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[Nook Color Android Development] johnnyb138:
I actually did this to root my nook color. I did method two and it worked great.

I had originally tried to just do the dd command directly on my linux box with the sd card mounted but it would not work. The card would write and have all of the data on it, but the nook would not boot it. Only when I opened ADB on the linux machine and ran all of the commands directly on the android device was I able to get the nook to boot it and it worked flawlessly!
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
That's awesome. At least we have a confirmation. Now can you tell me what img did you use? I tried auto nooter 12.15, 12.18 and 12.25 and my nook never took them. Im getting tired of trying to get it to take but I won't give up until it works :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] johnnyb138:
From your image it looks like you may be mounting the partition of the drive rather than the actual raw drive. In my scenario, the locations of the actual sd drive was /dev/block/mmcblk1 . In the attached image I ran the commands for the internal drive, which was located at /dev/block/mmcblk0 since my external was not around. I verified which was which orignally by running

fdisk -l /mmc/block/mmcblk0

to print out the partition data of the drive. Thankfully, my external drive and my internal drive were of different sizes so each one was easy to identify.

Once you know which drive you are writing to (be sure!!!) change this line to match correctly:

dd if= /sdcard/*name of rooting img* of=(Mount Point) eg:/dev/block/mmcblk1

Hope this helps.
[Nook Color Android Development] johnnyb138:
I used 12.25 and it worked great, see my above post for a slight modification to what you did for method two that I picked up on.
[Nook Color Android Development] johnnyb138:
Also, root is required on the phone to run both the fdisk command I listed and the dd command to write the image to the sdcard from the phone. So, it will be required for any of the above methods regardless.
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Ahh i see now that would make more sense. I was wondering why it was mounted on /dev/vold but initially i brushed it off because in the Galaxy S lines there are a lot of leaked firmwares and thus lots of hacked ways to get around bugs, for example, sdcards not mounting.

And yes i realized this morning root was needed to dd. It's a habit to type in su as the first command right after i adb shell XD. Im trying it out now. The sd successfully flashed and im waiting for the NC. Will update in a bit.

UPDATE: Lol Omg shame!!!!! found the card at mmcblk1p1 flashed it and tried it again but alas that again was the partition...dd-ing again. The actual drive is at mmcblk1
[Nook Color Android Development] Bobb_o:
So does method 1 not work and you have to use 2 or 3?
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Im gonna write up a new method right now.
[Nook Color Android Development] Bobb_o:
Just wanted to let you know I tried rooting with method one and it worked fine.

I have an Incredible (Rooted with custom ROM) and used Win32Image
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Ok so now i will put that method back into the first post. I thought it wouldn't work but i was wrong.
[Nook Color Android Development] lazinase:
Help...I used a 16GB microSD card on this and after that now it's only read as 39MB...how can I revert that?
[Nook Color Android Development] Bobb_o:
Format the SD card. I used my Incredible to do it.
[Nook Color Android Development] christiankk:
I tried your method on using my Nexus one, unfortunately no luck.
[Nook Color Android Development] edein:
I used windows mobile OS from my HD2 as a sdCard reader and rooted my nook color successfully. Just simply plug in and select USB Storage mode.

I wouldn't try it with HD2 running Android though...might not work.
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Where was you external sdcard mounted?
[Nook Color Android Development] christiankk:
In the phone - /dev/block/mmcblk0 (free from memory)

I downloaded the image to /sdcard, extracted it on the phone and executed the 'dd' command.

Switched off the NC, plugged in the uSD card and plugged in the USB cable.

The color on the cable changes once, but the screen on the NC remains black.

Am I getting the wrong end of the stick here somehow?

