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Non-Market Bravo

I am brand new to XDA and therefore can't post to the development thread. I have done Super One Click to my bravo and I believe it successfully rooted it. I am trying to add the wifi tether app but because it's non-market it won't let me load the application. The SOC said that it successfully added the non-market app coding but it doesn't seem to have worked. Any suggestions?

Enable att non-market app
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* I am not responsible if you brick your phone, but this is the easiest way, besides ADB shell comand.
** this step also work on At&t flipout
1. Root your bravo.
2. Install "RootExplorer".
3. Install "SQLite Editor".
4. Use "RootExplorer" take you to
/data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db/settings
5. click on the "Value" colum of "force_only_market_apps"
6. Press "menu" button and select "Edit Field"
7. Change "1" to "0", then save.
Now you have "Unknown sources" option available for you at "Application Settings". ( check it to enable non-market install directly from web or your microsd card )

So you're saying using the SQL editor on the phone to change the value right? Also is there a free editor available? I've seen this online and have a free root explorer but so far ahven't found a free editor.

SirMuffin said:
So you're saying using the SQL editor on the phone to change the value right? Also is there a free editor available? I've seen this online and have a free root explorer but so far ahven't found a free editor.
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I don't know other free editor...
There is a discussion about pulling the file out of the phone, edit it and re-install back in. ( somehow I found that method little more risky, if you didn't keep the file in proper format, you might end up w/ infinite loop )

enable non market app on Motorola bravo
First i want to thank No Clue for the final part of this post , because without him i could not have made it possible .
Here is a step by step method to remove (non-market App ) block from your
Motorola BRAVO with AT&T:
First you need to make sure your Bravo is Rooted.
Here is what you need to do for that:
1- you plug your Motorola Bravo to your computer, using the USB cord provided
and as prompted, install the driver (motorola portal) needed to sync your
phone to your PC.Make sure you Check on : Settings/Applications/Development/
USB Debugging.(debug mode when USB connected)
2- Once phone connected to PC successfully. Download this zip file (added below):
AC-SWM.zip
Unzip on your desktop.
( the content of this zip file has everything to perform what is commonly called :
"side load" non-market applications.)
* How to use AC-SWM:
- drop your non-market application into the "payload" folder
- doubleclick "loader.bat" to run application
- If phone successfully connected to computer. a DOS window
will come up and will read "daemon started successfully"
and will show a serial number of the device attached.
the rest is pretty much self guided.
- You push enter and it will show the process of installing wathever
app you have on your "payload" folder.If installed successfully it will
display message "Success".
3- Knowing this. The first step to successfully control internal data on your phone
is to "root" it.
Thats where you are going to need the "side load" method to install :
Superuser.apk (added below)
This will give the following applications access to your phone ROM
z4root.1.3.0.apk (added below).
That little application is the easyest way to root your phone.
just install it and run it. On screen your will have a button that says "ROOT"
press on it and let the magic happen! It will root the phone and will reboot by
itself.
Once the phone back on you should be rooted.
4- Now that it is rooted. There is an option that was removed from your phone
by AT&T that enables "non-market" applications to install.
You need to get to the settings database on your phone to restore that option.
ON Motorola bravos the two database files that controls this option are :
etc/motorola/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/setting.mkitso
and
etc/motorola/com.android.providers.settings/secure.mkitso.
But without some sort of file explorer app you can't access those files.
We are going to use the same "side load" process to install these apps:
- root explorer.apk (added below)
- sqleditor.v1.4.apk (added below)
* what are their functions?
- root explorer, will allow you to show on a list all the files on your phone
including the "root directory" files among witch will be listed the two files
we talked about above. but at this point we can only see them, but we can't
change the codings on them (edit).
- To be able to "edit" data files on your phone you need SQLite editor. It will
also give you the ability to change the codings to it .
5- So after installing those two applications . Run root explorer, it'll take a
little time to find and list all the files on your phone . Then get into these files:
data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
(*thats when sql editor will take over and allow you to see settings.db contents)
you go to "secure"
locate the line listed as : Install_non_market_apps press "menu" button to edit
Records and change value to "1".
and save change.
data/data/com.motorola.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db
(*thats when sql editor will take over and allow you to see settings.db contents)
you go to "settings"
locate the line listed as : force_only_market_apps press "menu" button to edit
Records and change value to "0".
and save change.
6- go back to home screen and open settings on home screen menu
Applications, and voila!
you should have now an "unknown sources" check field available to you.
PS: if Field is not showing try to download a non-market app directly to Phone
and install.
phone will show a message asking if you are sure you want to authorize this app.
and a setting button.
once you say yes the first time. This field will be available to you then .
Now that worked for me and i am currently able to install non-market app
straight to my phone .
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^^that worked gteat, thanks a lot.

Ok I have followed the steps and still no check box for non market apps.

Fixed. Just went ahead and bought re and sql. I will use them in future use anyway. Now it is time to open my kitchen. I hope you guys know what that means.

Zax10
What did not work for you exactly .
i would want this post to remain up to date?!
cause previous user was able to make it work!
Is it one of the files i attached that is not working for you?!
give me details please?!

