[Help] HTC Desire Z downgrade - G2 and Desire Z Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hello there iam new here ,and i need some help
I Have a HTC Desire z with firmware 2.3.3 and i want to downgrade to make root
I try to follow this tutorial .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178912
I follow the entire tutorial but I'm stuck at the very end
I Take a foto its the some problem:
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i dont know what i doing wrong ,
i thing it was the Stock Rom for my device i select the :
Vision_DZ_1.34.405.5_PC10IMG.zip (its that for me or not and i must put in scard like this PC10IMG.zip or like this PC10IMG )
but i dont know if was that the problem
Any solution
Thank you

Make sure sd is formatted to fat32, file is on root of sdcard (not in any folder) if windows is set. To hide file extention just name it PC10IMG and windows will add the .zip
Personally I say the fastboot method is better in a lot of ways but may be tricky if your unfimiliar
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Hey thanks for the help i just edit the PC10IMG.ZIP to PC10IMG and it works
Now i have firmware 2.2
With this firmware can i Root my phone
Were can i get the most simple tutorial to root my HTC Desire Z
Thankxx

Use either the xda wiki or strawmetals pdf guide, a quick google search will turn up bith
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can you give me the link that you mean
i found some confsue tutorial
thankx

.....XDA WIKI STRAWMETALS PDF CM WIKI
all of these are essentially the same guide just written differently, read through them, find the one that seems best for you, then follow it exactly and dont skip any steps
and next please use the search button or at least google for this, not trying to be a d*ck here just it makes life easier for everyone

Ok .thanks for the link
i just follow the tutorial and i downgrade to 2.2 now i want to root
I in this part:
PERMANENT ROOT
Theres a line that says :
There is a Readme.txt file in the platform-tools folder. Follow that and then enter the following commands taking care that you have typed correctly
But in the platform-tools folder i just have a NOTICE file, its that can i proced the rest of tutorial
thankx

Yeah the read me isn't needed, just follow steps
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demkantor said:
Yeah the read me isn't needed, just follow steps
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>adb push psneuter /data/local/tmp/
>adb push gfree /data/local/tmp/
>adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/
>adb push hboot-eng.img /data/local/tmp/
>adb push root_psn /data/local/tmp/
>adb push su /sdcard/
>adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
>adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
when i put the last line >adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/* showme:
C:\Users\Fabolous>adb shell chmod 755 / C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\pla
tform-tools*
Unable to chmod /: Read-only file system
what its wrong .

Right before the last command try adding this command
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/sh
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demkantor said:
Right before the last command try adding this command
adb shell rm /data/local/tmp/sh
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What last command that you say i stuck in here

After you push the superuser but before chmod add the line
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demkantor said:
After you push the superuser but before chmod add the line
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I already able to make the whole process Superuser show me in the menu
Now what can I do from here
I can not update my mobile phone?
My version of Android its 2.2,what can i do to put a best firmware or custom firmware without losing root?
PS: MARKET dont work
Thankx for the help

You have to finish the rooting process
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demkantor said:
You have to finish the rooting process
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But i finish the root process,i install the emulator Tiger Arcade and work
but i in 2.2 android firmware can i install Android 2.3 Gingerbread on my HTC Desire Z or i lose the ROOT
What i do next?
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Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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demkantor said:
Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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i see the tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874787.
Comparate to ROOT i think its more easy,then i go to see the rooms in here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=758
But i dont know what its best for me (Noob)
can you tell me one great that everythings works (camera,bluethoot,etc)
PS: the room comes with language Portuguese iam from Portugal
Thanks again

