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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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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
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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.
Hey Guys,
I know this is the general forum and this may be more appropriate for the Development forum, but that forum seems to have threads started by mainly developers so I don't want to waste space. Anyways, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I followed the steps for rooting shown on the Gingerblur guide and I can't seem to finalize it. I was able to get Gingerbreak on my phone successfully. When I click root on the app it says that it is in progress and to wait a few minutes but does not progress from there. I've let it sit 10+ minutes twice now and have restarted the phone inbetween the attempts. The phone is in USB Debugging. Thanks fellas.
You have an external SD card in your phone?
I just use gladroot. Flash to stock 1.26, run gladroot, update to 1.57, update to 1.83, run afterupdate.bat
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Using that method, you can then backup with titanium backup.
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Thanks for the quick replies. I'm new to Android and don't exactly know how to "flash" back to a previous update yet (will have to read up on it more). I've jailbroken multiple iPhones so I'm not a complete phone noob. I also haven't figured out how exactly to use Titanium Backup yet either haha.
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Hey Guys,
I know this is the general forum and this may be more appropriate for the Development forum, but that forum seems to have threads started by mainly developers so I don't want to waste space. Anyways, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I followed the steps for rooting shown on the Gingerblur guide and I can't seem to finalize it. I was able to get Gingerbreak on my phone successfully. When I click root on the app it says that it is in progress and to wait a few minutes but does not progress from there. I've let it sit 10+ minutes twice now and have restarted the phone inbetween the attempts. The phone is in USB Debugging. Thanks fellas.
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I just gingerbroke my phone and had a similar issue. Make sure that you have USB debugging enabled and that you also have the SD card inserted and mounted. I was stalling during root because my SD card wasn't mounted.
I just ran into this. Gingerbreak will not work unless you have an external sd card mounted. I will not work with the internal card alone. It only wipes the internal card though. A bug perhaps?
Look in the development thread for a guide on flashing and gladroot. Gladroot doesn't say it works for 1.83 but it does. Many people have had success with it.
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lyon21 said:
Look in the development thread for a guide on flashing and gladroot. Gladroot doesn't say it works for 1.83 but it does. Many people have had success with it.
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So if it works with 1.83 I won't need to flash right?
Gladroot has now been confirmed as working with 4.1.83.
I just used gingerbreak on my 4.1.83 phone last night. I wish I had known it was going to wipe the internal SD card because I lost a lot of my apps stored to the sd card! That sucked having to reinstall them.
I'm using gingerbreak on my 1.8.3, it works fine
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use OneClickSuperRoot1.6.5 i used this because gingerbreak would hang for me too. Select the rageagainstthecage option instead of the psneuter
mariol66 said:
use OneClickSuperRoot1.6.5 i used this because gingerbreak would hang for me too. Select the rageagainstthecage option instead of the psneuter
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If you have a problem with gingerbreak hanging? Then what you gotta do is set your usb connection to motorola phone portal then run gingerbreak and it will work!
Do you have a alt home installed? I had Launcher pro and the same thing kept happening to me, so i uninstalled it and when I tried again it worked like a charm.
Alright, i've gone over the instructions for the past month... finally decided to try and do this.
However, in both HC (0.03.01-HC) and now ICS (0.03.12-ICS), this tool has always stopped at stage 2:
Flashing Bootloader (EBT) stage two - uploading image...
In the dos window...
Nvflash started
[resume mode]
i presume AfterOTA stops at this location too as it stops at 3/5 Flashing.
I know i have the right SBK because i've used OTA (both times) and this has given me the SBK (which was the same after i upgraded to the locked ICS).
I've updated all the drivers on my windows 7 computer...
I've also now done this on two computers.
The only way i've been able to get out of it is to unplug and shutdown the tab.
Anyone have ANY clue why this is happening?
FYI, here is my current build.
Android Build : Acer_AV041_A500_1.031.00_WW_GEN1
Bootloader : 0.03.12-ICS
(Yes i have an a501, however i haven't been able to get past the bootloader update at all).
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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Got it. New v4 of blackthund3r's tool worked.
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same problem
Im experiencing the same exact problem you posted, so I thought I'd just add to it rather than start another. Ive tried so many times. Ive tried AfterOTA and the APX Flash method but I keep getting stuck on 'stage two: uploading image'. Not sure what to do at this point. Ive reinstalled the drivers. Can anyone give me a hand with this?
500tab said:
Im experiencing the same exact problem you posted, so I thought I'd just add to it rather than start another. Ive tried so many times. Ive tried AfterOTA and the APX Flash method but I keep getting stuck on 'stage two: uploading image'. Not sure what to do at this point. Ive reinstalled the drivers. Can anyone give me a hand with this?
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Well what I did was run the newest apxflash (v4) and the only difference was the new option about bcl and I ran the patch for it.
