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Root Universal 1 Click Eris App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY

hamsterhonda said:
how do i get the http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8699733/erisone010.apk
on to my phone, im sorry but i am very new to this,,thanks for any help guys
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One way is to install the free Astro file manager from the Market.

ASTRO File Manager - Android app on AppBrain

First, from home, go to settings->Applications and click the check mark "Unknown sources".

Then, after you install and that start Astro, it will show you all of the files and folders in the root directory of your SD card. Go to the "Download" folder, where you should find that file after you download it, and click it; that should ask you if you want to install the app.

Ok, all that said, probably the easiest thing to do is to go to the market and search for "HTC Eris 1 Click Root App". It should show you this app:

HTC Eris 1 Click Root App - Android app on AppBrain

Just install it and that will be a lot easier than what I just typed above!
 
ok tried this, the phone pulls up the hboot white screen i dont see the screen images above, it just asks if i want to start update?? any help, thanks guys
 
This 1Click is fantastic. I was a little nervous, but I was so frustrated with the phone's performance lately, I was willing to take the leap. I did the 1click, and then flashed xtrSense. Now I'm getting very good speed from the phone, the dialer, etc, and my battery life is much better. Plus I have more internal memory free with xtrSense as opposed to the stock Sense UI. Thanks a lot.
 
Hey This is a great tool for beginner rooter. But i do have one question is there a one unroot process or do i have to do it manually. i say this because I am thinking about taking the phone to verizon in hope of a different phone replacement. LOL
 
Bluemumba said:
Hey This is a great tool for beginner rooter. But i do have one question is there a one unroot process or do i have to do it manually. i say this because I am thinking about taking the phone to verizon in hope of a different phone replacement. LOL
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Yes, you can un-root (typically done by using the RUU or flashing the v3 leak). Just search on "unroot" or "un-root" in the eris-all-things-root forum when (if) you need to and you'll see lots of (too many :eek:) threads regarding this.

Cheers!
 
To anyone that is concerned about doing this or thinks it might be too hard, don't be.

This method is SO easy, that I actually rooted a friends phone this weekend while we were driving down the highway. I then downloaded a ROM and installed it for him. All of this took about 30 minutes start to finish. He then proceeded to ignore everyone at the restaurant while he played with his phone. :(:rolleyes:

@Jcase & Eclips3, you boys did a hell of a nice job on this. As per your request, he will be donating money to a shelter in our area this week.
 
This worked for me! This was only the second phone I've rooted. Had a ton of problems on my boyfriend's Hero and learned a lot doing that. This really helped to speed up the process on my Eris
 
Thanks jcase (and other people that have clarified). I rooted my wife's Eris in minutes and it was super easy (easier than my Incredible). Now I hope xtrSENSE will help her phone run better...
 
I just rooted using this 1 click method. pretty easy so far, but still nervous. I did not flash the rootme.zip file. I did data wipe & dalvick wipe & went straight to xtrSENSE. It's rebooting for the first time right now.
 
Okay, this was asked before, but I can't find a response to it. Where do I find usb debugging under settings? I did not do that step yet. Do I need to still do that since I flashed xtrSense, or was that just if you flashed the rootme.zip?
 
Okay, I am sorry for being such a noob. I ran into problems. after xtrsense booted up, I started setting up accounts, google, pop3 email. all no problem. called my dad, no problem. then I decided to download the wordfeud app, cause my brother & I play all the time. while setting up the account on wordfeud, the app got stuck, & I couldn't do anything. I was expecting it to force close, but I got impatient & pulled the battery. when I booted up the phone after that, I had no phone service. couldn't call out, couldn't recieve. I thought I would turn on airplane mode & then turn it back off. turned it on, then I couldn't turn it back off. I freaked out & did a nand restore & now I am back to my original stock rom & all is good. Any ideas what was going on? I will probably try flashing xtrsense again, but not tonight. I'm wore out.
 
My last edit. I had a few mistakes and finally had some time for a re-write. Seems people are getting it though.


Step 1) download and install the one click apk or get it from the market and install it.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8699733/erisone010.apk - VERSION 0.1.0

Step 2) Run one click program, read disclaimer, press button.

Step 3) Turn the phone off and reboot phone into the normal operating system. This must be done for the rooting operation to take place.

Step 4) Turn the phone off and reboot into recovery mode. Do this by turning the phone off and then turning it back on by simultaneously holding the Volume UP and Power Button. This will boot you up into Amon's Android System recovery.

Step 5.) Using Amon's recovery and the trackball to navigate and select, pick the backup/restore option which will do a Nandroid backup of the current ROM on your phone. The backup is placed on your SD card under a folder called nandroid.

Main_sel_BackupRestore.jpg


BackRestory_Menu.jpg


Backup_Confirm_Query.jpg


Backup_in_Progress.jpg


Step 6.) Once the backup is complete, press the Volume Down button to return to the main menu.

Note: Skip steps 7, 8 and 9 if you want to install a custom ROM right away.

Step. 7.) Once back at the main menu, pick "Flash Zip from SDCard" and then select rootme.zip that was downloaded with the one click program.

Step 8.) Press the Vol Down button to return to the main menu and select "Reboot System Now"

Step 9.) Once the phone is re-booted, go to settings>applications>development and turn usb debugging on.

Step 9.) Uninstall One Click program

Now you are rooted (still on HTC sense) and will be able to do root-only stuff like install root-only apps, delete bloatware, etc.. But you won't be able to overclock without flashing an overclock kernel patch which is included in most custom ROMS


To install a custom ROM...

