I purchased the somewhat new Dell Venue 10 5000 series (5050). Runs on android kitkat 5. Runs really smooth, I just hate all the bloatware and want to root it.
Try tethered cwm recovery root method, should work.
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ok, im new to this android rooting stuff, usually use tools to do it. Ill look, search,learn and hopefully not brick it. Im scared, but its fun to play around. If anyone can point me to this "tethered cwm recovery root method," thanks. I dont want to download and do the wrong stuff
bobtroy said:
ok, im new to this android rooting stuff, usually use tools to do it. Ill look, search,learn and hopefully not brick it. Im scared, but its fun to play around. If anyone can point me to this "tethered cwm recovery root method," thanks. I dont want to download and do the wrong stuff
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
any ideas tried fastboot tethered?
well i tried the tethered method:
T1 and T2 did not work, T3 oem stop_partitioning said success
it fastboots, gets into recovery, but there is no option to install from zip.
options in recovery i have are:
reboot system now
apply update from adb
wipe data factory reset
wipe cache partition
reboot to bootloader
power down
view recovery logs
Any ideas?
bobtroy said:
well i tried the tethered method:
T1 and T2 did not work, T3 oem stop_partitioning said success
it fastboots, gets into recovery, but there is no option to install from zip.
options in recovery i have are:
reboot system now
apply update from adb
wipe data factory reset
wipe cache partition
reboot to bootloader
power down
view recovery logs
Any ideas?
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That sounds like stock recovery now I think about it. I recently was looking at the commit that Intel added for viewing the recovery log.
social-design-concepts said:
That sounds like stock recovery now I think about it. I recently was looking at the commit that Intel added for viewing the recovery log.
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Is there any update on getting root on the new Venue 10 5050? Perhaps there is something I can pull from the firmware of the device that would aid in getting a proper exploit working to use the tethered CWM...
I honestly thought I could deal without root as it is so close to stock Android. But like the OP mentions, Dell loaded so much crap into /system. McAffee? Really Dell?
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Success!
Here is how I managed to root the Dell Venue 10 5050 32GB running 5.0.2:
Install Intel ADB drivers from here: IntelAndroidDrvSetup1.9.0.zip
Use the beta tethered CWM release from Feb: IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release
The 2nd method "T2" is what worked. There was an OEM Command Not Found when it tried to reboot to Recovery. I just hit VOL UP button and it kicked off the tethered recovery!!
Now I was in CWM, but I did not have access to /sdcard. So, I grabbed a micro SD, copied "SuperSU-v2.46.zip" and installed ZIP from external SD. Hit reboot and fix root. ART had to rebuild the cache, so I waited past the "Android is Upgrading" screen for about 10 minutes.
Voila! Now I have working root on the Dell Venue 10 5050 build SOC101A203400DEL Android 5.0.2
awesome job!
nickshertzer said:
Is there any update on getting root on the new Venue 10 5050? Perhaps there is something I can pull from the firmware of the device that would aid in getting a proper exploit working to use the tethered CWM...
I honestly thought I could deal without root as it is so close to stock Android. But like the OP mentions, Dell loaded so much crap into /system. McAffee? Really Dell?
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Success!
Here is how I managed to root the Dell Venue 10 5050 32GB running 5.0.2:
Install Intel ADB drivers from here: IntelAndroidDrvSetup1.9.0.zip
Use the beta tethered CWM release from Feb: IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release
The 2nd method "T2" is what worked. There was an OEM Command Not Found when it tried to reboot to Recovery. I just hit VOL UP button and it kicked off the tethered recovery!!
Now I was in CWM, but I did not have access to /sdcard. So, I grabbed a micro SD, copied "SuperSU-v2.46.zip" and installed ZIP from external SD. Hit reboot and fix root. ART had to rebuild the cache, so I waited past the "Android is Upgrading" screen for about 10 minutes.
Voila! Now I have working root on the Dell Venue 10 5050 build SOC101A203400DEL Android 5.0.2
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question, when I do this root am I going to have to reroot it everytime Dell updates? I notice they update this tablet a lot since its newish. Out of curiosity, what did you remove as far as bloatware?
bobtroy said:
question, when I do this root am I going to have to reroot it everytime Dell updates? I notice they update this tablet a lot since its newish. Out of curiosity, what did you remove as far as bloatware?
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The root apps I installed are AdAway, App Ops, Greenify, Wakelock Detector, Root Explorer and Titanium Backup. I then used Titanium Backup to backup and then uninstall McAffee, Polaris, Evernote, & Audible. There might have been a couple others like Pinyin Input, I can't remember. Basically, if it can be installed from the Play Store, then I don't want it as a /system app.
I think I'm going to try removing everything that starts with Dell as well...
You are correct that an OTA update would either 1) Remove SuperSU and root or 2) not update.
Removing certain programs with root
nickshertzer said:
The root apps I installed are AdAway, App Ops, Greenify, Wakelock Detector, Root Explorer and Titanium Backup. I then used Titanium Backup to backup and then uninstall McAffee, Polaris, Evernote, & Audible. There might have been a couple others like Pinyin Input, I can't remember. Basically, if it can be installed from the Play Store, then I don't want it as a /system app.
I think I'm going to try removing everything that starts with Dell as well...
You are correct that an OTA update would either 1) Remove SuperSU and root or 2) not update.
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I tried to removed the Mcafee after root access, and it wouldn't remove it with the app I used. Some uninstalled, some wouldn't. What app do you use to uninstall apps with root access?
bobtroy said:
question, when I do this root am I going to have to reroot it everytime Dell updates? I notice they update this tablet a lot since its newish. Out of curiosity, what did you remove as far as bloatware?
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lol, I almost guarantee that this will be the last major update the device receives; coming from a 7840 owner. But yes, unroot and reroot each time an official update comes out.
bobtroy said:
I tried to removed the Mcafee after root access, and it wouldn't remove it with the app I used. Some uninstalled, some wouldn't. What app do you use to uninstall apps with root access?
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Titanium Backup
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spotdog14 said:
lol, I almost guarantee that this will be the last major update the device receives; coming from a 7840 owner. But yes, unroot and reroot each time an official update comes out.
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Oh yeah. Former Dell Streak owner here. Dell is notoriously bad at system updates. The real question is why the hell is there a locked bootloader keeping us *the xda community, from updating it ourselves...
Original rom backu?
hopefully nothing goes wrong, I didn't backup anything. Dumb me. Anyone have a full backup of the system I can get ahold of? Im afraid to screw up my dell lol. Thanks
Does anyone know if theres a way to undo the tethered root to do several updates they had to the tablet. I tried unrooting thru SuperSU, but it still fails to do a Dell update.
Dell Venue 10 5050 external media
bobtroy said:
I purchased the somewhat new Dell Venue 10 5000 series (5050). Runs on android kitkat 5. Runs really smooth, I just hate all the bloatware and want to root it.