PS: Thanks for your help and for posting this guide. :cool:
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
Ok sorry for replying so late but yeah you're doing it right. the screen should be black instead of the "touch the future of something blah blah". Just leave it there for like 5 min and come back. If it doesn't work take of the sdcard or else the NC will try to boot it again
[Nook Color Android Development] christiankk:
Cheers for your reply. I think I've done that, but I'll give it another try.
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
No problem and make sure you drop by to tell me if it worked or not. I really want this thread to help people without sdcard readers and if you drop by it will not only keep it at the top of the development (*wink wink*) but it will provide helpful information if others experience the same problems as you.
[Nook Color Android Development] christiankk:
Tried again very carefully with the phone, but alas no luck. I'll try with my laptop when I come back home. Cheers
[Nook Color Android Development] lopezpm:
Wow, this is way harder than I thought. I can't get the NC to take the file. I tried the method in the first post many times, and I also tried the methods found below, all 3. I can't figure this thing out. I've attached a pic of the blocks. I'm pushing it to mmcblk0p1. Is that the right one?
[Nook Color Android Development] tytdfn:
no it should be mmcblk0. the "p1" stands for "partition 1" and you don't wanna flash the image to a partition or else the nook won't take it.
[Nook Color Android Development] NikolaiT:
Hi. Im on Windows Vista x64. When I try your method, I get "fdisk: applet not found"

Anyone know why this might be happening? I am using a Samsung Vibrant with a custom rom (Nero v3), it is Froyo 2.2
[Nook Color Android Development] johnnyb138:
The fdisk command is part of busybox on the android device. I just quickly looked at that nero rom and it should have the latest and greatest version of busybox so this shouldn't be a problem. You should be able to, if busybox and all of the symlinks are properly set in the rom, run the adb shell command and then at the shell type just fdisk and get a busybox output about the fdisk command. If this doesn't work, let me know and I can try to look up a way to restore the busybox symlinks for you. Also, is this "fdisk: applet not found" the exact error you are getting? I have attached an image of the simplest commands you should be able to run
[Nook Color Android Development] sincerity:
will this work with autonooter 3.0.0? just getting into rooting this nook and don't have external sd card reader...I would assume so since I *think* this just uses the phone as an external reader righT?
[Nook Color Android Development] sincerity:
when I try to do step #12 I get cannot open for write...any ideas?
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
I was making this for myself, but felt I'd share it with all of you if you'd like.

Rom posted up here:

http://www.multiupload.com/7VT50JH17I

Link 2 : http://www.mediafire.com/?tgjikgkgf5oawzh (just added this link also to help others hope OP doesn't mind- haree)

The battery life appears to be the same as the JPA firmware, but with the device driver fixes of JPB.

Here are the changes:

Started with stock JPA firmware

Using JPB kernel:

- So far this seems to fix the proximity sensor issue when hanging up calls.

Removed:

- Social networking stuff (SNS apps)

- Samsung social networking widget

- Samsung Apps (meh... what does it really offer?)

Added:

- SuperUser (the device is rooted)

- Busybox (extra tools when using the command line)

- Adfree (stop those damn ads)

- Retroclock widget (it's cool!)

- ConnectBot (ssh, telnet, etc)

- Newest Maps, Gmail, Market (Saves space off your data partition)

- mount_ro.sh and mount_rw.sh: Makes modifying /system MUCH easier

- run "sh /system/bin/mount_rw.sh" to mount read-write

- run "sh /system/bin/mount_ro.sh" to mount as read-only again

I'm not including any boot.bin or Sbl.bin. No risk of permanently bricking your device.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
Let me be the first to say: I'd like to say you upload this rom :) If it's got the battery life of JPA and some of the fixes of JPB, this wil probably be the best rom around so far.

Second thing: Do you mind making a short tutorial on how you managed to do this? Or where you find some tips/tutorials that helped you? I'm interested in cooking roms myself you see .. :-)

Thanks in advance mate!
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] detlefroeckert:
Hi! I would like testing your firmware. Please upload this ROM and add a quick tutorial. Thanks!

