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[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
lol...

Glad you made it over....You're a Junior Member!

LMAO
[Droid Eris Android Development] gtpdjw:
I'm waiting patiently for the post that says "WE HAVE ROOT"
[Droid Eris Android Development] csht:
I think the post stating "we have a stack of 10 bricks and one rooted phone but we are unable to reproduce the results" would be a motion in the right direction.

Are we able to brick a phone through the command line? or is it so locked down that it's that safe?
[Droid Eris Android Development] CaddymanLNL:
thats me :)

LNL was a old cell forum i used to run, like 7 years ago....lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
LOL...Yes we can definelty brick our phones with some of the stuff the Devs are trying...

The Devs are working really hard and trying some pretty cool stuff.

I have no doubt at all that we will get root on this, and cant wait to give it to everyone!
[Droid Eris Android Development] zifnab06:
The HTC Dev page doesn't need any sort of public key.

Simple enough. When HTC releases a ROM, they sign it with their private key. Using the Public Key, the phone decrypts it to see if it has been modified. Without their Private Key, we can't sign images to put on the Desire. We need their key to make new images. Rooting can 'hack' the software that our phones use to not check for a key. So, after we have root, we can make custom images. But how the phones are set up, custom images can't give us root (if that makes sense).
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Is that true? If we have one root that's one closer to being rooted! :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] laxattack:
Anyone heard of using a file named pb00img.zip from the sd card for an update?
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
First page.

I know thats not the same file name but we still need a signed update which is what they were talking about a few posts before this too. :\
[Droid Eris Android Development] dovo:
thanks

I just wanted to say thank you for the explanation. :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] dubski123:
First and foremost, thanks to all of the humans devoting their energy to the greater good (meaning rooting the phone). I imagine most, if not all, of you have jobs that pay you pretty well to do some of the things you're doing for the good of the community, and I thank you for rejecting the reductionist impulse to use money as uber-metric. While it may not be curing cancer, what you're doing here is valuable.

Secondly, I remember there being an effort to hassle HTC into giving up some information that would lead to root access. Something about wanting full functionality and it being wrong of them to keep it from us. I've noticed (obviously) that both YouTube and Bluetooth File Transfer don't work on the Desire. Has anyone tried using this angle in some angry, or at least poignant, letters to HTC about opening up the phone? There are two sides to hacking, man v. machine, and man v. man. Maybe the less technical ones among us can exploit the later group.

This is my first post, and I'm glad to step into the community with both feet.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Thanks for joining and thanks for your support.

HTC already release the Kernel Source code we asked them for, and there will be other OTA updates before the end of Q1.

So I dont think we really need to complain to them anymore :)

We are working hard on root though!
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Damn Acidbath, every time I see your name in here I hope it is good news.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Well it's Sunday so time to go FULL FORCE! :D

Let's get root guys! I'm rooting for you! (pun intended)

How close would you guys say you are?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Flenin:
Flenin

I am willing to contribute $20 to the bounty as well if there is an account set up
[Droid Eris Android Development] laxattack:
you know honestly i think a combo of goldcard and a edited pb001img.zip file derived from our source code already rooted will work. i think you should try it and not just shoot it down. I know you guys said that gold card didnt work, but maybe it just wasnt made right. I say you should try again, and should keep everything open instead of staying behind closed doors with everything.
[Droid Eris Android Development] cl1ck4207:
10 bucks from me