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I just bought my Venue 10 5050, and I cannot write to micro SD or USB flash drive, can you?
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nickshertzer said:
Is there any update on getting root on the new Venue 10 5050? Perhaps there is something I can pull from the firmware of the device that would aid in getting a proper exploit working to use the tethered CWM...
I honestly thought I could deal without root as it is so close to stock Android. But like the OP mentions, Dell loaded so much crap into /system. McAffee? Really Dell?
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Success!
Here is how I managed to root the Dell Venue 10 5050 32GB running 5.0.2:
Install Intel ADB drivers from here: IntelAndroidDrvSetup1.9.0.zip
Use the beta tethered CWM release from Feb: IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release
The 2nd method "T2" is what worked. There was an OEM Command Not Found when it tried to reboot to Recovery. I just hit VOL UP button and it kicked off the tethered recovery!!
Now I was in CWM, but I did not have access to /sdcard. So, I grabbed a micro SD, copied "SuperSU-v2.46.zip" and installed ZIP from external SD. Hit reboot and fix root. ART had to rebuild the cache, so I waited past the "Android is Upgrading" screen for about 10 minutes.
Voila! Now I have working root on the Dell Venue 10 5050 build SOC101A203400DEL Android 5.0.2
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Does anyone have a youtube video of this? I am having a few probs with it and have always been a better visual learner.
selltech said:
Does anyone have a youtube video of this? I am having a few probs with it and have always been a better visual learner.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
This is the step by step for the tethered root for Intel devices. If you have never rooted a device before, I recommend a full stop. I received my Venue for free from Dell as a business rewards program. There was very little risk if something went wrong. I have also rooted / flashed many devices over the past ten years of owning smart phones and tablets. The Venue 10 was by far the most difficult for me.
nickshertzer said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096
This is the step by step for the tethered root for Intel devices. If you have never rooted a device before, I recommend a full stop. I received my Venue for free from Dell as a business rewards program. There was very little risk if something went wrong. I have also rooted / flashed many devices over the past ten years of owning smartphones and tablets. The Venue 10 was by far the most difficult for me.
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Thanks for the advice. I have been here in the Dom. Repub. unlocking all sorts of phones but never dabbled into the Android arena do to the word, BRICK. AS OF TONIGHT THOUGH, MY DELL IS ROOTED! I love your walk through @nickshertzer, that with "http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096' Just time reading and taking lots of pics in case I bricked it to learn for next time. lol I will admit though I did say a few prayers (to make me feel better) The area I was having trouble was getting the " DEVICE STATUS: UNKNOWN" and "DEVICE STATUS: UNAUTHORIZED " to go green, but finally relised the tablet needing user unput... duhhh:silly:! After that it was a breeze. Thanks to you and a few others my first root was a breeze. No bricks in this house of concret!
well dell keeps updating the Dell Venue 10 5000 series tablet. I have it rooted via tether. It would not finish the update. It failed on reboot. I then tried removing root. Device still would not finish the update. Any ideas as to what to do to get updates ? thanks
Related
I take absolutely no credit for anything in here. I am simply re-posting the guide developed by Paul O'Brien at Modaco since I figured it will be a valuable resource for new and old members alike. Without further ado, I give you Paul's Streak Rooting Guide:
Introducing.... Superboot!
Superboot is a boot.img that when flashed, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK by ChainsDD). No need to flash the system partition, no need to use ADB, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device, just flash the boot image using the instructions below and you're done!
The story behind this superboot is a little bit different to what has gone before... normally a Superboot is created based on a leaked ROM, but this wasn't possible on the Streak. What happened in this case is that I managed to find an exploit to give me root, which in turn allowed me to dump the device to images and create a Superboot image. This can be flashed because the Streak has a relatively open bootloader. This is pretty handy because it means that I don't have to reveal the root exploit... potentially saving it for further down the line if Dell choose to lock down the device a bit more.
APPLY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Before download, you should check your device 'about' screen to determine which build number you are running. Although the Superboot may work on other builds than that for which it was designed, I cannot guarantee that!
Superboot (tested on build 3883) - DOWNLOAD (MediaFire Pro) / MIRROR (ROMraid / CoBlitz) - MD5: 110e69808dc5145d1d0fca80f0d9ecb5
How to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSX
- Download the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directory
- Put your device in bootloader mode - Unplug the device from your PC, remove the device battery, then replace it and turn device on with the camera button pressed. Select the 'fastboot' text on the top right, wait around 10 seconds then plug the device into your PC. The screen display should change to 'FASTBOOT MODE'. If it doesn't, repeat and retry (it's a bit temperamental!)
- WINDOWS - double click 'install-superboot-windows.bat'
- MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh'
- LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh' followed by './install-superboot-linux.sh'
Note: Be careful what you do now you have root! We don't as yet have a recovery image or recovery flash (but will soon), so if you badly break it, you might have to wait for a bit.
That's it, job done! Enjoy!
P
PS Although the Superboot image is 'insecure', the Streak seems to be blocking 'adb remount'. I am looking into this now, but in the interim you can remount system by using 'adb shell, 'su' then 'mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system'.
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Cheers for the post bra!
Fantastic
Glad this root was nothing like the X10, Paul got it within a day I think.
Looking forward to flashing new ROMs!
Can some one in laymans terms explain what root is. Is it like HARDSPL on a Windows mobile device i need to know a bit more and why i would need it
thanks new to android
lufc said:
Can some one in laymans terms explain what root is. Is it like HARDSPL on a Windows mobile device i need to know a bit more and why i would need it
thanks new to android
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no..
you need to get your head around how linux works really to understand this.
there's various degrees of permission granted to "users" to do various things (such as access parts of the operating system or file system)
Root is the boss, or "superuser" and has access to all these.
most devices don't come "rooted" because of a)potential security breaches b)you can mess up the device if you start mucking about too much
this is from the first g1 so is a bit old now, but the theory is relevant
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root
fards said:
no..
you need to get your head around how linux works really to understand this.
there's various degrees of permission granted to "users" to do various things (such as access parts of the operating system or file system)
Root is the boss, or "superuser" and has access to all these.
most devices don't come "rooted" because of a)potential security breaches b)you can mess up the device if you start mucking about too much
this is from the first g1 so is a bit old now, but the theory is relevant
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root
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Thanks for that now its starting to make sense
edit. sorted
I must do root for my streak.because i ned to use barnacle.i wait next update to froyo or i go to root?
SuperBoot - SuperQuick
This is an awesome root method, by far the fastest root i have done on any of my devices. I think the most difficult was trying to root my Magic [with perfect SPL on 1.6] which took me around 6 weeks of trying. This method took around fifteen minutes to make sure I had the correct drivers then 'click' and youre rooted.
