Root First attempt at rooting

[LightningTH]

Nick, you could use the soup or root app then withour rebooting do

adb push update.zip /data/

That would push it to /data as the soup or root app will leave you in a temp root. My steps are things I did after running soup or root before rebooting that gave me the ability to run the su command and then hit enter on the password request although I'm waiting for someone else to confirm.

Silvist, also looks like the forum put a space in the root line, unsure if it is actually there or something the forum is just doing. I'd try pulling my passwd.txt file and pushing that to /etc/passwd instead of doing the echo's.

adb push passwd.txt /etc/passwd

 

[rjsweesy]

cannot get cwm to install any update files just like nick was having a problem with.....strange phone

 

[MikesTooLz]

Are you guys able to use CWM to create a backup ROM of the phones current state?

 

[rjsweesy]

Are you guys able to use CWM to create a backup ROM of the phones current state?

i ran two backups already, it works

 

[Silvist]

Dam you guys are ahead of me lol. I'm going to try this now, CWM.

Thunder I tried the password.txt you sent me, and for some reason it wouldn't allow me to push it. I used souproot exploit and tried to adb push it. I'm still not used to where files/exploits should be stored for adb. So I put it in the tools folder, and then in the same folder as adb. I'll try that again after i get CWM. If that fails its cool because i'm about to return my indulge, and purchase another one with my discount lol. They won't let you buy a phone with your discount if it just came out, UNLESS you have one helluva cool store/district manager that's willing to overlook stuff (which i've had before). So here goes i'll let ya know my results.

 

[Silvist]

Okay with the one click method I got CWM. It says in the instructions to reinstall packages, but i don't see that option in CWM.

 

[Silvist]

Okay so adb push passwd.txt /etc/passwd worked while I was in recovery mode. Haven't tried to push update.zip cause I just found one. As for how the system is displayed in CWM its the same as another custom recovery i've used. It only shows the first 10 folders alphabetically which is really annoying. So i'd suggest making one that's A or what not. Gonna try to install update.zip now.

 

[Silvist]

K, for some reason root.zip and update.zip were annoying me. So instead I just did adb push system /system and adb push META-INF /META-INF, while in CWM. These I extracted from the root.zip file.

And STILL when I do SU command in terminal it denies me bah.

 

[MikesTooLz]

My phone is bricked and in a boot loop. I can no longer boot into CWM.

But I am able to reboot into download mode. What file should I flash with Odin?


would one of you be able to do a file dump with Odin. Would the File Dump be something I could then just flash to my phone to get it back up and running?


I performed a backup via clockworkmod before it bricked, any ideas?

 

[Silvist]

Yup same shit just happened to me. I ran the one click root to many times trying to root my phone.

But I was messing with CWM and i unmounted my SD card. Now its like "permanently" unmounted lol. I was trying to find a way to fix it, but couldn't find a fix, how annoying.

 

[nickrussel]

Nick, you could use the soup or root app then withour rebooting do

adb push update.zip /data/

That would push it to /data as the soup or root app will leave you in a temp root. My steps are things I did after running soup or root before rebooting that gave me the ability to run the su command and then hit enter on the password request although I'm waiting for someone else to confirm.

Silvist, also looks like the forum put a space in the root line, unsure if it is actually there or something the forum is just doing. I'd try pulling my passwd.txt file and pushing that to /etc/passwd instead of doing the echo's.

adb push passwd.txt /etc/passwd

LightningTH, that's what I was doing last night. I put update.zip in the same folder I ran adb from and yet I was getting "cannot stat 'update.zip': No such file or directory", when I did "adb push update.zip /data". Any other ideas?
Also, the password you're trying to push to /etc/passwd, is that the wpa passphrase for hotspot? is so, could you post the file you're trying to push?. Thanks a bunch.

 

[nickrussel]

My phone is bricked and in a boot loop. I can no longer boot into CWM.

But I am able to reboot into download mode. What file should I flash with Odin?


would one of you be able to do a file dump with Odin. Would the File Dump be something I could then just flash to my phone to get it back up and running?


I performed a backup via clockworkmod before it bricked, any ideas?

