what root do you prefer and why - Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini

Hello ya'll..
im new to this forum, and im a complete noob (i already learned alot in the past couple of days, reading alot of threads)
When i have my X10 mini pro (should be next week) i wanna root it. but what is the safest and easiest way.
ive seen this topic.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747906
its about the universal root. it looks like that is the easiest way to root the phone. But if it is the easiest way, why isn't it a sticky.
This topic (Exploid-Root for x10 mini)
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739874
is indeed a sticky... now im curious why... is there a reason for it? is it safer to root it via the exploid-root way of should i just use, universal root.??
Thanks everybody...

I've only tried the exploid method, but i doubt that the universal root is less safe, because if it's just a program the chances of ****ing something up is equal to zero (because humans doesn't get to interfere with it the process, which you can if you use the exploid method).
However, the exploid method is very simple and as long as you follow the instructions properly it's easy enough. You also get adb shell (a tool for editing files in the system directory) if you use the exploid method, and I don't know if you get that from the universal root.

I used the universal androot thing on my mini pro and it's super easy. I don't know anything about adb or commands but everyone can safely root his phone using this universal method.

Thanks
Im going to find out what a adb shell is and then i'll decide..
its good to know the rooting proces is easy

Actually UniversalAndroot is the same as the Exploid method, but it's automated. Some users reported, after using X10Root, that they weren't able to use all or some adb commands.
I followed the exploid root, the manual version.
Good Luck.

Thanks (dank u)
i'll go for the universal root then..
then change the android market thingy so i can see all the apps, and im in buisness
this site is great

Related

One touch root question.

Gave the one touch root program a try, and after it said it had pushed busybox psneuter etc. the phone never booted into the bootloader. So I deleted the IMG that was pushed to the SD card. Now to try this again, do I have to delete the busybox, psneuter etc.? or can I just run the process again from the beginning? If I have to delete them, where can they be found?
Not to sound like a weenie, but is there a reason you're not doing it using jcase's guide? It tends to really eliminate the guess work when something goes wrong. And something did go wrong. I can tell you from experience not all guides or "one click" scripts work right. You shouldn't need to delete anything. Pushing the same files will just copy over them. If you try again, use the ADB method by jcase. It's not that hard, its easier to trouble shoot, and you can easily get support right from the dev on IRC if you have an issue. If you've got any questions about it, I'll be happy to answer them if I can.