ill contribute ten to the cause just please please please get this thing rooted i come from a blackberry and windows media world ive been able to hack into every single phone ive owned except this one and its really pissin me off so root away people please
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
I'd have to agree on one point. It's not very productive just to shoot everything down, even if someone says something that was already tried. Who knows, the other devs might have been doing it all wrong. However, I think what would help in productivity is if the person who suggests the idea gives it a shot for themselves, assuming you own the device. If you don't own the device, then I apologize.
[Droid Eris Android Development] cl1ck4207:
just postin anotherto be subsribed to this thread
[Droid Eris Android Development] binny1007:
No body is shooting down any ideas, just trying to let you know we tried that allready. The gold card does not bypass the Sig check. But if you feel like it may still work than go for it. You are a 100 percent right that we may have done somthing wrong, or you might just do somthing a little different. The only thing that I would say is read through all the root threads to see what was all tried just so you don't waist your time.
[Droid Eris Android Development] punk.kaos:
I'll second that. Its not that we're shooting it down, we've just tried it, it doesn't work as far as we can tell. I've made goldcards before for other Android phones, I know how they work. The Eris will show a new menu if the goldcard is valid, but it doesn't bypass the sig check.
[Droid Eris Android Development] JTF2007:
Could the signature be a particular way that the internal ROM is formatted? I don't know if there are special switches that can be used to format the internal memory (or SD card). But could this be a possibility? It seems like the signature check looks at every file...could it be more basic than that? Rather than look at every file, look at the way the memory is formatted that is holding the files? I'm not a dev or a programmer but just had this random thought while reading some posts here.

Keep up the hard work everyone!
[Droid Eris Android Development] refthemc:
@acidbath5546, I think you should post what you updated with the date next to it. Kinda gets annoying reading the whole first post trying to see what you updated. Good luck with everything Devs :Thumbs Up:
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
Have any of the devs or any on for that matter played around with this. Go to your dialer and call ###program the password is 000000. I don't really know what it all is but I hope it helps.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
I will try....been super busy lately :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] mainfram3:
<worthless question was here>
[Droid Eris Android Development] Raziken:
##PROGRAM (##7764726)

[Select Call]

[Breadbox Popup|Password Prompt]

000000

[OK]

>1XEV-DA Data Parameters

--MDR_MODE

--MIP MODE

--MIP Registration Retries

--MIP Registration Retry Timeout

--MIP Pre-Registration Timeout

--Number of Profiles

--Mobile Note-HA Authentication

--Send a Registration Request Only in Use

--Reverse Tunneling

--PAP_USER_ID

--PAP_PASSWORD

--DATA_PKT_ORIG_STR

--DATA_SCRM_ENABLED

--PREF_FOR_RC

--DATA_SO_SET

>Display Group

--SW Versions

--HW Versions

--PRL ID

--ERI ID

--MEID(HEX)

--MEID(DEC)

--Display ESN(HEX)

--Display ESN(DEC)

--Phone Type

--Manufacture Data Code

--Auto Customer Warranty Date Code

>Feature Settings

--Voice Privacy

--Lifetime Calls

>NAM CDMA Settings

>NAM-General

>Phone Directory Grouping

No Use, thnx though ^_^
[Droid Eris Android Development] keith.mcintyre26:
Is it possible to take the one rooted phone and compile an update.zip, put on the root of the SD and reboot the Eris into recovery, then install update.zip?
[Droid Eris Android Development] FireSokar:
Your not understanding... No Droid eris has been rooted it was a comment by someone else.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Well I'm sorry for hoping then...
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Dont think he meant that....Was just pointing out that out in relation to another post :)

its funny, I see you here and over at androidforums cookieman....good to see people traveling.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
:confused: Did I actually post on AndroidForums or did you just see CPCookieMan? I don't even remember making an account there... :confused:
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Whooops, I just went over and its someone with a similar name...my bad...
[Droid Eris Android Development] droiddoess:
soo im new here, long time reader never posted anything just wondering the status on rooting the eris?
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
I'd like to be considered for the development team. Below is a snapshot of how far I have gotten so far, and now I'm a little confused what to do next...

Am I close? :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] mainfram3:
Hello.

Over at the Tattoo forum we've been looking into this bug, for the 2.6.29 kernel: http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/8678. Looking at the kernel source released by HTC it seems to be unpatched in the Tattoo, maybe this also applies to the Droid Eris ?

