yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Disconn3ct:
I'd say don't charge (for the reasons others have listed) but throw ads in and a donate version w/ no ads. Some devs are making a decent amount with that combo..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Am I doing something wrong?

I cant push to /data/local/tmp/ Permission denied
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] rUsTyRuSs:
Make sure debugging is on under applications/development/usb debugging. Hope this helps.

Russ
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IConrad01:
Okay, so maybe I'm an idiot... but exactly how does one get this temp root to actually be inherited to applications -- such as Superuser.apk -- or to the adb terminal?

I cannot execute the su binary and Superuser.apk doesn't achieve anything, but all of my terminal emulator sessions are in fact root-enabled. Should I maybe swap out /system/bin/sh with /sdcard/su ?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Its enabled. I able to cd into the dir's but not write. Still no luck for me lol.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] hendusoone:
It sounds like you're connecting to an adb shell first, and then trying to adb push. That will never work. You have to do adb push from the windows command prompt, not from the adb shell's command prompt.

Double-check the permissions on the su binary. Do this, and copy/paste the results:

adb shell

cd /system/bin

ls -l su
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IConrad01:
Output of ls -l su:

----rwxr-x root app_89 26248 2010-10-08 10:36 su

EDIT: I rebooted and can now modify su to full 777 status but cannot execute it from adb nor other apk's.

2nd EDIT: My terminal session has root and can remount system to rw, but I cannot extend root privileges beyond that shell. I cannot execute su from adb nor can Superuser.apk grab permissions. Even executing "cp /sdcard/su /system/bin/sh" gets me no superuser access. >_<

3rd EDIT: Lost root in the middle of ordinary use. It just disappeared on me -- and now I can't adb into the device (re-running "rage" gets the error, 'adb not found' -- and my adb daemon on my PC shows no devices attached). Haven't rebooted just yet but I'm finding this extremely perplexing.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wilnotdie:
Got it! I was trying to push from adb shell. When it didn't work I tried to cp from the sdcard to the tmp folder. Adb push worked fine tho, after I realized what I was doing wrong. I guess its been way too long since I used adb. Temp root gained!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bigstunta101:
anyway of doing this without sdk. lke the way the g1 was rooted? jst a question
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] kaze00:
On Device Temp Root

Hi.

I attached a 4 click temp root that runs completely on the device.

Press step 1 to rage, after it says Forked xxxx childs, then hit back and goto Step 2.

Step 2 should crash, then rerun the app and hit step 3.

After step 3 you should be rooted.

Working on getting it down to 1 click.

Permissions are for analytics and ads.

Enjoy.

Any bugs to vinblau@gmail.com

-Mike dg
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] bogdan87:
+1 you're the man! Works good

Sent from my T-Mobile G2
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] jtc442:
Awesome job. Working great. At least I can run this for now when I need to tether!! That's mainly why I need root. I travel alot and need that function. Thanks man.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] anth75:
having problems with step 3. last 2 lines say mkdir failed for /system/xbin, file exsists

mount: no such file or directory. what am i doing wrong? thanks
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Disconn3ct:
Just fyi, since you're scripting it - if you put superuser.apk on data and only put su (and nothing else) on /system, it might persist longer in low memory situations. (Especially if you light up a service or something that locks it in memory.)

Nice work :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Stryder5:
After we temp root, will we be able to remove preinstalled apps through Terminal? If so, will this change remain after a reboot? Or will they be restored? I know I was able to remove those apps in the rooted G1 through Terminal. But don't know if it'll work on the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] thatruth132:
i tried and amazonmp3 and it came back after reboot or maybe i did something wrong
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xyrcncp:
It is a temp root, you will lose it after a reboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] daweinst1:
me too, I also have:

cp: can't create '?system/xbin/busybox': Invalid argument

Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory

/system/xbin/busybox: not found

mount: No such file or directory

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Solved:

I needed the ADB drivers for the G2.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html#VistaFreshInstall

http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Opera...OW-TO-Get-ADB-to-recognize-your-G2/m-p/487554
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Hayzie:
Just lurking. I would have the G2 right now if I didn't jump board the MTS boat a couple of months ago. I like to stay informed and see what goes on, though. :)

{edit} oops, late reply. Been busy!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] vinnyjr:
It looks like you are very close to achieving the impossible one click root for the G2. That would be fantastic. Being an owner of both the Nexus One and the G2 I was so pissed off when reading that the G2 could not be rooted. I am hoping you can come up with an easy root for the G2 so I can really push the G2 to it's highest capabilities. Thank you again and I will donate to your cause.