Looks like this still isnt in the states yet so rom production will be slow to start with.
But hey - ROOT!!
If i root the dell streak will i loose OTA updates?
RiNo808 said:
If i root the dell streak will i loose OTA updates?
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Hmmm, thats a good question. There is an option to check for updates in the 'about' section of the settings and it seems to work still. Working as in its telling me my device us still running dated firmware.
Sent from my Dell Streak using XDA App
RiNo808 said:
If i root the dell streak will i loose OTA updates?
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If this is the same as the Nexus One... if you have a modified recovery then you wont be able to install the OTA update.
cue_32 said:
If this is the same as the Nexus One... if you have a modified recovery then you wont be able to install the OTA update.
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So when we hear that an OTA update is coming we need to go back to stock recovery? Or stock recovery and stock [unrooted] ROM?
Confirming Dell Streak US [AT&T] Works!!!
Guys,
Just wanted everyone to know that I have successfully rooted my AT&T Dell Streak [US] using the method posted at the begining of the thread. However, I used the r2-4399-streak-superboot.zip found here: http://android.modaco.com/content/d...-4399-how-to-root-your-dell-streak-superboot/
Now all I need to do is figure out how to get 2.1 working on my Streak
mistadman said:
Guys,
Just wanted everyone to know that I have successfully rooted my AT&T Dell Streak [US] using the method posted at the begining of the thread. However, I used the r2-4399-streak-superboot.zip found here: http://android.modaco.com/content/d...-4399-how-to-root-your-dell-streak-superboot/
Now all I need to do is figure out how to get 2.1 working on my Streak
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Nice work and welcome to the streak family
LED Always On
Rooted my Streak as above. The LED behavior has changed. The LEDs now flash during activity and the menu LED remains on even when on battery and the display shut off. Any one else see this one and/or have suggestions? Thanks!
Also experiencing light flashing after rooting
The button illumination has changed to oscillate between the middle and bottom buttons when there's activity.
Anyone else seeing this after rooting?
For those of you who are rooted and have the us att dell streak, how did you get the drivers downloaded to your pc? I'm running windows 7 and have not been able to find a solution after looking at this pc screen and searching for seven hours straight. I just want to root this streak and be able to enjoy 2.1, thanks in advance for the help
Rooting the US Streak
STILLSPRINTIN said:
For those of you who are rooted and have the us att dell streak, how did you get the drivers downloaded to your pc? I'm running windows 7 and have not been able to find a solution after looking at this pc screen and searching for seven hours straight. I just want to root this streak and be able to enjoy 2.1, thanks in advance for the help
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I found a post (search with Dogpile for "rooting the us streak") which detailed how to open device manager, select update driver, and select options to change the driver. This driver may be in the superboot file you have already downloaded. Anyway, once I changed the driver, it worked. (although I have the changed LED behavior detailed above. Do the web search and you'll find the post quickly. Hope this helps!
After scrounging, searching, hunting, and generally scrubbing every tree/rock/bush for answers, I have decided that it is time to post. As I am new to these forums, I sincerely appreciate any assistance in this matter. I have tried the only two methods that I can find to root my phone. the one by Bin4ry which is found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460. and another one from a different site that was for JB. I have made sure that both debugging is on as well as allowing installations of non-market applications. I have tried every single usb mode, that just on the off chance, mine was that one phone that wanted to seperate itself from society. Since my phone is running ICS 4.0.4 I should be using Bin4ry's version, but I get stopped by this
Code:
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= This script will root your Android phone with adb restore function =
= Script by Bin4ry (thanks to Goroh_kun and tkymgr for the idea) =
= Idea for Tablet S from Fi01_IS01 =
= (18.06.2013) v31 =
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Device type:
1) New Standard-Root (thx Ariel Berkman)
2) New Xperia Root by Goroh_kun (Xperia Z, Xperia V [JellyBean] ...)
3) Old
4) Old-Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)
G) Google Glass Mode (thx Saurik for the ab file)
x) Unroot
Make a choice: 1
Please connect Device with enabled USB-Debugging to your Computer
Doing a Backup first, please confirm this on your device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the backup operation.
Done!
Press any key to continue . . .
Please select the RESTORE MY DATA option now on your device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation.
Please press any Key when restore is done.
Press any key to continue . . .
Going to reboot now ...
mount: Operation not permitted
3679 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.101s)
2668 KB/s (1500495 bytes in 0.549s)
3647 KB/s (1165484 bytes in 0.312s)
remote object '/system/bin/ric' does not exist
.
Going to copy files to it's place
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
Rebooting again, please wait!
Could Not Find C:\Users\USERNAME\Desktop\newroot\ric
Restoring previous Backup! Please select the RESTORE MY DATA option now on your
device!
Now unlock your device and confirm the restore operation.
Please press any Key when restore is done.
Press any key to continue . . .
Going to reboot last time now ...
You can close all open command-prompts now!
After reboot all is done! Have fun!
Bin4ry
Press any key to continue . . .
It says that It's done and that all is done, but I think that because the mounting permission was denied that it wasn't able to root the device. If I could get some assistance on this from someone with more experience, I'd appreciate it. Does anyone know how to fix/root this device? I don't know if this will make a difference or not but it says the software is VS840PP2
Bump, anyone know anything?
I wish someone would
cecpuman said:
Bump, anyone know anything?
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I wish someone would resolve this I see people all over the place bragging they have rooted their exceeds "showing proof" and no-one seems to give a crap that some people can't afford the most easily rooted phones and are forced to get the most workable less expensive phones. I have student loans and would have to pay a $400.00 deposit to be able to pay 150 dollars for a semi decent phone and my carrier won't allow me to use the phone I've had for a couple years that I rooted myself. I just want a viable answer to how do you root the exceed I know what I'm doing but I work for a living (making very little at that) and have a child to support so I can't devote a week to figuring it out and am frustrated that nobody seems to give a crap about anything but the new razr or the iphone (trendys).
Rooted mine
D3d10ck said:
I wish someone would resolve this I see people all over the place bragging they have rooted their exceeds "showing proof" and no-one seems to give a crap that some people can't afford the most easily rooted phones and are forced to get the most workable less expensive phones. I have student loans and would have to pay a $400.00 deposit to be able to pay 150 dollars for a semi decent phone and my carrier won't allow me to use the phone I've had for a couple years that I rooted myself. I just want a viable answer to how do you root the exceed I know what I'm doing but I work for a living (making very little at that) and have a child to support so I can't devote a week to figuring it out and am frustrated that nobody seems to give a crap about anything but the new razr or the iphone (trendys).
