. It was the only thing that worked the first time I flashed the new SBF.
ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.
Thanks for the help everyone...
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s0n- said:
ya, after flashing the new SBF, had to manually install Z4 as it wasnt in the market. Also it seems as if the D2 method wasnt working properly.
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I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.
z4root worked fine for me
deadpixell said:
z4root worked fine for me
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YEs it works. That was the point of this thread. lol
I had to wipe data to get z4 to work. I don't know why but if I downloaded all my apps again and set everything up it wouldn't work.
Put your phone in airplane mode, reboot, run z4root, let it reboot you phone. Once it powers on take it out of airplane mode and you should be rooted.
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I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.
SleekDX said:
I tried loading z4root on my phone, but every single time I try to download it it say "content not supported on phone".
Any help is much appreciated.
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I used z4root also make sure debugging is turned on
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Breakthecycle2 said:
I don't know what the reasoning is, but no other root methods seem to work on 2.2.1.
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Rooting through ADB works... z4root is much easier of course.
The .340 OTA installed on my phone today. Lost root.
I tried the DarkOnion batch file (DoRootWin_2.1.4) several times and could not get it to run to completion.
As mentioned, Z4 (in airplane mode) worked fine.
I tried this...my phone is telling me it cannot down the file because the file type is not suported by my phone. What am I missing? Thank you!!!
I too am having issues with rooting after the ota update. I initally was rooted using the rootmyx2 one click gui from sli3ntki11 and did the update, now nothing will give me root access, I tried z4, rootmyx2 (again), and tried the doroot.bat method through the android sdk install. Kinda at a loss. Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
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So I believe I figured it out. I have two existing superuser.apk in my system/app folder. This from what I read in some other posts is confusing z4 ( go figure smart enough to root but not to overwrite, lol) but the directory is read only. The other post gave a link to the steps to access it but the page was not found. Can anyone give me the steps to take to gain access to the directly and make it read/write so I can remove those two rogue files and get rooted?
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z4root not supported on my droid X
hi,
i updated my Droid X to the latest version. 2.3.340. and downloaded the z4root through my phone from the link here and i get an error message that the file is not supported on this phone. please help i am new to this and still don't fully understand all of the terms. i tried to download the z4root 1.2 from 4shared.com but the phone hangs and nothing happens. any type of help will be appreciated, thanks.
did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.
crxin said:
did you sucessfully install it or did you get the error while trying to install it. you will have to download the apps installer from the market and use it to install the z4root.apk from your sd card.
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what is the name of the apps installer i need to use the Z4root.
Latest update is out in the wild: 3.8.7.XT610. Info here
apparently this is a 43.8MB file
updated Blur
not Gingerbread
Wonder if it supports root??
jhalsey205 said:
Latest update is out in the wild: 3.8.7.XT610. Info here
Wonder if it supports root??
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I saw a post by Android wizard extraordinaire, CellZealot, over at MyDroidForums, who claims :
"... it supports root and is an excellent build. It also supports using the band unlock and GSM performance is far superior to the previous radio firmware. Overall this build is incredibly stable and without question the best build yet for this phone."
That's good enough for me.
Has anyone received this OTA yet? Nothing yet for my two in NY (one rooted, one not).
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Does this update require that I unroot my phone prior to it?
Could any person who has received the update upload it somewhere, please? I cannot wait to update my phone and root it again. I have tried to update it but it keeps telling me I have the latest software version.
Scanned the net and no one has posted the update...hopefully someone here will soon
nottin in new jersey checked on moto droid pro system update whats up with this enyone got this update runnin thankssss
There was a renewal. Loading ...
:-(
Was rooted. Installed OTA update without problems. Then applications like Titanium Backup can not longer get root privileges. Ran Z4Root to Permanent Root again, it crashes and leaves phone unstable, most of the time freezing a few seconds later and I have to remove battery :-(
fpont1 said:
Was rooted. Installed OTA update without problems. Then applications like Titanium Backup can not longer get root privileges. Ran Z4Root to Permanent Root again, it crashes and leaves phone unstable, most of the time freezing a few seconds later and I have to remove battery :-(
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Blarg, don't like the sound of that. I'm nit sure that my wife uses any root apps but there is just something wrong with an android phone that does not have root.
I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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raphael888 said:
I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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Thanks, will try it myself then...
raphael888 said:
I used SuperOneClick 1.7 to get root again after apply this update.
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Thanks very much for the tip... worked a treat!
Guys pleaaaaaaaaaaase, can someone upload the update file off his SD card?
received the update and rerooted again
Received the update and was able to root using the aroot method, z4root will not work .