Yep that's the right thread, be sure to thank rizzoizzo
There are many many roms that everything works so its hard to pick one for you, it all depends on you. If you like sense they tend to be slower than cm and other aosp roms but may be prettier
If you need 100% no issues the closest would be something with a gingerbread base but newer roms work damn near perfect too. Try some out and see where it gets you
Happy flashing
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demkantor said:
Sorry didn't get you question, well I'm glad you finished the guide, easy huh?
Rizzoizzo made a great guide on flashing the first rom for beginers, check out the general section and it will be within the first few pages. Pretty much just pick a rom, put on sd and boot to recovery, there you will flash it, then reboot
Now that you are rooted there are many new tweaks and mods to do but first grab a custom rom, you will find those in the developers section
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demkantor said:
Yep that's the right thread, be sure to thank rizzoizzo
There are many many roms that everything works so its hard to pick one for you, it all depends on you. If you like sense they tend to be slower than cm and other aosp roms but may be prettier
If you need 100% no issues the closest would be something with a gingerbread base but newer roms work damn near perfect too. Try some out and see where it gets you
Happy flashing
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O thankx
I installed this Room:
CyanogenMod 7 with success
If i want to change to another the process its the same

Yep, do a complete wipe then flash anew. Also I suggest doing a nandroid backup before each wipe/flash so you can easily go back to if you so desire
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New and Improved way to Unroot your device (much easier) [difficulty level 4]

