Hi, this is my first android phone (Dell Venue). I got it about 2 weeks ago, and have been trying to root it since. I have tried z4, superoneclick several versions new and old, and universal androot 1.6.1. Not sure if any of those shouldn't be used on this phone but am completely new and I have no idea about the terms being used or anything for that matter. I have tried turning off my phone and turning it on for superoneclick. I have tried to toggle dev access. None seem to work. The closest i got was with the 2.1.1 superoneclick and trying to turn it back on when it says, "waiting for device", this goes all the way to step 5 and then it errors out saying "remounting/system with read-write access...error: closed. FAILED".
I have 2.2.2 froyo on it and not sure if you require any further information. I would really like to root this phone, if someone can help me with pictures or a video on how i can do this or tell me what it is i'm doing wrong, it would be much appreciated. I have tried this on windows 7 64bit, windows XP pro, windows xp, and windows 32bit.
Please can someone shed some light on this for me?
Thanks,
Vai
Long rooting thread here. You should post to existing thread.
Here is an example of the info you should post about your phone.
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Hi guys, I've had a fair read through the forum already but can't find a solution to my problem.
I have a HTC Magic which I have rooted and am running cyanogen 6.0 RC.
My problem is with my girlfriend's Tmobile HTC G2 (Hero).
I initially tried running the 2 part update from Tmobile but receive the yellow triangle error so am told to downgrade my rom from the HTC site.
I cannot for the life of me get this to work, HTC sync works fine. I run the uud.exe file update and the phone boots to UUD usb mode,xp informs me of "android 1.0" being connected and the installer gives me error [171] USB connection error.
The program then terminates, the same thing happens following the guide: http :// forum .xda-developers. com/showthread.php?t=645253&page=3 (cant add the link)
I'm stuck for ideas. Booting into hboot (power on and vol down) gives me my spl:1.76.007 which know for the magic was the perfect spl. The radio is 6.35.07.08.
Any help would be appreciated, all I want is this retched device to be upgraded from android 1.5!!!
Thanks in advance.
Nath
As noted in my FaQ please follow my guide on Correct drivers and check the bootloader drivers section. This should fix your issue.
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buddn, I have the same phone all stats identical and got the same error too. It locked up the phone on the skate-boarding android screen and let a nervous half-hour of searching before pulling the battery and it restarted fine.
If you solve this please post back what I/we are doing wrong.
btdag, can you be any more specific? Do I have to use your drivers? I have used ones from the latest HTC Sync and the latest Android-SDK, I'm running Windows 7.
Currently setting up the XP mode in Win7 as plenty of people seem to recommend flashing from XP instead. But progress is slow as the hours I have to play are limited!
Thanks both,
Craig
What ROM version are you running currently and what are you trying to downgrade to?
I had SPL 1.76.0007 originally, I ended up using the engineering SPL (2007) but that was for other reasons.
But btdag's guides are really well laid out, sometimes you do have to uninstall all your drivers and just follow his steps, I know I have in the past and that normally solves everything! He provides links to ADB and HTC Sync drivers, but personally I use the ones from the ADK and the latest HTC Sync I could find... but then I'm a bleeding edge kind of guy
Can you both try the "GoldCard" Test Procedure for me in my guide here
This has been done today and there may be some edits necessary to get it completely working, it's also designed for Windows 7 rather than XP or Vista and should work on both x86 (32-bit) and x64 (64-bit) systems. Having said that it should also work on XP and Vista in a similar way.
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But btdag's guides are really well laid out, sometimes you do have to uninstall all your drivers and just follow his steps, I know I have in the past and that normally solves everything! He provides links to ADB and HTC Sync drivers, but personally I use the ones from the ADK and the latest HTC Sync I could find... but then I'm a bleeding edge kind of guy
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I have updated my guide to use the latest HTC Sync drivers as they appear to support adb correctly. I'll be editing my driver guide soon and possibly removing it altogether. I'm also a bleeding edge kind of guy but i've only recently found the latest version of the drivers to work. I had no idea about the implications, until now.
hey.
i have a tmobile g2 and i used btdag's guide for rooting it. seeing i tried to simple procedure and failed, i resorted to the goldcard method. it took me only 3 hours xD.
the reason it took me so long was the wrong drivers. when i reviewed the guide i tried the drivers mentioned there and it work. oddly enough, stock drivers that came with the g2 were said to be for g1 magic. the gold card method works flawlessly and now i have a rooted hero with amon_ra's recovery and custom rom.
btdag, mate, thanks for the guide. helped a lot.
oh and yeah...the "downgrade" was actually an upgrade seeing i had an even older rom on my hero (bought 6 weeks ago). stock rom was android 1.5 (ancient )
Thanks btdag, that revised goldcard tutorial worked a treat! I now have 2.73.4705.5 installed and can play properly!
