yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] aaronjwood:
I have tried all of these methods and have had no luck. Each time I see the device as offline after a second it does the USB disconnect sound and is no longer recognized by ADB. Let me ask this...those of you who can repeat this process of getting your device to be detected by ADB in recovery mode, what does windows device manager show the device as? In other words, you ran loop.bat, saw device as offline, ctrl-c the loop.bat, typed adb devices and saw the device listed as offline...what does windows device manager show at this point? Also, once you unplug/replug, type adb devices and see the device in recovery mode...what does windows device manager show the device as?

EDIT: I tried different 64-bit drivers and have narrowed it down to ADB not being able to detect the phone once the black screen with the orange/red triangle comes up. At that point windows 7 no longer recognizes the device as and ADB device and simply drops it into the USB controllers section as a mass storage device. So for some reason I am not able to see the device in recovery mode using ADB and subsequently cannot push to the device. I think all this mess really has nothing to do with getting the device into recovery...that is easy...it is getting ADB to see the device while it is in recovery that is the difficult part. I am still stuck.

EDIT2: I have now tried this on 3 different computers with 3 different operating systems...Windows XP Pro 32-bit, Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows 7 64-bit. I am beginning to think this is device specific and that the SD card issue discussed earlier might have something to do with it. I know that I am following the directions.

Thanks for the help!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
You could try swapping the MicroSD card since it's helped others but what really helped me was the HBOOT/HBOOT USB I posted (stratis was referring to the post I made when he said "posted a few pages back") and I deleted all the drivers, when windows found it as an android device I let it install but when it went to install the USBMass drivers i didn't let them install, popped into recovery before hboot usb showed up, and bingo problem solved. I'm on XP Pro SP3 with just the stock 8GB card that came w/ the phone so I can't say anything for or against the SD swap.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] aaronjwood:
How did you not let it install the mass storage drivers? Aren't they already installed, or at least automatically installed? When I delete all the drivers, Windows doesn't automatically install the android drivers, I have to manually install them. Maybe I need to put the drivers in a different place.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
When I plug in it automatically asks to install the drivers, I just hit cancel when it asks for the usb drivers until the next time I need, you could also try turning mass storage off and going w/ sync or charge with debug on.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jng15111:
SDK directory

Hey I have looked everywhere I can think of for the SDK directory that you mention to put my unzipped file in and can not find it anywhere. Please tell me where I can find this? I am new to the android, and always jailbroke my iphone would like to do this on my mytouch 3g slide.

Thank
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kingofyo1:
you cant jailbreak a slide... you ROOT a slide.. two completely and utterly different things. if you read the slide rom bible, there's a ton of howtos at the top of the page that would help you out
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mleet1980:
I keep getting these messages when I try to push the update file. Any ideas or solutions?

my computer dosent run usb 2.0 I dont think could this be the issue?

I really want LWP and Hero Sense.

Thanks for any help

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT05EPS01626 recovery

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>GOTO TOP

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb devices

^CTerminate batch job (Y/N)? hy

Terminate batch job (Y/N)? y

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push ota.zip /sdcard/update.zip

187 KB/s (0 bytes in 3679537.019s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

249 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

252 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

216 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

242 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

229 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

211 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

241 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

207 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.004s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

263 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

233 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

235 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

252 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.003s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>adb push update.zip /sdcard

193 KB/s (0 bytes in 860608.004s)

C:\Documents and Settings\DELL\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windo

ws\tools>
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
@jng you need to download and install the android SDK first, you can't just make a folder or find it.

@mleet i'm not seeing much wrong except multiple push attempts. If you're having issues getting it to push onto the card make sure there's room, if you're having signature verification issues try timing it differently.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mleet1980:
Should the numbers be there. I'm thinking it should show the total file size Instead of a 0.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] riverajuan:
Hello everyone,

I have a few questions on the available space.

Is there a way to improve beyond the 137 mb of available space?

What is the most you can improve it too without hurting the UI?

Is there a way to exchange the Faves icon on the home screen bar?

I rooted the device and deleted a few apps, but didn't notice any improvement.

