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Root Eris FULLY on Cricket (Root Req'd)

pkopalek

pkopalek

Android Expert
You need root for this full functionality to work without the broadband trick.

There are other threads, in general about this, but this is huge. By using methods by the Droid and other phones, this kid did this with an Eris. I take no credit for this, but I have been hunting for this for a long time, messing with iptables, messing with proxy's and APN's, and have been unsuccessful. This is a modified/fixed (by me) version of what token419 posted on Howard Forums, no longer a direct quote.

This is without the broadband trick (you don't need it), and is good for FULL functionality, just get a Cricket plan that involves 'web'!

Thanks, to token419 from Howard Forums (and those who helped him)

NOTE: All of the things in the following threads must still be done to get your Eris on Cricket FIRST, and to get MMS working (before or after, doesn't matter, token419's 'web and mms' flash MAY do this for you, I have no confirmation one way or another)
On Cricket to start with: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/40266-eris-cricket-wireless.html#post309039 (scroll up and down a few posts for all the info)

**I have added the latest/greatest PRL file. This is good for NATIONWIDE. Not any certain location. It connects with Sprint's towers, and is for the new Android plan (but works great on any plan, my gf uses it right now, it's 100% legit) 32100.prl (you have to unzip it, clearly).

MMS: (you don't need to do this - only if the flash doesn't work) http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/51990-eris-cricket-mms-wep.html#post432287
At your own risk:


EVERYTHING BELOW HERE CAN BE REPLACED WITH TOKEN419'S FLASHABLE ZIP FOR WEB:
token419 said:
Your instructions/title look exactly like Brandonharrison's post on howard forums, if you got the instructions from him it may be nice to give him credit :) Also you may want to change the words "Hero" to "eris" since this is an eris guide :) also you can skip the part about spc unlocking from CDMA WS, since the eris comes factory with spc of 000000.

Anyways if your tracking the thread on howard you can update the web portion, to what i posted to get full market and apps working, credit goes to the team at howard forums who worked on getting it working for the motodroid. i simply modified their work so that it would work on the eris.

Feel free to delete [the next steps below] and replace with my instructions if you wish, to simplify the process for any new comers. (we are working to get this edited in brandons post over at howard currently since he can no longer edit his post)

As promised here is a single flashable zip that will hande the OS side to get Web/MMS up and running

Download from the attachment below or from here:
Cricket / MetroPCS Web/MMS Flash 8/9 - xda-developers

As always, make a nandroid backup first
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Put that on your SD card, boot into recovery, make a nand backup, and flash zip from SD card (and choose the .zip file you just put on the sd card).

Godspeed.





But, whether token419's flash works for you or not, here are the instructions that CREATED that flash: (YOU DON'T NEED TO DO ANY OF THIS IF YOU'VE USED THE FLASH, THIS IS JUST FOR REFERENCE, AND IN CASE YOU NEED TO DO IT 'MANUALLY'!!

Requirements:
Rooted Rom
Autostart (Root) from android market (free)
u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org (hit Android stuff at the bottom, then get the pre-compiled Droid binary - Eris is included in that file)

Following Brandon's Guide and replace the internet portion with the steps listed below

Step 2. Setting up
What you need: u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org
install Autostart (Root) from android market

Unzip the u2nl.zip to your androidsdk/tools folder so that u2nl and autostart.sh are in your androidsdk/tools folder. (use the autostart.sh that's in the Eris folder, not the one in the Droid folder!)

adb shell su
(look on phone to push 'Allow' or 'Always Allow' if it pops up - if not, then move to the next line)
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /data/
mkdir opt
chmod 0777 /data/opt/
chmod 0777 /system/bin/
exit
adb remount
adb push autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh
adb push u2nl /system/bin/u2nl
adb shell
chmod 0777 /data/opt/autostart.sh
chmod 0777 /system/bin/u2nl
reboot
click always allow on the prompt to allow the Autostart app to run at system startup

you should now have working market/apps/web, WITHOUT ANY PROXY, and WITHOUT THE BROADBAND trick.


Thanks to the motodroid post here:
HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - Moto Droid Full EV-DO and MMS Solution
and their reference post here: HowardForums: Your Mobile Phone Community & Resource - service programming on the moto droid
 

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Its about time we find this. Now if we can just find the method without having root. I know its out there!!!!! Good find though.
 
Once rooting Leak or 2.1 OTA is figured out, that's money.

My gf's phone will be rooted and running it ASAP. I'll report on success rate at that point.
 
What is the benefit of cricket? I see the 3g is pretty sparce to say the least. I would probably only get 1x in my area.

Is it way cheaper or what?!
 
What is the benefit of cricket? I see the 3g is pretty sparce to say the least. I would probably only get 1x in my area.

Is it way cheaper or what?!
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+1 I hear a lot of talk about cricket, and I am clueless about what the deal is with it. Can you fill me in?

Sent from my HERO200 using Tapatalk
 
Ok...help. I got through everything until adb push u2nl /system/bin/u2nl.....it says permission denied....

But I pushed the autostart.sh just fine....any idears?
 
So you need to be on contract with them first. Well that's good to know in 14 mo. I'll be able to pay alot less :rolleyes:
 
O M G


Excuse me while I pick my jaw up off the ground. Thats half the price of big red!

To bad it's not offered in my area. :(
 
It's good if you're in places where it's offered. Sometimes texts take a couple of hours to go through (once a week you miss a couple), but for the most part, it works JUST fine.

Well worth it. I wish my gf's phone was rooted so I could get her FULLY on it instead of web only.
 
@jcase Great idea...keep us posted.

