Root on Epic for mac

**gdubmedia** · 10-08-2010, 09:58 PM

So I've been looking around, and I see a lot of questions on this, but no answers. So I thought I would jsut make one thread for the question and answer for this:

Is it possible to root, one-click or not, on a mac not running Parallels or VMWare. I don't have easy access to a Window's pc to run the files or install the SDK. I don't mind running ADB and all that, I just want to know if it's possible right now, and if not, if someone's working on it. I just switched from the Evo, and I miss my rooted wifi tether.

Thanks all!!

**ragnarokx** · 10-08-2010, 10:32 PM

Here you go (taken from ):

This will install joey-krim's root and clockwork recovery 2.5.1.0
1. Download file from this
2. Extract the archive
3. Make OSX_run.sh executable in OSX (can use chmod in terminal or preferred method)
4. Run the script
5. Win

**mrdavis55** · 10-11-2010, 09:54 AM

Can someone extrapolate on step three... its where I'm getting stuck...

**shaunpeezy** · 10-15-2010, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by mrdavis55

Can someone extrapolate on step three... its where I'm getting stuck...

in order to make the macos_run.sh file into a "one click root" you need to make it into an executable file.
chmod is a computer programming command to change the file into a different type of file.

idk much about shells so i cant really give you a step by step on how to do it. i read somewhere that you can just change the file into a .command instead of a .sh and itll become a command. but when i tried that it didnt work.

if your going to be rooting your phone and tinkering with it id recommend just running windows in your bootcamp partition

thats what i did because for some reason when i tried flashing a zip fom my mac it just wouldnt work

**idntfd** · 02-27-2011, 02:51 AM

dropbox link is broken.

**ragnarokx** · 02-27-2011, 11:37 AM

Most up to date root scripts

**sandorberry** · 03-14-2011, 08:27 PM

Is there a way to root my Epic from my Mac?

**ragnarokx** · 03-15-2011, 12:24 AM

I would recommend finding a Windows computer to use for a few minutes, or installing Windows via Bootcamp.

If you must use OSX, see the above posts. The most recent root files can be found here.

**stilesja** · 03-15-2011, 11:59 AM

For Mac the instructions are the same except anywhere you see "double click 'run.bat'" for a Mac you should be in the terminal in the directory you extracted the zip file and you will need two commands:

chmod 774 run.sh

./run.sh

And there you go. Everything else should be the same.

For what its worth, I just used my work computer and Odin'ed a clean install and I have not experienced any of the problems some people in the forums report with force closes and things like that with other ROMs. I don't have a problem wiping everything and reinstalling. Here is a link to the Odin method. Its super easy. Some people complain their USB cable that came with the phone sucks and makes Odin not see the phone, but I never had that problem.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/epic...tml#post645564