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Root Guide to Rooting Without a Computer

sushifor5 said:
That's cool...

So, a dumb question...when you re-download TB how do you get your original apps back?
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Everything you had before you flashed the rom shows up in a list. You simply click the apps you want. Press restore. Then restore app+data. The phone then proceeds to install the app. Thats it. Very easy.
 
Great to know!

I am leaning toward wanting to flash Harmonia...I really like the look of my phone now, but would love more storage space and no bloatware!

But before I even attempted to do the ROM, I'd need some hand-holding, LOL. I'm going back and reading thru the various posts on how to do it...I definitely need the kindergarten version of explicit step-by-step in easy language. :)
 
Hello all,

I am new to smart phones and need explicit instructions, too. I purchased an Optimus V that is still in its box. I want to root it to do a lot of cool things like tethering, etc. Do I need to activate the phone before I use the instructions at the beginning of this thread to root it?
 
Hi,

I need some expert help. I get an error message when I type "cat_/sdcard/flash_image_>_/system/bin/flash_image(return)" in the Terminal Emulator.

The message is:
/sdcard/flash:No such file or directory
image: No such file or directory

Can somebody help.

TIA.

Find my mistake, flash_image is an underbar instead of space (stupid me)
 
Well, just easily rooted my Optimus V in a few minutes... :D I should have done this long ago.

Thanks, mkbkr1 and all others for your tips in this thread.

Now to find the Bumblebee rom...

Followup: Bumblebee ROM flashed. Phone at least 20% faster and tons of new app space freed up.
 
I just wanted to say THANK YOU to all on this forum who are so willing to help and share advice/wisdom! I am a total "noob" but I have been reading on rooting and flashing roms for a long time to get a feel for what I thought I wanted to do. I rooted mine and my sisters phone easily and flashed bumblebee on both. I was paranoid and of course, backup-backup-backup!!!

I am a little unsure of how busybox fits in, but I followed the directions step-by-step. I did notice it only said "busybox installer" on my sister's phone, but everything is working ok. I re-dowloaded Titanium backup and it listed busybox there.

Again, huge thanks to everyone's helpfulness :)
 
I rooted my Optimus V during physics today and I should have done it a long time ago. I have been using linux on computers for years and and fairly technical, but I rely on my phone so much that I was afraid to do it before.

I noticed that my phone is about twice as fast after rooting. I haven't flashed a rom and cpuspy doesn't show it being overclocked or anything like that. Has anyone else experienced this? It seems really strange, but I'm certainly not complaining.

Also, I installed the swype beta and I recommend it strongly to anyone that uses the swype that comes on the optimus, although you do lose the emoticon button.
 
THANK YOU!!!!!! After trying numerous other options (with no success) this one worked! I followed the steps and it worked perfectly. I will definitely recommend this. 5 stars all the way!!
 
Attempting my first root job. But Gingerbreak has been working for 20 minutes. Is this normal? If not, what do i do? Can I just stop it and restart?
 
Anamacha said:
I believe that's what I did, yes. I had to start GB 3-4 times before it finally worked.
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Yeah, on the third try it worked. (mental note - pay attention to the fine line instruction like, "you may have to do this more than once for it to work" - end mental note) :)
 
Think I will try this root process but I have questions. Should I download and put the attached files at the end of the OP to my sd card before I start the root process? Do I do something with the files during the root process?
 
mehndi said:
Think I will try this root process but I have questions. Should I download and put the attached files at the end of the OP to my sd card before I start the root process? Do I do something with the files during the root process?
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Yes and yes.

download the files to your phone's sd card...you will be using them to complete the root process. follow mkbkr1's instructions and ask if you get stuck...i know i did, LOL...but it all worked out!!! :)
 
The Optimus Slider is on sale. I really like that it has a keyboard. If I get the Slider can I root it using this No Computer Root Guide? I think the only difference between the Optimus V and the Optimus Slider is Gingerbread and the slide out keyboard.
 
mehndi said:
The Optimus Slider is on sale. I really like that it has a keyboard. If I get the Slider can I root it using this No Computer Root Guide? I think the only difference between the Optimus V and the Optimus Slider is Gingerbread and the slide out keyboard.
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I don't know the full answer to that, but off hand I'm gonna say NO. Rooting apps like gingerbreak are made to work with certain versions of Android- gingerbreak is made for Froyo 2.1-2.2, I believe. Would not work with gingerbread. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong....
 
mehndi said:
The Optimus Slider is on sale. I really like that it has a keyboard. If I get the Slider can I root it using this No Computer Root Guide? I think the only difference between the Optimus V and the Optimus Slider is Gingerbread and the slide out keyboard.
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You'll need to root the Slider with this guide here.

Since you haven't bought it yet, let me just say that I use to be addicted to physical keyboards but after having the OpV I now realize that there's not really that much difference. One keyboard has buttons you can feel, the other does not. After about a month of owning the OpV you won't care about physical keyboards anymore. ;)
 
ok I am super new to android and I followed the directions explicitly. it seems. to have worked except when the recovery menu comes up it is incomplete. I only see the options reboot system, apply sdcard update zip, wipe data factory reset, and wipe cache partition. I can't find the menu options install zip from sdcard, backup and restore, mounts and storage, advanced. I don't want to proceed without backing up. what am I doing wrong? help
 
i have a little over 1 gb of space on my sd card and i can not unzip the RootFiles.zip

never mind must of been a bad copy of the zip file
 
so far its taking gingerbreak about 8 re-starts @ 20 minutes each and its still running.....
oh by the way i have the admire
 
if gingerbreak loops for over 10 minutes you can reboot the phone and try again. I'm not sure how long it takes exactly, under 3 minutes on mine...
sometimes it takes several tries to work.
and it sometimes wants the factory sd card, not a bigger one.
 
bigsupersquid said:
if gingerbreak loops for over 10 minutes you can reboot the phone and try again. I'm not sure how long it takes exactly, under 3 minutes on mine...
sometimes it takes several tries to work.
and it sometimes wants the factory sd card, not a bigger one.
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ok so each time i run it i have to reboot the phone?

also it always say the following:
rooting.....
running exploit ... (is this line saposed to change with the diffrent steps it performs)

and i do have the stock SD card in.

thanks for your help
 
if it locks up for over 10 minutes (I'd say over 5 minutes actually,) reboot the phone and try again.

you might also want to back up the sd card on your PC and format it in the phone (that's in the settings menu under SD card or storage or something I forget, it's named differently in stock rom and cm7, I haven't used stock in forever)

gingerbreak'll reboot the phone itself when it finally works. I've read a few people had to run it 10 times or more to get it to work.
also, I used the newest version of gingerbreak from xda developers forum on mine... you might search for 'gingerbreak xda' and see if you have an older version.
 
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