Sorry for my bad english, but i from germany
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] FadeFx:
Ah, i see you have been busy... did you also deodex the rom? This could be a start for theming...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
It'll be the same tutorial as the regular JPA. This is a JPA firmware, but I just added a few things (and took away others).

It's still recommended to factory reset after you flash, since the /data directory can get ugly.

A little ;) No deodexing.. I simply made the filesystem on my phone the way I wanted it, and dd'd the image onto my SD card. I'm going to to a quick test run here. If it goes well, I'll upload.

Stay tuned...

Worked like a charm. Uploading
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
I'll flash it tonight when I get home from work. Is that JPA tutorial placed on XDA? Cause I can't remeber I've seen it passing by :p

Thanks for the great work already! ;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
Rom posted up here:

http://www.multiupload.com/7VT50JH17I

STEPS:

- Unzip the .zip file. You should be left with a .tar file.

- Use ODIN (select One Package)

- FACTORY RESET! .. If you're not running JPA or JPB already.

Read the tutorial here.. No point reinventing the wheel.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=778880

Make sure to test out the ambient light sensor.. It's worked okay for me, but double check.

Let me know how it goes!

The breakdown is this:

- cache.rfs: Direct from JPA

- factoryfs.rfs: From JPA, but modified slightly.

- logo.png: same for JPA and JPB

- modem.bin: from JPA.. Not sure the difference between it and JPB, but I've used the JPA one. Just keeping it as identical as I can to my setup.

- zImage: Unmodified from JPB
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
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[Galaxy 3 Android Development] FadeFx:
Btw did you mean ambient light sensor or proximity sensor? I ask because i think there is no ambient light sensor present in the G3
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
I did mean the proximity sensor =) I thought it sensed light, so that's why I said ambient light sensor.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Szaby59:
Agree. :D It's proximity sensor.
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] FadeFx:
Would be cool if someone could implement brightness adjustment by sliding over notification bar, this works on i9000 but not on the G3 whereas this would be really helpfull here...
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
Can you be a little more specific on where I can find the tutorial? Cause this is a huge thread you know :(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] precurse:
Under the "UPGRADING" section of the very first one on that page. It shows you everything you need to do.

Hope that helps
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
I think you misunderstood me there :p I know how to flash my phone (have done it several times before), but what I'm asking is if there is a tutorial on how to COOK/MAKE a rom. And what files are needed to create your own custom rom ;)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Guasacaca:
Well hey! this one definitely sounds promising, I'll flash it this afternoon to my device and then let you know hot it goes, but judging from your own comments, seems like a piece of cake. Thanks for this one

:p
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] tanyh:
Hi, can you upload it to like Mediafire or here in xda? I'm having trouble downloading from Multiupload :(
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Techie87:
If nobody else does it, I'll do it when i get home :)
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] tanyh:
Thanks a million :D
[Galaxy 3 Android Development] Ulqiorra:
Great job mate! I`m gonna flash your firmware and test it if my another attempt deodexing JK1 will be unsuccessful
[Nexus S General] CooKies37:
I want to get a Nexus S for myself, the unlocked without contract one, because I would like to use it in my home country (Malaysia).

So I would like to confirm one thing before I proceed:

I saw this from BestBuy forum FAQs:

Will an unlocked Nexus S work with carriers other than T-Mobile?

Yes, but it won’t run on 3G with all carriers. Speed and power will be reduced on non-3G networks.

Is that means that even though Nexus S did support the 3G band of my home country, it won't run on the 3G network?! Means that I can't use the 3G in my home country?:eek:
[Nexus S General] CooKies37:
Anyone have answer for this? Anyone tried buy N1 and got the 3G working in country outside US?
[Nexus S General] slowz3r:
gotta be 1700/2100 MHz i believe
[Nexus S General] nxt:
Wont' work. Malaysia uses 2100mhz band for 3G.

The Nexus S on T-Mobile uses BOTH 1700/2100mhz AT THE SAME TIME for 3G.
[Nexus S General] dsmflyer:
It will work fine since the 3G band in Malaysia is 2100MHz and the Nexus S supports those bands.