Download aRoot!
rafeee2 said:
Guys pleaaaaaaaaaaase, can someone upload the update file off his SD card?
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I second that!! Bloody takes them ages this time ... wonder why the holdup with some devices?? Its not like theres a million of Droid Pros out there ...
OK, so I can also root with SuperOneClick 1.7 after the update, but the apps like Titanium still can't get root from the SuperUser app. adb shell su also gets Permission denied (after reboot). Any hints?
Edit: problems solved by using aRoot. My conclusion: run aRoot post-update, not z4root nor SuperOneClick.
I lost root after the update and tried Z4Root with no results. SuperOneClick worked after I tried both root methods and rebooted the phone.
I am using AntTek App Manager to remove bloat without any issue. The phone seems more responsive and I have not had any random reboot until now.
Yep - aroot after the update worked. Re-froze the junk via Titanium and my Pro is running well.
For those like me who didn't know how to use aRoot:
Quoted from designgears
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=981866
http://ponack.net/designgears/atrix/aRoot/
"How to use:
note: xp users, you will get an error about the TIMEOUT function, ignore it.
Enable USB Debugging on your phone (settings > applications > development > enable USB debugging)
Plug your phone into your computer
Extract aRoot.7z
Run aRoot.bat (run unRoot.bat to unroot)"
I need to sell my atrix, so I wiped using the CWM, now it doesn't show the SU anymore. does this mean i'm not rooted anymore? When I go to settings it says OLYFR_U4_1.5.7. If I'm not rooted anymore, do I just start with the Gladroot process? Or do i have to start all over again? the phone's going to be picked up tomorrow and I said it's rooted =s
Run an app that "requires root" like Titanium Backup. That will tell you if your phone is rooted or not...
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nope, it doesn't sideload anymore. i used to do this with my captivate. wipe with CWM and then i'd still be rooted. do i have to flash back to 1.2.6 and start the process all over again?
tepickytoo said:
nope, it doesn't sideload anymore. i used to do this with my captivate. wipe with CWM and then i'd still be rooted. do i have to flash back to 1.2.6 and start the process all over again?
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Just to let you know, I don't have the AT&T version. (I have the Bell)
With that said, I've been following the Gladroot thread for both phones. Currently I'm rooted with Bell using Gladroot.
My suggestion is to "carefully" follow the checklist in the Gladroot thread to get root again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
Especially when it says --> "If you are already on 1.57 and do not have root, you MUST flash back to 1.26 for this to work. NO EXCEPTIONS."
^ So with that said it looks like you need to get back to 1.26 before gaining root again.
Most importantly, be slow and take your time. I've soft bricked a phone in the past when I was in a rush and skipped a step.
Best of luck!...
wiping is known to remove root for 4.1.57, so you will need to so the whole process again going back to 4.1.26.
Ahhhh. I see. I've started the process, i'm on the gladroot atm. Thanks for all the help guys!
I have an AT&T Atrix on the 1.5.7 firmware. I do have all drivers installed, USB debugging enabled, and am using Windows 7 (dual booted on a macbook 2011).
I believe my problem is that I originally rooted it on the old firmware and then i installed the 1.5.7 OTA update. I now have the Superuser app on my phone but it does not give anything root permission. I've attempted to root again via Superoneclick but it gets hung right after pushing pneuter or gingerbreak to the phone. I have also tried unrooting but that gets hung up as well.
Can anyone give me some things to try or even walk me through something?
Thanks so much!
search the dev forum for gladroot as to why it doesn't work...
and you can try to re-root using gingerbreak, which is also in the dev forum.
basically updating without following the proper steps will not keep your root. and also.
NEVER USE SUPERONECLICK!
spend some time in the dev forums. you'll learn a lot.
Thanks! I'll look into the gladroot issue.
I have tried Gingerbreak but when I run the program with my phone connected, the spinning loading cursor displays for a second then nothing happens. I've ran as administrator but that doesn't do anything different.
It's worth noting, on 1.8.4 Gingerbreak 1.2 worked fine. I know recovery wasn't playing nice unless plugged in. That could also help. Obviously it won't hurt.
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It's worth noting, on 1.8.4 Gingerbreak 1.2 worked fine. I know recovery wasn't playing nice unless plugged in. That could also help. Obviously it won't hurt.
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There is no 1.8.4
Meh, 1.8.3 I means. Although I just noticed Greyblur takes it down to 1.5.7
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There is no 1.8.4
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Update to 1.83 and use gingerbreak. You'll need an external SD card though. It works great.
Not sure if this is the place to put this, but I'm having a similar problem, even if I got here differently.
