Has there been anything on rooting directly from the phone?
And has anyone made an update.zip with unlockd boot?
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Yes, you can root directly from your phone by using terminal emulator but you have to put photon-torpedo.tar to /data/tmp first. I rooted my photon on the phone itself.
GraphicDemon said:
Has there been anything on rooting directly from the phone?
And has anyone made an update.zip with unlockd boot?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216143
A little bit of reading goes a long, long way. This thread will tell you the current state of the art.
urcboss07 said:
Yes, you can root directly from your phone by using terminal emulator but you have to put photon-torpedo.tar to /data/tmp first. I rooted my photon on the phone itself.
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Ok can you please tell me how you got terminal to process your commands. I get permission denied every time I use terminal to try and do anything with /data. I obviously need root to complete the commands using terminal to write to anything besides the sd. I would appreciate any help. Thanks in advance.
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Ok I tried using it from phone but how u push it to data without using comp
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Did you install superuser from market? You also need to install Superuser and push photon-torpedo.tar to /data/tmp
then type the following in terminal emulator:
cd /data/tmp
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
Just say "THANKS" to Edgan for great work and job well done.
urcboss07 said:
Did you install superuser from market? You also need to install Superuser and push photon-torpedo.tar to /data/tmp
then type the following in terminal emulator:
cd /data/tmp
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
Just say "THANKS" to Edgan for great work and job well done.
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Not sure if you were responding to me or the other guy but my MacBook and my Linux laptop both recognize my phone but they both say its offline when I try and use a adb. Some people say they have done this root without the computer and just using the terminal on the phone but I get permission denied messages since it needs root. I have super user installed but that does me no good without root. I want to know how they got past the permission denied using the terminal on the phone?
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Not sure if you were responding to me or the other guy but my MacBook and my Linux laptop both recognize my phone but they both say its offline when I try and use a adb. Some people say they have done this root without the computer and just using the terminal on the phone but I get permission denied messages since it needs root. I have super user installed but that does me no good without root. I want to know how they got past the permission denied using the terminal on the phone?
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Exactly I'm having same problem. I m not understanding how I can push it to that part of the phone without root.
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GraphicDemon said:
Exactly I'm having same problem. I m not understanding how I can push it to that part of the phone without root.
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Make sure you have USB debugging checked. Menu > settings > applications > development. This was my problem when I first tried to adb the file to the /data/tmp folder on the phone.
Also, I was getting an error at "Run /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh," but I just ignored it and kept going. It worked. You can use root checker from the market to verify that you have root.
my2cents said:
Make sure you have USB debugging checked. Menu > settings > applications > development. This was my problem when I first tried to adb the file to the /data/tmp folder on the phone.
Also, I was getting an error at "Run /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh," but I just ignored it and kept going. It worked. You can use root checker from the market to verify that you have root.
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Thanks for the advice but the both of us are not using adb. I always have debugging enabled. We are both trying to do this from or phones with terminal. An update zip would be amazing :~)
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Thanks for the advice but the both of us are not using adb. I always have debugging enabled. We are both trying to do this from or phones with terminal. An update zip would be amazing :~)
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Ok. I thought one of you was trying to use a Mac or something to push the file then use terminal. And an update.zip would be awesome!
my2cents said:
Ok. I thought one of you was trying to use a Mac or something to push the file then use terminal. And an update.zip would be awesome!
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I was trying to use adb with my Mac and my Linux laptop but both give me "device offline" when I use adb. I'm going to try a different USB cable as I have seen this happen before and a different cable works but I find it hard to believe that i'm the only one that used stock cable and does not work
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What happened to that person said they did everything from phone?
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What happened to that person said they did everything from phone?
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Lol, I guess they all vanished! Funny thing is that I am not new to Linux and those are busybox commands which
1: busybox does not come installed on the factory ROM and
2: even if you install it from the market it still needs root access.
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So what are we developing in this thread again?
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Custodian said:
So what are we developing in this thread again?
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If you cannot help then just save your useless comment! Your bringing back bad memories from the EVO forum. That forum was full of bashers and flamers.
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Lol, I guess they all vanished! Funny thing is that I am not new to Linux and those are busybox commands which
1: busybox does not come installed on the factory ROM and
2: even if you install it from the market it still needs root access.
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Yeah tell me about it, wish they would just make a damn step sheet it's getting ridiculous.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16904179
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In trying to enable the webtop app I renamed the PortalApp.apk to PortalApp.apk.bak. Now I get an error message:
"The application com.android.portal (com.android.portal) has stopped unexpectedly.Please try again."
I know, I shouldn't have renamed that apk when in the thread it didn't say to but I figured I needed to replace that too. I've learned my lesson.
How can I go about fixing this?
Connect your mobile to computer .
I hope you have adb checked already!
Open cmd.
