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Root Help... followed a YouTube instructional... Triumph now dead!

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budyorkin

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Hi Everyone,

I'm in a bit of a panic this morning. I was intent on rooting my faithful Motorola Triumph this morning and googled for a tutorial and found this one.

MOTOROLA TRIUMPH Android how to root and gain root access! - YouTube

I performed the steps as described.

BUT NOW MY TRIUMPH WON'T BOOT.

NOTHING!

I'm thinking of suing this jerk YouTuber for posting faulty info, as I did every step as described.

Does anybody have an idea of what the proper steps should be?

Thank you so much.
 
budyorkin said:
Hi Everyone,

I'm in a bit of a panic this morning. I was intent on rooting my faithful Motorola Triumph this morning and googled for a tutorial and found this one.

MOTOROLA TRIUMPH Android how to root and gain root access! - YouTube

I performed the steps as described.

BUT NOW MY TRIUMPH WON'T BOOT.

NOTHING!

I'm thinking of suing this jerk YouTuber for posting faulty info, as I did every step as described.

Does anybody have an idea of what the proper steps should be?

Thank you so much.
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As long as you typed this is in right it should have worked fine. This is normal root ways. Pull your battery and wait 1 minute and put back in and boot up.
 
Don't worry...this is the best place to get help...it is nearly impossible to brick the triumph beyond repair...just be patient and ask some questions...someone will be able to help you fix it...and to get you rooted and a new rom if wanted...this community has everything you need for the triumph!
 
Damn it... okay, I will pull the battery and leave it out for several minutes and see if that helps.

It is possible I may have mist-typed a step from the video.

I will go back and check.

Thanks for the support and kind words.

I will check in later today and update.
 
i don't understand why one would wanna 'sue'

in my 50+ years this suing crap has become a standard (in the US) and IMHO is just so wrong

either read the stickies on how to root here or just ask how to do it no need to sue
 
Not to mention the fact that every tutorial I've ever seen/read makes it very clear that rooting is something to be done at your own risk. If you aren't willing to do the time, don't do the crime. I've "bricked" my Nook, Optimus V and MT all at one time or another, you hit the forums, ask for help if you need it & figure it out. No need to lay blame where it doesn't belong.
 
budyorkin said:
Hi Everyone,

I'm in a bit of a panic this morning. I was intent on rooting my faithful Motorola Triumph this morning and googled for a tutorial and found this one.

MOTOROLA TRIUMPH Android how to root and gain root access! - YouTube

I performed the steps as described.

BUT NOW MY TRIUMPH WON'T BOOT.

NOTHING!

I'm thinking of suing this jerk YouTuber for posting faulty info, as I did every step as described.

Does anybody have an idea of what the proper steps should be?

Thank you so much.
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Thanks for all your comments... and for sure I understand that whatever I do on my own I make as a choice.

But when you have clowns like this guy "filmandtech" doing videos on how to do things, and those things don't work.

Well, aren't I entitled to some compensation?

His other videos suck too!

Whatever. I figured it out on my own.

See ya.
 
budyorkin said:
Thanks for all your comments... and for sure I understand that whatever I do on my own I make as a choice.

But when you have clowns like this guy "filmandtech" doing videos on how to do things, and those things don't work.

Well, aren't I entitled to some compensation?

His other videos suck too!

Whatever. I figured it out on my own.

See ya.
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There are companies who suck. You can choose to use their junk products, or move on to something that works. I personally try to use only things that I have reasearched over and over again (this phone is an eception;)). When I rooted it way back when, I read a bunch of people who said that it worked. I did hear filmandtech say that after you root you could ROM. That's not nessesary as you bypass the whole OS while ROMming. That would be my first clue. Also, he is telling you to link the binaries that b_random14 mentioned. Just like b_random14 said.

Why it didn't work for you, we will never know. He did it right. Even if he doesn't know exactly what he is doing. It's not like I do:D
 
Your "threat" to sue the YouTuber is ridiculous. You probably didn't follow the directions right, and you would have no legal grounds on which to sue on.
 
cpcollector said:
Your "threat" to sue the YouTuber is ridiculous. You probably didn't follow the directions right, and you would have no legal grounds on which to sue on.
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Agreed and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out "Bud".

That guys tutorial is spot on perfect, and in all honesty one of the best out there.

High production value, easy to see pictures, easy to hear audio.

It's not at all like the typical dark and grainy shaky camera work you see on most YouTube hacking videos.

You simply messed up and don't want to admit it.
 
Rooting is done at your own risk.

And there is always risk involved. Strange things happen from time to time. You accept that risk as your own responsibility before you do anything. Part of that is double checking you're doing the right things, and even that you're following the correct methods.


Glad to see you got it figured out.

My personal recommendation: don't use YouTube videos. They cause more problems than they are worth once the video becomes dated.
 
I have used the exact method in the video also, with one exception, instead of sudo (ubuntu thing, cause ubuntu does not have "true" root, why sudo is used, it can be setup to use su), I used su, you probably can use sux also, have not tried as of yet.

Anywho, the commands are spot on
 
piper_ said:
I have used the exact method in the video also, with one exception, instead of sudo (ubuntu thing, cause ubuntu does not have "true" root, why sudo is used, it can be setup to use su), I used su, you probably can use sux also, have not tried as of yet.

Anywho, the commands are spot on
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yes ubuntu dose have "true" root all you have to do is sudo su and provide the corect password sudo is just a method for keeping users from accesing root.
 
bmanzana said:
yes ubuntu dose have "true" root all you have to do is sudo su and provide the corect password sudo is just a method for keeping users from accesing root.
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Not sure how long you have been using linux, but, what your saying is not "true" root.

Ubuntu is the only distro that forces you to use “sudo” in place of “su” by default

Sudo is just a linux/unix admin tool, and it has nothing to do with Debian why it is used in Ubuntu, and it certainly doesn’t have anything to do with the way it is used.

Sudo is supposed to be used by the administrator, to allow a users to run a specific commands as su (root), or as another user. It’s not supposed to be used instead of a root account.

you can disable sudo and have "real root"

I am not a fan at all of ubuntu but





To activate root


In terminal type or paste:
Code: 
sudo passwd root
Enter your normal login password, then you will be asked to enter the new root password and confirm it.

Been a KDE user since 1.0 but this should do it, copy and paste the commands below to enable manual or other login

Code: 
sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'

Reboot

Now your in a "real root environment"

man su to learn how to use su (real root)

No idea why people think that sudo is "true root"



Remember where ubuntu is from and based on ...
 
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