Good luck. I'm at the point where I don't have a cwm anymore and can't install any Roms. ack!!!
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ordio said:
Well what I did was run the newest apxflash (v4) and the only difference was the new option about bcl and I ran the patch for it.
Good luck. I'm at the point where I don't have a cwm anymore and can't install any Roms. ack!!!
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I've seen posts about this, but no answers (or i haven't found them yet).
I found i had to install "1.031.00-Patched-BL-CWM-Kernel.a500apx" first (via blackthund3r's tool)... Once that was installed, CWM was installed in the recovery.
Whew.. back to my a501, alexandra v.
Jeez what did you guys do I didn't really read xda instructions I just plugged the tablet in after a couple fails of it setting it..it worked.. If you don't get cwm from the tools and you have the newest bootloader try installing Acer recovery app from google play then installing the older recovery then download the new recovery from another source I can't mention.that is what I did and it worked.
Pm me if you need some extra guide to what I said or maybe someone will go into another install guide
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Jeez what did you guys do I didn't really read xda instructions
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Uhm, yes i did... for the past 4 months i've been watching and waiting.. reading everything i can before i decide to do it..
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I just plugged the tablet in after a couple fails of it setting it..it worked..
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Its all YMMV (your mileage may vary)... mine took a while to get to where i wanted to go.
I read NOTHING.. and i mean NOTHING about BLT being the cause of why i couldn't upgrade. I didn't know that was the issue as i didn't find any posts about it... believe me i read every single post in that 65 page one about upgrading... many times.. nothing about BLT.
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If you don't get cwm from the tools and you have the newest bootloader try installing Acer recovery app from google play then installing the older recovery then download the new recovery from another source I can't mention.that is what I did and it worked.
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Well, when i installed the new boot loader, there was nothing saying i shouldn't already have the CWM that i installed via the apx tool. However i kept trying (tried about 7 different updates on my bootloader, and none did it).. however its possible it could have been a downloading issue (as the files were being saved as .zip and not .a500apx). So it was difficult to install a new recovery when i didn't have CWM in the first place.
Once i installed the one i mentioned in the post above, i ended up with CWM so i was able to continue.
I've got an SGS 1 and a SGT, and i know how to follow instructions to the letter... its funny though that i've been able to figure most of the issues out on my own in the end. Usually technical and not an instruction.
I'm hoping this post will help anyone who happens to have the same issues i was having (as the 2nd poster was). I read in the upgrade to ics bootloader post that someone had the exact same issue i did (no cwm after install), and there was NO answer to it.
I was not trying to put any one down if I came of that way.. I didn't know about cwm that is why I stated what I said that I just did what I thought would work and it did.
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dincdoes.me said:
I was not trying to put any one down if I came of that way.. I didn't know about cwm that is why I stated what I said that I just did what I thought would work and it did.
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Its no problem, all good. I'm just happy I finally have ics on my a501.
Cheers!
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Took me days to do this.. Generic Google drivers finally got the apxtool to work.
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Took me days to do this.. Generic Google drivers finally got the apxtool to work.
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Generic google Drivers? You mean the basic ADB drivers? Can you provide link because this is driving me insane.
i have got the same problem....can anyone help me with this one please?
apxflash keeps stuck here: Flashing Bootloader (EBT) stage two - uploading image...
afterOTA keeps stuck at 3/5 stages
no idea, what to do.
thanks!
had to fix my partition tables first...Moscow Desire on this forum had an idea and it worked!
thank you!
get to A501_HC_bootloader.a500apx
get to A501_HC_bootloader.a500apx
I have a RAZR m & I was rooted but a update came in and I accidentally hit the wrong button, so long story short I lost root now I have tried reset then reroot using different techniques nothing has worked. Any advice or solution would be great. Also sorry if this post is in the wrong area I'm just trying to hurry and find a solution I have searched and found no solution
use motochopper by dan, it will root your phone again.
here's the link:
http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/t...-another-android-root-exploit-412/?pid=244281
I tried motochopper several times to no prevail
Uncl3 Trav said:
I tried motochopper several times to no prevail
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it should work.
check if USB debbuging is enabled and that you have that latest drivers installed, if not
try using mattlgroff utility 1.20 - it gives you the options to root and unlock the bootloader if you wish to.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249773
This is the errors I keep seeing. No method has worked I don't know where to go from here
this might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984596
Thanks for the help, i found a resolution so heres what i did i moved zip file to a dedicated folder extracted here, then ran bat file as admin & then viola i got my root access back
Uncl3 Trav said:
Thanks for the help, i found a resolution so heres what i did i moved zip file to a dedicated folder extracted here, then ran bat file as admin & then viola i got my root access back
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haha, glad to know you were able to solve your problem!
ktracho13 said:
haha, glad to know you were able to solve your problem!
