yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
how do i flash the superuser.zip to this phone?

also everything worked fine, except pushing the exp, it just didnt want to do it. so i pushed the files manually.

never dealt with android phone only windows, so im not all that familiar with the recovery method. i mean could rw the system but that seems so harsh, the flash seems like it would be cleaner. im hoping im not supposed to rename the superuser.zip to PD42IMG.zip, cuz that would seem obvious. just dont want screw anything up.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
I got temp root but I got stuck when it came to pushing the misc-downgrade.img

It was a little bit ago when I had it at # in windows cmd, i can get back there but from what I have read i can't actually push anything while in adb shell. I have opened a new cmd prompt and have gotten to the point where it is..

"c:\androidsdk\platform-tools\adb.exe push misc-downgrade.img /sdcard/"

When I press Enter it says

"Failed to copy 'misc-downgrade.img' to '/sdcard//misc-downgrade.img': Read-only file system"

I read somewhere that I need to enter adb shell and mount rw and then open adb shell in a different terminal on my pc and push then, but this has not worked for me.

Anyone have an idea where I am getting this wrong?

Also, the "adb push exp /data/local" never seemed to work for me., I googled instructions off of other sites to get the original temp root. I appreciate all the work just the same, but i suppose some of us that are newer to this may still have a bit of a struggle with this without more detailed instructions..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
The ruu linked is not the official ruu for uscc. It was done talked about when I posted the link. http://2fastroms.com/downloads.php?view=detail&df_id=35 That is the official ruu that was leaked to me from uscc. What your phone came with :)

As for the adb stuff. You need to have it setup and working which isn't covered. Windows it can be a pain as compared to linux. But either way it should work. You want to have temp root and adb shell. Then su before the commands. You may get a prompt on your phone to accept the root to your pc which you have to allow.

Then run the commands he posted. As for my downloads I have posted. If you have a uscc merge use the img i posted. If you have another carrier you need to change it to that carrier. As like I said it will bork mms on certain carriers. Uscc is not a issue though. But it can also mess up updates. Though with s-off it shouldn't be a problem.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
There is where I have reached. I am struggling with the commands from here.

C:\>cd androidsdk

C:\AndroidSDK>cd platform-tools

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb.exe push psneuter /data/local/tmp

1857 KB/s (585731 bytes in 0.308s)

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb.exe shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/psneuter

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb.exe shell /data/local/tmp/psneuter

C:\AndroidSDK\platform-tools>adb.exe shell

# su

su

su: not found

#

Where should I be going from here?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] silentmatt:
You are a saint among men... now I will buy the fhone. However, your link for the uscc misc.img file just downloads some HTML instead. No biggie.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmonk892373:
You don't need to su. The psneuter makes it so you are root as soon as you enter the shell, that is what the # means.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
Okay. I understand that, but it won't let me push the misc downgrade. It says permission denied?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jmonk892373:
I would guess there is something wrong with the formatting of your sdcard and I would try starting over the entire goldcard process with formatting your sdcard. Either that or you have your phone in a mode that shares your sd-card, if that is the case make sure you set the connection on your phone to charge only.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madcaesar18:
I have a USC Merge, would it be possible to get a step by step guide on how to do this for a beginner? I have never done something like this, and I have no idea what tools I need. I've read through this entire thread 3x but still am way too nervous as to what I need to do.

Any help would be much appreciated!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
After I do the dd step do I just type sync? I transferred the downgrade just by dragging it in windows, but when I get to sync/rebooting, it doesn't seem to be working as s-on still shows.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
No it doesn't check it again. I can't link directly to the download as the new download system I added won't allow it. Just click download and it should work fine. The only thing is don't download using the android browser.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
make sure you have your phone set to charge only.

adb will work regardless of what usb mode you are using, but the sdcard is only rw in the charge only mode.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
anybody know the correct way to flash superuser.zip?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drellisdee:
Put superuser.zip on sd card boot into clockwork recovery and select flash zip & pick superuser.zip
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
Update: I hadn't transferred the full exp folder as I didn't know it needed to be in the platform-tools folder. I got through to the point where I need to restart but it gets to where it checks the CID and says CID Incorrect! Update Fail!

I've tried making a goldcard with both with mmc2 and mmc0. Neither worked. Anyone know where I am going wrong?