[Q] Casio Commando 2.3.3 root-impossible

Casio Commando users just got the Gingerbread 2.3.3 update via Verizon.
With Froyo I had easily used SuperOneClick to root my Commando and assumed Gingerbread (with Gingerbreak) would be no more difficult...BUT I WAS WRONG.
Gingerbreak does not work.
I've tried v1.0-.1-.2 of Gingerbreak and numerous iterations of SOC to no avail. Even retried with a factory reset.
I've read that there is little support for this particular phone because of it's somewhat niche status, but felt it worthwhile to start this thread in the hopes of locating and consolidating any other users with the same problem/possible solutions, but let's consider it a question thread just the same.
Have I missed an obvious method to root my newly updated Gingerbread (2.3.3) Casio Commando?
since this has received a handful of views and there is still no information/confirmation from any other commando users or anyone with any more knowledge than me, i'm going to give this thread one bump and then call it quits.
again: if you are a commando user in the same boat as me or have any leads on how to re-root after the update to gingerbread 2.3.3, please post it.
thanks, everyone.
Same Problem Sir
Same Problem, I installed 2.3.3. as well and lost root. Have tried different tactics using superoneclick to include psuneuter and ginger. The computer I was using has the Casio drivers so it was not "Waiting on Device". If needed I can post the output from superoneclick to show why it failed. Currently at work and do not have the capability.
Any help is appreciated.
I've already compared my SOC errors against issues with the same brand and different brands, and regardless of variance in method the failure repeats (the majority agreeing that it is a failure in the exploit, specifically the inability of SOC to read/write/remount at the end of the root process).
Has anyone tried rooting the 2.3.3 Commando with something other than SOC or Gingerbreak?
I am in the same boot. On top of that my display got corrupted in the process. It displays only stripes in the lower two thirds of the screen.
Any hints on how to recover from that?
Cheers
I am working on the root problem as well, I'll let you know if I have any success today. Feel free to ask if someone to test or verify something.
I am new at this but I understand that the os for the androids are based on Linux, have you tried a program in Linux? Just a question seeing as so far I have not found any there but I may not be looking in the right area.
No luck so far. I'll still be looking at it this week. The garbled offer above still applies, I'm available if anyone needs any testing or verification.
Any luck on this yet?
root
.. okay so new to the forum and excited to learn. so, not sure what everyone means by root. do have casio commando, and received auto 2.3 update. things seem to be fine, however it made my music all unknown artists and unknown titles. when i do go into any unknown tho, the title (s) of songs do appear.
I sure hope somebody can come to our aide and root gb 2.3. I never should have allowed the OTA stupid stupid stupid
Root means you own your phone. You have accesse to all files and can do whatever you want, like remove all the preinstalled crapware. Improves phone functions and tyre battery lasts longer.
Go figure, I finally decide to root my phone a week after it's made (temporarily I hope) impossible. I'm not versed in the languages required to work around this, but would love to help find a solution in any way I can.
Have there been any discoveries or developments regarding rooting the Commando post GB update? Maybe solid theories at least?
Is there anything that an average user such as myself could do to at least provide data to anyone willing to work around the GB block?
interesting, kixxit. this may have something to do with whatever app you are using as a media handler not being updated for a 2.3.3 OS.
as to the topic of the thread, i've still heard nothing about successful exploit discoveries but i will continue to scan the net and relevant forums daily until something changes.
good luck everyone, phone just doesn't feel right unrooted with all that bloat.
Anyone having any luck? Is the update even needed? I mean if I just keep the froyo, will there come a time that I need gingerbread?
I hope we can root this bad boy again...
I have the same exact problem tried every version of gingerbreak with on success i hope that there is a solution to our phones soon so we can root
Root-possible!!
Ladies and gentlemen,
Thanks to the Revolutionary team, CrimsonSentinal18, over in the Xperia Play section, Cl8rs for bringing this to the attention of some of the Xperia Play members, the Casio Commando running 2.3.3 has root!!
Here are step by step instructions to getting root on your phone!!
(I did it on my wife's Casio Commando, it worked, but she didn't want root, so i unrooted it right after I got root checker to say "You have root!")
Update!!: Guide! With Pictures!
At dropbox.com: http://db.tt/RaAUnzjW
At Ubuntu one: http://ubuntuone.com/64OujxgkGMv1N2QSoPmXin
or at Filesonic: http://www.filesonic.com/file/2711952454
(or attached)
Note: Android SDK Download link: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
If you have any questions, i'll be lurking with answers!
Update: So far we have atleast 10 people who have confirmed rooting possible! (people who actually left me a message) ... no unfixable errors yet (i.e. no bricking)
Thanks for the post paxChristo!
I ran into trouble while installing the "superuser.apk"
when I re-ran the routine im an getting stuck with permissions trouble.
see below for a screen shot on how zergRush fails to run its thing even so it work the first time around and told me I am rooted.
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C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push "c:\droid\zergRush" /data/local/tmp
push: c:\droid\zergRush/zergRush -> /data/local/tmp/zergRush
push: c:\droid\zergRush/Superuser.apk -> /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
2 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
1690 KB/s (780946 bytes in 0.451s)
C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
$ chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/zergRush
$ /data/local/tmp/zergRush
/data/local/tmp/zergRush
[**] Zerg rush - Android 2.2/2.3 local root
[**] (C) 2011 Revolutionary. All rights reserved.
[**] Parts of code from Gingerbreak, (C) 2010-2011 The Android Exploid Crew.
[-] Cannot copy boomsh.: Permission denied
$ adb remount
adb remount
adb: permission denied
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I restarted the phone but no Superuser app and when I try other apps like "SetCPU" I get the "no root access detected" errors.
Some help would be appriciated.
Thanks!
Any time you restart your phone (without making it all the way through, or even after unless you install insecure adb) you need to run zergRush to regain root priviledges,
BUT before running zergRush go into adb shell and type:
1) "rm /data/local/tmp/boomsh"
2) "rm /data/local/tmp/sh"
What problems do you have install Superuser.apk?

