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

Had a refurb sent to me since I was having trackball issues when trying to root. Just received refurb today and rooted via Universal 1-Click Root!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who tried to help me before! I'm donating to our local autism center!!! Thanks so much. Now I just need to figure out what ROM I want to use.
 
knitpurlgurl said:
Had a refurb sent to me since I was having trackball issues when trying to root. Just received refurb today and rooted via Universal 1-Click Root!!!!!!!!!! Thanks to everyone who tried to help me before! I'm donating to our local autism center!!! Thanks so much. Now I just need to figure out what ROM I want to use.
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kpg ;),

Glad you are back "in". Lots of great ROMs out there, but xtrSense or xtrROM are very good (solid, feature-packed, very well supported by the developer, etc):

[ROM][GPL][10/4/2010] xtrSENSE4.6 [cache2cache,apps2sd,oc,jit,flash10]-HTC Sense - xda-developers
[ROM][GPL][10/4/2010] xtrROM4.6 [cache2cache,apps2sd,jit,lwp,oc,flash10] - xda-developers

Good luck!
 
I rooted my Eris with this method, and it worked beautifully! I'm now running kaos froyo, and so far its running great,I wish I had rooted sooner!
 
I have rooted but just have the root-me zip installed how many steps are required to install a costume rom. Sorry kinda found it.
 
Please help. I installed this app and got to the Recovery reboot screen. I did a NAND backup first. Then I flashed to KaosFroyov37. However I got an error. "Line 254". I then rebooted the phone but it was stuck going back to the white android screen and right back to the recovery mode. Did I brick my droid. :(
 
94SupraTT said:
Please help. I installed this app and got to the Recovery reboot screen. I did a NAND backup first. Then I flashed to KaosFroyov37. However I got an error. "Line 254". I then rebooted the phone but it was stuck going back to the white android screen and right back to the recovery mode. Did I brick my droid. :(
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No you did not brick your phone. It sounds more like you simply did not perform a "wipe" prior to flashing the ROM .zip file.

You have a couple of choices:

1) Do the "wipe data/factory reset", and then flash the ROM again.

If you get an error during flashing, there is no point in booting; instead, use your second option:

2) restore the Nandroid backup you made, to prove to yourself your phone is not bricked.

eu1


PS make sure your phone is well charged when doing these steps, to avoid complicating matters.
 
94SupraTT said:
Please help. I installed this app and got to the Recovery reboot screen. I did a NAND backup first. Then I flashed to KaosFroyov37. However I got an error. "Line 254". I then rebooted the phone but it was stuck going back to the white android screen and right back to the recovery mode. Did I brick my droid. :(
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If you had an error while flashing, you probably had an incomplete download. Also, you didn't mention it - did you wipe data before you flashed the ROM? That's something that you should have done first.

Restart in recovery (ie, pull the battery to power down the phone, then hold Vol Up while starting the phone until the recovery screen starts.) Do a Nandroid restore, restart the phone, redownload Kaos Froyo, and try doing it all again. I'd suggest downloading to a PC and then copying the file over rather than downloading directly to the phone.
 
doogald said:
If you had an error while flashing, you probably had an incomplete download.
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Because 94SupraTT mentioned a "line number" in conjunction with the error, I presume that the referenced line # was in the update-script inside the ROM .zip. That further implies that the ROM file had already passed verification.

It is not possible to flash a corrupted ROM file with Amon_RA.

The most likely scenario, given the description, is that the wipe step was missed as you suggested.

eu1
 
Thanks everyone for the replies. My SD memory card was full. :D I had about 130meg remaining I believe which I thought was enough. I pulled the card out when the install failed and put it in the PC. It read 0 bytes available. I redid the install of KaosFroyo and it installed without error. I was sweating bullets. Thanks sooooo much to the developer that wrote this. It made the process EASY!
 
