am i rooted??

[jeffreynothing43]

ok, when i type su and enter....it brings up a # sign below it.......

 

[ccapasso]

If that doesn't work, look for one called "android terminal emulator"

 

[ccapasso]

Did you get an SU request to which you had to confirm?

 

[jeffreynothing43]

ok, when i typed su and pressed enter, it put # below it.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

no i did not get any requests when i typed 'su'....sorry i had a comp glitch there. two entries...oops.

 

[ccapasso]

Ok, so you used Kitchen to auto root. If you are having problems with the new kitchen, you can try the old one here:

Download: Fresh Pre-Kitchen 0.2 | Bug found in auto-rooter Geek For Me – Android CDMA Sprint Hero

I'm starting to run out of ideas as to what is going on.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

dang, that sucks...i guess i'm just going to put it back to stock. i don't understand this...

 

[ccapasso]

Have you tried using the older kitchen? You can use it to remove apps too. Might work if this newer one isn't working for you.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

i'm downloading it now...if it doesn't work i'm going to go back to stock and manually root the phone. then see what happens. seems like i'm the only one this has happened to...i scoured the interenet for anything close...nothing.

 

[ccapasso]

Well g'luck and keep us posted. The new kitchen is, well, new. I haven't tried rooting with it as I'm already rooted and don't need to go back. I'm sure we'll all learn more about it as we all continue to use it.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

well pre kitchen didn't work either...i'm going back stock and gonna try this one more time.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

crap!! this is going to erase everything on my phone??? sheesh.... what a bummer!~

 

[ccapasso]

Yup. The RUU will return your phone back to factory defaults.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

whats weird is when i tried rooting it manually, i got to cat sh > su ----- and it says 'cannot create su: read-only file system'

 

[ccapasso]

Make sure your SD card is not mounted. Make sure USB debugging is enabled.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

yup on both...this is lame man. its not working.

 

[ccapasso]

Did you RUU successfully?
Is Sprint your Provider?

Did you copy and paste the commands?
Have you tried rebooting your phone lately before doing this?

 

[jeffreynothing43]

yup...on all. alright, i really appreciate your help...but my brain can't take anymore for today. or at least now. i need a break, i've been working on this for about 6 hours - i'm frustrated, disappointed and still hate nascar. i'm gonna come back to this with a fresh head.

 

[ccapasso]

One other thing I thought of. What is your Firmware version? Just curious.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

so weird....as an end to this frustrating story, i turned off my phone and waited a few seconds....pressed home for a while and the power. i got the skateboarding androids - as if my phone was never rooted. and for anyone out there...i did the auto root and when it restarted i even got the nandroid folder. this phone was rooted!!! i'm 100% positive of what i saw. so this leads me to beleive there may be something wrong in the auto root. i dunno...honestly i don't. but it didn't work for me.

 

[ccapasso]

Yup. You would get that screen after RUU as it would be factory default. I'm still not sure what the problem is with removing apps, as it should work fine. Being that you can't adb remount, I'm slightly confused.

I know you are trying to do it manually, and are still having problems. I would say, now that you have rebooted, try the manual instructions in the guide here, and please take a screen shot of your cmd prompt box with all commands and post it for us to see. It will help us to help you

 

[jeffreynothing43]

oh no!! when i tried doing the ruu it said some of the files are corrupted and stopped! now my phone wont go past htc !! i should've never messed with this...oh no!

 

[jeffreynothing43]

is there anything that i can do now? PLEASE, i'm freaking out.

 

[ccapasso]

yup...on all. alright, i really appreciate your help...but my brain can't take anymore for today. or at least now. i need a break, i've been working on this for about 6 hours - i'm frustrated, disappointed and still hate nascar. i'm gonna come back to this with a fresh head.

You just said that you RUU'd successfully and now you are saying you didn't?

Well, you can try and download the RUU again, you might have just got a bad copy. I've seen people have to try a few times to get a good copy. That is where I would start.

 

[jeffreynothing43]

nothing just stuck with a big exclamation mark and says ruu