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Root Rooting the Atrix on a Mac?

I'll take a look at this later.

Basically the one-click uses the ADB (Android Debugger) to connect to the phone, pushes/pulls some files, updates some SqlLite files (if needed), etc.

I suspect you could just do everything manually with the SDK (for OSX), but I'll see about running this under Mono, which is basically a .NET development environment for the Mac (so what you're doing is running a .NET application without needing Windows, or the windows .NET runtime files).
 
DT said:
I'll take a look at this later.

Basically the one-click uses the ADB (Android Debugger) to connect to the phone, pushes/pulls some files, updates some SqlLite files (if needed), etc.

I suspect you could just do everything manually with the SDK (for OSX), but I'll see about running this under Mono, which is basically a .NET development environment for the Mac (so what you're doing is running a .NET application without needing Windows, or the windows .NET runtime files).
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Awesome, thank you!

I'll be looking out for what you find!
 
Well, the manual instructions are circulating, it depends how fearless you are :)

Honestly, if you're not familiar with terminal/shell type stuff, I probably wouldn't do it. Well, I would, but I'm kind of loopy :D
 
DT said:
Well, the manual instructions are circulating, it depends how fearless you are :)

Honestly, if you're not familiar with terminal/shell type stuff, I probably wouldn't do it. Well, I would, but I'm kind of loopy :D
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Haha, I've used terminal before, so I'd be okay with the directions.

I'm just not too sure on how to get Mono working.

Where did you find the manual instructions?
 
I got my hands on a windows XP netbook.

the 2.0 .NET framework won't even install, and the 4.0 doesn't either.

XP SP3 too, I'm not even sure whats wrong.

Rooting is starting to become a pain in the a$$
 
silentecho13 said:
I got my hands on a windows XP netbook.

the 2.0 .NET framework won't even install, and the 4.0 doesn't either.

XP SP3 too, I'm not even sure whats wrong.

Rooting is starting to become a pain in the a$$
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Hey if it makes ya feel any better I'm about to go to work on mine - haven't started anything yet but I'm determined to make it quick and easy! seems like it might be tricky based on this thread though... but even i there is terminal shit, it'll still be cake, I can give you the exact phrases to paste in there.

I'm on a 13" macbook pro, snow leopard.

Good luck! Let's root this bitch :)
 
aye! This really is turning out to be more of a head-scratcher than I expected. Worse is that apparently this "root" process won't allow custom recoveries, like clockwork mod, which means that everything will always be a pain in the ass for mac users :( I did everything out of clockwork mod... don't even know what to do without it. I guess learn adb??

Anyway, I think i'm going to try the mono route. these directions may be useful:

Install Mono
apt-get install mono

Install WinForms 2.0 for Mono
apt-get install libmono-winforms2.0-cil

Mark adblinux as executable
chmod 755 adblinux

Open application with mono:
For v1.5.1, it has to be launched from the same working directory as adblinux, so open terminal, browse to the folder and type
sudo mono SuperOneClick.exe
 
Komodo Rogue said:
aye! This really is turning out to be more of a head-scratcher than I expected. Worse is that apparently this "root" process won't allow custom recoveries, like clockwork mod, which means that everything will always be a pain in the ass for mac users :( I did everything out of clockwork mod... don't even know what to do without it. I guess learn adb??

Anyway, I think i'm going to try the mono route. these directions may be useful:

Install Mono
apt-get install mono

Install WinForms 2.0 for Mono
apt-get install libmono-winforms2.0-cil

Mark adblinux as executable
chmod 755 adblinux

Open application with mono:
For v1.5.1, it has to be launched from the same working directory as adblinux, so open terminal, browse to the folder and type
sudo mono SuperOneClick.exe
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I came across those too, then I started to scratch my head haha.

I know thats for Linux, I'm assuming it works the same way on OSX though?

I downloaded and installed Mono with their own self extracting installer, but I have no idea where it went or how to launch it in terminal. Typing in those commands without a change in directory/cd doesn't seem to get me anywhere at all, they just go unrecognized.

I'm not sure what directory I should be switching to, but once I figure that out I think it shouldn't be so tough anymore.

Any further progress with you?
 
UPDATE!

It seems that I've got SuperOneClick loaded through Mono!

The script was pretty damn easy too.

Steps:

Install the Mono Frameworks

Open X11

Type "mono /Users/YOURNAME/LOCATION OF SUPERONECLICK/SuperOneClick.exe"

It came up!

I'm not sure if this helps, but it's a start for me.
 

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I dont have bootcamp running on my mac and I dont want to. Is there any way to still root my phone my mac? I downloaded mono but superoneclick wont obviously work because its an .exe file.
 
HyperM3 said:
I dont have bootcamp running on my mac and I dont want to. Is there any way to still root my phone my mac? I downloaded mono but superoneclick wont obviously work because its an .exe file.
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See above about Mono. It's a native OSX development environment for .NET, that will run .NET apps.
 
DT said:
See above about Mono. It's a native OSX development environment for .NET, that will run .NET apps.
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So I don't need superoneclick then? Im so confused. Maybe I shouldn't try to root this then. Hacking my blackberry's was easier than this.
 
Ended up using my company laptop running XP. Just rooted the phone and downloaded Titanium Backup to confirm its working.

Now I dont know what Im supposed to do with it rooted lol.
 
Alright guys, I couldn't get mono to work at all. It seems that the drivers of some sort still need to be installed.

I was able to get the app running but rooting always failed.

I ended up just using the little net book to get it done.

I still want to figure out how to get rooting done on the mac though.

Anyone have any progress?
 
Well, now that I'm totally intrigued by this, I'm going to investigate a little further. I'm already root'ed via my/this Winders
 
Ok, I was able to root in my Mac by using Parallel Desktop and Windows 7. I know not exactly the method you wanted to hear but that's how I got it done.
 
J6550 said:
Ok, I was able to root in my Mac by using Parallel Desktop and Windows 7. I know not exactly the method you wanted to hear but that's how I got it done.
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That method will definitely work, but it also requires that you have a copy of Windows installed.

We're trying to find a way around actually needing Windows :P
 
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