Any help will be greatly appreciated
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] hockeyrcks9901:
Hey everyone,

Former G1 and current Vibrant user here, trying to root my wife's MT3GS. This phone seems a lot more complicated than others to root and flash. Good news, all I want is to be able to remove some of the bloatware for my wife, she doesn't use half of it and I don't want to be spending a lot of time flashing different ROMs to find out which one she likes the best. She's perfectly happy with stock but hates all the extra apps.

Can anyone give me some guidance on how to root this to allow me to use Titantium Back Up to remove and backup apps.

I followed the instructions for rooting (SimpleRoot v1.3)and getting into Clockwork but I didn't realize that was only temporary root. If I understand correctly, I need to get into Clockwork and flash the ENG-Release (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703076) and then flash back to a stock ROM (not sure where to get?) using the recovery from the ENG-Release?

Just to re-iterate, all I really want to do is have a stock T-Mobile ROM with root to allow for the use of Titanium Backup or some other method of removing bloatware.

I think I've seen a way to remove the bloatware using adb but I'm not sure. If that method is easier I'm open to that too.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] jaymelu:
I can't push files.

I did everything listed and I got the phone to show in recovery but for some reason I can not push the ZIP files to the SDcard. Does anyone have this problem?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] silverspoon80:
after installing superuser.apk, i tried to use adb to shell to my device. adb shell came back $ and when i typed su, it returned 'permission denied'.

have i fully rooted myslide?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
@hockeyrcks root with this method, it's a permanent root, no flashing required. Once you're in clockwork and rooted (in clockwork after rooting/rebooting) you can use the SDK commands to remove bloatware if you know the apk names.

@jay this is a bit of an issue with some people but i personally had no problems. if you have another card laying around try using it.

@silverspoon did you look at your screen, the phone's screen? if so did you get a su prompt? when rooting did you mount /system in clockwork? if you answered no to any of these you have to repeat the process, you are not rooted.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] hockeyrcks9901:
hmm...I'll have to try it again because I got into Clockwork Recovery, did a nandroid backup, rebooted the phone. I then went into Terminal and did "su" and got a "........... denied", I'm not sure what the exact terminology was.

I'll try again on Tuesday, going on vacation until then.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Kid Poker:
Where are you?

I was talking about local not shipping. I wouldn't do shipping unless I know you personally.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mulletcutter:
ok, tired the recovery like 10 times and everytime i get the phone with the red triangle...is there i didnt see in the 100+pages?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sidewinderx2:
I am having the same problem... It just goes to the red triangle after hitting the Recovery option.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
That's what its supposed to do. To get options you have to push power and vol up at the same time. It was mentioned before but got buried.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mulletcutter:
This us the step when running loop.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sabreful:
offline loop

successfully get to recognize the offline device, for maybe 3 or 4 times, then it just disappears. tried on 3 different computers, one with ubuntu, with different sd cards just in case, but still nothing. the phone only stays in offline mode for a few loops then won't show back up. I've been at this for a combined total of 4 hours of repeating the process. also tried loading the recovery from HBOOT by unplugging from usb in the bootloader and with USB PLUG. This is ridiculous. help please!!!!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] sabreful:
D:\androidSDK\tools>GOTO TOP

D:\androidSDK\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

D:\androidSDK\tools>GOTO TOP

D:\androidSDK\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT05MPS01900 offline

D:\androidSDK\tools>GOTO TOP

D:\androidSDK\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT05MPS01900 offline

D:\androidSDK\tools>GOTO TOP

D:\androidSDK\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

D:\androidSDK\tools>GOTO TOP

D:\androidSDK\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

is as far as I can go. sometimes it picks up for like 7 loops, others only 1
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] pbedard:
how do u get loop started
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] pbedard:
cant start loop

can anyone tell me what im doing wrong
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
@pbeadard 1) don't double post, it's rude. Edit posts instead of posting new ones. 2) you double-click loop.bat on windows or run loop.sh on linux/bac

@sabreful 1) same thing please don't double post. 2) sometimes adb is running twice, check your task manager to see if it is. if it isn't sometimes you just have to cancel as soon as loop sees your phone, a modified script was posted on this thread that does just that on its own.

@mullet loop just discussed.

