yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] hiddenvision:
Hum so maybe not available as a walkin and buy it thing.

And then they wonder why there is such a big market in stolen and simunlocked equipment.

Stupid airtime people.

So to cost it further.

£349 for the phone

£20 x 12 for the contract + £20 for last month

I would be happy at £609. Is that a lot in this world I ask ?

**** I would make that back in the first application I develop for one person.

But still pinching pennys ...

Is there a charge for having the phone unlocked (by O2)

so that it is sim free after the contract ?

I assume that I can just terminate the contract early giving notice and the outstanding amount or let my mate use free time on the Sim for the year.

then cancel it after that.

If we looked at this with a slant.

The Telcos (service providors) are using Phones like the tobacco companies use the cigerette.

Once you are hooked the device is just the method of delivering the services that will generate ongoing revenue from your useage.

Steve :-)

Totaly slanted
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Puff The Magic Wagon!:
£15 per month....

Wait to see how long it takes before someone on here works out how to unlock it & save the money :D
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] hiddenvision:
Getting better.

Hum ok calculator out again.

15 x 12 wow thats only £23.50 including vat.

£544 plus unlocking charge.. ?? Looking better.

Has any body ever paid it if so how much was it and is it the same for all phones.!

Steve :-)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] Rudegar:
dont you have to add the price of sending the xda2 across the earth if it's from uk in a manner which makes sure it's not damaged ?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] JM:
On US eBay, www.ebay.com, search i mate

98 items for sale "Buy it Now" at US$ 999.00 shipping included by FedEx,

unlocked.

Shipped from Hong Kong (O2 Asia) but seller is in San Francisco.

Seller's feedback looks OK.

Expensive, yes, but if you are rushed...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] R_J_Webb:
They are kicking about on expansys now for £572
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] yabbico:
T-mobile in Germany for EUR 605

And @ T-mobile in Germany for EUR 605.00 simlock free.

But then you have the German language operation system.

1. What a diff between UK & GR ? How come

2. How do we solve the German bit ?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
Guys I don't know what to do.. My phone is telling me my sd card is damaged and it would like to reformat it but I have allot of stuff on it

its a 64gb micro sdxc sandisc

even my computer is saying the card has an I/O error I'm really hoping there's a way to fix this as I haven't backed up the card.

don't know if this helps either but I dropped my phone last night..worked fine after..then this morning without rebooting it claimed sd card error?

tyvm
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] kimtyson:
You're probably screwed but...

turn off phone, pull battery, pull SD card and reinsert it. Turn on phone and see what it tells you about the card. If it's still wonky you have to resort to trying to save it on a PC. Good luck but that's why back-up is so important. The card is probably OK but the data might be hosed. Sorry.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Ray_Banci:
Yeah I think I'm screwed there was so much music..like 3 years worth lmao all transferred from my old ass windows 2003 xp

:(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] gregsarg:
ugh.....very sorry....

PC backups of that much material are soooo helpful...g
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] scariola:
Actually saw this. Worth a try. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1355528

There was a freeware tool I was thinking of, but cannot think of the name. It would fall under data recovery, there are some great software's out there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] daswahnsinn:
I had the same issue once or twice, what I did was boot into my linux box and try to see if it would mount, so I could get the data off. Then format it to ext4. Next I booted into Win7 and formatted it to ntfs. Popped it into my device and it said it had to format the sd for android, lol, and it worked.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x Jumpman23 x:
I originally was using TWRP the latest version, and every time I tried to make a backup, it would say error too many open files, data lost found and then error tarring split files... so I tried flashing CWM and when trying to make a backup it said error while making a backup image of /data. I really don't know what to do, as now I'm basically forced to stay on the rom I'm on, and I want to try out something new. Any help?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] x Jumpman23 x:
Bump.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] mikeman45:
So you are rooted and bootloader is unlocked correct. Are you sure you have the latest twrp. You could get goo manager app and get latest through there by going into settings and flash recovery. Then when in recovery don't select anything extra when you go to backup. Should work fine if your rooted and bootloader is unlocked. Remember if you took Verizon latest ota them your bootloader would be locked again, just putting that out there.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Hi guys, i tried to root Bluestacks Apps Player Beta for Mac OS X on Windows by using a method similar to the one used to root BS for Windows.

But unfortunately i am not able to test the modded files as i do not actually own a Mac OS X device, and i am not familiar with the OS either.

So i am asking, any volunteer here willing to help me test this experimental modded files?

How to use

1) Download BlueStacks AppPlayer Beta .dmg for Mac OS X & install it.

2) Download modded files provided below, make sure the targeted version is same as your installed version.

