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[Fascinate General] rvgoetz:
I had a similar problem with both Wireless Tether and Barnacle Tether, but once I used Barnacle Legacy, I'm able to tether my iPad!
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Wow, you guys are awesome! I've got Barnacle Legacy installed, and it works great! No degradation in wifi performance that I can see. Looks like it uses a different approach than Wireless Tether, which makes it more compatible across different phones.

Only downside I see at the moment is that it can only use WEP encryption, which was rendered obsolete ages ago. WPA support would be a big plus. I don't necessarily have anything to hide, just don't like to make myself an easy target.
[Fascinate General] gardndj:
Were you using the experimental version? It's working well for me.

http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/detail?name=wireless_tether_2_0_5-pre9.apk
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Yes, I was using the latest version, which btw is listed as experimental on the website. I don't see a non-experimental one available. In any case, Barnacle is my friend for the time being. :-)
[Fascinate General] CouchSpud:
Huh... I could never get my computer to connect to Barnacle. It's got full bars and I have Windows 7. I can't figure out how to make it work for me.
[Fascinate General] gnomesarealive:
I've tried several versions of wireless tether, barnacle and barnacle legacy and it gives them all root access, but nothing with WiFi is able to successfully connect.
[Fascinate General] ivorycruncher:
Remember that wireless tethering uses ad-hoc connections, not infrastructure, like your wireless router does. If your wireless devices don't play nice with ad-hoc connections, that could be your issue. Check to see if there are driver updates for the wireless card in your computer.
[Fascinate General] jerkules:
I'm glad I stumbled across this post. I gave barnacle legacy a try because I was having issues with the latest wifi tether. Legacy works just fine. Thanks for the suggestion!
[Fascinate General] ryude:
Anyone notice barnacle legacy dropping connections when trying to stream videos.
[Fascinate General] suppliesidejesus:
I setup the latest barnacle from the market (not the legacy version) and it works beautifully. Have WEP and the ACL up and running, and it works great.
[Fascinate General] chikilin1389:
And how do you set up barnacle
[Fascinate General] daveydingus:
And has anyone set up barnacle to work on xbox live? I keep getting NAT restrictions with it.
[Fascinate General] sonar_chris:
I'm running Vista on my laptop and can't get wireless tether to work with it. My laptop sees the network, tries to connect but wont. My wife's netbook running windows 7 however will connect no problem. Anyone have any ideas on this?
[Fascinate General] martian21:
There is a good chance that Xbox live won't work with Barnacle since it uses an ad-hoc connection. I know the PS3 doesn't work with ad-hoc but not 100% sure on the Xbox.
[Fascinate General] NOsquid:
Download Winblows updates? Meebe new drivers? Do you have pre11?
[Fascinate General] sonar_chris:
All the updates are current, not sure about drivers. I am running pre11, but have tried 11 as well and get the same results, no connection to my laptop running Vista, connects just fine to the netbook running windows7.
[Fascinate General] daveydingus:
The xbox sees the connection and connects to it, I just get NAT set to strict notice.
[Fascinate General] ksizzle9:
Hmmm..im running pre 9, you can find it under "confirmed working wifi tether" in the general section here on xda. It connects to both of my computers. One windows 7, and windows vista. Perfectly

Edit:the pre 9 is on the first page of this thread
[Fascinate General] moonrequiem:
Barnacle Legacy gives me absolutely no issues. I've tried several releases of Wireless Tether, and all of them would frequently drop 3G connection and therefore disconnecting me from the internet. Barnacle gives me a steady stream of data that works wonderfully.
[Fascinate General] km2010:
So far I am running into road blocks on my wife's Fascinate. I can tether to both my laptops however I cannot tether to the Galaxy Tab. I have tried all the Wireless Tether apps and both Barnacle. Neither work when trying to tether to the Galaxy Tab. This is sad because I can tether the the iPad. Any suggestions.

