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[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
You are reading it wrong or something. After you type adb shell and get the $ you should not use push at all anymore the next commands should be cat /sdcard/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox or something along those lines I think I actually put cd /system/xbin first but idk just reread
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
ok im stuck.. whenever i bring up my cmd it automaticly says c:/documents and settings/valued customer and theres nothing i can do about it.. help please
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
are you in debugging mode and charge only??
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Maybe reform that into a question..idk what your talking about
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
ok so i dowloaded everything.. installed sdk and followed the dircetions with crating a variable to my sdk tools folder like it said.. then i open up command promt.. and it defaults to c:/documents andsettings/valued customer... so how do i get command promt to just say c:/?
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
and yes im in debugging mode.. and no im not in charge only
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
for free wireless tether isnt that going to require a modified kernel???
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
type 'cd /' and hit enter.

I'm not trying to be mean, just cautioning you. Navigating the command prompt is pretty basic stuff, and if you're having problems with that, you might find this more frustrating than it's worth. It might be easier, and a whole lot less frustrating, if you wait for someone to do a one-click root. Again, not trying to be a jerk. :)
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
no i feel you and your not being a jerk i typed cd and hit enter and its still just going straight to c:/documents and setting/ valued customer should i move all my folders to something after that?
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
@ace

Download the Fascinate zip file...

copy/paste all the contents into your

Tools folder in AdroidSDK

then

make sure the Fascinate is on Debugging mode

Settings....Applications...Development...Debugging Mode(On)

Make sure its not Mounted(made that mistake and learned)does not work mounted!!!

then...

in windows command

type

cd\

cd c:\android-sdk\tools

do the following and you will be fine...

adb push su /sdcard/su

adb push rage.bin /data/local/tmp/rage.bin

adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox

adb shell

cd /data/local/tmp

chmod 0755 rage.bin

./rage.bin

wait….

when it brings you back to your original shell or windows cmd promt

adb shell

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system

cd /system/xbin

cat /sdcard/su > su .

cat /sdcard/busybox > busybox.

chmod 4755 su

chmod 4755 busybox

exit

adb install Superuser.apk

any questions let me know

on lagfix ill help you also when Step1 is complete...
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
ok i tried that and got

adb is not recoginized as an internal or external command operable program or batch file???
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer>adb push su /sdcard/su

'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,

operable program or batch file.

C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer>

this is what im looking at
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
you need the adb files.

from post 1
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]

(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer>cd/

C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer>cd c:\android-sdk\tools

The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Documents and Settings\Valued Customer>

and this
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
i have them.. i downloaded the whole sdk file and installed everything
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
no just type:

cd\ (press enter)

then follow the steps i posted.
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
heres my folder location

C:\android-sdk_r07-windows\android-sdk-windows
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
did u extract the fascinate zip and copy/paste them all into the

android tools foler the bin,su,busybox,etc....
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
like i said b4 it defaults straight to documents and settings/ valued customer.. i cant get rid of that and i dont know why
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
yes all of them are in the folder tools folder with adb emulater theres 3 folders and a bunch of other stuff
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
you prob have to add the path to your cmd promts... :(

i have fb ill help you through there i dont want to spam out the threads lol

ill pm u my fb link
[Fascinate Android Development] rocksaltxda:
Thanks!!!!!

Thanks for the great post. Mine is working, it sticks, just ran the lag fix, no problem.

You are the man!!!!
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
what are your benchmark scores??.... right around 2000-2150, right??

remember the benchmark scores are on eclair 2.1 lol and no overclock!! thats crazy the galaxy phones are going to flyyyyyyyy!!!

cant wait for the OC kernel, Custom Recovery, and ROMS!!! :D :D
[Fascinate Android Development] airfreshjoe:
hey guys im stuck here....

[*] checking NPROC limit ...

[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3712, 3712}

[*] Searching for adb ...

[+] Found adb as PID 17990

[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!