When I installed your root explorer and sqlite file the sq wouldn't autostart. I have been modding for a while so I rushed and just pulled the db files edited and replaced. Which caused a boot cycle. So I hard reset and installed my purchased root and sq apps. It worked flawlessly that way. I will be dumping my system into the kitchen over the weekend.
With how smooth this phone is I would have figured another dev would have started working with this phone. I will be working on the Bravo while working on my X10. Wish me luck.
Sent from my MB520 using XDA App

Yeah! You right, noone even gave it the time of the day... I guess it's because of all those restrictions with AT&T.
But you know where to find me if you get the cooked ROM to work on this!!!
GOOOOOODDDD LUUUUCCKKKK!!!!
I would say the first step to this is to change the bootloader , but can't find a clockwork that works on Bravo.

same problem plagued the X10 for the longest of times. Now they have about 8 roms including MIUI and CM7 with a locked bootloader. So patients and time will be the key.

just set up WIFI tether. Worked great Thank you.

So Londnwhitted,
The unlocking process worked fine for you with files attached?!
glad i was able to help... apparently those files works fine for some people, and not too well for others, still dont see what is causing this!

lecelui said:
So Londnwhitted,
The unlocking process worked fine for you with files attached?!
glad i was able to help... apparently those files works fine for some people, and not too well for others, still dont see what is causing this!
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you need to master reset after changing those 2 files on most bravo's, that is probably the problem. I did your procedure a while back on my gf's bravo using info i pieced together from other phones, i tried everything but it would not work till i master reset after making the changes, period.

bandroidx said:
you need to master reset after changing those 2 files on most bravo's, that is probably the problem. I did your procedure a while back on my gf's bravo using info i pieced together from other phones, i tried everything but it would not work till i master reset after making the changes, period.
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lecelui said:
So Londnwhitted,
The unlocking process worked fine for you with files attached?!
glad i was able to help... apparently those files works fine for some people, and not too well for others, still dont see what is causing this!
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Sideloader worked great.
The explorer and the sql editor worked. I only changed the 2nd value "force_only_market_apps" and then i was good to go. I couldnt find the Install_non_market_apps value. But after everything i didnt need it.
Didnt have to reset.
Tether works (2.06 not the 3.0) but its rather slow on my nook color. anyone have any ideas how to speed it up?

londonwhitted said:
Sideloader worked great.
The explorer and the sql editor worked. I only changed the 2nd value "force_only_market_apps" and then i was good to go. I couldnt find the Install_non_market_apps value. But after everything i didnt need it.
Didnt have to reset.
Tether works (2.06 not the 3.0) but its rather slow on my nook color. anyone have any ideas how to speed it up?
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it may be because i assume ur using the adhoc mod for ur nook color? i hear the supplicant used is problematic. Unfortunately i doubt the bravo wifi supports ap mode but has anyone tried? dl wifi tether 3.0 from the google code site and see if it will let you set hostapd mode. it works great on the dx but the dx has an ap mode wifi firmware included from motorola for the vzw app.

I use abd install extremely easy for installing third party apps, simple and very painless.

bandroidx said:
it may be because i assume ur using the adhoc mod for ur nook color? i hear the supplicant used is problematic. Unfortunately i doubt the bravo wifi supports ap mode but has anyone tried? dl wifi tether 3.0 from the google code site and see if it will let you set hostapd mode. it works great on the dx but the dx has an ap mode wifi firmware included from motorola for the vzw app.
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3.0 only has auto and ad-hoc mode. But the nook cant see the phones wifi. Any other ways to tether to my Nook color?
Sent from my MB520 using XDA App

Great advice Lec. Was looking all over for that little sucker. Thanks!