94SupraTT said:
Thanks everyone for the replies. My SD memory card was full. :D I had about 130meg remaining I believe which I thought was enough. I pulled the card out when the install failed and put it in the PC. It read 0 bytes available. I redid the install of KaosFroyo and it installed without error. I was sweating bullets. Thanks sooooo much to the developer that wrote this. It made the process EASY!
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LOL !!! :D

[SIZE=+2]You got attacked by the Kraken![/SIZE]

thekraken1.jpg



Line 254 of the ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-script (inside the KF37 .zip) file is this instruction:

Code: 
copy_dir PACKAGE:sdcard SDCARD:

and the only thing in the "sdcard" folder of the ROM (.zip) file was an image of the Kraken and a couple of empty folders:

Code: 
$ ls -lR ./sdcard
./sdcard:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 media

./sdcard/media:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 picture

./sdcard/media/picture:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 wallpaper

./sdcard/media/picture/wallpaper:
total 81
-rw-r--r-- 1 user None 82878 2010-08-10 10:58 thekraken1.jpg


Pretty amazing, considering that that .jpg file is only 82 kB in size - 94SupraTT was able to "fill his SD card to the brim" without truncating the ROM file - and then the Amon_RA installer barfed trying to write an 82 KB file. :D




Glad things worked out for you, 94SupraTT.


eu1
 
eu1,

That is pretty hilarious! The dev must really have a sense of humor...wonder when / where that file is referenced in his ROM...

Was that the actual image?
 
scary alien said:
eu1,

That is pretty hilarious! The dev must really have a sense of humor...wonder when / where that file is referenced in his ROM...

Was that the actual image?
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It is the actual image. There have been lots of references to the Kraken in Kaos' dev thread for sometime - usually humorously in the context of "don't question Kaos", but it probably could also apply to making innocent (?) mistakes as well.

Beware the Kraken!
 
erisuser1 said:
LOL !!! :D

[SIZE=+2]You got attacked by the Kraken![/SIZE]

thekraken1.jpg



Line 254 of the ./META-INF/com/google/android/update-script (inside the KF37 .zip) file is this instruction:

Code: 
copy_dir PACKAGE:sdcard SDCARD:

and the only thing in the "sdcard" folder of the ROM (.zip) file was an image of the Kraken and a couple of empty folders:

Code: 
$ ls -lR ./sdcard
./sdcard:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 media
 
./sdcard/media:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 picture
 
./sdcard/media/picture:
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 0 user None 0 2010-10-18 16:37 wallpaper
 
./sdcard/media/picture/wallpaper:
total 81
-rw-r--r-- 1 user None 82878 2010-08-10 10:58 thekraken1.jpg


Pretty amazing, considering that that .jpg file is only 82 kB in size - 94SupraTT was able to "fill his SD card to the brim" without truncating the ROM file - and then the Amon_RA installer barfed trying to write an 82 KB file. :D




Glad things worked out for you, 94SupraTT.


eu1
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lol. I actually just install MixZing and dumped about over 7 gigs of music on my phone. I freed up a couple of hundred megs prior to install but I guess it wasn't enough. I'm just glad my phone is up and running.
 
scary alien said:
That being said, you are fairly limited on what you can do with these new root abilities (installing root-only apps, removing bloatware, etc.).
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thanks for all the information on this thread, its been great and made me decide to root! So i flashed the rootme.zip from the app and created a Nandroid backup. I tried downloading Titanium Backup but an error pops up, says "make sure ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox". Is this error because I haven't actually flashed a custom ROM yet?

Also, am I able to remove Bloatware with this 1 click root process? And if so, how? I'd like to remove apps like amazon, stocks, peep, etc..

thanks so much for all your help.
 
kar0la420 said:
thanks for all the information on this thread, its been great and made me decide to root! So i flashed the rootme.zip from the app and created a Nandroid backup. I tried downloading Titanium Backup but an error pops up, says "make sure ROM is rooted and includes BusyBox". Is this error because I haven't actually flashed a custom ROM yet?

Also, am I able to remove Bloatware with this 1 click root process? And if so, how? I'd like to remove apps like amazon, stocks, peep, etc..

thanks so much for all your help.
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kar0la420,

It does sound/look like Titanium Backup needs a busybox. The 1-click app only installs the SuperUser app and the su program and does not install a busybox. Many (most?) ROMs include a busybox in them, but since you have done an in-place root of your phone, you don't yet have a busybox installed.

You could try to download BusyBox by Stephen (Stericson) (free in the Market) and see if this makes Titanium Backup happy. Note that it (this BusyBox app) says that "Some roms require the BusyBox built for that rom and won't work with this BusyBox.".