So I am moving onto a new phone so I will not be supporting this thread anymore. Please help each other the best you can. Also if anyone wants to take over and support this thread feel free. Last but not least if anyone wants to use any of the items I put into this also feel free. Remember that android is made possible with contrbutions from viewers like you!
Check out my new guide its much easier and automated now!!
Sorry but I no longer have the files that were in the zip as my laptop that they were on no longer has a charger so I really don't have a way to pull them off until I come up with extra funds to buy a charger for that dinosaur!
I have updated the commands so everything will be working correctly.
Please note this a guide to unrooting your device and returning it to stock, if you have nothing stock and didn't back anything up i.e. modded rom, changed recovery, eng. bootloader.
If you didn't follow the ultimate guide then you will not need to follow steps 1-7. Just follow from 8 on.
Also keep in mind this was created assuming you followed the ultimate guide to permaroot turning radio s=off and changing cid thus unlocking phone.
I am not responsible for any damage to your phone blah blah blah.
Also if I am incorrect in any of these steps someone please let me know.
Also this is just a guide that I wrote using all the others. Please thank and donate to grankin01 for providing the original guide and also thank/donate to tiger013 for providing a stock nandroid. Also thank Football for providing new rom.
With that said here we go:
Download the PD15IMG file and rename it to PD15IMG.zip
1. Copy PD15IMG.zip and "part7backup-whatevernuberitscalled.bin" to the root of your sdcard
2. Connect your phone to your computer and navigate to your sdk folder then type adb push gfree /data/local
3. Open up terminal emulator or adb shell and type "su" press enter to get root privileges.
4. Type "cd /data/local" and hit enter
5. Type "chmod 777 gfree" and hit enter to make the program executable.
6. Now type "./gfree -f" press enter to run gfree again. It will disable wp on the emmc and remove the brq filter in the kernel. (as well as make another backup. delete this)
7. Now run the "dd if=/sdcard/part7backup-whatevernumberitscalled.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7" and it should show the output:
xxxx bytes in
xxxxbytes out
xxxxxxxxxx copied in xxxxxxxxxxx
8. Run "sync" and then reboot.
9. Let phone load then boot into bootloader again by holding volume down and pressing power
10. Let it load image and select yes to update.
11. Let it do its work it will reboot once this is normal.
And that should be it. Enjoy stock rom.
Great job! I un-rooted worked fine! Then I re-rooted worked fine also!
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I assume this will not work if you have made a backup with clockwork? Also your instructions say apply nandroid backup, but there is no option in recovery for appy nandroid backup. There are options to update from update.zip and another one from a zip file. The folder inside you unroot package is not a zip file?
bobsbbq said:
I assume this will not work if you have made a backup with clockwork? Also your instructions say apply nandroid backup, but there is no option in recovery for appy nandroid backup. There are options to update from update.zip and another one from a zip file. The folder inside you unroot package is not a zip file?
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Well like I said this was done using no backups made.
Under clockworks recovery theres an option for backups and restore - this is the nandroid restore.
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where does the "part7backup-whatevernuberitscalled.bin" file in step 11 come from?
vw671 said:
where does the "part7backup-whatevernuberitscalled.bin" file in step 11 come from?
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Its the file that was created when you followed the ultimate guide for permaroot
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jjjackson56 said:
Its the file that was created when you followed the ultimate guide for permaroot
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What if you don't have that file? Can you skip that step?
thanks.
vw671 said:
What if you don't have that file? Can you skip that step?
thanks.
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I'm sure you can but you won't have true stock. I could also upload my copy but I'm not positive if it will work for your phone.
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This is awesome! I'm getting a replacement mt4g in the mail soon, now I will be able to send my existing phone back 'unrooted'. Thank you!
Is this unroot like out of the box type deal. So that i can get future ota updates. I used ultimate guide to perm root. I am using stock rom. I am notsure if i should just do unroot.zip to unroot for future ota updates.
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If performed correctly is should take you back to out of the box stock.
(in theory)
I'm guessing you can't do this strictly from terminal emulator?
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hawaiian.monzta said:
I'm guessing you can't do this strictly from terminal emulator?
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You may be able to but I don't know how nor do I care to figure it out. If someone wants to write instructions pm me them and I'll post them in the op
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jjjackson56 said:
You may be able to but I don't know how nor do I care to figure it out. If someone wants to write instructions pm me them and I'll post them in the op
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A guide for terminal emulator would be welcome.
I did S=off with it (plus radio) with root explorer and terminal emulator only. It was much easier and quicker.
gaww said:
A guide for terminal emulator would be welcome.
I did S=off with it (plus radio) with root explorer and terminal emulator only. It was much easier and quicker.
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You could pm me the steps and I'll gladly post them in the op
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quick question, does following this take you back to factory ROM? for exampe im on iced glacier 1.1.1, will it take me to factory ROM?
mrpanic7 said:
quick question, does following this take you back to factory ROM? for exampe im on iced glacier 1.1.1, will it take me to factory ROM?
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Yes it will hence stock
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so...?
I put the nandroid file on my sdcard, but in recovery when i go to restore there it says no files. What do I need to do to get this to work. I have a replacement coming to me so I need to figure this out.
Edit: Sorry I'm an idiot. I got it know. Thank you so much for posting this.
Edit2: Crap! Ok I have s=on now but i still have hboot 0.86.0000 Shouldn't I have the old one now?
Where is the "part7backup" located? Also, what is it?
this sucks... i followed everything perfectly but now my recovery is screwed up ugh this is so frustrating i have that stupid phone with a red triangle thing when i try to boot into recovery (yes im aware its supposed to be stock recovery not clockwork)

