UBRocked

No, update.zip is the name you want on the file. Otherwise "applying update.zip" doesn't quite work

__________________
Myself: Galaxy Nexus, Droid 4, Transformer, Logitech Revue, Sony Blu-ray Player with Google TV
Wife and Kids: iPhone4, Apple iPad, Galaxy Player 4.0, B&N NookColor
Retired: Thunderbolt, Droid Pro, Fascinate, 2 Motorola Droids (the OG), Galaxy Tab (7" WiFi), Archos 70

HumanContract

LMAO! Same here

__________________
I <3 my Droid!

JMBerling84

I tried using the file update.zip from the link, but it's not working. All I am getting is this:

Finding update package...
Opening Update Package...
Verifying update package...
E: failed to open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory)
E: Signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

The file was on the sd card because it said it found it, but it won't install. Am I doing something wrong? PLEASE HELP!

cggorman

Had the phone for a total of about 6 hours so far...

Successfully rooted and backed up with recovery.99.3b
also flashed the new baseband update.

Thanks for the guides!

Might want to check the update section instructions for SBrecovery. they didn't work for me as written, but some trial and error got it done.

Now I'm off to install nexbeast and overclock.

double

i have rooted and downloaded SDK. when i get to the point of typing ADB to test, it says adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. in cmd prompt i can get the directory right, i just cant succesfully send adb command

got it, no matter how i copied couldnt get it. put cmd in address/directory bar (vista) worked like a charm

Last edited by double; April 2nd, 2010 at 03:24 AM.

double

Man that was fun, first time to try anything and rooted, busy, SPRecovery, NexTheme from Fab, kernel from chevy. this is the shizz, lovin me some wifi teth.

thanks so much for the good tutorials.

blackops

Never Mind, I used VtotheZ's sweet vid, that was super easy and fast! Now I am going to start running ROM's!



Thanks so much VthotheZ i love the vids

Last edited by blackops; April 3rd, 2010 at 12:30 AM.

bimm3rb0y

I tried following the steps to root my phone and was able to get all the way up to the recovery portion of the Steps.

After I chose apply sdcard:update.zip I got this message:

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
--Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:EOCD marker occurs after start of EOCD
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.

I manually did a 2.1 update a week ago FYI.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

UBRocked

You're trying to root your phone but that's not gonna happen with the 2.1 update on it. You have to go back in time to root.

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-droid/47349-now-you-can-live-without-fear-bricking.html

That guide will take you through flashing your phone back to stock 2.0.1. THEN you come back here and root your phone.

bimm3rb0y

That makes total sense. So, in time would we all be able to have a rooted 2.1???

nstallion

Probably.

A good portion of the rooted community - I might even go so far as to say most - did not bother getting the 2.1 update in the first place as it is inferior to custom roms. If they did then they also aren't too bothered about having to flash the .sbf to 2.0.1 to go back to root.

I think this means that there's not as much of an imperative to root 2.1 as there would have been to root 2.0.1 or 2.0. I'm sure it will be rooted not too long from now though.

UBRocked

I just want to clarify that you can have 2.1 once you are rooted (the build is ESE81...and we have that as custom ROMs are being made using the OTA build). There are modified versions of the 2.1 update (ESE81) that allow you to keep root, you just can root when you are on the stock 2.1 OTA from Verizon...make sense?

yungmii

Do I need to be rooted to use roms or are those 2 separate?

darkjinni2

I am trying to follow the guide. I downloaded the SDK software. I extracted busybox to the tools folder. I get in the command prompt, cd to the right path, enter in ADB and get the list of commands. The first time I enter the first line of commands "adb push busybox /data/local/busybox", I got this message "* daemon not running. starting it now * * daemon started successfully * error: device not found, then after that I attempted the same command 3 more times each time receiving "error: device not found", I then tried ADB and hit enter and received the command list again. I attempted to type in the "adb push busybox /data/local/busybox" and received "error: device not found". Is there something I'm missing? Is this common? Does anyone know of a fix?