[*]

[*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to

[*] 7-4-3-C@web.de so we can compensate time, effort and HW costs.

[*] If you are a company and feel like you profit from our work,

[*] we also accept donations > 1000 USD!

[*]

[*] adb connection will be reset. restart adb server on desktop and re-login.

$ cd F:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools

cd F:\Documents and Settings\joe\Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools

cd: bad substitution

Im trying to go back to TOOLS but it keep saying bad subsitituion -_-
[Fascinate Android Development] frostman89:
Joe on that step you need to wait for it to kick you back to your C directory or in your case, F directory. It is not an instant step, took about a minute or two when I did it.
[Fascinate Android Development] airfreshjoe:
OMG, can you please give me ur aim or something, i tried everything adn it wouldnt kick me back so i turned off the CMD... and my fascinate is not turning on for some reason.... did i brick it? :(
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Take out your battery and put it back in. Your phone will be fine. Next time you should follow the steps a little closer. I put up a better more indepth tutorial over at AC with pics and everything. I got tired of logging to both places so I am just going to add a link over to that tutorial for you to check out
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
airfreshjoe.... just follow these steps it will work.

cd\

cd c:\android-sdk\tools

do the following and you will be fine...

adb push su /sdcard/su

adb push rage.bin /data/local/tmp/rage.bin

adb push busybox /sdcard/busybox

adb shell

cd /data/local/tmp

chmod 0755 rage.bin

./rage.bin

wait….

when it brings you back to your original shell or windows cmd promt

adb shell

mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system

cd /system/xbin

cat /sdcard/su > su .

cat /sdcard/busybox > busybox.

chmod 4755 su

chmod 4755 busybox

exit

adb install Superuser.apk
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Thanks, glad all is working. Lets get a custom recovery on here
[Fascinate Android Development] airfreshjoe:
dirk can i get that link to teh AC forum or w/e thanks
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
Its on the first page of this topic joe
[Fascinate Android Development] dkoenig:
@Dirrk

I don't know who you are, or where you come from, but I really Like your work.

Thank you for all the info. Am considering moving me and the wife to Verizon on the Fascinate, but I would definitely want to root etc.

Thank you for all the great info!

Don
[Fascinate Android Development] BeeDubs:
Is it possible to UN-root, say if you needed to return the phone?
[Fascinate Android Development] d12183:
Nevermind, I looked at your other tutorial, turns out I needed to turn on debugging on the phone
[Fascinate Android Development] ace5198:
i dont know about windows 7 but i ran into the same problem on xp.. all i did was closed command prompt turned phone off.. pulled battery.. and started over.. be sure keep screen on when charging is check it seems thats important.. hope this helps..
[Fascinate Android Development] tech9ne:
if im trying to do this from a mac do i need to install the samsung drivers or just the sdk?

i must be missing something here, i ahve the sdk downloaded and installed but it doesnt recognize my device when i run ./adb devices
[Fascinate Android Development] namebrandon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMxp1Dw9bu8
[Fascinate Android Development] tech9ne:
i got it workin, and rooted =P

edit: ran the lagfix app from the market and installed that. first quadrant after the reboot and hit 2206 lol
[Fascinate Android Development] Boushh:
Thank you so much, worked like a charm!
[Fascinate Android Development] GHII:
Ok, it didn't work...when I get to the last step it says that the Superuser install failed because it's already installed (from previous tries)..so once I get root, I start the remove instructions and it won't let me remove Superuser, it says it failed , No such file or directory. So how can I remove it so it doesn't show up when I return the phone? Any help would be GREATLY appreciated..Thanks!
[Fascinate Android Development] GHII:
AH, If im not wrong, Im thinking the reason I can't use the remove method is because after going into adb shell (#), it requires the 'su' prompt..but my root isn't working correctly and su isn't launching, which is why I can't delete it. I've redone the steps from 1 over and over again like 5 times and cannot achieve root, and I think it's because not being able to install SU because it's "already installed" from previous method's i've tried....

