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{Behold 2 }[How-to] Root for App's working with Persistent root

First off, I want to say thanks to Kam187 & the Creators of asroot
Okay, Below is the Method I used for getting Root working for my app's.
Even though Shell is running as Root, any Call's made to su trigger's the white List Superuser.apk, So don't think your phone is wide open. G1's & MT3G Setup's are the same regard sh.
I'm not sure is the apk is counted as warez or not, if so I hope a Mod will remove the link to the Apk or let me know to Remove it...
Okay, File's Need to complete the Task is....
Try3 Placed in C:\SDK\tools> found here > File's attached below
SU for /system/bin found here > File's attached below
Superuser app control for our App's found Here > File's attached below
Next, Mount the SDCARD and place the SU file in the root of the sdcard like so ( /sdcard ). This is Important!!!
From here we do the Following.. ( Kam187 script the I edited ).
adb push try3 /data/local
adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/try3
adb shell
/data/local/try3 /system/bin/sh
mount -o rw,remount /dev/st9 /system
chmod 04755 /system/bin/sh
cat /sdcard/su > /system/bin/su1
cat /sdcard/su > /system/bin/su
chmod 04755 /system/bin/su
su
cat /system/bin/playlogo > /system/bin/playlogo_real
/system/bin/chmod 0755 /system/bin/playlogo_real
echo "#!/system/bin/sh
/data/local/try3 /system/bin/sh
mount -o rw,remount /dev/st9 /system
chmod 04755 /system/bin/sh
cat /system/bin/su1 > /system/bin/su
chmod 04755 /system/bin/su
/system/bin/playlogo_real" > /system/bin/playlogo
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Once Done, place the Superuser.apk in your SDK tools Directory.
Mine happens to look like this
C:\SDK\tools>
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Once you have that Copied over, Open a Command prompt and CD to your sdk\tools directory and type the following.
adb install Superuser.apk
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Once done, do a reboot of the Phone, Once boot up is complete open a Command Prompt ( or app that needs Root ).
For Command Prompt, type:
adb shell
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su
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If done correctly you will now see the deny or allow prompt on the Phone, or just open any app that needs root & you will see the same window.
Here's some Picture of it working
SU working with SU apk on Twitpic & SU working with SU apk on Twitpic

[Q] Root 2.2 318 without ADBshell

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

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

Why 'adb remount' failed on a Rooted neuxs one

Hi,
I have rooted my Nexus one. I can do "'adb shell and then 'su' under the shell"
But on my MacOS Desktop, when I execute 'adb remount', it still said
$ adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
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Can anyone please help me resolve this?
Thank you.

[size=+4]DO *NOT* POST QUESTIONS IN THIS FORUM - only tips/info/etc.[/size]
Right at the top. Why does this have to be repeated on a daily basis?

Can you please move my thread to the right forum? I can't find a way to do it.

Anyhow, to answer you question... you "adb remount" is disabled in production releases... just rooting does not allow this.
You need a modified boot image where ro.secure=0 in default.props, instead of ro.secure=1. The ro.secure flag in the boot image indicates whether the root filesystem can be remounted as read/write... 0 indicated it can be... 1 indicated it cannot be.
If ro.secure=0, this is referred to as insecure boot.
Most custom ROMs have this by default... some rooted stock ROMs do not have this...

Will the Modified GRI40 (2.3.3 Gingerbread) ROM from this
http:// forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=968396
Does what I need? Thanks.

Or you can also use these commands to mount and unmount the system partition as writable:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system

Thank you. That seems to be an easier solution for me.
But after I did
$ adb shell
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
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I go to another shell and i did
adb push sqlite3 /system
failed to copy 'sqlite3' to '/system/sqlite3': Read-only file system
$ adb push sqlite3 /system/bin
failed to copy 'sqlite3' to '/system/bin/sqlite3': Permission denied
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It still does not let me push 'sqlite3' to /system or /system/bin
That is what I need.
Thank you for any more pointers.

hap497 said:
Thank you. That seems to be an easier solution for me.
But after I did
I go to another shell and i did
It still does not let me push 'sqlite3' to /system or /system/bin
That is what I need.
Thank you for any more pointers.
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Don't try to combine adb commands with shell commands.
Copy/move/push the file to your sdcard first.
Then open a root shell, mount it as rw, then copy the file from your sdcard to the directory you want.

Thanks. but I get 'failed on '/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link'
$ su
# mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
# mv /sdcard/sqlite3 /system/
failed on '/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link
# ls -l /sdcard/sqlite3
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 24120 2010-10-16 22:04 sqlite3
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and i have tried:
# mv /mnt/sdcard/sqlite3 /system/bin/
failed on '/mnt/sdcard/sqlite3' - Cross-device link
# ls -l /mnt/sdcard/sqlite3
----rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 24120 2010-10-16 22:04 sqlite3
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I get the 'sqlite3' from SuperOneClickv1.7-ShortFuse.zip.

