On Dell Streak 5 with 2.2.2, I couldn't uninstall Gingerbreak 1.10 via ADB. 'adb uninstall GingerBreak-v1.10.apk' returned 'Failure'.
I couln't find any trace of any file containing 'GingerBreak' via Astro or ADB shell, but the app remained on launcher and still ran if selected. How can the app be present with no visible file to support it?
To my surprise I had no problem uninstalling it from settings>manage apps, but the question remained: why the .apk file was invisible before uninstall?
I don't know. I DO know however that Gingerbreak and other one-click root methods are not recommended for the Streak. They don't always work, and could possibly be dangerous if they issue a fastboot -w or fastboot -erase command after successfully installing the recovery and SU. One-click root methods also aren't required for the Streak as it's one of the easiest devices to root, requiring little more than fastboot, a recovery image, and SU.
Before you attempt again to root your Streak, I encourage you to access the thread titled "Everything you always wanted to know about the Streak but were too busy bricking it" and start reading up on the links provided within it.
thanks for reply
Thanks for taking trouble to reply. I've managed to move on quite a bit after finally getting StreakMod recovery to work. Now all set up and happy.
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So I as working on theming the Adeo ROM and must have messed something up. I didn't think it had to do with the framework files I had pushed so I did a factory reset to clear off all the 3rd party apps from the phone.
Well, since that reset, I can't access the phone in ADB, settings FC's, Market FC's, and I can't download/install an APK because of the security restrictions.
The phone is "functional", I can place/receive calls/sms and use the browser. USB to the PC works for everything except getting ADB access. I verified I can get it to recognize for RSDLite and for Fastbook so I figure using one of those methods should (eventually) provide me an avenue to get my phone 100% functional again.
Does anyone happen to have or know where I could find signed files for Fastboot to replace the entire /system partition or an SBF file to flash the phone back to stock? Or possibly any other solutions?
Also, before I get flamed as a n00b who broke a phone, I've worked on over a dozen different Android handsets and I was well aware I was working without a safety net. This is NOT my primary phone so if I need to I can patiently wait for an SBF to leak. I'm just checking to see if anyone knows any solutions already so I can get back to theming.
Sounds to me like a permissions issue. I had that after I fiddled with the contacts database to unrestrict pictures from third party apps. I would double check any files you modified and make sure they got chmod'ed back to what they should be.
You will have to somehow access the Settings to re-enable adb. When you did a factory reset, you disabled USB Development (aka adb).
For now the only known way to recover is through adb. No fastboot or signed update.zip for now.
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So I as working on theming the Adeo ROM and must have messed something up. I didn't think it had to do with the framework files I had pushed so I did a factory reset to clear off all the 3rd party apps from the phone.
Well, since that reset, I can't access the phone in ADB, settings FC's, Market FC's, and I can't download/install an APK because of the security restrictions.
The phone is "functional", I can place/receive calls/sms and use the browser. USB to the PC works for everything except getting ADB access. I verified I can get it to recognize for RSDLite and for Fastbook so I figure using one of those methods should (eventually) provide me an avenue to get my phone 100% functional again.
Does anyone happen to have or know where I could find signed files for Fastboot to replace the entire /system partition or an SBF file to flash the phone back to stock? Or possibly any other solutions?
Also, before I get flamed as a n00b who broke a phone, I've worked on over a dozen different Android handsets and I was well aware I was working without a safety net. This is NOT my primary phone so if I need to I can patiently wait for an SBF to leak. I'm just checking to see if anyone knows any solutions already so I can get back to theming.
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When I lost ADB access because of a hard reset (I think), this is what I did to fix my issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974824
I never lost root after a hard reset so I went to the market and bought root explorer and sqlite editor and copied the adbd to the /sbin folder to fix adb. I then bought sqlite editor and followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972760 to re-enable side loading of apps. To install apps that I had the apk's for.
I still lose adb after a reset, but I can copy the adbd file to the /sbin folder and adb works again until I reset the phone.
