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Root Root the Reverb (no PC Required)

I know it is hard to accept when a user with just one post gave you the solution (partly, no recovery yet) many people were looking for the past weeks, but it only proves that sometimes people just want to contribute and help. I think this is what these forums are for...
 
jagx said:
I know it is hard to accept when a user with just one post gave you the solution (partly, no recovery yet) many people were looking for the past weeks, but it only proves that sometimes people just want to contribute and help. I think this is what these forums are for...
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There's always an exception to the rule :p

I usually exercise caution when trying out things on a new device - people often post "guaranteed" solutions as a way to get others to be their guinea pigs...

At least now we know the posted method works. I was able to uninstall Mobile ID, which kept pestering me to install it. Worth the price of admission for that alone ;)
 
jagx said:
I know it is hard to accept when a user with just one post gave you the solution (partly, no recovery yet) many people were looking for the past weeks, but it only proves that sometimes people just want to contribute and help. I think this is what these forums are for...
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Yeah I didn't mean to sound rude or call anyone a liar, I was just being cautious as a handful of popular developers took a few stabs at this phone and didn't get very far, but then this super simple solution randomly pops up from a new user. If it truly works then the OP deserves plenty of praise :o
 
hey VPORT just download poot.apk to ur phones sd card do that after uve installed ministro on ur phone. go to my files icon on the apps icon in your reverb . select it poot.apk and clik "install"

after that open poot and "accept" to dowload binaries.

next select "click here to poot"
u will get an erro 64 saying to reboot ur phone . reboot ur phone install superuser.

run superuser and select "info" after that select "outdated binaries" and check it
next clik on top of outdated binaries and clik to update another screen come ups select "update" . after that u will get a bunch of green letters saying "okay" that means ur phone is being rooted.

next download root cheker and install it. open root cheker and clik on "allow" from superuser '

next select "check root access". thats how u do the steps in rooting the phone.
 
1 download ministro
2 download and "install poot.apk"
3.open poot and "download binaries"
4. clik on "clik here to poot" on poot menu
5."restart phone" do <<<this after selecting "clik here to poot"
6 download and install superuser
7 open superuser and "select info"
8. check "outated libraries" and select red or green letters on top and clik on "update" .
9.. clik on "allow" for superuser request
10. you will get a bunch of "green okays"
11.download and install root cheker
12. open root cheker
13 clik on "check root access" and clik on "allow" request from superuser
after that u should get a message like this

"CONGRATULATIONS YOUR PHONE NOW HAS ROOT ACCESS"

make sure uve done ti this way. cause if u dont it wont work.
 
guys can u make this last instructions i typed a sticky they work perfectly. speny333 ur steps are kinda confusing for alot of people ive broken it down for 12 steps. follow them and u wont have issues rooting the phone tomorrow i will post a better updated version of my video
 
Thanks for the easy layout info!
I ordered a couple of this these phones yesterday for me and the wife.
Now Ill have root thanks again. :D
 
How can this be so confusing? The OP's instructions are fine! We need videos and walkthroughs? No wonder the jobs are leaving our shores by the droves. Are some of you folks the reason McDonald's put pictures on their registers? APPS TO EXPLOIT ROOT. Doesn't get easier than that.
 
cobretti said:
How can this be so confusing? The OP's instructions are fine! We need videos and walkthroughs? No wonder the jobs are leaving our shores by the droves. Are some of you folks the reason McDonald's put pictures on their registers? APPS TO EXPLOIT ROOT. Doesn't get easier than that.
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This kind of put-down is absolutely not necessary. Everyone is a beginner at some time, and some people are more nervous about rooting than others.
 
xInterlopeRx said:
If you guys want cwm someone needs to provide the stock untainted recovery.
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I've been trying to do that, but the mtd table in my phone is empty. All that it has is "dev: size erasesize name" without any of the info. Unless I somehow unknowingly erased that, I think the phone came like that. Is there any other way to copy the recovery?

Edit: I tried using romdump to dump the partitions, but when it finished, the recovery partition was missing. I'm guessing that's because of the missing info in my mtd table, though.
 
xInterlopeRx said:
If you guys want cwm someone needs to provide the stock untainted recovery.
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I know a bit about push/pull/adb/recovery/lock/unlock bootloader/twrp/cwm, not too much, just a bit. If with enough guidence, I would try to extract a stock ROM from my reverb. And hope that would stimulate some custom ROM in return,

TIA,

bun
 
bunanson said:
I know a bit about push/pull/adb/recovery/lock/unlock bootloader/twrp/cwm, not too much, just a bit. If with enough guidence, I would try to extract a stock ROM from my reverb. And hope that would stimulate some custom ROM in return,

TIA,

bun
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Hi, could you enter the following command into a terminal emulator (you can get one from the market) and tell me what the results are?

cat /proc/mtd

Note: This won't do anything to your phone. It will just list the contents of a file. The same thing could be achieved using a root file browser.

Thanks
 
blue_cat said:
Hi, could you enter the following command into a terminal emulator (you can get one from the market) and tell me what the results are?

cat /proc/mtd

Note: This won't do anything to your phone. It will just list the contents of a file. The same thing could be achieved using a root file browser.

Thanks
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I ran that cmnd.
Output
Dev: size erasesize name
 
Could somebody that has root use Titanium Backup to get me a backed up copy of the stock "Google Books" application? I deleted it and then lost the backup (stupid, I know), and now I can't update my Reverb.
 
blue_cat said:
Hi, could you enter the following command into a terminal emulator (you can get one from the market) and tell me what the results are?

cat /proc/mtd

Note: This won't do anything to your phone. It will just list the contents of a file. The same thing could be achieved using a root file browser.

Thanks
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Yeah, same thing as cobretti. See: screenshot.
 
Apk07 said:
No offense but can someone who actually got this working provide proof? A video maybe? I hate to sound all suspicious, but the people claiming it worked have like 11 posts and under
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Can't provide "proof" but I sure can +1 that this works. I rooted TWO Virgin Galaxy Reverbs last night. When I did the wifes there was an "error" upon completion, but the built in root check verified root, and upon restarting I was able to have root access with ES file explorer.. [Now to figure out the boot screens on this thing. I can disable em, but not change em. :-(]
 
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