And write:
adb shell
su
(and TRY TO ALLOW on the phone)
mv system/app/PortalApp.apk.bak system/app/PortalApp.apk
If you can't allow SU request, respond here. To give a try with same commands on early usb enumeration!
If I helped, hit thanks button
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Do you mean PortalApp.apk instead of Portal.apk?
Bagel Bear said:
Do you mean PortalApp.apk instead of Portal.apk?
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Yes. I Am on the atrix. And I couldnt see or remember your apk, so I posted and later edit.
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I do have the sdk installed and I've used it before but I've forgotten how to get to it. Just typing "adb shell" on the first line of cmd won't do much help if I'm not in the right directory.
With windows explorer!
Find your sdk folder. Enter it.
Copy everything.
Go to Windows folder, and paste everything!
Now you have "adb" command directly in your cmd prompt!
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Can I give you one million thanks?
Everything worked out alright!
Yes.
Go to xda settings, click the autothanks button, put "Paschalis" and then allow SU Request on your atrix!
Heheheh!!
Your are welcome!!
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Can you also replace:
Need help in your topic title, with:
[SOLVED] tag?
So somebody else with same problem, find answer easily!
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Ok...first off i know this is not supposed to be in general discussion but as my new status will not let me reply to the relevant thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216131). I just wanted to share how I achieved root access (without a computer) by using bits of different advise from other users. I take no credit for any of this, I don't know any commands but I obviously have an idea of what they are trying to accomplish. Here goes:
First Step:
Download Superuser from market
Download Terminal Emulator from market
Download Dolphin HD browser
Navigate to the above linked thread in the Dolphin broswer and Download photon-torpedo.tar
Once all these are installed reboot your device.
Second Step:
From the terminal emulator enter commands pressing enter after each.
cd /tmp/
cp /sdcard/download/photon-torpedo.tar . (note the "space" and "period" at the end)
chmod 777 photon-torpedo.tar
/bin/tar xf photon-torpedo.tar
./photon-torpedo.sh (you will receive errors at this point, IGNORE)
./install-su.sh
Reboot your device
Third Step:
Run terminal emulator
Enter the command su
At this point it will ask for superuser rights and you are rooted.
*The reason for this thread is that I had to take bits from different responses and piece them together to get this to work. Hope this helps someone as I wanted give back to the community. Again...all credit goes to the original contributors.*
*Fixed typo*
*Theory - If you have a SD card installed when you download the file change the second command line to " cp /sdcard-ext/download/photon-torpedo.tar ." (note the "space" and "period" at the end)*
*Another hint - Determine the location of your /tmp/ folder prior to attempting root (download a file explorer from market) and modify as needed. Some have needed to use /data/tmp/ *
Nice!!! On your second command, change cp to cd
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HondaCop said:
Nice!!! On your second command, change cp to cd
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Actually that is supposed to be cp. I believe it copies the photon-torpedo.tar to the /tmp/ folder where it needs to be located in order to run. (I could be wrong on my logic but that is what worked for me)
Moxxy22 said:
Actually that is supposed to be cp. I believe it copies the photon-torpedo.tar to the /tmp/ folder where it needs to be located in order to run. (I could be wrong on my logic but that is what worked for me)
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Ooppsss my bad then...
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cp means copy paste xf means unzip. Or something like that
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Dude for this I think you deserve an upgrade...nicely done.. can you scriped it as a one shot magic photon rooting torpedo for market?
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redhatter said:
Dude for this I think you deserve an upgrade...nicely done.. can you scriped it as a one shot magic photon rooting torpedo for market?
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Im sure it could be done lol but im not close to there yet with my skill set....
Thanks a lot! This worked great! I just picked up my photon last night and didn't have time to root via the computer before work today.
I did find one typo.
cp /sdcard/download/photon-topedo.tar .
should be
cp /sdcard/download/photon-torpedo.tar .
(you accidently left the "r" out of torpedo)
Thanks again!
Moxxy22 said:
Im sure it could be done lol but im not close to there yet with my skill set....
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17007727&postcount=268
Not exactly one shot but reduced steps.
bigbassbrent said:
Thanks a lot! This worked great! I just picked up my photon last night and didn't have time to root via the computer before work today.
I did find one typo.
cp /sdcard/download/photon-topedo.tar .
should be
cp /sdcard/download/photon-torpedo.tar .
(you accidently left the "r" out of torpedo)
Thanks again!
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Good catch in the typo and im glad it worked out for you!
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Very nice! Never thought of an interanl root option. Thank you for your hard work and creativity
You are awesome, thank you. Worked like a charm. Way easier than all the other methods out right now.
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is there any risk to brick my phone?
argentinito said:
is there any risk to brick my phone?
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There is always a chance of something happening anytime you step outside official updates but i would venture to say that this about 99.9% safe.
