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Root and android-wifi-tether

Hi!
Short and simple:
I've used this guide to 'root' my HTC magic.
Concerning the guide, my phone is root'ed.
Output of adb shell id
Code:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
Now I want to use android-wifi-tether, but the app tells me I ain't got root.
Am I missing something?
Thanks for help,
xenator

xenator said:
Hi!
Short and simple:
I've used this guide to 'root' my HTC magic.
Concerning the guide, my phone is root'ed.
Output of adb shell id
Code:
uid=0(root) gid=0(root)
Now I want to use android-wifi-tether, but the app tells me I ain't got root.
Am I missing something?
Thanks for help,
xenator
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Does the su-binary exist /system/bin/su?
You could type something like: "ls /system/bin/su" to check that.
If this binary does not exist execute following commands:
adb shell
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su
... try again ...

Code:
# cat sh > su
cat sh > su
cannot create su: read-only file system
Seems like I've to re-mount with 'rw'?
I'm a linux guy, but I don't want to break anything on the phone
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Did the job.
Now it seems that my kernel is missing 'netfilter'.
How do I get a kernel with that option compiled?
And again I could help myself
See here.
Thanks for the help so far!
xenator

android-wifi-tether works just fine, but I'm not able to use my "normal" WLAN anymore.
Anytime I try to activate WLAN in the settings it says "WLAN could not be started".
Anyone can help?

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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EVO Shift Temp Root for 2.3.3 and HBoot Downgrade

To downgrade your HBOOT to go back to 2.2 visit this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255474
This will allow you to flash 2.2 to perm root the phone
If you wish to help with perm root status for Android 2.3.3, please visit this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218580
Thanks to everyone in this post who has helped get this far. You will need to have the Android SDK installed and working knowledge of ADB and basic file system structure.
Major help from minneyar
TEMP ROOT Instructions:
Download http://tinyw.in/1lI
Unzip if required and put in your ADB folder
Launch command prompt and navigate to your ADB folder
adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp/
adb shell
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start fbb58a00 -end FFFFFFFF (if this doesn't work, try rebooting phone)
Download these 2 files here and put them in your ADB directory: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14927732#post14927732
exit back to command prompt if you aren't there already
adb push Superuser3-beta1.apk /data/app/
adb push su-3.0-alpha7 /data/local/tmp
adb shell (should now see # instead of $)
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 su-3.0-alpha7
./su-3.0-alpha7
cd /
mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs /
rm vendor
mkdir vendor
mkdir vendor/bin
cat /data/local/tmp/su-3.0-alpha7 > /vendor/bin/su
chmod 4755 /vendor/bin/su
You now have temp root. Disregard any notification about outdated SU binary. Root will go away if you reboot. If you reboot your phone you can obtain root again by just running the following
adb shell
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start fbb58a00 -end FFFFFFFF
adb shell (should now see # instead of $)
cd /data/local/tmp
chmod 777 su-3.0-alpha7
./su-3.0-alpha7
cd /
mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs /
rm vendor
mkdir vendor
mkdir vendor/bin
cat /data/local/tmp/su-3.0-alpha7 > /vendor/bin/su
chmod 4755 /vendor/bin/su
I haven't found a way to re-root after rebooting without connecting to a PC

Type su and see if it gives you root permissions
Sent from my MiuiSpeedy

says su: not found.

You are saying you cannot install the superuser app? From reading in the Evo3D forums, you could install Superuser, even without being rooted, but it obviously won't allow root access, until you run a root exploit.
Try rebooting the phone, installing superuser, run fre3vo, and then try the adb shell, and su method.
This is getting interesting. Hopefully you are on to something.

Stuke00 said:
See screenshot. Doesn't the # mean temp rooted? Tho I cannot install SU and Root Explorer isn't working. Anything else I need to do first or something?
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Looks hopeful!

tokuzumi said:
You are saying you cannot install the superuser app? From reading in the Evo3D forums, you could install Superuser, even without being rooted, but it obviously won't allow root access, until you run a root exploit.
Try rebooting the phone, installing superuser, run fre3vo, and then try the adb shell, and su method.
This is getting interesting. Hopefully you are on to something.
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Okay let me clarify
I can install SU but it wouldn't install the binaries. I did all of the above. Says su: not found.
I then tried something else.
# mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# cat /system/bin/sh > /system/bin/su
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
I was then able to get the SU binaries to install but Titanium Backup says:
"Busybox works but the "su" command does not elevate to root: "whoami" reports "app_135" instead of root/uid 0.
then su from the command prompt was saying "link_image[1935]: 3160 missing essential tablesCANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE" and now back to su: not found again....

