sammyz

I heard the Optimus S had problems with gingerbread...so many that they pulled the update

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jmichaels

Hi I'm new to this all so I don't know if im even posting properly but I just had to add to this one because I am experiencing the same exact issue with busy box not installing. Even got the full busy box from market and it tells me there are multiple (I tried the root process twice now) was there an actual way to fix this? Please help I want to set my device up so that I may begin learning how to develop apps. thanks

Jaycee23

hey, i just now rooted my phone using this method, i went into recovery and it says on the bottom "Build: Ra-OptimusM-2.2.1-GNME:" Does this mean i dont have 2.2.2 installed? Mind you i just recently updated my phone to the 2.2.2 update that came out for the phone (software update) Still have to figure out how im gonna use this new feature out now lol, thanks

bttledfedmr2

I've rooted but when i enter SU I can't get it to add the app. IE root explorer still won't let me unmount/ mount to r/w

Chess101

my optimus got wet and now it wont read any Sd cards, Will this prevent me from rooting it?

leverick

followed all of the steps didnt work for me tho
what could i have done wrong?

chyzdad

when installing the drivers again i have a failed install. error involves the following

Andriod platform Sooner Single ADB Interface


What is this and what can I do to fix it.

I just updated to the newest SW version...probably a bad idea. But we will see.

NVM...brought it to work hooked it up and ran root prog...took just fine. Thanks mate

Last edited by chyzdad; March 22nd, 2012 at 06:51 AM.

Vulcan219

Yes I had a successful root of my OM 2.2.2 and am happy as ever about it and working on making a copy of the rom on it as I plan to learn to make custom roms as well and try my hand at it, I had done some programmng and had worked some on the open source VLC media player, so now I want to try something new, and this Root fix for the OM is finally giving me the excuse I need to get started on the new endeavour, I am copying and saving the factory rom and getting ready to install Mikes custom 2.2.2 rom on it now.

I would like to thank Mike, Ben, Bob and the many others who helped me on some things, and for this great catch to finally Root the 2.2.2. Now if I can find an Adobe Flash Player app that works on it, then all will be well. If I can't find one then I may have to get one and crack it open and see what I can do to mod it for myself, then for others. I had read on here somewhere that someone had modded a 10.2 flashplayer, and thought I saw something on a 11 flashplayer, but I could have been mistaken on the 11 flashplayer.

Anywho, many thanks to you guys for the Root fix, as of now since I have removed all the Metro crap and the LG stuff, the phone works way better now, the LG Facebook app blew chunks bigtime, and I hated that thing, and installed the real FB app and was happy and now it is all to itself on the phone and is just as happy as me.

Thanks to you guys and the great and hard work you do here.

Vulcan

chyzdad

I gotta say i like the new root and the ROM u supplied mikekelso421...awesome work

however i did still seem to have issues with my market FC on its own. I found a gapps install and did that. Now when i go to create an acct it reboots. Is there a specific gapps that i need install that work with ur ROM or will any do???

sammyz has been helping on another thread i have specifically with this issue, but i thought i would throw it u and see what u think

Last edited by chyzdad; March 26th, 2012 at 05:36 PM.

sammyz

Oh your using that ROM??? I don't think you need to flash gapps with it, its froyo........ I think you need to reflash and possibly need to redownload the ROM

Vulcan219

Here is a side note for the rom from mikekelso421, there is something that was removed from the froyo rom of his that now allows the modified flashplayer 11 from xda forums to work on it now. which is kewl, it starts kinda jerky but smooths out after a few seconds. I may try the 10.2 veersion to see if it plays any smoother, I just thought I would put this out for those who, are still using the stock rom that is un modified to check out mkes rom, and if they want the flashplayer to work on their OM, and keep the froyo on it, then they should check out mikekelso421's rom out, it is debloated with a few extras in it, I personally love the ADW Launcher, because of the customizations you can make with it, it is a very versitale launcher.

No doubt for a modded stock froyo rom, mike has my cudos on it.

Vulcan

Last edited by Vulcan219; March 29th, 2012 at 03:40 PM. Reason: Fixed a typo

Vulcan219

You may want to check the launchers settings on the market app and reset it for the app to launch, I had a similar issue with the camera app and readjusted the settings all you have to do is long click on the market app and when the menu pops up on the screen click on the edit option that is in the menu list, but make sure the desktop locked option is set for unlocked, you do that by clicking the menu button and selecting other and see if you have the screen locked or unlocked, if the screen is unlocked it will ask if you want to lock it. I hope this helps.

