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Root [Boost Mobile] Getting motochopper to work?

t.burninator

Well-Known Member
Oct 10, 2011
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high altitude
Hi, I tried to use motochopper but it didn't work. Here's my log:

[HIGH]
[*]
[*] Motochopper: Android root exploit (Linux/OS X version)
[*] v1.1
[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Tested on the Motorola Razr HD, Razr M, Razr Maxx HD, and Atrix HD.
[*] Supports lots of other devices as well. ;-)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure that USB debugging is enabled and that
[*] your phone is connected via USB.
[*]
[*] WARNING: This will likely void the warranty on your device. I am
[*] not responsible for any damage to your phone as a result using this
[*] tool.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...
run.sh: 39: read: Illegal option -n
[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit...
2487 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.503s)
[*] Pushing root tools...
2900 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.123s)
2735 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.666s)
2836 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.543s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Success
[*] Rooting phone...
[+] This may take a few minutes.
[-] Failure.
[*] Cleaning up...
[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.
run.sh: 83: read: Illegal option -n
[/HIGH]So I tried running motochopper again and this is the log:

[*]
[*] Motochopper: Android root exploit (Linux/OS X version)
[*] v1.1
[*] by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Tested on the Motorola Razr HD, Razr M, Razr Maxx HD, and Atrix HD.
[*] Supports lots of other devices as well. ;-)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure that USB debugging is enabled and that
[*] your phone is connected via USB.
[*]
[*] WARNING: This will likely void the warranty on your device. I am
[*] not responsible for any damage to your phone as a result using this
[*] tool.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...
run.sh: 39: read: Illegal option -n
[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit...
2831 KB/s (1283460 bytes in 0.442s)
[*] Pushing root tools...
2912 KB/s (366952 bytes in 0.123s)
2842 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.641s)
2887 KB/s (1578585 bytes in 0.533s)
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
[*] Rooting phone...
[+] This may take a few minutes.
[-] Failure.
[*] Cleaning up...
[*] Exploit complete. Press enter to reboot and exit.
run.sh: 83: read: Illegal option -n


Is there any way to make this thing work? I don't really want to replace my recovery just to root.
 

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