Edit: I got to going too quick with the Goldcard and forgot to put it through the soaa.me site to have it reversed.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
yea didnt work, your recovery file was correct and checked out, but for some reason it when i flashed superuser.zip it just doesnt stay, no bother. heres how i got it to work on us cellular merge

first

adb shell /data/local/psneuter (this should still be in this directory unless you removed it)
adb shell

you should now see the # for temp root

there are many ways to find the mount point for the system, you could do this automatically if grep and awk were present but boooo. so heres the quickest way and should be universal for all carriers on the merge:

get superuser.zip here http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=211569&d=1249225060

unzip and put su and Superuser.apk in the same folder you run adb from

then do the following:

adb shell mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system (thanks drellisdee for clarification)
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell chmod 6755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
adb shell reboot

voila root!

hope that helps. thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
use goldcard helper its the easiest way without getting confused
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drellisdee:
No that is completely wrong. MTD & yaffs2 fs are not used on this device.

Mount -o remount, rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

running the command "mount" or "cat /proc/emmc" from shell will give you the mounted & exposed partition layouts respectively
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
Completed. I have root access through this with superuser and customer recovery.

The guide helped a bunch, but there is still a lot of googling needed to get the exact information you need.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drellisdee:
Thanks for pointing that out. I built clockwork with cm7/gingerbread and forgot the new updater-script syntax & newer updater-binary needed for emmc devices in a recovery flashable zip. I updated orig post with a correct one I made for lexikon.

Care to help me expand upon it? I don't technically own this device but have one on hand for the time being. I wasn't trying to write it geared toward complete intro to adb etc. but assuming some knowledge of basic shell and adb usage as you are playing with bootloader and radio/amss partitions and someone who has absolutely zero knowledge of adb and at least basic understand android/linux shell commands shouldn't try this.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jsox79:
Thanks the new file did the trick. Thanks for the hard work and insight. Donation coming your way.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] DK174:
You said it perfectly. I wasn't discounting the writeup, but I AM that new guy that had never touched ADB before. So I was coming into it with no previous knowledge of android and very little linux experience.

For anyone that really doesn't have a clue here are the spots that I messed up at:

SYNC ALL DATA(I didn't sync my address book and lost, not a big loss)

-each time you open your command prompt you need to cd into "androidsdk" and then "platform-tools" to get to where you can use the adb push

-the EXP tools need to be in the same folder as the adb folder to push to the device, same thing with the downgrade-image, if you have trouble pushing the downgrade-image, just drag it in windows

-be sure and don't skip any steps on the gold card as I did not reverse it before generating the image

-when you are done with s-off, delete the PD42img.zip from your sd card and replace with the recovery renamed as it, then reboot the phone with the volume down key, it should go through flashing the recovery

Some of this might seem simple to those that are experienced, but those are the hang ups that I had.

Thanks again drellisdee
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drellisdee:
Good points there. Im a linux user so sometimes I forget the woes of adb on windows. On the goldcard part if you use the goldcard helper app from market (use it) its already reversed for you. Make sure you use the mmc2 (the sdcard) as mmc0 is the emmc on your phone.

Here's a little tip for the cmd prompt stuff so you don't have to cd into the dir on windows (remnant from my cooking win-mo rom days) copy the attached unzipped into platform-tools and click it an it will open a cmd prompt already cd'd into current directory.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
One more merge down on uscc. Encountered a few issues on they way and plan to make a guide for linux and windows. The largest amount of credit will go to the op besides what I learned on the way :) A hour scratching my head over a adb issue that turned out to be something plain stupid.... Now I know why I hate windows.

I am sure the user will post but he is willing to try a sense beta rom in the am if I get it all put together. I won't post it here due to not really the right thread for it plus I am not sure what issues it will have. So if you want a test link pm me.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] knownchild:
A guide would be most appreciated!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Agentz919:
I cant thank you enough! Phone is rooted after a few hours and, like you said, some head scratching. HTC Sync funks things up so be sure to uninstall it before you try to do adb. I will be working with fast to test out his ROMs on my merge and hopefully get a guide going to make this all much easier to understand. Again fast, thank you thank you thank you!!!:D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
http://2fastroms.com/viewtopic.php?f=86&t=167&p=2159#p2159

Ask and you shall get. Hopefully rehosting the cwm and vzw files were fine. I forgot to ask actually. Some pieces are from the guide but I did some things a bit different. That is also everything you need instead of bits and pieces. Any ?'s just ask.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mukraker:
After Rooting - Rom Manager Question

Got it done. I installed Rom Manager to back everthing up and it says i need to flash Clockwork Recovery Mod in order to do so. Should Rom Manager not be able to use the one I flashed in the how-to from drellisdee on page 12? If not will it be safe to flash the one Rom Manager wants me to? I backed my system up from recovery but would like to be able to do it with Rom Manager.

