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Root [One Click]Esteem Root, Recoveries, Unroot, Etc. All in One Pkg.

I got my LG Es October 3rd, just went to MPCS for a new phone as my Samsung Code was crap and falling apart. I was not expecting to sit at the Adult table with an Android that has comparable specs to the latest Android tablets. I've been following androidforums threads on rooting the esteem, and got the revolution root, the day it came out.

I've had a rooted phone for about three weeks with out any problems. Even last week when others were saying the OTA caused them to loose root.
I guess sometime between yesterday and last night a new FOTA was pushed, because now I don't have root privileges. And like the others in this thread have stated I've tried every thing and still am coming up not rooted.

I hope this gets fixed, I don't want to go back to the kiddie table.
 
computed said:
I got my LG Es October 3rd, just went to MPCS for a new phone as my Samsung Code was crap and falling apart. I was not expecting to sit at the Adult table with an Android that has comparable specs to the latest Android tablets. I've been following androidforums threads on rooting the esteem, and got the revolution root, the day it came out.

I've had a rooted phone for about three weeks with out any problems. Even last week when others were saying the OTA caused them to loose root.
I guess sometime between yesterday and last night a new FOTA was pushed, because now I don't have root privileges. And like the others in this thread have stated I've tried every thing and still am coming up not rooted.

I hope this gets fixed, I don't want to go back to the kiddie table.
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Are you saying you received two FOTA or just the one yesterday?
 
BRIAN5337 said:
Are you saying you received two FOTA or just the one yesterday?
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I'm not even sure if the OTA happened at all. It just seems likely given the parameters. And seems unlikely that it took so long to get the FOTA given that most lost root so early on.
What's the latest version and how can I check? I have SW Version ms910zvb.
 
computed said:
I got my LG Es October 3rd, just went to MPCS for a new phone as my Samsung Code was crap and falling apart. I was not expecting to sit at the Adult table with an Android that has comparable specs to the latest Android tablets. I've been following androidforums threads on rooting the esteem, and got the revolution root, the day it came out.

I've had a rooted phone for about three weeks with out any problems. Even last week when others were saying the OTA caused them to loose root.
I guess sometime between yesterday and last night a new FOTA was pushed, because now I don't have root privileges. And like the others in this thread have stated I've tried every thing and still am coming up not rooted.

I hope this gets fixed, I don't want to go back to the kiddie table.
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if this is true and they are pushing a new FOTA update then we need to find a way to block that. i see no reason for another FOTA update other then to fix the loophole for root.

Do us a favor and check your software version. Let us know if it says MS910ZVB or if it has a different letter at the end.
 
that would suck big time but i doubt if they going to block root cause someone will get it rooted again.:rolleyes::)
 
I've been installing and uninstalling all day.
I've installed the new drivers, I've uninstalled the superuser update.
Nothing is working.

Yes I have version ms910zvb
 
i just unrooted mines and return to out of box state and re rooted it with no problems, might want to go to control panel and uninstall the drivers from there and reinstall the drivers and also un check and recheck the box for usb debugging and try it again, thats weird this is happening to you. x_X
 
computed said:
I've been installing and uninstalling all day.
I've installed the new drivers, I've uninstalled the superuser update.
Nothing is working.

Yes I have version ms910zvb
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I've got the same problem. Uninstall all the drivers on the system
Done everything and still cannot get root access back
 
I lost root, it happened after the Su binary was updated

Any help?

Ive tried hard reset and everything, its not driver related.

Also debugging was enabled as well.
 
Well i fixed the problem guys, told you i would be of some help.
Just a few days in and i can start to contribute now.

If you have randomly been un rooted and can no longer use one click root, here is the solution.



