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im trying to root my atrix, i have followed the steps in the post however each time i type in the flash preinstall preinstall.img the cmd says that it cant be read....im lost. is there a easier way too root instead of cmd. btw im on 2.3.4 i did nothing to my phone, im just trying to root it so i cant install roms
Make sure that you put all your root files, on your pc, on c:\root, and not in a subdirctory. Then, while you're trying to root, make sure you are in that directory when you're entering the commands.
the files inside the folder i download have to be in a folder or just in C:\
also when im in cmd the whole time it says that im C:\documents and settings\something>
also im running windows xp on a macbook if that matters let me know
make a folder in c:\
To get to root directory in command prompt: "cd c:\" (+ any other folder destination that you want to get to).
ok i flashed the preinstall and rebooted the phone, do i have do go back to fastboot? or just stay with the phone on (but the cmd says phone not found)
mac208x said:
ok i flashed the preinstall and rebooted the phone, do i have do go back to fastboot? or just stay with the phone on (but the cmd says phone not found)
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after reboot you should be done... and rooted. Run titanium backup to check or download rootcheck from the market
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
after reboot you should be done... and rooted. Run titanium backup to check or download rootcheck from the market
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what about the other stuff? i just did the preinstall and thats it
ok so when i do adb shell and than preinstall/su it says access denied.....
mac208x said:
ok so when i do adb shell and than preinstall/su it says access denied.....
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Sorry I misunderstood you at first. I didnt realized u had just done preinstall stuff... Is usb debugging enabled on the phone??
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
Sorry I misunderstood you at first. I didnt realized u had just done preinstall stuff... Is usb debugging enabled on the phone??
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yes, should i put the usb as mass storage?
mac208x said:
yes, should i put the usb as mass storage?
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No, it needs to be on usb debugging to use adb.
If i remember correctly one of the steps does give you an error but you just ignore it and type the rest of the commands. Im not sure if that is the step you are on though.. Im just recalling from memory. Complete the rest of the steps in the tutorial you are using and see if it works
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
No, it needs to be on usb debugging to use adb.
If i remember correctly one of the steps does give you an error but you just ignore it and type the rest of the commands. Im not sure if that is the step you are on though.. Im just recalling from memory. Complete the rest of the steps in the tutorial you are using and see if it works
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i did in fact ignored it but nothing happened
mac208x said:
i did in fact ignored it but nothing happened
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have you tried
Code:
adb shell
/preinstall/dosu
instead?
everything says access denied >.<
Bender B. Rodgriguez said:
have you tried
Code:
adb shell
/preinstall/dosu
instead?
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i tried everything
mac208x said:
i tried everything
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well I'm about out of suggestions here. My only other one is to run cmd "as administrator" or you can flash an image with root built in.
However, it should work. this is the method I used to root my atrix and countless others as well. Also you may want to make sure you have the right device drivers installed too.
whats the other method? coz i just keep getting this stupid premission denied the whole time, or how do i know if im on admin cmd?
Get rootchecker from the market and check to see if you have root privileges.
mac208x said:
whats the other method? coz i just keep getting this stupid premission denied the whole time, or how do i know if im on admin cmd?
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To run as admin right click cmd and choose the "run as admin" option.. If you are admin the directory you start out in is C:\
windows/system32.
i think thats the problem coz im running as "owner" but i cant get into admin becouse there is a password required that i dont know, anyone know what would be the password?
Today my Tablet (Hyundai A7HD) with CM9 started behaving very strange.
It doesnt recognize my sd card, nor its own internal nand storage anymore.
I dont know what to do, since i cant even flash an update through CWM anymore without a functioning storage medium.
the sd card works fine on my pc and i cant format the internal storage through my tablet.
what else can i do to fix this?
I could really use some help, if someone knows a way to do it.
IndigoHD said:
I could really use some help, if someone knows a way to do it.
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Supply more information. How do you know it's not detecting the internal storage? What are the symptoms? In my point of view, the device would be bricked in this case. Can it boot at all? Or is it fastboot complaining , trying to flash it? The internal memory, is it a MTD for /system plus an MMC for /data, or only an MTD? Only one MMC? Does the devices still exists or not? The partitions..?
Give us some more information, and we'll see if someone here can come with an intelligent suggestion.
Thank you for your reply!
The Device is an Hyundai A7HD and it says that what it calls "sdcard" but actually is its internal storage is damaged. Formatting doesnt work.
It still boots fine but cant access the internal storage, so nothing can be downloaded onto the device and such.
It has a special partition where applications are installed, but nothing can be saved there.
im guessing that something is wrong with the OS, and maybe i could fix it using ADB (if someone could explain to me how)?
