Root Motorola Photon 4G without the HD Dock.

chaser0707

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Can any body tell me why or what went wrong when i tried this process above? Here is a copy of my cmd line. Any help would be much appreciated.

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6002]
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C:\Users\Installer01>cd
C:\Users\Installer01

C:\Users\Installer01>cd ..

C:\Users>cd root
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Users>cd root
The system cannot find the path specified.

C:\Users>cd ..

C:\>cd root

C:\root>adb push photon torpedo.tar /data/tmp
'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.

C:\root>adb push photon torpedo.tar /data/tmp
Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.26

-d - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
returns an error if more than one USB device is
present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator w
ith
the given serial number. Overrides ANDROID_SERI
AL
environment variable.
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.

If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT

environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices
connect <host>:<port> - connect to a device via TCP/IP
disconnect <host>:<port> - disconnect from a TCP/IP device

device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> [<local>] - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb forward <local> <remote> - forward socket connections
forward specs are one of:
tcp:<port>
localabstract:<unix domain socket name>
localreserved:<unix domain socket name>
localfilesystem:<unix domain socket name>
dev:<character device name>
jdwp:<process pid> (remote only)
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport

adb install [-l] [-r] [-s] <file> - push this package file to the device and i
nstall it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
('-s' means install on SD card instead of inter
nal storage)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.

adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num

DATAOPTS:
(no option) - don't touch the data partition
-w - wipe the data partition
-d - flash the data partition

scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb reboot [bootloader|recovery] - reboots the device, optionally into the boo
tloader or recovery program
adb reboot-bootloader - reboots the device into the bootloader
adb root - restarts the adbd daemon with root permissions
adb usb - restarts the adbd daemon listening on USB
adb tcpip <port> - restarts the adbd daemon listening on TCP on th
e specified port
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PPP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns

adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:

- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.

- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.

C:\root>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
$ cd /data/tmp
cd /data/tmp
$ /bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/bin/tar: /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
$ /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh
/data/tmp/photon-torpedo.sh: not found
$ /data/tmp/install-su.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh
/data/tmp/install-su.sh: not found
$ /bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/bin/tar xf /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar
/bin/tar: /data/tmp/photon-torpedo.tar: Cannot open: No such file or directory
/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
$ cd /data/tmp
cd /data/tmp
$ cd /data/tmp
 

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I've been debating if I should root my photon for free tethering or (mobile hotspot) but is that a good reason to root? And also does this method of rooting without a dock legit or is there other methods? Any advice helps. Thanks.

SENT FROM MY MOPHO BLASTER
 

DWEIL

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I'm having problems with getting my Photon rooted. I tried both the manual process via ADB and also the one-click method.

In both cases, the problem seems to be that there are two devices running, my Photon (TAxxxxxxBJC) and an emulator (emulator-5554). With the ADB method it appears that I should be able to stop the emulator device via the ADB command, but then the next time I use ADB (for example, to get a list of devices) a Daemon kicks in and restarts the emulator.

I'm pretty sure if I can disable the emulator and keep it disabled (I notice that one of the first things the one-click method script does when it starts is to fire up the Daemon and restart the emulator) that I could complete the process and be rooted.

Can anyone help me with how to defeat the emulator and keep it from loading during the rooting process?

Many thanks.
 

DWEIL

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Just to follow up my previous post, here's the command line playback of the one-click script:

* daemon not running. starting it now *
* daemon started successfully *
Getting temp root
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator

RE-boot-en
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator

Hackin Things
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator

deleting all yo
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
Copying files onto phone...
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
Setting permissions...
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
Installing busybox...
error: more than one device and emulator
Cleaning up files...
error: more than one device and emulator
error: more than one device and emulator
"You should have root!"

Press any key to continue . . .
 

Herk_FE

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Dweil,

Did you put your phone into charge only mode before you started the one click root?

I was able to recreate your problem doing the root with out charge only mode enabled.

Once I changed to charge only mode it rooted like a champ.

[YT]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaJ0uiExdFM[/YT]

I followed this videos instructions..
 
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DWEIL

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Herk,

I'm pretty sure I was in charge only mode, as that is normally my default. I'm on the road, but I'll check again when I get back home next week.

Thanks for the suggestion.
 

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Herk,

I'm pretty sure I was in charge only mode, as that is normally my default. I'm on the road, but I'll check again when I get back home next week.

Thanks for the suggestion.

Let me know how it goes I rooted with the phone in USB mass storage mode and got the exact same error you are experiencing.
 

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Great help guys! Either the process is getting easier or I'm getting better at this because I got it on the first try and it took me 1/10 of the time to root this as it did my Optimus
 

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Great help guys! Either the process is getting easier or I'm getting better at this because I got it on the first try and it took me 1/10 of the time to root this as it did my Optimus

I agree my optimus was definitely a tougher nut to crack this was easy!!
 

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So I have rooted my MoPho in an attempt to get some tethering going (which I am still working through). But other than tethering, help me understand what I can do now that I'm rooted?
 

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I was able to root the phone successfully and install and enable the Wifi apk. I can connect to the device with my laptop (im on it currently) but unable to access the hotspot with my tablet. Is there a setting I am over looking on the phone? If I should ask this question else where, please direct me. I am using an ASUS TF300 Tablet.
Thanks all.
FloatOn
 

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