aespielberg

Hi,

I'm really new to rooting and have some very novice questions. I just want root access now so I can remove the bloatware and have more developer freedom in the future.

Anyway, I'm following this guide:

forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239821

I have my bootloader unlocked from the official HTC method.

but when I try to run the command

C:\Android Rooting Folder>adb push recovery.img /sdcard/

I get:

adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
failed to copy 'recovery.img' to '/sdcard//recovery.img': Permission denied

I don't know why I'm getting this permission denied error. Am I running this from the right folder? This is the folder I created for the HTC method in which I have the adb, adbwinapi.dll, fastboot etc. I put the recovery and su in here.

Am I doing this right? It feels wrong because I have no reference to my H: drive where the phone is linked, but I don't know. What am I doing wrong?

wake69

you can just connect to pc as storage and transfer files to the root of your sdcard

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Last edited by wake69; January 15th, 2012 at 08:16 PM.

aespielberg

Thanks for the quick reply, still having some issues though.

I must be doing something just outright wrong. I tried to run the command "adb reboot bootloader" and the only response I get is "error: device not found." Any idea why this might be? I have the phone connected to the USB port, have debugging enabled and have the sd card mounted as a disk drive.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks

wake69

need phone mounted as charge only

aespielberg

Same error :-/. Do I have to be running adb from a specific location?

wake69

i did the full android sdk install, and copied the files from tools to platform tools so all are in the right location. and i cd to that location. however i at one time put only files in one folder to test ans as long as adb, fastboot and a few others are there, it does not matter where they are run from

wake69

you can try this, it is only the needed files for adb and fastboot

Attached Files

ADB-FASTBOOT.zip (361.8 KB, 19 views)

aespielberg

I already have all those files in the folder. The only other ones I have in the folder I'm running it from (right now a USB drive) are my unlock_code.bin, recovery.img, and the su zip folder. I'm really stumped :-/. I appreciate your help so far.

jerofld

I really hate HTC for calling this feature this, but make sure "Fast boot" is unchecked in Settings > Power. Note, this is not the fastboot that is in the Android SDK. It's a feature like hibernate in windows that prevents the phone from shutting down fully so that it can 'reboot' quickly. This prevents some reboot commands from working properly. Then go to Settings > Applications > Development and check USB debugging (if it isn't already). Then try it again.

If that fails, then just shut off your phone normally, hold volume down and hold power until the bootloader appears. If you still have troubles, yank out the battery, count to 5, put the battery back in and hold vol down + power again.

Last edited by jerofld; January 16th, 2012 at 01:25 PM.

aespielberg

Aha! That did it! You guys are my heroes. Man, and I had even unchecked that, but lost it in the unlock process.

Anyway, kudos, and muchas gracias!