[HOWTO] Upgrading to insanity ROM

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I have a regular Samsung Galaxy S. Well I did have until today, and I ventured through the installation of the insanity ROM. By regular, I mean very, very, very, ordinary.. I’ve not even root’ed by Galaxy. So to get to a nice stable working insanity Galaxy S, I performed the following steps :
What is insanity?
insanity ROM is a basic, small, light-weight ROM that focuses on core functionality and speed. It is <70 Mb of installation if your phone is already root’ed. It also supports tweaking the DPI so that you can have almost any resolution you like (depending on the screensize of your phone).
Safety Copy
As I’m fairly cautious I wanted to make sure I had a copy of my data, and had the ability to “go back” to the stock phone.
To get a copy of the data, I installed the Samsung USB drivers (my other machine uses Kies, but it’s not powered up right now). You can get the drivers part way down this page :
EZBase Downloads or the direct link:
Samsung USB Drivers (x64)
Samsung USB Drivers (x86)​
After installing the driver (no reboot required) I then go in to the phone settings and turn on USB debugging, and plug the phone in. It then appears as a Windows device. After that I copied all of the files from my device to a temporary place on TWO of my desktop computers!
Going back to the beginning .. well I hope I never have to, but if I do, I already downloaded the original ROM from : Stock Firmwares for Samsung Galaxy S I9000 Thread - This is my base release : I9000BUJG2|2.1|2010 July
EZBase
This is the forum page for EZBase
Basically I followed in the instructions in the PDF which is located off that page. You download EZOdin, EZBase.pit, and the three files ending in MD5. One of those is 250Mb+ so it takes a bit of time. You then have to restart your phone in download mode… to do that power off the device, press the volume down button, the home button, and the power button.. then wait a few seconds for the splash screen to appear and let go of the buttons. The phone should go in to Download mode.
Once you’re there, run EZOdin, per the guide in the above link, and maybe 5 minutes later all will be rebooted. Your phone will already probably look considerably different! At this point you can plug the phone back in, and copy the insanity zip file to the /sd folder… ready for the next step.
During the installation of EZBase it might do a few quirky half reboots, that’s all fine, it’s installing a new kernel and mode, and it’s meant to behave a bit oddly whilst doing that !
Recovery mode to get the insanity ROM installed
You then have to restart your phone in Recovery Mode. This time it’s volume up, home, and the power on button.. for a few seconds, then when the logo appears, let go of the buttons. Once in recovery mode follow the screenshots on the insanity forum page for the steps to follow, and in a few minutes you’ll have a rebooted phone with insanity installed.
Tweaks / Post Installation
Unlike many ROMs out there the insanity ROM is very small – less than 70 Mb. So there are quite a few apps which aren’t installed any longer, but, you can get them back with nitrality. Here is a run down of the things that I’ve done so far :
I checked my gallery and my music – it’s all still there ?
Open nitrality (you might get warned about it taking super user access, just accept that). Go to UI Tweaks and then tick the box saying “Application scaling”. Old applications will now hopefully behave nicely.
Whilst still in the UI Tweaks section I changed Popup Animations and Transition Animations to fast, and checked the box next to Fancy Input Animations
Now in nitrality, open Applications (and wait a little bit if it is the first time you have run it). Scroll down to near the bottom and install the Voice Recorder. It’ll record all your incoming and outgoing phone calls by default !
Tweak what gets recorded.. because you might not be quite as paranoid as peoples say! Swipe the home screen downwards, and the phone will appear (or open Applications). Click Recording Settings, and then tick the boxes next to either incoming or outgoing, or whatever you prefer.
Whilst in the Recording Setting page consider turning off the “Disable increasing ringtone” by ticking the box at the top.
Customise swipe bindings by going into Preferences from the home screen, and click on Action Bindings. By default Swipe Down is set to “Open Dialer” as an example.
Install the Gmail addon if required, from the insanity page.. you have to restart (one more time) into Recovery Mode to do that … but you don’t have to do some complicated finger pressing any more. Hold the power button down as though you are going to switch it off, and choose Recovery in the list.
I then dragged and dropped the following to the home screen :
- Phone
- Gallery
- Camera
- Gmail (On launching Gmail I had to set up my account again but that’s fine.)
Next up for me, is to install :
My To Do List manager
My Flickr Uploader
And I want to test GPS, when I go outside (but it’s cold today)
Maybe now will be the time when I investigate some other apps that do those jobs!
I have to say there was a bit of a hairy moment or 5, when it appears that I was touched by the 50% on Cell Standby "bug".. I got that sorted thanks to Nitr8 and TrOjAnUK. I think it was a mixture of turning off HSPDA, and the new XXJVK modem suggested by TrOjAnUK, and, the in-and-out-of-air-plane-mode. Have a look at the battery post for more details.

Reserved
Reserved for future use

Reserved (again)
For future usage.

Mr G....
Nice work fella, thanks for this tut I am sure you will help a lot of people out with this. I will link it in insanity....

Nicely done! Welcome to XDA

Great
Great thanks for adding to the main trail on the insanity thread, I know there was lots of discussion on that thread about noobs and stuff (I'm not even as advanced as a noob yet!).

RobWilcox said:
Great thanks for adding to the main trail on the insanity thread, I know there was lots of discussion on that thread about noobs and stuff (I'm not even as advanced as a noob yet!).
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lol, but you search before you ask, and when you ask its a little but more than my "fone don't work help"
P.S. Anyone calls you a noob let me know ill slap em

terranq said:
Nicely done! Welcome to XDA
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Thanks terranq.
I think it's important to "write down" what I did... otherwise by tomorrow I'll have forgotten almost completely.

The only fault I see with this is the fact you should really have added [HOWTO:] in the thread topic..
Might be worth asking a mod to do it if you are unable to edit it now.. apart from that, well done great work.. now go and enjoy your phone thats an order
TrOjAn

D'oh.. Okay, I've done it (Advanced Edit FTW)

That's an amazing way to enter and present oneself to a forum.
Many many thanks, I as many come from nitr8's thread, and I'm using your post to help me help my friends (so I don't have to carry on all the work and they also learn a bit).
Naturally you had to be friends with nitr8! Keep up the good work!

Thanks Mumps, much appreciated. If you use the thread, let me know if there are any adjustments that can/should be made, and I'll update it gladly.

Well done guy. Maybe you should hang out in the insanity thread and abuse people that claim to be new and are just being lazy

Nice; If I'd read through things here and on the main thread properly yesterday (now THERE's a tip!!!), I would have not worn a hole in my screen trying to sync my contacts!

About updating Insanity ROM
I am Sorry if my question is stupid but I didn't find answer from the forum...
I got a SGS with Insanity 0.6.5 version installed in it (previous owner did this). I would like to install the newest version. Since this already is rooted phone can I just follow the following instructions?:
1.Backup all your data, a CWM backup is nice to have
2.Copy Insanity ROM to internal SD Card
3.Reboot into Recovery Mode
4.Flash insanity via CWM ALL data will be wiped
5.Full Reboot - Wait for phone to start up
6.Reboot into Recovery Mode
7.Install Customizations via CWM - Battery Icon Mods & Apps
8.Reboot
Or do I need the install the EZBase etc?
Thanks for the help in advance!
-jp

can't see the voice recorder
I have just gotten into the world of insanity and installed CM15 just a while ago following your instructions here and on the main page.I can't seem to find voice recorder anywhere!Could you give a hint as to how to get hold of it?
Thanks in advance.

sathkartha said:
I have just gotten into the world of insanity and installed CM15 just a while ago following your instructions here and on the main page.I can't seem to find voice recorder anywhere!Could you give a hint as to how to get hold of it?
Thanks in advance.
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Find it in nitrality....and come over and join us at the madhouse
Insanity cm 015/glitch

Thanks for the guide !