I beg of someone! lol, please help me out with ridding my phone of SU..
[Fascinate Android Development] Domush:
What do you do if the rage.bin never completes? It has been 25 minutes and it still shows the $ prompt for me.
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
So I've asked this n a separate new topic, would someone make a one click root? Ill give $25 donation and $50 if its tonight.
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
i cant seem to get mine rooted. I've tried numerious times from here, androidcentral, and rootzwiki. after the command chmod 0755 rage.bin i get $ then when i do ./rage.bin i get permission denied and can't get pass that part. I've done this numerous times successfully when rooting the Droid 2 and X but for some reason I cant get it to go on the Fascinate. Anyone have any idea?
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
is your phone mounted?
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Dont worry about it. Run my OneClickRoot over at androidcentral
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
It wont work for the Fascinate!
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
what do you mean by mounted? its connected with usb debugging on and NOT in Mass storage mode.
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
follow the commands i posted 3 have been successful and ive rooted 2 personally it should work.... retry and see....
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
where are your commands that you have posted?
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
this just came out niiiiice much easier

http://forum.androidcentral.com/fascinate-roms-hacks/33899-how-root.html
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
i've already tried that. Most of the posts are the same, its just that when entering ./rage.bin i get permission denied.
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Your welcome
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
You are not chmod 0755 then

Just run my one click root if you cant figure it out
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
Yes it will.

This is my thread why would I lie to him lol

Its 1 click root I posted it over at androidcentral.com

this is a dev site and most devs here can figure it out like you did

AC is for the general public
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
Thanks for your 1 click method...unfortunately I still get permission denied. It says About to exploit your device this may take up to 2 minutes: press any key to continue. So i press a key and get /data/local/tmp/rage.bin: permission denied

Any idea? Appreciate everyone's time and effort
[Fascinate Android Development] Dirrk:
go back into adb

type the command

rm /sdcard/su

rm /sdcard/busybox

rm /data/local/tmp/rage.bin

reboot your phone

start from scratch
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
my apology.... I thought he was talking about the OCLF(one click lag fix) from the market, I didnt realize there was actually a 1-click root .zip available

sorry dirrk.
[Fascinate Android Development] tech9ne:
The one click lag fix from the market does work on the fascinate. I downloaded it and ran it after I followed the directions here to root the device and I'm running just fine.I managed to hit 2295 on quadrant the first time I did ir after the fix.
[Fascinate Android Development] ksizzle9:
could someone post a link to the confirmed working wifi tether? iver searched all over and cant seem to find it again. sorry guys. much help would be appreciated. if i said pretty please would that help?
[Fascinate Android Development] je2345:
when trying to execute the rm commands they all work until i get to the last one. comes back:

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/rage.bin, Is a directory
[Fascinate Android Development] Jsamp:
Thanks for the guide. Its my first droid OS phone so I dont have any other to compare it to but I really like this phone. I already got the lag fix done as well. Now I just need to get the tethering app and I'll be set for the moment.
[Fascinate Android Development] nemesis2all:
This forum is awesome. Keep up the great work. Waiting on some froyo and cyanogen love. Coming from a rooted eris running KaosFroyo v34.

Currently rooted and lag fixed waiting on some custom rom goodness.
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
I have tried every app that has been "confirmed working" on the Fascinate.

none work.

Just because the app says that it is working, does not mean that it does.

Please actually connect to the internet via wireless tether before you post that an app works for this device.

