yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
You don't like getting constant reminders that it doesn't work? :p
[Motorola Photon 4G] robsbrutal:
Im good now it was a issue with the name of a file.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
so this works then??
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Which file was it?
[Motorola Photon 4G] A2CKilla:
to the owner of the autoroot, may i post your link in my video tutorial for manual root
[Motorola Photon 4G] levk:
I'm doing this from Linux; Ubuntu Natty 11.04 2.6.38-10. It didn't appear to work. I can't post links due to low post count; you can find the entire output at pastebin dot com slash XfY38w4U. I did enable USB debugging and it did reboot the phone. Thanks in advance.
[Motorola Photon 4G] csuarez80:
i am very new to this rooting stuff but i have downloaded and ran it, not sure if it worked. How do i know for sure?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Getting temp root

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304 KB/s (4359 bytes in 0.014s)

712 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.036s)

13 KB/s (123 bytes in 0.009s)

29 KB/s (211 bytes in 0.007s)

Unable to chmod /data/tmp/CM_Engine.log: Operation not permitted

./data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh: permission denied

./data/tmp/install-su.sh: permission denied

Wait for phone to reconnect...

299 KB/s (4292 bytes in 0.014s)

Copying files onto phone...

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'remount' to '/system/xbin/remount': Read-only file system

Setting permissions...

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/remount: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

Installing busybox...

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

Cleaning up files...

"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .

what am i doing wrong?
[Motorola Photon 4G] levk:
If you have Superuser app in your apps it should've worked.
[Motorola Photon 4G] beartrap:
No one else has answered this, but I'm pretty sure the phone would need to be in charging mode. I've not tried this method, I got the manual method to work before this was posted. Hopefully shabby or someone else can confirm this for you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
updated one more time ;) this should fix the permission denied errors :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] mikeyinid:
Even if your not using shabby's autoroot, make sure you hit his thanks button. This guy does alot for the community.

Again shabby, helping when you can. We need a bunch more guys like you here :D
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
I didn't have time to read all the back post. Did anyone who used this method loose 4G?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Yes, it works but I lost 4G.

Make sure you have USB debugger checked and the drivers posted over. Everything else will be a breeze.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
I think i am having bad luck because i am getting another error.. i will try again and post......... thanks everyone for help!!!!!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
Something interesting just happened. I turned my phone off and back on and 4G is now working. Last night after rooting, I don't recall powering down so maybe thats the trick to get 4G working again.

I'm about to step outside and see if I can get a 4G signal; cant get one indoors.

EDIT: I'm back and my 4G is working. I went to the market for a screen capture app- all those for *rooted* phones didn't work on mine so I've no way of proving my 4G is definitely back!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Getting temp root

566 KB/s (28440 bytes in 0.049s)

202 KB/s (4359 bytes in 0.021s)

582 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.044s)

13 KB/s (123 bytes in 0.009s)

25 KB/s (211 bytes in 0.008s)

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libpcprofile.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface: unde

fined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libphoton-torpedo.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface:

undefined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory

cp: /system/bin/su: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

rm failed for /lib/libphoton-torpedo.so, Permission denied

Wait for phone to reconnect...

232 KB/s (4292 bytes in 0.018s)

Copying files onto phone...

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'remount' to '/system/xbin/remount': Read-only file system

Setting permissions...

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/remount: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

Installing busybox...

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

Cleaning up files...

"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .

Sorry Shabby....but i am still having issues. different issues but still. maybe its me.......
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
ok so there is that issue, which honestly im unsure about as this attacks a exploit that ive never seen.

so i honestly dont know how to fix this part, but apparently some people got it to work?

ill keep you guys in the loop, im trying to find someone willing to trade their photon 4g for a nexus s 4g ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
Ok thanks for your efforts............ I cant wait to root it.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
the part that is failing for you is /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh

not sure why tho
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
all i have to do is make sure is in charge mode then run your automatic room and follow on screen directions?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
correct? make sure you have teh drivers as well
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
the teh drivers that u posted on the first page ive already downloaded.... could i have rooted my phone and not noticed.... if so how do i check
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
got superuser app installed?
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
yes i do. i have tried it with it installed and without it
[Motorola Photon 4G] kritzell:
Cool.
[Motorola Photon 4G] juanenbas:
Excuse me but this method work or not work ?

