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[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
I deleted the previous SDK from my computer, and followed every step in that tutorial to a 't'*.

"You will need to press volume down on the phone and then IMMEDIATELY remove the SD card from the phone. As quickly as possible."

Did that, but I waited like half a second, but made sure it was before it tried to read the SD card.

"Position your right hand over the sd card and the left hand over the Volume Up button. As soon as you press Volume Up, starting counting "1-1000, 2-1000, 3-1000, 4-1000", which in Tereg's case took approximately 2.5 seconds. As soon as you finish counting, press the SD card into the phone."

Started counting as soon as I felt the vibration from pushing up. I counted nice and slowly, and wasn't rushed.

"At the next prompt, type this command but DO NOT execute it yet. Code: adb push update.zip /sdcard This is another timing step. You will need to press the Power button then look for a very faint, dim progress bar near the bottom of the screen. The progress bar will be green."

If you get to that step, make sure you move the curser to "Apply Update.zip", because it defaults to reboot your phone, and you got to stick it in recovery all over again. (should be appending the tutorial soon)

Edit: My card slot was worn out last night and wouldn't eject properly, but it worked today. I have no idea, but if thats the case, wait a day or so and it should be fine.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
I see, I see. Hmm I've done everything to a 't' as well, but still cannot get the loop to recognize it. :/
[Droid Eris Android Development] tereg:
You need to make sure that your working directory in the command prompt is the tools directory of the Android SDK

In the tutorial example, that would be

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>

So, when you do an adb push, it needs to look like

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb push <fill in rest of command>
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
I got it to recognize about three times, out of about 6 or so. Just keep trying.

Also, do you have Windows 7 or XP?
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Jeeze, 3/6? Nice! I've probably done it a little over 50 times now, without getting it once.

I have Windows 7 by the way. I'm sure that I've done all the steps up to this perfectly fine.

When I first started, I believe I messed up so I restarted after formatting my SD card (the one from bestbuy), so the only step that I haven't done was formatting it, since I already have it formatted. Any tips?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
All I can say is to format it exactly as the tutorial says just to eliminate any variations.

Since you're in Windows 7, are you booting it up with the disable driver signature option?

Edit: I tried it last night about 200 times. Come on today and did each step exactly as the tutorial said, and it was pretty much no problem.
[Droid Eris Android Development] kzoodroid:
I was in the tools directory and it wouldn't work. So I downloaded Rom Manager and it seems to be working. Loaded Clockwork Mod Recovery using it and am going to try installing a custom ROM next once I find one I like.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
I had no problem with the drivers, like I said earlier. It said something like, "this driver is unlicensed, allow update?" or something, and I just clicked allow and it was fine.

Plus, for some reason it's not bringing up the option to change the driver options on boot. Know how to do it while I'[m already on and signed in?
[Droid Eris Android Development] ramseyja:
can we get a running tally of successful roots in like the op? or any one know what the number is? i heard 7 in another thread yesterday i think it was.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
in the command prompt : bcdedit.exe /set nointegritychecks ON

It may give you the option to install the driver, but it won't execute it unless you turn off enforcement.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Sweet man. Looks like I'll give it another shot. Thanks for spending your time to help (:
[Droid Eris Android Development] freethewhat:
kzoodroid, sent you a pm. get at me when you get a second.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
Did you miss the 3-4 live feed last night?

Do you need me to take a pic of my phone?

Arent you the one opening random accounts to claim fail?

This works

it takes time

if you saw the live feed you would understand it doesnt work every time and you got to try over and over
[Droid Eris Android Development] pjsockett:
Would it be beneficial to have a success thread to help find a combination that works the most consistently. If you've had success with this method you could post all of the variables involved.

Leak Version

PC - processor and OS

Cable HTC or Generic (Shouldn't matter but who knows)

Memory Card used and format size

How long it took
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
W00T... I got root!

I followed along last night with tereg and couldn't get it recognized. First try this morning and it went through perfectly. Kicker is that I was doing it in a virtual machine. I was using bootcamp last night (I dumped my last Win box about a year ago) and must have tried 100+ times... no go. Today, no prob! Don't know it the VM had anything to do with it, but it sure as heck was interesting! Before anyone asks, I was using the PNY card mentioned.