I am tired of chasing bulls**t.
[Fascinate Android Development] Jsamp:
Are you saying that wireless tethering doesnt work? It works for me. Connected it to my XP desktop and got out to the net. I couldnt get it to work on my Ubuntu Linux laptop for some reason but I only tried for a minute.
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Yes, I'm saying that wireless tethering isn't working. I'm not referring to the data package that allows for it, I'm referring to free wireless tethering via app from the market.
[Fascinate Android Development] devlp1213:
ok sucessfully rooted and removed a lot of bloatware rebooted and all is good, but everytime i go into shell i have to type "su" in to get to root, on my eris didnt have to do tht did i miss something or is this normal atm?

also i tried to push an apk into the /system/app folder after a reboot n it wont let me, before the reboot i pushed an apk back in tht was causing a FC and went no problem so i think that leads me back the the problem of having to type in "su" since when not in the shell i'm not having root access. also adb remount wont go thru
[Fascinate Android Development] jt1134:
adb is not running as root so yes, you'll have to invoke 'su' any time you want elevated priveledges. in order to push directly to /system, you need to have adb running as root
[Fascinate Android Development] partner55583777:
It looks like I am a little late in the game, but I have a question about the root. Is the source available for the 'rage.bin' binary? (Plus instructions on how to compile? Although I'm guessing this wouldn't be too hard to figure out.)

I'm interested in finding out what's going on under the hood.

Edit: Also, where are the busybox and su binaries coming from? Can they just be compiled from the busybox source at www[dot]busybox[dot]net? Do they have to be compiled using the NDK or with the AOSP source or something like that?
[Fascinate Android Development] Imagiohio:
I'm using Wireless Tether 2.0.5-pre8 to tether to my ThinkPad right now. What exactly is the problem you're having?
[Fascinate Android Development] Jsamp:
The version I have is 2.0.5-pre9 and like I said its working for me. I hope you get it sorted out.
[Fascinate Android Development] poulosjr:
are you rooted? :D
[Fascinate Android Development] daavy:
sticky please

this thread seems worthy of a sticky.
[Fascinate Android Development] Daswolven:
Apparently I'm an idiot.

The wifi app works great. lol. Not sure what I was doing wrong before.
[Fascinate Android Development] Kleinicus:
Questions about rooting

Just got a Fascinate a week ago. Enjoying it mostly. I am considering rooting it, and I have a couple of questions.

First, I have not paid Verizon for the mobile broadband usage that allows wireless tethering. If I root the phone, will I be able to use another app to do wireless tethering without paying for it?

Second, if I root the phone, will the warranty be voided?

Third, what kind of performance improvement can I expect if I root? Right now, with no active apps running, I only have about 25% free memory. Things run fairly smooth, but I haven't run a lot of apps at once for fear of taxing it too much.

Thanks.

Kleinicus
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
Rooting after the SCH-I500.DI01 Update

adb shell

cd /data/local/tmp

./rage*.bin

wait....

when it brings you back to your original shell in windows then follow these commands

adb shell (you should see # this time instead of $ this is exactly what we want)

cd /system/xbin (or /system/bin if your files are there)

chmod 4755 su

chmod 4755 busybox

exit

Here is a before and after of the permissions:

# ls -l su
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 26264 2010-09-11 23:09 su
# ls -l busybox
-rwxr-xr-x root shell 1867568 2010-09-11 23:11 busybox
#
# chmod 4755 su
# ls -l su
-rwsr-xr-x root shell 26264 2010-09-11 23:09 su
# chmod 4755 busybox
-rwsr-xr-x root shell 1867568 2010-09-11 23:11 busybox
[Fascinate Android Development] mastamoon:
Not sure if you posted this or not in this thread.

Since this thread contains a root method and a re-root method.. can we add an un-root method also? Then maybe place them all in the OP's first post?

Thanks guys!
[Fascinate Android Development] inJustus:
rooted. Easiest one yet. Thanks a milli
[Fascinate Android Development] Crashspeeder:
My phone freezes after running rage.bin. Has anybody else experienced this? I've got a Fascinate updated to the latest firmware.

