They can flash the ruu, as I can't predict what changes a user does after rooting.
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Root Universal 1 Click Eris App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY
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They can flash the ruu, as I can't predict what changes a user does after rooting.
andrizoid
Android Expert
what about those on non-windows platforms? im not positive, but i think i remember taking a peek at the RUU once and seeing it contained an exe file.
They can use the PB00IMG.ZIP method with any platform.
Having said that, maybe we can get Grdlock to host all the HTC roms and OTA updates so that they will continue to be available - It's not clear to me how long stuff lays around at sites like MegaUpload.
eu1
GrndSers-Rcng
Newbie
OMG!!!!! I got the recovery but the only way a I can select an option is by using my trackball and it doesnt work!!! It wont go down... The vol keys are not set to work on this recovery either!!!
I guess your going to have to use another method unless.... try to load clockwork mod recovery on there...
We are working on another recovery image, but thats a faulty trackball problem.
cloudwalker757
Newbie
Im new to this rooting gig and im seriously trying to get the right steps to do this. ok i accomplished downloading the one click root app and pressed the button and it tells me to boot it. so im guessing that means turn the phone off right and turn it back on???? and how do i use a custom rom instead of using the basic one
Yep. Reboot = turn phone off and back on.
This method will root your phone in-place (i.e., give you root access on your current ROM / phone). This is not a bad way to go if you are happy with your current phone / setup and simply want to do root things like wi-fi tethering, install root-only apps, and/or overclock.
But if you really want to use a custom ROM, you would first research which ROM you want (suggest scanning through the XDA threads; start with this thread and look at the various ROMs: [READ FIRST] Eris Roll-up Thread - xda-developers) and/or look around the all-things-root-eris threads here on AF for ROM discussion threads.
Assuming that you have already rooted, select and download your custom ROM to the top-level of your /sdcard. Finally, you would:
1. Boot into Amon_RA's custom recovery
2. Make a Nandroid backup
3. Do any wipes that are indicated by the dev's custom ROM thread you just researched
4. Flash the custom ROM like jcase indicated in the OP in "Step 4)"
5. Reboot and enjoy your new ROM!
cloudwalker757
Newbie
alright i got it im runnin the kaosfryo with a droid x theme however im now wondering is there a way how u can change the dialer format to the original stock htc, cuz im not able to jus type the number or name of a contact and it will just ring up. the kaosfryo doesnt do that same thing. so i was jus curious if i could perform that. and im also wondering if i could.
cloudwalker757
Newbie
Also is there anything like tips or info i should know about this kaosfryo rom???????????
Don't know much about Kaos Froyo, but I'm betting that the guys and gals that visit these threads do:
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/152970-kaos-froyo-v30.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/153183-kaos-froyo-v30-gallery-app.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/148699-have-you-permanently-moved-froyo.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/153910-newest-kaosfroyo-rom-auto-brightness.html
http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/152165-how-tweak-kaos-froyo-rom-speed.html
Good luck and enjoy!
QuasiNerd
Newbie
Heya.
I rooted using this method a few days ago (after lurking around here for months learning everything I could about rooting). I honestly wanted to root with a more complicated method, so I could get the experience, but I'm happy that I did it this way. I think I actually need more experience before getting more complicated.
So, my questions are:
-If I do a nand backup, and then at some point a nand restore, do I need to worry about re-installing my apps? or is that everything? If it's everything, what the heck is Titanium Backup for? And I shouldn't need to do a Nand + ext if I don't have my card partitioned?
- Card partitioning: just for apps2sd? I think that the fat32 thing is your system files on your SD (can't access without root), and the ext is the rest of your memory card (or what you see when you mount your phone). When you partition, you are going from 2 ext partitions (fat and original ext) to 3? Hence ext2 to ext3 in Amons? Will ROMs with apps2sd partition my phone when installed? Setting up a Swap when you partition?
-I installed SetCPU, and have the max @ 528 issue. The zanfur overclock patch will fix this, correct?
-Here's the biggie for me: somewhere in the beginning of this post it was mentioned to change the bootloader, for security reasons, after using the 1-click root. I would like to do this, but in the follow up posts (and in this thread http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/121597-how-install-engineering-bootloader.html), I couldn't find any progress on the subject. jcase had mentioned working on this, and trying to do it without having to wipe your phone. I would still like to upgrade to the engineering bootloader, even if a wipe is necessary, but need to be pointed in the right direction.
