open up terminal, cd to your sdk tools like you did in the rooting process, and type
adb shell
you should see a $ or a #
then type
su
look at your phone and see if a notification pops up. choose always allow when it does.

if this box doesnt come up, you are not rooted.

 

Plug your phone into your comp open command prompt or terminal if your on Linux. On your desktop goto where you saved the Android sdk folder and open the tools folder inside. In the address bar copy the address. On the command prompt type cd then space, then right click and hit paste. It should look like
Cd user/Android sdk/tools
Or similar. Then type adb shell hit enter. Then Su hit enter. If you get the prompt on your phone your rooted if not you messed up somewhere

 

On Linux its called terminal and the command is a little different you will need to google It or look around on here I don't know it off the top of my head.

 

If you are I'm a hurry hit up the irc chat room

 

Sorry I lied the command is the same

 

Type "su" in terminal and if you get a prompt and then it changes to # then you are rooted if not you are not...

 

If you flashed the first pb00img from step on one of the root guide and everything loaded, you have completed step one correctly. Have you proceeded to step 2 in flashing the recovery image?

 

If you still haven't figured it out yet, go to your phone's info. Menu, settings, about phone, software information. If you see a release-keys, you're leaked. If you see a test-keys, you're rooted.

 

I see release-keys, and I can see # in terminal as well. Is my Eris rooted?

 

When I go to menu>settings>about phone>software I see:

Kernel Version:
2.6.29-8a03cb9a
htc-kernel@and18-2 #1

Build Number:
2.36.605.1 CL165907 release-keys

Alchemize, is this what you are referring to to determine if someone is root or not?

 

That information could be used to identify HTC ROM versions - if you know for sure that you didn't use a "dev" ROM. (For instance, it suggests you have OTA-2.1, rather than Leak-V3, if that is the case.)

When it comes to dev ROMs, though, you might see the identical info, for instance if a ROM "cook" merely copied stuff out of one distro into his ROM. I think some of the devs go to lengths to try and make those identifiers unique, and some don't.

My phone has Ivanmj's "Official 1.0 OC" on it right now, and it reports

Build number: 2.36.605.1 CL165907 release-keys (which makes it look like OTA-2.1 or Leak-V3) but
Kernel number: 2.6.29oc root@Earth #26 (definitely not an HTC rom!)


So "test keys" is not diagnostic for any ROM, but it is diagnostic for PB00IMG.ZIP - style installs from HTC.

eu1

 

Yes, you have the root ROM.

You next step is to get the recovery installed, and then use that to install a ROM with some merit. Your install of the recovery didn't work because you made a mistake, it's that simple. Keep trying, read the installation instructions carefully, and watch for errors as they arise. Don't "skip something" because it doesn't seem to be working - every step is necessary.

Good luck.

eu1

 

Yes.

Using "test keys" as a litmus test for root only applies to phones that have only had PB00IMG.ZIP - style installs performed on them. "release keys" means nothing when you see it on a dev rom.

But then, you'd think that someone that took a phone through all that process would know whether it was rooted.

eu1

 

I'l be frank, if you don't know what command prompt is and your confused about all these parts, you might want to wait until you read more before rooting. This can be confusing and only more confusing if you are uninformed. Just my two cents though.

 

Hi, I spent ALL DAY and most of the night rooting my eris and flashed evil eris 2.0.1. I thought I was rooted, but I tried to use PicMe today forscreen shots and it says to make sure I'm rooted and to allow low level graphics. My build has no "keys" at all.

Firmware version:
2.1

Baseband version:
2.40.00.01.22

Kernel Version:
2.6.29oc
root@Earth #25

Build Number:
Evil Eris v2.0.1

Software number:
2.20.651.1

Do I need to go back to the drawing board, or does this look like a rooted phone?

I really want to be able to take screen shots and get live a live wallpaper utility. My main reason was for speed though. My stock was SO LAGGY.

Thanks in advance!

PS. am trying the command prompts with adb shell, but I am HORRIBLE at command prompts. I don't know the syntax and get mostly nothing out of it until I learn more..

 

Hi, I get the # but no box pops up on my eris. So I'm running evil eris on a non-rooted phone? How do I fix that? Thx. I stink at command prompts unfortunately.

 

You look rooted to me You're getting the "#" prompt in the adb shell instead of the "$" prompt and your "Build Number: " says "Evil Eris v2.0.1" -- a custom ROM only installable if you are rooted.

Enjoy root!

P.S. try using "drocap2" (is free in the market) for taking screen shots on your phone. I've used it a couple of times and it works great.

 

LOVE DROCAP2. THANKS! This app did not come up in my searches.