Oh yeah, thank you drellisdee and 2fast4u88 for all this work.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] drellisdee:
Couple things. Why do you need seperate misc.img's as per your guide? They have zero to do with mms and mostly are used for bootloader control block (look in recovery.c in open source for details) With the backup of misc.img I added to guide you can just reflash original one. Also, why would superoneclick be used as I provided a easy to use zip that will root you from recovery? Thanks for adding the pics and how to for noobs. Just wondering though I didnt just figure out how to downgrade a image I delivered full s-off solution.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] endeross:
USCC USER HERE

Thanks so much for this guide newbie guide (as I am one). I am however having a problem with step 5 of perm rooting. When I type in the adb push exploits /data/local i get

error: device not found

Thoughts?

EDIT : After starting from scratch I found that my problem resides in step 6 of setting up ADB in that I get no error message but adb doesnt show my merge as a device even though I have it in debug mode with Charge only on while connected. I am on win 7 64 bit.

FOLLOW UP EDIT: Apparently windows 7 64 has a common occurence of needing the adb drivers updated. (THANKS GOOGLE) and thus one just needs to download and install the latest drivers for it. PROBLEM SOLVED

NEXT PROBLEM EDIT:

Ok ran into another problem for step 9 of S-off, Perm Room & ClockworkMod:

I have my phone unplugged. I powered it off then boot into h-boot. h-boot searches for files upon which I am greeted with

SD Checking...

Loading... [P42diag.zip]

No Image!

Loading... [P42diag.nbh]

No Image or wrong image

Loading... [Pd42img.zip]

No Image!

Loading... [Pd42img.nbh]

No Image or wrong image

I do have the PD42IMG.zip file in the main folder of my sdcard. So why isnt it seeing it?

Thus far I have not resolved this issue
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
Actually depending on the carrier the misc.img is used for mms. Uscc does not. Alltel not sure. You can check cm forums under the desire section to look what carriers do. As I know cellcom does. There is also different strings in the mms.apk of sense roms where mms will also not work. The other reason is for how I recommended to use a different card as a gold card. If it is like the desire the ruu will not run if the misc img doesn't match the carrier or the ota update. So this is why I have different ones. As for looking at source what source are you talking about? If aosp then half the stuff isn't going to be in there in the first place. If something else I am not sure since there is nothing for the merge.

As I know more carriers are picking up the merge was the other reason. Yea you could reflash the misc.img you did a backup of. Though involves more steps to do so. As for your zip to flash the root files and flash_image. Well flash_image isn't needed when you don't have updates for cwm to begin with. Then it involves transfering the zip to the sd card. Booting to h-boot, recovery then going to install the zip. In which superoneclick is quicker. Your .zip is doing exactly what tools we have had for ever is doing.

As for the credits I finished the guide at like 5am. And needed a few hours of sleep so was in a hurry and is fixed. Though I didn't just add pictures I rewrote most of the commands as it was confusing and uses multiple commands over and over for no reason. Like you keep typing adb shell. Once in adb shell you don't need it again. Other wise you get errors. You aren't talking to a noob as I was asked to look at this I just didn't get time to look at it. All it took was dumping the partitions to see where things resided. The gold card which has been plastered everywhere ( Though I figured it wouldn't work so another process was going to need done ) Then as I told the person that was wanting me to look at it the verizon leaks might have a eng h-boot or something in it that would work. Then cwm isn't all that hard to port. The rest of the stuff is nothing new. I just never got enough free time to look at it.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] willblake13:
yeah me too! I get the exact same problem. Will someone please help us
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
ok you didn't rename the DowngradeImg.zip did you? As there is a PD42IMG.zip is in it. That needs to be on the root of your card. Then boot to the h-boot. If the gold card is done wrong or not working. As some cards do not like to be gold cards. If I am not mistaken will give a error upon opening the img. I could be wrong though as it has been a few months since playing with a gold card myself.

The other thing is make sure you got the full zip when downloaded it should be around 233mb. As if downloaded via a phone. My download system likes to not work. I need to switch it back to the old download system. If that all checks out. Make sure the misc.img was flashed. Then if all else fails make a another gold card or double check it was done right.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] endeross:
I Found out that the problem was that the SD card Has to be formatted to fat32 when converting it into a gold card. This allowed me to be able to view the PD421IMG.zip upon loading into h-root
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] willblake13:
I GOT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
How was the card formated before. As it should have been fat32 from the get go honestly. I will add that to the guide.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] endeross:
Mine was a Brand new 1gb card I got just for this occasion as suggested via ur root method guide (good suggestion btw)

It was formatted FAT(default) and not FAT32

Some things to edit to your guide btw 2fast4u88 that I think would help:

Step 6 of setting up adb should have a section that if your device doesnt show (and it apparently wont in about 30% of windows 7 64s) that they should download the newedst adb drivers. I had this problem and found them via google after not being able to get it to work. I can give links if you would like, but, This fixed that problem

step 4 of goldcard making should have to format the card in fat32 as you already suggest them get a seperate card for this occasion. At least have them check it :P

the title of your last group of steps for gaining root has a typo

S-off, Perm Room & ClockworkMod:

step 2 of S-off, Perm Root & ClockworkMod: is poorly written and confusing as it doesnt clarify very well what files go where.

