ok so my friend has a Virgin Mobile Optimus V now i see 2 options for Root
ADB
and
Gingerbreak
the phone has stock 2.2.1 so i'm going to make the assumption gingerbreak is a no go as it states Gingerbread only.
so does that leave me with the ADB shell option only? I truly hate adb so i have to ask.
seems alot more troublesome then rooting my Vibrant which only took an update.zip file to root/CWR install >.<
well if anyone can let me know if gingerbreak works on 2.2.1 lemme know.
Sorry. It does not work. I have LG Optimus V with Froyo 2.2.1. I tried using the Gingerbreak, to root the phone. While using the Gingerbreak is effortless to use, I could not break through. I did not know that Gingerbreak does not work on Android 2.2.1. That explains the fact that I was not successful.
I have also postponed using the other option as that is quite involved. However, I will get around to doing it one of these days.
I used that gingerbreak on a LG Optimistic V, I have root access and have titanium backup working. This phone was purchased just last week. And I just looked at the version it reads 2.2.1. So that is all it did for me.
Is it supposed to change to 2.3.4 if it worked?
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gingerbreak is just to root. you need a custom recovery to upgrade to 2.3.
as far as gingerbreak not working, it takes a bunch of tries sometimes. it should work on 2.2.1
you might need to use the stock sd card that comes with the phone to get gingerbreak to work, I've read.
Help with Gingerbreak
I got the gingerbreak apk from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765 for my lg optimus v 2.2.2 downloaded it, turned on usb debugging and install non market apps, I ran the downloaded file and it started to install but was taking forever, so I exited out of it. everything has been screwed up since then... i uninstalled it and tried to redownload it from the same place and I cant do it. just keeps saying download unsuccessful, but i can download anything else... I dont have any network problems has installing it halfway ****ed everything up?
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I bought an HTC Incredible a month and a half ago. I had my phone "temporarily" rooted with Z4 Root for about a month no problem. Over the weekend I went into Titanium Backup to unfreeze an app and it says I don't have root privileges. Super User now says it wants to update and then errors out. I power cycled and ran Z4 Root again and it says it worked, but still no Super User. I have read a little here and there on the internet but have not been able to figure out why this happened. I read OTA update may have caused it, but I don't remember receiving any updates and I also noticed Z4 Root is not in Market anymore and pretty much most of the links to it on the web are dead now. Were did it go? Anybody know whats up with this?
Also, I was wondering if doing a factory reset will restore the apps I froze with Titanium Backup? I want to do a restore so I can make a clean backup. I am planning on checking out Unrevoked3.
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I bought an HTC Incredible a month and a half ago. I had my phone "temporarily" rooted with Z4 Root for about a month no problem. Over the weekend I went into Titanium Backup to unfreeze an app and it says I don't have root privileges. Super User now says it wants to update and then errors out. I power cycled and ran Z4 Root again and it says it worked, but still no Super User. I have read a little here and there on the internet but have not been able to figure out why this happened. I read OTA update may have caused it, but I don't remember receiving any updates and I also noticed Z4 Root is not in Market anymore and pretty much most of the links to it on the web are dead now. Were did it go? Anybody know whats up with this?
Also, I was wondering if doing a factory reset will restore the apps I froze with Titanium Backup? I want to do a restore so I can make a clean backup. I am planning on checking out Unrevoked3.
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It was removed from the market. However, it's available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
Below Link Does Not Work. No links anyplace working When If Ever Will z4root return ?
It was removed from the market. However, it's available here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953
djencounter1200 said:
I bought an HTC Incredible a month and a half ago. I had my phone "temporarily" rooted with Z4 Root for about a month no problem. Over the weekend I went into Titanium Backup to unfreeze an app and it says I don't have root privileges. Super User now says it wants to update and then errors out. I power cycled and ran Z4 Root again and it says it worked, but still no Super User. I have read a little here and there on the internet but have not been able to figure out why this happened. I read OTA update may have caused it, but I don't remember receiving any updates and I also noticed Z4 Root is not in Market anymore and pretty much most of the links to it on the web are dead now. Were did it go? Anybody know whats up with this?
Also, I was wondering if doing a factory reset will restore the apps I froze with Titanium Backup? I want to do a restore so I can make a clean backup. I am planning on checking out Unrevoked3.
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UNREVOKED Is Your Best Bet, I Used It To ROOT My Girls Phone, & It Was Pretty Effortless!! Although It Took A While, But If You Do Decide To Try It Out, My Advice Is Find Something Else To Do After It Starts.Running... I Almost Stopped It A Few Times Thinking It Was Stuck!! But It's Not!!!
Let It Run!!
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Yesterday I used flashtool release/x10flash.bat to install and run z4root.