How to REALLY Root and update your 2.2.1 Slide to cyanogen 7 - Noob Edition Summer 11

You have undoubtedly seen lot of Rooting guides for the Mytouch 3G Slide, claiming to root the phone:
wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_myTouch_Slide:_Full_Update_Guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1108316 New way to downgrade from 2.2 to 2.1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=999121 Ultra Easy Rooter [dbzfanatic][xologist]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025336 How-To [Root][NewLinks] The myTouch 3GS if you updated to Offical 2.2.1 and lost root
SuperOneClick doesn't work. Nothing works, I've tried them all several times from several different angles. Therer is some sort of NAND lock on the phone, above and beyond typical. Anyways.
None of the aformentioned guides work, so won't waste your time like I did. They are also all written by people who can not communicate well with other human life forms, and they assume you have a CS and/or IS degree, and also assume you have all the software installed on your machine that they have on theirs, and have all the same settings on your phone that you "should" have on yours and they also assume you are doing some "obvious" steps in the middle of their steps that you should know how to do. They won't tell you that, but they do. So here is the REAL definitive step by step guide, with pics, on how to do it. BTW, you don't need a gold card. You don't need to mess with any consol crap. This should take 15-20 minutes max. What we're basically going to be doing is downgrading to 2.1-update1, then rooting, then putting on the Cyanogen Mod, then adding the google apps (which are not included in the cyanogen mod). I've put as many pics as I could and tried to do a step by step that ANYONE can follow.
I was using Windows 7 64-bit SP1 and I think these are the things that you need to have set up, you may not need them but I was trying so many of everything that I don't even know if they are all required, I'm sure I missed some things, but I will keep editing this guide as needed)
*Make sure you have at least 25MB of free space on your phone's internal memory.
*Make sure you've backed everything up you want to (text messages, bookmarks, programs, etc) But the google cloud should keep most your other stuff okay. (email etc) http://tinyurl.com/3b4qp6q
*Turn USB Debugging on your phone. (Settings, applications, development > USB Debugging - check)
*Turn phone to charge mode only when you plug in the USB cable
*PDAnet was running on the PC (This is required it will install the correct driver for step 1, though it's a tethering app and you won't need it for that) - http://junefabrics.com/android/download.php
1. Plug in phone and go to device manager from control panel on your computer.
You open the "Android USB Devices" and see what driver it says.
If it says something like "Mytouch Slide 3G"
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go to Update driver > Browse my computer for driver software > Let me pick
pick this one: "ADB Device Interface" , say okay, etc.
If it does say "ADB Drvice Interface" you're good. Exit out of that.
2. Download "T-Mobile_myTouch_3G_Slide_Software_Update_2.15.531.3.exe" from here http://www.htc.com/us/support/t-mobile-mytouch-3g-slide/downloads/ (157MB)
3. Go to your temp windows folder. IF you do Start > Search %TEMP% it should pop up. Keep on eye on this folder as you do the next step. (Maybe sort by date modified to help)
4. Double Click the "T-Mobile_myTouch_3G_Slide_Software_Update_2.15.531.3.exe" file and have it extract everything. At the first main screen, just wait there with it open and not installed.
You hopefully should have seen some folders be created in your temp file. There were 2 on mine, like so, check them both out:
When you see the one that looks like this:
and has a folder structure like this:
that's the folder you want to copy. So:
5. Highlight the folder with "ARUWizard.exe" and "rom.zip" in it. Mine had about 74 files in it. Copy it, and copy it to another part of your hard drive, and rename that awful folder, sheesh. (not needed)
6. You can close out of the Rom Update Utility.
7. In that NEW copied folder, delete "rom.zip"
8. Download the ~140 MB "ESPRIMG.zip" from here: http://www.4shared.com/file/OsmF_ZD7/ESPRIMG.html
9. Put it into the folder that we copied out, and rename it from ESPRIMG.zip TO rom.zip
10. Now, while you are in that folder, "ARUWizard.exe" check check, next, etc.
11. This will downgrade your phone from 2.2.1 to 2.1-update1
12. Tada! Good job. Now, go download the lastest Cyanogen firmware ROM here: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=stable&device=espresso
13. Rename the "update-cm-7.X.X-Slide-signed.zip" to "update.zip"
14. While you are doing this, download the lastest Google Apps from here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps Mine was called "gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip" and put that on your phone's memory card as well, no renaming needed.
15. Turn off your phone and take out the memory card and put it in your computer (or turn the phone back into a mountable drive) and copy over the update.zip onto the root director of your memory card.
16. Hold "down volume" and "power" which will boot you into a techy looking screen. Ignore any errors, the volume up and down navigates, so go into "Recovery" Mode.
17. Once in the Recovery, you will see a device with a triangle. Press "Volume Up" & the "Power" button.
18. Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset. Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
19. See the option to "apply sdcard:update.zip" ? Do it, with power as confirm. This will put the Cyanogen mod on your phone!
20. Reboot system now. Now, you should boot into Cyanogen 2.3.x! However, you will notice you don't have any of the google apps.
21. So, Now, go into your programs on the phone, and you will see "Rom Manager" a eye with a tophat. Say "Install Rom from SD Card" and pick the "gapps-gb-20110613-signed.zip" You may have to fiddle with the plugging in USB/etc to get access to this, you don't have to buy the program, it will do it, but you have to have it set up so you can see the MicroSDcard, etc.
It will reboot your phone and you will now and install all the google apps. The most important one is MARKET, so you can download stuff. It will now go through all the TOS for each google program you said you want. The rest the wizard should navigate you through properly.
Holy hell this was a terribly troubleshooting process which probably took me 20 hours to figure out they were ALL wrong. Big thanks to "Da Maestro" who helped me on Cyanogenmod.
Enjoy!