Step 5 of S-off, Perm Root & ClockworkMod: is missing the command adb shell before the chmod commands and will not work as written instead giving an error. I figured this out on my own by comparing your guide to drellisdee's but complete newbs will not always do this

Super one click did not give me permanant root. I had to use the method of dellisdee of putting the zip in clockwork recovery. This may just be my experience but you can put it in your guide as a secondary method with his permission

Other than that man THANK YOU again for the very VERY well outlined guide. It helped me immensely. May both you and drellisdee live to be a thousand years old sirs.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] :
Lunch Time

drellisdee - Here is $10. Lunch is on me. Thank you immensely.

Confirmation number: 3X802910K9500740M

2fast4u88 - No donate button? :eek:

Your guide is fantastic!

100% Confirmed US Cellular Merge Rooted! +1

Now for an actual Merge/Lexikon thread on XDA . . . . . . . .
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 2fast4u88:
Thanks and I typed that guide around 3am while playing with a rom. So I was multi-tasking like a mofo.

As to the other person. I did have a donate button on the forum but I don't have one in my sig. Mainly when I sort of see it as asking for hand out, where I would rather help people other than taking money for help. That is just me though.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jshzigler:
Dear 2Fast, I was wondering if you could clear up step 2 of S-off, Perm Room & ClockworkMod. It says "Once mounted copy the Misc-downgrade.img you downloaded." But does that mean copy it to the root of the sd card or what? I just don't want to mess something up. Thanks for the guide by the way.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] endeross:
Yes that's what you do.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jshzigler:
Now I'm getting a device not found error in step 5 S-off, Perm Room & ClockworkMod.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] willblake13:
Try installing HTC sync and uninstalling, just don't uninstall the drivers that come with it
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jshzigler:
Ok that worked but in the guide it says the $ should change to #. It never did for me. Not sure why this is all happening I'm doing everything word for word.
[Legend General] ICavalera:
hello,

I have my legend rooted. and im trying to edit the file. but i use es explorer, root-explorer.

but when i edit and save the file, it disapear from the folder. then i reboot the phone and it apears, but the old file without the changes that i have made.

can anyone explain what am i doing wrong?

i have use the fasterfix, costum option and the result is the same after reboot

best regards
[Legend General] yanoosh:
search the forum for "nand lock", "system overlay" and "s-off"
[Legend General] ICavalera:
So by reading the threads, everyone was justa saying to edit the file with some explorer and that was it. but... you are sayng that i must do s-off... this is reversable?

Regards
[Legend General] ICavalera:
Can i do it by the overlay system how to from Blayo thread?
[Legend General] amoskas:
You don't have to do s-off in order to change files within system fs.

You can boot into recovery and do the following from the computer:

adb remount

adb shell

then enter "su", and edit the conf file with sed command (or "vi" if it's available)
[Legend General] ICavalera:
ok. thanks
[HTC Aria Themes and Apps] DanGeorges:
Firefox has a Greasemonkey script to go around the paywall for the NYT on the web...

Any chance of getting a similar Anrdoid workaround for the NYT App?

.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuftearia:
So, yesterday I reset my phone due to a LOT of Force Closures. My phone was working fine but sometime this morning I noticed that my 3G indicator on my phone is gone and when I checked my Quick Settings app it stated the the 3G Mobile Date has no "APN Configured."

What is that and could that be the reason why my clock app has my current location of Providence, RI and not McLean, VA (my current location)?

Please Help!

Thanks. :(
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] neuftearia:
Never mind. I figured it out.
[Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elixir911911:
What was the solution? I've been having the same problem with an HTC Eris
[Nook Color General] ace7196:
Just so we're all on the same boat here, dalingrin has found and fixed the issue with video being choppy/audio being out of sync. It now runs as it should (although these are still test builds (officially ;)). If you want to check it out, look here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=960537

Youtube app work, flash works, certain video files work (depends on proper codec usage/software choice, as with everything else)

Also, his latest OC'd kernel works as well with the above.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=925451

So, now you all have another reason to make your nook color's daily driver CM7 :)

The few last things that (I remember) are still needing to be done:

1) Fix Sleep of Death (if it can be). This will increase battery life by approx. a magnitude.

2) Merge all the fixes (DSP and various Tablet Tweaks (from mad-murdock, http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12472179&postcount=261) into the nightlies (not just independent test builds)

3) Profit!
[Nook Color General] nhatdung:
cool

........ (10 char)
[Nook Color General] Gin1212:
dalingrin*

And thank you for the update.