We're in need of someone who's familiar with ARM shellcode and the Android system to try to port this exploit to our phones.

Please take a look at this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=631540&page=3

Regards,

mf3
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
Is this exploit any good for us?

and lol...

* Please note this exploit is released to you under fuqHAK5 licence agreement, you may use
* this exploit, sell it, recode it, rip the header and claim it as your own on the condition
* that you are not a fan of the hak5 tv "hacking" show. This exploit must not be renamed from
* shoryuken.c at any time.
*
* -- prdelka
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
LOL...

Our devs are looking into it ...
[Droid Eris Android Development] tdavis42:
It looks like you might have done it. After that helpful post they found a back door. :D

Great job so far Devs, keep up the hard work witch I imagine it is hard to stop now that you are so close. I wish I wasn't so jobless or I would contribute. I need the cash to bay the bills so I can enjoy your hard work.

Thanks to mainframe for stopping by and dropping the post as well. I bet that Sickbox and yourself were typing that message at the same time.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thefuzz4:
Just posting to subscribe to the thread. Thanks for the hard work dev's. Being a linux/unix admin I understand how tricky this can be. Wish I understood kernel code a little better so I could lend you guys a hand.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Videofolife13:
Just checking in. Great to hear you guys have an exploit working. very impressed with all the hard work you've done.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HT123:
Exploit code

Hello.

For those of us who have been working on this on our own can you please post the modified exploit code that you have working so we can compile it and use it.

Much thank.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jamezelle:
thank you that made my day!!!:p
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
All things will be made public, once Root is achieved and once it can be %100 confirmed that exploit and everything works.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HT123:
So that's a no?

-dinkish comment deleted. I apologize.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
we all have bad days reply...lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] devildog9999:
Fantastic News guys! Looking forward to Sending cash! Nice work!
[Droid Eris Android Development] SoCalSpecialist:
nevermind - dumb ass question -
[Droid Eris Android Development] sickbox:
wo0t! great work devs! I'm sure the Tattoo guys will be happy as well.
[Droid Eris Android Development] navalynt:
I'd we billing to volunteer to test the exploit against the CDMA Hero running software 1.62 which thus far is un-rootable (patched with updated bootloader). :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] morrobaybum:
So I have been following this for the last two threads and it is great to hear that something might finally be coming. We have all been so eager to get this phone rooted. Put me in for 10 cause the guys doing all the hard work for us really need something for their efforts. Just tell me how to send the money and I will get it to you.
[Droid Eris Android Development] devildog9999:
Just for the fact that the devs worked SO hard, and that the thread stayed on topic and without Flames - Bump me to 20!
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
morrobaybum and devildog:

Thanks and I will update the thread...

Everybody have a great Valentines day and take a minute and step away from your beuatiful phones and give some love to your beautiful significant other!
[Droid Eris Android Development] jballz0682:
Good to hear

I'm glad to see the progress that's been made since the lifespan of two threads gone bad plus one really well thought out community based thread. Keep up the good work. Also put me down for $20 because I really don't think you guys should go away empty handed after all. I know its not over yet but keep up the good work guys.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bftb0:
ab,

I wouldn't want to distract the devs if they are on to a good lead, but here's something to add to the mix if it turns out to be needed.

zifnab06's technique of unpacking the RUU and renaming rom.zip to PB00IMG.ZIP, and placing it on the root of the SD card... but without any modifications at all allows you to use HBOOT to roll the phone backwards to the 1.16.605 RUU. (And completely avoids the use of the PC, other than getting the .zip file over to the SD Card). ( For anybody reading this who hasn't seen this, it is a HARD RESET - you will lose all settings and configuration on your phone.)

I know the devs played with similar tests back in December, but IIRC it was with cooked .zip files and negative results. The 1.17.605 RUU hadn't come out yet, so there was no need to check for a rollback, and later posts seemed to indicate that the PC-based RUU utility wouldn't let you roll backwards.