Vinny
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Corylulu:
^^^ Fixed. :p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gilnino:
Finally decided to try the 3 click temp root. Tethering works. Nice to be in charge of my phone again.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Disconn3ct:
FYI I altered the script to survive cache flushes and such. If you use this instead of the old 'root' script (and put everything in /data/local/bin instead of tmp) it will make the bare mininum number of changes to /system and those changes will last until you reboot (instead of flushing out over time).

I have everything in /data/local/bin because terminal adds that to the path, so I can just open term and type 'rage' and 'root' instead of having to provide a full path.

You'll need to install Superuser.apk the old fashioned way (eg with a file explorer) so that it lives on /data - there is no need for it to be on /system so long as su is there.

#!/system/bin/sh
#clean up after rage
/data/local/bin/busybox killall rage

#remount system as read/write, create a directory, then mount r/o
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
mkdir /system/xbin
/data/local/bin/busybox mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system

# Create a ramdisk (tmpfs) on /system/xbin
/data/local/bin/busybox mount -t tmpfs none /system/xbin
/data/local/bin/busybox cp /data/local/bin/busybox /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin

### Do this ONCE by hand.
### cp /sdcard/Superuser.apk /data/app/Superuser.apk

#set up su
cp /sdcard/su /system/xbin/su
chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidfeen809:
some help me please i dont know how to do this so i move the G2 TempRoot folder to the sd card of the G2 with the code inside of it but i launch the android terminal emulator and type in the /data/local/tmp/rage but i dont get the Forked #### childs message, any1 please help
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidfeen809:
Guys I perm rooted the phone with visionary app from the market its new and I already rooted my phone with it a few minutes ago rebooted my phone and still rooted I even click on the app to see if root was deleted and no it said Device is already roote yay :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] KShatzkes:
VISIONary is not a perm-root. It is a temp-root that is applied at boot up.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidfeen809:
Excuse my ignorance lol I though temp roots would get deleted once yu turn your phone off but I did and it was still rooted so I though it was perm
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] androidfeen809:
Sorry double posted it lol
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] j.youngberg:
I got stuck pretty early in the process:

After hitting "./adb push su /sdcard/su" I get:

cannot stat 'su': No such file or directory
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
Do you have so in the same folder you're in? Also, are you definitely in the sdk folder? Sure you're connected?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] j.youngberg:
I am definitely in the SDK folder and I am definitely connected. This is going to sound dumb but...what is 'so' and what 'same folder' are you talking about? There isn't a 'so' in the 'android-sdk-mac_x86/tools' folder that I am in...if thats what you're talking about. Do I need to create a 'su' folder on my SD card?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dictionary:
lol, meant su. Spell check on the phone wanted to say otherwise. I'm not sure about the instructions fully, but usually when you're pushing something, it has to be in the same folder, or the address to where it is has to be given. Maybe someone else can give ya a hand. Sorry
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] IConrad01:
Whenever you see a filename in an adb command, always assume that they want you to explicitly reference the entire path of the filename. I.e.; instead of "su" -- put "C:\path\to\su" (Or, on a Linux/Mac box "/path/to/su"
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] lymsaga:
hi i tried your method. but it stucks at the opening screen when i reboot my phone. Is there any way i can fix it? thx a lot
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] steviewevie:
First off, this is a really really old thread. Secondly, this happens a lot with Visionary, which is why I always recommend people steer well away from it and use the rage method instead.

