LG Revolution Root: The Windows ADB Way

stetsonaw · May 29th, 2011, 03:52 PM

Remember, I am not at fault if you brick your phone, now, proceed.

If you are going to do a factory reset, or root or anything like that, make sure you have your 4G activated. [/QUOTE]

Connect your phone in charge only mode to install the LG Bootstrapper and drivers, or grab the LG Universal Drivers here.

Change your USB Mode to Internet Connection
Go into Settings/Applications/Development and ensure USB Debugging is turned on
If all goes according to plan, you should see the ADB Ladybug icon in your notification bar

I updated the Rootzwiki page with the same info found below.

Busybox actually comes installed by LG on the Revo, how awesome is that??

Download the rageagainstthecage binary
Download the SU binary
Move these files to the same directory your adb.exe is in.

Code:

The > and # characters below illustrate the prompt 
you should have, if you have the $ when you go into adb shell, 
exit out and type 'adb usb' then go back into adb shell and 
you should see the #

Open Command prompt (either use the Windows Key+R and type cmd or start/run, then type cmd)
32-bit users: >cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
64-bit users: >cd c:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
Or >cd (whatever directory adb is in)

>adb devices (verifies you are connected)
>adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/temp/rage
(if the above command fails due to read-only, type 'adb usb' then 'adb root' to validate root status, then 'adb devices' again to verify connection)
>adb push su /data/local/temp/su
>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell ./data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell (If this gives you a $ prompt instead of a # prompt, type 'su', if that fails, 'exit', 'adb usb' like above.)
#mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p12 /system
#busybox cp /data/local/temp/su /system/bin/su
#chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

Verify the file is in place w/correct permissions

#cd /system/bin
#ls -l *su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 26248 2011-05-29 01:09 su
(permissions name access filesize date time filename)

At this point, you may way to remove the files you put in /data/local/temp (optional):
#rm /data/local/temp/su
#rm /data/local/temp/rage

continue with commands
#reboot

Download and install SuperUser from the Market

Thanks Zennmaster, _mrbirdman_ for finding the linux routes and birdman for helping me out, and droidx8971 for helping me find all the information possible!

Now go bug XDA to create a Revo forum!

Haxcid · May 29th, 2011, 07:04 PM

Nicely done. Followed the steps and it appears to work perfectly.

My antivirus software had to be disabled as it kept removing rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin as a virus. Once that was done however everything worked exactly as described. Thus far its not a brick so I assume I am good as gold.

Now to wait for a recovery mod so when I start hacking the OS apart to remove the bloat I can easily recover should I hose something. LOL.

H.

stetsonaw · May 29th, 2011, 07:12 PM

Awesome! I'm waiting on the same thing. I want to deodex it so bad! But not gonna risk it. And yeah, your AV will pop since it IS in fact a trojan, but a controlled one

Haxcid · May 29th, 2011, 07:22 PM

yeah I downloaded Titanium backup pro 3.8.2 for the time being. Never used it, figured I give it a shot and see about freezing some stuff.

I see you are from Omaha. I am originally from a small town outside Lincoln.

stetsonaw · May 29th, 2011, 07:26 PM

You haz PM's turned off! I went to high school in Waverly.

stetsonaw · May 29th, 2011, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Thank you for contacting LG Electronics

------Reply to Your Inquiry-------

Hi Andy,

LG does not support altering this phone from the original manufacture state or any rooting of this device. To do so will void your warranty with LG Electronics should you need any repair service or software flashes. We will not be releasing any pertinent hardware or software related information. It is at this point considered proprietary. I would hope you understand.

Monica R
E-Mail Administrator
Customer Interactive Center
LGEAI

Not gonna give up. Gonna get them on live chat Tuesday.

kalvinl33 · May 29th, 2011, 09:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Not gonna give up. Gonna get them on live chat Tuesday.

Wow..... i sure hope you can get around to them

Haxcid · May 29th, 2011, 10:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

You haz PM's turned off! I went to high school in Waverly.

DOOD!!! My aunt and uncle live in Waverly. I'm from Davey. My cousins live in Lincoln and my Grandparents have a large farm outside Raymond. When did you graduate?