Need Help Testing for Temp Root in DL17

Folks,
I need someone on DL17 to test for root access. Due to the small community, I haven't heard if anyone is rooted on DL17.
While I can build kernels and get clockwork working for DJ20, for DL17, I need the stock kernel dumped, and for that I need root.
Steps:
1. Go to Index of /files and download rage.bin. (right click, save as)
2. Copy or adb push rage.bin to /data/local/tmp on your phone.
3. In adb shell:
Code:
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rage.bin
Then
Code:
/data/local/rage.bin
It will give you a wall of text. Wait a few minutes, hit ctrl-c to close adb shell, then type
Code:
adb kill-server
Then do adb shell again. It should (hopefully) take you to a # prompt. Please report back.
Thanks.
adrynalyne said:
Folks,
I need someone on DL17 to test for root access. Due to the small community, I haven't heard if anyone is rooted on DL17.
While I can build kernels and get clockwork working for DJ20, for DL17, I need the stock kernel dumped, and for that I need root.
Steps:
1. Go to Index of /files and download rage.bin. (right click, save as)
2. Copy or adb push rage.bin to /data/local/tmp on your phone.
3. In adb shell:
Code:
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rage.bin
Then
Code:
/data/local/rage.bin
It will give you a wall of text. Wait a few minutes, hit ctrl-c to close adb shell, then type
Code:
adb kill-server
Then do adb shell again. It should (hopefully) take you to a # prompt. Please report back.
Thanks.
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Bro I just used my one click...works fine. Full root and busybox.
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Great. Can you post the DL17 zImage?
Thanks.
adrynalyne said:
Great. Can you post the DL17 zImage?
Thanks.
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Give me a sec.
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have you tried my clockwork recovery? It works on DJ20, but I need more tests on DL17.
adrynalyne said:
have you tried my clockwork recovery? It works on DJ20, but I need more tests on DL17.
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No
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Can you give it a shot and if it doesn't work, give me the exact error message?
adrynalyne said:
Can you give it a shot and if it doesn't work, give me the exact error message?
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Sure linke to it.
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http://adrynalyne.us/files/odin/cont_cwm_recovery_2.tar.md5
http://www.mediafire.com/?3m25rg785awfjsh DL17 zImage
One thing you should note though is the data mounting problem jt fixed with voodoo clockwork, koush never got to it. Im porting 3.0.1 now.
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I was just building clockwork for them because I noticed they had the cdrom/mass storage bug with DL17, and there was NO recovery to flash a kernel with...
You can flash a kernel with adb commands.
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Im fully aware how to. Most are not. Its for them, not for me. I rather make it easy than hard.
I get what your saying, but a one click works just fine and so does odin... are you working on 2.0 or 3?
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Im working on getting these guys through the dark ages, today, instead of a month from now.

Rooting G2 "unable to chmod /: read-only file system"

Hi All,
I am trying to root the G2, but am afraid to continue. I followed the Wiki precisely and got to this step.
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
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but it just returns a error message saying
Unable to chmod /: Read-only file system
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Here is the wiki I am following: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/TMobile_G2:_Rooting
Thanks in advance for all of your help!
Try the command(s) as a single line:
Code:
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/*
Kind Regards,
Kevin
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It still says the same thing unfortunately...
But no errors when you adb push the rooting files to that dir?
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Think I figured it out. You are using this 2.2 root method on a 2.3 ROM? chmod from shell/terminal does not work on 2.3.3/2.3.4 without already having su. Will need to look at other ways to root (several ways posted in this forum) if you are.
kpetrie77 said:
Think I figured it out. You are using this 2.2 root method on a 2.3 ROM? chmod from shell/terminal does not work on 2.3.3/2.3.4 without already having su. Will need to look at other ways to root (several ways posted in this forum) if you are.
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Thank you, you are probably right. I was just using the wiki and figured it was up to date. Yes I am trying to root post Android 2.3 update.
I will search for other methods now. Thanks again!
kpetrie77 said:
Think I figured it out. You are using this 2.2 root method on a 2.3 ROM? chmod from shell/terminal does not work on 2.3.3/2.3.4 without already having su. Will need to look at other ways to root (several ways posted in this forum) if you are.
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Thank you so much! After two days I am rooted, what a blast!
Adrenaline due to being afraid of bricking.
what did you use to root?
I am having same issues with read only...
newtybar, which guide u've used? Still searching for solution to downgrade/root Gingerbread OTA on Desire Z.
If you are on Gingerbread you should be using a downgrade guide first found here. Then you can do the rooting and s-off guide found in the wiki. If you have questions you can used IRC (if you're familiar with it) and go to #g2root where they do know what they're doing.