The problem I had was the fastboot driver not being installed hence not connecting to the exe file upon the reboot. After installing the correct driver for that the process worked a treat.
As a side note, I couldn't connect to htc sync after changing the driver but it wasn't needed.
Thanks for all your help. Got a "buy me a beer" link?
Nath
Glad to have two positive responses to the revised guide.
@buddin - i also can't connect to htc sync at the moment, i'm wondering whether its because of my rom but maybe it is the software/driver, i'll look into it further.
I don't have a "buy me a beer" link cause I have only re-written other peoples work. Thanks for the praise though
i had the same problem about the htc syncr for weeks, it doesn't syncronise , i found that if uncheck USB debugging, and pull down the notification bar check the syncro and then open HTC syncro then it syncronises.
i think it something to do with, when ADB is setup and working somehow it cancels the HTC syncro, but who needs HTC syncro when you got ADB
i find HTC syncro useless comparing it to ADB. except from sync contacts and calendar ,that about it, nothing more. thanks to Btdag with his so made easy to follow guides and the all the devs for doing what HTC could not do.
try it guys, i may be wrong !!.
cheers
I have been trying to find Windows 7 drivers for my Streak and have had zero luck getting anything to work. I am trying to root my device but without getting the drivers to work I think I am stuck. I have searched this forum and others but have had no luck.
Any help please? Thank you.
i just finished putting djsteves 1.9 on and i was like you. i was lost with all of the write ups and what not. here is what i did to figure it all out.
dl all files and then run the tutorial. i know there is extra stuff that is not needed but i got mine done and it wasnt too hard,
http://streakdroid.com/?page_id=92
start there and then just follow skip the first part about how to install rom. that is last.
The drivers are actually on the MicroSD card that came with your Streak. Look for Dell_PC_Suite.
That installs the ADB drivers as well as the PC Suite (that I just ignored from that point onwards)
That's how I got the drivers to work for Rooting my Streak on Windows 7 x64
Dell.com...
http://support.dell.com/support/dow...dateid=-1&formatid=-1&source=-1&fileid=433681
i need help, i have tried everywhere and can't find anything and any help would be greatly appreciated
i'm on the road to root my samsung galaxy fascinate and have ran into a laundry list of problems. i have rooted many android phones coming from eclair, froyo, and gingerbread, but seem to be stuck at the slightest of problems when it comes to the fascinate.
i can not install the drivers to the fascinate. i have searched through the web for all the drivers and have tried every possible galaxy driver. the driver simply won't install on my windows 7 prof 64bit machine. i have never ran into this problem before with any other phone. every time i try to install the driver it gets to the very end of the install then pops up with the message "windows was unable to install the driver"
It also gave me the option to view the failed windows installation log, which after many successful steps, at the end the log shows this error:
Action ended 1:26:53: ShowMsiLog. Return value 0.
=== Logging stopped: 12/16/2011 1:26:53 ===
MSI (c) (0C:08) [01:26:53:750]: Product: SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones -- Installation operation failed.
MSI (c) (0C:08) [01:26:53:750]: Windows Installer installed the product. Product Name: SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones. Product Version: 1.3.550.0. Product Language: 1033. Manufacturer: SAMSUNG Electronics CO., LTD.. Installation success or error status: 1603.
i have also attached the entire log
the first thing i did was plug in the phone, which windows sensed this and automatically installed a driver, not sure which. after this i unplugged the phone and then checked "usb debugging" for rooting purposes and plugged the phone back into the computer which windows then installed another driver automatically, then following the steps from xda to root the phone, i downloaded the given drivers which is where the problem first occurred and the drivers were unable to download.