I had the Nexus One (T-Mobile Version) in Thailand and it worked perfectly fine on 2100MHz 3G. My N900 worked as well.

Don't listen to nxt or slowz3r they have no idea of what they are talking about.
[Nexus S General] lf2k5:
You wont have a problem with most 3g phones in Malaysia - most of the rest of the world uses standard frequencies and the nexus s and nexus 1 work just fine.

If a phone works in Europe then it'll be fine in malaysia, and indeed most of the rest of the world.

Most of the noise on here is from people in the US where there are some weird frequencies being used... you can only use 3g on T-Mobile there -at+t uses different frequencies, and sprint and Verizon use a completely different technology.
[Nexus S General] CooKies37:
Thank you for all the useful replies! :)

Got the answer. Thread Closed.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yongwoot:
ive been trying the 3 buttin method but it wont work. cant do a force program either cause a million force close pop ups show up. pleas eheklp. tried to search but the engine is down pleaseeee and ty
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duce HD2:
You said you tried the hardware button method right? Which is:

-Pull battery out

-Hold down Vol UP & Vol DOWN simultaneously

-Turn ODIN on, Plug USB cable into device

-While holding volumes down and plugged in, insert battery...

-"Should" go into download mode.....if not, you might need a jig to get it there.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yongwoot:
i'll try this. but just in case. what is this jig method?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewstein:
Here's the JIG method LINK

But download mode is different than recovery mode which your post seems to describe what you're trying to do.

Download should be accessed with Odin open while holding the vol +- connect the usb to the phone while it's off.

Recovery is booting the phone while holding the vol +- and power buttons.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duce HD2:
On the Team Whiskey forum there a user that sells them (personally never tried them, hardware always worked for me), here's the link:

http://board.teamwhiskey.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=209&hilit=jig

If you google search you might find someone else that makes them. That's all I know.

Hope it helps.:)
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yongwoot:
rhNKA Mn. i'll try it out tomorrow
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] web_ninja:
or download a terminal emulator and key in reboot download. or use Odin and key in adb reboot download. those work for me also.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] yongwoot:
may i aks how you did what you just said please lol. thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xriderx66:
He's saying you use ADB, Android Debug Bridge, i, personally have NEVER used this on my computer, just a emulator on my phone it self, but it acts as your core processor which sends out instructions, in ADB you can say "Reboot Download" and the phone will turn it self off, and go into download.

If someone else can add-on to this, and link to how to GET ADB on your computer it'd be nice, since i don't know much about ADB either, but i know it involves the SDK.

Edit: google'd adb and here is the result... http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Beniuec:
If you are just trying to get it to download mode download terminal emulator from market then open it up type su then hit enter when superuser pops up hit allow then type reboot download then hit enter should reboot you to download mode
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Don Juan De La Nooge:
I did the exact same thing .. maybe worse to your phone to mine the other day .. the only way i could get to download mode was by holding music +- and the usb trick .. I am way new to this and there is a youtube if youre as bad as i am ... search youtube for "Flashing Firmware with Odin on Samsung Vibrant" ..download the current odin version and it took me two minutes to undo everything i goofed .. hope that helps
[Captivate General] cerjam:
http://mckay.cerjturb.net/xda.php?flv=vidtest.flv

i took this with my galaxys a week ago, you can see the image has ... weird lines in it. im wondering if this is normal on the galaxys or is my camera shot. it does it in high-light as well.
[Captivate General] Damager:
Here's a night video from my Captivate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kqwf53bcQqE

And a day time video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqPhQSGGQsw

Both in 480p resolution

No lines to be seen in either

Seems to be intermittent on yours. Lines off.. then on then off again.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
Is there any way I can download files strait to my phone, and not the sd card?

Thanks.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
No. You can download from your computer and then adb push the file but you can't actually mount the internal storage from a computer.

