Root Developer's Team

[blazen-moto]

OK, got that...know what to change...
when you hit save, what should you save it as?
just build.prop?

Moto


(thanks for the huge help)

 

[zrad.zg]

i changed the stuff on my build.prop and stuff.
but it won't let me install droid x bootstrapper.

 

[olikua]

save file to sd card, then mount system as R/W, and copy file back from sd card to system

 

[zrad.zg]

i got it to work, but now we just need to figure out how to use it for the devour

 

[olikua]

all we need - it's to give bootstraper app superuser permissions!
it can't get it automaticly, because Superuser app cheks api version after every run.
so I see only 2 possible desisions
1) give su permissions manually (or run app from terminal with SU)
2) repack bootstraper app usin API 4

I'm not a programmer and I can't do any of it...

 

[blazen-moto]

do you replace the old build.prop file with the new one?
and...
what exactly will the bootstrapper allow you to do?

Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

so all in all we need a programmer who is used to android 1.6 and specifically the devour/droid x, correct?

 

[olikua]

so all in all we need a programmer who is used to android 1.6 and specifically the devour/droid x, correct?

I think yes, the bootstraper is open source and a programmer, who worked with android api could make that app work for us.

P.S. Devour, Droid X and Defy

do you replace the old build.prop file with the new one?
and...
what exactly will the bootstrapper allow you to do?

Moto

Caveats:
This is not a *real* recovery. The way this recovery works is by hijacking portions of your boot process during system initialization and starting into recovery instead. So, if you hose your system *COMPLETELY* you will need to SBF. Specifically, if your logwrapper, logwrapper.bin, or hijack binary are missing from /system/bin, you will be screwed.

Do I have to be rooted to run this?
Yes.

So can we now install custom ROMs?
Yes, but you can't replace the kernel or boot image. But really, once you have access to /system, anything is possible. It will just take a little hackery.

How does this work?
When your device boots up, there is a init.rc script in your boot image that runs various components found in /system. The Droid X recovery bootstrap mimics the "logwrapper" binary. The hijacker then looks for "/data/.recovery_mode", and if it finds it, it unmounts /system to prevent android from starting. It then starts up recovery instead.
(c)My Brain Hurts: Droid X Recovery (and Droid 2 too!)

If we got it to work.... we will have Clockwork recovery

 

[blazen-moto]

So once we get the bootstrapper to work we will automatically have clockwork?

Thanks again for all the help.

Moto

 

[olikua]

it will be not a "real" recovery, we will get no kernel access, but we will be able to install froyo or gingerbread

 

[zrad.zg]

so all-in-all we need to somehow either one of us work with api and get used to it or we talk to a programmer

i think were the only three working on this right now

 

[blazen-moto]

it will be not a "real" recovery, we will get no kernel access, but we will be able to install froyo or gingerbread

how can we install froyo?
i.e. where can we get it?

Moto

 

[zrad.zg]

how can we install froyo?
i.e. where can we get it?

Moto

you can't get it yet, since we have to mess around with the droid x bootstrapper to work with the devour.

 

[blazen-moto]

for some reason my devour wont let me change the origional build.prop file.
can someone tell me how EXACTLY how to do it?

thanks
Moto

 

[olikua]

read post #153

 

[blazen-moto]

what is R/W?
and how do you do this?

 

[olikua]

read write

 

[blazen-moto]

how do you do this?

 

[olikua]

choose folder in su file manager (or root file manager)... menu button inside and tap mount rw

 

[blazen-moto]

Ok...all that worked.
the copy of the build.prop in the system folder has 7 instead of 4.
the droid x bootstrapper says it cant be installed on this phone.

maybe my device is the one where everythink goes wrong.

any help?

Moto

 

[blazen-moto]

Wow...im an idiot..
I rebooted and it got it to download.
Does your phone act wierd once you changed the file from 4 to 7?

 

[olikua]

of course... you changed your system file (one of most important files in Android)
what was you expecting

 

[blazen-moto]

Cool...just wanted to clear that up.
How do we get the boot into recovery working?

Moto

 

[olikua]

we have to understand, this is just a way to try what version of API program really need to work, but it is not workable

we still need a developer to remake the application

 

[blazen-moto]

ahhh...gotcha.
ill start asking around

Moto