3) Extract the downloaded zip and use the modded files to replace the following folders:

~/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Android/Root.sparsefs/
~/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Android/Prebundled.sparsefs/
~/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Android/Data.sparsefs/
~/Library/BlueStacks App Player/Android/SDCard.sparsefs/

Downloads & Changelogs

:

[URL="http://goo.gl/wJYSR"][SIZE="3"]BSRoot_0.3.6.102d.zip[/SIZE][/URL] (99.88 MB, Pass: [COLOR="Red"]vote@xda[/COLOR], Last Update: [COLOR="Red"]03/04/2013[/COLOR])

~ Target: BlueStacks for Mac OS X v[URL="http://goo.gl/ILhtK"]0.3.6.102[/URL] Only (Released: 21/03/2013)
+ Allow /system rw
+ su (standalone/on the fly)
+ Google Play v3.10.14
+ Google Contacts/Calendar Sync
+ Flash Player v11.1
+ Holo Launcher v2.0.2 Free
+ Terminal Emulator v1.0.52 OS
- Most bloatware

Notes

:

- By replacing above folders, your existing settings & data will be gone, you are advised to create a backup before trying the mod.

* Please note that all version prior to the 03/04/2013 update probably will not work, try the latest version.

* If you tried please at least COME BACK TO VOTE so that i can know how it goes. Thank you!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
-Reserved-
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
I think this worked, still trying to find a way to test the "rooted-ness" of it. Do you know where bluestacks puts the apps it installs from the market? /data seems to be empty.

---------- Post added at 04:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

typing su into terminal gets me a segmentation fault

SuperSu hangs or doesn't run.

ESFile Explorer can't use it's "root" features. (Test Fails)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Hi, Thanks for the feedback.

Without SuperSU working properly, terminal is running as app user thus you will not be able to view contents of /data/ as the folder is owned by 'system'.

Not sure why SuperSU is not working. Anyway, I have updated the files to use Superuser 3.2 instead of SuperSU, now with the updated files,

Superuser can be uninstalled easily, and if the superuser still causing problem, try uninstall it & run su without the apk installed.

Appreciate if you can retry the new file & also provide me the output for 'mount'. Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
Superuser app opened, but then closed on its own before I could check the settings.

I cleared data and then it seemed to stay open, so that I can go through the settings.

here's the result of su (still Segmentation fault)

and then mount

(sorry that it's a picture, copy seems to be an option, but can't find a way to paste.)

why does xda resize the pictures so small?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meatlocker:
Re: [Emulator][BlueStacks Beta for Mac] Getting root access - Testers wanted

Would love to try this, codelover, but am wondering if you are testing in your own environment first, or are you expecting us to QA it? Don't get me wrong... I really appreciate you taking the lead on this, I just need to understand what my effort and interest level need to be. Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Thanks! Now i know that /system can be mounted rw, one step forward. Next step is to find a working copy of su then we are done.

Can you confirm the Segmentation fault still appear after the apk been removed/uninstalled? One more thing, can you test run su after cd to /sdcard?

Just checked the alpha root by @bitstra, looks like they faced the same problem with superuser apk, so they have su working alone without the apk, maybe i will get you a copy of the su to test.

Btw do you have adb for Mac? Might need it to push su to BS for testing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Hi meatlocker, Thank you for your interest. The answer is no, i have no chance to test it because i do not actually own a Mac.

But i have been working with BS for Windows for months that i am pretty sure Mac version can be rooted too.

I am just trying to help, it's really up to Mac users effort if they really want to see it get rooted.

The more feedback the faster it can be done. If i got a Mac that would be easier since i got several test cases that i can run on my own.

For now, everything is based on my assumption.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
yup, I've got adb installed and it see bluestacks, haven't tried to run any commands or anything

still get the Segmentation Fault and never get a typical su request popup for any app.

uninstalled superuser.

tried su in terminal, still Segmentation fault

installed SuperSu from play store

same results... app didn't run very well... tried to update itself and failed.

uninstalled

installed superuser (3.1.3?) from the Play store

took some screenshots (looked kinda hopeful?)

still same errors in terminal, no access to /data
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
You cannot install Superuser/SuperSU directly from market because it will install an arm version of the binary instead of the x86 that we need.

Now we need to identify which su binary version works with BS for Mac.

Please download the attached su-test.zip that contains various versions of su, extract to adb folder and then run the following commands:

adb push su-test /data/local/tmp/

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/su*

adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.1-x86 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.1.1-x86 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.2-x86 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-bin-3.1 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-1.25 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su.x86 -v
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su.orig -v

* Also try to run above su without -v

We are expecting su to returns a version number or 'permission denied' message from a working copy, instead of segmentation fault.