Haxcid · May 29th, 2011, 10:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Not gonna give up. Gonna get them on live chat Tuesday.

Eventually they will release the source. They always do. That will be good for doing roms. With a recovery mod you can get around needing the source cuz you can just nand backup your own phone, mess it up, then restore it back if need be.

Can't wait. Really want to get the bloat off this. Hate Verizon apps.

stetsonaw · May 29th, 2011, 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haxcid

Eventually they will release the source. They always do. That will be good for doing roms. With a recovery mod you can get around needing the source cuz you can just nand backup your own phone, mess it up, then restore it back if need be.

Can't wait. Really want to get the bloat off this. Hate Verizon apps.

Just freeze them so they don't run/show up in the drawer.

njKeever · May 30th, 2011, 01:18 PM

So awesome, thank you! For some reason when I downloaded the SU it acquired a .txt extension somehow so it wouldn't push. I redownloaded and everything worked like a charm!

Ufkal · May 30th, 2011, 09:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Remember, I am not at fault if you brick your phone, now, proceed.

Connect your phone in charge only mode to install the LG Bootstrapper and drivers, or grab the LG Universal Drivers here.

Change your USB Mode to Internet Connection
Go into Settings/Applications/Development and ensure USB Debugging is turned on
If all goes according to plan, you should see the ADB Ladybug icon in your notification bar

I updated the Rootzwiki page with the same info found below.

Busybox actually comes installed by LG on the Revo, how awesome is that??

Download the rageagainstthecage binary
Download the SU binary
Move these files to the same directory your adb.exe is in.

Code:

The > and # characters below illustrate the prompt 
you should have, if you have the $ when you go into adb shell, 
exit out and type 'adb usb' then go back into adb shell and 
you should see the #

Open Command prompt (either use the Windows Key+R and type cmd or start/run, then type cmd)
32-bit users: >cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
64-bit users: >cd c:\program files (x86)\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
Or >cd (whatever directory adb is in)

>adb devices (verifies you are connected)
>adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/temp/rage
(if the above command fails due to read-only, type 'adb usb' then 'adb root' to validate root status, then 'adb devices' again to verify connection)
>adb push su /data/local/temp/su
>adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell ./data/local/temp/rage
>adb shell (If this gives you a $ prompt instead of a # prompt, type 'su', if that fails, 'exit', 'adb usb' like above.)
#mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/mmcblk0p12 /system
#busybox cp /data/local/temp/su /system/bin/su
#chmod 6755 /system/bin/su

Verify the file is in place w/correct permissions

#cd /system/bin
#ls -l *su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 26248 2011-05-29 01:09 su
(permissions name access filesize date time filename)

At this point, you may way to remove the files you put in /data/local/temp (optional):
#rm /data/local/temp/su
#rm /data/local/temp/rage

continue with commands
#reboot

Download and install SuperUser from the Market

Thanks Zennmaster, _mrbirdman_ for finding the linux routes and birdman for helping me out, and droidx8971 for helping me find all the information possible!

Now go bug XDA to create a Revo forum!

Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!!!! Now I can use my titanium backup. I'm happy.

stetsonaw · May 30th, 2011, 09:23 PM

Do NOT restore your old SMS/MMS Message, I broke the stock messaging app doing that.

Ufkal · May 30th, 2011, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Do NOT restore your old SMS/MMS Message, I broke the stock messaging app doing that.

thanks for that heads up. I all I really want to restore is my angry birds. LOL..

stetsonaw · May 30th, 2011, 09:25 PM

LOL, same here, all 3 of them, and stupid zombies.

njKeever · May 30th, 2011, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Do NOT restore your old SMS/MMS Message, I broke the stock messaging app doing that.

Yeah, that messed me up to. Had to do a factory wipe and reroot.

Everything seems to be good now though.

stetsonaw · May 30th, 2011, 11:17 PM

same here, except my phone wouldn't recognize the sim after the reset, lol! So i had to do everything all over again as i have a new phone

Rav20 · May 31st, 2011, 09:45 AM

Anyone know if setcpu works?

stetsonaw · May 31st, 2011, 10:27 AM

It will but won't really do you any good because you don't have a custom kernel. You may be able to under clock though.

kramerica · May 31st, 2011, 10:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haxcid

DOOD!!! My aunt and uncle live in Waverly. I'm from Davey. My cousins live in Lincoln and my Grandparents have a large farm outside Raymond. When did you graduate?