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Yep, I just rooted my VS840PP, seems you need to use the Lg Spectrum root, but since I'm new I can't post links, but you will need the driver file "LG VZW_United_WHQL_v2.11.0.exe" and "LG_Spectrum_ICS.zip" (put these into a search engine)
Install Instructions
Download and unzip
Connect your phone to your PC
Make sure to have the LG USB drivers installed
Make sure to have debugging enabled
Make sure to have USB connectivity set to internet connection
Run the script for your OS (.bat for Windows, .sh for Linux)
Enjoy
I really did think it would make my phone not boot, but surprisingly it worked! EDIT 8-16-13 treat this phone like any other LG Lucid, which means you can go to CM 10 4.1 Jellybean on this phone.
scififan68 said:
Yep, I just rooted my VS840PP, seems you need to use the Lg Spectrum root, but since I'm new I can't post links, but you will need the driver file "LG VZW_United_WHQL_v2.11.0.exe" and "LG_Spectrum_ICS.zip" (put these into a search engine)
Install Instructions
Download and unzip
Connect your phone to your PC
Make sure to have the LG USB drivers installed
Make sure to have debugging enabled
Make sure to have USB connectivity set to internet connection
Run the script for your OS (.bat for Windows, .sh for Linux)
Enjoy
I really did think it would make my phone not boot, but surprisingly it worked! EDIT 8-16-13 treat this phone like any other LG Lucid, which means you can go to CM 10 4.1 Jellybean on this phone.
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Big thanks.Any roms that work on our phone?
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Can you post instructions on how to flash CM10?
Do i do standard Lucid downgrade to GB procedure?
Thanks in advance.
lviv73 said:
Big thanks.Any roms that work on our phone?
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Yeah one which is Android 4.1.2, the file is called "cm-10-20130424-UNOFFICIAL-vs840.zip", but you have to rollback to GB 2.3.6(due to locked ics bootloader), install root, CWM and finally install the CM 10 based LG Lucid beta rom. I see you edited your post and yes it is the standard LG Lucid Gingerbread downgrade method. The forum thread title is "[ROM][BETA] CyanogenMod 10 for the LG Lucid" and its on "androidforums.com" all info you need should be in that forum thread. I can tell you that Jellybean works very well on this phone, and I never want to go back to 4.0.4. :good: But of course there are some bugs, as it seems signal strength is lower, but I may have the wrong baseband for this phone.
how to flash clockworkmod
scififan68 said:
Yeah one which is Android 4.1.2, the file is called "cm-10-20130424-UNOFFICIAL-vs840.zip", but you have to rollback to GB 2.3.6(due to locked ics bootloader), install root, CWM and finally install the CM 10 based LG Lucid beta rom. I see you edited your post and yes it is the standard LG Lucid Gingerbread downgrade method. The forum thread title is "[ROM][BETA] CyanogenMod 10 for the LG Lucid" and its on "androidforums.com" all info you need should be in that forum thread. I can tell you that Jellybean works very well on this phone, and I never want to go back to 4.0.4. :good: But of course there are some bugs, as it seems signal strength is lower, but I may have the wrong baseband for this phone.
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Ok i got it rolled back to gb, but it says i need a sim card and no wireless or 3g, i cant download the cwm unless i restore to ics. Im ecstatic that i got this far I rooted it rolled it forward
Installed rom manager and downloaded the restore but i cant run it without some sort of data connection. Thank you all for getting me this far but what do I do?
D3d10ck said:
Ok i got it rolled back to gb, but it says i need a sim card and no wireless or 3g, i cant download the cwm unless i restore to ics. Im ecstatic that i got this far I rooted it rolled it forward
Installed rom manager and downloaded the restore but i cant run it without some sort of data connection. Thank you all for getting me this far but what do I do?
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You may have to install the baseband for the Exceed. I think in the CyanogenMod beta thread on AndroidForums there is a link but I'm not sure. Use ROM Manager to install CWM Recovery and then Flash CM10.
Vs840pp 4.1.2
D3d10ck said:
Ok i got it rolled back to gb, but it says i need a sim card and no wireless or 3g, i cant download the cwm unless i restore to ics. Im ecstatic that i got this far I rooted it rolled it forward
Installed rom manager and downloaded the restore but i cant run it without some sort of data connection. Thank you all for getting me this far but what do I do?
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As long as you're rooted, search on the internet for "cwm installer for lucid" and follow the install instructions on gingerbread, then you want to flash the CWM touch recovery by searching for LGVS840_CWMT.zip and clicking on "CWM Touch Flashable Recovery for LG Lucid 4G - LG Cell Phones ..." Make sure you have the CWMT zip and LG Lucid CM 10.1 zip on your micro sd card. You then use rom manager to boot into recovery and flash the CWMT zip, then do a factory reset and clear caches and finally flash the LG Lucid CM 10.1 available on androidforums.
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As long as you're rooted, search on the internet for "cwm installer for lucid" and follow the install instructions on gingerbread, then you want to flash the CWM touch recovery by searching for LGVS840_CWMT.zip and clicking on "CWM Touch Flashable Recovery for LG Lucid 4G - LG Cell Phones ..." Make sure you have the CWMT zip and LG Lucid CM 10.1 zip on your micro sd card. You then use rom manager to boot into recovery and flash the CWMT zip, then do a factory reset and clear caches and finally flash the LG Lucid CM 10.1 available on androidforums.
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May I ask which firmware are you suppose to use to do a roll back? Can you just use the Lucid's firmware or does it have to be the Exceed firmware to work for the roll back?
ls5280 said:
May I ask which firmware are you suppose to use to do a roll back? Can you just use the Lucid's firmware or does it have to be the Exceed firmware to work for the roll back?
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It's the stock gingerbread for the LG Lucid and you look for the method to install with LG's tool and you will need the file "VS840ZV6_06.S6_06.P58014.R5.cab" and look for how to roll back to gingerbread on the lg lucid to find out how to roll it back.
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It's the stock gingerbread for the LG Lucid and you look for the method to install with LG's tool and you will need the file "VS840ZV6_06.S6_06.P58014.R5.cab" and look for how to roll back to gingerbread on the lg lucid to find out how to roll it back.
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Thanks a bunch, I thought it would be okay to do that but just wanted to make sure before doing it.
Hmm, after restoring successfully, for some reason I cant get the Wi-Fi to work. I tried both versions the V5 and V6 in the dropbox posted on android forum. Can root and everything but unable to access any internet without wifi. Kinda stuck without CWM. Any clues?
Edited: Whoops, Haha, a Factory Reset fixed it.
Edited: Blah after being able to install Rom Manager and installing CWM "Successful" I still get into CWM recovery.
Edited: CWM solved but now I get the "Cant Mount Sd" in CWM. Trided both "fat and "extFAT" and no go. Any Help?
Edited: Finally! Bad SD card! CM 10 up and running! Woot!
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Hmm, after restoring successfully, for some reason I cant get the Wi-Fi to work. I tried both versions the V5 and V6 in the dropbox posted on android forum. Can root and everything but unable to access any internet without wifi. Kinda stuck without CWM. Any clues?