[Q] Possible root? Please read

I was browsing around XDA and came across this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1296916
Can this root our phones? Can someone clarify if this can or can't?
Why don't you try it out yourself and clarify it for the rest of us
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I don't know how, that's why I am asking...
I would say no as I think it uses the same exploit as Gingerbreak and it got patched in 2.3.3. So I would say it works on 2.3.2 and down. Even more someone is reporting it not to work on 2.3.5.
But go ahead and try
Regards Dousan...
I'm on 2.3.3 R800x, I would like to try it, but I don't know how. Noob question here, how do you perform this?
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I don't believe it will work. Isn't this just for HTC phones? Or phones with S-OFF?
e: balls. maybe i should read the entire thing next time.
Its Android wide, according to the thread.
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I'll try it once I get home (gimme 30 minutes)
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HTC reset my Nexus One to stock 2.3.4 unrooted after an off-warranty repair. zergRush worked for local root and then I was able to remount, push Superuser etc. Thanks!
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Should work... *,* 2.3.4 nordic, I'm coming!
Tried and failed
I tried it 3x on my 2.3.3 R800x to no avail
Does anybody know if flash tools works on Ubuntu? I'm willing to rollback the update and see if 2.3.2 works with this one...
paxChristos said:
I tried it 3x on my 2.3.3 R800x to no avail
Does anybody know if flash tools works on Ubuntu? I'm willing to rollback the update and see if 2.3.2 works with this one...
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Confirmed 2.3.3 as well as 2.3.2 wont work.
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Damn, this sucks, I thought I had something Oh well...
EDIT: I keep getting permission denied
Cl8rs said:
Damn, this sucks, I thought I had something Oh well...
EDIT: I keep getting permission denied
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did you do chmod??
Android is based off linux, and chmod is what's used to set permissions for files you don't own
chmod 755 (or chmod 777) should fix this
Does anybody know if flash tools works on Ubuntu? I'm willing to rollback the update and see if 2.3.2 works with this one...
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You can use a Windows VM inside Ubuntu, with USB capabilities. It needs Oracle's VirtualBox software.
Thank you, Logseman
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paxChristos said:
did you do chmod??
Android is based off linux, and chmod is what's used to set permissions for files you don't own
chmod 755 (or chmod 777) should fix this
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I'm not sure what you mean, I am on Windows 7 though...
Cl8rs said:
I'm not sure what you mean, I am on Windows 7 though...
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adb shell (in laymen's terms is) linux terminal (command prompt) after you push the file, cd to /data/local, them run "chmod 755 zergRush" it'll work.
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So in other words, if I was running Linux, I could root my phone?
No, Android is linux based, what hes saying is in adb you use linux commands, in this case changing the permissions on the file to run it in the first place, but from what Ive read even if it does run its not working for us ATM
Thanks for the clarification. So are they fixing/updating it to work with our phones?

Help on rooting

I recently aquired a mytouch slide 3g from a freiend, I wouldn't call my self a noob but I need some help. On almost any guide I try I seem to have troubles I haven't been able to push anyfiles through adb the main problems I keep having are my adb server is "out of date" and has to be killed every command half the the the server can't restart and also on some files I try to push its says it can't because the system is read only. Any advice would be gladly welcomed. Of and I'm on the 2.2 update
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I had the 2.2 update on my phone when I got it. It was a real pain to get root, I used the guide at theunlocker. I still don't have s-off though and cannot adb push files to system. I have to make all mods to rom and then flash it.
onlychevys said:
I had the 2.2 update on my phone when I got it. It was a real pain to get root, I used the guide at theunlocker. I still don't have s-off though and cannot adb push files to system. I have to make all mods to rom and then flash it.
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push things in CWM recovery. Just remember to mount /system before you do so
daniel60104 said:
push things in CWM recovery. Just remember to mount /system before you do so
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Wow, that works great. Thanks, not that we helped the origanal post much.
I tried the unlockr guide on the myroot command. Pretty much nothing its supposed to do works =(
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Try Htc Super tool v2 on this forum. It sais it works for mt3gs

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