wait wait wait... so will this method revert the hboot from 1. whatever to the older version and allow S-OFF?!

yeah, I don't even know what you're saying, I'm such the nube. I don't think this deals with the S-On/Off problem though. I saw some other posts that fixed that. This method does nothing to do with that, as far as I know
All I'm saying is I have Cyanogen 7 on my phone and this is how I did it from 2.2.1 stock.
txdeathray said:
wait wait wait... so will this method revert the hboot from 1. whatever to the older version and allow S-OFF?!
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as far as i'm aware of, there's no S-OFF after you upgrade to 2.2.1, so i was thinking if you can check your hboot by powering off your phone and then turn it on by holding down volume down and power button. hboot version should be on the very top of your screen.

Bootloader error
I get 140 bootloader version error from the RUU. So far I have not been able to get any of the root mrthods to work with my slide.
Any ideas?

nikolag said:
I get 140 bootloader version error from the RUU. So far I have not been able to get any of the root mrthods to work with my slide.
Any ideas?
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Well at least your not alone in that club. Getting the same error, even using a goldcard. I guess back to the drawing board for us at least.

yeah I had that error too,
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/28205-stuck-on-step-8-rooting/
EDIT: To fix it, make sure PDANet it installed and that will install the driver so you can change it from "t-mobile mytouch 3G" to "ADB Device..." It's step 1.
raziel420 said:
Well at least your not alone in that club. Getting the same error, even using a goldcard. I guess back to the drawing board for us at least.
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That is one thing I didn't see, although upon checking it,s not there, and I do have the android SDK installed :/
If it helps any I'm on windows 7 ultimate x64 (since the problem seems driver related).
*edit 1* I keep seeing places where it says to check for the ADB interface driver, but nobody seems to know how to actually install said driver, or where it can be found at.
*edit 2* Turns out that PDAnet is what supplies the ADB driver, so as it happens that IS required (and here I thought that was a stupid tethering app)
*Edit 3* So just to make sure I downloaded the software on the posted links just to make sure some of the other versions I had were not incompatable, and still no joy. At this point I've spent a good 6 hours trying to root this phone and growing significantly more annoyed with it. If anyone has any feel free to contact me, I'd really like to get this working.

hey thanks, I'll edit the guide to say it's required.

Same here, went through all of the steps, still keep getting the 140 error.
edit* went all the way through the steps again very thoroughly, still getting the same error 140. Any Ideas?

It was such a complicated process, dealing with all the other guides some part of them may have worked that I missed. Maybe you do indeed need to make a gold card. It didn't work (I think) on one MicroSD card so I changed to another one.
So I guess make a gold card and give it a try. This is the guide I used to make a gold card:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Create_a_Goldcard
Thanks for helping me get this guide correct.
One thing I did have to do is change USB ports and USB cables, as stupid as that is, I know, I know. The ones in my monitor worked but the front ones on my computer didn't work with the ROM update utility, but I think the error code I was getting was 170 or 171 USB disconnect error.
dgrwe2512 said:
Same here, went through all of the steps, still keep getting the 140 error.
edit* went all the way through the steps again very thoroughly, still getting the same error 140. Any Ideas?
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What if you were to save that rom.zip file directly on the SD card, as the update.zip file first? Would that load 2.1? Because the installer wont.
I'm going to try it....
Nope, didn't work.

The gold card would be great if I had a second sd card, guess I will have to go buy one if I want to regain root.

the gold card worked for me just fine after getting my replacement phone on 2.2.1 all i did was back up everything on my sd card make and use the gold card get root and put every thing back on my sd card just fine.

dgrwe2512 said:
Same here, went through all of the steps, still keep getting the 140 error.
edit* went all the way through the steps again very thoroughly, still getting the same error 140. Any Ideas?
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Do you have PDANet Installed?

Yes, its installed and running. Also, I made a gold card out of my SD card and tried again, and still got the same error. I am starting to hate T-Mobile!

katbastard said:
the gold card worked for me just fine after getting my replacement phone on 2.2.1 all i did was back up everything on my sd card make and use the gold card get root and put every thing back on my sd card just fine.
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Do you have a link to the Gold Card method that worked for you? I keep getting a bootloader error with this method, about ready to give up.

dgrwe2512 said:
Do you have a link to the Gold Card method that worked for you? I keep getting a bootloader error with this method, about ready to give up.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1025336
did this as it reads, i am not a super geek, just know how to follow a list of things to do. i rooted one other time before this when it was really hard to do still. i thought this way was easier

I'm kinda confused why there is gold card discussion here. The method outlined in the first post specifically says that you don't need a gold card. Does this method not work and is that why you are trying gold card stuff?

dgrwe2512 said:
Yes, its installed and running. Also, I made a gold card out of my SD card and tried again, and still got the same error. I am starting to hate T-Mobile!
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I don't think should have it running while you root. (I would assume that would just cause problems.) You just need to install it for the usb drivers and make sure it works.

[Q] Nexus 4, USB Debugging with a cracked screen

Right I have UK Nexus 4, running 4.2.2, Developer Mode is enabled, but USB Debugging is not, it is not rooted.
How can I enable USB Debugging mode, without wiping everything on the phone as I need to use a program called MoboRobo before I wipe the phone (I need to backup messages, bookmarks and contacts)
I can't see anything on the screen at all, so if you are able to help and tell me I need to boot into Recovery mode, then pick an option I need to know how many times to press up or down, this is purely as I can't see a single thing on the screen at all.
I've been trying to follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2177440
But I've no idea if that's correct for what I need to do (purely enable USB Debugging mode without wiping what's already on the phone)
Sorry if this has been covered, I've tried to search but the only thing that came close was a Nexus 7 where the user could still see the whole screen.

