[OLED] 04/Oct r3: Superboot Root + MCRi

[Guest Paul]

• From a command prompt (at the directory containing these new files!) run 'fastboot-windows flash boot boot.blade.superboot.mcri.r2.img' (subsituting fastboot-mac or fastboot-linux as required)
  
• When this finishes, from the command prompt run 'fastboot-windows reboot' (again substituting fastboot-mac or fastboot-linux as required)
  

Who said the screen would change? Once it's 'sent over' you do the 'fastboot reboot' and you're set... :lol:

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[Guest Jakdaw]

Who said the screen would change? Once it's 'sent over' you do the 'fastboot reboot' and you're set... :lol:

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Did that - fastboot said it had sent reboot but the phone just sat there.

Edited September 27, 2010 by Jakdaw

[Guest Paul]

Oddness...

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[Guest jlgmax]

m struggling to get Fastboot to install. Ive installed the Windows 7 64bit drivers (just have one ZTE USB entry in Device Manager showing as not installed).

When I try to install Fastboot from a command prompt I get the following message:

unknown partition 'boot.blade.superboot.mcri.r2.img'

error: cannot determine image filename for 'boot.blade.superboot.mcri.r2.img'

Any idea what is going wrong ?

Thanks.

[Guest critch36]

Hi, I am new to this and although i have tinkered with PCs and phones before I am a bit lost on this,

where do I download the files,phone sd card or PC also what exactly do I have to type in at the command prompt .

thanks for any help

[Guest rjm2k]

great stuff, installing now, any news on clockwork recovery? anyone found out how to get into recovery? would it be possible to flash the recovery image to wherever the ftm stuff is held since we can get into that. Booted into recovery using quickboot, it doesn't work well at all does it, no button to select the upside down menu options once you get them on screen and an error too!

Edited September 27, 2010 by rjm2k

[Guest anything-but]

Bah,wrong section... apologies. :lol:

Edited September 27, 2010 by anything-but

[Guest joe998]

When I try and download the MCRI file I get this.

What do I do with it or am I doing something wrong?

[Guest rjm2k]

When I try and download the MCRI file I get this.

What do I do with it or am I doing something wrong?

right click on the link to the .img and select save as

[Guest Nik Louch]

So, in command prompt I put:

fastboot-windows flash boot boot.blade.superboot.mcri.r2.img

I'm in the right folder, etc.

The window simply says:

< waiting for devices >

Is it working or am I safe to unplug my phone?

[Guest Paul]

Nik, if you check device manager you'll probably find you're missing the driver for the phone.

Assuming the phone is actually at the 'green android' (power on with volume up button held).

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[Guest Matt Thompson]

right click on the link to the .img and select save as

You can't because the file is not linked - the interstitial captcha page is linked.

Download firefox (www.getfirefox.com) - sign into blade.modaco.com with Firefox and downlioad the file with that.

Firefox doesn't think "Ah! A .img file - I can open those!" like Safari does so prompts you to download it.

[Guest Paul]

Chrome is fine too. :lol:

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[Guest joe998]

Thanks guys, I got it. Just need to figure out what to do with it now :lol:

[Guest Nik Louch]

Paul, you're 100% correct, it is missing the drivers in Device Manager (yellow exclamation)...

However, I'd downloaded the Win7 drivers off here, extracted to a folder, tried to update drivers by browsing to that folder - cannot find...

Weird.

[Guest robot1000]

Would it be possible to revert to the original Orange firmware incase the phone needs to be returned under warranty?

[Guest stuartmc]

If you have the Green Android showing before you attach it to the PC then Windows Update will download the Android drivers. If you are showing the HSUSB drivers then these are not the correct drivers for the rooting and flashing. If you are showing ZTE HSUSB Device in the device manager your phone is not in the correct mode. In the right mode you should see a new device category called ADB Interface. I believe the Drivers here are intended to address the ZTE HSUSB Device issue and are not ADB drivers which I downloaded automatically on Win 7 Pro 64-Bit. Hope this makes sense I am only 2 days into androidland and this is how mine worked.

[Guest Paul]

Would it be possible to revert to the original Orange firmware incase the phone needs to be returned under warranty?

Yes, the stock ROM is posted in the forum.

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[Guest rjm2k]

Yes, the stock ROM is posted in the forum.

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just wondering, until we get a recovery key combo is it possible to come up with a combined fastboot/recovery image that does both or is fastboot in a non-accessible area? how about the ftm area mode instead?

[Guest robot1000]

Yes, the stock ROM is posted in the forum.

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Found it thanks

Thought 'stock images' was referring to photos of the new phone :lol:

[Guest hugo1001]

hi guys im new to all this.but i want to put paul custom rom on the phone but im stuck at getting it rooted and could do with a little help pls.this is where im stuck. (From a command prompt (at the directory containing these new files!) run 'fastboot-windows flash boot boot.blade.superboot.mcri.r2.img')

[Guest toge64]

If I were to upgrade my SD card would I need to re-root my device? sorry for possibly a stupid question

Edited September 28, 2010 by toge64

[Guest Paul]

Wanna see how easy the Superboot and MCR flash is? I recorded a video for your viewing pleasure.

The video is available embedded here and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E28U0t5RZz8, now in HD! :lol:

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[Guest SCORPIO111]

my phone after i write first line command showing me waiting on device and nothings happend after

[Guest Paul]

Updated demo video to the HD version! :lol:

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