Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Update: This is not currently working - please read the thread. Introducing.... Superboot! :) 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 need to use ADB, 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! Superboot - download (Mediafire Pro) How to use Superboot - Windows, Linux and OSX - Download the Superboot zip file above and extract to a directory - Your device should be at the normal 'home screen' - 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 './install-superboot-linux.sh' A nod to benhaam for his pointer towards the bootloader command used in this superboot. Finally, if you would like to show your appreciation for the ROM, please consider supporting MoDaCo by signing up for a MoDaCo Ad Free or MoDaCo Plus account, which also gives you early access to Beta ROM releases and the online ROM kitchens. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 I should point out that without a Tattoo I have had to guess a couple of bits of this superboot, but it's safe - you shouldn't be able to permanently damage your device (although you use this at your own risk of course!) If 1.0 doesn't work we'll work together to get it going... :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chusen Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 First, sorry for my english, i´m spanish men,i read your post and...wow! root in the "tattoo". i download the zip file and try it but my tattoo doesn´t nothing. Can you explain to me what I have to do stepwise? thanks for all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Joost39 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Fantastic Paul.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 chusen, what OS? What do you see on screen when you run the Superboot install script? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calkar Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Hi, My Tattoo was bought unlocked with : radio 13.29.55.13H_3.35.07.20 kernel 2.6.29-gf922713 htckernel@and18-2#117 build 1.67.405.6 CL#74178 release-keys [edit by Paul: Thanks calkar, script updated based on your feedback!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chusen Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 chusen, what OS? What do you see on screen when you run the Superboot install script? P Sorry X-D my OS is windows XP SP3 [edit by Paul: Thanks chusen!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mainfram3 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 [edit by Paul: Thanks mainfram3, script updated based on your feedback!] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 OK, so let's do it manually... Extract the zip then type... adb-windows shell reboot oem-78 fastboot-windows boot tattoo.superboot.img And let me know if it boots? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Uploading 1.1 now with some fixes... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calkar Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 first command reboots (as expected!) the device in "normal" mode second command says " < waiting for the device > (hangs) ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Oops, typo, try now, that should have read oem-78 :) P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Version 1.1 uploaded. P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calkar Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Version 1.1 uploaded. P adb-windows shell reboot oem-78 fastboot-windows boot tattoo.superboot.img first command replies 0 (reboots device with HTC screen) second says : downloading 'boot.img' ... OKAY booting ... hangs there ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 OK, right, that's progress. Is this using 1.1 right? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Here's an alternate superboot to try if the standard 1.1 doesn't boot... http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.p...p7dl1ff9adx2f63 P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest aero9 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 can anyone confirm that this works on tattoo? if so, this is what a lot of people have been waiting for. rooting the tattoo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calkar Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 OK, right, that's progress. Is this using 1.1 right? P No that was still manual. For 1.1 : please correct to "choice /T 10 /C ON /D O > NUL" for correctness command "fastboot-windows oem-78" is invalid (gives syntax help) results same as above (hangs on booting) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Could try the 1.1 image and alternate image manually? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest calkar Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Could try the 1.1 image and alternate image manually? P same results with both images either with script or manually :)( always hangs in booting ! How long should be this step when it succeed ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Uploaded 1.2 with the script fixes. What should happen... - the device should reboot (adb shell reboot oem-78) - the device should boot the superboot image (fastboot boot tattoo.superboot.img) and appear to boot normally, adding su and superuser.apk If the main image doesn't work, i'd expect the alternate image posted above to! Hmm... P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Not sure if this will work, but booting normally, could you post the output of: 'adb shell cat /etc/fstab' and 'adb shell mount' You may need to enable USB debugging. Cheers! P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paul Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 The reason for the request above is i'm assuming that, like the Hero, /system is actually /dev/block/mtdblock3, unless anyone knows differently? P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mainfram3 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 1.2 hangs in the same spot. It never reaches the fastboot reboot command. C:\1.2-tattoo-superboot>fastboot-windows boot tattoo.superboot.img < waiting for device > downloading 'boot.img'... OKAY booting... I'll post the output of those adb commands shortly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mainfram3 Posted January 13, 2010 Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 Here you go, Paul. C:\1.2-tattoo-superboot>adb-windows.exe shell $ cat /etc/fstab cat /etc/fstab /etc/fstab: No such file or directory $ mount mount rootfs / rootfs ro 0 0 tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,mode=755 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=600 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 sysfs /sys sysfs rw 0 0 tmpfs /sqlite_stmt_journals tmpfs rw,size=4096k 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system yaffs2 ro 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock5 /data yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /cache yaffs2 rw,nosuid,nodev 0 0 /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard vfat rw,dirsync,nosuid,nodev,noexec,uid=1000,gid= 1015,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,s hortname=mixed,utf8 0 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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