Root Please help!!!

[pacedrum69]

ok ...Ive asked this 3000 times already...and noone has answered me ...I have installed SDK, and all the bullshit that goes along with it....(drivers, 2.1 package) .... When I plug my phone in....my comp says its connected (the little yellow "!" )....then I click on "install drivers" ...and IT KEEPS TELLING ME FILE NOT FOUND!!! WTF am I doing wrong??

Heres another question.... Do I need to complete the HBOOT thing (installing the PBOOIMG.zip on the my SD card) first??

Im so frustrated from trying to do this, and Im a noob....Anyone??

 

[scary alien]

ok ...Ive asked this 3000 times already...and noone has answered me ...I have installed SDK, and all the bullshit that goes along with it....(drivers, 2.1 package) .... When I plug my phone in....my comp says its connected (the little yellow "!" )....then I click on "install drivers" ...and IT KEEPS TELLING ME FILE NOT FOUND!!! WTF am I doing wrong??

Heres another question.... Do I need to complete the HBOOT thing (installing the PBOOIMG.zip on the my SD card) first??

Im so frustrated from trying to do this, and Im a noob....Anyone??

pacedrum, I've seen references to this before. I see one reference about the yellow exclamation having to do with USB debugging mode not enabled (in the settings on the phone).

The reference is in

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/53963-guide-stock-1-5-latest-root-2-1-a.html

and says "8. Right-click My Computer > Properties, and go to Device Manager. You should see a device with a yellow exclamation next to it, this is your phone (if you don't see it you probably forgot to enable USB debugging mode)

9. Right-click the device, select Update Driver. Browse to your Android SDK directory, and you should see a "USB Driver" folder in it now. If you don't, you forgot to download the USB Driver package when in "SDK Setup.exe". Select the driver in that folder."

or did you already try this?

thanks

 

[droidkevlar]

ok ...Ive asked this 3000 times already...and noone has answered me ...I have installed SDK, and all the bullshit that goes along with it....(drivers, 2.1 package) .... When I plug my phone in....my comp says its connected (the little yellow "!" )....then I click on "install drivers" ...and IT KEEPS TELLING ME FILE NOT FOUND!!! WTF am I doing wrong??

Heres another question.... Do I need to complete the HBOOT thing (installing the PBOOIMG.zip on the my SD card) first??

Im so frustrated from trying to do this, and Im a noob....Anyone??

http://androidforums.com/all-things...ng-after-flash-latest-rom-ota.html#post473425

Been answered many of many times. Search is your friend. And yes I know there are tons of results, but I just did it and found this.

 

[scary alien]

http://androidforums.com/all-things...ng-after-flash-latest-rom-ota.html#post473425

Been answered many of many times. Search is your friend. And yes I know there are tons of results, but I just did it and found this.

+1: droidkevlar's (awesome name, BTW!) answer was way better...I bow to his superior knowledgebase

 

[pacedrum69]

http://androidforums.com/all-things...ng-after-flash-latest-rom-ota.html#post473425

Been answered many of many times. Search is your friend. And yes I know there are tons of results, but I just did it and found this.

it still doesnt work...WTF.... Im ready to either smash my phone, or give up...Ive been trying this for 2 weeks.... I just want to be able to root..

 

[pacedrum69]

Also, when I put the new file in the drivers folder, it says it already exists too... ??

 

[droidkevlar]

Also, when I put the new file in the drivers folder, it says it already exists too... ??

You want to overwrite the file. Then after you overwrite the file, go to device manager where you see the yellow !. Then right click and hit update driver. Go to the dir where you extracted this file. Select that file. And wolla.

I did a complete power down before doing this as I was having issues with it as well. Dont know why it fixed it but it did. So try that if this doesnt work for you.

And dont forget to hit the thank you button once it works.

 

[pacedrum69]

You want to overwrite the file. Then after you overwrite the file, go to device manager where you see the yellow !. Then right click and hit update driver. Go to the dir where you extracted this file. Select that file. And wolla.

I did a complete power down before doing this as I was having issues with it as well. Dont know why it fixed it but it did. So try that if this doesnt work for you.

And dont forget to hit the thank you button once it works.

it still doesnt work... FML...lol... is there a way around the drivers??

 

[pacedrum69]

Anyone?

 

[Murphy]

Try going into the device manager and delete or uninstall the phone, restart the computer and let it detect the phone on startup.

Is this Windows 7?

 

[pacedrum69]

Try going into the device manager and delete or uninstall the phone, restart the computer and let it detect the phone on startup.

Is this Windows 7?

im on xp....

 

[Murphy]

If the delete and restart doesn't work I believe people have had positive results from installing the HTC Sync software. That should update the drivers and let you continue on with the root process.

 

[pacedrum69]

it worked ..... Im so excited... THANKS SO MUCH YOU GUYS!!!

 

[scary alien]

it worked ..... Im so excited... THANKS SO MUCH YOU GUYS!!!

dude, congrats! welcome to the root club! I feel/felt your pain too...my own rooting experience was not a smooth one either (but a great learning experience!), but with help from the great folks on AF, I got it working.