I've also read that there's an "freeze" function in TiBkup that I believe simply changes permissions of the various apps and doesn't require deletion (and is easily "thawed").

You might also want to check-out this thread regarding deleting unwanted apps: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/53646-unwanted-apps.html (just be sure to take a Nandroid backup before doing any deletions).

Hope that helps!
 
Thanks! I thought there would be a shortcut way of removing apps..i've read that thread, and will soon get the courage to actually try it. I think I'm going to try custom ROMs first though.
 
scary alien said:
Via the instructions in this thread: http://androidforums.com/eris-all-t...turn-factory-stock.html?highlight=flashback15

By the way, I'm still typing-up the reply to you in the Rooting Q&A thread...coming soon ;)
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Note that - due to the cessation of OTA service by VZW/Google for the Eris - that I released a new version of the FlashBack ROM; the same XDA thread (indirectly referenced above) is now

[ROM][10/20/2010]FlashBack21 v1 -Return to Factory Stock - UPDATED - xda-developers


For the purpose of rolling back, it is a lot faster now, as it directly installs the July 2010 (factory) OTA software.

polaroidwords: rooting "best practices" also includes making what is called a "Nandroid" backup; this allows you to restore and use exactly what you are using now, including all your data & settings. This is not quite the same thing as restoring the phone to 100% stock, as rooting does install a custom "recovery boot", but this provides you a means to restore to exactly what you are using right now, if it should turn out you are unhappy with rooting

eu1
 
erisuser1 said:
Note that - due to the cessation of OTA service by VZW/Google for the Eris - that I released a new version of the FlashBack ROM; the same XDA thread (indirectly referenced above) is now

[ROM][10/20/2010]FlashBack21 v1 -Return to Factory Stock - UPDATED - xda-developers


For the purpose of rolling back, it is a lot faster now, as it directly installs the July 2010 (factory) OTA software.

polaroidwords: rooting "best practices" also includes making what is called a "Nandroid" backup; this allows you to restore and use exactly what you are using now, including all your data & settings. This is not quite the same thing as restoring the phone to 100% stock, as rooting does install a custom "recovery boot", but this provides you a means to restore to exactly what you are using right now, if it should turn out you are unhappy with rooting

eu1
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eu1,

Thanks for that! I saw that you had posted a new thread on XDA regarding this. I didn't catch the switch from "15" to "21", but it totally makes "Sense" now ;).

Thanks again for taking care of all of us!

By the way, slightly off-topic: I've got Ubuntu 8.04 installed on a laptop at home and have downloaded and done my repo sync... Now, I'm just trying to figure-out how to actually get make to work to compile custom recovery for something other than a "generic" target. No simple instructions found anywhere, but lots and lots of clue scattered about...still digging... (I've read your Ubuntu setup thread on XDA related to this (very helpful)...seems like I still need a makefile to get things pointed to the right place). Cheers!
 
Jcase-

THANK YOU and everyone who helped and let you build off their work- this has been an incredibly painless and useful process. I rooted my wife's phone on Saturday and put on KaosFroyo- it worked so well that on Sunday I went ahead and did my own, and now I'm loving Nonsensikal 10.8

I'm just amazed that you've taken this and made it so accessible. I know some of the technically proficient people here have concerns with making the process easier and available to a wider base of (non-proficient) users, but it's certainly improved my experience with the phone and I can't thank you enough.

Donations have been made to the local youth home!
 
joe.xray said:
what is usb debugging and how do i turn it on????
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Joe,

Its a setting normally used for application development and debugging (i.e., for the application development environment to push your app to your phone over the USB cable and to view logcat status in the IDE or ddms (Dalvik debug monitor server) console). You need this when enabling root on your phone (I'm not clear if you always need it enabled, but it doesn't hurt to have it set this way). Here's some web sites with additional info:

Developing on a Device | Android Developers

Using the Dalvik Debug Monitor | Android Developers

And here's how to actually enable it on your phone:

Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging (checked)

Hope this helps. Cheers!
 
thanks to you all rooted eris, you guys are awesome!!! Where do I find rom that will allow me to rum adobe flash to watch movies on phone from netflix???
Thanks for all you do.
Gave a single bed to a divorced mother for her 11 y.o. daughter who was sleeping on the floor.
Always pay it forward.
 
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