1. put device in debugging mode
2. Open command Prompt
3. Cd to the one click root folder, i would move it to the c driver and rename to make it easier.
4. Type Cd C:/test
5. Than type Adb shell
6. Than type SU
7. Than you need to mount the system folder as read and write so type this
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
8. Than you need to navigate to the super user file by typing
cd system/bin
9. Type chmod 6755 su

press enter

Restart and your rooted again.
 
finalturismo said:
Well i fixed the problem guys, told you i would be of some help.
Just a few days in and i can start to contribute now.

If you have randomly been un rooted and can no longer use one click root, here is the solution.



1. put device in debugging mode
2. Open command Prompt
3. Cd to the one click root folder, i would move it to the c driver and rename to make it easier.
4. Type Cd C:/test
5. Than type Adb shell
6. Than type SU
7. Than you need to mount the system folder as read and write so type this
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
8. Than you need to navigate to the super user file by typing
cd system/bin
9. Type chmod 6755 su

press enter

Restart and your rooted again.
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This did not work. I even uninstalled and reinstalled the driver4s for my phone and this is what i get at the command prompt

C:\LGEsteem>dir
Volume in drive C is DRIVE_C
Volume Serial Number is ****-****

Directory of C:\LGEsteem

10/23/2011 08:34 PM <DIR> .
10/23/2011 08:34 PM <DIR> ..
10/08/2011 02:33 PM 578,611 adb.exe
10/08/2011 02:33 PM 96,256 AdbWinApi.dll
10/08/2011 02:33 PM 60,928 AdbWinUsbApi.dll
10/03/2011 09:01 PM 1,867,568 busybox
10/08/2011 03:59 PM 2,577 run.bat
10/08/2011 12:27 AM 26,324 su
10/08/2011 12:27 AM 196,120 Superuser.apk
10/07/2011 05:13 PM 22,281 zergrush
8 File(s) 2,850,665 bytes
2 Dir(s) 141,884,305,408 bytes free

C:\LGEsteem>Adb shell
$ su
su
Permission denied
$

When i try to run this i get a popup that Unknown was denied SuperUser Permissions

When i try to re-run the One Click this is the results.
[*] LG Esteem root script (Windows version)
[*] Exploit copyright (C) 2011 Revolutionary
[*] Scripting for LG Esteem by Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss)
[*]
[*] Before continuing, ensure USB debugging is enabled, that you
[*] have the latest LG drivers installed, and that your phone is
[*] connected via USB.
[*]
[*] Press enter to root your phone...
Press any key to continue . . .
[*]
[*] Waiting for device...
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
[*] Device found.
[*] Pushing exploit binary...
494 KB/s (22281 bytes in 0.044s)
[*] Running exploit...

[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary.

[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.

[+] Found a GingerBread ! 0x00017118
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Trying a new path ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Trying a new path ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[*] Trying a new path ...
[*] Sending 149 zerglings ...
[+] Zerglings caused crash (good news): 0x40121cd4 0x0054
[*] Researching Metabolic Boost ...
[+] Speedlings on the go ! 0xafd25611 0xafd390bf
[*] Poping 24 more zerglings
[*] Sending 173 zerglings ...

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !
[*] Installing root tools...
756 KB/s (26324 bytes in 0.034s)
929 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 1.961s)
957 KB/s (196120 bytes in 0.200s)
link failed File exists
[*] Cleaning up...
[*] Rebooting...
 
Thats how i fixed mine, it worked flawlessly for me,

Now iam a bit stuck, i screwed my self and changed the permissions of su
Just to make them match, now i cant get root in adb either...

And the one click root no longer works.

We really need a stock rom and flash..... but this phone is a bit behind on development.

Iam going to keep trying some adb commands with the zergling rush exploit.
 
No joy for me.

I get to the last step, hit 'enter' and nothing happens.
The black box says "Waiting for device."

Just a guess but I don't think the drivers loaded properly on my pc. I'm running XP, does that make a difference with the drivers?
 
finalturismo said:
Thats how i fixed mine, it worked flawlessly for me,

Now iam a bit stuck, i screwed my self and changed the permissions of su
Just to make them match, now i cant get root in adb either...