I'm simply trying to get root access to the phone and can't do anything with the phone with crappy drivers...i can't even mount usb sd card now to transfer data anymore. the drivers have completely been shot. i desperately need help. please
also what is the absolute easiest way to root the fascinate? is it with one click root or with Odin? Because the fascinate just updated itself from 2.2.2 EH05 to 2.3.5 EH03 and i'm not sure which program supports rooting which version of android. also all other android devices simply give root access to the stock rom, which is great cause i get to keep all my apps, messages, contacts...etc, then simply titanium backup everything and transfer it over to the new rom. is it different with the fascinate? will rooting the device simply flash a completely new rooted rom? therefore loosing everything? if anybody has any answers to any of these questions, please be my hero. thanks
Uninstall everything you previously installed in the way of Samsung drivers (in fact, you could use Windows 7 backup and restore to restore your PC to the state it was in the day before you installed the drivers as they are sometimes hard to uninstall completely). Reboot and simply plug your phone (with USB debugging of course), and let Windows automatically install the drivers for you like it did before you installed the ones linked to on XDA. This time, if your PC recognizes your phone, just keep the drivers you have and don't install the ones linked to. Those drivers from the guide are for those whose PC doesn't automatically install working drivers. From that point, just follow the rest of the guide and skip the install drivers part. You will not have to install any further drivers unless you flash an AOSP ROM, in which case you'll have to follow the instructions in the OP of the ROM thread. I hope this works for you.
Has anyone seen John Connor?
awesome thank you, i will try this out, and if this doesnt work i can always try another pc.
and as to the question of rooting the fascinate, like i said before i've never had a phone that has been wiped when i got root access initially, but it seems that everyone is saying that a rooted rom must be flashed from Odin in order to have root access. In other builds it seem that all is done is busybox and superuser are just pushed to the phone. will the fascinate be wiped when initial root is acquired?
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awesome thank you, i will try this out, and if this doesnt work i can always try another pc.
and as to the question of rooting the fascinate, like i said before i've never had a phone that has been wiped when i got root access initially, but it seems that everyone is saying that a rooted rom must be flashed from Odin in order to have root access. In other builds it seem that all is done is busybox and superuser are just pushed to the phone. will the fascinate be wiped when initial root is acquired?
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root is not flashed via odin, rather cwm is...then the root file su_2.6.3.1 is flashed via cwm. If you need directions section 5 of my guide in general section has it covered...everything needed is there including the correct recovery and root file.
I will tell you what...the Fascinate is probably the biggest pain in the ass phone...I tried forever to root my friends and couldn't get it done...need to try again I guess, but it was a driver issue as well..ODIN just wouldn't recognize the dam phone
Use Droidstyles guide. Very easy to follow. Also, the USB cable for some reason seams to be a bit finicky at times with this device. Unplug from phone and replug. Sounds odd but trust me, I have done this many times.
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I am having a problem too and it's not covered anywhere i've seen to date. I've got an XP and a Win7 box at home. On both, I've tried with no drivers and i've tried with every other driver set I can find and every time I hook the phone up to the machine it pops up saying USB device couldn't be recognized or something. I'm going nuts! I've never had so much difficulty in my life, not even the first time changing ROMs on anything.
Droidstyle- I've seen your guide and unless I missed it doesn't cover this. Have you seen or heard of this and have any ideas at all?
Thanks!
Tried ViperMod, SparkyRoot with no success.
SparkyRoot fails at stage 2 as Asus Backup fails every time...
With ViperMod i can't see the device when connected to MacBook Air [./ADB devices - no devices listed]
SO... either looking for a way to get something like SparkyRoot to work or tips on how to get TFP visible with Mac OSX Lion OR something new.
Please devs help a man out!!
I also use a Mac and have rooted just fine using ADB Push.
If it's not detecting your device it sounds like you haven't enabled USB Debug Mode in Settings -> Developer. I'd double check that.
Thanks - yes tried all the usual stuff - must have read 100's of posts in case I'm missing something silly.
Tried on Mac OSX Lion - MacBook Air and Mac Mini
Mac OSX Tiger - old iBook
and even built a VM on Mac Mini running XP [scuppered there as couldn't get ADB drivers to work]
I wouldn't mind if I was fumbling around with the wrong commands in Terminal or something, but i'm not even getting the damned thing to be seen on any PC/Mac except as a sync device or camera.