 

[pacedrum69]

dude, congrats! welcome to the root club! I feel/felt your pain too...my own rooting experience was not a smooth one either (but a great learning experience!), but with help from the great folks on AF, I got it working.

ok...1 more question.... when flashing recovery....where do I type the command prompts?? like I said Im a noob...but im learning all this from you guys...very very cool...like ive said before... Im just a dumb musician

 

[scary alien]

ok...1 more question.... when flashing recovery....where do I type the command prompts?? like I said Im a noob...but im learning all this from you guys...very very cool...like ive said before... Im just a dumb musician

lol--at least you HAVE some musical abilities (I've got zero) [but I'm okay with that]

Exactly what instructions are you following? (don't want to tell you the wrong thing at the wrong step...).

 

[Rossco_Pee]

explore to tools folder in your SDK.......hold shift and right clock on the tools folder....select "open command prompt." This will bring you to a command screen where you will type in the recovery commands.

 

[pacedrum69]

lol--at least you HAVE some musical abilities (I've got zero) [but I'm okay with that]

Exactly what instructions are you following? (don't want to tell you the wrong thing at the wrong step...).

this part is what i need help on ...

1. Download this file: Recovery.zip

2. Extract file contents to your \tools\ directory of your Android SDK.

3. Open up a command prompt and go to your tools directory, and execute these commands: (MAKE SURE YOUR SDCARD IS NOT MOUNTED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR THESE COMMANDS WON'T WORK! MAKE SURE IT IS ON "CHARGE ONLY")

• adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
• adb push recovery.img /sdcard
• adb push flash_image /system/bin
• adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
• adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

4. Success! You now have a recovery partition installed on your phone. You can access it by running "adb shell reboot recovery" or by powering off your phone, holding "Volume Up + Power On"

 

[Murphy]

Download the file

Extract the contents to the folder you are told to

Click on start...Run
Type CMD and hit enter
Type cd c:\androidsdk (replace androidsdk with the exact name of your android sdk folder)

Once there you can select the commands (without the leading bullets) and copy, then go into the command window and right-click and select PASTE. Cuts down on the errors.

Good luck!!!

 

[scary alien]

this part is what i need help on ...

1. Download this file: Recovery.zip

2. Extract file contents to your \tools\ directory of your Android SDK.


3. Open up a command prompt and go to your tools directory, and execute these commands: (MAKE SURE YOUR SDCARD IS NOT MOUNTED TO YOUR COMPUTER OR THESE COMMANDS WON'T WORK! MAKE SURE IT IS ON "CHARGE ONLY")

• adb shell mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
• adb push recovery.img /sdcard
• adb push flash_image /system/bin
• adb shell chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
• adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

4. Success! You now have a recovery partition installed on your phone. You can access it by running "adb shell reboot recovery" or by powering off your phone, holding "Volume Up + Power On"

Looks like you are following the "GUIDE: From stock 1.5 to latest root 2.1"...

Man, Murphy is too fast for me! Beat me to the punch...

 

[pacedrum69]

Looks like you are following the "GUIDE: From stock 1.5 to latest root 2.1"...

Man, Murphy is too fast for me! Beat me to the punch...

What rom should I flash?? I was thinking evil eris 3.0.... will I be able to use launcher pro...navigation..and xscope?

 

[scary alien]

What rom should I flash?? I was thinking evil eris 3.0.... will I be able to use launcher pro...navigation..and xscope?

Big question! Check out this thread: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/91862-fav-rom.html

or this one: http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/84231-best-rom-flash-first-timer.html

http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-eris/91862-fav-rom.html

 

[pacedrum69]

Download the file

Extract the contents to the folder you are told to

Click on start...Run
Type CMD and hit enter
Type cd c:\androidsdk (replace androidsdk with the exact name of your android sdk folder)

Once there you can select the commands (without the leading bullets) and copy, then go into the command window and right-click and select PASTE. Cuts down on the errors.

Good luck!!!

this isnt working....Ive plugged my phon in as "charge only" and gone to "RUN"...."cmd" and I typed "cd c:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
and I get
"this system cannot find specified path"
??

 

[scary alien]

this isnt working....Ive plugged my phon in as "charge only" and gone to "RUN"...."cmd" and I typed "cd c:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools
and I get
"this system cannot find specified path"
??

pacedrum69, don't exactly know if this will fix your issue, but you might try launching the DOS window from the Start button, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt. I had to do this when my cmd/command program (launched from RUN) would not recognize long directory path names. Try this and see if it helps.

 

[pacedrum69]

pacedrum69, don't exactly know if this will fix your issue, but you might try launching the DOS window from the Start button, Programs, Accessories, Command Prompt. I had to do this when my cmd/command program (launched from RUN) would not recognize long directory path names. Try this and see if it helps.

didnt do anything... Now my phone is half rooted,,,,UGH...
anyone have any suggestions??

I completely suck at this