EDIT: It seems you can pick up where you left off after you reset your phone (pull the battery or hold power + volume up + volume down).
[Fascinate Android Development] tonyb81:
Any way on how to unroot, I did the one click way of rooting. Thanks. I'm not really hip on this adb shell thing. I used to have a Droid Eris and was able to root/unroot that thing in my sleep.
[Fascinate Android Development] billakid:
Not no temp root lol this is the real deal
[Fascinate Android Development] xtremebrdr:
Anyone have any issues with their phone turning off on its own after root. IVe Rooted installed setcpu and setup a screen off profile my brother in law and hes telling me his phone is shutting off unexpectantly, all of a sudden?
[Fascinate Android Development] devlp1213:
uninstall setcpu, with out a custom kernel it's probably what is messing up your phone
[Fascinate Android Development] xtremebrdr:
ok ill meet back up with him and giv ethat a shot and see if that happens.
[Fascinate Android Development] DeezNotes:
It is very simple. Rage*.bin is a file that will get you temporary root access. While it's temporary, you copy over 3 files - su, busybox and Superuser.apk. Once these files are in place with the proper permissions, you have permanent root access. If you want to un-root, delete these files.

Here is an obvious warning: If you move/rename/delete system files while you have root access, then un-root without putting these files back in place, if/when we get an OTA update you may have problems. I'm not sure why someone would want to un-root, but if you do, put all the files in /system/app back the way they were to be safe.

If you're just looking for a way to keep your phone secure, just remove Superuser.apk so no apps will have access to su.
[Fascinate Android Development] BAleR:
Is there a way to root without a computer? Can I use terminal app?
[Fascinate Android Development] apthirdeye14:
I'm having a hard time getting my phone rooted. I've tried both methods. None of my commands work for me trying to do it all manually. I've tried the 1click method and it reboots my phone and says device not found and completes. I have installed the drivers numerous times and when I plug the phone in, it does its installs successfully. I definitely have debugging selected. I'm about to give up. Not sure what to do. This may be my first non rooted android : (
[Fascinate Android Development] deafptl4ever:
I was wrong. It finally did root. Tried over 5 times and finally rooted. it had to sit for over 5 minutes before it took.
[Fascinate Android Development] burningembers:
What update are you talking about?

If you're talking about the patch from a couple weeks back, it did not patch the hole that allowed rooting. I and many others rooted just fine immediately after updating...
[Fascinate Android Development] saps:
Yup confirmed root still works just fine
[Fascinate Android Development] apthirdeye14:
Well I guess I'm calling it quits for now until there is another method. My phone is detected when I start the process until it reboots. I redownloaded the drivers and the 1 click root file and still no luck. Did a battery pool and repeated process. I never had such a hard time on the Droid or Incredible. I guess I'll have to deal with my phone being stock : (
[Fascinate Android Development] AtropineNa:
Hey I have a situation:

My friend WAS rooted, but the update autoinstalled and removed root. He had Ryan's old lagfix installed. ClockworkMod was not installed, so no nandroid. How can he go back to stock? The "Odin Restore files to get you to stock" thread? Do you need root for Odin to work?

Sorry for the noobness and many many thanks for any help.
[Fascinate Android Development] SirKronan:
I had issues using the one click on my sisters fascinate. The older method with the command line worked great though. Give that a try.
[Fascinate Android Development] Alatus185:
Problem with root

ok I had my phone rooted fine before the latest update autopushed to my phone. At some point shortly after the update my phone refused to boot so I did a factory reset. Everything was removed except the Superuser.apk/su/busybox files but root was lost. I removed those files and attempted to reroot. Everything completes fine all the files push fine and the chmods seem to work. Install Superuser.apk again and none of the rooted apps will work so I am guessing I don't have root. Ideas?

Also tried Dirkk's one click root and the manual methods(which is what I had used the first time I rooted this phone). They all seem to run through fine but still no root. Have tried factory erase again and rerooting a few times with no luck. Maybe I am missing something.

Edit: tried a couple other things and finally seem to have gotten it working. I tried pushing the files to /system/bin instead of /system/xbin and it worked. Not sure why /xbin didn't work because it should (I used this the first time). Should factory reset erase the su/busybox files?
[Fascinate Android Development] markovian1985:
for everyone having problems with on the 1click method device not found

i finaly managed to get it to work by NOT unlocking my phone after the restart