I don't know enough about linux commands to give you any real info. Like in the other thread, talk to agrabren, to see what he has to say.

tokuzumi said:
I don't know enough about linux commands to give you any real info. Like in the other thread, talk to agrabren, to see what he has to say.
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Yeah I tweeted him with what I could provide with 160 characters. Just waiting now.

Well here's a tweet he put out a couple of hours ago.
@agrabren: For those with the SHIFT, it's a known bug in my code that we missed the address. One too many zeroes in the list. I'll try to fix it soon.
Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App

crump84 said:
Well here's a tweet he put out a couple of hours ago.
@agrabren: For those with the SHIFT, it's a known bug in my code that we missed the address. One too many zeroes in the list. I'll try to fix it soon.
Sent from my PG06100 using XDA App
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Yeah he posted that right after I gave him the memory address for the exploit. Just means that I did it the manual way through debugging. At least I think so... hopefully soon!

Good news, everybody! I have successfully acquired temp root on my Shift!
First, fre3vo has to be pointed at the right address. After copying it over to my phone, I did "adb shell" and then ran it like so:
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start fbb58a00 -end FFFFFFFF
That printed out a message that it found an exploit and kicked me out of the shell. After doing "adb shell" again, I got a command prompt. I tried installing the 2.3.6.3 version of Superuser, but it complained about being unable to install "su"; I tried to find a separate su binary and copy it over manually, but it didn't work due to a linker error.
After searching around, I found a beta version of Superuser 3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14927732#post14927732
First I uninstalled the old version of Superuser and then used adb to install the new one from that thread. I ran it and it said it was unable to install su, so I downloaded the version of su provided there and installed it manually. The process went something like:
Code:
adb push su-3.0-alpha7 /data/local/tmp
adb shell
# cd /data/local/tmp
# chmod 4755 su-3.0-alpha7
# ./su-3.0-alpha7
# mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p26 /system
# cat su-3.0-alpha7 > /system/bin/su
# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
I don't know if explicitly running "./su-3.0-alpha7" is necessary, it just seemed like a good idea at the time. I don't know if everybody's block device will be named "mmcblk0p26", I used "mount" to figure out what was mounted at /system.
Anyway, after all that was done, I ran Superuser again and it didn't complain. To test it out, I started up Wireless Tether. It asked me for superuser permissions, which I granted it, and it's working fine.
Root successful!

Good job!!
Sent from my Speedy HTC EVO shift on XDA Premium app

I followed those steps exactly and got what I would call a partial root. Some of the 'you need root' errors are gone but "su" still results in 'not found' even though "mkdir su" results in 'file exists.'
mmcblk0p26 exists on this unit.
The weirdest part is that Adfree will accept the device as rooted and with superuser but says it can't find a partition to modify. And after a reboot root is definitely gone.
I think you're on to it but it isn't quite there yet.

It seems to be fully temprooted to me; I have to redo it if I reboot, but otherwise it's working perfectly. After following the steps I listed above, running "ls -l /system/bin/su" should produce this output:
Code:
# ls -l /system/bin/su
ls -l /system/bin/su
-rwsr-xr-x root root 22228 2011-07-25 19:14 su
If it says "No such file or directory" instead, then the su binary isn't in the right place.
Looking back over what I wrote, I think I left out a step -- if you were following what I listed exactly, it probably won't work, because I forgot to change to the /data/local/tmp directory. I'll update that...
Update: after playing around with it for a while, something is definitely not quite right. Everything works fine at first; I've tested Wireless Tether and Titanium Backup and they're both fine. After leaving my phone for a while and coming back, though, applications that try to get root access mysteriously fail. The dialog prompt doesn't even appear.
Going back into the adb shell, /system/bin/su is still there, but trying to run "su" causes this to happen:
Code:
# su
su
link_image[1935]: 3802 missing essential tablesCANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
But if I use cat to overwrite su and then chmod it again, everything works. su must somehow be getting modified by something else and replaced with a bad version... but I'm not sure where to look.