Edited: Whoops, Haha, a Factory Reset fixed it.
Edited: Blah after being able to install Rom Manager and installing CWM "Successful" I still get into CWM recovery.
Edited: CWM solved but now I get the "Cant Mount Sd" in CWM. Trided both "fat and "extFAT" and no go. Any Help?
Edited: Finally! Bad SD card! CM 10 up and running! Woot!
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Glad to see you got CM 10 on this phone, since it runs pretty good, the only issue I had is the way it handles low signal areas, which is why I upgraded to the LG Spectrum plus I wanted Verizon 4G LTE.
scififan68 said:
Yep, I just rooted my VS840PP, seems you need to use the Lg Spectrum root, but since I'm new I can't post links, but you will need the driver file "LG VZW_United_WHQL_v2.11.0.exe" and "LG_Spectrum_ICS.zip" (put these into a search engine)
Install Instructions
Download and unzip
Connect your phone to your PC
Make sure to have the LG USB drivers installed
Make sure to have debugging enabled
Make sure to have USB connectivity set to internet connection
Run the script for your OS (.bat for Windows, .sh for Linux)
Enjoy
I really did think it would make my phone not boot, but surprisingly it worked! EDIT 8-16-13 treat this phone like any other LG Lucid, which means you can go to CM 10 4.1 Jellybean on this phone.
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I have tried this root and all I get is nothing, I am attaching what the root program says if anyone can help
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I have tried this root and all I get is nothing, I am attaching what the root program says if anyone can help
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I think I may have had the same issue and it turned out the root files didn't extract correctly the first time, so I deleted the root files and extracted them again and it worked. Of course I can't exactly remember it now, but its worth a try. EDIT: Wait no, it looks like root installed fine, are you on stock ICS or Gingerbread? As Gingerbread has special root tools that are different from ics, also make sure you have superSU installed and try the root checker from the playstore.
Will I be stuck in activation mode?
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I think I may have had the same issue and it turned out the root files didn't extract correctly the first time, so I deleted the root files and extracted them again and it worked. Of course I can't exactly remember it now, but its worth a try. EDIT: Wait no, it looks like root installed fine, are you on stock ICS or Gingerbread? As Gingerbread has special root tools that are different from ics, also make sure you have superSU installed and try the root checker from the playstore.
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New to the community and was hoping this was a good place for a related question. I have an exceed and I rooted without problem yesterday. I believe my SD Maid app deleted some important files or something because I stopped receiving incoming calls and texts. Anyway, I soft bricked my phone a few times and got the "Long time no see" message. I thought I unrooted my phone so I tried doing a hard reset thinking I would possibly fix the problem. That made matters worse. My soft brick became the only thing I could see no matter how many times I pulled the battery out and rebooted I was stuck at that screen. After hours of trying to get my pc to recognize my phone/get my phone in download mode, I finally fixed it and rooted again. Problem is that when I went through the unbrick process and flashed the kdz file to my phone, it was then stuck in activate mode. It wasnt a big deal because I just played dumb with verizon and they fixed it in their system being that when trying to activate it didnt give me the option to activate on my same plan/number. A bit annoying but better than nothing. My question is when I roll back to gingerbread or flash CM10 will I be stuck in activation mode again? Sorry for the long post, just figured I would give the what and why before my question!
derekpoole890 said:
New to the community and was hoping this was a good place for a related question. I have an exceed and I rooted without problem yesterday. I believe my SD Maid app deleted some important files or something because I stopped receiving incoming calls and texts. Anyway, I soft bricked my phone a few times and got the "Long time no see" message. I thought I unrooted my phone so I tried doing a hard reset thinking I would possibly fix the problem. That made matters worse. My soft brick became the only thing I could see no matter how many times I pulled the battery out and rebooted I was stuck at that screen. After hours of trying to get my pc to recognize my phone/get my phone in download mode, I finally fixed it and rooted again. Problem is that when I went through the unbrick process and flashed the kdz file to my phone, it was then stuck in activate mode. It wasnt a big deal because I just played dumb with verizon and they fixed it in their system being that when trying to activate it didnt give me the option to activate on my same plan/number. A bit annoying but better than nothing. My question is when I roll back to gingerbread or flash CM10 will I be stuck in activation mode again? Sorry for the long post, just figured I would give the what and why before my question!
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You mean the activation screen, that you can quite easily bypass, also once it is is active it doesn't need to be activated again. Here is how to bypass activation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WGKCdlnt1s
wow how did i miss that one!
scififan68 said:
You mean the activation screen, that you can quite easily bypass, also once it is is active it doesn't need to be activated again. Here is how to bypass activation
Thanks for the link. I apologize for not researching that better. CM 10 here i come!
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I know this is an old post but I just snuck and rooted the girlfriends LG Lucid VS840ZV9 / 4.0.4 / software update version 6.3.0_B7
tonight using spectrum_root_windows
http://www.mediafire.com/download/on6cnik4h0fo697/spectrum_root_windows.zip
So I have the ZTE Midnight (Z768G) and I am getting the classic "low on space" message and I know what rooting is as I rooted my Nook Tablet 4GB but I can't seem to find a root that will work for my phone so that I can set my default storage to the SD card and I was wondering if someone could help me. Or if there's alternatives to rooting it that would also be nice. I installed an app that can erase cache but it's not doing much for me right now. I can't even update my apps. Any help would be nice!!
-Luciano
Root ZTE Midnight using kingo root - works!
lucianodiaz5 said:
So I have the ZTE Midnight (Z768G) and I am getting the classic "low on space" message and I know what rooting is as I rooted my Nook Tablet 4GB but I can't seem to find a root that will work for my phone so that I can set my default storage to the SD card and I was wondering if someone could help me. Or if there's alternatives to rooting it that would also be nice. I installed an app that can erase cache but it's not doing much for me right now. I can't even update my apps. Any help would be nice!!
-Luciano
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went to kingoapp.com and downloaded and ran the app against my ZTE Midnight from Net10 - I now have root access. I did not buy the phone to make calls - the $20 price tag for an Android test platform was too goo to pass up.
covergeek said:
went to kingoapp.com and downloaded and ran the app against my ZTE Midnight from Net10 - I now have root access. I did not buy the phone to make calls - the $20 price tag for an Android test platform was too goo to pass up.
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It worked but now I can't move the apps over to the SD card like I wanted to. I tried doing the /System app mover method of turning system apps to normal apps and uninstalling but it's still giving me that message.
Find the posts dealing with zte and link2sd. I am able to now install anything without space worries
Sent from my Z768G using xda app-developers app
Question:
After Rooting, can anyone install CWM & Install Custom ROM?
I'm looking to Root, Install CWM, then Install Custom ROM for Android v4.0 or higher.
Anyone successfully Rooted & Updated to Android v4.0 or higher.