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Moxxy22 said:
There is always a chance of something happening anytime you step outside official updates but i would venture to say that this about 99.9% safe.
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ok thanks, n after i root i can just flash a rom on it?
argentinito said:
ok thanks, n after i root i can just flash a rom on it?
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To be quite honest i haven't felt the need to flash a rom on the mopho so you'll have to research that one yourself. To flash though you normally need to install a bootloader and im just not familiar with the process on this phone. I only rooted to access wifi hotspot and a few other apps.
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Moxxy22 said:
To be quite honest i haven't felt the need to flash a rom on the mopho so you'll have to research that one yourself. To flash though you normally need to install a bootloader and im just not familiar with the process on this phone. I only rooted to access wifi hotspot and a few other apps.
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all right.. i want to root bcus i need battery indicator with numbers
argentinito said:
all right.. i want to root bcus i need battery indicator with numbers
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Let us know how it works out.
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*Another hint - Determine the location of your /tmp/folder prior to attempting root (download a file explorer from market) and modify as needed. Some have needed to use /data/tmp/ *
how i do that? in a ffew i will try to root im nervous lol
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*Another hint - Determine the location of your /tmp/folder prior to attempting root (download a file explorer from market) and modify as needed. Some have needed to use /data/tmp/ *
how i do that? in a ffew i will try to root im nervous lol
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Change the lines that say /tmp/ to /data/tmp/
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Ram on my electrify everything closed 400mb. Y is it so high? Anything that can help?
*EDIT* not sure if rooting it helped but i uninstalled GoLauncher and all of its widgets and stated using Holo launcher( yes its basic but better than stock but i do miss themes..... ) ram is now around 215ish.... 203 is lowest I've seen. bout to run superscript and see how much further down it will go.
*EDIT2* v6 superscript done wonders dropping team even further. usually runs around170s now. have seen down to 147 before.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12058585
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How many app's do you have and what do you have running? Some app's (google maps I know) even if you have not opened it, is in the background. add this to Facebook, Yahoo messenger, news, weather, stocks, ect..........you can suck it up pretty good.
Have you tried Supercharged script?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12058585
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This is after I close everything with task manager and clear cache. Phone is still snappy to respond. Very fast phone... Using stock ROM cuz of locked bootloader but plan on trying Rocko's ROM for locked users soon
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moparfreak426 said:
Using stock ROM
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This is why.
Its never been that high before and last I checked after closing everything out went up to 450... Its rediculous. Need to root my phone and stuff.... But if I root when ics is released will I be able to get when routed? I have 2.3.5 updated on here so locked bootloader.no flashing good ROMs for me
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Closing everything doesn't really help because most of it will auto start right back up.
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Tried supercharger v6 and smanager ti use it but I'm not rooted
So......
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moparfreak426 said:
Tried supercharger v6 and smanager ti use it but I'm not rooted
So......
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So...root it, ha
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If rooted though when ics update is finally released will I still get it our will I have to deroot to fulfill my dream of ics on this phone?
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You'll get the update just don't think you can update it.... So flash stock and ota should be pushed
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moparfreak426 said:
If rooted though when ics update is finally released will I still get it our will I have to deroot to fulfill my dream of ics on this phone?
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Actually I think he will be able to take the update. But if not, its as easy as going back to stock and manually checking for updates in the about section of settings.
Well tried torpedo method but can't put photon-torpedo.tar into tmp in the data folder but can put out into straight data folder and using terminal emulator how do u press enter?! Like say typing
CD/data/tmp
How do u hit enter to make it not compile but.... What's the word? Oh well just how do u press enter? I have downloaded super user and the photon-torpefo.tar and terminal emulator.... Help???
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moparfreak426 said:
Well tried torpedo method but can't put photon-torpedo.tar into tmp in the data folder but can put out into straight data folder and using terminal emulator how do u press enter?! Like say typing
CD/data/tmp
How do u hit enter to make it not compile but.... What's the word? Oh well just how do u press enter? I have downloaded super user and the photon-torpefo.tar and terminal emulator.... Help???
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This is what you need.
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaJ0uiExdFM
Thread QB sends you to in video
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217416
From terminal type
Cp (directorywhere file is)/photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp :enter:
Cd /data/tmp :enter:
chmod 777 photon-torpedo.tar (not to sure it's needed but I do it)
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh (gna give your an output log, almost looks like an error but continue with next input.
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
And you should be rooted.
Of course download superuser app from play store.
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acvice i cant download anything to my laptop cuz of internet connection issues unless there is a hack to make tethering free ... bit would that be nice
and valeninoh thank you..just one acouple more questions. .. how do you get photon-torpedo.tar into tmp in data? i can only get IT into data.... tried doing everything said leaving out tmp and says error cannot access file or directory:-( would post screenshots but no screenshot app i have found works with stock unrooted...
