Many thanks for posting it Informale .
There is password though, the same as in UPDATE 8/12 - V4.4! - ROOT/RECOVERY IMAGE update, wipe, backup and restore GALAXY - HDblog - Forum
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how do i get the rectools.tar.gz file into my root folder on my phone? i cant drag and drop through pc, either in vista or virtual xp, the root folder just doesnt show up
Step 6 - Copy the RECTOOLS.tar.gz to the root of your device internal storage (sdcard)
adb push RECTOOLS.tar.gz /sdcard
I still have a problem with rooting. I did all the things mentioned, I booted into recovery, enabled su, it told me: Su enabled
After "su enabled", boot the normal system and check if you got superuser app (# icon). If you do, after you type su in the shell, that app will ask you if you want to permit root access. Tap "yes". Make sure your screen isn't locked though, as if it is you won't be able to react.
If you don't see an app with # icon after enabling su (never happened to me), then you did something wrong. Try disabling and enabling su from recovery again.
Please read carefully:
It's internal storage root dir: /sdcard/
not "root folder on your phone"
You can copy it with windows explorer (after mounting) or you can use adb without mounting:
Code:adb push RECTOOLS.tar.gz /sdcard
Thank you for your reply screminbug, but im still having problems. (Presumably due to my noobness) Ok, so i have put a copy of the file in the base(root?) directory of the two drives that come up when i mount to vista, e: and f:. one is obvously my external sd card, and one is the internal memory. so basically, one is e:\rectools.tar.gz and one is f:\rectools.tar.tz. using windows explorer, i have no e:\sdcard or f:\sdcard which is what im thinking i need, because as it is now when i boot i just get mini recovery mode telling me to push the file, which just doesnt work. device not found, it says. which i dont get cause how the ** did i get to mini recovery mode if it cant see the phone! so i have no idea what im doing wrong or how to fix it. im not sure if this will matter, but i flashed it to ik4 the other day. it was on stock from optus australia,(which is why i want to do this, to get paid apps)
Thanks electroz, but the phone boots up fine, when i boot in recovery mode, drakaz mini comes up telling me to push, which doesnt work, so i continue on to boot the phone and mount the internal storage. move the file to (for ease of conversation im calling my internal card e e:\rectools.tar.gz ( i cant put it in e:\sdcard\rectools.tar.gz, doesnt show up) and thats all i can do. it doesnt want to go into drakaz recovery. keeps going to mini recovery saying the file is not there. otherwise i can make calls etc just fine. what am i doing wrong? if someone could write a path to show me exactly where it is supposed to go eg "e:\put the file here you stupid noob!" P.S. i dont have the phone connected to usb and virtual xp(how i got drakaz on there) while i boot to recovery, is that important? (hope not cause i blue screened my pc last night trying to get this to work!, on lappy atm)
what I noticed was that when I'd ADB push the file, it would rename the file to have all small letters. The file I downloaded had all caps except for the extensions. The file you're putting on there, does it have all caps when you're looking at it on the internal sd? If not, try renaming it so that it does.
how is galaxHero? worth going from ik4 to it?
Yeah mate, all capital letters. is it in the right spot? e:\RECTOOLS.tar.gz
Yep. Thats where mine is.
You sure E: is the internal SD card and not the one you put in the phone?
Im pretty sure it is, but i have a copy on each, both e: and f: so one should work
F$%K. Get this. 50 bytes. and it has a md5 extension on it. Grr!. im so stupid!!! im going to dl again and actually have my eyes open while i do this. thanks mate. the missus is off to work (this is actually her phone) so im going to spend all day waiting to see if thats that it is. sounds like it. Thanks for all your help mate ill let you know how i go.
and where yo get this galax0?
I get to step 7 and it says 'Error: Cannot load recovery.img"
what have i done wrong?
in C:\android-sdk-windows\tools can you see the recover.img that you took from the zip?
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