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Apps Rooting: A quick guide (Updated 3/10/09)

I must be the stupid one here... I have followed all the directions and still can't get telnetd to work. Then there is the question of the telnet client.. ANY help would be appreciated. What I have done so far is downgrade to rc29 and here I sit... everytime I type telnetd is just sits there, I even tried the reboot command, just not happening..
 
dlammons said:
I must be the stupid one here... I have followed all the directions and still can't get telnetd to work. Then there is the question of the telnet client.. ANY help would be appreciated. What I have done so far is downgrade to rc29 and here I sit... everytime I type telnetd is just sits there, I even tried the reboot command, just not happening..
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Are you set for Debugging mode on the G1 ?? I haven't done this but I thought you had to have it set:

System Settings|Applications|Development|USB Debugging (checked)
 
justjimjpc said:
Are you set for Debugging mode on the G1 ?? I haven't done this but I thought you had to have it set:

System Settings|Applications|Development|USB Debugging (checked)
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Debugging is set as default in the modified RC29. I think he's waiting to see something actually happen, which it won't.
 
I have just the rc29 and no mods, mybe I am missing something, if you type telnetd and nothing happens, at what point or what do I do to telnet into the phone,, ie client and usb cable connected to PC??? maybe that's the part missing,, the .apk files I see I thought were for the phone to telnet to itself,, ie localhost...
 
justjimjpc..

Actually I may be doing it again, as I seem to have lost root access when I did the JF rc33 update, so I will be tinkering, back to RC29, HardSPL then JF RC30 the JF rc33.. may be overkill but I wanted to tinker,, unless I have overlooked something,, any ideas??

Original,, telnetd worked after I flashed with the RC29 link Shivers316 gave me, then used Telnet from Market, then input:

Borrowed from devolio post above...

Copy recovery_testkeys.img onto the Micro SD Card

Code:

mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /systemdd if=/system/bin/sh of=/system/bin/su

chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

Code:

su
cd /systemcat /sdcard/recovery_testkeys.img > recovery.img

flash_image recovery recovery.img


Then flashed with Engineering SPL, then ,JF1.42_ RC33 with the RC33 Radio Update.

I may have skipped a step
 
Geeez, sometimes I feel like such a moron,, I still have root just access it different is all,,, ""READ THE POSTS"" ,, um all is working,, I do have a minor question,, If I want to change the bootloader do I have to start from scratch or can I just doit as an update as before??
 
I have my second G1 (experiment-play-with) phone ...

Possibly Step #1 did not go right ... therefore I cant use Telnet in Step #2???

I am braving into Rooting it and have gotten hung up at Step 2.

It was definately me ... failing in Step #1 ...

I formated the SDcard to Fat32 .. But not in the phone ... Rather than Formatting the Device ... the entire phone memory ... Which prepares the way for putting the Dream RC29 image (pre-Root_Block) Build on the phone.

In Step 2:
I had previous tried to use Terminal Emulator in place of Telnet...
That was a mistake ... so be sure to use Telnet ...

In Step 3:
The first time I renamed the image file to "Update.zip" and it should be just "Update" ... as the flasher looks for a zip-type file called "Update"

After those stumbles the rest went fine....



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Step 2)

- Copy recovery_testkeys.img onto the Micro SD Card.
- Turn the phone on (if not already)
- Type enter telnetd enter to start telnet
- Telnet into the phone with telnet (telnet ipaddress) OR use the telnet application from th market and connect to localhost
- Run the following as root (in telnet)
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I copied the 'testkeys.img' onto the SDCard
I have telnet app downloaded...

I have the phone connected to the Computer ... SD is mounted ...

I tried .. "- Type enter, then telnetd enter to start telnet" and I get nothing but kicked into the phone contacts...

I have tried starting the Telnet App and iget a screen like:
"[ Localhost ]" "[ 23 ]"
Button "Connect to Sever"

I press the "Connect to Server" button ... and get "Error while connecting to server: Localhost/127.0.0.1:23

Do I need to put other info in the windows of --Localhost and [23] ?
Should something be running on the PC ...??
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right i have manage to down garde from rc9 to rc7 ok no probs
start the first step ok on post instructions
second step it says all the time cannot create recovery.img read only
what am i doing wrong have gone through steps all fine i think
 
Hello,

I have a European (Dutch) vodafone magic phone. And was wondering if i could unroot it. I can't seem to find any guide to do this. It is build-nummer is CRB43.

Thx
 
K i am on part 1, i did the first 3 task
and now i got to press power for yes,
but mine doesnt say power for yes, it says action for yes.
so i pressed action, and 1 min later it said.

Model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!
 
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