I caught something like that.
I think there should be a chmod 777 su-3.0-alpha7 after cd /data/local/tmp

minneyar said:
It seems to be fully temprooted to me; I have to redo it if I reboot, but otherwise it's working perfectly. After following the steps I listed above, running "ls -l /system/bin/su" should produce this output:
Code:
# ls -l /system/bin/su
ls -l /system/bin/su
-rwsr-xr-x root root 22228 2011-07-25 19:14 su
If it says "No such file or directory" instead, then the su binary isn't in the right place.
Looking back over what I wrote, I think I left out a step -- if you were following what I listed exactly, it probably won't work, because I forgot to change to the /data/local/tmp directory. I'll update that...
Update: after playing around with it for a while, something is definitely not quite right. Everything works fine at first; I've tested Wireless Tether and Titanium Backup and they're both fine. After leaving my phone for a while and coming back, though, applications that try to get root access mysteriously fail. The dialog prompt doesn't even appear.
Going back into the adb shell, /system/bin/su is still there, but trying to run "su" causes this to happen:
Code:
# su
su
link_image[1935]: 3802 missing essential tablesCANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
But if I use cat to overwrite su and then chmod it again, everything works. su must somehow be getting modified by something else and replaced with a bad version... but I'm not sure where to look.
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YES! I have root! I was able to install a screenshot app and test it this is amazing progress! Thanks for that.
So now when I reboot, you have to do the entire thing again? SU and all?

Stuke00 said:
So now when I reboot, you have to do the entire thing again? SU and all?
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Yes, every time you reboot you'll have to redo the whole process, including running fre3vo and then copying su into /system/bin. Hopefully somebody will figure out a permanent root soon.

Wow those SU binaries are disappearing before I even reboot! Already gone and I haven't rebooted the phone

I think I had that issue too. I just couldn't believe the files just disappeared and thought I did something wrong somewhere.

Would a logcat help anyone at all? Anything I should look for?

[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.
Sent from my MB860 using XDA Premium App

[TUTORIAL]How to manual root official 2.3

I always have problems to root official 2.3 with automatic ways, and found that this caused from some adb miscommunication.
So this is how to do it manual, in case automatic ways stacked.
First install adb-sdk and add its path to system variables, so to don't have to go to adb' s path before you can run it.
Then download doomlord' s rooting tool and extract it to drive C:\DoomLordRoot.v3.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=784296&stc=1&d=1321435888
Preparation steps on device:
1) Dial: *#*#2846579#*#*
2) Go to projectmenu > background settings > log settings > log switch > set Log on
3) Reboot Phone
4) Switch USB Debugging ON
5) uncheck fast boot from settings -> applications
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Open windows command prompt window and do the above:
Code:
adb push c:\DoomLordRoot.v3\files\zergRush /data/local/tmp/
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]adb shell[/COLOR]
chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
./data/local/tmp/zergRush
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]Hit CTRL+C to exit from adb shell[/COLOR]
adb push c:\DoomLordRoot.v3\files\busybox /data/local/tmp/
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]adb shell[/COLOR]
su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox
/data/local/tmp/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
dd if=/data/local/tmp/busybox of=/system/xbin/busybox
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 04755 /system/xbin/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
rm -r /data/local/tmp/busybox
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]Hit CTRL+C to exit again from adb shell[/COLOR]
adb push c:\DoomLordRoot.v3\files\su /system/bin/su
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]adb shell[/COLOR]
su
chown root.shell /system/bin/su
chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]Hit CTRL+C to exit once more from adb shell[/COLOR]
adb push c:\DoomLordRoot.v3\files\Superuser.apk /system/app/
[COLOR="DarkSlateBlue"]adb shell[/COLOR]
su
cd /data/local/tmp/
rm *
reboot
This is basic what the runme.bat file does, just some paths corrected to point to the right locations.

I have the latest official gingerbread (I think v3) and have been trying to root with no luck. I've gone through the steps here but when try to get root access (su), it gives me permission denied...
Any ideas?

Oneclickroot v2. 2 did the work for me or something like this
Sent from my U8800

SS said:
I have the latest official gingerbread (I think v3) and have been trying to root with no luck. I've gone through the steps here but when try to get root access (su), it gives me permission denied...
Any ideas?
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This probably means that rooting failed.
What messages you get when you run zergrush?

dancer_69 said:
This probably means that rooting failed.
What messages you get when you run zergrush?
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I got messages for sending 149, then 189 zerglings, then messages about not being able to mount, find or write to directories.
It seems like it wasn't able to get root access to be able to run its process.
In any case, I just downgraded to the previous release and then used ZergRush, which worked perfectly

don't work.

try this, it works for my B528 rom!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23565074&postcount=7