Thanks a lot

Juan
[Motorola Photon 4G] unsane:
I cant get it to work....says Im missing a file or didnt extract correctly
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
thats because you didnt, i set up things like tahtr in the batch to ensure, i learned my lesson after the nexus and prevail one clicks ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] A4b_mercenary:
im getting the same error as jonntek. back on page 4.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
I am going to try to unlock my bootloader then rooting the phone.... to see if that works.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jonntek:
Will let you know if that works....downloading now.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ScandaLeX:
A screenshot I was finally able to take after searching the forums for a screenshot app. As you can see, my 4G does work.

This post will probably appear in other threads discussing the lost 4G

Back in house- cant get 4G indoors. 2nd pic to show root.
[Motorola Photon 4G] FrameCityJackal:
I relocked my bootloader and can't seem to get either root method to work.....
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
Going to try this out when I get home :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] predwing:
Mac

I tried this method on my mac last night, and I was not able to run root.bat am I missing some special step since its a mac?
[Motorola Photon 4G] sigabrt:
Run the linux-mac.sh file. The batch file is for windoze.
[Motorola Photon 4G] jerbeck24:
Are you sure this is the right file to choose on a mac? I click it and it just is a text document that shows what should happen. Am I doing something wrong? Nothing on the readme says anything about using it on a mac...thanks!
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
thats because its a script.. need to run it in terminal
[Motorola Photon 4G] mortis2600:
Getting

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libphoton-torpedo.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface:

undefined symbol: la_version; ignored.

That's where everything goes to hell.
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kurupt1:
same error here. :confused:
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
Wats the command to run the script on mac??????
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
yea thats teh photon torpedo sh failing, idk if i can do anything about that, but iull try

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/733824/how-to-run-a-sh-script-in-an-unix-console-mac-terminal
[Motorola Photon 4G] Kurupt1:
any idea why it seems to work for some and not others?? seems wierd
[Motorola Photon 4G] mortis2600:
I'm going to try it from another machine to make sure that the issue isn't related to the computer. Might try from my linux box when I get the chance.

Other than running the script, anything I need to do to run it in linux?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Sweetlittlehugs:
It keeps telling me photon torpedo is missing make sure you extracted the files correctly. I only know one way of extracting files, right click and extract all. Any idea what im doing wrong?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mortis2600:
No go on linux either. It's something on the phone itself that's the issue.
[Motorola Photon 4G] predwing:
Tried it on my mac, it ran all the way through but no root, thanks for all your effort though I appreciate it
[Motorola Photon 4G] xoomer360:
ok I tried this one click root and it does'nt work. I keep getting an error access denied or torpedo files not found. I even ran this as system admin no no avail. I have usb in debug and on charge only even tried it with mass storage. The phone resets after i get these errors. I dont know what I am doing wrong????????i know the files are extracted and I also tried it with just the zip.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
just seems odd taht those scripts will run when done manually but not via a batch script
[Motorola Photon 4G] mortis2600:
Manually ran the commands in adb that your .bat file uses, and it still fails at

adb.exe shell ./data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh

I still get the following:

C:\photon root>adb.exe shell ./data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libpcprofile.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface: und

fined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

at http://wiki.x.org

for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libphoton-torpedo.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface

undefined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

at http://wiki.x.org

for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log
[Motorola Photon 4G] xoomer360:
where is the new version? need the link? please
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Shabbypenguin so THIS is why you want a Photon!! HAHA! The answer is still no.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
^this guy is a jerk^

:P
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Hehe u know I love you shabbypenguin!!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
Didn't work for me :(
[Motorola Photon 4G] ptfdmedic:
Shabby,

Great to see a familiar face. Sprint replaced my Nexus with and Evo 3D cause of the Nexus reception issues. Ending up having 2 Evo 3D's in total cause they kept getting the black screen of death. Only fix was to reflash and it happened a few times a day. I like flashing phones as much as the next guy but this was to much.

Yesterday they sent me the photon to replace the 2nd Evo 3D and I LOVE this phone. Once we get some development time under our belt things will really get crazy busy here. Thanks for your efforts and I hope you get the Nexus swapped out for the Photon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] predwing:
You where one of the lucky few who got the 3D as a replacement. It showed up for a few hours one day they quickly came off lol lucky you. It showed up as a replacement for the Epic and Nexus for a brief time
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Oh dayum...I need a photon for autism sig now!!!!
[Motorola Photon 4G] bricky23:
Now its a party!

