[Epic 4G General] juchmis:
Hi there. I got an Epic 4G not too long ago, and I've been attempting to root and install Clockwork to get some custom ROMs on it.

Installed Samsung drivers, phone connects fine. I'm not mounting the SD card, and I've tried it in Charge Only and USB Mass Storage modes.

I ran the sticky'd root method (2.2.6) from the Development subforum under the Epic 4G. Here is my log from that:

C:\Users\___>CD C:\Users\___\Desktop\Root

C:\Users\___\Desktop\root>adb devices
List of devices attached
D70024857e4d device

C:\Users\___\Desktop\root>run.bat
exploit and busybox made by joeykrim and one click installer made by noobnl and
firon
Press any key to continue . . .
copy and run the exploit (may take 2 minutes)
128 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.041s)
3 KB/s (88 bytes in 0.026s)
[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C

[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3712, 3712}
[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 2208
[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
[*]
[*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to
[*] 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.

make it RW and move files
30 KB/s (687 bytes in 0.022s)
246 KB/s (26264 bytes in 0.104s)
355 KB/s (196521 bytes in 0.540s)
327 KB/s (14428 bytes in 0.043s)
9 KB/s (201 bytes in 0.020s)
413 KB/s (511436 bytes in 1.207s)
8 KB/s (203 bytes in 0.024s)
24 KB/s (479 bytes in 0.019s)
set permission
install busybox
push any key to reboot the phone
Press any key to continue . . .

Alright, so it rebooted. I can see SuperUser, and I can run apps that require root work perfectly (that screenshot one, etc).

So, I go to install Clockwork from the SDX forum (crossposted [link to noobnl's post spliced]). I ran "run-try-first.bat"

C:\Users\___>CD C:\Users\Media\Desktop\clockwork

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>adb devices
List of devices attached
D70024857e4d device

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>adb shell
$ su
su
# exit
exit
$ exit
exit

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>run-try-first.bat
one click installer and Clockworkmod Recovery v2.5.1.0 made by noobnl, skeeters
lint, and koush
Press any key to continue . . .
remove stock recovery patcher
mount: Operation not permitted
rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh, Read-only file system
rm failed for /system/recovery-from-boot.p, Read-only file system
copy kernel and flasher
432 KB/s (313888 bytes in 0.708s)
462 KB/s (5820868 bytes in 12.299s)
flashing kernel
RedBend Update Agent 6,1,14,1

FOTA : Make Block Device Nodes
lcd_init(498): start!
lcd_init(507): fb0 open success
lcd_init(514): width = 480, height = 800
open device file: Permission denied
bmldevice_get_size: bmldevice_open failed!src: /sdcard/zImage
dst: /dev/block/bml8 partition size: 0x0
part_size: 0x0
reboot: Operation not permitted
wait 60 second
cleanup
done
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>

So, that seems like it didn't really work. I rebooted and went to recovery with ADB on the computer, with the volume + camera + power method, and got the stock recovery each time.

I went back in and installed ROM Manager, and flashed the newest build for the Epic, didn't work, stock recovery with the E: verification failed error.

I returned to my PC to try "run-try-last.bat"

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>run-try-last.bat
one click installer and Clockworkmod Recovery v2.5.1.0 made by noobnl, skeetersl
int, and koush
Press any key to continue . . .
copy and run the exploit (may take 2 minutes)
146 KB/s (5392 bytes in 0.036s)
4 KB/s (88 bytes in 0.020s)
[*] CVE-2010-EASY Android local root exploit (C) 2010 by 743C

[*] checking NPROC limit ...
[+] RLIMIT_NPROC={3712, 3712}
[*] Searching for adb ...
[+] Found adb as PID 2209
[*] Spawning children. Dont type anything and wait for reset!
[*]
[*] If you like what we are doing you can send us PayPal money to
[*] 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.

remove stock recovery patcher
rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh, No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/recovery-from-boot.p, No such file or directory
copy kernel and flasher
459 KB/s (313888 bytes in 0.667s)
343 KB/s (5820868 bytes in 16.535s)
flashing kernel
RedBend Update Agent 6,1,14,1

FOTA : Make Block Device Nodes
lcd_init(498): start!
lcd_init(507): fb0 open success
lcd_init(514): width = 480, height = 800
page_msize: 4096, phy_unit_size: 262144
src: /sdcard/zImage
dst: /dev/block/bml8 partition size: 0x780000
part_size: 0x780000
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 262144 bytes
read 53700 bytes
read finished
wait 60 second
cleanup
done
Press any key to continue . . .

C:\Users\___\Desktop\clockwork>adb reboot recovery

Same thing, didn't work. I am currently guessing that the:

rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh, No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/recovery-from-boot.p, No such file or directory

is the problem, since I can't seem to remove these files? I don't know.

Help is appreciated! Thanks much!

EDIT

C:\Users\Media>CD C:\Users\Media\Desktop\Root

C:\Users\Media\Desktop\root>adb shell mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9
/system
mount: Operation not permitted

C:\Users\Media\Desktop\root>adb shell
$ su
su
# mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
# rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
rm failed for /system/etc/install-recovery.sh, No such file or directory
# rm /system/recovery/recovery-from-boot.p
rm /system/recovery/recovery-from-boot.p
rm failed for /system/recovery/recovery-from-boot.p, No such file or directory
#

These files actually don't exist or something