Tereg (and all others involved)... you ROCK!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
Just to compile as much info as we could, I'll start

OTA 2.1, had the phone about three weeks, so that's how it came

Phenom II x3 720 (Unlocked to 4 cores @ 3.2 Ghz)

Used the supplied HTC cable with some generic extender cable

4 Gig PNY class 4 card

From waking up to getting it complete, about an hour.

djblade-The Cable that you used to connect to your computer, was it the stock HTC cable that came with the phone or was it a generic usb-mini cable?

vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
leak version- dont know why this would matter we are exploiting hboot not os

pc processor and os- does not matter

Cable HTC or Generic (Shouldn't matter but who knows) dont understand this

memory card 2 bg pny card recommended

how long- 3 days all together but with this method about 4 hours to get it down good

People you need to understand this method takes time its random! random! random! sometimes i get root first time sometimes it takes 10 tries

remember 1-1000 2-1000 3-1000 4-1000
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
can i ask what a virtual machine is?
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
It is running a Windows machine from within the Mac OS.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Ohhh, I see. Damn, I still cant get it.

hmmm one thing I noticed, even in the Device Manager, when I'm doing the 'insert SD card back in' step, my phone is detected as a mass storage device. Any idea what's wrong? Or is that RIGHT?
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
What is it showing up as in fastboot?
[Droid Eris Android Development] pjsockett:
I was trying to think of things that could affect the timing that appears to be so crucial. That's where I think that the pc side could be relevant as well possible difference in transfer rates of the cables. I know on my laptop it takes almost 6 seconds for the connection sound on the pc in recovery but I highly doubt that is the same for everyone. Simply saying 4 one thousand may not be accurate for everyone. I personally don't see where the SD card type and class should make any difference what so ever but it does so I don't see the harm in gathering information find other possible common links.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
I Just want to thank everyone for sticking through this and being persistant, we have actually gotten more people rooted :) thanks also for everyone helping each other, we are continuing to make this easier for the community, we will try to update the tutorial frequently. Also please notify my of any broken links, typos, etc.

Best of luck! :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Android Bootloader Interface, under 'Android Phone'
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
Also if you watched the live stream of tereg and I yesterday you wouldve seen how he counted, its quite fast, really only 2 seconds. try and vary your speed.
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
That is right. Your timing is probably off on the sd card insertion. Keep trying
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
So that's just it? Hmm okay, thanks for the encouragement man.

By the way, the whole 'four-one-thousand' thing not being right for everyone, how should we know? Just keep trying, at increasingly longer times? That's what I'll do now.

Thanks a ton for the help guys. (:
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
Graphitedv, you got it working right?
[Droid Eris Android Development] BlazinDANDAMAN:
Hello everyone...quick question...

I know my way around a PC and installing the leaks were easy for me. I have know real knowledge of Linux...should I use the tutorial and go step by step to obtain root? or, should I wait for an easier process?...I want Evil Eris...
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
I think people were trying to count 3 teregs and had trouble pronouncing it. LOL
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
Yep! in a VM no less!
[Droid Eris Android Development] Wongidool:
Hey guys,

I'm trying this from one of the computers at work running xp since im having no luck with my 7 machine. After I set up all the drivers, I started my race against the recovery screen. on the second attempt, when I slotted in the card it caused a massive hiccup on the computer (a good 30 seconds) and then I received a tray notification that new hardware was detected, then it installed as a mass storage device.

Does this mean I am on the right track for root right now? Or was that not supposed to happen? It hasnt happened to me before.

Also, nothing showed up in loop when that happened, but it did seriously pause the loop when the hiccup occured.

Edit: When I'm on the recovery screen, the phone shows up under the disk drive category as "HTC Android Phone USB Device". Is this a driver thing I need to change?
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
I think you are qualified to try it
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
No real knowledge of linux needed to be honest. Just copy and paste everything from the tutorials and you should be fine:)
[Droid Eris Android Development] jordon47203:
Quick question because I have seen some people mention they have not been able to use Amon_RA recovery after they rooted for some reason. Is this true or is it possible to use Amon_RA when we successfully obtain root?
[Droid Eris Android Development] tereg:
It is possible. I will append instructions to the tutorial on how to do this when I get back home from work today.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
Thanks tereg,

you been very helpful through this whole process.
[Droid Eris Android Development] lame eris:
Mine looped on the 2nd try. I am on a acer aspire one netbook with xp and intel atom. Pny class 4 2gb card.
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Apparently it's fine, since that' what I have as well. Though mine isn't rooted yet, because the loop never finds it. :/ I'll keep trying but I'm getting discouraged.
[Droid Eris Android Development] rcharris:
I'm attempting to do this the same way. What version of windows and what VM software are you using? I'm using Vista/Virtualbox and having some issues with drivers and getting the phone consistently recognized in the Device Manager, so I'd be willing to try something new.
[Droid Eris Android Development] graphitedv:
I used Parrallels 4 with a fresh install of XP pro SP3.