Sent from my unlocked rooted Mopho!
[Motorola Photon 4G] pbguy8709:
Didn't work for me either... The dockless root method is super easy enough anyways... And unlocking the bootloader is pretty straight forward too.... if you don't know how to use adb you need to learn it makes everything about android even better/easier once you learn. Thanks for your work on this though I'm sure you'll get it working for everybody soon.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
i just made my first formal complaint about the nexus to sprint. got told poor signal means a need a new battery......

/facepalm

how many complaints did you have to make before they swapped devices?
[Motorola Photon 4G] ptfdmedic:
It took me about 2 months. My main issue was using the Nexus with the Airvana signal booster. I ended up speaking with a manager not supervisor, in Account Services and they did the switch.

I was once told by a rep that they were sending me more signal because I wasn't getting enough. What kind of idiot not only says that but how many people actually believe them.
[Motorola Photon 4G] cornelious2:
They can adjust the direction of some antennas to actually send more signal however they hardly ever actually do.
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Ptfmedic haven't seen ya in a while well since my epic deving days lol. Well well well it looks like you and I have the same device again lol. Can't wait to do some deving for the Photon myself. Sorry you had some bum phones from Sprint. Well it's not really Sprint's fault but Samsung and HTC rather. Anyways just dropping by to say hello again.
[Motorola Photon 4G] ZiggSVO:
Nice to see all the familiar faces from the land of the epic!
[Motorola Photon 4G] abdullahsc:
* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Getting temp root

1388 KB/s (28440 bytes in 0.020s)

532 KB/s (4359 bytes in 0.008s)

1349 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.019s)

9 KB/s (77 bytes in 0.008s)

./data/tmp/Shabby.sh: line 4: ./data/tmp/photon-torpedeo.sh: No such file or dir

ectory

./data/tmp/Shabby.sh: line 6: ./data/tmp/install-su.sh: Permission denied

Wait for phone to reconnect...

465 KB/s (4292 bytes in 0.009s)

Copying files onto phone...

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'remount' to '/system/xbin/remount': Read-only file system

Setting permissions...

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/remount: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

Installing busybox...

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

Cleaning up files...

"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .

I am too getting the same thing, I may just have to buy the dock. I did enable USB debugging, also enabled "unknown source" Allow installation of non-market application.Can any one tell me what i maybe doing wrong. Thank you

I just rooted my Photon with one click but i can't post and outside link because i am a new to this. Any one still wanting to root please google pressbyte. This just one click and very easy.
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
well for one thats an old version. no need to buy a dock, just need to do it manually..

cant seem to figure out why it doesnt like to be run either
[Motorola Photon 4G] jribbe101:
I received the same error message as abdullahsc's post above. time for a manual try.
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
This also works on my mac no need to do it manually no more good job
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
you got it to work?
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
Yea it gave me errors just like dockless method but root is at localhost and all the su apps work
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
odd. guess ill have to look what i did for the linux/mac script
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
It worked but it only says that usb debugging mode is connected in usb storage mode. Maybe ppl should try and run it in usb mass mode
[Motorola Photon 4G] RockyMD:
I tried using USB Mass Storage instead of Charge Only. Still not working.

* daemon not running. starting it now *

* daemon started successfully *

Getting temp root

677 KB/s (28440 bytes in 0.041s)

266 KB/s (4359 bytes in 0.016s)

625 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.041s)

13 KB/s (123 bytes in 0.009s)

22 KB/s (211 bytes in 0.009s)

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libpcprofile.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface: unde

fined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

at ------------ for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

ERROR: ld.so: object 'libphoton-torpedo.so' cannot be loaded as audit interface:

undefined symbol: la_version; ignored.

Fatal server error:

Server is already active for display 0

If this server is no longer running, remove /tmp/.X0-lock

and start again.

Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support

at ------------------ for help.

ddxSigGiveUp: Closing log

Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory

cp: /system/bin/su: Read-only file system

Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory

rm failed for /lib/libphoton-torpedo.so, Permission denied

Wait for phone to reconnect...

299 KB/s (4292 bytes in 0.014s)

Copying files onto phone...

failed to copy 'su' to '/system/xbin/su': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file sy

stem

failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox': Read-only file system

failed to copy 'remount' to '/system/xbin/remount': Read-only file system

Setting permissions...