Please let me know which version works. I think we can finalize this soon. Thank you again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tk_xda:
Re: [Emulator][BlueStacks Beta for Mac] Getting root access - Testers wanted

Also, how can we get into the contents of the Android disk image files on a Mac to extract android files, etc?

And how much space do we have in the simulated Android to install apps?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
adb push su-test /data/local/tmp/

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/su*

adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.1-x86 -v
[COLOR="Red"]returned 3.1[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.1.1-x86 -v
[COLOR="red"]returned Segmentation fault[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-3.2-x86 -v
[COLOR="red"]returned Segmentation fault[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-bin-3.1 -v
[COLOR="red"]hung[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su-1.25 -v
[COLOR="red"]hung[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su.x86 -v
[COLOR="red"]returned Segmentation fault[/COLOR]
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su.orig -v
[COLOR="red"]returned su: permission denied[/COLOR]

* Also try to run above su without -v
[COLOR="red"]same results as above except that I got Segmentation fault on the ones that hung with -v[/COLOR]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Definately a good news! I will try to rebuild Root.sparsefs to include both working copies of su-3.1 & su.orig.

But if i am not mistaken su.orig only works alone thus not supporting Superuser apk for confirmation.

EDIT: Files updated, download HERE.

CHANGES: Using su.orig copy without any Superuser apk.

NOTE: Might need to replace all new .sparsefs files instead of just Root.sparsefs.

Kinda weird as all su in su-test can run in BS for Windows except su.orig that returned Seg. fault. :confused:

Anyway, hope to hear some good news soon.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nudawa:
I replaced the files and kill Bluestacks, then I re-open Bluestacks .... NOTHING HAPPENED, my data and apps still there, and NO ROOT. Why?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
1) Make sure you are using the required version, as these rooted files only works for v0.3.6.102.

2) Once you have replaced Data & SDCard, non of your existing apps should remain; If the apps still there you probably did it wrong.

3) Make sure you close your Bluestacks before replacing those files.

* Please note that the 'rooted files' mentioned above are 4 folders that contains 2 files in each folder.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
did you want me to run some more tests?

so far all I've done is load the new files, open terminal, and try su: got permission denied
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Have you tried executing 'su' from adb instead of Terminal?

I am not sure how the included su.orig from alpha should behave as i got segfault here on Windows.

Unlike the newer SuperSU that works without apk, the su-3.1-x86 that worked for you during the test needs superuser apk,

but non of the apks i tested here work with that binary (All hung), kinda weird, until we have a working su+apk, other apps cannot gain root.

So i was thinking maybe we should try other superuser app, like the opensource ClockworkMod Superuser since it support x86 too.

Please download the attached su to test, let's see whether this one still causing segfault or not.

adb push su /data/local/tmp/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/su
adb shell /data/local/tmp/su -v

As usual, we are expecting su to return some version info.

As i don't think it's a good idea to keep asking you to download & test a new 100M file for something unsure, i provide you an alternative:

By replacing with this modded initrd.img (~/Library/BlueStacks App Player/AppBundle/Contents/Android/initrd.img), if this work (hopefully), it will:

Once replaced initrd.img, reboot and if you see a new file /data/root/test and it's owned by root then you can proceed to the below tests, otherwise useless.

1) Install ClockworkMod [URL="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.superuser"]Superuser[/URL] or download [URL="http://download.clockworkmod.com/apks/Superuser.apk"]here[/URL].
2) adb push su /data/root/su
3) Restart Bluestacks to get the permissions needed by su.
4) Open terminal & type the following command: /data/root/su # Should get a prompt

* Note that you will be asked to update su binary but you won't be able to do so at the moment. leave that first.

If non of the above work i guess the only option is to test all su binaries and apks, which is very time-consuming.

But i guess i am to giving up instead as it's too hard for me to debug without actually owning a Mac to test it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
tried running it from an adb shell, still permission denied

tried this: segmentation fault

did all that. /data/root exists and seems writable (though trying to do an ls in /data still gives me permission denied)

but /data/root/su still gave me segmentation fault...

which version was that? Which versions did we get to give us a version number the other day?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
It was su-3.1-x86 that i got it from here but the site is down at the moment. You can still find the binary on my previous post, inside su-test.zip.

With that version i managed to get root with adb, but without a working apk you cannot gain root from other apps since it was designed to act like that.

But what makes me wonder is that the su.orig that worked without apk (anyone confirm?) on alpha supposed to work on this beta too.

