[HOWTO] Root Hudl2 under Linux

[Guest brackehill_mob]

Most (all?) Intel based phones/tablets can be rooted using a special version of recovery created by Vampirefo which you can can find here -

http://forum.xda-developers.com/dell-venue/general/linux-tethered-cwm-recovery-version-t2963104

 

The trigger script in the zip file does NOT work as is and needs modifying to insert "-i 0x1d4d" (without the quotes) after every instance of "fastboot". Alternatively you can cut and past the code below into the script file.

#!/bin/bash

echo
echo "MUST BE RUN AS ROOT"
echo

if [ "$1" = "1" ]; then
  echo "Using Trigger 1"
# Trigger 1
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.zip ./recovery.zip
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.launcher ./recovery.launcher
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /sbin/adbd ./recovery.trigger.original
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d oem startftm
else
if [ "$1" = "2" ]; then
  echo "Using Trigger 2"
# Trigger 2
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.zip ./recovery.zip
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.launcher ./recovery.launcher
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /system/bin/cp ./recovery.trigger.original  
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d oem backup_factory
else
if [ "$1" = "3" ]; then
  echo "Using Trigger 3"
# Trigger 3
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.zip ./recovery.zip
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.launcher ./recovery.launcher
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /sbin/partlink ./recovery.trigger.original  
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d oem stop_partitioning
else

if [ "$1" = "4" ]; then
  echo "Using Trigger 4"
# Trigger 4
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.zip ./recovery.zip
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /tmp/recovery.launcher ./recovery.launcher
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d oem start_partitioning
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d flash /system/bin/logcat ./recovery.trigger.new
./fastboot -i 0x1d4d oem stop_partitioning
else
    echo "for selecting triggers 1 2 3 4"
    echo "usage: trigger 1   trigger 2  trigger 3 trigger 4"
fi
fi
fi
fi
exit 1

Once you have done this, run

sudo ./trigger 3

Also be aware that not all versions of fastboot are created equal! I strongly recommend that you use the version in the zip file to be sure.

 

[Edited on 8th June 2015 with modified script for trigger 4]

Edited June 8, 2015 by brackehill_mob

[Guest Daniel_Twigg]

This is great. Hopefully there will be a Windows guide soon.

[Guest]

This has already been done i.e. check the 'rooting' thread and the 'this will definately come in useful' threads.