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/remount: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory

link failed Read-only file system

Installing busybox...

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

Cleaning up files...

"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .
[Motorola Photon 4G] netengineer:
I am getting the same issues as everyone else. I have tired everything to get it to work. I even manually ran each line of the script. I think it all has to do with the "read-only" error
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
the read only error is due to the exploit not working, which is the photon torpedo.sh
[Motorola Photon 4G] snoopy1e11:
R u on a mac?
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
This crazy thou...how come it works manually but not with this?!!... maybe that torp.sh is borked
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
anyone mind trying manually with my files? see if its files are screwed or the scripts
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
updated with new droid 3 exploit. works fine now guys :)

sorry for teh double post, just wanted to bump thread ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
Good stuff Shabbypenguin worked like a charm for me. Make sure you guys/gals don't have Superuser.apk installed from the market or it will error on you.
[Motorola Photon 4G] slim011:
I got it to work on mine, but when trying to use wireless tether it's telling I don't have a kernal or the correct kernal to run it...any ideas??
[Motorola Photon 4G] abedrn:
It works now! Wifi tether is working fine.
[Motorola Photon 4G] abedrn:
Wifi tether works even though you get the kernel error
[Motorola Photon 4G] plmiller0905:
I used this method now my gps is borked. It was working fine before.

Do anyone know how to unroot this?

Do i just flash the "final build" that Yah for Juggs released?
[Motorola Photon 4G] :
I did the OTA first to get the final building then rooted my GPS is spot on but flashing the final build should unroot it
[Motorola Photon 4G] Custodian:
Thats really odd indeed.
[Motorola Photon 4G] plmiller0905:
Thanks...i did a factory reset and everything seems to be working fine. Maybe it was a rogue app that was causing the issues. Maybe it was titanium backup or root explorer..i dont know for sure. But those are the only apps that i installed after i rooted last night.

Any how, after i did a factory reset, i only installed certain apps and now my gps is working ...im also able to place apps back on the home screen..which was another thing i was unable to do.

So it seems as though im all good for now.

So just for future reference for me, if i were to unroot, would it wipe my phone?

Sent from my Moto Pho-o-o-ton!
[Motorola Photon 4G] mattceez:
Hi all,

i tried running the linux/mac script via Terminal, and this is what I found:

Press any key to continue...Starting adb server

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

You need to enable usb debugging first

Go to settings > applications > development

Copy and run the exploit (may take up to two minutes)

rm failed for /data/local/12m.bak, Is a directory

RE-boot-en

I already had debugging selected, so I'm not sure if the prompt is telling me for ****s and giggles, or if something's going wrong.

Can anyone assist?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
yes it is :)

that single rm failed error is ok, its there incase you run it again (for whatever reason) ;)
[Motorola Photon 4G] iSaint:
Thanks Shabby ... hope you get that photon bro ...
[Motorola Photon 4G] VDub2174:
It worked!!!! Thanks Shabby :)
[Motorola Photon 4G] el_korrekaminoz:
hi, 4g still lose?
[Motorola Photon 4G] shabbypenguin:
rooting lets you keep your 4g, unlocking breaks it
[Motorola Photon 4G] el_korrekaminoz:
I'm sorry, is not the same?
[Motorola Photon 4G] el_korrekaminoz:
thankss work good
[Motorola Photon 4G] sirscrubsalot:
@shabby - thanks you for making the single click version, this looks like the one I am going to pick now after looking through a few...

So you modified yours again from the droid 3 (user : beach-head) thread a few posts down? I haven't installed anything yet -

I am going to install the 32bit drivers first - and then click on the batch file from the extracted archive to folder on c:\ in windows xp.

Someone previously mentioned a few posts back in this thread, that you shouldn't use the superuser from android market? Will your AIO install the other things automatically as some of them were required prior to rooting after installing the 32/64 bit drivers.

My main hope for now is just to get wifi tethering, and as someone mentioned from another thread -

"install superuser from android market and then wifitether from android market market".

Were there any problems of the clock or widgets missing in kickstand mode?
[Motorola Photon 4G] mercNstein:
Worked thanks
[Motorola Photon 4G] M@XLOL:
You root the file system which lets you gain access to the system which is normally only read only. Unlocking the bootloader lets you install custom recoveries :)