Vulcan

PCSucks

Hello,
I followed all the steps(downloaded and installed lg drivers, enabled debugging, phone screen unlocked, sd card mounted, etc), I ran the "RUNFIRST.bat", pressed "A" and did all the process, phone rebooted and I couldn't find the SU app, it didn't install. Did the same process like 5 times and still it doesn't get rooted
Could anyone please help?

sammyz

What operating system are you running? xD just by the username it sounds like your not running windows haha

PCSucks

FIXED!!! I had to format my sd card though.

PCSucks

lol, I fixed already, thanks anyways for your help!

sammyz

Yea sometimes you have to do that too...haha I hope you backed up everything, cuz there's no way getting back what was on it if you didn't

chusett

Hey Mike & board members!

I recently downloaded the root kit to root my LG optimus M for metro pcs.
Everything seemed fine and i ran the superuser.apk to root. Afterwards it said my binary was outdated, and asked me to automatically look for one but it failed and told me to enter recovery mode and flash my own binary..

So I entered recovery mode via the vol Down, menu, and power button.

But this is where its strange now. Im no phone expert, but it doesnt seem like im in recovery mode. It seems like it did a factory reset? Ive lost all my apps and widgets, and it even asked me for my time zone and time/date info again.

And now I do not know if i AM in recovery mode or if i somehow did a reset. If i am in recovery mode can you PLEASE tell me how to go back to normal mode? And if this IS looking like my fone reset, then why and how? I do not even want to download your DEBLOATER rom because at this point i have no idea what is going on..

Any help from anyone is very appreciated, thank you.

sammyz

If you never rooted then you can't go into recovery mode...sounds like it did factory reset. Make sure you follow ALL directions carefully....doing something early can result in another failure in trying to root... this cannot brick your phone. What you do after you brick is when people get the most problems ......always be careful and READ, READ, and READ. I can't stress enough how important it is to read everything.

Vulcan219

What Sammyz said

Just do what Sammy said and you should be fine, but if it gives you the SU binary out of date again, try going to Googleplay first to update it, usually when you get the binary out of date it is because a newer version is out.

Vulcan

Last edited by Vulcan219; April 27th, 2012 at 11:57 AM. Reason: fixed a typo

chusett

Thx Sammy & vulcan..

But I'm not sure why u say I'm not rooted.. after I first install the superuser.apk it showed on my phone.. but just when I ran it it failed n told me my binary outdated.

Why would vol down+home+power reset me? And here's the thing..although no stuff is showing on my fone.. my sd card shows only 880 mb free and the rest 29 gb is taken.

Guys pleeeease help however u knoe.. this fone is the fone of my girls friend. If I really reset her ima hv to leave town now LOL

Vulcan219

The vol down+home+power should not reset your phone, it should put you in recovery. There you should have a few options available to you such as formatting the sd, flashing rom, backup of the rom and such.

As to your phone showing 880 mb free and 29 gb taken, that is a mystery.

How big is your SD card that you have? If you have nothing on it at all except the flashed root and recovery, then you may need to go to settings then to SD card and phone storage then scroll down to where you unmount the card and format the card, if the format card is darkened out then you may have to unmount the card then format it then mount it again to recover the space missing. For some reason some people have had to fomat their SD cards to get things to work right.

When you did the root, you did follow the instructions to the letter right? Just checking, cause if you deviate any at all things will go wonky on your phone. If you followed the instructions Correctly the phone is definitely rooted, and from what you are saying it is rooted.

When you use the SU apk it says your binary is out of date, okay, you will need to go to googleplay, or if your phone shows, the android market, and get the SU update fixer, and install it and run it, and if your SU binary is really out of date it will ask you if you want to fix this, you tell it yes and let it do its thing, when it is done your SU should be good to go, when you click on the SU all it will do is show you what programs that need SU permission has the permission, that is all it really does and it can grant the SU to the programs and it can take it away depending on what you do on its settings.

In order to really use the SU you need to download the apk's that need the SU access and run them, you will get a screen to pop up asking for the SU permission, here you have to be quick in granting that access, cause if that screen goes off while waiting for you to give the access, you will have to go to the SU and reset the access for that program and run it again and go through the grant access again, I know cause I made that mistake once, and had to go through a lot to figure it out. but soon as you see the grant access screen, grant the program access. The apk then will have access as root access and you can be able to do more with the program, depending on what apk you have for root, also depends on what you can do, some programs you have to be careful with when you grant them root access cause they can change root permisions, delete files in the system and such, so you have to really be careful with programs you give root access to.