Ok first, let me ask a few questions.
1. Is your bootloader unlocked?
2. Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so, which one?
3. Will you have access to a working Nexus 4 in the near future? A replacement, a friend's, a family member's, a repaired version of your current phone, etc?

Johmama said:
Ok first, let me ask a few questions.
1. Is your bootloader unlocked?
2. Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so, which one?
3. Will you have access to a working Nexus 4 in the near future? A replacement, a friend's, a family member's, a repaired version of your current phone, etc?
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1] No
2] No
3] No

JuicedToday said:
1] No
2] No
3] No
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Hmm, that's a tough one then. Do you have adb set up on your computer? If not, follow the instructions posted here.
Setting up ADB for our device:
Download the AndroidSDK onto your computer.
Note: Google changes their mind every other week as to if this will be distributed as a .zip or an .exe. If you get an .zip file, simply extract the contents to your C:\ drive. For an .exe install it like you would any other program, but set the path directly to the C:\ drive when the installer asks.
Or...you can use this page to download the "ADB for Dummies AIO App."
This will automatically install ADB for you to your C:\ directory. It's very very simple this way.
If your platform-tools folder doesn't have a fastboot.exe, place this fastboot.exe file in your C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools (or possibly simply called tools, if you set up ADB ages ago) folder.
Now you have ADB installed! Congratulations.
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Now I would boot into bootloader (Turn off device, then press volume down and power at the same time until it vibrates). Now, press volume down twice, then power button. It should vibrate. That'll boot your phone into recovery. Now set up the drivers:
Get the drivers:
Uninstall any previously attempted drivers if they don't work and move to the next.
Option One:
Navigate to the "Device Manager" (Control Panel > Device Manager) in Windows and Select the android device. Open the properties and select the "Install Driver" option. Pick the driver with "Install from disk." Ignore any warnings about the driver not being signed properly.
PDAnet's drivers may work if the above options don't. Simply install PDAnet (after uninstalling any previous attempted driver installations) to get the drivers.
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To verify your computer is seeing your phone and that you're in recovery, open a cmd window in the location of your platform-tools folder under the Android SDK location (fastest way is to shift+right-click a blank area in the folder in Windows Explorer, Open command window here). then type "adb devices", and it should pop up with a device number followed by "recovery". If you've gotten this far, there is still hope.
Now what you're going to do is use the "adb pull" command to pull the files from your phone onto your computer. I'll try to see if I can figure out the locations of the files you need. One question: What browser are you using (not yet sure if it makes a difference, but in case I find out it does)
By the way, after typing all of that I realized that if you're signed into your Google account, your contacts should be synced with your account in the cloud, you should be able to pull them down on a new phone if you sign back into your account on that new phone. Same with your bookmarks if you're using Chrome or the default AOSP browser. In any case, it won't sync SMS so I'll still try to find out where they're located.

Johmama said:
Hmm, that's a tough one then. Do you have adb set up on your computer? If not, follow the instructions posted here.
Now I would boot into bootloader (Turn off device, then press volume down and power at the same time until it vibrates). Now, press volume down twice, then power button. It should vibrate. That'll boot your phone into recovery. Now set up the drivers:
To verify your computer is seeing your phone and that you're in recovery, open a cmd window in the location of your platform-tools folder under the Android SDK location (fastest way is to shift+right-click a blank area in the folder in Windows Explorer, Open command window here). then type "adb devices", and it should pop up with a device number followed by "recovery". If you've gotten this far, there is still hope.
Now what you're going to do is use the "adb pull" command to pull the files from your phone onto your computer. I'll try to see if I can figure out the locations of the files you need. One question: What browser are you using (not yet sure if it makes a difference, but in case I find out it does)
By the way, after typing all of that I realized that if you're signed into your Google account, your contacts should be synced with your account in the cloud, you should be able to pull them down on a new phone if you sign back into your account on that new phone. Same with your bookmarks if you're using Chrome or the default AOSP browser. In any case, it won't sync SMS so I'll still try to find out where they're located.
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Appreciate your efforts. I did as you instructed, and once I'd got to the "adb devices" I get nothing showing. As the picture shows.
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I use firefox and chrome, and googlemail, but I've set them to not sync for personal reasons. All my contacts were saved directly to the phone. Messages I'm not too fussed about, but it would be nice to be able to view them, possibly back them up.
I've apparently unlocked the bootloader via the Nexus 4 Toolkit. I've no idea if that's worked or not though as I can't see the screen and I don't know how to test.

