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Root MILESTONE 2.1 update and root guide

andaroox said:
okok i shall.

does the phone have to be 'FULLY' charged?

and if i have already reflashed 2.1 into it, can i flash the vul. recovery straight away ?

thanks
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It's recommended to have it fully charged. If it has 2.1 on it, then yes you can flash the vulnerable recovery and then root it.
 
craigcrawford1988 said:
Try and run RSD Lite as administrator.
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still failing. i have this new file in my RSD Lite folder called SWDL.txt and inside it, it logs everything.



05/23/10 10:46:16 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05/23/10 10:46:16 New Log Started For Software Download.
05/23/10 10:47:15 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05/23/10 10:47:15 New Log Started For Software Download.
05/23/10 10:47:19 00001d14 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:19 00001d14 Phone.cpp 1527 0 ERROR GetPhoneID failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:47 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
05/23/10 10:47:47 New Log Started For Software Download.
05/23/10 10:47:49 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:49 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1527 0 ERROR GetPhoneID failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1527 0 ERROR GetPhoneID failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1622 0 ERROR GetTechnology failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1690 0 ERROR GetSoftwareVersion failed: SendTC failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1848 0 ERROR GetSoftwareFlexVersion failed: ReadSeemElement failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 436 0 ERROR Generic failure when sending command.
05/23/10 10:47:50 00008b34 Phone.cpp 1737 0 ERROR GetDRMVersion failed: SendTC failed: ERROR.
05/23/10 10:47:50 Multi upgrade started for 1 phones
05/23/10 10:47:50 [Device ID: 0] Flashing phone.
05/23/10 10:47:50 ERROR: - on device ID 0.
05/23/10 10:47:50 ERROR: Flash failure: (Error Code: 100),
Detailed Error Details: Direction of the Error=No Direction, Command Value=0, Code Group Number=No Codegroup - on device ID 0.
05/23/10 10:47:50 [Device ID: 0]
 
I have a suggestion that may work. Try the Android SDK drivers instead.

Go to the Android SDK site, get the SDK kit, run the setup and tick the drivers to install.
Uninstall your old ones first though.
 
thanks heaps craig. i actually found out that using WINDOWS XP works alot better. i just decided ill go back to my old pc and try to flash it on that and it works. thanks heaps.
 
andaroox said:
thanks heaps craig. i actually found out that using WINDOWS XP works alot better. i just decided ill go back to my old pc and try to flash it on that and it works. thanks heaps.
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Haha, yeah. Windows Vista/7 are utter junk when it comes to anything complex like this.

Roll on Linux ;).
 
christine600 said:
The first flash of the 2.1 SBF always needs my help to power up. And after I connect the USB again it's finished in 1 second. Makes me wonder if I get a false Finished/PASS status. Is there any way to check this? Any particular properties of the phone to check/look for?

The second flash of the recovery SBF always manage to power up the phone on its own.

And the root update still fails like described in the earlier post.
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craigcrawford1988 said:
It doesn't fail. I had the same output as you.
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Well - something fails - when I start a terminal and enter "su" I never get it. Titanium Backup reports it cannot get root. And all other apps I have tried also fails. Would flashing a non-service SBF have a greater possibility of working?
 
I would like to ask- I got Central European Rom with Root and O/C capability, but the physical keyboard has QWERTY instead of QWERTZ layout (it's a German phone). If I change the Rom with Service German one will i loose the root and the O/C capabilities?
 
MiRaGe said:
I would like to ask- I got Central European Rom with Root and O/C capability, but the physical keyboard has QWERTY instead of QWERTZ layout (it's a German phone). If I change the Rom with Service German one will i loose the root and the O/C capabilities?
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You will have to flash the vulnerable recovery and do the root again.
 
MiRaGe said:
Thanks! It is not going to wipe my data, isn't it?
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So long as you don't use a non-service SBF to flash then no. The vulnerable recovery and root don't touch user partitions.

I would recommend backing up anything you need first though. Just in case the service version doesn't work and you end up needing to flash a non-service.
 
I got it working! :D

christine600 said:
Well - something fails - when I start a terminal and enter "su" I never get it. Titanium Backup reports it cannot get root. And all other apps I have tried also fails. Would flashing a non-service SBF have a greater possibility of working?
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But not the way I expected. Flashing 2.1 UK non-service and then recovery and finally update.zip did not help either. But fiddling with Titanium Backup it suggested updating the busybox for me. I let it - and voila I had root in both Titanium and the Terminal apps.

Thank you again for this excellent HOWTO.
 
After rooting it and installing milestone overclock APK the phone is amazing!
I also installed SETCPU for better scaling.

Problem though:

Now the battery meter has stopped working. It was stuck at 100% for a long time so I rebooted the phone and it dropped to 90%. Now it is stuck at 90% and reboots don't do anything.

Should I do a hard reset?
 
I have a question. I'm on step 10. "copy the milestone_root.zip file over and rename it to update.zip." But I don't see this file. I downloaded it and unzipped it and it gave me a "META-INF" and "system" files I believe. Is one of these the file you are speaking of or am I way off. Thanks for any help.
 
UnModified said:
I have a question. I'm on step 10. "copy the milestone_root.zip file over and rename it to update.zip." But I don't see this file. I downloaded it and unzipped it and it gave me a "META-INF" and "system" files I believe. Is one of these the file you are speaking of or am I way off. Thanks for any help.
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You don't unzip it. You copy the milestone_root.zip over to the SD card and rename it...
 
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