I hope this helps you, and sorry the explanation is long, just trying to make sure you get as much info as you can to do what you may need.

Vulcan

Also remember when thanking someone, hit the thank button at the bottom of the post of the persons post that helps you on anything and thanks for thanking for the help offered to you.

Last edited by Vulcan219; May 2nd, 2012 at 09:52 AM. Reason: Typo

sammyz

How did you install superuser.apk? Through market, because that would be your problem right there.....

When you root, it automatically brings up the superuser app by itself in the app list....

chusett

Ok so firstly thanks for the replies and ur time Sammy & vulcan.

Basically right now.. the rooting and binary issues are my 2nd priority. Right now I NEED to try to get the stuff back on the fone.

I DID follow the instructions..on the first post on first page. I DLed the root kit and then wentin to install the superuser.apk. then after..the superuser showed on fone and I tried to run it and it told me binary issue. It told me to enter recover mode to flash my own binary. So I checked Mikes post again forinstruction on how to do recovery mode..followed it..and I'm here where I'm at now.

I need to find out how to exit this mode.. where my fine showin no stuff(pics, ctcs, apps etc) but on the sd card it hasn't veen wiped its still got the data on it..just not showin.

I didn't click format sd card because I've been told it wipes the sd card? Right now I'm tryin to atleast get my old fone mode back (rooted or not)

Thx again for replies

sammyz

Go to market and update superuser, then update binaries........never wipe sd card!(unless you back it up to your computer first) always wipe sd-ext when changing ROMs as well as /data /boot /cache /dalvik-cache (which you should not do right now because it sounds like you want to stay on stock since you're trying to keep everything....flashing a custom ROM would make you lose everything again...unless you use titanium backup)

bmxbubba27

i just bought an optimus m+ from metro with gingerbread 2.3.6 on it i dont want to brick it. is there a root kit for this version of gingerbread on this model?

alfick3

Head on over to this thread: Root and Recovery and check out post #5. Two people have rooted their phones using the root method for the LG Spectrum. I don't have the phone yet, so haven't been able to try it out.

vigos

it worked great, thank you for your help!

kokolo

I tried like 3 times to root my phone and it factory reset my phone. I lost all constacts, apps, etc.
what I did wrong? I follow all the steps. I was unsure of the usb storage feature but it was unchecked, still it doesn't root my phone.

sammyz

Is USB debugging on?

kokolo

Yes. Still it factory reset my phone after restart.

sammyz

Do you have optimus m drivers installed? Have you rebooted computer since installing drivers? Reboot computer anyways though...this usually fixes it all...wait, do you have a microsd card in the phone? You MUST have one in the phone.

kokolo

Yes Sammy, I have an microsd in the phone, also i have the driver, dunno if it is an older version tho. When I ran the bat file it says that it was rooted, but it is not. Superuser is not in my apps list.

Please post a link with a copy of the optimus m driver, i will try again in another computer; lets see what happens this time. Btw my android is version 2.2.2 (LG optimus M).

sammyz

I'm on a cell phone, try a simple Google search. "Ms690 windows drivers"

kokolo

This is to inform that the problem that chusett had, it happened to me also. This patch can work for some phones, but it can wipe your phone also (Optimus M - Android version 2.2.2); and the malicious thing this patch can do, is that after you reboot your phone, go to recovery and everything is gone. It deletes everything in the phone, also your contacts on google as soon you login with your account.

Here is my last post about it. (copy/paste my own post) from the help topic.

ok guys, I tried everything, enable debugging, disabling sotarage, format my microsd, i tried in two three different computers, and nothing. Usb drivers work fine. This patch doesn't root my phone, but instead it creates a root folder in microsd with files that i cannot open because something is missing, the only file that i can open is superuser older version.

I am totally sure that this bat patch was not made for Optimus M (says S in the description) and it can wipe all your phone if you try to go the recovery. (already some users reported it). So it works for only some OM versions. Several have my same problem.

I think this patch is unsafe for people who doesn't know what they are doing, so be careful with it. I don't recommend you to use it.