Make sure to do a nandroid backup before flashing a custom ROM or doing anything scary / major like remove bloatware (system apps), etc

Step 1.) Download custom ROM to SDCard. Download to the top-level (root directory) of your sdcard. Do not download into a folder or it will not work.

Step 2.) Turn phone off

Step 3.) Reboot into Amons recovery mode. Hold Volume Up and Power Simultaneously.

Step 4.) If instructed by the developer, perform the necessary wipes. 2 wipes may be necessary. Wipe Data / Factory Reset and Wipe Dalvik-cache.

Main_sel_Wipe.jpg
Wipe_Menu.jpg



Step 5.) Press Volume Down to return to the main menu and select "Flash Zip from SDcard"

Step 6.) Select the custom ROM *.zip file that you downloaded in Step 1.

Step. 7.) Press Vol Down to go back to the Main Menu then select "Reboot System Now"

Enjoy your new rooted eris.
 
[ Edit ] prj updated his (prior) post with the appropriate correction 9/26/2010, so the following is no longer needed - thanks prj!

Well, I know you are going for brevity rather than an exhaustive explanation, but something continues to mystify me about what seems to be missing between your steps #2 and #3.

The root exploit which this method uses requires a normal OS boot for the rooting operation to take place - the custom recovery boot partition can not be overwritten until this happens. Now, I never used the one-click app, and it may well be possible that "clicking the button" causes an immediate reboot to take place, in which case, from an operational point of view the user is not "doing" anything. On the other hand, if you want people to follow along your instructions, it is good to let them know what they should expect to see happening. In that case, an additional sentence such as

"The phone will automatically reboot after "pressing the button"; wait for the reboot to completely finish, and then power the phone off as you normally would before continuing to the next step."

eu1
 
I believe after you press the button in the one click app that it shuts the phone down. (I think) Which is why in step 3 it explains how to turn on the phone and boot into recovery mode and flash the rootme.zip file.

Someone can correct me if I am wrong.
 
As I have said - something like 3 times now - the root exploit which is being performed requires a standard reboot into the OS in order to make the recovery partition writable, and therefore allow an unprivileged process to write the custom recovery in to that partition.

It is simply not possible for the rooting process to work without a reboot into the regular OS. That reboot must occur sometime after the rooting process has begun - and that is why I have been insisting that your instructions in that regard have never been correctly described near your (first) "step 3"


eu1
 
deezer said:
I ran into problems. after xtrsense booted up, I started setting up accounts, google, pop3 email. all no problem. called my dad, no problem. then I decided to download the wordfeud app, cause my brother & I play all the time. while setting up the account on wordfeud, the app got stuck, & I couldn't do anything. I was expecting it to force close, but I got impatient & pulled the battery. when I booted up the phone after that, I had no phone service. couldn't call out, couldn't recieve. I thought I would turn on airplane mode & then turn it back off. turned it on, then I couldn't turn it back off. I freaked out & did a nand restore & now I am back to my original stock rom & all is good. Any ideas what was going on?
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I'm not sure - I've never seen that happen to me before. However, next time that you get stuck like that, before pulling the battery, try long-pressing on the power button, and shut down the phone from there, if the menu pops up. If it does not, of course, then think about the battery pull.
 
I rooted my friends phone in like 20ish minutes (including rom flashing time).
He now loves his phone again.
 
First of all, thanks for this AMAZINGLY EASY method of rooting the Eris. My wife was getting frustrated with her Eris so I decided to try it and see if it might improve. I went ahead and downloaded the xtrSense ROM and installed that WITHOUT wiping the phone first (DID do the Nandroid backup ahead of that) and have, surprising, had NO PROBLEMS. All of her settings, apps, accounts....everything is there just as it was, but now running on xtrSense. So based on what I've read, this shouldn't even work - but so far, no crashes, no bugginess, everything seems to be working just fine. So why do a wipe if you don't need to? Am I going to run into any problems down the line? Thanks in advance.
 
itbedave said:
I went ahead and downloaded the xtrSense ROM and installed that WITHOUT wiping the phone first (DID do the Nandroid backup ahead of that) and have, surprising, had NO PROBLEMS. All of her settings, apps, accounts....everything is there just as it was, but now running on xtrSense. So based on what I've read, this shouldn't even work - but so far, no crashes, no bugginess, everything seems to be working just fine. So why do a wipe if you don't need to? Am I going to run into any problems down the line? Thanks in advance.
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itbedave,

The only thing I can think of as to why this works comes from zach.xtr dev thread over on XDA where he says:

Cache Location (Cache2cache):
By default, the dalvik-cache has been relocated from the internal /data/dalvik-cache/ directory to the internal /cache/dalvik-cache directory. The Eris comes with an internal /cache/ file block of 130mb that is not used! After reviewing a number of xda member file system usage reports (thanks xtrROM and xtrSENSE users!) the MOST reported use of this space was 5%... So by moving the dalvik-cache to this free area you now have over 150mb on internal /data/ for apps and over 75mb in internal /cache/ for dalvik-cache. This means that you can probably install close to 100 apps WITHOUT having to partition and move anything to the SD Card ext!

Pretty cool, really. So, I'm wondering (guessing, really) if your Dalvik-cache was rebuilt anyway for you when you first booted (like it would have to be if you wiped your Dalvik-cache).

Anyone know for sure?

Cheers!
 
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