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Root Froyo 318

I have upgraded from 309 to 318.......wanting to root it using z4root and universal androot but both apps dont work for this 318 version.....
does anyone have any clues to what i can do? please advise, thanks

Please Do Not Post the Same Question in 2 Forums i will Lock this one as i have answered the other one

Quoted from fards' thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844966&highlight=rageagainstthecage
Been rooting this way since day 1 -- if you aren't the type in command prompt, you can also just copy and paste the command lines exactly~
GET ECLAIR/FROYO version of Superuser.apk and su
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828 extract the two files to the directory you're working from..
GET rageagainstthecage from
http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/RageAgainstTheCage.tgz
extract the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin to the same directory you're working from
open a terminal/command line
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb shell chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb shell chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage
******this will kill adb server but manually kill it anyway and restart it ******
adb kill-server
adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
**********Follow the following steps to install Superuser.apk, busybox,su ****************
cd /data/local/tmp
./busybox cp busybox /system/bin/
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app/
busybox cp su /system/bin/
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
exit
exit
then reboot streak
************to remount filesystem as readonly,*************
adb shell
# su
su
#mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
# exit
exit
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[Q] Root 2.2 318 without ADBshell

Hi,
a pin of my USB connector is broken so I cannot get a USB data connection to a PC (but charging still works ...).
How can I root the official 318 build of froyo ? More specifically, in the new build, there doesn't seem to be any mounted filesystem on which one can copy RATC to run it.
Any hint welcome.

Have you already tried superoneclick, androot, or z4root? If so, then maybe try the below.
I don't know if this will work but you can try fard's instructions to root manually and use "Terminal Emulator" from Market instead of ADB SHELL, but i don't know what will happen when you run rageinthecage~ You will need to change the instruction a bit for your case.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844966&highlight=rageagainstthecage
Instructions:
1. Copy all the needed files (from fards thread) into the SDCARD.
2. run Terminal Emulator
3. cd /sdcard/
4. busybox cp rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
5. busybox cp Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
6. busybox cp su /data/local/tmp/su
7. busybox cp busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
8. chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
9. chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/busybox
10. cd /data/local/tmp
11. ./rageagainstthecage
12. Reset Terminal
13. Start Terminal Emulator again
14. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
15. follow the rest of the instructions below "mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system "
In case you can't find it in the thread, here is the original post by fards:
GET ECLAIR/FROYO version of Superuser.apk and su
from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828 extract the two files to the directory you're working from..
GET rageagainstthecage from
http://stealth.openwall.net/xSports/RageAgainstTheCage.tgz
extract the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin to the same directory you're working from
open a terminal/command line
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb push Superuser.apk /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
adb push su /data/local/tmp/su
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb shell chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage
adb shell chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/busybox
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
./rageagainstthecage
******this will kill adb server but manually kill it anyway and restart it ******
adb kill-server
adb start-server
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
adb shell
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
**********Follow the following steps to install Superuser.apk, busybox,su ****************
cd /data/local/tmp
./busybox cp busybox /system/bin/
chmod 4755 /system/bin/busybox
busybox cp Superuser.apk /system/app/
busybox cp su /system/bin/
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
exit
exit
then reboot streak
************to remount filesystem as readonly,*************
adb shell
# su
su
#mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
# exit
exit
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Well...
yes, I have tried all that.
The main problem with the last option (i.e. CLI) is that the directory /data/local/tmp/ is not user writable (actually /data permissions are 751). So I was in search of a another directory (in an executable partition) where I can copy rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin.
Finally found it : "find" was my friend. /firstboot/sqlite/jackpal.androidterm/ is owned by my user (ID 10123)! It's the only one I found in all the filesystems!
Note that "find" is available through /system/bin/busybox_1P8P1. Btw /firstboot/sqlite/jackpal.androidterm/ seems to be linked to the terminal process.
Ran rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin various times to no avail ! It didn't give me root!

[Q] Got root via adb, how do I make it permanent?