JuicedToday said:
Appreciate your efforts. I did as you instructed, and once I'd got to the "adb devices" I get nothing showing. As the picture shows.
I use firefox and chrome, and googlemail, but I've set them to not sync for personal reasons. All my contacts were saved directly to the phone. Messages I'm not too fussed about, but it would be nice to be able to view them, possibly back them up.
I've apparently unlocked the bootloader via the Nexus 4 Toolkit. I've no idea if that's worked or not though as I can't see the screen and I don't know how to test.
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Ok, let's try eliminating possible reasons for your phone not showing up. Try re-entering recovery mode with the steps I provided above, in case it didn't work. I know this will sound stupid, but it's worked for me in the past: try switching which port on your computer that your USB cable is plugged in to. Try a different cable altogether if you have a spare. Oh, make sure you're using a USB 2.0 cable/plug. Sometimes MTP doesn't play nicely and you need to do weird things to get it working.
I've gathered a few database file locations that you might be interested in. I *think* they are correct anyway. I pulled them onto my computer but I can't try to view them right now, it'd have to be this weekend when I could get around to it, as I'm moving and I'd need to get settled first (Internet up and whatnot). I can still help you troubleshoot adb though.
SMS:
/data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
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Contacts
/data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
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Browser (I'm not exactly sure which browser)
/data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db
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Once adb is up and running, you'd use these commands to pull the .db file onto your computer:
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
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adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.contacts/databases/contacts2.db
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.android.browser/databases/browser.db
Those would pull the .db files onto your computer inside of the platform-tools folder. Again, I'm not sure about this, and can't confirm till later in the weekend, but I think to view those on your computer you can download SQLite from here. More importantly, I assume you can just put those .db files into the proper folders on your new phone to restore them. You'd have to figure out the correct folder location depending on your new device, as the manufacturer or carrier sometimes switches them.

Still getting nothing showing under adb devices even after trying several USB ports with a couple of various data cables.
Think it's a lost cause! Guess I'll just have to plump for the screen when I can afford it. Or swap the screen over on my insurance replacement enable USB Debugging then swap the screen back.
Other option would be to sell my replacement, buy the screen and still have a few quid left over.. Choices choices!
Thanks for taking the time and effort though, appreciate it.

Just thought I'd give this one last try. The data at this point isn't of any concern. I need to wipe everything that is on the phone, if that means the OS as well, then that's fine.
Is there a way I can remove my apps, data, messages etc via USB cable without USB Debugging being enabled?
Thank you for your time.:good:

cracked scereen, tried command, debugging alreadfy enabled. says devivce offline. is that because i have no SIM in it>?

Johmama said:
Ok first, let me ask a few questions.
1. Is your bootloader unlocked?
2. Do you have a custom recovery installed? If so, which one?
3. Will you have access to a working Nexus 4 in the near future? A replacement, a friend's, a family member's, a repaired version of your current phone, etc?
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I have this same issue. Rooted with TWRP, which does NOT allow you to toggle through the recovery menu with the volume buttons.
After hours googling, I STILL have not found a way to wipe everything from my phone. I tried using the Android Device Manager to erase everything, but that didn't work.
Please, any help on what to do is so much appreciated. Thanks.

ji_mestone said:
I have this same issue. Rooted with TWRP, which does NOT allow you to toggle through the recovery menu with the volume buttons.
After hours googling, I STILL have not found a way to wipe everything from my phone. I tried using the Android Device Manager to erase everything, but that didn't work.
Please, any help on what to do is so much appreciated. Thanks.
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Looks like you're hijacking this thread, but just because I'm currently fighting a similar situation...
you can download the recovery image for CWM at http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.3-mako.img
and then reboot to bootloader, run "fastboot flash recovery cwm.img" (using the file you just downloaded, i usually just drag and drop onto cmd line)
That will get you the recovery installed that will be useful because you don't have to touch the screen.
After that, It's as simple as selecting wipe all. if you can't see the screen, then you'll have to do these steps (after installing CWM):
hold Vol- and Power until it turns off, then keep holding Vol- and push power again.
down, down, power - boots into recovery
down, down, power - gets you to wipe/factory reset page
down x 7, power - confirms wiping all data

Hisense 43A6H Google tv rootable?

I'm about to buy this TV is it rootable?
Hisense 43A6H Google tv rootable?

Technically speaking anything that runs on android can achieve root access. But I think you’re asking if there’s active development. I recently bought a Hisense 65” U6h myself, and there is no development that I have found . If all you need is root, try to get your hands on the stock boot.img from the factory rom. If there’s any updates for your model download it on the computer extract the boot.img and then copy it to a usb drive plug the drive into your tv install magisk apk and use the boot.img on the flash drive to do the patch. Would you mind if I ask what you are trying to accomplish with root access?

well I'm actually trying to remove system apps the easy way by using Mi Explorer and improve system performance and free up some internal storage space so I have enough room to play morrowind by the way sorry for the no spaces I'm not really sure how to use this remote control microphone on my Hisense 43a6h Google TV. honestly there's a lot more stuff I want to do with it as well though like using Viper for Android and among other things like my God VPN repeater hotspot. thanks
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So I contacted Hisense and they sent me the firmware but its a .pkg apple archive and i cannot extract it. Can you help me so I can patch the boot.img and recompile and flash it so I have root access? Thanks
43A6H_43A53FUA(0012)_M0721.zip
drive.google.com
Dear Hisense Customer
Fri 2/3/2023 6:03 PM
Thank you for contacting Hisense.
Please follow the below instructions to update your TVs Firmware.
Download the ZIP file from the above link.
1. Follow the link above and download the zip file. The file is compressed, use a built-in or downloaded (i.e. Winzip) unzipping software to view the zip file contents.
a. Locate the .pkg file inside the .zip.
b. Copy the file xxxx.pkg to the root level of a USB stick formatted as FAT32.
c. Safely Eject the USB from your PC.
2. With TV powered on, Insert the USB stick into the TVs USB port. If the TV has both white and blue USB ports, use one of the white USB 2.0 ones.
3. If the TV displays the USB Media Device prompt after sensing the USB is inserted, just cancel or lose the box.
4. Enter the TV menu and navigate along this menu path [MENU button] > Settings > System > About > Upgrade > Upgrade by USB
5. The TV will respond confirming that an update file is found, and provides 2 options. Select Reboot.
6. The TV will take a few minutes to apply the update and will reboot once the update is complete.
7. Once rebooted, you can remove the USB stick and complete the setup of the TV.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, give me a call at 1-888-935-8880 and please reference your First and Last Name or Telephone Number.
Thank you again and have a great day!