And the one click root no longer works.

We really need a stock rom and flash..... but this phone is a bit behind on development.

Iam going to keep trying some adb commands with the zergling rush exploit.
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You think ti would be possible to write the bat to remove everything it pushes to get rid of the root software installed and then reinstall it after a reboot?
 
Ok i fixed it, i pushed the 3.03 binary and linked them

from system/bin and system/xbin

If you need help just msg me on skype.

Iam working on a guide now so people can fix their root problems on the esteem.

You can push programs to the system/apps folder

and if you hard reset it will install all apps located in the apps folder in system..

I removed LG home and replaced it with go launcher, now when you hard reset, it auto installs go launcher on the first boot.

Here you go
this SHOULD fix it, i dont want to promise cuz iam not done with my guide.
But i did get my re rooted multiple times(took 3 days)
1. Replace SU binary located in the esteem one click root with Binary 3.03 or any other version newer than that.(its the file called SU)
Replace Superuser.apk with newest supperuser.apk

Than open cmd.exe
than type Cd c:/(location of one click root)

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "rmdir /system/tmp"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/* 2>/dev/null"

adb push zergrush /data/local/tmp/zergrush

adb shell "chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergrush"

echo

adb shell "echo exit | /data/local/tmp/zergrush"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "mount -orw,remount /dev/block/system /system"

adb push su /system/bin

adb push su /system/xbin

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "mkdir /system/tmp"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "chmod 777 /system/tmp"

adb push su /system/tmp/su

adb push busybox /system/tmp/busybox

adb push Superuser.apk /system/tmp/Superuser.apk

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "mv /system/tmp/su /system/xbin/su"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "mv /system/tmp/Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "mv /system/tmp/busybox /system/xbin/busybox"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "chown root /system/xbin/su"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su"

(OPEN UP SUPER USER AND ATTEMPT BINARY UPGRADE)

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "/system/xbin/busybox --install /system/xbin/"

adb shell /data/local/tmp/sh -c "rmdir /system/tmp"

adb shell "rm /data/local/tmp/* 2>/dev/null"

echo

(OPEN UP SUPER USER AND ATTEMPT BINARY UPGRADE)

adb reboot
 
I personally bought my phone the other day and immediately put it on the charge. Right as I put it to charge, I got the update lol. So I was like cool let it fly and I'll try to root it after. I rooted the phone and everything is working beautiful. I even updated the superuser and everything is super cool. Just installed 3.20 App Market and this baby is super-duper fast. Thank you BEAST (<My phones name).
fatjoejr2001
 
finalturismo said:
Ok i fixed it, i pushed the 3.03 binary and linked them



Here you go
this SHOULD fix it, i dont want to promise cuz iam not done with my guide.
But i did get my re rooted multiple times(took 3 days)
1. Replace SU binary located in the esteem one click root with Binary 3.03 or any other version newer than that.(its the file called SU)
Replace Superuser.apk with newest supperuser.apk
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Do you have any links?
 
The Zergrush provided in the original exploit and finalturismo's fixes.
Are out of date and were not able to gain Root access no matter what SOP I used to rerun the batch exploit. Take out the battery- no, Hard reset power vol up and down - no, uninstall updates - no, debug with internet - no.

So I suspected that maybe there's a newer version floating around, so I Googled it, and found this thread. This Zergrush is dated 10/17 that's 10 days after the original exploit.

I down loaded it, and ran this exploit, and it did a lot more than put on a dog and pony show, by exclaiming it did it. It actually printed out it was updating the folders to gain root access and did a lot more than copying over the files.

It rebooted, then when I looked in Astro all of the folders I expected to see r-d-w access had it.

[HOW-TO] Root Xperia PLAY (& many more phones) v2.2+ (zergRush Method) - xda-developers
 
did the newer exploit work?

You know this all started when they updated the superuser binary, its on their home page.

LOTS of people got de rooted from the 3.0.0 and the 3.0.1 binary update
 
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