Code below works as far as getting root via adb
But after reboot I get following error:
Code:
? su
link_image[1717]: 2977 missing essential tablesCANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
Do you know what's missing here?
Code:
./adblinux push psneuter /data/local/tmp
./adblinux push su-v3 /data/local/tmp
./adblinux push busybox /data/local/tmp
./adblinux shell chmod +x /data/local/tmp/psneuter
./adblinux shell chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su-v3
./adblinux shell
$ /data/local/tmp/psneuter
# exit
./adblinux shell
# cat /proc/mounts
# mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/stl5 /system
# busybox cp -vaf /data/local/tmp/su-v3 /system/xbin/su
# ls -l /system/xbin/su
# busybox chown 0.2000 /system/xbin/su
# busybox chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
# ls -l /system/xbin/su
# rm /system/bin/su
# busybox ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
# ls -l /system/bin/su
# busybox cp -f /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin
# busybox chown 0.2000 /system/xbin/busybox
# busybox chmod 0755 /system/xbin/busybox
# ls -l /system/xbin/busybox
# exit
./adblinux install -r Superuser.apk
./adblinux reboot

Hi,
I am new here, but advanced linux user
I have already done this succesfully on my X10i - thanks 1st working howto on linux OS
Theres propably mistake with these steps:
./adblinux shell chmod +x /data/local/tmp/psneuter
./adblinux shell chmod +x /data/local/tmp/su-v3
In my case these commands left errors. They have to simply mark these binaries as executable. But chmod +x * doesnt work (dont ask why ) - so I marked them as executables (su,psneuter,busybox) in desktop linux os before transfer and it worked.
The next mistake is in the line:
busybox cp -vaf /data/local/tmp/su-v3 /system/xbin/su
Because busybox is not yet in the system path - so you have to type:
# /data/local/tmp/busybox cp -vaf /data/local/tmp/su-v3 /system/xbin/su
Until
# /data/local/busybox cp -f /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin
You can use busybox directly.

chmod +x doesn't work on android, you have to use chmod 777 or 666 or the like to get it to work properly.

Semperverus said:
chmod +x doesn't work on android, you have to use chmod 777 or 666 or the like to get it to work properly.
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Or do it on linux GUI and mark as executable before transfer to Android device

Need Some Help

So I'm on the Latest official 2.2.1 from Motorola/ATT, but I'm having some issues.
My home button doesn't work at all and I can't get it to work despite my efforts. So I think I just need to do a factory reset and delete everything, I think my rooting and mods to my 2.1 soft ware may have messed everything up. Before I try this, will it delete all my text messages and stuff? or should I back them up with that SMS backup program?
Also, i'm having a hard time rooting it with SuperOneClick, it fails to work completely so does anybody know exactly what commands I need to just root via my terminal?

nevermind I figured it out. Here are the commands if anybody is interested:
./adbmac push psneuter /data/local/tmp
./adbmac push su-v2 /data/local/tmp
./adbmac push busybox /data/local/tmp
./adbmac shell
$ busybox chmod +x /data/local/tmp/psneuter
$ /data/local/tmp/psneuter
# exit
$ exit
./adbmac remount
./adbmac shell
# busybox mv /data/local/tmp/su-v2 /system/xbin/su
# busybox chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su
# busybox chown 0.2000 /system/xbin/su
# busybox ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
# busybox cp /data/local/tmp/busybox /system/xbin
# busybox chmod 0755 /system/xbin/busybox
# busybox chown 0.2000 /system/xbin/busybox
# exit
$ exit
./adbmac install Superuser.apk
./adbmac reboot
I copied pasted from somewhere else on this site

Have you tried flashing the 2.2 SBF using RSD Lite? I tried that for a different problem and it worked.
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Ok I just reflashed it using the stock recovery then I wiped all the data(factory reset). I backed my stuff up first though. I was wrong in my previous post about how to root using terminal. To correctly root you need to follow this guide to the T. http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-nexus-one-running-android-2-2-1-from-ubuntu-linux/
I just flashed RC2 and it is loading now...

[How to] Root Motorola Atrix with terminal

Maybe I'm the only one but this is the method I prefer to use to root my phone. I'm not always sure which OS I'll be working with when I have to do this and this one works on all of them as long as you have the Android SDK.
Put the files into your platform-tools folder to make them easy to find.
Not sure if I need this but I'm not responsible for bricks or any other complication, etc, etc.
adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp
adb push bin/su /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 6755 /data/local/tmp/psneuter
$ ./data/local/tmp/psneuter
adb shell
# mount -o rw, remount /dev/block/mmcblk0p12 /system
# rm /data/local/tmp/su /system/bin/su
#chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
exit

really? psneuter only works for 1.26 froyo

I used this method on 1.83 when I first got the phone. Might need to look back into this. Someone asked about this method so I posted it.
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