Mike, are you holding down the 9 key when powering it on to boot to cwm? I'm SOOO unsure as to which kernel to use with this phone. I guess you could lash _some_ kernel that has cwm recovery in it just to recovery from the backups that we're making...

 

[nickrussel]

Yup same shit just happened to me. I ran the one click root to many times trying to root my phone.

But I was messing with CWM and i unmounted my SD card. Now its like "permanently" unmounted lol. I was trying to find a way to fix it, but couldn't find a fix, how annoying.

fudge! am I the lucky last of Mohicans? I could probably make backups with cwm and share them with you somehow?

 

[Silvist]

Yeah thankfully i'm returning this phone today ROFL. At least I know how to do it now. I'll just tell them the battery is dead.

 

[Silvist]

Yeah I made backups, but for some reason there stored on my phone - -. Since my phone is fracked, I can't get it off now. Note to self - backup to computer dumb arse lol.

 

[LightningTH]

The password.txt is on a previous post of mine in this thread. The /system has to be writable prior to the push (see my earlier line with mount -o rw,remount...).

Notes for adb, if you use the push command and you are specifying a directory, it MUST end with a / or you may damage the file system. Linux allows opening a directory as a file and writing could be bad.

Example:
adb push data.zip /system
adb push data.zip /system/

The first is bad to do. Ill see about scripting it so it can run after soup or root.

 

[rjsweesy]

My phone is bricked and in a boot loop. I can no longer boot into CWM.

But I am able to reboot into download mode. What file should I flash with Odin?


would one of you be able to do a file dump with Odin. Would the File Dump be something I could then just flash to my phone to get it back up and running?


I performed a backup via clockworkmod before it bricked, any ideas?

hold the FN key while you boot, see if that stops the loop

 

[goldenu]

On the "what kernel to flash," it seems like both from a visual and a spec run-down, the Epic is nearly the same phone; would that not make it a good tester?

I've been following from launch date, but am waiting for the $50 MIR to purchase.

 

[rjsweesy]

if you can find me a good one ill me more than happy to test it out...we need an EA or EB kernel which is the latest and greatest from samsung

 

[nickrussel]

On the "what kernel to flash," it seems like both from a visual and a spec run-down, the Epic is nearly the same phone; would that not make it a good tester?

I've been following from launch date, but am waiting for the $50 MIR to purchase.

I think you're right...

 

[nickrussel]

The password.txt is on a previous post of mine in this thread. The /system has to be writable prior to the push (see my earlier line with mount -o rw,remount...).

Notes for adb, if you use the push command and you are specifying a directory, it MUST end with a / or you may damage the file system. Linux allows opening a directory as a file and writing could be bad.

Example:
adb push data.zip /system
adb push data.zip /system/

The first is bad to do. Ill see about scripting it so it can run after soup or root.

Lightning, got it re / after directory name. could you post exact syntax for mounting /system and pushing update.zip in the right order? Just to make sure I'm not missing like a / or a . somewhere... Thanks,

 

[rjsweesy]

I think you're right...

I put the eb13 root and I have a different cwm now

 

[nickrussel]

I put the eb13 root and I have a different cwm now

and do you have level3 root? could you elaborate a bit on what exactly you did and how? thanks.

 

[rjsweesy]

i used the epic root(which didnt give me root but a new cwm) since it has the newer froyo version...turns out EA stands for E=2011 A=Jan 29=the day it was issued
so i looked for the latest samsung droid out with the newest version and thats the epic 4g...it has EB13 build
thats where im at right now, researching this a little more

im supposed to meet with the guy on monday about rooting this thing but i am sooo damn impatient

 

[MikesTooLz]

i used the epic root(which didnt give me root but a new cwm) since it has the newer froyo version...turns out EA stands for E=2011 A=Jan 29=the day it was issued
so i looked for the latest samsung droid out with the newest version and thats the epic 4g...it has EB13 build
thats where im at right now, researching this a little more

im supposed to meet with the guy on monday about rooting this thing but i am sooo damn impatient

dont brick it before you meet with him or he cant show you how to root it, lol.


After my bricking today I think I'm going to back off a bit. Maybe wait and see what happens with your meeting with that guy before I start jumping into stuff that is iffy.