Also I have the DI and it tethers to everything including the Galaxy Tab
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stickyasglue:
hey,

anyway to flash the JG5 without using odin ?? Thanks

!!!
[Galaxy S I9000 General] crisrr:
Already read all the threads about the subject , no solution.

This is what i did : upgraded from xxjm1 to xxjpc , the phone locked, used the renaming nv_data.bin method , imei changed.reverted to jm5 , restored the nv_data from nv_data.jpc to nv_data.bin, the same with the md5 file. This restored my imei , but the phone is still locked on network , requiring code. I found the sequence in the bml3 file , 9759470297594702.06390505.00000022610; the code should of been 06390505 but it's not working. NV_data gives 00000000.

The app from market isn't working either.

The interesting fact though is that no matter what sim i use i can receive calls but can't dial. It asks for the sim network code , i hit dismiss , and it shows the sim with the red mark on it near the clock , but the signal is full and i can receive calls. If anyone can help , please do ! Thank you
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] ragin:
Hi, I just got this idea, why dont someone try to make a reeeaaalllyyy sexy theme? I mean the whole 9 yards, including icons & wallpapers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Themes and Apps] jark99:
ariii wah apna basti kyu kartha hai :P

i wouldnt mind seeing a theme like that, i probably woudnt use it though as i give my phone to friends and stuff to play with
[Desire General] hawwy:
How can I root my 2.2 desire

Cheers
[Desire General] serialkillazzs:
Search and read stickies
[Desire General] hawwy:
i did look but cant find infrmation on this
[Desire General] teppic74:
Search more. There are countless threads.
[Desire General] hawwy:
my phone is debranded so do i have to make gold card for this?

also i have to downgrade to 2.1?
[Desire General] simu_lacrum:
Unrevoked is what you are searching for. There's no need for a Gold card. You don't need to downgrade to 2.1 either. It's really easy.
[Captivate General] majkeli:
I wonder if it's a new update or the OTA that failed for everyone? I have Cognition 2.1.1 installed so I probably won't be trying it out until it's been dissected.
[Captivate General] ghost77:
I got like 10 of them within few hours , wtf ATT if its not Froyo i don't want any.
[Captivate General] cappysw10:
If you haven't updated to JH7 then that is what it is. Don't hold your breath for Froyo! :rolleyes:
[Captivate General] barthie:
do updates count against your data plan?
[Captivate General] jimrusling:
It showed up under my data usage.
[Captivate General] Roxy:
Sadly, Yup =(
[Captivate General] mesasone:
Is this the same update that's been out for a week (and bricking phones) or something different?
[Captivate General] bowtieguy:
I was in my local AT&T Corporate store yesterday and they told me that all OTA updates will show up on the bill as free of charge. I am on the 200mb plan, they advised me that if for some reason I get billed for updates to bring in my bill and they will credit it back.
[Wildfire General] joningi:
Hi

I'm looking for the default app installation folder. I'm trying to edit the swype dictionary with a new language and I need to edit the name of 2 files. I cant find the app installation folder via OI file manager or ASTRO.

Any Ideas?

I'm not rooted....
[Wildfire General] HCDR.Jacob:
/data/app

access via adb or root explorer (root explorer needs root access)
[Wildfire General] joningi:
Great! Thanks!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
What is this thread?

This is where steps will be tried to get root on the device

What should be posted?

Steps to try, steps tried and failed, steps that worked

What should not be posted in this thread?

If your post doesn't have anything to do with root then you may ask in general, we will not help get adb set up or anything else, there are thousands of threads all over the interwebs that tell you how to get adb working and this will not be one of them.

So now that we have devices in hand and we have a few devs on-hand as well we can really get into this.

I will update this post later with tried methods and failed(and why) but for now we have some simple rules.