Hey guys! Grand Island native here.

Im looking at this phone myself as 4G comes to West Michigan next month. Tried the TB and between the battery and reboots, good lord. Was wanting to hold out for the Bionic, but the largest concern i have is the lack of attention this phone seems to be getting. I love theming and ROM's but have nary the skills to make them (just modify them).

We might have to put Stetson and GunnerJim on the fast track to all things dev for this phone. Shouldnt be a problem if you both quit your jobs and make it full time learning and developing. Hop to it!

stetsonaw · May 31st, 2011, 11:40 AM

LOL, would take a LARGE amount of donations for that to happen! I'm a themer myself, not a ROM dev, hopefully here soon the action starts going on it!

kramerica · May 31st, 2011, 05:56 PM

I can only hope so. There is just something about adding some life to menu's and icon's that make the phone even more exciting. I gotta tell you that I am really digging the looks and style of this phone just from messing with it in the store.

Now if I could get myself to pull the trigger and the other things fell in line, I would be all over it.

stetsonaw · May 31st, 2011, 06:02 PM

i'm already running many of my themed apps, twitter, gmail, facebook, the old DeskClock app (cuz the new one sux!). Want to deodex so bad so i can theme the framework, but not without custom recovery to get me back to stock!

kramerica · May 31st, 2011, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

i'm already running many of my themed apps, twitter, gmail, facebook, the old DeskClock app (cuz the new one sux!). Want to deodex so bad so i can theme the framework, but not without custom recovery to get me back to stock!

Good stuff!

xxxegoxxx · June 1st, 2011, 07:38 PM

so everytime I check to see if the device is connected, it tells me it's offline. did i miss something?

nevermind, figured it out

Rav20 · June 2nd, 2011, 02:50 PM

ok when i type adb shell i get the $ sign and i do the adb usb then adb root it says " adbd can not run root in produstion builds

anyone?

stetsonaw · June 2nd, 2011, 03:06 PM

after you put in "adb usb", just try "adb shell" and see if you get the #.

Rav20 · June 2nd, 2011, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

after you put in "adb usb", just try "adb shell" and see if you get the #.

nope all i get SU: permission denied

stetsonaw · June 2nd, 2011, 03:42 PM

start back at the top re-pushing and rerunning the rage script.

Haxcid · June 2nd, 2011, 04:49 PM

Make sure you followed each step exactly. Make sure you were in internet mode as well.

Rav20 · June 3rd, 2011, 12:58 PM

yeah i've tried restarting from the top over and over and still getting the same error

and im internet mode

edit: nvm got it not sure what i did different but i got it this time

stetsonaw · June 3rd, 2011, 06:10 PM

awesome, glad you got it! If you do figure out what the problem is, post it up just in case anybody else has the issue!

Joseph the Red · June 4th, 2011, 01:34 PM

Ehhhhh... I had my Droid for a year and a half and loved it... never felt the need to root it but will all the Bloatware on the Revo I may just do it but I'm scared that I'll be the one to brick my device. I want to root my droid first to get some experience.

If I get brave I'll be back but thank you for the walk-through.

stetsonaw · June 4th, 2011, 01:39 PM

sure thing! Make sure you root the D1 the long way, not the one click way, if you want to gain the experience to do your Revo.

Joseph the Red · June 4th, 2011, 03:25 PM

SO... I got a wild hair up my ass because I was bored at work today and I managed to not Brick my phone... I have Superuser but I'm not sure what else to do with my rooted phone.

Haxcid · June 4th, 2011, 03:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joseph the Red

SO... I got a wild hair up my ass because I was bored at work today and I managed to not Brick my phone... I have Superuser but I'm not sure what else to do with my rooted phone.

Get titanium backup and freeze the apps you don't want or use. You cant even tell bing is on my phone with out digging deep.