The most up-to-date method of rooting is in the Wiki - http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php...cess_.28Permanent_Root_.2F_.22Permaroot.22.29
[Vibrant General] tructo:
Well my friend just got ab tmobile g2 yesterday and it come with 2.2. But tmobile screw it up by taking out the wifi hotspot tether. So now the fone still need to b root to use tether. I thonk it gonna b the same for the rest of us waiting for froyo.: angry:
[Vibrant General] MTC44:
1) this is not news, we have known that for a long time.

2) what does this have to do with the vibrant?
[Vibrant General] tructo:
Dont u think that if they took that from the g2 then it would b the same for us (vibrant) ?
[Vibrant General] scrizz:
it doesn't matter.

Once we have root, it's a moot point ;)
[Vibrant General] epakrat75:
This was mentioned many places on the web well before the phone launch. If you expected differently, then you must live in fantasy land.
[Vibrant General] MMcCraryNJ:
I thought you were going to mention that numerous physical issues people are having with it, such as the loose and snapping sliding mechanisms, and an incorrect amount of storage installed
[Vibrant General] natecglenn:
Looks like those g2 people should stop coming on here talking about there phone LOL!

http://phandroid.com/2010/10/01/g2-...units-shipping-with-half-the-promised-memory/
[Vibrant General] smashpunks:
Lmfaooooo everything has issues and I knew it would too. I've had a few htc devices in my days....
[Vibrant General] dabezt1:
So tmobile screwed up by a removing a feature that goes against their terms and conditions. (common with all carriers)'

Damn, I wonder what the average IQ of vibrants owners is?
[Vibrant General] Emama:
If u know that 2.1 international galaxy s should have the 3g sharing but we don't, then it is not any news that we wont have it in 2.2

Anyway, it maybe year-early to talk about 2.2
[Vibrant General] MMcCraryNJ:
Yeah. I read this and smirked a bit at all of the people who were going to throw this "garbage" Samsung phone away and "upgrade" to the HTC experience with the G2.

As a side note, the loose hinge eventually happened with my G1 as well. The screen stopped sitting flush with the rest of the body, and anytime you would use the touch screen it clanked together with the keyboard. Also had some touch screen issues because of it. But, I digress.
[Vibrant General] darkknight49:
just goes to show, nothing is going to be perfect.
[Vibrant General] N8ter:
Yea, I seen that earlier (came in over twitter).

It makes me actually look forward to getting my replacement Vibrant in.

They need to hurry up (backordered :( ).

That hinge is so full of fail, I just don't know what to say.

If Samsung had better developers, they could be cleaning up right now, Lol.
[Vibrant General] natecglenn:
Backorderd? I just got my second replacement in a weeks time
[Vibrant General] Superfrag:
Both the phones have their positives and negatives...
[Vibrant General] vamp6x6x6x:
Yea, well TMO is just being themselves...although to be honest I think they are making a mistake, but luckily we are on a forum full of devs so we may be able to get the original version of Froyo before it got gutted by TMO
[Vibrant General] SamsungVibrant:
LOL I guess you haven't heard about the bigger screw up. The phone is advertised as having 4GB internal memory, mysteriously most of that memory is not available, and T-Mobile wants people to believe the OS ate most of it up.

Also the hinge is messed up
[myTouch 3G Slide General] matb321:
Does anybody know how to get any Gameloft hd titles to work on the Mytouch Slide.I get N.O.V.A to start and then downloads additional data and then crashes.I know the Slide can handle the graphics.I think Gameloft dropped the ball entirely on how to implement games for android.If anyone can help I would really appreciate it.Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide General] mylostlonelysoul:
Never was able to get the .apk from 4shared and other sites, but i did get the trials to work just by installing and downloading data. The phone can handle the graphics to a certain point, but you must keep in mind the werent made for the slide or slide type phone (thinking mdpi).

Did you buy it or did you "find" the apk?
[myTouch 3G Slide General] matb321:
N.O.V.A

I "found" the .apk cause Gameloft wont allow me to download off their site with the Mytouch Slide.If you could let me know how you to get the trials I would appreciate it. I dont know where to get them.Because of this I am likely getting the Samsung Vibrant now even though i love the Mytouch.Thanks
[myTouch 3G Slide General] matb321:
Nova

I tried the free tial and when i replied to sms it recognized my phone as a slide and said was not available.
[myTouch 3G Slide General] PcFish:
I found it and installed. 2/3 visibility. Not playable anyway.