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I cannot get this thing to root. I am getting the following when running the utility:
jgramkow said:
I cannot get this thing to root. I am getting the following when running the utility:
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It's not detecting your phone. Is USB debugging on?
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RikRong said:
It's not detecting your phone. Is USB debugging on?
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Yes. I can run "adb devices" and see it.
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A few months back I rooted my girlfriend's Impulse 4G and installed a custom ROM. I don't know the exact ROM but at the very least the boot screen says "Kalo 'Perfection'". EDIT: I believe it was this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553705
Anyway, a few days ago apps started to crash randomly on her phone. When I reboot the phone, apps begin to crash after a minute or two of use and continue to crash more frequently until it's unusable.
I've tried: factory resetting it, uninstalling apps with adb, installing titanium backup pro with adb and uninstalling apps, clearing cache from recovery, factory resetting from recovery, restoring a backup with roadkil's, flashing a new rom, flashing a new recovery, updating to stock with the dload folder on my sdcard, and ...
no matter what I do, when I reboot the phone it always returns to the same state, unchanged.
And, long-time lurker here who registered to beg for help, of course. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Are you able to provide logcat?
I turned on the phone and let it boot for a minute, then ran logcat. Never used it before, so let me know if you need something more specific.
h t t p : / / pastebin.com/eMTJmvLZ
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And, if it helps, when I try a factory reset from recovery I get "E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2". I'm using CWMR Touch v6.0.1.0.
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I turned on the phone and let it boot for a minute, then ran logcat. Never used it before, so let me know if you need something more specific.
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And, if it helps, when I try a factory reset from recovery I get "E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk1p2". I'm using CWMR Touch v6.0.1.0.
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There is no such block as /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 in the phone. But I guess your phone is different to the normal one.
The only thing I can think is that you have probably flashed the wrong android for your phone. What Custom ROM did you flash? Can you give me a link to both the recovery and the ROM (link for where you downloaded them from).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1553705 I believe this was the ROM. I can't find the recovery at the moment but it's CWMR touch v6.0.1.0. Based on the instructions given with the ROM I'm using the wrong recovery
I am not familiar with your phone, but this might help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1889305
Meanwhile, I will try to get someone who is familiar.
Unfortunately I've tried everything I can from that thread, I think. Whenever I replace the recovery.img it doesn't stick when I reboot. Same for the roadkil's image. I tried to recover the image I made before I rooted the phone but it never sticks.
I think your partitions for data and cache is incorrect or missing.
What pink screen are you trying to restore(2.2,2.3,4.0,4.1,4.2?)
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Somcom3X said:
I think your partitions for data and cache is incorrect or missing.
What pink screen are you trying to restore(2.2,2.3,4.0,4.1,4.2?)
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I have pink screen access currently. I was going to try to restore it with the instructions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 but I wasn't sure that the bootloader.bin they provide is compatible with the u8800-51.
Anyone figured anything out?
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I have pink screen access currently. I was going to try to restore it with the instructions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 but I wasn't sure that the bootloader.bin they provide is compatible with the u8800-51.
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I asked the creater of that thread, but he doesn't know if it would work on yours. He is recommending you to use the bootloader from u8800pro.
Dexdro said:
I have pink screen access currently. I was going to try to restore it with the instructions found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 but I wasn't sure that the bootloader.bin they provide is compatible with the u8800-51.
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I never saw your post.
Anyhow, you can upgrade to 2.3 but cannot go back to 2.2 unfortunately
Tell me how this results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844442&highlight=am+labs
rqmok said:
I asked the creater of that thread, but he doesn't know if it would work on yours. He is recommending you to use the bootloader from u8800pro.
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Where could I find that?
Somcom3X said:
I never saw your post.
Anyhow, you can upgrade to 2.3 but cannot go back to 2.2 unfortunately
Tell me how this results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844442&highlight=am+labs
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Gonna follow the instructions now.
Somcom3X said:
I never saw your post.
Anyhow, you can upgrade to 2.3 but cannot go back to 2.2 unfortunately
Tell me how this results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844442&highlight=am+labs
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The link in that thread is dead.
Dexdro said:
The link in that thread is dead.
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You can download official 2.3 from huawei website, or from the thread, in Android Development section, that has the index of all ROMs.
Dexdro said:
The link in that thread is dead.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844442
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1844442
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It resulted like the other things I tried: no change. At all. What would make the phone unable to write changes? Something amiss with the partitioning?
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It resulted like the other things I tried: no change. At all. What would make the phone unable to write changes? Something amiss with the partitioning?
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Thought it would work tbh. I will give you my gtalk in pm
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Can you try posting the logcat again? I could not open the one you sent before.
h t t p : / / pastebin.com/j50wr7i2