Ok, so no /sdcard and /sdcard is supposed to be the phones internal memory, no /data partition, hence not able to download new apps, but the phone boots and so, i.e. system partitions works fine.
This sounds quite like this (confusing) thread to me. In summary, we are talking about three devices, the internal MTD device with /system, boot image, cache etc, the internal MMC device with /sdcard and /data plus an external sdcard named something like /sdcard/external_sd. The internal MMC broken beyond repair (hardware failure).
Still it may be something else only reassembling this.
If you believe your problem is due to some problem with your ROM I suggest you try to reinstall stock ROM using the vendors standard flash tools.
If this doesn't work, we can see if a solution similar to the one in the thread above may be applicable to you.
When i use Astro file manager to look at my phones storage the internal memory calls itself "sdcard" and my ACTUAL micro-sdhc calls itself "extsd" in a folder called "mnt".
the original flash tool doesnt seem to function anymore since i would normally hold down the "menu"-button, then plug the cable into my pc and while STILL holding menu id press power 7 to 10 times and then flashing would start automatically. but ever since installing cwm and a cm9 custom-rom, this doesnt seem to function anymore.
EDIT: in Clockwordmod recovery its called "emmc" for internal memory and "sdcard" for my actual sdcard.
Ok, this is consistent. Can you do a couple of shell commands?
# mount
and
# ls -l /dev/block
... and paste in the result here. As root or as shell user (or any other user) doesn't really matter.
when i plug the device into usb it says debugging enabled. so i open adb and type in "adb devices" and it starts listing devices. But no device is recognized.
EDIT: it recognizes my phone tho.
IndigoHD said:
when i plug the device into usb it says debugging enabled. so i open adb and type in "adb devices" and it starts listing devices. But no device is recognized.
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Tricky. And not possible to install apps, so no ConnectBot or similar ...
Do you have a link to the CM9 you are using?
kuisma said:
Tricky. And not possible to install apps, so no ConnectBot or similar ...
Do you have a link to the CM9 you are using?
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wait! i CAN install apps from the market!
and yes, one second.
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/33373-rom-cm9-nightlies/
im using version 20120711
EDIT: Its an Allwinner A10 Device.
IndigoHD said:
wait! i CAN install apps from the market!
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That makes all the difference!
So, what does "mount" say?
when i type "adb mount" it just gives me a long list of commands and explanations.
EDIT: there are many versions of connectbot. which one do we need?
IndigoHD said:
when i type "adb mount" it just gives me a long list of commands and explanations.
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No, run mount from the command line using ConnectBot. ADB didn't work, you told me before.
$ mount
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but which connectbot on the market is the right one? There are so many.
IndigoHD said:
but which connectbot on the market is the right one? There are so many.
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Please. Show a little more effort.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.connectbot
i installed it and started it.
now it asks me to connect to a host.
i honestly dont know what im doing here.
IndigoHD said:
i installed it and started it.
now it asks me to connect to a host.
i honestly dont know what im doing here.
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Select "local", give the session some name of you choice and connect. Now you are running a local shell in the same way as using "adb shell". You are familiar with "adb shell"..?
kuisma said:
Select "local", give the session some name of you choice and connect. Now you are running a local shell in the same way as using "adb shell". You are familiar with "adb shell"..?
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isnt adb shell a terminal that accepts commands either locally or by usb connection?
EDIT: What should i do now on connectbot?
Can anyone help me, perhaps?
The screen is black and doesn't operate when you touch it.
I know you can get into the files using the recovery ...but I don't know how many volume ups and downs you need to get into it?
I am running the 5.0 JB CM10 recovery.
Volume up + volume down + power button if froyo bootloader
Volume down + power button if gingerbread bootloader
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What he is asking is, since he can't see the screen, he needs to know exactly the number of up or down spaces to get to.....
And this brings my question, where are you trying to get to in recovery?
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What he is asking is, since he can't see the screen, he needs to know exactly the number of up or down spaces to get to.....
And this brings my question, where are you trying to get to in recovery?
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The option to mount USB storage....I don't think it has it anymore...I don't have It on my gs3
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If its the same as the recovery in PA, semaphore
Its down 6, power
Up 2
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If you want to copy all your files from the internal storage using ADB: Reboot into CWM and connect it to your PC. In the command prompt, type:
adb shell
mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(that's the partition of the internal storage in my vibrant)
exit
adb pull /sdcard C:\backup
(make sure you create the C:\backup folder first, it will begin to copy everything from your phone's storage to your harddrive)
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Optional: Once you are in adb shell, you can type this:
cat /etc/fstab (it will tell you the location of each partition that you can mount)
cd /sdcard (go to /sdcard partition)
ls -la (display all files in current directory)
Just remember to use 'adb pull' or 'adb push' you need to exit adb shell first.