If you want to test, fine but share any and all details

We do not have someone in charge of root as several that are working don't have devices(myself included) and so we may just post steps, if you try the steps be sure to quote the steps tried and post results of each step(errors especially)

Once root is achieved provide pics and what you did so we can replicate and verify

Anything done on the phone is YOUR fault if you think that what you are trying could cause issues and you are uncomfortable doing the steps provided then stop and ask questions.

Standard disclaimers apply, if your phone is broke then fix it, we will try to be helpful if it was caused by our steps but the end result is if you brick it then it's your fault and we will note it as a step not to try again.

Hope this is helpful the rest will be updated below this later when I have computer to work at
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] xile6:
Yea I preordered mines so it should be n by the oct 6 day(my brithday :) )

But yea I want root asap once I get the phone ill be up to trying a few things to help out.

What's mainly needed? A system, boot, and recovery dump?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Gr8gorilla:
what about unrevoked universal root method?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WilliamStern:
Give me some clockwork. I want the process to be easy like it is for the Vibrant. **** only took 2 seconds to root.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Kainous:
If I do acquire one.. how can I be of help?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
The slides method should work. It works on all newer htc android models so far. we'll just have to wait and see really.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
yeah... sorry, that won't happen. but it won't be too difficult. start practicing with adb if y'all are rusty, lol!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WilliamStern:
The thing about that is that I own only Macs. Doesn't adb, and odin only work with pc?

I know we won't really see clockwork on the G2, I'm just wishing here. lol

Either way, I just want this to be easy.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
odin was for vibrant, adb will run on any OS so long as you know how(put ./ in front and run the command or just make sure that the adb binary is in your path) i plan on trying the adb method tonight, just need a build with root to test with
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dynamikd:
Hopefully I will be able to test this theory out tomorrow when I receive my device :-)

Sent from my OC844 Stock R00T3D Mytouch 3G Slide
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
The divice in my hand has recovery 3e which means the adb method may not work, we'll have to try a few things, won't have the G2 near a comp for another 8 hours from now
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dynamikd:
Damn, that's a little discouraging. I was hoping the root method would be quick. Oh well, it will give me some time to play with a vanilla rom.

Sent from my OC844 Stock R00T3D Mytouch 3G Slide
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
When it arrives, get into bootloader by holding volume down, then hit recovery, volume up+power makes text menu appear in recovery
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dynamikd:
That's just like the slide, so I'm looking forward to seeing what comes up.

Sent from my OC844 Stock R00T3D Mytouch 3G Slide
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
Heheheh! I was talking about root being as easy as the vibrant. We'll see clockwork recovery for sure on the G2. Eventually...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
I wish root could be as easy as the vibrant, hopefully when I get home we can try some ideas and have at it
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] WilliamStern:
Hey man, thanks for being so helpful, and willing to answer questions. I'm kinda new at all this, so I know who I'll be following around here in G2 world.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
Well I only get the phone for 1 day but I will be as helpful as I can be with the phone, and I'll have one at work to toy with. Right now I am trying to get used to the keyboard and how it's set up
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] crr127:
how do the short cut keys work? programmed? and what can they be programmed to do?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] gariak:
I've got one in hand with adb access but no root. Unless I'm doing it wrong, UniversalAndRoot, Unrevoked, and "fastboot oem unlock" all don't work. Other ideas?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
I have not looked at the leaked Tmo Eng rom.

Does it have come with a Eng recovery image?

If so we might get lucky and it would allow for unsigned or test key roms to be loaded.

My thought would be to temp root a phone then load the Eng recovery, reboot into the eng recovery and try and load a new rom or see if adb is active.

Good or Bad idea?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
sounds good to me...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
So, I should elevate to a root shell, load flash_image on my phone, and flash the recovery from the ENG build? Then see if it sticks, and if I can access adb?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
How do you get past the <!> when you boot into recovery.