I manually updated to 2.1 on Sunday realized I wanted to root my phone, so I rolled it back to 2.0.1 and rooted it yesterday.

Last edited by darkjinni2; April 6th, 2010 at 09:12 PM.

darkjinni2

Thanks for anyone attempting but the crisis for now has been adverted. I thought because it said it started successfully that I had the usb debugging on but I didn't.

darkjinni2

The real problem, got to the cd/data/local command then executed says it's not found. I looked in the folder named data on my droid and there are no folders within that folder, as in no 'local' folder...but when i pushed the busy box to the droid it says 1505 Kb/s as if the push was successful...what should i do?

The problem has been solved for some reason i had to enter cd /data then cd /local in order for the command to take. Thanks obelisk79 [shouting from the mountain tops].

Last edited by darkjinni2; April 8th, 2010 at 12:45 AM. Reason: Problem fixed

gandreae

i am unable to go to su in command prompt. I have done everything before that..... I pointed it to the tools area, the tried to go into su, but it said access denied.... any ideas why? any help would be really appreciated.

darkjinni2

"i am unable to go to su in command prompt. I have done everything before that..... I pointed it to the tools area, the tried to go into su, but it said access denied.... any ideas why? any help would be really appreciated. "


It might be that when you entered the 'su' command in your computer, that you didn't accept it on your phone. When you enter the 'su' command a message box opens up on your phone and if you don't answer yes to that message box it won't allow you to move forward.

raphytaffy

So I went from 2.1, flashed back to 2.0.1 (phone went back to stock), rooted, and then flashed Cyanogenmod.

I was just wondering if I hadn't taken that route, would I have been able to use this update.zip to root my 2.1? Or is it required to go back to 2.0.1 first?

Also, what if my phone wasn't on 2.1 yet. Would rooting with this update.zip delete all of my data and apps?

Eazail70x7

Im trying to get abd to work but I'm stuck on the part where I enter the tools file path into the command prompt. Ive tried everything I can think of! I have windows xp and my android-sdk-windows folder is on the desktop. I did exactly what the instructions said....

type, "cd \Desktop\android-sdk-windows\tools" then press enter. Everytime, I get the system cannot find the file path specified. Please help?

s1ckGhost

Quick Question:

For the Flash Image and Recover image files, do I drag them into the microsd root, or do I drag them into an actual folder in the microsd?

__________________
I wish...I were... something.. Super =]

Eazail70x7

Having problems installing busybox. First one is when I get to the part where I have to type in:

./busybox

when i hit enter it tells me "permission denied"

I then (just out of curiousity) moved on to the next commands and got all the way to:

/data/local/busybox cp /data/local/busybox /system/xbin

Then I got "permission denied" again! Can anyone help?

Brotorolla_DROID

I am also having trouble with the ABD route. I've been using the DroidMod guide and am stuck on the first abd shell command. I've tried it while directed in the tools folder and the folder where the su and SuperUser files are, and i even tried putting them in the tools folder, but it just says it could not find the specified destination (or something to that avail). I have SPRecover installed and running and I have a backup made. What am I doing wrong?

surprise07

I can not get this to work for the life of me. I boot with SPRecovery
Mount /system

Get the first 2 steps done and get a # rather than a $. So when I type in su, it says su: not found

Su is in the same folder as adb, system 32

so I also tried to do it in terminal emulator using this:
http://benno.id.au/blog/2007/11/14/android-busybox

but got to $ adb push busybox /data/busybox/busybox and got the message Permission Denied

I have a rooted 2.1 and overclocked it already so I am pretty sure I haven't messed up in rooting it?

also, after looking into the "data" folder using astro, there is no "local" folder within it?

Have I missed something?

Last edited by surprise07; May 1st, 2010 at 03:34 AM.

NukNeal

Guys, I am thinking of rooting because I really want to tether. What exactly do I need to do? Do I need to do the entire install from the original entry or just the 2.1 update? Any help you can give me I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

kartook

This is what i am looking for long days