I tried superoneclick, and I tried gladroot. In each case, the program seemed to run successfully, did everything I expected from the directions, no error messages. Claimed success at the end of the run. The superuser app is installed, but no apps are listed. When I try to run an app that needs root, like Root Explorer, it just complains that my phone isn't rooted.
I used the directions and downloads here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1016060
Build number was OLYLA_U4_0.37.4
My phone is on Bell, so I used the Bell directions. Anyone else have or overcome this problem?
i am rooted, all root apps work.
my problem is android commander says am not rooted (windows xp)
and adb dont work
any solution?
Use gingerbreak and report back
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So I tried doing the webtop hack anyway, and when I got to this step:
Code:
adb shell
su
my phone prompted me to allow root access. Finished the process and it's working fine. Ran Root Explorer, it asked for permission, and now it works fine, too.
Maybe doing something as explicit as 'su' in adp shell was the kick in the pants it needed. Either way it's working now...
I thought maybe I'd added superuser to auto-end list, for whatever reason, but when I checked it wasn't there...
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Use gingerbreak and report back
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my sig says i used gingerbreak m8
OK I did not find this easily here, so am posting as a new thread - mods please delete if appropriate.
I had a rooted Atrix running 4.5.91 for ages, no issues. In looking for how to upgrade I came across a thread with the usual complicated series of steps and a side-note about OTA RootKeeper (find in Market).
So backed up (TBPro). Installed OTA RootKeeper. Unrooted. Verifyied it had. Re-rooted, to make sure it worked!
Then Unrooted and accepted the OTA upgrade.
Updated with no issues.
Restored root with no issues. All previously superusered apps still working fine, etc.
I did not find anything describing this very simple process anywhere, so thought I'd post.
(Only casualty of the upgrade is WeatherBug Elite which seems to be unable to connect - off to investigate now as mail, internet and everything else working fine).
Doesnt work
It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
FalconCA said:
It's rootkeer doesn't keeps rot for atrix
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That is not true.
I actually posted that it worked for me in one of the other rooting threads. I did a little different than OP. I didn't unroot for the update. The OTA broke my root and I restored it using the app.
Installed Voodoo. Chose to backup (protect or whatever the option was) the root. Installed OTA. Went into Voodoo and restored root. It worked without any problems. Works as long as you have root before doing the update so I'm not sure what you mean that it doesn't keep the root because it worked for me and OP. I have the ATT version in case it matters.
Worked like a charm for my phone. If you google, you can find specific instructions on the web about the process of how to do it (since the app itself gives no instructions).
Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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i have bootloader unlocked, rooted and CWM flashed.i installed voodoo OTA keeper , saved the all the root stuff with that app then did temp un-root and installed OTA, when it finished installing i just went to the app and hit re-root and it worked.. checked it with root checker
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Are you guys using the stock recovery with this or have an alternative flashed? I have cwm flashed on mine so I don't think the ota will work. Am I correct?
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Should work the recovery is its on part of the flash storage on the phone so i don't believe it matters much to the phone once you get cwm on there when updating through OTAs.
broke wifi
I was rooted. Hid the root, uninstalled superuser. Did OTA. Unhid root and reinstalled superuser.
Now my wifi disconnects about every 20 minutes for a few seconds then reconnects.
Can't find a fix.
Atrix 4G Unrootable after OTA Rootkeeper
OK, technicially it is still rooted, but it loses Shell Root. OTA Keeper. After I re-root or restore root with OTA Rootkeeper, all the check marks are checked off in the Status of Voodoo OTA RootKeer EXCEPT Root permission granted. Superuser app installed, Device roote, Filesyste supports root protection and Protecte su copy available are all checked, but the device does not allow permission to important apps I need and are the main reasons I root my phone. I couldn't care less about ROMs and fancy cosmetics. I need functionaity that this OTA Rootkeeper has cost me. I have tried reflashing, restoring to factory settings everything, and I still can't fully root my phone. superoneclick hangs at step #7, manual root gets an error message "device full" all because this OTA rootkeeper app has completely locked out other root methods and has an incomplete re-root method.
and that is the truth.
My Atrix was rooted using SuperOneClick. I have system version 4.5.91, Android version 2.3.4. Bootloader not unlocked. No CWM or any special ROMS installed.
I've been getting the constant nagging of the 2.3.6 update, but I don't want to lose root. I have ota rootkeeper app, and it looks like the instructions from the OP are simple enough.
My question is, is my situation similar enough to the OP's so I can go ahead with the update? I rooted my phone mainly to use Barnacle Wifi Tether, so definitely want to keep using that after the update.