@screen My cricket bill is $40/mo plus around $7 in taxes/fees so for under $50 I get unlimited everything. So yes, the reason for Cricket is price and no contract.
 
Yes. More info please. It worked fine for me. But I ditched all the ADB crap and just transferred files from my sd card using the terminal in the phone.
 
I found that I had to chmod /system/bin to 777 before doing it because it wouldn't let me write in there. Token419 didn't have that step in there, and it was necessary for my phone, so I posted it. I also got rid of all of the autostart.sh modification that he had posted there, since the whiterabbit.org guy has INCLUDED an eris-designed autostart.sh.

yeah you could definitely put all the things on your sd card and use mv command to get things there, I assume. chmod might not be necessary if you do that.

the ALTERNATIVE method would be putting u2nl and autostart.sh on your SD card (just on it, not in any folder on it, just right in the main directory)

Install Autostart from Market (free).
THEN open terminal emulator (or some kind of terminal program) and run the following:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /data/
mkdir opt
chmod 0777 /data/opt/
chmod 0777 /system/bin/
cp /sdcard/autostart.sh /data/opt/autostart.sh
cp /sdcard/u2nl /system/bin/u2nl
chmod 0777 /data/opt/autostart.sh
chmod 0777 /system/bin/u2nl
reboot
after reboot, SU should ask you to allow, just use 'always allow'.

that might work too. Someone can confirm or deny. I gave my gf MY rooted phone, so I could set this up on cricket for her, So no root for me until I trade with someone. can't try it.

Edit: Changed 'mv' to 'cp' since you'd get a cross-device error with 'mv'
 
I can confirm most of that. I used ADB at first, pushed the autostart.sh just fine but wouldn't push u2nl....so that is when I put u2nl on my sdcard and used

mv /sdcard/u2nl /system/bin/u2nl

to put it in the /bin/...rebooted and it worked fine. I don't see why the commands above wouldn't work. Seems legit.

My question is when I flash a new ROM will have have to repeat this process? If so, I will do it all from my sdcard this time to confirm the commands above work fully.
 
meanm50 said:
I can confirm most of that. I used ADB at first, pushed the autostart.sh just fine but wouldn't push u2nl....so that is when I put u2nl on my sdcard and used

mv /sdcard/u2nl /system/bin/u2nl

to put it in the /bin/...rebooted and it worked fine. I don't see why the commands above wouldn't work. Seems legit.

My question is when I flash a new ROM will have have to repeat this process? If so, I will do it all from my sdcard this time to confirm the commands above work fully.
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I would think that installing a new ROM will overwrite most of this stuff, yes. So it's worth trying again.

and yes, adb push for the u2nl DIDN'T work because you had to CHMOD the bin folder too (not just the other one). Token419 left that out of his directions. That's what I meant when I 'fixed' them. You have to chmod both folders (not just the one) to push the right files into them with adb push. I guess you don't need any chmod at all when using the terminal? Since you're a superuser? Please report your findings!
 
pkopalek said:
I would think that installing a new ROM will overwrite most of this stuff, yes. So it's worth trying again.

and yes, adb push for the u2nl DIDN'T work because you had to CHMOD the bin folder too (not just the other one). Token419 left that out of his directions. That's what I meant when I 'fixed' them. You have to chmod both folders (not just the one) to push the right files into them with adb push. I guess you don't need any chmod at all when using the terminal? Since you're a superuser? Please report your findings!
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I have other ADB problems...I figured that I needed to chmod for u2nl, but I was having a problem with adb that day. My work computer will adb all day long. My laptop will as well...but my main rig at home will not. I am still playin around with it. I didn't have to chmod within the terminal on the phone...was that because I already did it through adb or because I shouldn't need to because it's the phones' terminal?

I am going to flash one of the new roms today at work...so I will re-do per PKO's instructions for test purposes.
 
I am using this fix (u2nl and autostart) and no, I don't have an type of HTML data plan..just the $40/mo plan with unlimited web.

Also, you will indeed need to reapply this fix after flashing ROM's.
 
pkopalek said:
You need root for this full functionality to work without the broadband trick.

There are other threads, in general about this, but this is huge. By using methods by the Droid and other phones, this kid did this with an Eris. I take no credit for this, but I have been hunting for this for a long time, messing with iptables, messing with proxy's and APN's, and have been unsuccessful. This is a modified/fixed (by me) version of what token419 posted on Howard Forums, no longer a direct quote.

This is without the broadband trick (you don't need it), and is good for FULL functionality, just get a Cricket plan that involves 'web'!

Thanks, to token419 from Howard Forums (and those who helped him)

NOTE: All of the things in the following threads must still be done to get your Eris on Cricket FIRST, and to get MMS working (before or after, doesn't matter)
On Cricket to start with: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/40266-eris-cricket-wireless.html#post309039 (scroll up and down a few posts for all the info)
MMS: http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/51990-eris-cricket-mms-wep.html#post432287
At your own risk:

Requirements:
Rooted Rom
Autostart (Root) from android market (free)
u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org (hit Android stuff at the bottom, then get the pre-compiled Droid binary - Eris is included in that file)

Following Brandon's Guide and replace the internet portion with the steps listed below

Step 2. Setting up
What you need: u2nl.zip from white rabbits site whiterabbit.org
install Autostart (Root) from android market

Unzip the u2nl.zip to your androidsdk/tools folder so that u2nl and autostart.sh are in your androidsdk/tools folder. (use the autostart.sh that's in the Eris folder, not the one in the Droid folder!)

adb shell
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /data/
mkdir opt
chmod 0777 /data/opt/
chmod 0777 /system/bin/

I can get up to the above part than it say promision denied. Also I have to use SU before it will take any of these commands

So how did you get it working...:confused:
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