Wholly crap, don't use the mv command! Bad idea!!! mv does not move the data, it moves the hardlink to the data! Thank your lucky stars mv wouldn't let you do it.
Use cp instead. cp will actually copy the data to where you're going.

Thank you. But I don't have 'cp' in my adb shell.
# cp
cp: not found
# /system/bin/cp
/system/bin/cp: not found
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From here:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/cp-on-android.html
I use 'cat' command to move to /system/bin

How do you have mv but not cp? Do you not have BusyBox installed?

No. I just need to search 'BusyBox' on Android market and install it? That is?

hap497 said:
Thank you. But I don't have 'cp' in my adb shell.
From here:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/cp-on-android.html
I use 'cat' command to move to /system/bin
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The cat command will work fine, no busybox needed: cat source_file > dest_file

efrant said:
The cat command will work fine, no busybox needed: cat source_file > dest_file
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Woah there partner. Cat shouldn't be used on binary files, only ascii files. While it might work fine, it is not the recommended practice and really should not be done.
OP, Yes, BusyBox can be installed from the market.

GldRush98 said:
Woah there partner. Cat shouldn't be used on binary files, only ascii files. While it might work fine, it is not the recommended practice and really should not be done.
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Really? I was unaware of that. It worked every time I used it.

efrant said:
Really? I was unaware of that. It worked every time I used it.
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On standard Unix/Linux/etc. systems, cat works fine for binary files. It's only under DOS that cat or type shouldn't be used for binaries.

back in my ADB days.. itd say remount failed or w.e but i could still access my phone..
but i dont know.. ever since i switched to linux i stopped using ADB.. hahah

[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
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su
chown root.shell /system/bin/su
chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
rm /system/xbin/su
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
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adb push c:\DoomLordRoot.v3\files\Superuser.apk /system/app/
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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

[MOD] [ROOT] Ticwatch E&S: enable all system watchfaces

DISCLAIMER: This tutorial requires root access, so be careful. I'm not taking any responsibility.
This is a quick tutorial on how to enable all system watchfaces on Ticwatch E&S. In order to make this method working it is needed to change the product model. I don't know if ota updates will still work after applied.
Instructions:
1. First of all we need to gain root access. To do this I suggest to follow this thread (thanks to @EpicLPer )
2. Download and unzip the file oem.prop attached to this post. It is a modified version of original file in which I have just modified the product model from "Ticwatch E" (or Ticwatch S") to "Ticwatch E&S"
3. Connect the watch to computer and and send these commands:
Code:
adb push "[I]/directory/to/saved/oem.prop[/I] " /sdcard/download
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /oem
cp /oem/oem.prop /sdcard/download/oem.prop.backup
cp /sdcard/download/oem.prop /oem
mount -o ro,remount /oem
mount -o rw,remount /system
chmod -R 644 /system/app/TicWatchface
mount -o ro,remount /system
reboot
3. Wait for the watch to reboot and don't worry if there is no more any default watchface, it is normal at this point.
4. Connect the watch to computer again and send these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
chmod -R 755 /system/app/TicWatchface
mount -o ro,remount /system
reboot
5. When the watch is booted there should be all watchfaces on it, both S and E ones.
6. Have fun

elios93 said:
DISCLAIMER: This tutorial requires root access, so be careful. I'm not taking any responsibility.
This is a quick tutorial on how to enable all system watchfaces on Ticwatch E&S.
Instructions:
1. First of all we need to gain root access. To do this I suggest to follow this thread (thanks to @EpicLPer )
2. Connect the watch to computer and and send these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
chmod -R 644 /system/app/TicWatchface
mount -o ro,remount /system
reboot
3. Wait for the watch to reboot and don't worry if there is no more any default watchface, it is normal at this point.
4. Connect the watch to computer again and send these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount /system
chmod -R 755 /system/app/TicWatchface
mount -o ro,remount /system
reboot
5. When the watch is booted there should be all watchfaces on it, both S and E ones.
6. Have fun
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Thanks, I was just working on this and you seem to have found the MUCH easier route than I (editing the APK).

BackCheck said:
Thanks, I was just working on this and you seem to have found the MUCH easier route than I (editing the APK).
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Well, I was working on your same direction when I found this easier solution!

elios93 said:
Well, I was working on your same direction when I found this easier solution!
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After reinstalling some apps, I think they reset back to the model defaults. I'm not sure but I think anything that adds or modifies watchfaces causes it to revert.