There's a special way to install found gameloft games. They're copy protection heavy.

http://www.android-underground.org/gameloft-games-install-faq/
[myTouch 3G Slide General] matb321:
N.O.V.A

well I tried everything from above link still wont work.Thanks though.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterMonitor:
Hello, when i hold home key, i just see 6 recent programs, but i want to see all of programs i am using on multitasking menu (like on iphone) is there any way to do that ?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordvoldemort:
I am sorry but its not possible...It can only display last six recent apps...BTW do you really use more than 6 apps at a time??
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shoemeistah:
In some ROMs like opendesire and cyanogenmod you can set recent apps to 9 etc.. You can also use a task manager with a shortcut to see what's running.

But I do not recommend using a task manager on Android 2.1 or higher.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MisterMonitor:
why ? I saw that on stock samsung galaxy s, when you hold the button it opens multitasking menu with 6 recent apps and under theme there's a link to all running programs
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chargerdude70:
I believe they both are used for flashing roms? I see people telling others to use either one when things get really bad as an escape(even in the same givin situation?). Are they interchangeable? When should a person use one over the other?
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alphadog00:
There is a one click odin3 that has the stock JF6 ROM as part of its build. Running this will flash your phone back to JF6 - the OS shipping on all phones (at least for now). This is 200+ MB

Odin - the small file of just a few MB, is more generic - you have to specify which ROM, Kernel, etc. when you use it.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] deevs:
Sorry if this was answered already..

I have an AT&T Tilt running AT&T WM 6.1 OS. It had crashed recently and reloaded itself to the factory defaults. I am trying to put a dialer skin on it. The problem I am having is that every skin I have tried have installed on it works except for the redial feature, which is when the action (green call) button is pressed, the last number redials. The factory dialer works properly when the skin is removed again. I have tried a half dozen skins and they all are doing the same thing. I also tried switching from the HTC dialer to the WM, and both factory dialers work properly. Before the crash, I did have a skin working, but as I recall, I had the same problem at first. I can't remember which skin had worked, or if it was some other tweak that resolved the problem the first time around.

Does anyone have a solution to this? :confused:
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldMike60:
Been using a HTC Tilt2 for over a year. WM7 looks DOA, interested in Android anyway. I two things I just gotta have or a deal breaker are: decent sync to Outlook Calendar and Contacts and the equivalent of WM-Wifi (phone becomes a wifi hotspot without tethering). Need the hotspot to connect my tablet PC to the internet, avoiding tethering limits and charges. Searches seem to come back with a mixed bag of answers.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cincy1020:
Hi:

I just got the Captivate after having the Tilt2 for the past year. I can honestly tell you the Captivate makes the Tilt2 seem like a big, outdated dinosaur. It is so much faster, lighter, and the screen is amazing.

As far as the WMwifi which I too used on a regular basis, there is a great app called wireless tether which does exactly the same thing. You do however have to root your phone to use it.

Not sure about Outlook sync, because I just transferred all my Outlook stuff to Google calendar, and now sync with that.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldMike60:
So, you are able to do internet access without a tethering account (AT&T)?

I reROMed my TILT2 like crazy, so not worreid about rooting, etc, just want to know I can do the two things I need before making the purchase.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cincy1020:
Hi:

Well, wireless tether is just like wmwifi router. You can take the chance on using it without a tethering account (which I do), but you are technically not supposed to.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobius911:
Are you using an Exchange account for Outlook?

That works well for me, although there are not as many folder options unless you load an app such as touchdown.

The mobile access point add-ons are really good.I'm using the one packaged with the Cognition ROM.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] OldMike60:
My understanding is that tethering is a different process than access via WMWifi, and that it requires a tethered data account. Tethered is $60 and has a monthly maximum, and one still needs a separate data account to get emai at $30, which is an unlimited monthly useage. BTW: ATT now has smaller caps, etc, but I checked at the ATT store and they stated that that only applies to new accounts, so I stay unlimited if I do not reduce my plan.

