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Root Well, lets get the ball rolling

I tried wifi tether (I'm rooted) and it didn't seem to work, luckily my phone hasn't got locked up from virgin mobile
 
kwknott said:
Double check your setup and settings and try again

Once you click start it should ask for spc code, backup nv and reboot into download mode within a couple minutes.
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Thx for that. I knew it didn't seem right. I'll give it another shot tomorrow. I got a Mac at home so that's a no-go tonight.
 
Just wanted to say thanks to everyone here that has contributed to my phone being ROOT! I finally got it. Thanks!:D
 
Absolutely, I followed jcase's instructions and post 516 and 525. Only thing I did different from you was I put the su and other script in my Android-platform-tools and cd'ed to it in my cmd prompt. Went smooth, trust me I had my fingers crossed !
 
kwknott said:
I got this text message a while back when I was still using my optimus v. They are just updating their terms of service to be more inline with Sprint's.

They have no way of knowing your phone is rooted unless you send them back a rooted phone in a warranty swap unless they've developed some magical method that they've put on the Elite.. :D

Just normal old corporate legal B.S.
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I'm not sure, but doesn't Google Wallet somehow check to see if the device is rooted? I remember reading that some place.
 
i can't get the su commands to work. Have never done this before. Installed android sdk and run the commands in window cmd but it said something like permission denied.
edit: Rooted. The instructions is clearly not written for newbies .
 
EDIT: Just had a breakthrough... may not need help... brb


It's flashing now... I'm such a dummy, I wasn't opening the command prompt as admin. I assumed I already had admin rights because I have an admin account, but I didn't. Right-Click, Run as Administrator did the trick!
 
hfl12 said:
pic 1 shows you have everything installed. Why would you go for un installation?
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Pushed everything through adb now and I installed SuperUser, then Titanium Backup. I think I'm good now.

THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR YOUR HELP and for putting your phone's out there to be scrambled for the love of android. We appreciate it!!!
 
I can't root it. Whenever I'm flashing it(and yes, I start it on diag mode), the progress gets to 11%, the phone restarts, and that's as far as it goes. After 10-15 minutes it pops up with a port error, but I've made sure that the port is COM10 on both DIAG mode and Download mode. Any ideas?


Here's what the pop up box says-

Process :Upgrade_Masterbin
SubProc :Masterbin Download
Cause CPortHandler::Close, fail to close the port
 
bn35 said:
what does it mean ..to push
thanks
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I've never used adb myself, but from what I've gathered "push" is a sort of copy and paste. I think its supposed to be shortened version of "Push this file onto the device", or something like that.


This rooting is giving me such a difficult time! I can't flash it all the way. In LGNPST, it goes to 11%, then the phone reboots and it stops. I checked the COM ports in download mode, diag mode, and I checked it while it was flashing and THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. It's driving me crazy, because everybody is riding around in their pimped out OE roots, and I want one too! I've done all the drivers right, everything has administrative rights, and there are no errors other than the one I posted earlier. Can anybody give me some advice on this?
 
bn35 said:
what does it mean ..to push
thanks
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It's a command from ADB (Android Debug Bridge).
Android Debug Bridge | Android Developers

"To copy a file or directory (recursively) from the emulator or device, use
adb pull <remote> <local>

To copy a file or directory (recursively) to the emulator or device, use
adb push <local> <remote>

In the commands, <local> and <remote> refer to the paths to the target files/directory on your development machine (local) and on the emulator/device instance (remote).

Here's an example:

adb push foo.txt /sdcard/foo.txt"
 
Hashtag said:
I've never used adb myself, but from what I've gathered "push" is a sort of copy and paste. I think its supposed to be shortened version of "Push this file onto the device", or something like that.


This rooting is giving me such a difficult time! I can't flash it all the way. In LGNPST, it goes to 11%, then the phone reboots and it stops. I checked the COM ports in download mode, diag mode, and I checked it while it was flashing and THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. It's driving me crazy, because everybody is riding around in their pimped out OE roots, and I want one too! I've done all the drivers right, everything has administrative rights, and there are no errors other than the one I posted earlier. Can anybody give me some advice on this?
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I can't be sure of the exact problem, but are you running Windows 7?

It's possible that -

LGNPST_Components_Ver_5_0_12_0.msi
-or-
LGNPST_GenericModels_Ver_5_0_10_0.msi

- did not install completely/correctly. You might want to try reinstalling them, then rebooting your PC.

Also, even though these installers might seem to install without any obvious issues, it's possible that not all the DLLs from the above installers were added to the registry properly. You might need to try registering the DLLs manually like I did, shown in my post here:
http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/551775-well-lets-get-ball-rolling-10.html#post4514299
 
ktb83 said:
I can't be sure, but are you running Windows 7?

It's possible that -

LGNPST_Components_Ver_5_0_12_0.msi
-or-
LGNPST_GenericModels_Ver_5_0_10_0.msi

- did not install completely/correctly. You might want to try reinstalling them, then rebooting your PC.

Also, even though these installers might seem to install without any obvious issues, it's possible that not all the DLLs from the above installers were added to the registry properly. You might need to try registering the DLLs manually like I did, shown in my post here:
http://androidforums.com/elite-all-things-root/551775-well-lets-get-ball-rolling-10.html#post4514299
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Just tried both of your suggestions, and it's still a no-go :/

What's weird about it is that LGNPST reboots the phone into download mode, buts its almost like its a different one. When I hold down the vol buttons to get to download mode, then LGNPST shows it as being in emergency bla bla bla. But when it gets hung up on 11% and quits, the phone is in download mode on the phone screen, but LGNPST shows it as being in diag mode sort of thing. It's frustrating
 
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