Edit: I did the fresh install into bootcamp and then set it up in Parallels. I did all the driver setup stuff while in bootcamp.
[Droid Eris Android Development] homaygfresh2000:
Hmmmm, maybe I should try with my wife's netbook... no luck so far after 9999999 tries with my laptop :mad:
[Droid Eris Android Development] rcharris:
Just curious -- why did you use a virtual machine once you had it setup in Bootcamp?
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
Again your computer does not matter at all

9999999+ that means

Turn your phone on make sure its in usb debugger mode

make sure it is detected in device manager

then format it through the phones mounted sd card

do not take card out and format it with the adapter (i never got it to work like this might be true or just might be my luck)

make sure you are reformating the sd card if it doesnt work after the first 8 tries

i have successfully rooted my phone 4 times
[Droid Eris Android Development] homaygfresh2000:
Will do. Thanks for the tip.

After work I think I'm going to start all over again from the start and take my time until I get it tonight. I'm determined to get root!
[Droid Eris Android Development] xtreme3737:
Add me to the list of successful Leaker Roots. I broke this morning and went out and got the 2GB PNY and 2 hours later I am Rooted. Thank You so much for the Tutorial. I almost gave up on this.
[Droid Eris Android Development] devlp1213:
sigh, i think i'd have better luck with building a robot to get this timing thing, this is starting to get retarded lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] thewanton:
Any chance of getting a Windows 7 guide? Cause it's a lot different than XP, it makes some of the steps more confusing than they already are. :/ It's hard enough as is.
[Droid Eris Android Development] homaygfresh2000:
If I already have RUU, should I still follow the instructions exactly and re-flash RUU again just because? Or should I be okay to skip that part?
[Droid Eris Android Development] BlazinDANDAMAN:
Is the type of SD card a major factor? I have a 1GB SanDisk that came with the G1...OK to use, or should I just get my lazy ass up and buy one at Best Buy?
[Droid Eris Android Development] xnatex21:
Yes it does matter. So far, only the listed card will help your chances at gaining root.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bdt1995:
Its not different AT ALL. All the steps you follow are no different than they are on win 7 or xp. You might have a slightly different wrapper around some of the things you have to click, but the process is EXACTLY the same.
[Droid Eris Android Development] bryanintransit:
First of all i just want to thank everybody for their work on the guide and the root procedure. Second, I hope this doesn't sound stupid, but could you possibly record a wav or a mp3 of how fast you are saying 1-1000, 2-1000, etc. It could be that this is part of the problem with timing people are having and could explain why it is easier to repeat for those that have rooted several times. I did read in the guide that it took aprox 2.5 seconds for one of the rooters to count, it was taking me longer than that. Thanks in advance and hope this will help.
[Droid Eris Android Development] cptkrush:
i think this would actually help quite a few people, that's a brilliant idea.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
i keep getting messages about a system update should i install it?
[Droid Eris Android Development] kamots:
Rumor has it that vzw is sending out an otato fix a majority of things ppl are complaining about. I think if u are rooted you should not update. u could be wrong as I am new to all this
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
Took away my root

lol

ill just root again

wow got it on first shot right after a fresh format

Just adding that i only had root installed

no recovery

no rom
[Droid Eris Android Development] thetingster:
Better yet... someone who's done this right go on metronomeonline.com and tell us how many clicks and at what rate. ;-)
[Droid Eris Android Development] Dradien:
As for the timing to push the card back in. I timed myself counting exactly as I did last night, and it came out to 4.7 seconds, if that matters any.

xtreme3737 : Glad to see you did it.
[Droid Eris Android Development] digitaljeannie:
I'm still trying. So far doing everything to a T as instructed and nada.

Apparently I'm inept.
[Droid Eris Android Development] It IS Lupus:
if anyone needs help we are in tinychat room leakroot1
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
7 min root~

if you apply update you will lose root

i did
[Droid Eris Android Development] mitatech:
Cant get it

Ok i have tried every pny class 4 cards they have even went to best buy and bought the one i have been at this for 4 days and i have giving up tired of wife yelling at me i have tried win 2000 xp vista 7 ubuntu and mac os x still no freaking luck i have tried stop watches to time my card insert in revocery can any one help me lmao thanks

:mad:
[Droid Eris Android Development] :
Oh wow ok. I will try a family member of mine's phone's SD card (it's a PNY 2GB as suggested by others on this thread) and give it a go! :D I will report my success, or albeit failure
[Droid Eris Android Development] :
It's microSD, actually I'm not sure if it's really PNY or not but hope it works *crosses fingers*
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
the class 4 pny 2gb is the only one that has worked successfully so far but we will be sure to keep you posted as to what has worked and what hasnt
[Droid Eris Android Development] zigzackattack:
Alright, well I guess the next obvious question is should I get the exact one listed in the tutorial or can I get a higher capacity one? I was thinking of getting a 16 gb one anyway.. will one of the same brand and class work?
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
The only one that we know for sure that it works on is the exact one but if you want to wait and see if other people have luck with higher capacity ones that might not be a bad idea
[Droid Eris Android Development] devlp1213:
ok here are 2 things i've ran into so far rather if its cuz i'm doing this in win7 x64 idk but i made it to those same results so far.