Here is my log:

Waiting for device to be connected [press CTRL-C to cancel]... Found device

Proceeding with install

---- BEGIN LOG ----

...Proceeding to copy necessary files...

push: copy2tmp/install-zerg.sh -> /data/local/tmp/install-zerg.sh
push: copy2tmp/install-zerg-auto.sh -> /data/local/tmp/install-zerg-auto.sh
2 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
20 KB/s (906 bytes in 0.044s)
push: copy2sd/000root/xionia_cwma_12518.6.img -> /sdcard/000root/xionia_cwma_125
18.6.img
push: copy2sd/000root/Superuser.apk -> /sdcard/000root/Superuser.apk
push: copy2sd/000root/su -> /sdcard/000root/su
push: copy2sd/000root/recovery_vd.img -> /sdcard/000root/recovery_vd.img
push: copy2sd/000root/install-xionia.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-xionia.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-vd.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-vd.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-unroot.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-unroot.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-root.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-root.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/install-cleanup.sh -> /sdcard/000root/install-cleanup.sh
push: copy2sd/000root/flash_image -> /sdcard/000root/flash_image
push: copy2sd/000root/busybox -> /sdcard/000root/busybox
11 files pushed. 0 files skipped.
2997 KB/s (12815963 bytes in 4.175s)

...Running Zerg exploit...
Unable to chmod zergrush: No such file or directory
/data/local/tmp/install-zerg-auto.sh: ./zergrush: not found

---- STATUS of ZERG on PREVIOUS few lines ----

/data/local/tmp/sh: not found

/data/local/tmp/sh: not found

---- END LOG ----

Check the STATUS of ZERG above, this exploit depends on a
condition which doesn't always hit

If you see

[-] Zerglings did not leave interesting stuff

Then the exploit did NOT work during this pass

After reboot you'll need to RE-RUN the root install script
It may take SEVERAL attempts before the condition hits

If you see

[+] Rush did it ! It's a GG, man !

Then the exploit was SUCCESSFUL. Script will reboot, then you are DONE!

Keep in mind, should you CHOOSE to run "su", you will be prompted
for permission on the phone's screen during the first run. If you
do not ALLOW this prompt you will get a "permission denied" error

turn ON phone
make sure you have EXITED the lock screen
run "su" from "adb shell"
accept the prompt on the phone's screen asking for root permissions

It is NOT required to run "su". You ARE ROOTED regardless.

----

Getting ready to reboot...

Press any key to continue . . .

sammyz

Hmmm, you have drivers right?

kokolo

Of couse. Look the log above. "Found device". The patch also created a root folder in my microsd.

sammyz

If you know how to use adb, type "adb remount" and then run the Root exploit again.

kokolo

Hi Sammy,
i received this message: remount failed: Operation not permitted

sammyz

Oh, duh. I forgot, that only works once you're rooted..... You can downgrade to 2.2.1 and then root with gingerbreak, or you can reflash stock 2.2.2, it may just be a simple defect in the phone software...

kokolo

How can I reflash it. Does reflash means deleting all my apps, etc again like a hard reset??

sammyz

Sadly yes.
Search "Using LGNPST to stock 2.2.2"

sammyz

Hey, I found another way to root here: [How-To] Root, Custom Recovery, NANDroid Backup but don't use those drivers, use the drivers from here. I haven't tested it but it worked for someone who was unable to root his optimus v.

ngcgoodfella

so i tried following the 3 click root but my phone still wont go to andriod 2.2.2. i also couldnt find the link for the download for the driver software idk if that has something to do with it. any help would be greatly appreciated. i was able to get the superuser thing on my phone but like i said the andriod running version wouldnt change.

sammyz

This is to root 2.2.2 not to upgrade to 2.2.2.......

kokolo

Sammy, that rootkit is for the Optimus Slider, I have the Optimus M.

sammyz

I know, but it could still work, just make sure you don't install a custom recovery if one comes with that.

Twiztid_Tweak

ok i have a lg-optimus version 2.2.1 n got this kernal version 2.6.32.9 n i cant move my facebook app or youtube app cuz of the facebook for lg and youtube for lg n i need more memory on my phone n sum apps i cant move to my sd card, and why? i need help with this cuz every so often it tells me low on storage space....wat do i need to do?

Vulcan219

You need to clear up some internal memory by moving what you can move to the SD card to free up some memory and then you should be able to install the apps you want to. You should also think about upgrading to the 2.2.2 and using the 3 click root here to root the phone also. to give you more control on being able to move apps to the SD card and more control on other apps you can use on your phone as well as give you more control over the phone in general.

olo Malice olo

Nevermind apparently this is not dummy proof lol thankfully there is a video

Last edited by olo Malice olo; January 22nd, 2013 at 08:59 PM. Reason: Nevermind