Root [Revised] Rooting Gingerbread 2.3.5 Dummies Guide

[sok4life]

i opened cmd through the folder like you said so i know i have that right

 

[sok4life]

Any help

 

[ocnbrze]

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img didnt do any
thing and cd fastboot flash recovery recovery.img didnt work

i opened cmd through the folder like you said so i know i have that right

ok sorry forgot to mention that on your phone you need to be in fastboot. so go to the bootloader menu and select fastboot. it is the very first option. once you do that then the command will work.

 

[Rinke]

I've having some trouble with the tacoroot method as well. Initially the first command worked and I got hung up on the second command with "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup" giving me "permission denied" I tried a few things including reinstalling HTC Sync and now it's giving me "adb server is out of date. killing..." after the first command. I'm still getting "permission denied" and I really have no idea what I did wrong. I followed the instructions a precisely as I could but I'm not sure my phone is making it into recovery mode. Is there any way to tell with it booted up?

 

[ocnbrze]

I've having some trouble with the tacoroot method as well. Initially the first command worked and I got hung up on the second command with "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup" giving me "permission denied" I tried a few things including reinstalling HTC Sync and now it's giving me "adb server is out of date. killing..." after the first command. I'm still getting "permission denied" and I really have no idea what I did wrong. I followed the instructions a precisely as I could but I'm not sure my phone is making it into recovery mode. Is there any way to tell with it booted up?

welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!
what is your hboot? also did you go into stock recovery first before entering the commands?

 

[Rinke]

welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!
what is your hboot? also did you go into stock recovery first before entering the commands?

I'm 2.18. I followed all the steps to get into stock recovery, but I'm still getting permission denied which is making me think I'm not really making it into stock recovery...

 

[CapThrowback]

I'm 2.18. I followed all the steps to get into stock recovery, but I'm still getting permission denied which is making me think I'm not really making it into stock recovery...

You're not running those commands while you're in recovery; booting into recovery is a separate step that has to be done before anything else.

To boot into recovery, turn the phone completely off (fast boot, under Settings -> Applications needs to be disabled). Then, while holding the Volume Down button, press and hold the Power button, until the white Bootloader screen appears. Use the Volume buttons to select the "RECOVERY" item, and press the power button to accept the selection. The device will reboot, and in a few seconds, you should see a phone with green arrows in a circle, and then in a few more seconds, you should see a phone with a red triangle and an exclamation point. This is the stock recovery. At this point, press both volume buttons and the power button at the same time. In about a second, a menu should appear. The top option, to reboot the device, should already be highlighted. Press the power button to accept.

NOW, you can proceed with the rest of the steps. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled, of course. If you don't do the above prior to running those commands, then it won't work.

 

[sok4life]

ok sorry forgot to mention that on your phone you need to be in fastboot. so go to the bootloader menu and select fastboot. it is the very first option. once you do that then the command will work.

<sorry to keep bugging you ocn but i have to the T folowed your instrutions. phone pluged in. in fastboot usb, cmd opened through the andriod folder, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img> i dont understand what im missing.

my understanding this is still not rooted right its just downgrading to android 2.3 correct?

 

[CapThrowback]

<sorry to keep bugging you ocn but i have to the T folowed your instrutions. phone pluged in. in fastboot usb, cmd opened through the andriod folder, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img> i dont understand what im missing.

my understanding this is still not rooted right its just downgrading to android 2.3 correct?

Does your Bootloader say "UNLOCKED" at the top?

 

[Rinke]

You're not running those commands while you're in recovery; booting into recovery is a separate step that has to be done before anything else.

To boot into recovery, turn the phone completely off (fast boot, under Settings -> Applications needs to be disabled). Then, while holding the Volume Down button, press and hold the Power button, until the white Bootloader screen appears. Use the Volume buttons to select the "RECOVERY" item, and press the power button to accept the selection. The device will reboot, and in a few seconds, you should see a phone with green arrows in a circle, and then in a few more seconds, you should see a phone with a red triangle and an exclamation point. This is the stock recovery. At this point, press both volume buttons and the power button at the same time. In about a second, a menu should appear. The top option, to reboot the device, should already be highlighted. Press the power button to accept.

NOW, you can proceed with the rest of the steps. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled, of course. If you don't do the above prior to running those commands, then it won't work.

I've done all of this, several times in fact, and still get the "permission denied" response. That's why I'm wondering if something is not working right on my phone.

 

[Rinke]

I've done all of this, several times in fact, and still get the "permission denied" response. That's why I'm wondering if something is not working right on my phone.