Worked like a charm on my Xperia x10a.
Peace
djencounter1200 said:
I bought an HTC Incredible a month and a half ago. I had my phone "temporarily" rooted with Z4 Root for about a month no problem. Over the weekend I went into Titanium Backup to unfreeze an app and it says I don't have root privileges. Super User now says it wants to update and then errors out. I power cycled and ran Z4 Root again and it says it worked, but still no Super User. I have read a little here and there on the internet but have not been able to figure out why this happened. I read OTA update may have caused it, but I don't remember receiving any updates and I also noticed Z4 Root is not in Market anymore and pretty much most of the links to it on the web are dead now. Were did it go? Anybody know whats up with this?
Also, I was wondering if doing a factory reset will restore the apps I froze with Titanium Backup? I want to do a restore so I can make a clean backup. I am planning on checking out Unrevoked3.
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I'm Not Sure If You Still Need Z4Root But.... Here You Go!!
z4 help
Z4 has not worked on my droid since the update to 2.2.1 anyone know what I can do.
I also need to re-root my phone.... didn't notice until today that the update took away superuser permissions... tried downloading z4root and it says that application will not work on this phone
still no help?
Just use unrevoked. It's effortless and just got updated for all phones. It gives you superuser privileges
After lots of searching and the links to z4root on these forums not working, I finally unrooted and then rooted my 2.2.1 Droid X.
Went to droidhut dot webs dot com on my Droid X<--- wont let me post links since I'm new to the forums
Clicked on the Motorola root/unroot link at the top
downloaded the z4root from there by clicking - "CLICKING HERE"
unrooted my Droid X - let Z4 do its thing
let the phone reboot
tried temp root - didn't work -so I tried permanent boot and it worked perfectly
2.2.1 rooted
Z4root can no longer root the new Sony Ericsson X10 update 2.0.2.A.0.24. I hope that the devs are still working on it because it was such a great app!
Z4root
just rooted my LG Optimus M..deleting all bloatware..thnx
im using x10 mini pro running on 2.1... z4 has been running for hours now, but no luck yet... help needed... T___T
My anti virus program says it contain trojan. Will this harm my pc
@ PMGRANDS
cannot download this file on pc or droid 2 phone....pc says search for file to open this type of program...phone says download not supported any help please
Unrevoked
Unrevoked currently only works for htc devises and z4 works for motorola devices
Thanks For All Of theReplies
Thank you everyone for all of your replies, sorry I have not been more interactive with this thread. I did manage to get everything worked out and figured I would share my results. It turned out all I had to do to get Z4 Root to work again was give my device a factory reset through HBOOT. Once I did that I was able to to fire up Z4 Root and get Titanium Backup going, etc.
I just wanted to post this to let you all know I figured this out and appreciate the responses. I am no longer using Z4 Root, I ended up rooting with Unrevoked. Everything is working great, I essentially was using Z4 Root before so I could use Titanium backup, but now the possibilities I have are endless!! I have been having so much fun playing with roms, themes, etc. I am new to all of this, but I am a tech Junkie so I am catching on fast. I recommend to anyone who is just getting into this to DO YOUR RESEARCH before modifying your device so you know what you are getting yourself into!! Thanks again everyone!
Z4root no longer working
Runnig 2.1 with the latest update with multitouch. My Z4root no longer works. Sideloaded the newest post release from here and installed, it is still not working. When I go to run it, Z4 starts up and either freezes my screen or runs forever on running exploit. I have busybox and superuser already. Any suggestions?
It would appear that Z4Root is just not going to work with Droid 2 and the latest OTA update. I'm starting to really hate Android phones.
I just upgraded to Gingerbread from Froyo. My phone was rooted on Froyo. I am attempting to root my phone using GingerBreak-v1.20.apk downloaded from the site. I followed the instructions. The rooting process seems to freeze up. I let it run for 30 minutes and finally rebooted my phone. The phone IS NOT rooted. None of my root applications work. I have several applications that need rooting. Can anyone help me? I have an LG G2x running Android 2.3.3. Thanks.
mmm try to install clockworkmod and after install cyanogen with the zip .
or if u want only root u could try root by paul ... search on modaco.com
Thanks, I'll give it a try.
I have just bought a replacement Optimus V from Bestbuy. I have previously rooted my old Optimus V bought in August with the latest zergRush. Unfortunately, my replacement will not root with any method I have tried. zergRush does not automatically restart adb and any attempts to log in with adb are met with error: closed. Fastboot is locked, of course.
A person with the same problems and conclusion is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19089444&postcount=5330
Is this phone truly unrootable right now?
If so, is this the only unrootable Android phone currently?
If so, what are the chances the Motorola Triumph will be patched this way? I wanted to exchange for one but not if it is going to be locked up too.