I made a post about losing adb access on the motorola support forums: https://supportforums.motorola.com/message/332307#332307 to see if there were any solutions, but Mark said he would get back to me after trying to reproduce my problem.
I hope this helps.
I think I'm just up **** creek without a paddle for the moment because I can't connect via ADB, the Market force closes, and the security restrictions won't let me side-load any applications via download from the browser. I can't manually add ADB because I have no way to move the files to where they need to be.
Thanks for the replies! airbillion, I'm following your thread at the Motorola Owners' Forum to!
navalynt said:
I think I'm just up **** creek without a paddle for the moment because I can't connect via ADB, the Market force closes, and the security restrictions won't let me side-load any applications via download from the browser. I can't manually add ADB because I have no way to move the files to where they need to be.
Thanks for the replies! airbillion, I'm following your thread at the Motorola Owners' Forum to!
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No problem. That sucks, I'm not sure what you can do. Hopefully motorola or someone here will get a sbf soon so we can mess with our phones and have a way to fully recover. I hope you get it working again. Good luck!
navalynt said:
I think I'm just up **** creek without a paddle for the moment because I can't connect via ADB, the Market force closes, and the security restrictions won't let me side-load any applications via download from the browser. I can't manually add ADB because I have no way to move the files to where they need to be.
Thanks for the replies! airbillion, I'm following your thread at the Motorola Owners' Forum to!
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Have u not tried sideload wonder machine love that thing used it alot when my wife had her backflip
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shadowscreation said:
Have u not tried sideload wonder machine love that thing used it alot when my wife had her backflip
Sent from my MB860 using XDA App
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Requires USB Debugging to be enabled, but I have no access to enabled it due to Settings force closing and no ADB access in pre-boot.
Could you download Android Terminal Emulator 's apk to your sdcard, then install it using a apk install you may already have that work.
If you can get any terminal access from your phone, do a su, then launch /sbin/adbd. This should hopefully give you adb shell access. Without needing to enable USB debugging.
adlx.xda said:
Could you download Android Terminal Emulator 's apk to your sdcard, then install it using a apk install you may already have that work.
If you can get any terminal access from your phone, do a su, then launch /sbin/adbd. This should hopefully give you adb shell access. Without needing to enable USB debugging.
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It won't let me install a downloaded APK because of the security restriction.
If you have an SD card, try booting into recovery with an update.zip on the file.
I can get into the recovery, but the update.zip file needs to be signed. I created one that will push the original copies of the framework files I was working with but it won't install because it's signed with test keys. The stock recovery 3e needs update.zip files signed with the manufacturer release-keys which only Motorola has.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/46051?tstart=30
I started a thread on the official Motorola Owner's Forum in hopes I can find a full factory restore method for the OS. It's unfortunate that unlike HTC and other manufacturers who release full wipe RUU files Motorola has chosen to keep their restore files internally.
http://www.4shared.com/file/7YXo_gmO/update.html
That's the link to the update.zip file I was trying to use that fails because it's only signed with test-keys.
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I live in UK, with a Streak 5, updated by Dell to 2.2.2. This is my first smartphone, but I soon stopped using it out of disgust with all the unremovable bloatware.
However, a few weeks ago I managed a successful root (GingerBreak), then used ADB via Win XP to remove the APKs for facebook, ooVoo, twitter, radio, Amazon and a zillion others. The phone became a delight to use, but then, emboldened by my new found power, I rashly assumed that if I removed Stage there would remain a basic default Android launcher. So I very stupildy removed (without backing up...!..) all .APKs with the word Stage in them.
Oh woe.
Phone was still fine, would turn off, reboot (into a blank screen), file system still naviable from my PC with ADB shell, but no way to launch apps or even access the menu from the phone.
So then I did the next silly thing -- factory reset, not realizing this does not restore apps. Now booting never completes after making it past sparkling DELL animation, and even if it finished booting into a blank screen, without root access I would no longer be able to reach the file system via ADB.
However, I successfully connected the phone to my Win XP PC in fastboot mode, but then didn't know what to do next.