chris1892006 said:
So I contacted Hisense and they sent me the firmware but its a .pkg apple archive and i cannot extract it. Can you help me so I can patch the boot.img and recompile and flash it so I have root access? Thanks
43A6H_43A53FUA(0012)_M0721.zip
drive.google.com
Dear Hisense Customer
Fri 2/3/2023 6:03 PM
Thank you for contacting Hisense.
Please follow the below instructions to update your TVs Firmware.
Download the ZIP file from the above link.
1. Follow the link above and download the zip file. The file is compressed, use a built-in or downloaded (i.e. Winzip) unzipping software to view the zip file contents.
a. Locate the .pkg file inside the .zip.
b. Copy the file xxxx.pkg to the root level of a USB stick formatted as FAT32.
c. Safely Eject the USB from your PC.
2. With TV powered on, Insert the USB stick into the TVs USB port. If the TV has both white and blue USB ports, use one of the white USB 2.0 ones.
3. If the TV displays the USB Media Device prompt after sensing the USB is inserted, just cancel or lose the box.
4. Enter the TV menu and navigate along this menu path [MENU button] > Settings > System > About > Upgrade > Upgrade by USB
5. The TV will respond confirming that an update file is found, and provides 2 options. Select Reboot.
6. The TV will take a few minutes to apply the update and will reboot once the update is complete.
7. Once rebooted, you can remove the USB stick and complete the setup of the TV.
If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, give me a call at 1-888-935-8880 and please reference your First and Last Name or Telephone Number.
Thank you again and have a great day!
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Hey. I’m so sorry about the delayed reply I haven’t been on the forum too often lately. I’m not too familiar with the pkg compression personally. If you were able to pull that boot.img you should be able to just use that in magisk as the boot image to patch. I’ll log in my computer soon and try to download it and see what happens on my Linux system. How did you get that firmware file from them, what did you ask? I might just end up doing the same lol. I have been using adb to remove things such as google tv home launcher replaced with premium projectivy

talksickisil said:
Hey. I’m so sorry about the delayed reply I haven’t been on the forum too often lately. I’m not too familiar with the pkg compression personally. If you were able to pull that boot.img you should be able to just use that in magisk as the boot image to patch. I’ll log in my computer soon and try to download it and see what happens on my Linux system. How did you get that firmware file from them, what did you ask? I might just end up doing the same lol. I have been using adb to remove things such as google tv home launcher replaced with premium projectivy
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Called them but now i need to learn how to downgrade firmware and bypass recovery no command how to extract pkg to root? Ill try bootloader unlock. So do u own this tv?

chris1892006 said:
Called them but now i need to learn how to downgrade firmware and bypass recovery no command how to extract pkg to root? Ill try bootloader unlock. So do u own this tv?
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Mine is the U6h but is essentially the same. For these purposes at least. The main difference between the two is a different type of panel .

I wonder if you have the blinking power light issue like I do after using adb to fully remove google home launcher. I took a sharp knife and one of those square rubber feet for furniture and cut it down to size and put it on top of that light. I’d rather do that than have the stock launcher even having a chance of re installing itself

Wow cool which launcher are you using? Whats the stock launcher filename? I'm going to try to unlock the bootloader soon then I guess I'll learn how to dump the whole os and dump the boot.img I guess idk what im doing but ive done this before with mtk devices just not a tv.

chris1892006 said:
Wow cool which launcher are you using? Whats the stock launcher filename? I'm going to try to unlock the bootloader soon then I guess I'll learn how to dump the whole os and dump the boot.img I guess idk what im doing but ive done this before with mtk devices just not a tv.
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yeah dumping/compiling is above my skill set. The launcher I use is Projectivy. I paid for the premium version to support the dev because I really like it, but the only feature premium adds is being able to choose a wallpaper from storage. Also the package name is going to always be listed below the name of the app when you are in settings>apps> highlighted app...... google tv launcher I removed with adb shell and command adb shell pm uninstall -k --user 0 com.google.android.apps.tv.launcherx if you end up disabling the google launcher I highly recommend also disabling set up wizard afterwards. Otherwise, the app will re-download and you will be playing whack a mole.

I just tried disabling the launcherx and it disabled the SETTINGS button on the remote which is a deal breaker. How do I fix this? I like using Nova Launcher instead of the stock launcher.

Hello good sir.

@TheMadScientist Hello good day mate. ;p So do u know how to get this working on google tv? I disabled the launcherx and it disabled the settings menu as well.
Thanks

chris1892006 said:
@TheMadScientist Hello good day mate. ;p So do u know how to get this working on google tv? I disabled the launcherx and it disabled the settings menu as well.
Thanks
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Not really. When I looked into them was when they really started hitting the market. I had one of the 55 inch. But got rid of it pretty quick once I got my samsung

@TheMadScientist I plugged in my male to male usb and it never got detected plus sp flash tool i had isnt compatible with MT9612 MEDIATEK CHIP. Can u give some android 11 usb adb google tv advice? Is the mt9612 emmc or nand?

I got the bootloader unlocked but no root yet.

chris1892006 said:
I got the bootloader unlocked but no root yet.
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Can you link the guise or a quick how.tl on that? Netws hst for magisk and cI oukd likely figure out su binary over UART or termux + su exec trjcns