Thanks so much. I know that's a LOT of questions. I really have been searching on here, and XDA, constantly (got my Eris in Dec. and been here ever since), but I think when you really know something in-and-out, it's easy to forget just how much others don't know. Sometimes it makes the posts confusing for someone like me. Any answers or a nudge in the right direction would be helpful.
...and I'll take my comments off the air...
I rooted using this method a few days ago (after lurking around here for months learning everything I could about rooting). I honestly wanted to root with a more complicated method, so I could get the experience, but I'm happy that I did it this way. I think I actually need more experience before getting more complicated.
So, my questions are:
-If I do a nand backup, and then at some point a nand restore, do I need to worry about re-installing my apps? or is that everything? If it's everything, what the heck is Titanium Backup for? And I shouldn't need to do a Nand + ext if I don't have my card partitioned?
- Card partitioning: just for apps2sd? I think that the fat32 thing is your system files on your SD (can't access without root), and the ext is the rest of your memory card (or what you see when you mount your phone). When you partition, you are going from 2 ext partitions (fat and original ext) to 3? Hence ext2 to ext3 in Amons? Will ROMs with apps2sd partition my phone when installed? Setting up a Swap when you partition?
-I installed SetCPU, and have the max @ 528 issue. The zanfur overclock patch will fix this, correct?
-Here's the biggie for me: somewhere in the beginning of this post it was mentioned to change the bootloader, for security reasons, after using the 1-click root. I would like to do this, but in the follow up posts (and in this thread http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/121597-how-install-engineering-bootloader.html), I couldn't find any progress on the subject. jcase had mentioned working on this, and trying to do it without having to wipe your phone. I would still like to upgrade to the engineering bootloader, even if a wipe is necessary, but need to be pointed in the right direction.
Thanks so much. I know that's a LOT of questions. I really have been searching on here, and XDA, constantly (got my Eris in Dec. and been here ever since), but I think when you really know something in-and-out, it's easy to forget just how much others don't know. Sometimes it makes the posts confusing for someone like me. Any answers or a nudge in the right direction would be helpful.
...and I'll take my comments off the air...
"IF" you do a Nand backup? Stop whatever you are doing, and go do one right now. Backups are incredibly important. No excuses.
A Nand restore restores .... everything! Your phone will be set up exactly as you left it at the moment in time you made the backup - same apps, same text messages, same e-mail in the POP3 Email client, et cetera.
Yes, just for apps2sd. Not needed (and in fact, completely incompatible) with Froyo (2.2) based dev ROMs - only for 2.1 dev ROMs that support apps2sd.
You have the FAT32/ext thing backwards - FAT32 is the way the card is formatted (without any partitioning) when it comes from the factory, and contains all of the data files like your music, photos, etc which are directly accessible by the user of the phone. The "ext[2|3|4]" partition is used to store the application ".apk" files associated with your apps". You can access those files if you use a root-aware file manager, but will not have access to them from your PC unless you are running Linux.
Note that if you "partition" the SD card it destroys all data on the card, so you need to back it up (to your PC) first, and restore that data to the FAT32 partition after partitioning has been done.
I would suggest you just ignore apps2sd entirely unless you want to use a ROM for which it is mandatory. It really is far less than it is cracked up to be, and can lead to some quite subtle behaviors if you switch between multiple ROMs that use apps2sd. Frankly, I think it is not worth the effort unless you have a compelling reason to save space in /data
Yes. Or, just installing a dev ROM that already has an overclocking kernel built into it.
I have changed my opinion about this; at first I thought it would be a good idea to have all new rooters using the new (easy) methods replace their bootloader. With more time, though, it has become apparent that even the simplest of instructions can get bolluxed up by some users, and, because flashing the bootloader is THE SINGLE MOST DANGEROUS OPERATION that can be done to your phone, it really should not be done by anyone who (a) does not need to, and (b) is not technically advanced.
Even if your OS gets completely whacked, and your recovery gets completely whacked - you should still be able to re-flash the "Leak-V3/"Offical" RUU on phones that have the 1.49.0000 S-ON bootloader. From there you simply re-root, and then restore a previous Nand backup. No need to ever touch the bootloader, even if you have the "leak" bootloader.
Don't edit your post too much after somebody has responded to them - it makes for difficult reading for people that follow along later.
eu1
Hi,
I rooted using this method and all seemed to work. That is until I loaded the Kaos Froyo v30. Now my phone won't boot past the ANDROID logo. I reboot into Anon recovery and try to reload the rootme.zip rom but that does the same. Should I pull the sdcard and load a different rom onto it and try again? If so, which one?