@everyone there is a thread entirely dedicated to loop problems, please look for it and post questions about the loop step there, it will reduce clutter here.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
root mytouch slide

please help
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] eugene373:
Why are you Trying to use slidemeroot?

The New Root.zip Contains everything..

When you Flash update.zip it already contains SU binary for Bin & Superuser.apk

SlidemeRoot is old & Out dated... Root.zip is What you need!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
please help
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
root mytouch slide

I get stuck on the clockwork recovery i dont know what to do after that can someone tell me step by step what to do thank
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
Make sure the zip you are trying to install is on the root of the sdcard. If located anywhere else on the card you will not see it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
how do i know if the zip is in the root of my sdcard?

I get stuck on clockwork recovery

i click:

install zip from sdcard

choose zip from sdcard

then my only choices is:

update.zip

it doesnt give me a option of slideroot.zip

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=702973

http://zedomax.com/blog/2010/06/16/mytouch-3g-slide-hacks-how-to-root-your-mytouch-3g-slide/
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
The root of your sdcard is the first page of the card. Don't put roms in any folder on the sdcardif you want to flash it
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
I get stuck on clockwork recovery

i click:

install zip from sdcard

choose zip from sdcard

then my only choices is:

update.zip

it doesnt give me a option of slideroot.zip

is this root not for stock mytouch slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Why are you looking for slideroot.zip? What step are you following?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
clockwork recovery

install zip from sdcard

choose zip from sdcard

slideroot.zip

then my only choices is:

update.zip

thats why i was looking for slideroot.zip

how do i know if my phone rooted successfully????
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Follow the directions in the 1st post of this thread. It no longer mentions slideroot.zip anywhere in there.

If you did everything in the 1st post and used the files from the 1st post then you are rooted. You will have the superuser program installed and can run programs requiring elevated permissions.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] xcobrax81:
Hey guys, I do not know what I am doing wrong. I have no problem seeing the phone in adb as offline, then going into recovery and again seeing it in recovery through "adb devices". I have no problem pushing the zip files to the sd card (did a wipe before (FAT 32) then after when I restarted phone saw update.zip on card. My questions are

A) the OTA file was not on the card, is it supposed to be? I did not get an error and checked that everything was spelled properly

B) I selected apply update.zip on the phone and quickly hit enter in adb with push command (which was written prior to selecting apply on phone). I repeated this at least a dozen times. I pressed enter a split second after, a split second before, a couple of seconds after (basically bunch of different times) the update started and was not successful.

Any suggestions? I am literally stuck at the last 2 steps, no problems at all until applying update and pressing enter on keyboard (with adb command)
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
Getting into clockwork can be tricky (the push ota.zip method) it's all about timing so just keep trying. You're not supposed to see ota.zip. You push update.zip first, hit apply, then push ota.zip and if you type "push ota.zip update.zip" it overwrites the update.zip file, starting clockwork. Those steps are really one step, just broken down a bit more. Once again it's all about timing, and luck. Keep trying you'll get it eventually.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
MT3GS

thanks for all the help i finally got my MT3GS rooted but is still have the stock ROM. is suppose to right???? how do i flash a ROM??? what ROM's are available???
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
The easiest way to flash a rom is to flash the engineering build first then find a good rom from the rom bible.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] acolon85:
what you mean to flash the engineering build first?

sorry am new to this
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ace42:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703076

Lucky, i still cant get it to be seen in rec mode by adb :(
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
What did you do to get it seen? Did you just end the loop or did you try the HBOOT USB method, did you try removing your SD card, etc?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Ace42:
-Used a 1GB & 4Gb(class4)

-Tried process by eugene

-tried this easy method: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=703851

-i get adb reboot recovery to work & adb devices while on the mytouch screen, but once i get into that recovery, its a different story. Ive been trying to unplug and plug the usb back in once it says offline, windows makes a beeping noise once it detects the phone. I feel like giving up, this is to much trouble for me..
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] xcobrax81:
Thanks db, I'll keep trying...
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] lstevens86:
Try going to the bootloader screen, unplug phone from usb, run loop, click recovery on phone. As soon as phone come up with red triangle plug phone back into usb wait about 30 seconds. in loop should see device id - offline, then device id - recovery
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] BloodyWasHere:
when i run loop, it only sees the device offline 3-4 times and then its missing. so what i do is i keep pressing adb devices manually (up enter) till i get the htc offline message then stop right there... now that i have its info on the screen, i unplug it and replug it, i can never get it able it to be recognized again, any help on that?