My email is currently POP3, but my son is going to put us on a MAPI(?) system soon using Google apps. We have our own URL.
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cincy1020:
WMwifi is for tethering, as is Wireless Tether for Android. Same process.

And, yes you can keep your old unlimited data plan if you already have it. Although, keep in mind UNLIMITED plan has a 5 GB soft cap. I've heard of people exceeding that without problems, but if AT&T chooses they can do something about it (ie. charge you extra).
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
Is there a way to output evo to an older projector, which only has rca and vga analog inputs?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] phatmanxxl:
I searched around a little bit, I didn't find any mini HDMI to a/v. If anything at the moment you'll have to use adapters. Like Mini to standard/ female to female/ HDMI to RCA.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
Those are expensive. I think the cheapest I saw was something like $50.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] oRAirwolf:
Yeah, they only way you are going to do that is with an HDMI to VGA adapter, which is not just a cheap adapter because the two standards are not compatible like DVI/HDMI.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
What about your simple audio jack to vga? I think the software should pretty much be universal for that now.

EDIT: I guess you need hardware support for that

http://www.techalps.com/android/video-out-on-the-samsung-galaxy-s-via-3-5mm-headphone-jack.html.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingakuma:
why not use an old school video game selector that has hdmi and rca and component connectors
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
Do you have a link to something like that?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
I think this is the cheapest one I've seen...

http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/computer/categories/cables/1/accessories/NP031AA%23ABA
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kingakuma:
After Searching This Might be your BEST and CHEAPEST Option

HDmi Cable Adapter Hdmi To Mini Hdmi Cable Adapter

Price:	$10.92

http://www.amazon.com/HDmi-Cable-Ad...1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1285966823&sr=1-1

HDMI to 3 RCA + VGA Cable M/M 1.8ft/6ft

Price:	$13.94

http://www.amazon.com/HDMI-RCA-VGA-...3?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1285966688&sr=1-3

All the RCA - HDMI Converters are around 90 bucks and up
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
Those are scams, they never work because they don't have DACs.

And on top of that, evo has a Microhdmi type D. Not mini.

And on top of that, it would have to be Mirco HDMI -> HDMI, not the other way around, like you posted (HDMI -> mini HDMI).

Man, you are zero for 3 here.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] swaydude:
You want something easy or hard?

Hard = hdmi-d to hdmi to dvi to vga.

hdmi-d to hdmi cable = $15 ebay

hdmi to dvi = $1.43 http://www.amazon.com/Female-DVI-D-single-female-adapter/dp/B000Q6REMK

dvi to vga = $3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...dapters+and+gender+changers-_-Syba-_-12186084

and vga cable (I hope you have spares)
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nabbed:
You gotta realize those need a Digitial to Analog Converter.

Notice, that HMDI is to DVI-D,

while the DVI to VGA must be DVI-A.
[Captivate General] dododoh:
I currently have 3 Cappys (in front of me) that all drop the notification volume whenever I dial, *3282#, *646#, etc.

I had a previous Cappy that did not do this. I cannot remember it's build date but, I purchased it the first day the Cappys went on sale. The manufacturing dates for the Cappys that are currently affected are: 7/9/2010 (for 2) and 8/6/2010.

What I want to know is.....

1. Does your phone do this?

2. What is the manufacturing date?

Since I know of other phones that also do not drop the volume, I'm trying to figure out if it is just a batch of phones that are affected.
[Captivate General] shiftylock:
Mine does this. I got it a week after it came out, but idk when the build date is. You can somewhat fix this by getting "audiowidget" I think its called... either that or audiomanager I forget, and set a profile that automatically has the highest notification volume, then whenever you dial an AT&T code you just hit the little button and your volume is normal again! (Idk if this app costs money or not, It's been a while since I used it, I just keep my phone on vibrate now.)

hopefully this helps, you could probably set a profile with another program, but this way is effective for me.