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Root Universal Eris Root for Dummies!

erisuser1 said:
Announcing...

[SIZE=+3]Universal Eris Root for Dummies![/SIZE]

You're not dummies, of course.

But if you thought Jcase's spin on the new wag3slav3 rooting method was minimalist, this variation of it should help the fence-sitters and tech-intimidated join the world of Eris root.


- ZERO typing!

- NO SDK Installs!

- NO USB Driver Installs!

- NO Command Lines!

- [SIZE=+1]NO PC NEEDED! A Phone-only Rooting method![/SIZE]


Basically this is just a repackaging of the wag3slav3 method (as modified by jcase) into a form which allows you to do everything from the Eris without using a PC, and without any typing - just tap the Eris' screen in all the right places.

For experts who are already have successfully set up the SDK and USB drivers, and are comfortable with the command line and adb, it is probably faster to just use the manual method. This method was created for the folks who have had trouble with, or are intimidated by, those things. Or, for those times when you want to help someone root their Eris without schlepping a "dev station" to their location.

Credits:

- Amon_RA for the custom recovery which makes the world go round
- wag3slav3 for the "mid.txt" chmod/symlink rooting exploit
- jcase for exploit code de-obfuscation
- rogro82 for the Gscript Lite tool
- cast of thousands for providing good shoulders to stand upon.


Prerequisites:

- Eris w/ any HTC/VZW release (including 1.5, all leaks V1-V3, & root-ROM)
- Install free Market app Gscript Lite (PinkVenture)
- Install free Market app EStrongs File Explorer
- Download gscript.zip (MD5 92796a8c6e61e8f1ee36e315c0acae7d)
- The ROM of your choice downloaded onto your SD card in the root folder. (T2noob's PlainJaneT2 V2.0 looks good - includes the July 2010 updates.)


I have organized this walk-through as a picture-book in a couple of posts:

[SIZE=+1]0) Announcement[/SIZE] [SIZE=-2]( this post )[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]1) Setting Things Up with a File Manager[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]2) Rooting with Gscript Lite[/SIZE]
[SIZE=+1]3) Finishing Up[/SIZE]

These sections follow below in individual posts.


Before you get started, please review this checklist:

1) Did you choose a ROM, download it to your SD card, and check the MD5 signature/file length on the copy of the file on your SD card?

2) Did you install from the market the free apps "Gscript Lite" and "EStrongs File Manager"?

3) Did you download the "gscript.zip" file (link above) using the phone's browser?


::Changelog::

2010.07.20 v0.1 Initial Release

2010.07.21 V0.2 Clean up "mid.txt" symlink at completion of part2
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Trying to reboot and can't seem to get the phone to cooperate. I press the vol up & power off/ end button down at the same time and get the usual power off , sound off or on, airplane mode, etc screen. Then when I press power off and the next promt asks if I want to shut the phone off.
Now what? I'm almost there and in the void... Please help
 
daholein1 said:
Trying to reboot and can't seem to get the phone to cooperate. I press the vol up & power off/ end button down at the same time and get the usual power off , sound off or on, airplane mode, etc screen. Then when I press power off and the next promt asks if I want to shut the phone off.
Now what? I'm almost there and in the void... Please help
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Turn the phone off first then do vol up & power off/ end button.
 
daholein1 said:
Trying to reboot and can't seem to get the phone to cooperate. I press the vol up & power off/ end button down at the same time and get the usual power off , sound off or on, airplane mode, etc screen. Then when I press power off and the next promt asks if I want to shut the phone off.
Now what? I'm almost there and in the void... Please help
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You only press vol up & power buttons simultaneously with the phone already powered off, this will take you to recovery.
 
I'm feeling pretty dumb about now lol. I was sucessful with the root, as far as I can tell, but when I boot my eris after the screen when it shows"congratulations you are now rooted!" but after reboot I do not get the amon recovery . The phone boots as if I had not rooted at all. Any advice?




EDIT: I rebooted the phone again and a notice came up to install update(which had come up before but I ASSumed it was the MR4 notice I had gotten this morning :)
 
Nice write up ERISUSER by the way, i wasn't sure where to ask this but, I am running Kaos Eris, great mod , smooth and i was wondering how do you get an over clocking program on?

thanks
 
Ok, got my phone rooted last night, this was an easy task w/the dummy way. Now, how do I flash a different rom if desired? How about flashing bloatware to get rid of some stock apps? I could follow the directions to root, but did not understand exactally what I was doing.
 
ticklemedaly said:
Finally got somewhere!

After getting some time to look at it again, I went and tried to get into the bootloader, but this time went through the original one, clicked on system recovery, and it brought me to the screen pictured at figure 32.
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Woo Hoo! Rooted and XTR rom installed. I did have to use this method of reaching the menu screen to do the backup and wipe.
 
