AFAIK all Optimus S root methods require a Windows PC.
Well, I had assumed
(perhaps incorrectly) that the Android System was/is Unix Based, i.e. Linux Style, since Google's Chrome Tablet is, which dirs and files are in a hierarchy only, without drive letter names
(as MS-DOS / MS WINDOWS does), not to mention, when the filenames that do pop-up read names like "/sdcard/", instead of, like saying "(d:\sdcard\", since "c:" would contain the system files if it is VFAT / NTFS formatted) -- I have noticed several other files with the path and filename formatted this way, e.g.,
/dir1/dir2/dir2/filename.ext, and so on, via settings and details;
Like, say, if I export my Contacts, it states it will export to a filename like
/sdcard/0001.vcf, which gives me the impression that there is a
/sdcard/ directory on the internal part of the phone, which means it's a "mount" only and the file(s) manipulated are directly with the because when I would export those files, they will be in the bottom/root directory
(i.e. under no directory name) on the SDCARD itself:
Code:
00001.vcf 00009.vcf cleanmaster/
Download/ jumobile/ smvvm/
00002.vcf Android/ Contact_Icon_Size.txt
Facebook Messenger/ mms/ update.zip
00003.vcf bluetooth/ DCIM/
gmail_contacts.vcf Ringtones/
I "mount" the SDCARD via the USB / MicroUSB cord onto my system for file manipulation(s);
While I noticed the card's FS is VFAT
(I assume this represent FAT32), I did noticed that *.apk files can be "Executed" from the card. I can understand why the SDCARD would be VFAT, since that is the most used FS, and many, if not all, other OSes have the ability access VFAT ... a difference being that if it is UNIX based, like Linux, that drive letters are not used and directories are shown with forward slashes
("/") instead of backslashes
("\"), like say MS MS-DOS/Windows OSes do.
My neighbor and I have spent hours trying to "root" my phone, and we feel we will eventually find a way or app that will do it for my particular phone
My Neighbor mainly uses a Linux System, mostly, but does have Windows 7 on one or more of his computer(s), so maybe we can try your method/guidelines from his place[.?]
I tried "z4root", but it caused the phone to freeze up in certain areas, and I could not see where I could have "root permissions"
(i.e. to move an app to the SDCARD).
Cliff
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