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Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

ocnbrze said:
never skip steps. the steps are there for a reason. if they were not important then they would not be in the guide. you need to slow down and take things step by step.

so did you do step 6 where you uncheck fastboot? most likely that is why you could not get to the stock recovery. you need to go there in order for taco root to work. basically taco root uses an exploit in the recovery logs of the stock recovery.

i would start all over again and this time if you run into an issue, please come here. DO NOT MOVE ON. folks here most likely can figure out what went wrong. once that step works then move on.

edit:sorry its late. so yes we need to figure out why you can't get to the stock recovery. in step 5. are you sure you are holding down the power+vol up and vol down at the same time?
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Thank you for replying. Sorry I am just now getting back, I waited for a while and ended up falling asleep before I saw a reply. I did uncheck fastboot and it was in debugging mode. I truly believe I followed everything to a T... except for just moving on. I am pretty sure I am holding all the buttons down. I did it many many times trying holding them down for different lengths (once until I got the menu but it never came it just kept rebooting) then I tried letting it go when the exclamation point disappeared, I even tried just hitting them then letting go (didn't think it would work but I was desperate). I reset the phone to factory settings and started over but it still did the same. While I'm waiting on someone's word I will start all over and see if it work this time, maybe I will get lucky.
 
JacobGates said:
Thank you for replying. Sorry I am just now getting back, I waited for a while and ended up falling asleep before I saw a reply. I did uncheck fastboot and it was in debugging mode. I truly believe I followed everything to a T... except for just moving on. I am pretty sure I am holding all the buttons down. I did it many many times trying holding them down for different lengths (once until I got the menu but it never came it just kept rebooting) then I tried letting it go when the exclamation point disappeared, I even tried just hitting them then letting go (didn't think it would work but I was desperate). I reset the phone to factory settings and started over but it still did the same. While I'm waiting on someone's word I will start all over and see if it work this time, maybe I will get lucky.
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I recall recently another person having an issue such as yours--holding volume up and down while pressing power--but I am searching for it.
As I recall, perhaps while holding both volume up/down, press power and continue holding all 3 buttons down until stock recovery screen appears. then let go. You may have tried that already, but it can be tricky
 
Mikestony said:
I recall recently another person having an issue such as yours--holding volume up and down while pressing power--but I am searching for it.
As I recall, perhaps while holding both volume up/down, press power and continue holding all 3 buttons down until stock recovery screen appears. then let go. You may have tried that already, but it can be tricky
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I have not tried that, interesting idea. perfect timing to, i just got to that step. I will try it and let you know.

Edit: Oh my God! It worked. Okay, if that is the case I would suggest revising the instructions and putting that in there. I hit the volumes first then the power and the menu came up immediately. Okay so I am moving on from here and maybe this will continue to work.
 
JacobGates said:
I have not tried that, interesting idea. perfect timing to, i just got to that step. I will try it and let you know.

Edit: Oh my God! It worked. Okay, if that is the case I would suggest revising the instructions and putting that in there. I hit the volumes first then the power and the menu came up immediately. Okay so I am moving on from here and maybe this will continue to work.
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Okay, Everything worked until the flash_image file command in step 12. it still says the file does not exist. One thing that was different this time was when I did all the command before step 12 it said:
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully*

it didn't say that once last time and this time it said it after each command. Is it possible the flash_image file I have is corrupt or something? I redownloaded it and put the new one in my phone last time so doubt it is but you never know.
 
JacobGates said:
Okay, Everything worked until the flash_image file command in step 12. it still says the file does not exist. One thing that was different this time was when I did all the command before step 12 it said:
adb server is out of date. killing...
*daemon started successfully*

it didn't say that once last time and this time it said it after each command. Is it possible the flash_image file I have is corrupt or something? I redownloaded it and put the new one in my phone last time so doubt it is but you never know.
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Did you extract that flash_image file from the flash-image.zip and move it to the root of the sd card? (not in any folder)?
Just to make sure, and I think you did, have usb debugging enabled and fastboot unchecked (reason I ask is I believe you said you reset the phone earlier)
Did you get the "#" sign after entering "su" ?

Also when you said you had the adb server killing, then daemon restarting...did that happen after every step 7,8,9,10?
 
Mikestony said:
Did you extract that flash_image file from the flash-image.zip and move it to the root of the sd card? (not in any folder)?
Just to make sure, and I think you did, have usb debugging enabled and fastboot unchecked (reason I ask is I believe you said you reset the phone earlier)
Did you get the "#" sign after entering "su" ?