C:\android2\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached

HT06XPS11429 offline

then i unplug, and replug and it goes

C:\android2\tools>adb devices

List of devices attached
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mistajayz:
So im now to the point where i can get into clockwork using adb first try everytime. if anyone needs any tips or help shoot me an email. jasonpolgar@gmail.com. what i cant wait for is a rom with apps2ext. also, can the slide be overclocked past 600? if so is anyone workin on the kernel?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kevincerna990:
I just can't finish the process..I'm stuck in the last two steps where you have to push the update.zip and get in the clockmod recovery! Can someone help me out? I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Signature verification failed? Keep doing steps 9-12, adjusting the timing a little bit until you get it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Henchmin:
Could someone with more knowledge about rooting explain this for me?

Unrevoked has a one click root method for other phones running HTC Sense.

http://unrevoked.com/

You would think that their method could be ported to the slide. Has anyone tried getting in contact with them to see if their method could be ported?

I tried but apparently I'm not good enough at android and they ignored my question.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Just from looking at the unrevoked how-to videos it looks as if it uses a modified driver to allow it to flash a new recovery from the hboot screen. The problem is on the slide the bootloader has recovery set as read only so we can not flash a new one like you can on the other phones they support.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] Henchmin:
That sucks. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kevincerna990:
Yeah it keeps on saying that...I'm done a lot of times and it just doesnt work :(

I really want to root my phone..is there like a trick so it will be easier? :confused:
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] dbzfanatic:
The only trick is persistance. Its all about the timing, just keep at it you'll get it.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] elliotshoe:
Try another SD card, it was what worked for me. Of course timing too. Maybe it was coincidence, but once I put in a new SD card it worked on the first try.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kevincerna990:
Imma try changing the sd cards and see what happens...Hope I get it this time.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] mulletcutter:
how is it that the droid x and now the samsung captive have a click root and we have have like 20 step process....is it just how the mytouch's are?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
blame htc.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] chevycowboyusa:
Timing

I had a hard time rooting at first. Then I found out that you can ADB Push first and winthin seconds hit update....

i couldnt get the push to catch the update so i reversed it and it works...

good luck!
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] emtffkev:
First I'd like to say thank you to eugene373 for the original walkthrough and all the questions and answers throughout this valuable post.

I initially had a problem getting recovery to catch in the loop, although after reading the tip about unplugging the USB until it says HBOOT, rather than HBOOT USB PLUG, then inserting the cable shortly after selecting recovery, I've got that down to a science now.

The rest of the procedure seems to go without a hitch, I can get into clockwork recovery and a backup, mount /system, and everything apparently properly in there. I reboot the unit, connect with an adb shell, and cannot SU. It appears that the root is not sticking or that I am missing some step that isn't apparent. Does anyone have any ideas as to what I may have missed?

EDIT: Disregard this, I figured out the problem. It seems I completely skipped the step to transfer the OTA.zip onto the unit. I'm now fully functional and rooted.
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] kufudo:
I tried to root my phone using this method on 3 separate computers: Win7 x86, Win7 x64 and Ubuntu 10.4. On all machines, I couldn't get loop to consistently recognize the device in Offline mode.

What happens is I restart in console, select recovery, then loop briefly recognizes the devices as offline for maybe 1 or 2 iterations, but then the device disappears again. The phone just stays on that black screen with the big red exclamation mark.

I even tried altering the loop script to automatically detect the first iteration where the device is recognized as Offline and stop. The script managed to do just that, but I still had the same issue. Phone goes to black screen with exclamation mark and that's it...

I tried all the different methods of unplugging the USB so console says HBOOT, then select recovery, then quickly plug it back in, but never had any luck.

I'm ready to give up unless someone's got any ideas?
[myTouch 3G Slide Android Development] falken98:
Is your volume up or power button broken? :D No matter what you did or didn't do that should bring up a menu (you are holding volume up while you press power, right?)