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Root [Boost Mobile] Testers wanted

Woodstock77 said:
Actually the directory on the Warp is /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/
I dont know if that makes a difference but I always thought that may be the reason for our errors. If the Custom recovery is directed to /dev/block/ instead of /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/ that is.
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Is it possible that they are the same thing, one is just a link to the other?
 
would a zip of the dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/ folder work from root explorer? I am giving that a try now, I had to clear out my sd card, I just have a 2gb one.
 
I was not able to get the mmcblk's copied, the first one it copied to the sd was 1.6gb... I need to buy a bigger sd...

do I need all of them? I could copy them individually but I might have to wipe my sd if they are all huge like the first one... the first one it tried to copy was mmcblk0... I am going to try skipping that one for now.
 
MrBobo said:
using root explorer I was able to copy all but the first mmc file, but they are all showing zero kb size. I think I will try the dd command in adb shell but I am in over my head :)
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Yes, I tried it with Total Commander RC4 and ES File Explorer, both showed zero kb sizes, but that's normal with partition folders.
 
I am doing it in adb shell now using dd, make sure you enter su first, I am having good results doing it this way so far
 
I was able to get everything dumped except for 18, my sd card is just the stock 2gb and I don't have a bigger one... I decided to zte update tool refresh of the phone because I had a lot of junk on there and am trying this with a clean phone, so far so good... hopefully that part 18 isn't larger than 1.8gb or I will have to get a different sd card to make that copy.
 
I was thinking I would like to be a part of this, so how can I contribute? What is the next step that needs to be done? I am willing to take risks (except for obvious things that would brick it of course :P)
 
Snake X said:
I was thinking I would like to be a part of this, so how can I contribute? What is the next step that needs to be done? I am willing to take risks (except for obvious things that would brick it of course :P)
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snake, I just pm'ed playfulgod the dd dumps I could do, the only one I couldn't accomplish was part 18, I think it will be around 2 gigs and my sd card isn't big enough to hold it... to get that dump you will need to dd it through adb:

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p18 bs=4096

If you have a larger sd card and can get that dump completed, zip it and pm it to playfulgod and I think we have everything he asked for. I sent him the other 17 dumps already... I ordered a larger micro sd card on newegg today, I wanted one anyway, but it will be a few days before I get it in the mail to complete this.
 
MrBobo said:
snake, I just pm'ed playfulgod the dd dumps I could do, the only one I couldn't accomplish was part 18, I think it will be around 2 gigs and my sd card isn't big enough to hold it... to get that dump you will need to dd it through adb:

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p18 bs=4096

If you have a larger sd card and can get that dump completed, zip it and pm it to playfulgod and I think we have everything he asked for. I sent him the other 17 dumps already... I ordered a larger micro sd card on newegg today, I wanted one anyway, but it will be a few days before I get it in the mail to complete this.
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I have a 4gig sdcard. Where are you uploading them? I wont be able to do this until tomorrow but if you dont have it by then I will.
 
MrBobo said:
snake, I just pm'ed playfulgod the dd dumps I could do, the only one I couldn't accomplish was part 18, I think it will be around 2 gigs and my sd card isn't big enough to hold it... to get that dump you will need to dd it through adb:

adb shell

su

dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.2/mmcblk0p18 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p18 bs=4096

If you have a larger sd card and can get that dump completed, zip it and pm it to playfulgod and I think we have everything he asked for. I sent him the other 17 dumps already... I ordered a larger micro sd card on newegg today, I wanted one anyway, but it will be a few days before I get it in the mail to complete this.
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Hi MrBobo, great job man! Actually you do not need to dump mmcblk0p18. It's just /data partition which contains all your personal info. I do not recommend you to share it.

Every upgrade from zte contain these partitions: p1 p2 p8 p9 p11 p12 p13 p14 p15. So these might be what's needed. So you are all set :)

Anyway, while waiting for PlayfulGod to do his magic (thanks man. We really appreciate your effort!) If you want to play with the dump:
p12 and p13 (boot.img and recovery.img) can be extracted by removing data BEFORE 1F 8B using hex edit, then by adding .gz, and extract it with winrar. Inside it is one file with the same name, and can be extracted with uniextract (google it). Or you can follow this if you have perl.
p14 (splash.img) can be viewed by adding .png to the back.
p15 can be extracted with ext2explore (google it)

Have fun with it (if thats your thing :))
 
so then its all up to him at this point? And also I only have up to a 2 GB micro SD card (2 of them actually).
 
ok so i rooted my warp the other night thanks to the "root" thread in this forum.
ive deduced that there is a way to return to stock if i brick it (although that part is unclear) ive installed clockworkmod and rom manager. so what im trying to say is i am willing to test the sh*t outta this to get it to work:D i may need some pointers tho as the title implies
 
Guys I didnt want to say anything because I dont know any facts. I dont think Sebastian404 will be back. I dont have any concrete evidence or infromation though. I have however figured out that he has not been on this forum since December 26th and he has not posted a tweet on his twitter since January 8th. Twitter
He has not posted anything on his blog at blog.podtwo.com in quite a while either. But all of this is either for nothing and he is just enjoying life. But if you go to http://podtwo.com/ it points to something far more disturbing. I hope Im wrong.
 
so i just clicked the podtwo link and that is very odd. only one fragmented thought. it doesnt look good for sure. i hope he's doing ok where ever he is.
 
guess I'll try my hand at it too, so far i got a recovery image made (Thanks woodstock for the warpinfo.zip), same disclaimer that sebastian said:

I am in no way responsible for any damages, bricks, exploding phones, nuclear bombs or digestive problems that may be caused by this software. Using this software will probably void your warranty.

with that out of the way, here ya go testers... Clockworkmod:
recovery.img

Ima quote the OP on how to install:

Once you have the correct usb drivers installed (if your on windows) do the following:

PHP Code:
adb-windows.exe reboot bootloader
fastboot-windows.exe flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot-windows.exe reboot
adb-windows.exe reboot recovery
​

(if your on linux change '-windows.exe' to '-linux', OSX use '-mac')

normally the method to get into clockwork mod recovery involves turning the device on while holding the volume down button, or it could be volume up, or any other combination, try it and report back.

I am a big OSX and Linux fan girl, and I know the majority of issues people will have is with drivers, I'm not going to be able to help out there too much, I hope the rest of the community will.

Any and all feedback would be great... as I say I cant test it, but it should work..... let me know



*the board is called arthur that is why the file is named so.
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any and all feedback and issues, please lemme know, so i can try fixing them.. ty everyone for your participation in this experimentation...xD
 
Snake X said:
whats the % chance that will brick my phone? :P

I want to know that be4 i test
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considering I dont have a zte warp to test it on myself, idk... I know I have all the partitions correctly setup in recovery.fstab, sooooo idk.. thats why i need testers...xD

on another note, idk if this will work, but if my clockworkmod wont work, u can flash the original recovery.img from the b08 update.zip using fastboot, and it should work. I managed to get the partition sizes from the b08 update.zip, sooo hopefully this works...xD
 
i was poking around in titanium backup and saw an option to "create 'update.zip'" so i did. what to do with it is my question. im not quite an android noob but whatever i learned was forgotten when i realized i couldnt root the moto i1
 
you need a custom recovery for that

edit: I'll try it out I guess

edit 2: I'll try it out tomorrow. However I'm a little nervous so if anyone tries it be4 me, then I will be happy to know if it works out or not lol
 
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