Welcome to root.

kramerica · June 4th, 2011, 03:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joseph the Red

SO... I got a wild hair up my ass because I was bored at work today and I managed to not Brick my phone... I have Superuser but I'm not sure what else to do with my rooted phone.

Dude! That's awesome! Welcome to the root woot woot!

Joseph the Red · June 4th, 2011, 03:41 PM

I got titanium backup (free version) and am busy uninstalling all the crappy crap like Rockband and TuneWiki. TuneWiki might even be a decent app but the icon makes me want to punch babies in the throat.

stetsonaw · June 4th, 2011, 03:41 PM

Awesome! Well done!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Haxcid

You cant even tell bing is on my phone with out digging deep.

unless you hit the hard search key and nothing happens, lol!

btw, working with xeodoxus to deodex this thing right now, so it'll be ready once a custom recovery is made.

lookatthat! i don't even have the phone anymore but can't help working on it, lol. There are a couple apps i want, the deskclock (alarm clock) is the main one, i like having to do the puzzle before i can snooze it.

stetsonaw · June 4th, 2011, 03:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joseph the Red

I got titanium backup (free version) and am busy uninstalling all the crappy crap like Rockband and TuneWiki. TuneWiki might even be a decent app but the icon makes me want to punch babies in the throat.

hey now, i haz a baby, lol!

Be careful what you uninstall, i would recommend buying TiBu so you can just freeze stuff. since we can't get into recovery atm, it'd be bad if you make your phone unusable, as there is no way to put it back to stock. Factory restore only works [properly] if the system files aren't modified/deleted.

Joseph the Red · June 4th, 2011, 04:01 PM

*quickly restores all the un-installed apps he removed*

Luckily I backed up everything before uninstalling. I'll get TiBu and freeze all the annoying crap.

@stetsonaw if you don't have the phone anymore, what do you have?

stetsonaw · June 4th, 2011, 04:09 PM

Thunderbolt. I can't have a stock phone... it's not in my nature. Good part is, I just helped Xeudoxus get xUltimate updated to work with the Revo for deodexing... so once we have clockwork, it can be themed! Ya know, until custom roms come out.

kramerica · June 4th, 2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Joseph the Red

I got titanium backup (free version) and am busy uninstalling all the crappy crap like Rockband and TuneWiki. TuneWiki might even be a decent app but the icon makes me want to punch babies in the throat.

Violent this afternoon? Luckily for the baby throat punching, there is an appreciate for that.

kramerica · June 4th, 2011, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

Thunderbolt. I can't have a stock phone... it's not in my nature. Good part is, I just helped Xeudoxus get xUltimate updated to work with the Revo for deodexing... so once we have clockwork, it can be themed! Ya know, until custom roms come out.

Thank you Stetson! Huskers rule!

Also, since you've gone this far - come back!

stetsonaw · June 4th, 2011, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kramerica

Violent this afternoon? Luckily for the baby throat punching, there is an appreciate for that.

LOL, autocorrect fail!

And no prob Cosmo!

kramerica · June 4th, 2011, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stetsonaw

LOL, autocorrect fail!

And no prob Cosmo!

Son of a ......

Joseph the Red · June 6th, 2011, 12:02 AM

I'm not entirely sure what I did but now my Revo doesn't seem to want to boot. It does the LG Logo then the animated techno Logo then it goes to a black screen and it just vibrates sporadically. I did freeze some applications using TiBu and prevented some apps from loading on boot using *insert app here once I find the name on Android Central*

Is there a way to boot it into Recovery or Safe mode to disable this or remove the block?

stetsonaw · June 6th, 2011, 02:09 AM

Hold down the power and volume buttons when you boot up. This will take you to "recovery mode". From there follow the prompts to factory reset. Be careful what you freeze bro.

If there was a way to get into the REAL recovery mode, I would still have the revo.

Joseph the Red · June 6th, 2011, 07:26 AM

Is there a specific time frame that you need to hold the buttons? I hold all three down until the animation starts and nothing changes

stetsonaw · June 6th, 2011, 08:43 AM

Sorry, meant power and volume down. Start with the phone off then do it and hold it until you get to recovery. Look for of revolution recovery mode on youtube, and I put up a bid a while back.