It's not much, I realize - but at least it gives devs working with 1.17.605 phones the opportunity to roll back one set of kernel patches to 1.16.605 if they so desire.

greets,

bftb0
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
It seems like we almost have root then! I'm definitely following this closely for the next few days. ROOT HERE WE COME! :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] ECLIPS3:
You think we can get an update on what is going on with the root besides just a exploit is found and seems to be working. It seems like ever since you moved off forum, to a new place that no one can even view, we have been shunned out.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dagouk:
That's awesome you guys almost have the Eris rooted. You guys are amazing. Can't wait for the root to be released. I'm still in for the $100 reward for the root.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Shunned??

I am updating 5 different websites and forums almost daily.

All tried and failed and used exploits and methods have been updated constantly and in detail in the first post.

I understand that patience is difficult at times...but please try and be POSITIVE or SUPPORTIVE.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Thats awesome to hear man :)

Thanks so much for your support and patience :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Quick question, how much time from now will it take to get a consumer usable root? You guys are AWESOME!!!
[Droid Eris Android Development] jamezelle:
342 hours ans 27 minutes :p

not really sure, could be 10 minutes could be 10 days

we are working on it!:)
[Droid Eris Android Development] redman213:
You better be!! lol jk. It's good to see you guys might finally be done with this stubborn thing! Anyways I wish you guys the best of luck and hope to see root soon:D
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
I support you! In spite the fact you took my Square-Root of Eris picture seriously and invited me to try out for the dev team. :D:D

But I am glad I made some of you laugh with the photo. I was afraid some people had already last their sense of humor :).
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
lol....would of gone way crazy by now without a sense of humor!

I still think that when Verizon rolls out 2.1 update it will allow us to use our phones as hover boards!
[Droid Eris Android Development] apreichner:
I still don't put much stock on Verizon releasing 2.1 any time soon for the Eris. Kind of makes me wish I had a Nexus One since it's all done through Google which means they are going to be the first ones to get updates.

Some people on this thread sound like the little kids in the back of the car on a REALLY LONG trip. "Are we there yet? Hey dad, Are we there yet? Hey mom, are we there yet?" And then there are the REALLY dedicated ones who have to go to the bathroom really bad but don't want to go because they are refreshing this thread over and over again.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
LOL That sounds like when the thread started. Posting every 10 seconds!!! Now I just leave it for a few hours and if I'm lucky I have a response. We're still doing good though!
[Droid Eris Android Development] zanfur:
I posted some simple ARM shellcode for this sploit over in that thread, for those that are looking to try it out. The shellcode in the published exploit is for x86, which won't work for obvious reasons.
[Droid Eris Android Development] redman213:
Happy Valentine's Day! Hope you guys have fun I know I will!:D
[Droid Eris Android Development] morphius2036:
For all you Last Minute V-Day shoppers.....Nothing says I Love you more than firearms.
[Droid Eris Android Development] rom116:
2.1 with sense

When this does get rooted, is there a dev that will be able to make a custom rom with 2.1 and sense, or do we have to wait until it's released first? May be a dumb question, but I am getting pretty excited.
[Droid Eris Android Development] n2imagination:
@all Devs and seniors,

Thank you for the hard work! Hearing the progress is great. I have been patiently waiting and hoping that this will get accomplished, but not holding out any hopes for a time line since HTC seems to be treating this phone like the bastard child in my opinion. It especially frustrates me to know that 2.1 has already been implemented with sense in other HTC products (even though they may not have hit market yet). I was extremly proud of my Eris at first and happy to own one. I still love the form factor, function, and even sense (to a degree), but am getting a bit down on the prospect of having to wait 6 months after a released Android update to even consider it being implemented on my phone due to a UI overlay. I can live without sense if this is the case.

Getting long winded but I really wanted to say I truly appreciate your work, and that you guys are the reason I am holding on to this phone right now and not bailing for a straight Google model that will get instant updates.