1. in the modded.inf u didnt say we need to add

; HTC Eris

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C98&MI_01

under the [Goole.NTx86] and [Goole.NTx64] which i did have to do to get it to take tht driver :)

2. I have to be in HTC Sync not Charger Only for windows to see my phone as an "Android USB Device" to change the drive and make it list as "Android Phone"

if anyone else had this lil problem hoped it help
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
Thank you for your input and help troubleshooting win 7. the HTC Sync thing only seems to be a problem for some people/devices but for all those having problems try htc sync mode.
[Droid Eris Android Development] adrenalinerush12:
Yeah, I still can't get this to work. Have everything set up exactly as explained, the only thing I don't have is a pny 2 gb card, which I don't see how it can make a difference, but.
[Droid Eris Android Development] devlp1213:
np and also i do not have htc sync on my pc so when it tries to connect to htc sync i jus hit end button to cancel it :)
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
The SD card actually makes a huge difference, the stock card has not worked for anyone but the PNY class 4 2gb sd card so far has worked twice.
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
or you can just hit the home button and that works as well. You do not need to actually have htc sync on the computer for this to work, just be in that mode and hit home when the box pops up
[Droid Eris Android Development] adrenalinerush12:
I just don't see how.. I have a 2gb SanDisk microsd card. Imma try that.
[Droid Eris Android Development] Captainkrtek:
Thanks Char561, ill try and post replies when i can, sorta busy though
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
I believe it has something to do with the speed/lag of the card. If you want to have the best odds of it working I would go out a buy the $12 card that has worked for people.
[Droid Eris Android Development] jrhoades858:
once we get rooted, can we change sd cards?
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
No problem, I know how overwhelming it gets. I feel like a phone guide. You guys have turned andirc into a help desk :P
[Droid Eris Android Development] char561:
Yes, once you obtain root it doesn't matter what SD card you use
[Droid Eris Android Development] devlp1213:
we are just saying so far the only thing that has work is the class 4 2gb pny... i'm trying with a class 4 4gb pny so will see what happens. i cant get a result with it so far so i'm trying somehting a lil different. since i'm using a card with double the size i'm gonna try formatting with half of the original format allocation of 4096 and do 2048 seems like a sound theory to me :p
[Droid Eris Android Development] :
Hey um did you guys fill data with your SD cards before you tried this "root exploit" of ours? I'm wondering...
[Droid Eris Android Development] tereg:
No, my SD card was completely empty when I did this process. And I made sure that the phone did not have a chance remount or "prepare" the sd card.
[Droid Eris Android Development] HanSolo2012:
OS does not matter

format the card if it fails after like 6 tries even
[Droid Eris Android Development] mitatech:
i have formated the card fat32 4096 non quick about 30 times i think im missing the timing
[Droid Eris Android Development] carycooke:
LOL wife yelling at you Thats to funny mine also Ive been on this forever now

ive tried everything from xp/win7/32/64 desktops laptops new old pny 2gb/ transcend 8gb class6/stock micro card Im still waiting on that video tutorial i missed the live feed I need to see the counting part I might be to redneck slow on my counting lol to get it right
[Droid Eris Android Development] mitatech:
yeah she says i might be couting to fast lol
[Droid Eris Android Development] carycooke:
This might be crazy but im wondering if there is a way to slow the race conditions down so there will be more of a window so it wouldnt be so easy to miss

USB 1.0 ?? to slow data on the usb side LOL maybe something also we could do on the phone side
[Droid Eris Android Development] hallstevenson:
My wife's phone is on leak # 3. I have (2) leftover MicroSD cards, both Kingston brand though. One is a 1gb, no Class # that I can read. The other is a 4gb and I think Class 4. I think I read that someone with a 4gb/CL4 got it to work, but what brand ? Can't hurt to try... But I won't do it hundreds of times, more like a dozen, maybe.
[Droid Eris Android Development] freethewhat:
@kzoodroid thanks again for your help.

Successfully rooted 2gb pny card. Counted to 3 and inserted.

Edit:

Win7 64 bit
[Droid Eris Android Development] inthenickoftime4:
I would love to see a simple step by step youtube tutorial.
[Droid Eris Android Development] homaygfresh2000:
At least a short clip showing the exact timing of inserting the card during loop.... pleeeeaaaaasssseeee :D
[Droid Eris Android Development] lame eris:
when i formatted mine i didnt set the allocation size i left it at default. my computer didnt let me change it lol

and i will be on gmail chat for a little bit i will try to help someone out, - vin747@gmail.com