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You have "terminal" from android market?
Next put the .tar file to the root of the internal sdcard then open up terminal
Type:
cp /sdcard/photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp/
Then proceed with the rest of the steps
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valentinoh said:
From terminal type
Cp (directorywhere file is)/photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp :enter:
Cd /data/tmp :enter:
chmod 777 photon-torpedo.tar (not to sure it's needed but I do it)
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh (gna give your an output log, almost looks like an error but continue with next input.
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
And you should be rooted.
Of course download superuser app from play store.
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at chmod......starts saying can not do.
them next line says file doors not exist blah blah. .... :-/ obvious i don't know what im doing
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Dude... Use the aio method I posted. Its much easier and you literally can't mess up if you follow along with the video.
Acvice said:
Dude... Use the aio method I posted. Its much easier and you literally can't mess up if you follow along with the video.
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does that work on 2.3.5?
moparfreak426 said:
at chmod......starts saying can not do.
them next line says file doors not exist blah blah. .... :-/ obvious i don't know what im doing
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Chmod 777 /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
Also when you " cd /data/tmp :enter: type ls :enter: just to make sure the photon-torpedo.tar is in there.
Google talk me for help or question. @ [email protected]
I would appreciate if somebody could tell me step by step on how to root my phone.
There are many different variants on the photon-torpedo method that you can find on these forums, the stickies, and through google search, but here is the step by step method I prefer. Credit goes to Edgan.
Photon Root Instructions
1. Create a folder in the C:/ drive on your Windows 7 machine called Photon root. (You can call it anything you want, but that’s what I called mine and will use for the purpose of this post).
2. Download and install the adb package from http://gititbit.ch/AFAS and install them into C:/Photon root.
3. Download photon-torpedo.tar from http://proton.cygnusx-1.org/~edgan/photon/photon-torpedo.tar and copy it to C:/Photon root in your windows machine. Do not unzip it.
4. On your phone, go to Settings > Applications > Development and select USB Debugging.
5. Plug your phone to your computer and on your phone, set it to USB Mass Storage.
6. Copy photon-torpedo.tar from C:/Photon Root to your phone’s internal storage using Windows 7. Don’t put it in any folder, and leave it zipped.
7. Install Superuser from the Market. (This is absolutely necessary to do before you get started or it won’t work)
8. Open the command prompt (Start >> run “cmd” >> enter)
9. Type the following commands – don’t worry about the errors, it will be all right
• cd C:/photon root • adb push photon-torpedo.tar /data/tmp • adb shell • cd /data/tmp • /bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar • /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh • /data/tmp/install-su.sh
10. That's it. Reboot and enjoy.
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Here our friend qbking77 latest step by step video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xAYkejI4CE&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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If ypu dont want to use your computer you can do it right from your phone just google root photon without computer and the first thing to pop up should be an xda thread
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The adb package link dont work
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MarcquisDale said:
The adb package link dont work
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did you try the way i suggested? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1243792 it never fails
Ill try that way
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Any Luck
MarcquisDale said:
The adb package link dont work
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Hello Marcq, Did you get any working link for adb package. I am searching for long time. If you have, please update. Thanks. Bala
nice
jayalaba said:
I am searching for long time. ...
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Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1819660
I just verified the download, it has the adb.exe you seek, and also the photon-torpedo.tar file you'll need. It's all in a zip file, QBKing77 also includes a video on what to do.
Hope this helps.
Btw, drop a thanks on mof for the work. You might also seriously consider flashing mof's Slim ROM, it's great.
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one guy just posted a link
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adb package
adb package link is dead
dark_boy99 said:
adb package link is dead
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This community has been dead for a while so it may be hard to find a working link
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MarcquisDale said:
This community has been dead for a while so it may be hard to find a working link
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i downloaded this from extra link
i rooted this phone with your tips
tnx a lot
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now my device in logo...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=749620&page=5#post60391586
Has anyone tried this yet via editing the build prop file? I want to give it a try but some phones don't play nice with changing the density.
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I tried. Wouldn't stick. So gave up lol. I assume that you could make a copy and upload via bootloader.
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That stinks. Oh well.
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chrisjm00 said:
That stinks. Oh well.
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I got it to work. Copy the build.prop file to your computer and make your changes there. Then reboot your phone into recovery (TWRP is what I used), mount System (in TWRP), ADB push the edited file back onto your phone, and then use the TWRP file manager to apply CHMOD 755 onto the file. Then reboot and enjoy.
That last step (CHMOD) may not be necessary. I never tried leaving that step out to confirm one way or the other.
S121Guy said:
I tried. Wouldn't stick. So gave up lol. I assume that you could make a copy and upload via bootloader.
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You can't edit it while booted in android, you need to flash it.
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