[Q] Rooting P-06D

Hello everyone
This week I finally got my first android phone ever. Panasonic's P-06D which currently only sells in Japan.
I'm a medicore tech-freak and I like to have full access on my gadgets, so I thought about rooting it.
Here comes the problem (or rather - question):
Has anyone of you successfully rooted the P-06D or heard from it? I can't find anything on xda-developers, neither did Google (com and co.jp) result anything useful. Here's what I already tried:
- I have tried several one-click root tools like SuperOneClick, but that just froze on me.
- I looked into some batch scripts for automatic rooting. I get the adb shell but I every time I try to push busybox, su or debugfs to /data/local/12m, I get a permission error. (failed to copy 'su' to '/data/local/12m': Permission denied)
The P-06D runs Android ICS 4.0.4 - Build number 09.0708. If you need more details, just say so!
Is there anything I've completely missed or are there just no existing rooting for the P-06D?
Thanks for reading and have a nice day!

[Q] Pyle PTBL102BCD tablet has only partial ROOT

Have a strange one I don't know how to fix. Purchased a Pyle PTBL102BCD tablet for the Mrs. to use basically as an ebook reader (according to About, running 4.2.2). When it came in I started sideloading apps to prepare it for her (I do not have a Google account), and searched on the Net about rooting the device. Found a one-click that worked with a different Pyle tablet, so I gave it a shot.
Now I have root access _only_ through the adb shell. None of the apps (including Superuser.apk itself as tested by updating /system/bin/su) can get root access, yet I have no problem running root through an adb shell - remounted file systems, even performed an su which is the only instance Superuser.apk's log shows. Root access in the shell remains between reboots, so it's not a temporary root.
If the adb shell has root, I _should_ be able to use it to grant access to everything else, and I've followed a few different "manual" root instructions (having different permission settings for su and busybox), with no joy. So long as I connect with a USB cable and type on the Windows machine, I'm god. On the tablet itself...not so much.
I hope that someone with a more intimate knowledge of Android internals can point me in the right direction for achieving root completely. Currently have Titanium Backup and ConnectBot (long java errors when I attempt to su there) installed to test root, Superuser v3.1.3 and su v3.1.1. Permissions on su are -rwsr-sr-x. And the human is confused.
Did you get anywhere with this? I have the same problem. What one-click did you use?
mfurlend said:
Did you get anywhere with this? I have the same problem. What one-click did you use?
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Side note; REALLY hate the new forum software. With all the untrusted Google and Amazon javascript (which my company firewalls), it's a pain for me to even log in let alone post replies. (And I wonder if I'm the only person in the world sick to death of all the unnecessary ajax garbage...)
Anywho, used Kingo, rooted and unrooted a few times, until I finally acquired complete root on the thing. Once I did, I could run Samba, and once that worked, I could more easily transfer files and apks to the tablet.
Still don't understand why it was left in such a...weird...state - having root by default in adb is just a scary thing!
thanks for the information. I tried doing that but I encountered various problems. Eventually, after trying to do it manually, I totally screwed up the device. Now it won't boot.. I still have access to adb. I need to flash this thing. Do you know what the stock ROM is?
mfurlend said:
Do you know what the stock ROM is?
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No...I can give you the Kernel version info (3.0.36+ [email protected] #48) and build number (rk3168_k11_4.2.2_v20131230), but other than that no clue.

[Q] How to Root the Motorola Droid Mini 4.4?

I can not find any sort of comprehensive guide on how one is supposed to do this. I know that there is a new temporary root to allow this, but the release page does not explain how to root the phone explicitly, just the command lines for the final step.
I know about the superuser and the various drivers and commands you need to do this (i.e. Google ADB), I have done plenty of research already, I'm not just coming from out of nowhere asking for aid.
Is there a step-by-step guide for how to root?

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