giantpune

The only simi-permanent change Poot makes to the phone is that it puts the su binary at "/system/xbin/su". It doesn't change any settings or build props, it doesn't install or remove any other apps, and it doesn't change any attributes for any files/directories/partitions. I want it to do only the minimum to to allow you to get root access.

On the 4 or 5 models now that we have tested Poot on, the presence of that su binary by itself is not enough to brick the phone. And even installing superSU/superuser didn't hurt them. It was more likely caused by something you did with your newfound control of your phone that broke it.

imamystery

Thanks for the help.....

Last edited by imamystery; September 13th, 2012 at 09:56 AM.

imamystery

Could I have done it by moving a system app/program to the SD card... I just dont want to mess up the new one...

Curtis1973

yes by moving a system app that may very well have caused the issue. depends on exactly what you did,what app you used to move it,etc.. i highly doubt the root method did anything.

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MacFett

You can't just move a system app once rooted, the option doesn't suddenly appear. You have to move it from the system partition, in essence, stop it from being a system app. Then it can be moved to SD.

You could have frozen or uninstalled a system app through Titanium backup or similar. Always ensure you have backed up all apps before removing anything. If you're unsure, freeze it let the device run a day or two and several reboots with it frozen if it acts normal there is probably no harm in removing it.

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imamystery

I did uninstall some apps, and didnt back them up (like I should have).. I am not sure what happened... Are there any custom Roms for the Optimus Elite, such as CyanogenMod, or ASOP, that you know of... I couldn't find any by search... Or can I use one for an Optimus V...

Curtis1973

no roms or recovery. but you can reflash the tot file to "recover" sort of. also there is a list of system apps here on the forum in case you want to put something back.

Artine

Nothing yet is available to use as we do not have a Recovery method in place. Drew is working on that right now.

Be patient, grasshopper. All in due time.

MacFett

Leslie Ann has posted all of the system files. I can also post individuals if needed. They can be restored with Titanium Backup or use a root explorer to move them to the /system folder.

tlyonstlyons

Thanks!

In case anyone doesn't know:

1. This phone is on sale at Target/Radioshack/Walmart for $99 bucks or direct from VM. With VM, you can $12.50 in cashback from FW for a net of $87.50

2. You can go to VM and change the plan. Click "don't see the plan you want?" and get the $25 plan for 300 minutes / unlimited everything else.

3. Now it's a super easy root to get wifi tethering.

Might be the bargain phone of the year.

Hardwire

*Confirmed, I just got this phone Thursday from upgrading from Optimus V. Downloaded these 2 apks and did what was said and went fast. Rooted 9/14/12

LacWare

Rooting my replacement Elite was definitely easier then my first one, thanks for the app.

pse

Giantpune,
Your work is astounding; Art of a high order.
Thank you

Curtis1973

i agree. both giantpune and hashtag have made rooting the optimus elite an easy task. first with one click and then poot.

landonh12

I rooted my phone with poot, and it takes milliseconds to install the su binary. I rooted my first phone with the click root and that was a breakthrough as well. Poot could be the revolutionary method to rooting. It's so easy to do and youdont have to be tech savvy.

CaptainFalco31

Superb work, my friend.

louiedog

I've never rooted an Android device before. The time between me clicking the link to download the first apk and my phone being rooted was less than 2 minutes. Thanks so much for making it easy.

Curtis1973

poot is a hit PCD VENTURE Virgin Mobile Root Guide now confirmed not only on the elite and venture,vm chaser users are confirming the venture method works on the vm chaser also.

giantpune

I believe Poot will work (or can be made to work) on many late-2011/early-2012 devices that that ship with android 2.3.4ish, kernel version around 2.6.35.11, and have a qualcomm snapdragon. But we won't know until somebody tries it out on a specific model.

kwknott

I finally tried this out on my Brothers elite and was suprised at how quick it work. Great job giantpune.

Curtis1973

i know for sure virgin mobile chaser/venture owners are liking it. the chaser reminds me of an off brand optimus v for some reason. looks similar. i know the venture is a small screen deal but its actually pretty snappy for what it is. i played around with one earlier. wasnt laggy at all.

trebor7

Do you think this could work on ics devices, like the kyocera rise? And also, does the SuperSU option to uninstall root work? That could be a significant tool for getting your phone back under warranty.

giantpune

I believe the bug does exist in some ICS source trees, but due to one of the configuration files read at startup, the bug is not exposed to userland programs. Even if the exploitable code is reachable from userland, I'm using /proc/kallsyms. The behavior of that file was changed to be a bit more secure. you would need to use another method to decide where in memory to put some stuff to make it work.

As far as unrooting the device, the changes made by Poot can be completely undone with one command in adb shell or really any app that you grant root access to.

Last edited by giantpune; September 17th, 2012 at 04:58 PM.

HallOfPromise

I just pooted and what an experience it was!