Please advise. Thank you!
*** UPDATE: Kingo Android ROOT = ROOTED my (NET10) ZTE Z768G ***
*** LOOKING: Custom Recovery & Custom ROM (Android v4.0 or higher) **** Anyone ???
dtkool said:
Question:
After Rooting, can anyone install CWM & Install Custom ROM?
I'm looking to Root, Install CWM, then Install Custom ROM for Android v4.0 or higher.
Anyone successfully Rooted & Updated to Android v4.0 or higher.
Please advise. Thank you!
*** UPDATE: Kingo Android ROOT = ROOTED my (NET10) ZTE Z768G ***
*** LOOKING: Custom Recovery & Custom ROM (Android v4.0 or higher) **** Anyone ???
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What drivers did you use to get Kingo Android Root to work? Nothing seems to be working for me...
ZTE Midnight!!!! No luck
I am having no luck with root.... tried all
How?
covergeek said:
went to kingoapp.com and downloaded and ran the app against my ZTE Midnight from Net10 - I now have root access. I did not buy the phone to make calls - the $20 price tag for an Android test platform was too goo to pass up.
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How did you get kingoroot to run? I get stuck at "Installing Drivers" forever. I've tried installing my own drivers, both the included ones from the phone's internal memory as well as the latest ones from ZTE, and the ZTE ones that kingoroot points me to in the troubleshooting section. I'm running Win8 and I've also tried disabling Signed Driver Verification. What is the magic spell to get this thing to run? I agree $20 is *****in if I can just get the thing rooted so I can install more than 1 app and *cough* turn on tethering
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How did you get kingoroot to run? I get stuck at "Installing Drivers" forever. I've tried installing my own drivers, both the included ones from the phone's internal memory as well as the latest ones from ZTE, and the ZTE ones that kingoroot points me to in the troubleshooting section. I'm running Win8 and I've also tried disabling Signed Driver Verification. What is the magic spell to get this thing to run? I agree $20 is *****in if I can just get the thing rooted so I can install more than 1 app and *cough* turn on tethering
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Haha that's the point right xD $20 hot spot! But I agree. Nothing seems to be working ATM... Too much bloatware and need to get started on a CM nightly...
Right
wireproof said:
Haha that's the point right xD $20 hot spot! But I agree. Nothing seems to be working ATM... Too much bloatware and need to get started on a CM nightly...
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Seriously, I left it sitting all night to see if it would ever start to download. The help section says that it's stalling on Driver Verification and to disablle it, but it makes no difference. I have trouble believing that's the problem since it won't even download the driver, how can it even try to "verify" it. Besides that fact that I have the latest driver from the manufacturer and have tried the one from the link in their help pages to the ZTE driver. Is there no command line option to skip the driver installation and just see if it will run? I know i can access it by adb. OR does anyone know of a method to root this thing manually? I'm not skeered to use terminal and dox boxes, but I'd rather not do it blind. THis phone is nearly useless to me without root especialy since i just figured out why I get no signal... It's a damn T-Mobile based device. It's doesn't say this ANYWHERE on the box or documentation. I should have researched it first as I usually do, but I got too excited by the idea of a droid for $20. I thought, at least if it doesn't work, it will be a toy for my 5 year old... But even he will want to install more than 1 teeny app LOL
With a custom 4.2 or later rom and good signal this thing would be.... OK... not great, but not too bad either. It isn't all that slow as I was afraid. Kit Kat might be great on it
Will a root method from any other ZTE devices work for the Midnight? I read that it might possible be the same as the ZTE Concord from t-mobile, but I tried a root method for it using a jcase update.zip, but it did not work. I'm at a loss. I've never had this much trouble getting one rooted. Apparently this device just wasn't popular enough
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Seriously, I left it sitting all night to see if it would ever start to download. The help section says that it's stalling on Driver Verification and to disablle it, but it makes no difference. I have trouble believing that's the problem since it won't even download the driver, how can it even try to "verify" it. Besides that fact that I have the latest driver from the manufacturer and have tried the one from the link in their help pages to the ZTE driver. Is there no command line option to skip the driver installation and just see if it will run? I know i can access it by adb. OR does anyone know of a method to root this thing manually? I'm not skeered to use terminal and dox boxes, but I'd rather not do it blind. THis phone is nearly useless to me without root especialy since i just figured out why I get no signal... It's a damn T-Mobile based device. It's doesn't say this ANYWHERE on the box or documentation. I should have researched it first as I usually do, but I got too excited by the idea of a droid for $20. I thought, at least if it doesn't work, it will be a toy for my 5 year old... But even he will want to install more than 1 teeny app LOL
With a custom 4.2 or later rom and good signal this thing would be.... OK... not great, but not too bad either. It isn't all that slow as I was afraid. Kit Kat might be great on it
Will a root method from any other ZTE devices work for the Midnight? I read that it might possible be the same as the ZTE Concord from t-mobile, but I tried a root method for it using a jcase update.zip, but it did not work. I'm at a loss. I've never had this much trouble getting one rooted. Apparently this device just wasn't popular enough
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I tried the root method for the T-Mobile branded version of the phone... I have the NET10 GSM version.. Nothing seems to be working either. Not even Gingerbreak... This is a freaking NET10 phone... And Kit Kat would be nice on this phone! 800 mhz processor and 512MB RAM so it should work well.
I just bought this phone too. It comes with CM 2.3.7 installed on it. I"m wanting a KitKat ROM. I'm hoping my by Wambo_Bomb will compile a version of his BlakAndroid for the ZTE Midnight. I've asked him to do so. He said he needs the modules an Kernel info to do it. If he does come through for me, I will share with everyone.
ROOTED!!!
I just wanted to come back and let you guys know: After A few days and much frustration, I tried Kingoapp.com again and it worked flawlessly on the first try, so now I'm rooted and able to run root apps on my rooted stock rom. Now does anyone know of a way to get a custom recovery on this phone? And if there are any cutom roms available yet? If your friend does compile a rom, I'd be happy to help with testing.
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Sleepycloud said:
I just bought this phone too. It comes with CM 2.3.7 installed on it. I"m wanting a KitKat ROM. I'm hoping my by Wambo_Bomb will compile a version of his BlakAndroid for the ZTE Midnight. I've asked him to do so. He said he needs the modules an Kernel info to do it. If he does come through for me, I will share with everyone.
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Mine is now rooted, so let me know if you need me to dig out any files and send them to you. I can't make a full nandroid yet, but I can get in there with FTP or adb and hopefully get anything you need
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wireproof said:
What drivers did you use to get Kingo Android Root to work? Nothing seems to be working for me...