Or just:
1. Pull battery
2. Attempt to get into recovery by guessing.
3. Adb shell Into device.
3.b if adb can't find device, go back to 1
4. Adb pull /storage/sdcard0/ or adb pull /sdcard/
It will be in the folder containing the adb file.
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that /storage directory is new thing in Jelly Bean, I guess it does make things easier for people, instead of /sdcard and /emmc. It's a symbolic link, I don't even see it in adb shell.
The CWM doesn't auto mount the internal storage, so you still have to mount it first.
VeryCoolAlan said:
The option to mount USB storage....I don't think it has it anymore...I don't have It on my gs3
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Maybe your GS3 uses MTP rather than mass storage.
Try: Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, B, A
Sorry couldnt resist :laugh:
Lol, forgot select start!
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FaultException said:
Maybe your GS3 uses MTP rather than mass storage.
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Probably.... I'm on CM10 .
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Hi I'm hoping someone can help me...my samsung s3's screen has cracked after someone kicking a football at it and I need my data off it, I dont have kies and when I connect to my pc I can't choose usb mass storage as the screen has no display! Is there any easy way to backup my data off it? Most data is on the phone as onl recently bough a sd card.
pull the files using adb
Glebun said:
pull the files using adb
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Thaks for your reply, I've tried this and it's not picking up my device? I scan but nothing happens...although my pc picks up the phone.
install adb drivers
Glebun said:
install adb drivers
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Thanks!!
there's a button for that
Hi, I'm using a galaxy A03, very similar to A02s. In file managers, I can only move files and put them in data folder, but I cannot delete them nor move them away. After a quick google search I found out that the android 11 storage managerment is called SAF which stands for Storage Access Framework. It doesn't allow me to do the tasks above. So I tried to disable SAF using this command in ADB:
adb shell sm set-isolated-storage off
My phone automatically rebooted, after that the storage turn wierd
Check the picture in this post, you will get what I mean
I just wanna know if anyone know how to disable SAF but still keep access to everything in the home directory.
I have the same phone, but I haven't tried that ADB command. Have you tried restarting both your PC and the phone again, and/or updating the drivers? If it does not work try undoing your changes via adb shell sm set-isolated-storage on.
BTW I see you're still on Windows 7, you might want to upgrade to Windows 10 (and 11 if possible). It's still free but Microsoft doesn't advertise it, you can search around
Oh, I also found this comment on Reddit:
About disabling scoped storage entirely while there is a command for that last time I've tried it on 11 it resulted in both internal and external storages being unable to be mounted
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Cyndaquissshhh said:
I have the same phone, but I haven't tried that ADB command. Have you tried restarting both your PC and the phone again, and/or updating the drivers? If it does not work try undoing your changes via adb shell sm set-isolated-storage on.
BTW I see you're still on Windows 7, you might want to upgrade to Windows 10 (and 11 if possible). It's still free but Microsoft doesn't advertise it, you can search around
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Haha, my pc is slow af so I must use windows 7
I tried to set isolated storage off and nothing can be read when I boot up, and available storage shrinked to 128mb
Cyndaquissshhh said:
I have the same phone, but I haven't tried that ADB command. Have you tried restarting both your PC and the phone again, and/or updating the drivers? If it does not work try undoing your changes via adb shell sm set-isolated-storage on.
BTW I see you're still on Windows 7, you might want to upgrade to Windows 10 (and 11 if possible). It's still free but Microsoft doesn't advertise it, you can search around
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And it's easy to revert the change, the point of the post is to find out the way to disable scoped storage but still keep access to storage
Huyqwerty said:
Hi, I'm using a galaxy A03, very similar to A02s. In file managers, I can only move files and put them in data folder, but I cannot delete them nor move them away. After a quick google search I found out that the android 11 storage managerment is called SAF which stands for Storage Access Framework. It doesn't allow me to do the tasks above. So I tried to disable SAF using this command in ADB:
adb shell sm set-isolated-storage off
My phone automatically rebooted, after that the storage turn wierd
Check the picture in this post, you will get what I mean
I just wanna know if anyone know how to disable SAF but still keep access to everything in the home directory.
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Guys, can we really actually do this? Why don't you just use file manager and give all those permission? Or is it me that too noob to understand for what this is all about?
theteebox said:
Guys, can we really actually do this? Why don't you just use file manager and give all those permission? Or is it me that too noob to understand for what this is all about?
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Well, I faced the problem and learned about it a lot, you just didn't understand