Is it possible to do this root, without clearing anything on your phone? I just want to do the root without having to install all my stuff again and arrange home screen.. yeah very lazy.
 
I just followed the steps to root as noted above. Everything went smooth until the final Reboot after flash from SD. I used the presribed PlainJaneT2 V2.o for Eris. Now it has continuously rebooting without ever really loading up fully. Any ideas?
 
ilikemyeris said:
Is it possible to do this root, without clearing anything on your phone? I just want to do the root without having to install all my stuff again and arrange home screen.. yeah very lazy.
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Short answer: yes.

Rooting the Eris, however, is not like rooting some of the other Android phones. The Droid X for example, allows you to gain root access without installing/flashing a custom ROM or recovery (actually, you can't install/flash a custom ROM or recovery (yet) since the bootloader is locked and encrypted...).

Rooting the Eris involves being able to install a custom recovery partition / utility (usually Amon_RA's). You then use the custom recovery to install a custom ROM (which has root access enabled and the superuser tools available) or you can flash just the engtools.zip file which installs the su program and the superuser.apk. I think some folks have done this (i.e., just root without installing a custom ROM).
 
mrw5641 said:
any idea on my post how to get a program to overclock???
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Its actually the whole ROM / phone that overclocks, not just a single program.

KaosFroyo doesn't have overclocking already in it? Did you look for the setCPU app in the app drawer?

I'm not too familiar with the Froyo ROM, but its pretty standard now a days for the devs to put in o/c support or instruct how to add it.

I think all you'd have to do would be to get setCPU from the Market and run it. Here's a really good thread that discusses overclocking and settings: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/98457-overclocking-hmm.html?highlight=overclocking+hmm

edit: I think some devs used to include the setCPU app in their ROMs, but many did this without permission or credit from the app developer. So, if its not there, the approved/encouraged method of acquiring it is to get it from the Market so the developer can be recompensed for his/her work.
 
Just did this on my wife's eris, but no su. I want to use rom manager to dl a custom rom but i can't any suggestions. She has a 2.1 leak, not sure which one though.
 
scary alien said:
Short answer: yes.

Rooting the Eris, however, is not like rooting some of the other Android phones. The Droid X for example, allows you to gain root access without installing/flashing a custom ROM or recovery (actually, you can't install/flash a custom ROM or recovery (yet) since the bootloader is locked and encrypted...).

Rooting the Eris involves being able to install a custom recovery partition / utility (usually Amon_RA's). You then use the custom recovery to install a custom ROM (which has root access enabled and the superuser tools available) or you can flash just the engtools.zip file which installs the su program and the superuser.apk. I think some folks have done this (i.e., just root without installing a custom ROM).
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I actually prefer using just the eng. tools method. I get all the benefits of rooting, have an overclocked kernel and use setcpu to overclock, installed anetshare and have wireless tether, have removed unwanted apps like twitter and amazon.com and have avery stable platform. Unlike a lot of the custom roms out there that in my opinion gork up your phone.
 
varkie said:
I actually prefer using just the eng. tools method. I get all the benefits of rooting, have an overclocked kernel and use setcpu to overclock, installed anetshare and have wireless tether, have removed unwanted apps like twitter and amazon.com and have avery stable platform. Unlike a lot of the custom roms out there that in my opinion gork up your phone.
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varkie,

Hey, thanks for the reply! If you want, jump on over to Peter's question thread about rooting (http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/132652-rooting-question.html#post1227860) and chime-in regarding your experience re. this (and to make sure I'm giving him good advice)--especially if there's anything else he needs to know. Would help to have someone that's actually gone through this.

Thanks!
 
I have ran the scripts and re-booted by holding the volume up button and end/power key at the same time, but my phone powers up like it always does. Anyone know what I'm doing wrong?
 
yeah i just had that problem...Power off your phone. then hold the up and down volume key as well as the end key down all at the same time. it will launch hboot. then from there you can select recovery.
 
Thanks for this great post! Rooting seemed like a little too much trouble for not enough benefit to bother with. This method was really easy and quick. I was up and running Evil Eris 3.0 in almost no time at all. Phone seems to be more responsive with CPU overclocking, and so far (almost) everything works perfectly. Just one minor bug, but I know that's a ROM issue not a rooting method issue. Now I have a new way to spend quality time with my phone! Thanks!
 
WOW. That could not have been easier. I had no intention of rooting my phone when I logged on tonight but after stumbling upon this post I was rooted within the hour. Amazing. Thanks for all the hard work guys.
 
Hi, I'm new to the root process, trying to research as much as I can before I dive in. Ultimately, I want to be able to put kaosfroyo on my phone when its nice and sound. This requires the sd card not be partitioned. In researching I came across a site that mentioned Amon_Ra recovery will automatically partition the sd.. is that what is being used in this root for dummies? will this process automatically partition the sd card?

I found instructions for how to "unpartition" the sd card, but not having any experience in this, is it a simple process?
 
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