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Try Kingoapp again. The server issue appears to be fixed. I did try from a fresh clean install of Win8, but I had tried that before and it stalled at installing drivers, so maybe had nothing to do with it. I simply connected the phone, installed drivers from internal memory (appeared as "CD-ROM in Win8), enabled development mode, then ran Kingoapp and it worked flawlessly. Good luck. The more people we get rooted, the better the custom ROMS will become I hope
GOT ROOT!!! cool thanks. now what... no roms yet?
sorry to steal the thread but does anyone know how to unlock sim for tmobile.
I was able to root the zte midnight using kingo root. So now Im looking for cwm and a custom rom for this phone. Does anyone know if any are out for this phone?
ultravioletnanokitty started a developers thread but i cant post on there to motivate them...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715570
I need a custom recovery for this phone, i will donate 50 USD if somebody help me to convert z768g to v768. So i could be able to Unlock it. Please help.
zte miniget10 phones root
ok I was having same problems do this plug device to pc go to thispc or my computer click on your phone and it will install right drivers and use kingo and your done figured th out 20mins into trying to root I bought this device just todo this to fiue out for have a nice day
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datboirobbie said:
ok I was having same problems do this plug device to pc go to thispc or my computer click on your phone and it will install right drivers and use kingo and your done figured th out 20mins into trying to root I bought this device just todo this to fiue out for have a nice day
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sorry misspelled it zte midnight
ZTE midnight root???
has anyone ever found a root for zte z828tl??
What version of kingo?
Ok first and fore most thanks for all the roots and guides, I have used over the years.
So I purchased a HP 7 Plus (NOT SLATE 7 PLUS) and rooted it via the Cydia Impactor method, it worked like a charm. I set everything up, im having a blast it worked. I reboot my phone and boom im back to initial setup.
WTF.....
So over the course of several days I have scoured the interwebs for a fix, I have seen similar problems with a app called busybox which I DO NOT have. So its not that.
I have done a factory hard reset, still does it, I tried to flash the stock rom but the stock HP rom image will not boot from a SD only from the internal (yeah stupid huh? dumb hp design) so basically if I try to put it on the internal memory it just gets wiped away when it restarts and resets. I tried sideloading through adb, nada. It works like a charm when its on and still maintains root even after all the above.
But its extremely annoying that on the instance an app, someone, or I reboot my tablet I have to go through the bs of setting it all back up again.
Any help would be grateful. I have literally nerded out for days trying to fix this myself but its beyond my skill set. I need a master mind to figure this out.
Right now its sitting freshly restored still with root.
You guys rock....
Brett
anyone?
Anyone have any suggestions, im no expert but I believe its something in the bootloader that is causing it to reset upon reboot.
Just flash HP official update. Zip via apply from adb/fastboot
sent from HP 7 PLUS 1301
it's not working
rakshakb said:
Just flash HP official update. Zip via apply from adb/fastboot
sent from HP 7 PLUS 1301
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tried it but not working !!!
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same problem as you. tired of trying everything to reset it back.anyone please make CWM/TWRP to flash hp 7 plus .....need it badly !!!!:crying::crying::crying::crying::crying::crying:
Its,
Working just you need correct one zip from HP site. Reboot tablet recovery (volume- & power button) select apply update from adb sidelode.
please send me the correct update.zip file .....
rakshakb said:
Its,
Working just you need correct one zip from HP site. Reboot tablet recovery (volume- & power button) select apply update from adb sidelode.
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thanks for reply,
please attach the correct update.zip file !!!!
need it very badly my tablet is not working ....:crying::crying::crying:
hp 7 plus 1301
http://ftp.hp.com/pub/softlib/software12/COL53679/ob-134254-1/update.zip
click thanks if i help you
ibanezcollector said:
Ok first and fore most thanks for all the roots and guides, I have used over the years.
So I purchased a HP 7 Plus (NOT SLATE 7 PLUS) and rooted it via the Cydia Impactor method, it worked like a charm. I set everything up, im having a blast it worked. I reboot my phone and boom im back to initial setup.
WTF.....
So over the course of several days I have scoured the interwebs for a fix, I have seen similar problems with a app called busybox which I DO NOT have. So its not that.
I have done a factory hard reset, still does it, I tried to flash the stock rom but the stock HP rom image will not boot from a SD only from the internal (yeah stupid huh? dumb hp design) so basically if I try to put it on the internal memory it just gets wiped away when it restarts and resets. I tried sideloading through adb, nada. It works like a charm when its on and still maintains root even after all the above.
But its extremely annoying that on the instance an app, someone, or I reboot my tablet I have to go through the bs of setting it all back up again.
Any help would be grateful. I have literally nerded out for days trying to fix this myself but its beyond my skill set. I need a master mind to figure this out.
Right now its sitting freshly restored still with root.
You guys rock....
Brett
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have you solved this?
this helped me with mine: http: //supportdot h p dot c o m /us-en/document/c04074925
except install from SD won't display the update.zip file so I had to sideload.
adb devices won't list the device so I had to do this:
http: // h30434 dot www3 dot hp dot c o m /t5/Android-Tablets-e-g-HP-Slate-7/ADB-drivers/td-p/2574571
to figure out where to place the edited .ini and .inf files, do the echo command and put all three files there (the .ini, .inf, and .zip).
My device is now running official 4.4.2, sadly, with no root. And not a lot of material to work with, either.
(Sorry, it won't let me post links)
So far, fit and finish is outstanding. Better than a number of units that have gone through our hands in testing. (I'm keeping this one) Very, very little bloatware. But, not having root and the ability to write to SD etc is a PITA
Root was achieved using the method developed by social-design-concepts You will want to use the T4 trigger option. His thread is here. You will want to be sure that you use the download he mentions that are what he calls the public trial release, it's here
Glad to answer any questions about the device and follow up questions as well. I'm conversant with adp, etc.
Thanks!
Sent from my Venue 10 7040 using Tapatalk
Does this work on the latest Lollipop 5.1 firmware update?
Yes, it does.
How did you get the adb fastboot to work? I've installed the universal adb driver from http://androidxda.com/download-dell-usb-drivers but I still haven't gotten it to work.
I checked the Device Manager and the only unknown device is MTP.
Thanks!
I generally switch connection types to mass storage VS MTP and that makes it happen. Do remember that on occasion you have to specify the exact driver in device manager, Windows necessarily get it right. (Not being condescending mind you, just not sure where your skill level is at.)
I could use some help... After the T4 selection Fastboot Mode starts doing it's thing and attempting to copy over files but in the end it says Result: Fail (command now allowed in this device state) and I noticed the device state is Locked...
That's pretty straight forward. In short, your bootloader is still locked. Social design concept covers this well in his post. It's the first link in my original post. My apologies for the late reply. Been bringing up my Nexus devices to Marshmallow and dealing with all that.
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That's pretty straight forward. In short, your bootloader is still locked. Social design concept covers this well in his post. It's the first link in my original post. My apologies for the late reply. Been bringing up my Nexus devices to Marshmallow and dealing with all that.