Maybe this will help, but the yellow text on the stock recovery boot screen says:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command

 

[sok4life]

Cap yes I am unlocked

 

[CapThrowback]

Maybe this will help, but the yellow text on the stock recovery boot screen says:
E: Can't open /cache/recovery/command

That's ok - It always says that.

Ok, so we're good there. OH! I just noticed that ocn missed a step (a very important one, at that!). If you've already done this command:

adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/

the next command you have to issue is:

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.sh

THEN you can follow up with the

adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup

and everything else that comes after it.

We'll have to make sure ocn updates that ASAP. Sorry about that.

 

[CapThrowback]

Cap yes I am unlocked

Not sure if you're also a member over @ XDA, but try the PC36IMG file attached to this post:

xda-developers - View Single Post - HOW TO ROOT WITH HBOOT 2.18.0001 s-on 2.3.5...+ s-off revolutionary

Put it on the root of your SD card, and boot into bootloader. It *should* get picked up, and you can accept to flash Amon_RA's recovery.

 

[Rinke]

That's ok - It always says that.

Ok, so we're good there. OH! I just noticed that ocn missed a step (a very important one, at that!). If you've already done this command:

adb push tacoroot.sh /data/local/

the next command you have to issue is:

adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tacoroot.sh

THEN you can follow up with the

adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --setup

and everything else that comes after it.

We'll have to make sure ocn updates that ASAP. Sorry about that.

Ok, so that worked finally. Thanks! I'm now stuck at step 11 trying to get my phone stable again. I entered "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo" and it says "adb: not found"

 

[CapThrowback]

Ok, so that worked finally. Thanks! I'm now stuck at step 11 trying to get my phone stable again. I entered "adb shell /data/local/tacoroot.sh --undo" and it says "adb: not found"

Did you issue the other commands successfully? As long as the device is still connected, adb should still be running. Did you do anything between steps 10 and 11?

 

[Rinke]

Did you issue the other commands successfully? As long as the device is still connected, adb should still be running. Did you do anything between steps 10 and 11?

I did everything it showed and everything matched up with the command prompt displayed in the guide. For some reason it can't find adb now.

 

[sok4life]

I'm not sure what put it on the root of my SD card. And my SD came with my phone so I don't have the big SD that craddles the micro SD in my phone. I'm not sure how to put data on my phine unless I go to the page with my handset and download straight to my sd. That pc36img I think is where I'm having isuses but I have downloaded multiple times to make sure I have the right program

 

[stitchBLK]

I am currently stuck on step 8 of captain throwback guide, when I try to access the root I get this message:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ashley Faytol>cd c:\Android
C:\Android>adb shell
$ su
su
reloc_library[1312]: 1138 cannot locate '_ZNK7android6Parcel15setDataPositionEj
'...
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
$

Any body have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

 

[CapThrowback]

I did everything it showed and everything matched up with the command prompt displayed in the guide. For some reason it can't find adb now.

That is odd. Try running the command "adb remount" and see what it says. If it succeeds, you should be able to run the undo command. If it doesn't, you'll probably have to close the command prompt, re-open it, and try the undo command again.

 

[CapThrowback]

I'm not sure what put it on the root of my SD card. And my SD came with my phone so I don't have the big SD that craddles the micro SD in my phone. I'm not sure how to put data on my phine unless I go to the page with my handset and download straight to my sd. That pc36img I think is where I'm having isuses but I have downloaded multiple times to make sure I have the right program

Do you have a card reader? If so, you can take the card out of the device, connect it to your PC, and move the file that way. The root of the SD card means don't put it in any folders.

 

[Rinke]

That is odd. Try running the command "adb remount" and see what it says. If it succeeds, you should be able to run the undo command. If it doesn't, you'll probably have to close the command prompt, re-open it, and try the undo command again.

Yeah, the first one didn't work. Closed it, re-opened it and ran --undo. It's rebooting.

 

[CapThrowback]

I am currently stuck on step 8 of captain throwback guide, when I try to access the root I get this message:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Ashley Faytol>cd c:\Android
C:\Android>adb shell
$ su
su
reloc_library[1312]: 1138 cannot locate '_ZNK7android6Parcel15setDataPositionEj
'...
CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE
$

Any body have any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?

That looks like a problem with the su binary. Try going back into recovery and flashing it again. It may have gotten corrupted, somehow.

 

[sok4life]

No I don't have a card reader

 

[Rinke]

That is odd. Try running the command "adb remount" and see what it says. If it succeeds, you should be able to run the undo command. If it doesn't, you'll probably have to close the command prompt, re-open it, and try the undo command again.

I'm officially HBOOT-2.10 now. Thanks Cap!