[Legend Android Development] lxsnipexl:
EDIT :Successfully rooted my phone via changing the microSD card, did the downgrading process, Goldcarding and rooting process from scratch and it worked! :D

Hi , i have just created an account after failed rooting on countless tries , i tried all the methods the forum gave me ... so i just opted to create an account to post about this problem im having ...

ok , i downgraded successfully , running ROM ver 1.31.405.5 , my HBOOT is 0.43.00001 , MICROP-0816 ,RADIO-7.05.35.26L, LEGEND UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON so i should be fine to start rooting right?

i followed MaDaCo's Steps and failed numerous times at step 2 , the green recovery window wont show itself! then i found other guides where it says do not remove the goldcard after step 1 as shown here

youtube.com/watch?v=SQzo6qahctk

this is my step 1 proceedure in the CMD :

Legend Root Step 1

Erasing cache and rebooting in RUU mode...

erasing 'cache'... OKAY

... OKAY

About to start flash...

sending 'zip' (121756 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))

< waiting for device >

sending 'zip' (121756 KB)... OKAY

writing 'zip'... INFOadopting the signature contained in this image...

INFOsignature checking...

INFOzip header checking...

INFOzip info parsing...

INFOchecking model ID...

INFOchecking custom ID...

INFOchecking main version...

INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping for pre-update check...

INFOstart image[hboot] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,hboot,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,hboot,100

INFO[RUU]WP,hboot,0

....

then it continues to all the way ...

INFO[RUU]WP,system,100

INFOstart image[userdata] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,userdata,100

INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,0

INFO[RUU]WP,userdata,100

INFOstart image[sp1] unzipping & flushing...

INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,0

INFO[RUU]UZ,sp1,100

INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,0

INFO[RUU]WP,sp1,100

OKAY

Rebooting to bootloader...

rebooting into bootloader... OKAY

Step 1 complete - now use the bootloader menu to enter recovery mode.

To do this, press the power button, wait a few seconds, then use the volume keys

and power button to select the RECOVERY option.

so i followed the Unlockers way now ... not removing the goldcard and going straight into Recovery mode ( the triangle with the ! sign ) and started Step 2 in CMD :

C:\r4-legend-root>C:\r4-legend-root\step2-windows.bat

Legend Root Step 2

Pushing required files to device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

push: files/etc/mtab -> /etc/mtab

push: files/etc/fstab -> /etc/fstab

push: files/sbin/wipe -> /sbin/wipe

push: files/sbin/unyaffs -> /sbin/unyaffs

push: files/sbin/ums_toggle -> /sbin/ums_toggle

push: files/sbin/um -> /sbin/um

push: files/sbin/tune2fs -> /sbin/tune2fs

push: files/sbin/toolbox -> /sbin/toolbox

push: files/sbin/sdparted -> /sbin/sdparted

push: files/sbin/recovery -> /sbin/recovery

push: files/sbin/reboot -> /sbin/reboot

push: files/sbin/parted -> /sbin/parted

push: files/sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh -> /sbin/nandroid-mobile.sh

push: files/sbin/mkyaffs2image -> /sbin/mkyaffs2image

push: files/sbin/mke2fs -> /sbin/mke2fs

push: files/sbin/log2sd -> /sbin/log2sd

push: files/sbin/fs -> /sbin/fs

push: files/sbin/flash_image -> /sbin/flash_image

push: files/sbin/fix_permissions -> /sbin/fix_permissions

push: files/sbin/e2fsck -> /sbin/e2fsck

push: files/sbin/dump_image -> /sbin/dump_image

push: files/sbin/busybox -> /sbin/busybox

push: files/sbin/backuptool.sh -> /sbin/backuptool.sh

push: files/sbin/adbd -> /sbin/adbd

push: files/system/bin/sh -> /system/bin/sh

push: files/system/bin/linker -> /system/bin/linker

push: files/system/lib/libstdc++.so -> /system/lib/libstdc++.so

push: files/system/lib/libm.so -> /system/lib/libm.so

push: files/system/lib/liblog.so -> /system/lib/liblog.so

push: files/system/lib/libcutils.so -> /system/lib/libcutils.so

push: files/system/lib/libc.so -> /system/lib/libc.so

31 files pushed. 0 files skipped.

1577 KB/s (3734509 bytes in 2.312s)

adb server is out of date. killing...

ADB server didn't ACK

* failed to start daemon *

error:

Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

and then im STILL at the bloody triangle box with no green recovery window anywhere in sight.

EDIT: about the ADB Server didn't ACK , i tried numerous times after rebooting and spammed step 2 bat file , i would get this :

push: files/system/lib/libm.so -> /system/lib/libm.so

push: files/system/lib/liblog.so -> /system/lib/liblog.so

push: files/system/lib/libcutils.so -> /system/lib/libcutils.so

push: files/system/lib/libc.so -> /system/lib/libc.so

31 files pushed. 0 files skipped.

1577 KB/s (3734509 bytes in 2.286s)

adb server is out of date. killing...

*daemon started successfully*

Pushing update file to device sdcard - this may take a few minutes...

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

Now wipe and apply rootedupdate.zip from the recovery image menu.

adb server is out of date. killing...

* daemon started successfully *

** daemon still not runningerror: cannot connect to daemon

Everything else is the same , whether ADB Server didn't ACK or not

While in Recovery Mode , i pressed volume up + power i would get a small blue recovery window , at the bottom it says "E:Can't open/cache/recovery/command"

it will be there no matter what, even before doing step 1 or 2 , i went to recovery mode afew times to check what is wrong and would always see THAT message ...

so can anyone point out what is wrong ? Q.Q

THANK YOU SO MUCH IF YOU HELPED ME !! :) , im currently stuck on ROM 1.31 , i cant upgrade to later versions of rom for some reason. so its me rooting this legend or nothing :)

Edit again : about this error :

sending 'zip' (121756 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))

i re-downgraded , tried the rooting process again , and this error did not show up, the process itself was identical to what i posted above. Main problem lies in step 2 where the green recovery windows dont pop up ... i suspect that after "pushing" the 31 files , there needs to be more "pushing" of files to SD card but failed to do so? :/