[General Questions and Answers] uinni:
Rooting "this" device goes through but has no effect - anybody experienced that?

Hello everybody.

I am a happy owner of a no-brand device which in specs is the one discussed in this thread and looks like exactly the models reviewed in the posted links. Essentially it is a Hero 9300+/ZP900s (I cannot tell the difference :confused:)

I like its performances (AnTuTu as well, which assigns it a 6400 score) so I'd not venture in replacing the ROM: I just want to root it to get more control over it :D

Easy task you'll say, for there is this beautiful thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 which I read thoroughly yet it turns out for me to be UNABLE to have it rooted!!!! :crying:

The device is reported to be:

Model: 9300+

CPU HW: MT6577 dual-core ARMv7 (250-101 Mhz)

OS: Android JB (4.1.1 - if not fake...)

Baseband version: MAUI.11AMD.W12.22.SP.V5, 2012/07/25 20:13

Kernel: 3.0.13

Build No: H9500S 20120921

(the full HW specs are indeed the ones of a ZP900s)

Well, I have downloaded and installed the drivers under W7, downloaded & unpacked the nice DRX_1.7.1.zip, followed step by step all the necessary settings to have the phone simply rooted (from setting USB-debugging mode to allowing mock locations, to allowing installations from non market sources ans so on and so forth). No way. :(

I also tried both connection-as-USB device and as MTP. I got the same results.

I run RunMe.bat as administrator. Everything looks like the rooting goes through but after the device is rebooted neither the su executable nor superSu app installed turn out to be there. The phone is (silently) "resilient" to the rooting process! :eek:

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D:\Root_with_Restore_by_Bin4ry_v17>RunMe.bat

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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 =

= (22.11.2012) v17 =

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Device type:

1) Normal

2) Special (for example: Sony Tablet S, Medion Lifetab)

x) Unroot

Make a choice: 1

Checking if i should run in Normal Mode or special Sony Mode

Please connect your device with USB-Debugging enabled now

remote object '/system/app/Backup-Restore.apk' does not exist

remote object '/system/bin/ric' does not exist

.

.

Normal Mode enabled!

.

Pushing busybox....

5070 KB/s (1085140 bytes in 0.209s)

Pushing su binary ....

4989 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.018s)

Pushing Superuser app

4724 KB/s (996704 bytes in 0.206s)

Making busybox runable ...

.

Please look at your device and click RESTORE!

If all is successful i will tell you, if not this shell will run forever.

Running ...

Successful, going to reboot your device in 10 seconds!

Waiting for device to show up again....

Going to copy files to it's place

You can close all open command-prompts now!

After reboot all is done! Have fun!

Bin4ry

Press any key to continue . . .

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As you can see from the output no apparent error is reported.

I am puzzled :eek: for as far as I could understand, my device from the firmware/software point of view is no special case.

Is there anybody who could give me a hint on how to face the issue?

I thank in advance whoever will be so kind to suggest something.

Uinni