[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] 98cafe:
My xt 555c is the first android I've owned, and I mistakenly thought so little on-board memory wouldn't be an issue since I could slap a large micro SD in it....

I'm running into the same problem as the rest. SuperOneClick, etc... don't work on the XT 555c. Something's missing. Not sure if it helps, but here's the log I get from SuperOneClick. I've noticed for many people it hangs on step 7. For me it stops at step 3.

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
$ export PS1=""

getprop ro.build.version.release > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=26625

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:26625export PS1=""

getprop ro.product.manufacturer > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=43967

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:43967export PS1=""

getprop ro.product.model > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=76709

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:76709export PS1=""

getprop ro.build.version.incremental > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=31560

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:31560export PS1=""

ls -l /system/xbin/su > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=80448

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:80448export PS1=""

ls -l /system/bin/su > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=27227

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:27227export PS1=""

chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/busybox > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=65795

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:65795export PS1=""

/data/local/tmp/busybox whoami > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=13994

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:13994export PS1=""

chmod 700 /data/local/tmp/psneuter > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=35300

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:35300export PS1=""

cd /data/local/tmp/ > /data/local/tmp/output 2>&1

cannot create /data/local/tmp/output: permission denied

export TEMPRANDOM=82238

export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;cat /data/local/tmp/output

/data/local/tmp/output: No such file or directory

END:82238export PS1=""

export TEMPRANDOM=69382;export PS1=END:$TEMPRANDOM;./psneuter

./psneuter: not found

END:69382export PS1=""