Ok so I have a Htc Eris that has been rooted via Z4, The phone has pretty much been Bricked at this point. The problem I need help with is that we have used uninstaller for root *app* and have accidently erased some important files such as talk "we can not use market anymore" and also browser
"was using dolphin browser instead so found it useless to have"
we didn't realize that talk was what made the market work and we decided to restore the phone to Factory Settings when we done that we booted the phone and realized we didnt have a working market still so we looked up the problem
as you know the problem was we uninstalled talk
now we figured out how to fix the problem except the way of installing a .apk file to the phone because we no longer had a browser or market on the phone
we cannot flash a recovery stock rom either we are running out of ideas
I really have looked and tryed almost everything can someone please help us
Yeah, Z4 root is really a temporary root since it doesn't install a custom recovery (which allows you to make the vital Nandroid backup, as you have discovered). Just to digress a little here and caution any who may read this: always protect yourself with some kind of backup or fallback plan whenever doing anything "scary"
D) or dangerous to your phone (i.e., such as removing apps without the ability to restore them if needed).
You've got quite a lot to learn and do, but these are not insurmountable tasks.
You'll need to figure-out a way to install files and apps onto your phone. The most direct (only?) way would be to get the Android SDK installed and use the "adb install" command to install the missing apps. You, of course, will not be able to modify system-protected files unless you are rooted (not sure if your phone was rooted with Z4 permanent or temporary root (I thought that I had tried Z4 root and only got the temporary root to work...I can't remember)).
Anyway, here's an
outline of things you'll need to do:
- download and install the
Android SDK to your PC
Android SDK | Android Developers
- Grab the 1-click app's .apk file from this thread:
Universal 1 Click Eris Root App Apk - No PCs, No Scripts Needed, EASY - xda-developers
- copy the 1-click .apk file (erisone010.apk) to the Android SDK's platform-tools subdirectory
- on your phone, make sure you have
Settings -> Applications -> Development -> USB debugging enabled
- on your PC, cd to the
platform-tools directory (this is where adb.exe lives)
- verify connectivity to your phone with "adb devices"; if you have connectivity issues, then download and install HTC Sync (
HTC Mobile Phone Support - DROID ERIS by HTC (Verizon) - Downloads)
- use the "adb install erisone010.apk" command to install the 1-click root app
- make sure you carefully follow the instructions in the 1-click root thread (be sure to reboot after running the app (folks often miss/forget this step))
- follow the instructions in this post (
http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/127861-universal-eris-root-dummies.html#post1186824) for taking a Nandroid backup
At this point, you've got a phone with a custom recovery installed and you have the option to install a custom ROM or to even return your phone fully back to stock. You can un-root by installing this custom ROM:
[ROM][03/06/2011]FlashBack21 v2 -Return to Factory Stock - March 2011 OTA - xda-developers
Otherwise, you might decide to flash a wholly different ROM like xtrSense, xtrROM, GSB, etc. You could also simply flash / install the
rootme.zip file to install a non-Z4 permanent root to your phone (su and SuperUser app) and then push / copy the files you originally deleted back to their proper locations.
Good luck!
Cheers!
im finding it fun,but it is intimidating until you get into it,and get used to it.