Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Introducing.... Superboot - root access for your ZTE Skate / Orange Monte Carlo! :) Superboot is a boot.img that when flashed, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK). No need to flash the system partition, no messing with the contents of your data partition, no overwriting the shipped ROM on your device, just flash the boot image using the instructions below and you're done! APPLY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Before download, you need to check your device 'about' screen to determine which superboot version you need. Superboot for OUK_P743TV1.0.0B05 - DOWNLOAD (Mediafire Pro) - MD5: 24866507d5b2819a2369f69a5783882d The superboot image is also 'insecure', allowing you to use 'adb remount' as well as having full ADB root access to your device. How to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSX - Download the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directory - Ensure USB debugging is enabled in 'Settings -> Development' and that, if on Windows, you have installed any requested drivers - WINDOWS - double click 'install-superboot-windows.bat' - MAC - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-mac.sh' followed by './install-superboot-mac.sh' - LINUX - Open a terminal window to the directory containing the files, and type 'chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh' followed by 'sudo ./install-superboot-linux.sh' That's it! Enjoy! ;) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Frankish Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Great work Paul again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoreLazers Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 When I try to do this and recovery I get "< waiting for device >" both times. Debug mode is on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Check your device manager for missing drivers. If your device is showing as a 'USB drive', eject it. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoreLazers Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Showing up as an "AndroidPhone" under Other devices in Device Manager, will not let me install the Google USB driver from Android SDK, and when I turn USB storage off I'm still seeing "Removable Disk F:\", even though it tells me to insert something when I try to explore it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Showing up as an "AndroidPhone" under Other devices in Device Manager, will not let me install the Google USB driver from Android SDK, and when I turn USB storage off I'm still seeing "Removable Disk F:\", even though it tells me to insert something when I try to explore it. Can you right-click and eject it? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest MoreLazers Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Can you right-click and eject it? P Same result, I've also removed the SD card from the phone. EDIT: Sorted it, managed to find the correct USB drivers after a few useless ones, Superboot and Recovery both installed now. Edited August 9, 2011 by MoreLazers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordjubblydave Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Anyone got any ideas, i am not great with the Terminal, USB Debugging is enabled Here is my Terminal lordjubblydave@laptop:~$ chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh lordjubblydave@laptop:~$ ./install-superboot-linux.sh ./install-superboot-linux.sh: line 1: chmox: command not found * daemon not running. starting it now * * daemon started successfully * error: device not found < waiting for device > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 The ADB connection is only exposed after the 'USB driver disk' is ejected, so you'll need to do that (not sure how that's done from the Linux command line?) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest philmein Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Same result, I've also removed the SD card from the phone. EDIT: Sorted it, managed to find the correct USB drivers after a few useless ones, Superboot and Recovery both installed now. any chance of a link to the drivers waiting for device here too windows7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sej7278 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Anyone got any ideas, i am not great with the Terminal, USB Debugging is enabled Here is my Terminal lordjubblydave@laptop:~$ chmod +x install-superboot-linux.sh lordjubblydave@laptop:~$ ./install-superboot-linux.sh ./install-superboot-linux.sh: line 1: chmox: command not found * daemon not running. starting it now * * daemon started successfully * error: device not found < waiting for device > it should be chmod not chmox: chmod +x adb-linux chmod +x fastboot-linux ./adb-linux reboot bootloader ./fastboot-linux flash boot boot.superboot.img ./fastboot-linux reboot same goes for the clockworkmod installer. the r2 zip says "chmox" instead of "chmod" and secondly, the fastboot command is missing the "flash" bit so it should be: chmod +x adb-linux chmod +x fastboot-linux ./adb-linux reboot bootloader ./fastboot-linux flash recovery clockworkmod.img ./fastboot-linux reboot note that when you reboot into the bootloader its just the green android logo, its not crashed, its just sitting there waiting for a command. Edited August 9, 2011 by sej7278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordjubblydave Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 it should be chmod not chmox: chmod +x adb-linux chmod +x fastboot-linux ./adb-linux reboot bootloader ./fastboot-linux flash boot boot.superboot.img ./fastboot-linux reboot same goes for the clockworkmod installer. the r2 zip says "chmox" instead of "chmod" and secondly, the fastboot command is missing the "flash" bit so it should be: chmod +x adb-linux chmod +x fastboot-linux ./adb-linux reboot bootloader ./fastboot-linux flash recovery clockworkmod.img ./fastboot-linux reboot note that when you reboot into the bootloader its just the green android logo, its not crashed, its just sitting there waiting for a command. Still no joy, i still get waiting for device :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sej7278 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) Still no joy, i still get waiting for device :( i got that (on the blade) when i did it a couple of times although i'm not sure why. did you try running it as root, using either "su -" or "sudo -s", then running the adb and fastboot commands. does adb devices list anything like this (obviously for skate not blade): ./adb-linux devices List of devices attached Blade-CM7 device Edited August 9, 2011 by sej7278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest lordjubblydave Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 OK Here is what i did it worked sudo chmod +x fastboot-linux sudo ./adb-linux reboot bootloader adb devices adb reboot adb reboot bootloader ./fastboot-linux flash boot boot.superboot.img ./fastboot-linux reboot Running Ubuntu 11.04 Hope it helps someone, Thanks Sej Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I spotted the chmod typo, uploading fix now but it *shouldn't* affect most people. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Typo fixed version uploaded. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sej7278 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) I spotted the chmod typo, uploading fix now but it *shouldn't* affect most people. maybe add that it needs to be run as root (su/sudo) in the instructions? also note the problems are in the recovery too not just superboot. nice fast, work by the way paul, i forgot to say earlier (oh and i managed to compile cwm 4.0.1.4 for blade btw). Edited August 9, 2011 by sej7278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 I fixed it in the recovery script too. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest todoleo Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 When I try to do this and recovery I get "< waiting for device >" both times. Debug mode is on. Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sej7278 Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 (edited) I fixed it in the recovery script too. not wanting to be mr.whiney thread hijacker, but r3 still says "./fastboot-linux recovery clockworkmod.img" so is still missing the "flash" bit :D todoleo: did you try as root? Edited August 9, 2011 by sej7278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 not wanting to be mr.whiney thread hijacker, but r3 still says "./fastboot-linux recovery clockworkmod.img" so is still missing the "flash" bit :D todoleo: did you try as root? Ah, gotcha, I've fixed that one now too, thanks! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Same here! Windows: Drivers or 'Eject' driver disk Mac: Eject driver disk Linux: Try running as root P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Thanks Paul, any idea where to get the drivers from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Simon O Posted August 9, 2011 Report Share Posted August 9, 2011 Plugging the phone into a computer should make a CDROM drive popup with the drivers in. I have extracted them and uploaded them here: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phoenix Silver Posted August 10, 2011 Report Share Posted August 10, 2011 There is something i don't understand : The line adb reboot bootloader You need a rooted phone to do this normally. Or is there a special adb in Skate ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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