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Hello Fearcher Congrats on rooting your 7040! Im in desperate need of your expertise. Trying to root my 7040 on L5.1
-installed drivers
-bootloader unlocked but text is in red?
-adb devices attached successfully
-fastboot devices found successfully
-have tried t4 on both tools with remote flashing to this partion error?
-tablets encryption is "encrypted"
Please help me root this tablet what am I missing?!
Is there anything about rooting 5.1 on a venue 10 that would prohibit future updates? I have read of rooted venue 8 users being unable to update to 5.1 after root but there was speculation that it was due to it being a 5.1 based root to begin with. I don't know enough about the details to know if this is plausible. This is the post I am reffering to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64196214&postcount=15
I'd like to root but if it means no future updates that would be a deal breaker. Fearcher, you say this root method works on 5.1. Does this mean you had updated your tablet from 5.01 (rooted) to 5.1? If so did it require any special procedure or was it an OTA update? Thanks for you help
what driver do i need
Hello.
I've tried the ADB fastboot driver found in this thread and the stickied one. I've gone into device manager and selected several different drivers including the one named "dell adb fastboot" something which required me to turn off driver signature enforcement. Driver installed fine every time. When I launch the program I get the correct status message. Everything is right according to the instructions. I'm still getting the fail when it tries to install its files (command not allowed in this state).
What am i missing exactly? I've followed everything i can find in both this thread and the linked thread.
I have the latest 5.1 update from dell/google. I just bought the device from dell. My PC is Windows 10 64 bit if that matters. Driver signing is off.
Hey bro he hasn't been replying to any questions. Your bootloader is locked. I unlocked mine and it still don't work. From what I can gather you have to downgrade to kitkat then run Intel flash tool. We need a droidboot.zip file for flash tool but no one has helped. We need a package made from this site
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http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Venue_10_7040_Moorefield/developer-edition/
r_nation said:
Hey bro he hasn't been replying to any questions. Your bootloader is locked. I unlocked mine and it still don't work. From what I can gather you have to downgrade to kitkat then run Intel flash tool. We need a droidboot.zip file for flash tool but no one has helped. We need a package made from this site
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http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Venue_10_7040_Moorefield/developer-edition/
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That's what I was thinking. is this because the 10 has a different chip than the smaller versions or something? It seems like they're having fun with their root and stuff. I thought moving to a device without a carrier would be easier. I have no idea why these are locked. it's nuts.
both models have same processor. It has to do with android 5.1 , they were able to root because there was kitkat firmware they could flash. Actually I don't even think my above method will work. We have to wait for an Intel based custom recovery for lollipop 5.1 but don't unlock your bootloader til there is one available.
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Don't worry about future updates because they aren't coming. Dell killed off the Android dev team last year, so these are amazing but orphaned devices.
Are you sure?
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Don't worry about future updates because they aren't coming. Dell killed off the Android dev team last year, so these are amazing but orphaned devices.
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bc are you sure, who told you this? I am also a corporate customer of Dell, I am going to go to my SE and see what he saids. I am not doubting you, really hate to hear this actually. But I just find it hard to believe. But you and I know, it's all about the money. If they are not moving the 7040, then...bye, bye.
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Hey bro he hasn't been replying to any questions. Your bootloader is locked. I unlocked mine and it still don't work. From what I can gather you have to downgrade to kitkat then run Intel flash tool. We need a droidboot.zip file for flash tool but no one has helped. We need a package made from this site
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Do tell if u are able to root it in 5.1
They have enabled encryption by default so it would be tough
I don't want to go back to 4.4 :c
That opensource firmware is lollipop. There is literally no development for venue 10 7000 root is still impossible.
Just wanted to report in that I successfully rooted my 7040 today using the social-designs-concepts method mentioned in the first post of this thread with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015.7z (had attempted to use the recommended IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release but Windows 10 AV kept quarantining it due to detected trojan malware). SuperSU Free v2.76 is installed successfully.
FWIW, I did this on a refurb 32GB 7040 that I purchased online for US$216 (as my 16GB one has become to precious to experiment with). I did not allow the system to connect to networks before rooting, and it is on Android 5.0.2. I'm not sure if that affected the success of rooting; I just wanted to report clearly what I did. Please note that after rooting automatic firmware updates to 5.1 failed. Will undo the rooting and try again after 5.1 update.
The expanded memory will be useful, as well as the ability to extend "internal" to include the external SD card.
Now if I could just figure out how to put Nougat on this thing I would be ecstatic.
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bc are you sure, who told you this? I am also a corporate customer of Dell, I am going to go to my SE and see what he saids. I am not doubting you, really hate to hear this actually. But I just find it hard to believe. But you and I know, it's all about the money. If they are not moving the 7040, then...bye, bye.
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Dell now confirming that they are discontinuing Android lines and will not provide further updates.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/3090466/android/dell-stops-selling-android-devices.html
bcjackson said:
Just wanted to report in that I successfully rooted my 7040 today using the social-designs-concepts method mentioned in the first post of this thread with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015.7z (had attempted to use the recommended IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release but Windows 10 AV kept quarantining it due to detected trojan malware). SuperSU Free v2.76 is installed successfully.
FWIW, I did this on a refurb 32GB 7040 that I purchased online for US$216 (as my 16GB one has become to precious to experiment with). I did not allow the system to connect to networks before rooting, and it is on Android 5.0.2. I'm not sure if that affected the success of rooting; I just wanted to report clearly what I did. Please note that after rooting automatic firmware updates to 5.1 failed. Will undo the rooting and try again after 5.1 update.
The expanded memory will be useful, as well as the ability to extend "internal" to include the external SD card.
Now if I could just figure out how to put Nougat on this thing I would be ecstatic.
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So the baseline is that u cannot root once you upgrade to 5.1?
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bcjackson said:
Just wanted to report in that I successfully rooted my 7040 today using the social-designs-concepts method mentioned in the first post of this thread with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015.7z (had attempted to use the recommended IntelAndroid-FBRL 05-16-2015 Public Trail Release but Windows 10 AV kept quarantining it due to detected trojan malware). SuperSU Free v2.76 is installed successfully.
FWIW, I did this on a refurb 32GB 7040 that I purchased online for US$216 (as my 16GB one has become to precious to experiment with). I did not allow the system to connect to networks before rooting, and it is on Android 5.0.2. I'm not sure if that affected the success of rooting; I just wanted to report clearly what I did. Please note that after rooting automatic firmware updates to 5.1 failed. Will undo the rooting and try again after 5.1 update.
The expanded memory will be useful, as well as the ability to extend "internal" to include the external SD card.
Now if I could just figure out how to put Nougat on this thing I would be ecstatic.
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So the baseline is that u cannot root once you upgrade to 5.1?
well now that they have abandoned android maybe they will release the open source?:crying: