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dmiller2007

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hey. i've searched and still can't get it to work. i'm a complete noob on linux (less than 24 hours) and i'm having trouble with unrevoked3. i downloaded unrevoked3, extracted it to the desktop. plugged the phone in and nothing. i've tried mounting it as charge only and as a disk drive. i just can't seem to get the reflash exe to run. i've tried running it through terminal and through the gui. nothing works. dev@****PC:~/Desktop$ sudo ./reflash
[sudo] password for dev:
./reflash: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i've tried the apt-get install for the file that it says it has an error at. that leads to nothing. thanks for any help.
 
dmiller2007 said:
hey. i've searched and still can't get it to work. i'm a complete noob on linux (less than 24 hours) and i'm having trouble with unrevoked3. i downloaded unrevoked3, extracted it to the desktop. plugged the phone in and nothing. i've tried mounting it as charge only and as a disk drive. i just can't seem to get the reflash exe to run. i've tried running it through terminal and through the gui. nothing works. dev@****PC:~/Desktop$ sudo ./reflash
[sudo] password for dev:
./reflash: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

i've tried the apt-get install for the file that it says it has an error at. that leads to nothing. thanks for any help.
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I'm just surfing this forum because I'm thinking of buying a used inc but does ubuntu recogonize your phone. If it doesn't then I had a similar problem. I'm running 10.10 and I cant find it on my phone right now but there's a setting you have to check/uncheck (can't remember which) for ubuntu to see it. I know that don't help much.

Edit: Found it: Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging>Unchecked

Hope that Helped.:)
 
well whatever the file type is that i downloaded. its the one thats for linux. i can't get it to run. i can get the computer to recognize it and get into the phones folders. i just can't get unrevoked to run.
 
dmiller2007 said:
well whatever the file type is that i downloaded. its the one thats for linux. i can't get it to run. i can get the computer to recognize it and get into the phones folders. i just can't get unrevoked to run.
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is usb debugging turned on?(needs to be) and i believe the option to install applications from unknown locations needs to be turned on also.
 
yes they were both installed. i may have found the problem. i need to download the updates to ubuntu. i avoided doing so when i installed it because it was like 300 mb and my only source of internet available at my house is my DX tethered lol i'm having trouble installing anything without the updates.
 
assuming you also have an htc incredible also?... just noticed in your profile under devices it say you have a Droid X.
 
yep. its actually my wife's now. i got it on launch day then got a DX when it launched. definitely miss some things about the Dinc though. it was a good little phone. but the screen real estate, battery life, and build quality of the DX won me over.
 
I think you definitely need to get updates on the OS, if you are lacking libs.

I wrote this on another board to help out noob's (like myself)

1. Download latest unrevoked for linux

2. extract to desktop

3. set phone settings to: USB Charge only
(menu>settings>connect to pc>default connection type>charge only)

4. enable phone settings to USB debugging (menu>settings>applications>development>USB debugging-check)

5. connect phone to computer

6. open a terminal

7. type in terminal: cd /home/username/Desktop (hit enter)

(Use your own "username" above. The prompt in terminal will begin with username@computername.)

8. type in terminal: chmod +x reflash (hit enter)

9.type in terminal: sudo ./reflash (hit enter)

(it will ask for your administrative password, enter)

10. Wait for the rooting process to finish.
 
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