Please please somebody find a true 'one stop root' that doesn't need tethering or ADB.
I really want to get bootloader unlocked, CWM and CM9 on this thing - and unleash the real potential.
trying to use SparkyRoot but need help please, asus prime TransformerTF201
Trying to use the SparkyRoot but getting message in step 1 saying exploit not working, then step 2 fails to backup. Am i supposed to have installed other stuff first?, or how can i get this to work
Just root manually through adb, it's easy enough if you know how to read.
still need specifics
rand4ll said:
Just root manually through adb, it's easy enough if you know how to read.
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ok, i can do that :-> , but can you give me a specific link or directions, an it needs to be very specific breakdown of directions, i'm a total newbie, and don't even know what you mean by adb!! Yes there are still some of us like that who exist out there, :-€ but can follow a very laid out step by step procedure. Please don't say search cause then so much comes up an i'm just boggled! :9)
Root method for windows or Mac?
Is there a root method for the .15 build available for windows or Mac? I do not have linux. I have a Chinese machine and want to install the proper android market. I have found the instructions of what to do once the machine is rooted, but cannot get to root itself to work. Tried using Primetime, but that only works upto .11 from what I can tell.
Cheers for any replies,
David
Hey all,
I’m not sure if this is the right place, but I hope so (feel free to move this as necessary). A few months ago, I got a Razr XT910 on Rogers. It came with 2.3.5, and so I decided I would give ICS a shot. I successfully managed to get Team Kang’s ICS 4.0.4 running on it, through CWM. That went through fairly easily.
Now, however, I’m trying to get the thing back to its stock ROM (which I already have), and have been trying to get it going through RSDlite (newest version downloaded as of yesterday).
Now I’m not a pro at this stuff, but I wouldn’t say I’m completely inept… but I can’t get it to revert. Mainly because I can’t even get RSDlite to recognize my phone, due to the MTP Usb driver failing to install. (Specifically, it says Code 10: cannot start for the error message). I’ve googled, and searched through here, but all the work arounds don’t work. (Uninstalling, selecting generic drivers manually, etc). I had chalked it up to being an issue with Win7 x64, so I tried a fresh install of XP pro x86 (through a VM), and I get the exact same error in XP.
I don’t know what I’m missing, or what I’ve messed up. It was a fresh install of XP, I downloaded the Moto driver helper as well as a new version of RSD lite. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get this driver working. I seem to be able have made step by step progress getting there, but I would really like to have this last piece of the puzzle solved, so here I am. Any help/tips would be appreciated!
If any more info is required for help, just let me know, I’ll get you what I can!
Apotheos said:
Hey all,
I’m not sure if this is the right place, but I hope so (feel free to move this as necessary). A few months ago, I got a Razr XT910 on Rogers. It came with 2.3.5, and so I decided I would give ICS a shot. I successfully managed to get Team Kang’s ICS 4.0.4 running on it, through CWM. That went through fairly easily.
Now, however, I’m trying to get the thing back to its stock ROM (which I already have), and have been trying to get it going through RSDlite (newest version downloaded as of yesterday).
Now I’m not a pro at this stuff, but I wouldn’t say I’m completely inept… but I can’t get it to revert. Mainly because I can’t even get RSDlite to recognize my phone, due to the MTP Usb driver failing to install. (Specifically, it says Code 10: cannot start for the error message). I’ve googled, and searched through here, but all the work arounds don’t work. (Uninstalling, selecting generic drivers manually, etc). I had chalked it up to being an issue with Win7 x64, so I tried a fresh install of XP pro x86 (through a VM), and I get the exact same error in XP.
I don’t know what I’m missing, or what I’ve messed up. It was a fresh install of XP, I downloaded the Moto driver helper as well as a new version of RSD lite. I can’t for the life of me figure out how to get this driver working. I seem to be able have made step by step progress getting there, but I would really like to have this last piece of the puzzle solved, so here I am. Any help/tips would be appreciated!
If any more info is required for help, just let me know, I’ll get you what I can!
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You cant go back to gingerbread after installing ICS as far as i know.