Root rooting tip for linux and linux live booting

[blaksplash]

Here is a post i made over on xda-developers

i successfully got into adb in recovery mode fairly easily on my ubuntu 10.4 laptop using the following method-
this should also work for a linux live boot from a usb flash drive

in one terminal tail and follow log messages
~$ tail -f /var/log/messages

in another terminal run the loop

then

1. plugin usb and keep it plugged in
2. remove battery, eject sd card.
3. put battery in
4. press vol- and power
5. after around 6 seconds, your terminal with the log will show something like "new high speed USB..."
6. press vol- to select recovery
7. press the power button
8. IMPORTANT- as soon as you see a new log entry (something like "USB disconnect"), pop in the sd card

check your loop terminal for adb. if it doesn't work, repeat at step 2

hope this may be helpful to some

 

[RootDaDuck]

Thanks, didn't think booting a live CD will work, but ill try it out. Thanks!

 

[jjl442010]

Thanks for this !=) Got into recovery on about the 5th try using your steps along with the good ole PNY 2GB card.. Much appreciated!!

 

[masontx]

I'm a newbie, so am a little unclear. I have an Augen 108 netbook running Android 2.1 on an Arm11 cpu. I run various linux versions on my laptops and desktops, so I looked for a terminal on this netbook first thing, and didn't find one. How do I get a terminal?