Which Android version is it? I think you could use KDZ to downgrade the version and then root it.
Of course first try these methods: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15309588&postcount=2
Just got my wife a new optimus v and rooted it with Gingerbreak v1.20 with no prob. Most likely has new screen so needs recovery and rom with kernel compatible with new screen
Need to have sdcard in phone and USB debug turned on for gingerbreak to work properly.
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Got an Optimus V earlier this month, one of the ones with the newer Optimus S screens. Had no problems rooting it with gingerbreak.
Did you try gingerbreak again if it failed? It took quite a while to finish on mine (upwards of 12 mins.)
Sorry for the delay. I ran into a lot of problems compiling.
This one is running 2.2.2 like the last one. The last one was successful with zergRush though.
There is no official firmware available for the phone so I do not think KDZ can be used.
z4root - I don't know how to compile this.
I can build the shared libraries easily enough, but when it comes time to build the apk I get errors in Eclipse. I have never used Eclipse before. I installed the ADT plugin of course. I get similar errors with ant (after creating build.xml and local.properties) which I have used successfully before. The error is "method does not override a method from its superclass".
zergRush - gives "error: closed"
psneuter - gives "error: closed"
gingerbreak
gingerbreak exploit - gives "couldn't open output file". I tried several times with and without sd card.
gingerbreak apk - no source? Is the only solution to decompile the apk?
superoneclick - no source?
rageagainstthecage - no source?
Thanks for any help.
Edit:
Success! I was able to get a version of gingerbreak to work. Thanks for the input.
which version of gingerbreak worked with froyo 2.2.2
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zergRush worked on 2.2.2 with my first V. I had to use this version of gingerbreak on my second V with 2.2.2. I never tried the apks that are floating around.
I downloaded the gingerbreak v1.20 apk from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765 , transfered to root of sdcard and installed with easy installer. Have to check to allow installation from unknown sources under settings - applications and turn on usb debug mode under settings - applications - development before running. Then just run gingerbreak from your app drawer and select root.
^ That's the method I used. I personally think it's the easiest way.
Hey, there seems to be a few of us(or maybe it's just me) confused about how we can root after the new update.
I just wanted to know if there was a confirmed safe way to restore root.
Thanks
Update:
Thanks to superkev. Manual way works. I can also confirm it also.
Also remember to keep your phone awake (ie. not in the locked screen)
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I tried the manual instructions from here: http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Step 6 failed for me, possibly because I had used this method to root 2.3.4. The rest of it went perfectly. I think the 2.3.6 update changed the permissions of the su binary, so these instructions just reset that to what they're supposed to be. I am rooted again!
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I can't seem to find any root information on bell atrix 2.3.6 either.
saw some unconfirmed reports that superoneclick worked, but it doesn't work for me just sits at "Failed to set prot mask"
and then "WaitforDevice" forever...
if anyone has legit root info for the bell atrix 2.3.6 posting it would be greatly appreciated.
All I want is to install it! But im in usa so I need someone to make a fruitcake of it for me. Oh and I have also read super one click is supposedly working for some.
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I've got super one click working but superuser keeps denying all my root permissions without giving me a prompt.
DANGER!
So I tried SuperOneClick 2.3.1 and got my Bell Atrix 2.3.6 rooted.... all seemed good and Root Checker told me I was rooted. Light Flow got Super User permission and I thought I was gold!
Then my phone started freezing up and rebooting. Now I can't use the phone because it is crashing every 30 seconds. I would say avoid SuperOneClick (at least this version) for now!!
Oh, and SuperOneClick won't unroot my device so I'm kind of stuck. I would rather not reset my device and have to reinstall all my apps (which are backed up with Titanium Back-up, but which of course needs root to work...).
I'm just trying GingerBreak to unroot so we'll see how that goes.....
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... OK... so GingerBreak unrooted my phone but it is still completely hooped and the crashing woes continue... anyone with a solution on which system files I might be able to replace to fix this?!?!?
Aaaarrrg!
I tried wit Pete's first and it failed but super one click worked right from the first attempt. Before doing that though, I did a factory reset and started from scratch. Then I restored my apps only with TB. All is OK except that in market my apps list is empty with a message saying that my purchased apps will appear here. I have read that it is a known problem, but not necessarily with this update or because of rooting. In my experience super one click has otherwise been OK. Hope that helps. Don't have a solution for you except maybe trying to do a factory reset first if you are able to and then try again.
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Hey thanks. Yes, I ended up having to do a reset from the boot menu (power+vol down) and do an 'Android Recovery' which apparently wipes the system files and reinstalls the OS. My TB backups are still sitting on the internal SD but I am hesitant to re-root so I can reinstall TB and restore... what build of SuperOneClick did you use?