I'm in for $25 on the bounty.
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Thanks :)

We all get long winded at times, after all we do love out HTC's :)

I have added your pledge.

thanks for your support!
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
I will laugh when Google releases their next phone and completely abandons future updates for the Nexus. That'll show all the people that didn't want to be patient for 2.1.

How close are we to root?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Ffej5647:
According to acidbath's first post that is updated as of February 12th, looks like an exploit has been found to work so far but there is a lot more testing of it. Please just look at the updates it makes life a little bit easier!
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Good Looking out :)

Couldnt of said it any better.

Thanks
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Hey Acidbath i noticed in the first post it said this

"Tried: Renaming a rom UPDATE.ZIP / PB001ZIP

Worked (y/n): no

Why?: Roms are signed by HTC. We can't sign our own'

How did you get to the recovery screen(i think thats what its called) where you select the update file?
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
With the phone off, hold Volume Up and Send. Power on the phone while holding the buttons in. Then you hit Volume Down to get to the HBOOT menu. From there you can push Volume Up to get into Recovery Mode.

While this may not be the fastest way, this way should work.
[Droid Eris Android Development] CPCookieMan:
Sorry about that. I was more trying to get a time frame, but I guess that means a couple days? I'm not a dev so I can't make much out of a lot more testing. My apps for Mac and Android can't really compare but a lot of testing takes like a day...
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
No Worries...

I can really give E.T.A's or time frames though...

We are making progress, but could really be anytime.
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Awesome thanks!!! Can I now put any Droid rom on there and apply it, or do I have to wait for ROMs specifically made for the Eris
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
WOW...Man you need to step away from your Eris!....lol

Just giving ya a hard time.

Seriously though,

You CANT just throw a droid ROM on there!

The phone has not been rooted!

You need to read up a bit man, your getting a bit ahead of yourself and might brick your phone.

Just trying to save you some grief...
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Alright thanks, do you have a guess of when a root will be released? And when we do will you put a tutorial on how to put a ROM on there
[Droid Eris Android Development] Spencer_Moore:
All in time we don't want to rush the devs. BTW thanks for all the hard work guys wish i could help more
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Yes a Tutorial will be given...

Not trying to be rude...but your asking questions that are asked and answered...read the thread.
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Sorry, one last question I hate the HTC Sense keyboard and have tried to install the regular Android 1.5 LatinIME.apk and it always fails, any suggestions, or keyboards alike?
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
LOL...you hate reading and searching dont ya???

LMAO.

I really like swype...a bit buggy but works for me.

Great thread over here on it:

http://androidforums.com/htc-droid-eris/40128-swype-avail-eris.html
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Actually I kinda do!!!
[Droid Eris Android Development] acidbath5546:
Just messing with ya :)

But check swype out...it has some buggy issues...but great in portrait mode.

And dont worry I am happy to help out and answer any questions I can.

Just one of those Monday's ya know?
[Droid Eris Android Development] iloveandroid:
Ya, but a good Monday(No School)

Wait so I'm kinda confused because this article( http://gizmodo.com/5472097/trio-of-...s-leaked-meet-desire-legend-and-touch-hd-mini ) says this is the HTC Desire, when isn't that another name for the Eris
[Droid Eris Android Development] JrzDroid:
Just wanted to run over here from Android Forums and give a "Thanks for all the hard work Devs"
[Droid Eris Android Development] zifnab06:
After a weekend of snowboarding (2 out of 3 days), i'm back.

As far as LatinIME.apk: You can't install two programs with the same name. On our device, "com.android.keyboard" is taken by the keyboard we use. You should be able to download the keyboard source though and rename it (I have NO idea how to do this, my android programming skills stop at my "flashlight", which isn't much).
[Droid Eris Android Development] !!CANDROID!!:
EZCITED TO BE HERE!!!! Thanks AcidBath for all the updates!!! And thanks Devs for working so diligently on the eris!!!! :D