If I remember right it was like alt s on the g1 to show txt but not sure what to do on the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wrxtc714:
That is a great idea

This is a great idea

in fact I just thought of it myself before I read your post

but i'm too tired to get into it tonight.

maybe tomorrow

But based on the evo root method flashing the mtd-eng.img is what actually allows you to flash the engineering evo rom to downgrade and then root from 2.2

although the evo root does use a 2.1 sense exploit i've been thinking that maybe running the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin after the downgrade might do it so we can then flash a custom recovery when someone makes one.

any corrections if i'm wrong or additions if I left something out
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
That was my thought, if it sticks we might be able to get it to load test key also...

I'm just tossing out ideas so hopefully it wont brick....
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] wrxtc714:
exactly

Exactly

Those are the exact steps I was going to try to load the enineering rom

let us know how it works?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Alright, I'm up off the couch and at my desk now. Time to get serious!

Hehe...

Sent from my Ubuntu Desktop using Google Chrome =D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
I don't know the guy. Do you? I'm only PMing folks i know. I just finished PMing a few of people from the MTS so maybe they will respond. I got to go to bed though... I have to go to my niece's soccer game in the morning so I need some sleep. Unlike last night...sheesh! I'm tired! I'll see you guys here tomorrow... Good night!

My goodness! It's getting downright vicious over here!
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Who cares about them =p
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
I'm getting everything lined up here, anyone else down for IRC chat or GTALK?

How about #G2ROOT on irc.freenode.net?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin seems works no matter what so there is no need to downgrade(I think) what we need to do is find a way to get it to stick.

If my plan works and we can flash recovery and it sticks we might be able to downgrade/patch hboot or find what is causing the system partition to revert and patch it.

Having temp root is a good start.

Now if we can get recovery to patch we have the options (maybe) to flash a new custom recovery. Then from there modify system and hope it sticks. *thinking out loud*
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
That would be the best case scenario. But I think it's going to be a 2 part process just like the Evo. To be able to write to the system, you need to unlock NAND.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
I'm sure it's not that EZ but you never know... Just trying to go one step at a time...Remember how root was found the 1st time on the G1... haha...

I wish I had stayed more current with android security mechanisms maybe we could have gotten past this already...

(I'm going to feel like a chump when the "real devs" get back from the bbq and knock all of my efforts out of the park)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] sino8r:
From what I understand about new htc phones is the hard spl is s off so system can only be written to in recovery even after root. So it will have to be two step process. Oh btw, I justed signed back to check my pms I sent for help and one buddy will help tomorrow night after work. So if were still stuck by then... maybe he can help a bit. Well gotta go... bye! Ill be back after the stupid game if I don't fail back asleep. I doubt I will. Ready for this! To shut those babies who are crying about the hinge and memory. I hate that they are doing that... it will be bad for g2 development and might scare people away. Oh well, later..
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Hmm...

# /data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery recovery.img
error scanning partitions

Any ideas?

What partition is the recovery, maybe if I remount it as RW?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
If this is true then getting the ENG recovery is a possible step in the right direction.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
****, there's no mount binary. D= Oh well I'll throw it in /data/local/tmp and chmod 4755 it and try again... Also, I'm pretty sure the recovery is still yaffs2, and not ext3. I can mount the system and userdata partitions as loopback on my desktop as ext3 but no dice with recovery. and no yaffs2 support on my desktop and I'm too lazy to install the package, running 10.10 beta and haven't updated my packages for about 2 weeks...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
This is how it was done with the Evo.

adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
Hmm try remounting(I've not seen that error before) it if still no go maybe try fastboot.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Yeah that's the approach I was taking, I remember doing that when I rooted my buddy's EVO

ALSO: Just realized MOUNT is a part of busybox
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
But that code which I've posted is the 3rd step already in toastcfh NAND unlocking guide (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=701835).
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Well guys, flash_image is useless to us...

Taken right from the source code:

if (mtd_scan_partitions() <= 0) die("error scanning partitions");

It only works for MTD partitions, not MMC...