Also when you said you had the adb server killing, then daemon restarting...did that happen after every step 7,8,9,10?
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Yes the file was extracted and is in the root.. at least I believe its in the rood of the sd. I put it in the first area that comes up when I open the device on my computer. I double checked that usb debugging was enabled and fastboot was unchecked (I did reset to valid question). I did get # after the adb shell command.

Yes, after 7, 8, 9, 10, and even after 11 (adb shell command) it showed. I still have the command prompt window up if you need to see any of it word for word. I did the --undo command and stopped it for now but all the command prompt inputs and outputs are still there.
 
JacobGates said:
Yes the file was extracted and is in the root.. at least I believe its in the rood of the sd. I put it in the first area that comes up when I open the device on my computer. I double checked that usb debugging was enabled and fastboot was unchecked (I did reset to valid question). I did get # after the adb shell command.

Yes, after 7, 8, 9, 10, and even after 11 (adb shell command) it showed. I still have the command prompt window up if you need to see any of it word for word. I did the --undo command and stopped it for now but all the command prompt inputs and outputs are still there.
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Sure, if you could post a screen shot of your command window, but first, what comes up when you type "adb devices"? Your phone serial # should come up.
btw, after step 9, did your phone reboot itself?
 
Mikestony said:
Sure, if you could post a screen shot of your command window, but first, what comes up when you type "adb devices"? Your phone serial # should come up.
btw, after step 9, did your phone reboot itself?
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when I type "adb devices" this is what shows:
adb server is out of date. killing...
*adb started successfully*
list of devices attached
(not sure if I should post the # but it did show) device

and after step 9 it did reboot and in the command prompt it says I have to hit vol up and down and power buttons to reboot it which I did, I did not hit the volume buttons first this time just hit them all at once and it immediately reboots then goes into a bootloop.

Here is my prompt output (i deleted my user name and stuff just for safety so that is the only thing that is different):

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
159 KB/s (2129 bytes in 0.013s)

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroo
t.sh
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --set
up
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by

both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
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Rebooting into recovery, please press Volume+, Volume- and Power at the same tim
e, and reboot the system.

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --roo
t
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by

both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Rebooting into root.

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell
error: device not found

C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image.exe
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image.exe
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
# cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
/sdcard/flash_image: No such file or directory
# ^C
C:\Users\Jacob (last name)\Desktop\andriod>adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --und
o
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1
By Justin Case (jcase)
Presented by TeamAndIRC, RootzWiki and AndroidPolice
With great assistance from Reid Holland (Erishasnobattery)
----------
TacoRoot: HTC Edition v1 is based on a vulnerability independently discovered by

both Justin Case and Dan Rosenberg (Rosenberg first). I believe unrevoked and
AlpahRev were also aware of it.
----------
Usage:
--recovery : For this exploit to work, you must have booted recovery at least on
ce after your last factory reset.
--setup : Setup the phone for root, must be done before --root.
--root : Root the phone.
--undo : Remove TacoRoot.
----------
Root removed, rebooting

this last part was just me stopping while we talk, I didn't want my phone just in bootloop for a couple of hours.
 
o.k..do you have these 3 files in your Android folder?
adb.exe
fastboot.exe
AdbWinApi.dll

Just double check you have all 3 in there.

Along with the tacoroot.sh (extracted from CunningLogic-TacoRoot-3b6fae6) in the Android folder.?
I see you are running the command from that folder.

Do you have htcsync installed?
 
Mikestony said:
o.k..do you have these 3 files in your Android folder?
adb.exe
fastboot.exe
AdbWinApi.dll

Just double check you have all 3 in there.

Along with the tacoroot.sh (extracted from CunningLogic-TacoRoot-3b6fae6) in the Android folder.?
I see you are running the command from that folder.

Do you have htcsync installed?
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yes all 4 files are in there and I do have htcsync installed. and I did just like the instructions said, to hold down shift right click and click run command prompt from here (what ever it says).
 
JacobGates said:
yes all 4 files are in there and I do have htcsync installed. and I did just like the instructions said, to hold down shift right click and click run command prompt from here (what ever it says).
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not sure why adb kills and then restarts itself.:confused:
hmmm....let me see if I can p.m. someone who might know.
In the meantime, can you try another usb port on your computer?
 
Mikestony said:
btw, you are in "charge only" mode on your phone correct?
Also I gotta step out for a while but I'll try to follow your posts on my phone k?
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Yes, it was in charge only. except for the times I was told be the instructions to but it in disk mode. when i get to step 6 every time I check that everything is correct: debugging on, fastboot off, and charge only.