UPDATE:
Found a solution on the XDA site. Did a WIPE-FLASH-WIPE and all's well. Running Kaos for the past 90 secs.. I'll see how it goes from here.
I rooted using this method and all seemed to work. That is until I loaded the Kaos Froyo v30. Now my phone won't boot past the ANDROID logo. I reboot into Anon recovery and try to reload the rootme.zip rom but that does the same. Should I pull the sdcard and load a different rom onto it and try again? If so, which one?
UPDATE:
Found a solution on the XDA site. Did a WIPE-FLASH-WIPE and all's well. Running Kaos for the past 90 secs.. I'll see how it goes from here.
QuasiNerd
Newbie
Yeah.... it's a little embarrassing, but I just figured out that Nand and wipe are different things. I thought I couldn't backup without having another ROM to load....
I'm still confused about what apps like Titanium Backup do, in that case. Are they to restore your apps to a *new* ROM, once you have it loaded?
Thank you so much for this explanation. I don't know that I'm super-keen on having apps2sd, but I really like learning about this stuff, regardless. I was the same way when I met my husband. He knows everything about cars, and I was bothered that I couldn't follow what he was saying, so I learned.
Sounds good to me. Great advice.
haha... oh man. The only thing I edited was a missing parenthasis in a sentence, and the last line just popped into my head. I always hear people saying that on call in radio shows, and my long list of questions reminded me of one of those shows. Sorry 'bout that.
Seriously, thanks for the help. It solves a lot of unanswered questions for me.
Exactly.
It's of some use for speeding up the process of migration from one 2.1 ROM to another.
Although here's something cool about Froyo (2.2) ROMs: once you have set up your first Froyo ROM, and enabled "Backup my Settings", when you install a new Froyo ROM (or get a new Froyo phone), Android will automatically download and install all of your market apps - and even do things like restore WiFi settings, bookmarks and other "standard" Android menu options settings.
Froyo restore doesn't restore 100% of all settings, though for instance, I found that I needed to recreate POP3 mail accounts, and repopulate home screen settings. (Using ADW Launcher as my home allows those to be backed up to the SD card and restored with a couple clicks - I use 7 home screens). So, with Froyo, the need for Ti Backup is reduced quite a bit, although I'm sure it can do other useful things, too.
eu1
WIPE-FLASH is all you need to do.
WIPE-FLASH-WIPE would only work if was performed the in the following way:
WIPE(data/factory reset) - FLASH - WIPE(Dalvik-cache)
You could do the above, but unless the ROM dev is doing some ridiculous things, the last last wipe would not have any effect anyway.
All of which says, the right thing to do is
WIPE(data/factory reset) - FLASH
and then boot.
eu1
cloudwalker757
Newbie
what's gscript for???
Its a tool / application for executing Unix scripts (under Android) on your phone.
http://code.google.com/p/gscript-android/: "A small application that allows the saving/editing and running of shell scripts from within Android."
The ruu exe contains a zip, aka rom.zip aka PB00IMG.zip
OK, so I *think* I did everything right but I have some questions. I did a NAND backup and I also backed up my aps using Astro in prep for KaosFroyo. Before I flashed the new ROM I tried to remove some bloatware from my OTA 2.1 and I could not remove Teeter nor MP3 store. So, what am I doing wrong? How can I confirm that I do, in fact, have root access? Much thanks!
First, you can verify root several ways:
1) Download Android Terminal Emulator (free in the Market) and type "su". If you see "#", then you have root. If "$", then no root. (you should also get prompted by the SuperUser whitelist app to allow it to be run).
2) Download drocap2 (free in the Market). Try to run it. If it works, you are rooted. If not, then not. (also prompted by the whitelist app for root permission).
3) Do an "adb shell" via the Android SDK. If you type "su" and see "#", then you are rooted. If "$", then still not.
As far as the app removal goes, how exactly did you try to remove the bloatware (via Astro File Manager, adb, or Root Explorer, Android Terminal Emulator)?
I suspect the problem you are having is because you didn't remount the filesystem as "read-write" (its usually read-only). Root Explorer (a buck or two in the Market) apparently has a remount option / function that makes this pretty easy.
Just be careful with what you delete...its good that you've done a Nandroid backup. Here's one thread discussing app removal: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53646-unwanted-apps.html