I tried with SuperOneClick 2.3.1.0 (latest). It says that it worked, but even after rebooting, my apps are being denied root access.
UPDATE:
I tried the manual instructions from here: http://briefmobile.com/motorola-atrix-4g-root
Step 6 failed for me, possibly because I had used this method to root 2.3.4. The rest of it went perfectly. I think the 2.3.6 update changed the permissions of the su binary, so these instructions just reset that to what they're supposed to be. I am rooted again!
I just updated to 2.3.6 and used the Briefmobile method to root and can also confirm that it is working. I had previously used this method to do 2.3.4 and had no issues on 2.3.6. Cheers
I might caution those who are not on AT&T about using the "manual" root method from BriefMobile. It was built with AT&T 2.3.4 files. Flashing the root.img in fastboot flashes those files to your /preinstall folder possibly hosing your Bell specific files. This has in the past, and possibly could in the future cause issues when trying to install future updates.
For those of you who have done it, can you look in /preinstall/md5 and see if you have att files?
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superoneclick 2.3.1.0
this works flawlessly and on first attempt. so easy!
gingerbreak 1.2 didn't work this time, but it was useful to me for unrooting.
just make sure you do that before installing the update, and follow the superoneclick instructions.
too early to comment on battery life, and other than the keyboard I don't notice any aesthetic changes.
bell atrix
Remember to flash back the original preinstall image to avoid update issues.
Cheers!
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For those of you who have done it, can you look in /preinstall/md5 and see if you have att files?
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That directory does contain some ATT and Cingular files. However, I used this method to root 2.3.4 and it didn't prevent me from installing the 2.3.6 update. I'm hoping I won't have any trouble going to ICS (fingers crossed that such a thing will even happen!)
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That directory does contain some ATT and Cingular files. However, I used this method to root 2.3.4 and it didn't prevent me from installing the 2.3.6 update. I'm hoping I won't have any trouble going to ICS (fingers crossed that such a thing will even happen!)
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Good deal. I had to help a few revert that folder when updating from 2.2.2 to 2.3.4 due to missing the gameloft stuff, but if it didn't effect your update that's good news.
Just in case, here's the 2.3.6 Bell stock preinstall.img to flash via moto-fastboot (thanks to NFHimself's new Gobstopper): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C098P9IV
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I used the manual way to root with the 2.3.6 update but TB is saying it can't can't gain root access and su keeps fc'ing on me. Anyone have any ideas what could be causing this? I also tried the superone click method but during the exe install on my pc it keeps stopping saying i don't have an internet connection????
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I also tried the superone click method but during the exe install on my pc it keeps stopping saying i don't have an internet connection????
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that's weird. you definitely don't need internet access to perform the root (i was offline), provided you have superoneclick and phone drivers installed i'd say. does the driver check feature complain about it too?
Yeah, i thought it was strange too. It doesn't give me that error with the driver check, only when it is going through the install process of the exe.
Sometimes you need to treat your phone like a computer when it starts acting weird, save yourself some hassle and just do a format/factory reset and start fresh.
i used Doomlord's Rooting Toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1319653 it worked in 30 sec
Link to the exact Superoneclick you used? I tried the Doomloader link but it's broken.
Im trying to root my LG Optimus ME p350 but it doesnt work!
When i used Gingerbreak v1.20 it keeps rooting for ever. I open it through ASTRO, as i saw in a tutorial, and when i clicked on root my device it appears the following:
Gingerbreak
Rooting...
Running exploit...
This may take a few minutes!
Device will reboot on success!
and it keeps on, and on, like forever! I've let it for like 30m and nothing!
I also used Universal Androot but when i click on root it saids that there is an failure.
I've also tried Superoneclick but it also keeps forever without anyresults.
In all the actions ive made the usb debugging was check and the unknown decises where also check! I have the 2GB sd card mounted and i just dont know what to do! Everywhere i look the users said that with the gingerbreak everything works on LG OPTIMUS ME P350 but with me... it does NOT!
What firmware do you currentrly have? If it's 10a, then that could be one of the reasons gingerbreak is not working. I had the stock firmware version 10a, couldn't root - then I update the ROM to 10d and Gingerbreak worked perfectly, my phone is now rooted.
sorry for this late reply, hope u reply me. I dont really know where to look for that so i checked the About phone section. The version pf software was LG-P350-V10g. Any other help?
Then if you ROM stock is 10g, I guess it should really work with Gingerbreak. I have version 10d, and it worked wonderfully... maybe you could switch to 10d?
I'm having THE SAME problem (also V10G), what should we do ?!?!? Can anyone please help us...?
Sv3tki6 said:
I'm having THE SAME problem (also V10G), what should we do ?!?!? Can anyone please help us...?
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