It's fine, I'm not in a rush, I would rather take the time and make sure it's done right than rush and mess something up. I got some stuff I need to do myself. Thank you for your help, I have had ubuntu linux on another computer for a few years now and I have never gotten help from anyone with linux. I always had to figure it out myself. So this is a nice change of events.
 
Rxpert83 said:
Have you tried giving the computer a restart? That can sometimes fix adv issues
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I haven't in these recent tries. my computer had been shut down sense last night when I tried the first time when I was still having the issues with the vol up/down and power button reboot menu working. But sense adb is just now happening I will give it a try.
 
Mikestony said:
btw, you are in "charge only" mode on your phone correct?
Also I gotta step out for a while but I'll try to follow your posts on my phone k?
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Rxpert83 said:
Have you tried giving the computer a restart? That can sometimes fix adv issues
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Okay, I restarted my computer, changed usb ports and started all over. It is still saying adb server is out of date. killing... blah blah blah and in the "#" line it still says the flash_image is not found. I don't think the server out of date thing is linked to the image file because when I was having issues with the stock recovery menu and I continued it did not do the server killing but I still had the file not being found problem. I could be wrong but I have a feeling they are not linked.
 
Rxpert83 said:
You are absolutely positive the files are named correctly and have typed in the commands right?
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well you can look for yourself on the commands just a few post up when I posted my command prompt output. I actually just copy and pasted the command from the instructions to make sure I didn't mess them up. I have not changed any file names so how ever they came in downloaded and extracted is how they are. Just in case you might ask: I did put the actual files in the sd card, not the folders, the files in the extracted folders were moved to the sd card in the root.
 
JacobGates said:
well you can look for yourself on the commands just a few post up when I posted my command prompt output. I actually just copy and pasted the command from the instructions to make sure I didn't mess them up. I have not changed any file names so how ever they came in downloaded and extracted is how they are. Just in case you might ask: I did put the actual files in the sd card, not the folders, the files in the extracted folders were moved to the sd card in the root.
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Lets try this...don't know if it will make a difference but ocn posted adb file here. Get rid of yours and download his and put it in your Android folder...


https://www.dropbox.com/s/1sa8sgwrpo1wb4z/adb.exe
 
Mikestony said:
Lets try this...don't know if it will make a difference but ocn posted adb file here. Get rid of yours and download his and put it in your Android folder...


https://www.dropbox.com/s/1sa8sgwrpo1wb4z/adb.exe
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Okay, we are making progress. I'll explain what I have already told Mikestony in a private message so others will know what we have done. I downloaded the new adb.exe file and replaced the old one with it, also when I turned on my computer again it said there was an update for my htcsync so I went ahead and updated it. this time the message "the server is outdated. killing... (what ever it was)" did NOT appear at all, not once. I am not sure which (new adb file or updated htcsync) fixed that but it's not happening now so that's good.

but when I got to step 12 it still said "No such file or directory". Okay so at this point I am beginning to question myself so I have attached a screen shot of my computer on the sdcard window showing the 2 files... just to confirm they are right.
 

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JacobGates said:
Okay, we are making progress. I'll explain what I have already told Mikestony in a private message so others will know what we have done. I downloaded the new adb.exe file and replaced the old one with it, also when I turned on my computer again it said there was an update for my htcsync so I went ahead and updated it. this time the message "the server is outdated. killing... (what ever it was)" did NOT appear at all, not once. I am not sure which (new adb file or updated htcsync) fixed that but it's not happening now so that's good.

but when I got to step 12 it still said "No such file or directory". Okay so at this point I am beginning to question myself so I have attached a screen shot of my computer on the sdcard window showing the 2 files... just to confirm they are right.
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And step 5 went well for you this time?
The file on sd card appears to be in the right place and those 2 files are the extracted ones?
 
It looks like it needs to be in data folder? Maybe? I've never done taco root. Just looking at the command from step 12.

File not found def means wrong spot
 
JacobGates said:
Okay, we are making progress. I'll explain what I have already told Mikestony in a private message so others will know what we have done. I downloaded the new adb.exe file and replaced the old one with it, also when I turned on my computer again it said there was an update for my htcsync so I went ahead and updated it. this time the message "the server is outdated. killing... (what ever it was)" did NOT appear at all, not once. I am not sure which (new adb file or updated htcsync) fixed that but it's not happening now so that's good.

but when I got to step 12 it still said "No such file or directory". Okay so at this point I am beginning to question myself so I have attached a screen shot of my computer on the sdcard window showing the 2 files... just to confirm they are right.
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what size card do you have?
 
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