I rooted my OV some time ago... so long ago I pretty much forgot half of what I did to gain root access, and since I'd suffered from (apparent) memory loss I was worried about having to do it again on the OE. THANKFULLY these two apps came along and made rooting extremely easy! I hit poot and quicker than a sneeze my OE was rooted. It takes longer and is actually more difficult to sign-in to google services using the Play Store app. Wonderful!

Thanks to everyone related to this method of rooting!

Cybrczch

ALL HAIL THE GREAT GIANTPUNE!!!
I rooted my phone previously using the first method. Then managed to accidently install the update (I had been denying for weeks) and Titanium said I had lost root. Once I figured out how to install the .apk, POOT! and I'm rooted again.

13lackcat

Help please, I'm trying to do this from my oe but it continuously fails to download :/ am I doing something wrong?

*edit* I used another browser (dolphin) and it downloaded just fine root was achieved lightning fast

Last edited by 13lackcat; September 19th, 2012 at 11:37 AM.

kakapopo

should i factory reset before I poot?

nevermind.

Last edited by kakapopo; September 18th, 2012 at 11:30 PM.

SeanyCash

Awesome, worked great for me. Easiest root method ever, thanks for posting it !

jamoosh

I purchased the Optimus Elite on 09/05 and Pooted about the time the APKs were released on this forum. So far, so good. I would like to extend my gratitude to giantpune and hashtag for their hard work.
Does anyone know if it is safe to install the OTA system update without causing any conflicts, and if not, is there a way to disable the notification for it?

Thanks.

kwknott

It'll keep nagging till you do. If you install it you'll need to repoot as the update messes with root. I have it installed with no issues.

DsyMnapTic

I don't know why you would need to install an OTA update if you just bought your phone, should already be zv5


EDIT:at least mine was and I got mine very beginning of September September

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jamoosh

Mine came with ZV4--purchased around the same time--but then, maybe it was hanging around wherever for a while.

jamoosh

Thanks for the reassurance.
To any interested parties -- I just tapped on the update, rebooted and repooted, and all seems to be in tact so far.

mysticalnyte

Kudos to giantpune for this!
After updating from ZV4 to ZV5 AND being one of the originals to follow the Jcase method for rooting the first time since nothing like this was available at the time, this was super easy!

HackADevice

Yeah this is gonna be great for any future updates because I had to have Hashtag root my phone on ADB sing teamviewer Cuz there was nothing this easy at the time...

Artine

Same here. So easy I actually pooted on my girlfriend's OE too.

Pun intended.

battlecat70

Worked like a charm. A million thanks!

christiansoto

Can you make this compatible with samsung galaxy reverb

Hashtag

giantpune sent me this message awhile back when I asked him if it worked on other phones-

" There are quite a few of them that contain the bug at least in the source code. Weather or not that code is actually used is another story. We won't know until somebody tries to run this on another phone."

Try eeettt

lomaxxx1337

Easiest root ever!!

Hashtag

Mr.Pune, would you happen to have the code handy for this? Just the part about the input/output streams on the terminal thing? I've can run commands and things like that, but I can't seem to figure out how to get the output stream and put it into somewhere I can see it. I tried googleing it, but I still dont get it for some reason.

giantpune

This is written using Qt. The terminal thing is a QPlainTextEdit. I'm running a command in a QProcess and inserting it's stdout to the plaintextedit with qDebug(). The Qt framework is heavily documented already and there are examples for all the features that are commented much better than my code.

QPlainTextEdit | Documentation | Qt Developer Network
QProcess | Documentation | Qt Developer Network

Hashtag

Ahh, I see. Mine is not written in qt, but thank you for the clarification.

AS13

Just "upgraded" from the optimus v (the basic root didn't fix my memory issues) and this was seriously super fast and straight forward. Thanks!

Linoleum

Anyone have luck w/ZV9 pooting? This is a work provided phone and need to be careful.

Hashtag

That's a Sprint right? This works on the Sprint version.

modularity

About to use this on another phone (china sourced) with a snapdragon but GSM. Since your elite's aren't GSM, would that have a negative effect on GSM phones?

Artine

Doubt it's ever been tested. Would be good for a test though.

modularity

So I went ahead and tried this on my phone

Didnt stick

Here are error messages :

...
[+] Mapped 0x10000000
[+] Hooked mask_requests_validate()
[-] Error running kernel-mode code
[-] Failed to clean up our mess
...

Think you can tweak it more to be more universal?

Or, I've got this feeling, this is uses the same exploit as zergrush, and so anything that fails there also fails with poot?

wyliee

did you download ministro and download libraries? if not you need to do so, if yes then i sujest trying jcase root, but this requires having your msl and is the most complicated way, there are some easy to follow guides by me and hashtag tho i would suggest hashtags ultimate rooting guide it tells you how to get your msl