I presume I need to get the missing .APKs with Stage in their name back into /system/app from where I so stupidly removed them. I have downloaded update-stageUI360-2.zip, which appears to contain some hopeful-looking .APKs that I presume are intended for /system/app. They don't have the filenames I vaguely recall as the things I deleted, but perhaps that's because they are an update.
But even if those .APKs are what I need, without being able to boot or access the file system via ADB, how do I restore them to their rightful place?
I've read clever how-to stuff in Android fora until my head hurts, but I still lack a proper understanding of how most suggested actions actually work. For example I remain unclear about the word 'flash'. In the Old Days, I understood that to mean burn new data into a firmware ROM, but in Android fora it appears to be more like my current understanding of 'copy' or 'push' to the internal R/W storage.
I've also read and re-read the excellent XDA 'Dell Streak 5/Flashing Guide' but it packs so much pithy info so tightly I'm left going in circles trying to get a rounded picture, because when I seek the meaning of one word or concept, it's often described in terms of other concepts that I also don't understand.
Also I'm confused by extensions like .img, .apk, pkg, .sh, and how Android deals with them.
In the Old Days, a 'ROM' was a lump of read-only hardware, but in Android parlance it seems to mean some kind of pre-formed image. What does it contain, and how is it transferred to where it needs to be in the phone?
What is a nandroid ? What is baseband ?
And what's the difference between .zip and .apk ? If none, why the different extensions? is it so Android's installation management knows how to treat them ?
I apologise for the length of this post. If someone would tell me how to proceed, and hopefully explain what is happening behind those proceedures, I would be most grateful.
I don't have time for an exhaustive post, but here's the basics of what you need.
Flash streakmod via fastboot (look at the wiki)
Boot into streakmod, connect to pc with usb and enter adb shell
type this command:
mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
type exit and adb push your needed apks to /system/app
reboot
This should get you up and going. You could find any of the free launcher's apks and just push that instead of all the dell stage apks. VTL Launcher is the first one that comes to mind that can be downloaded from the xda forums, just search for it. (Its not in the Dell Streak subforum)
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I don't have time for an exhaustive post, but here's the basics of what you need.
Flash streakmod via fastboot (look at the wiki)
Boot into streakmod, connect to pc with usb and enter adb shell
type this command:
mount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
type exit and adb push your needed apks to /system/app
reboot
This should get you up and going. You could find any of the free launcher's apks and just push that instead of all the dell stage apks. VTL Launcher is the first one that comes to mind that can be downloaded from the xda forums, just search for it. (Its not in the Dell Streak subforum)
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Can u give me the link of VTL Launcher, I 'd like to test a new launcher
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http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=vtl+launcher
Is it not more easy to flash a newer rom?
go to the Wiki of dell streak and download a rom (351 ore 360 I would reccomend)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Dell_Streak_5#Official
Copy the rom to your sd card (use a usb device or somethinge else to acces it) name the rom Update.pkg
powerup the phone holding down de volumekeys option 2 is for software upgrade. Try that and the phone has a new complete rom.
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Many thanks for solutions, but now rooting question
My problem has been that no way could I boot into Streakmod recovery as advised by LordMorphus.
However, after abel2007's advice I managed to flash the full stock 360 rom, after installing the appropriate recovery (via Fastboot).
Now I wish to root, but still cannot boot into Streakmod, which appears to install successfuly via Fastboot, but then however many different moments I choose to press the vol buttons, it always reboots into stock recovery screen.
The universal response to a similar problem in other forum posts is that there is no way to root 2.2.2 or later without a custom recovery like Clockwork (which I haven't tried because it's not recommended) or Streakmod, (which doesn't work for me); but Gingerbreak rooted my previous OTA 2.2.2 before I screwed up by rashly removing all APKs with Stage in the name.
However, I'm scared to try it again in case it was just some freak result, or perhaps contributed to my original problem. Why doesn't anyone seem to recommend Gingerbreak?
And if that works but I still can't boot to Streakmod, I presume I won't be able to employ Nandroid; so might there be any other way of backing up my modified Android system?
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?
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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?