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guitarist5122:
Why would you want to download to phone storage? No sdcard? The slide barely has storage as it is
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
I'm having some major problems with my phone.

It doesn't see the SD card, boot loops only sometimes with the sd card in it while booting, resets 1 out of every 2 times it unplugs from a computer, and adb won't see it. Its not even rooted.

I was hoping I could downoad z4root and run clockwork recovery and flash CM.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
You can't flash a recovery with a one click temporary root like that, because you lose root on reboot. It doesn't flash the engineering bootloader with the recovery that allows you to flash self signed packages like clockwork recovery. The stock recovery doesn't allow self signed packages, so it wouldn't work. One click root like that is just for running root applications more or less. You have to follow the full rooting guide, I'm pretty sure the new one is by nbetcher in the dev section, check it out.

You also MIGHT have a bad sd card, try a different one, borrow a friend's or something, see if it's the phone or the card.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
Ahh. Thanks for the clarification

No, its not my sd card. I CAN see the sd card in bootloader tho, so I know it isn't hardware. Any ways to root without ADB or the SD card?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Well if you can see your sd card in the bootloader and recovery you *SHOULD* be fine. That's where you really need the sd card. I've never actually rooted though, I got this phone already rooted so read through the guide, maybe mount usb storage in recovery to transfer files to the sd card.

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
I've tried about every rooting guide out there. But ADB and this phone don't like each other. So I get nowhere fast.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Do you have the adb drivers installed for the phone?

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
yes, i've tried it on a few computers, windows 7 and XP. none work WITH the drivers installed.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
What are you installing? The HTC sync app from the HTC site? Those have the drivers you need, not sure if the google ones work.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
I'm using the official HTC sync drivers strait from their website.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Then it should be working. Hmm. Have you run the SDKManager in android-sdk and updated all of the USB driver packages and such?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
Yessir. I've done everything I can do. Unless there's a computer-less root method that only uses the SD caed while in bootloader, I'm screwed.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
There is actually, someone discovered it the other day, look in the android dev section for PCless root or something like that, it uses the sd card and a temp root app.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
When I read this, it was like music to my ears. (No pun intended.

Except, since universal androot isn't in the market, I can't download it, because the sd card doesn't work. So I'm still outta luck.
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Oh. hmm. That's unfortunate. The only thing I can think of is trying to mount a folder on /data as /sdcard. I don't know if you'll be able to do this without root though, it's worth a shot:

$ mkdir /data/tempsd
$ mount /data/tempsd /sdcard

I'm not sure if that would work even WITH root though, so no guarantees. Kind of impossible without adb AND an sd card. I forget, is it possible for you to get a warranty replacement?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
Ill try that in the morning. I doubt it'd work tho. I CAN get a warranty replacement from HTC. It'd probably take a good month tho. A month without a smartphone. I'm not sure if i'd survive...
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
It might be worth it for one that works though. You can try to ask t-mo for a loaner phone, but I don't think they give people loaner smartphones, so maybe not
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HotEspresso:
wait, i'm kinda confused. where/how would i input the code?
[myTouch 3G Slide Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MusicMan374:
Terminal emulator, from the market

Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rhymestars:
I have been flashing roms to the Vibrant for some time now. I do it for my customers all of the time. For one customer i was reverting him to stock after he bricked his phone. The flash went good and oden declared it successful. The phone turned off to reboot and never turned back on. ANY IDEAS? ANY FIXES? Anything will help. even if it is bad news.

Im looking to sell the thing regardless. Im sure some one can scrap it out for good hardware

This is not a SOFT BRICK. i get no power. which means i can not odin back to stock.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duce HD2:
Have you tried getting into D/L mode through hardware keys?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Drewstein:
I would do my best to get it back into DL mode and try Odin again.

What version of Odin are you using? Also, what .pit and .tar?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Duce HD2:
Look for version 1.7 in the bible.

This should have everything you need.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810130

Good luck.