Now that /data/root/ is working as expected, it's so much easier for you to test the binaries, just push to /data/root/ and reboot to get the required permissions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
/data/root/ may be working as expected, but there still seems to be a "su" in the path somewhere, whose permissions are denied. Will that cause problems

I put the 3.1 file from the su-test folder into /data/root, restarted bluestacks, and then went to terminal, I've attached a screenshot of those results, including calling just "su" to note the difference

Maybe if I had a better handle on what we wanted all the permissions to be and where we wanted this executable su to be, and what su an app/apk like superuser tries to use, I could help more.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Since the /data/root/su from CWM Superuser did not work for you it's useless too. You should be able to get temporary root access by using adb.

adb shell
$ /data/root/su-3.1-x86
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
yup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Yay! Looks like there is still some hope! I just found a backup server for all the su binaries & the apks!

So now what you do is downloads all the -x86 binaries and find out which one works without causing segfault, newer version preferable,

once you can get the version info from su you can continue installing the same version apk.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
I think i just found the answer. modded su to work independently. would you mind to help me test it?

As usual, push to /data/root/ & reboot, then run Terminal & /data/root/su-mod, with the working root you can now replace /system/xbin/su,

and chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su, awaiting feedback so that i can push to the original modded files.

Btw, did the preconfigured Launcher display correctly when first launched on your system (No icon overlap on App Drawer etc)?

Any app need 'Clear Data' before it can launch properly? Also, does the new *.sparsefs permission need to be the same with the original?

Again, Thank you for your feedback, appreciate that!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
I haven't ever seen problems in the Launcher or App Drawer, no ned to "clear data" on anything... didn't change any permissions.

all those commands worked, replaced the /system/xbin/su with the su-mod

but the permissions on /system/xbin/su stay as -rwsr-sr-x and give me a:

/system/bin/sh: /system/bin/su: not executable: magic 7F45
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Thanks for the info. If you get magic 7F45 that binary probably is an arm binary, i believe it was placed there by su binary updater from superuser?.

My guess is that the system will always look for su in /system/bin/su first, as per defined in $PATH.

A simple test case would be executing /data/root/su-mod from Terminal (after reboot/permission fix), if you can gain root the modded binary works.

I suggest you to delete both /system/bin/su & /system/xbin/su and then re-copy from /data/root/su-mod after reboot.

Btw the main modded files on second post has been updated with the modded su.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Feedback needed.....

Any feedback for the modded files? If any of you tried please come back to vote, i need more votes to know how it goes.

If works i can change status from 'Experimental' to 'Rooted', otherwise i will just state that it does not work.

Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
I have root, from terminal, anyway, do you an app that needs root that you'd like me to install to test it's fully rooted and usable from apks?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Since ES File Explorer was giving you problem previously, have you tried that with the new modded su?

I assumed that you already know you need to enable the "Root enhancement" feature under the app settings.

For ES Task Manager once you enable above feature you will have a section called "Startup Manager" on main page.

By the way would you mind to vote if the above test success. Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] efdisastet:
Is there a certain version of superuser I should be trying to use?

ESFile Explorer hangs because it tries to invoke the superuser app for permission when I check off the "Root Explorer" option... restarting BlueStacks does make it show up as checked off, though, and I can write to all the commonly restricted places that I try to write to, with ESFile explorer.

ES Task manager, works fine, it seems. Checked off Root enhancement and Startup Manager shows up.

Another app suggestion to test?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Non of the superuser apks tested compatible with the su binary that works on (your) Mac system.

So what i did was modded the su to bypass the use of database managed by superuser apk, so you can grant root access on the fly.

The is all the best i can do as all other newer versions of su failed to work (segfault), at least on your system.

You should remove the superuser apk as it's no longer needed, if you have any. Well, i think all other app that requires root should work too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
Wondering what ever happened with this
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Divone:
the bluestacks is rooted but the problem is the supersu not working and codelover can you make this bluestacks read arabic in good way because to many guys have a problem with this i want to root to change language and make support arabic but the problem is supersu not working for any test i will do for you
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] codelover:
Based on the feedbacks received earlier, non of the supersu works with BS for Mac.

If you are using my pre-rooted files, you do not need to install any apk (supersu/superuser). The su binary included has been modded to bypass database query, which means root permission should be granted on the fly (without the popup dialog asking for authorization).

As for the arabic text support, let me know what you are trying to do. Are you trying to patch framework.jar?

You should be able to use adb to replace the files.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Divone:
the bluestacks is rooted for sure i check it with root checker app

thanks for the root master

yes i want to patch:

framework.jar and libwebcore.so and libandroid_runtime.so

i tried to change with this method http://blog.devasque.com/?page_id=11

but how to connect with adb ?

and master codelover change the name of your thread Experimental because it's work fine

i tested root explorer and it's work fine