What other phones use eMMC? Incredible???
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Maybe we can use dd?

Someone should GTALK me or join #G2ROOT on irc.freenode.net...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
I just looking at that.

Maybe an edit and recompile of the flash_image.

I never really used DD, but Ill look into it.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] oldsk00lz:
great job guys! With temporary root I was able to restore my apps via Titanium just in time for my trip tomorrow. Look forward to seeing how you guys progress. Seems like you're on the right path and have some good ideas.

-oldsk00lz
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] dcman008:
Update: DDing over the Eng recovery img did nothing, it did not take.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bumble-Bee:
right flashing the recovery isnt the problem. Its getting the NAND writable from somwhere, be that from within android or the bootloader.

Ask the people wo first installed a coustom recovery on the EVO / Desire / Incred. like unrevoked ... paulobrian did the first desire root + cust. recovery.

root may mey not be relevent for flashing NAND it could be exploiting the bootloader flashing procedure .... anything :-D

Also is the ENG bootloader that is going around from an RUU / is is singed ? if so u may be able to flash it in fastboot mode
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bavilo:
Are you guys not able to somewhat follow the instructions used for the Evo? They should be very similar.

Follow the guide but using files from this leak?

PC10IMG_Vision_TMOUS_1.19.531.1_Radio_12.21.60.09b_26.02.01.15_M2_release_149459_signed

I wish I could be of more help, but I have no G2 :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
I've tried dd'ing just about everything I could. I also tried removing /system/bin/rmt_storage and killing the process, as I think it has something to do with the NAND lock. No dice.

dmesg seemed to have some useful info, but I'm not sure...

I'll try fastboot when I go inside, then I'm going to call it a night.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bavilo:
Can't you just try to apply the PC10IMG.zip within hboot? Or did that attempt fail?

EDIT: has anyone seen this file? http://u.115.com/file/t5a13b6e88
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] unforgiven512:
Both fastboot and hboot failed... time for bed...
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
I also have the file on the chinese website, it has an SPL with s-off but the zip is not signed. If we could flash the hboot from that zip we should be golden.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bavilo:
So what about using this:

http://alpharev.shadowchild.nl/

together with the hboot from the test rom?

EDIT: You sure the .zip isn't signed? Why should it be not signed? Which methods have you tried. A little more info from what everyone is doing would help :)
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bumble-Bee:
AlphaRev relyes on having an exploit to write to the NAND. Flashing an ENG HBOOT would help to find if its singed you can try ....

Danger Danger Will Robinson !!!!

I am not responsable for any damage done to any phones this way.

1) put the hboot nb0 file in your fastboot directory

2) connect phone in fastboot mode

3) run command "fastboot flash hboot hboot.nb0"

I am not responsable for any damage done to any phones this way.

You could also try rename the .zip to the file name that the bootloader shows maybe PC10IMG.zip and put it on your SD card

Dunno if this helps
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bavilo:
Does it really have to be signed? Alpharev flashes a custom HBOOT right? How did he sign it? It would probably a good idea to talk to him about this.
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] Bumble-Bee:
no the alpharev hboot isnt singed. its using an edxploit to allow writing to the NAND. so that exploit allows the writing unsinged files.

At present the only thing that can write to| recovery - system - hboot |is hboot and to flash the hboot from there it needs to be htc signed.

So without a NAND unlock exploit (unrevoked style) we need a singed hboot.

Before anyone askes the EVO method wont work as that relyes on singed files too :D
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] joackie27:
How about the rom posted by football here

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=788489

I think that one is signed. Anything inside that you guys can use?
[G2 and Desire Z Android Development] tubaking182:
I tried to flash the ENG build from the link posted on chinese page above by naming it PC10IMG.ZIP as well as naming it update.zip and flashing from bootloader/recovery respectively. I also tried to see my phone in fastboot right after I got it and it was invisible. I don't have phone still to test but I can do stuff phone based while at work.