Guest moran679 Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) I think this is all running away a bit too fast. I've been following these forums since before Paul's root method came out and have no idea what's going on here or why this is useful. Hate to be a pain, but it would help me (and I presume others) if the first posts of these stickies actually explained what was going on and why these things are useful. For instance, what does it mean to have a test image installed? If I'm running an MCR, does that count? Are you supposed to keep the update.zip on your SD card permanently? If so how do you flash new roms? Alternatively some kind of tutorial or glossary would rock. I appreciate the time that goes into these things, but this is all getting a bit frustrating. Sorry for being thick. I'm with him.. I too have been following these forums since before the root method, and have no idea what the hell is going on. What's this "test image" you all keep mentioning? I thought that when rooting I install a recovery. Does this all work with the custom kernel? How about the USB brick issue, does this recovery fix it? Why isn't it all a part of the rooting method? (the USB brick fix and this recovery). What about full write access to /system ? Why do we need it? Has it been accomplished? What are we doing without it? Also, the whole A2SD situation is vague. What's A2SD+, why do I want it over A2SD, does it work, how does it even work? Edited June 9, 2010 by moran679 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gripped Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Very clever !! Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StuMcBill Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I'm with him.. I too have been following these forums since before the root method, and have no idea what the hell is going on. What's this "test image" you all keep mentioning? I thought that when rooting I install a recovery. Does this all work with the custom kernel? How about the USB brick issue, does this recovery fix it? Why isn't it all a part of the rooting method? (the USB brick fix and this recovery). What about full write access to /system ? Why do we need it? Has it been accomplished? What are we doing without it? Also, the whole A2SD situation is vague. What's A2SD+, why do I want it over A2SD, does it work, how does it even work? The test image was what you flashed during step 1 of the rooting process. It should work with a custom kernel, it did on mine anyway. This recovery doesn't fix the usb brick issue, but this recovery shouldn't cause a usb brick (i don't think), so it should be safer. Access to system has not been achieved yet, but full system access is available via recovery anyway. A2sd+ is the same as a2sd except that dalvik-cache is moved to the SD card too, but I don't really know what it means. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest encrypt Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) I have a rooted device. Just tried this method and it ended up badly. I got some error that /sdcard/update.zip is not found... i rebooted my phone and when it booted the SD is shown as damaged. :) When I swap it into a card reader I can see all the content on my ubuntu... ext2, fat32, swap.. everything seems to be ok... what went wrong? How can i repair it? Please give some advice... EDIT: chkdsk stops at 10 percent in windows... nice Edited June 9, 2010 by encrypt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest n8schicht Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Koush and Paul: Thank you so much! This works great! You guys finally did it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest akirita Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 from where does one wipe the ext partition of sd? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leetLegend Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) Notice that you DONT need to sign an update to apply in the recovery.... Nice Koush :) waiting for "adb shell" to make my life a little easier :] Edited June 9, 2010 by leetLegend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Koush Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Notice that you DONT need to sign an update to apply in the recovery.... Nice Koush :) waiting for "adb shell" to make my life a little easier :] You can adb shell into CW recovery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Koush Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I have a rooted device. Just tried this method and it ended up badly. I got some error that /sdcard/update.zip is not found... i rebooted my phone and when it booted the SD is shown as damaged. :) When I swap it into a card reader I can see all the content on my ubuntu... ext2, fat32, swap.. everything seems to be ok... what went wrong? How can i repair it? Please give some advice... Maybe try formatting the FAT partition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Loccy Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 (edited) This is excellent work! One thing though, can I please ask you to keep plugging away at the EXT issue? I for one have no intention of ever using Froyo's A2SD, as it's a pile of shite, and intend to retain my EXT partition for apps. So without EXT support the usefulness of this is limited for me. Edited June 9, 2010 by Loccy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest leetLegend Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 You can adb shell into CW recovery. Tried already, getting : - exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest encrypt Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Maybe try formatting the FAT partition? Will try! I hope it's the FAT partition only... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Koush Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Tried already, getting : Oh, I have a fix for that. I'll provide a fix later. Adding RM support now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GeoTrail Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 When the recovery starts, it prints out: E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command When I run the Apply sdcard:update.zip I get the follow errors: E:failed to verify whole-file signature E:signatur verification failed Installation aborted. I have updated my device to the latest OTA update, including the 0.80 HB. Any ideas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StuMcBill Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Oh, I have a fix for that. I'll provide a fix later. Adding RM support now. Sorry if I am being dumb, but what's RM support? This is great work, thanks for this guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest xTc is loVe Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Will there follow Updates? Only need nandroid+adb+EXT WIPE =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fxone Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Sorry if I am being dumb, but what's RM support? This is great work, thanks for this guys! i Think Rommanager but im not sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest StuMcBill Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 i Think Rommanager but im not sure Ah that makes sense. Doh. Ha ha :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest daverave999 Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Thanks both. Works as expected! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jcdz92 Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Hi, Everything worked as they should , copied the latest update, did a nandroid backup, md5 ok; But when I tried to apply a custom rom zip, what CW recovery showed me from my sd card was every folder but no zip (I have 7 zips in there update included) Anybody have an idea , I'm running Froyo on my Desire and sd card is only FAT, don't use A2SD Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jdouce Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 i got RM paid ... but everything is greyed out.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jase Winter Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 How do you wipe dalvik cache with this new method? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest spammyspam Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 The test image was what you flashed during step 1 of the rooting process. Okay, but what is it? And does it still exist after you flash with an MCR or rooted ROM? Perhaps this isn't the right thread for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest timothydonohue Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 uh, how are those of us in the colonies that happen to use evos supposed to select anything? without a trackball/pad, all pressing power does is turn the screen off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest paulosman Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 uh, how are those of us in the colonies that happen to use evos supposed to select anything? without a trackball/pad, all pressing power does is turn the screen off If your referring to this particualr Recovery menu then your in the wrong section my friend because this is only for the Desire/Legend. I can only assume a recovery image for EVO will most likely make use of one of the buttons you DO have (or will change the funtionality of your power button). Awesome work Paul and Koush. The transcript made for interesting reading too, seeing how these things come together from you amazing devs! Keep up the good work guys, its so appreciated by the community... and its amusing to see HTC trying their best to lockdown rooting (WHY?!) and you guys just ripping it apart. Love it :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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