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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.
Hi everyone. I have a tablet from a famous argentinian whose devices quality is not the best (Noblex). This tablet has an Intel redhookbay SoC (x86). I tried to root it with Framaroot with no success. I also tried with apps like Kingo Root and Kingroot (disgusting, but I had to try them to see if they worked). Nothing worked. So I looked for a custom recovery and I found this thread which helps redhookbay users having a temp recovery like "above" the fastboot menu. In my case, CWM didn't work because power button selected the recovery item, but also fastboot menu item, so it always rebooted. TWRP didn't work either because touchscreen doesn't seem to work when I choose it. So and idea came to my mind: I could make an OpenRecoveryScript to make a backup and flash SuperSU.
I used adb shell to see if I could write a file in cache partition without being root. Of course, it didn't work, but then I typed "su" because it came to my mind, and boom! I was root, and even without any prompt that asked me if I wanted to grant root access for adb. So I thought "great! I'll remount partitions as rw and update the binaries to SuperSU ones". But, I had a little problem called Operation not permitted. Yup, I couldn't remount because I'm not allowed.
So, what can I do in order to root this thing? I read something about adbd Insecure, but I don't have any app that manages root to use this.
I don't know what to do, please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Like everyone else, I picked this Azpen A743 up at Microcenter for $20. It was advertised as having 5.1, but came with 6.0.1. I bought it to stream music from my Asus router with samba share drive. Other than that, just plan to use Google News, weather app, and light web browsing. Tried a couple rooting methods but no luck. Reluctantly tried Kingo Root, but it never finished the process. (I've read these devices come preloaded with malware, so some more from kingo root won't hurt). From what I've read and searched, there isn't any custom recovery for this tablet. Anyone know how to root it? I did manage from stock recovery to sideload SuperUser.apk, but it doesn't work.
I have USB debugging on, and bootloader unlocked.
Specs are: Allwinner 1.3 GHz A33 4core
The recovery lists the tablet as:
A33_86v/astar_xr819/astar-xr819
6.0.1/MOB30R/20171221
and firmware version v6.0rc3 (I have found references to OxygenOS for that FW version)
If there is not a root method, is there a way to alter/replace the hosts file? I would like to transfer the hosts file from my phone generated by adaway. I have copied my phone's hosts file and tried:
adb reboot download - reboots to OS, doen't seem to have a download mode, but it would almost have to in order to update the FW
adb reboot bootloader - boots to Azpen screen buring bootup, but just hangs
adb push - system read only
adb shell - cp hosts (read only)
adb shell, then su - SuperUser pops up saying ADB need SU access, grant it but nothing happens. can type, but nothing happens.
from recovery, if I mount /system, then device no longer detected by adb.
Didn't try any fastboot commands, scared of losing data, and I don't see anyway to back up the current FW
Also tried the Phoneixsuit software to install apks, but it didn't work
created my own update.zip - 255 error (or not verified even when using various methods to sign the .zip file-Sign-em, Auto-Sign)
Is there a way to create a .zip or apk that is signed that will copy the hosts file to /etc/hosts?
Any advice or guidance would be appreciated.
Have you had any luck since posting this? I'm trying to root the same device, but no luck so far.
Nope. Somehow managed to push Superuser to it, but still not rooted. SU app pops up asking for SU if "adb shell SU", can grant permission, but still nothing. Can't make permission changes to RW. I finally got fed up and tried flashing the wrong firmware to it, but even that wouldn't work. PhoenixSuit, PhoenixProUSB, PhoenixCard would not work to flash different firmware... and no response from Azpen about lollipop firmware or any firmware for that matter. Won't return emails or answer the phone.
I don't know if by pulling the /system folder ,making changes, then using a tool like Dragonface to build a prerooted image would work or not. Can't really do anything without the right firmware for the device.... and I'm not counting on that happening.
This is a good place for info on A33 info and tools:
http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f906/
I finally got widgets to update after a month of tinkering.... everyday it tells me the SD card is corrupt... other than all of the above, it is a decent little tablet for the $20.