[How-To] Manual Rooting of LS670ZVH/ZVJ (+ links to root ZVD/ZV9)

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Thanks for the guide, was able to do this with relative ease. I don't have time now, but I will be rooting later today or this week.

I ran into a small problem when flashing stock V9 recovery (step 3). It said something about insufficient storage space. I had many apps so my internal storage was running low. I just uninstalled a few of them and voila, all's well. So I would suggest doing the factory reset before doing step three, if like me, you are short on storage.

P.S I had about 19 mb of internal storage left.

Thanks again.

Thanks for your comments.

The parts of step 3 that I had control over shouldn't be using /data internal storage. It only uses about 10KB of /system storage and then the rest of the space is on /sdcard.

Now it is possible that the adb server uses temp storage on /data before moving the files to sdcard.

I'm hesitant to suggest people do a factory reset right away at that point because depending on your upgrade scenario, ZVH is designed to work with your existing setup. If you factory reset at that point before you even allow ZVH to install, you'll never have a chance for that to happen.

Further, factory resetting at that point prior to V9 recovery install could brick your phone depending on what method you use and what recovery you had installed prior. Even if I write detailed instructions, people always find a way to do their own thing. I felt it was safer to do the reset after ZVH was installed.

Anyway, I think your case will be rare and there is a relatively simple workaround that would be obvious for most.

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

is it possible to do this on ubuntu?

Yes, either place the files from the zip in a location that can run adb and type the command in install.bat by hand of alternately, copy the contents of the copy2sd folder from the zip file to your sdcard using your phone as a usb drive. So that means you should copy what is *inside* the copy2sd folder to the top level directory of your sdcard. There should be no mention of "copy2sd" on the sdcard after you are done copying

The rest of the stuff runs on the phone via adb shell which you should have on Ubuntu.

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

1. If I find any problems and decide to do a factory reset, I should be able to do that from within android since I am still on the V9 recovery, correct?

If you are running stock V9 or running the bundled Xionia (step #7), you can do the factory reset from within Android. I've done it many times with both. It is only thunderc and possibly some very early version of Xionia where you have the problem with resetting from within Android.

2. If I do a factory reset, I assume all I would lose (besides my apps/data) is root access which would just need to be re-done via step 6 in the OP. Is this right?

You won't lose root with a factory reset, regardless of where you do it from. That doesn't mean the root is permanent, you can still unroot, just that the way root is installed in these instructions is persistent.

 

[NARC0L3P5Y]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

whats a known location that can run adb?

 

[NARC0L3P5Y]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Yes, either place the files from the zip in a location that can run adb and type the command in install.bat by hand of alternately, copy the contents of the copy2sd folder from the zip file to your sdcard using your phone as a usb drive. So that means you should copy what is *inside* the copy2sd folder to the top level directory of your sdcard. There should be no mention of "copy2sd" on the sdcard after you are done copying

The rest of the stuff runs on the phone via adb shell which you should have on Ubuntu.

Whats a known location that can run adb in ubuntu?

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Whats a known location that can run adb in ubuntu?

When you install android sdk on ubuntu, you'll place it in some directory, let's say /AndroidSDK/tools/

That would be the location of adb I was referring to.

 

[liamstanley]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Heyya. got a question... will i be able to use hotspot widget with 2.3.3. and will i lose anything else? or will i be able to obtain that with the gRom?

 

[basketthis]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Whats a known location that can run adb in ubuntu?

Once you download adb, make sure you read up on how to properly set it up. That way you wont need to do anything special in terminal. You will just type adb and the command. IIRC, you need to edit the Ubuntu bashrc file to include the adb paths. You shouldn't have to edit any udev rules for this to work. And remember to restart bashrc after editing it to apply the changes!

 

[liamstanley]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Im going to use OSCC to easily put v9 on there, and because i have new LCD ill just use screencast, then Update. then root! if it works, ill letcha know. considering..... i had problems with a couple other roms, and if theres problems itl show up on my phone lol like always.

 

[pagan]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Hi All,
I have searched this thread but haven't found anyone having this issue. I have rooted my phone successfully but trying to install custom recovery and getting this error.
/system/bin/sh: Can't open install-xionia.sh

I did ls -l but i can't find the xionia.sh file any where. Can someone please help.

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Hi All,
I have searched this thread but haven't found anyone having this issue. I have rooted my phone successfully but trying to install custom recovery and getting this error.
/system/bin/sh: Can't open install-xionia.sh

I did ls -l but i can't find the xionia.sh file any where. Can someone please help.

Did you install the zvhrec.zip package in Step #3? It includes stock V9, stock VD, and xionia as well as install scripts.

 

[pagan]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

:-[
I did everything step by step. I think i messed up step 5 by choosing to erase SD card.
Do u think, i can do step 3 again? or can i just copy install-xionia.sh to system?

 

[gnobiwan]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

i have no service now. esn, meid etc is all gone. even my phone# info. anyone know what to do?

 

[pagan]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Did you install the zvhrec.zip package in Step #3? It includes stock V9, stock VD, and xionia as well as install scripts.

sfhub, i redid steps from 3 to 7 and all is well now. Thanks.

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

i have no service now. esn, meid etc is all gone. even my phone# info. anyone know what to do?

If it were me, I would do a ##786# factory reset (assuming you have stock recovery or xionia recovery).

In the dialer enter ##786#. It will ask you for you MSL. If you don't have it, call Sprint, ask for tech support, tell them your phone got the update and now you lost your phone # and can't get internet and they suggested you do ##786# reset, but now it is asking for a code and you are stuck. They will give you a 6 digit #, that is your MSL.

Once the ##786# factory reset is done, your phone will reprovision itself using hands-free activation which will get your phone # back and data login information.

BTW only do this if you are in Sprint native coverage or the hands free activation won't work.

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

sfhub, i redid steps from 3 to 7 and all is well now. Thanks.

Glad you got it working. Yes, if you erase the sdcard in step 5 then you would have lost the xionia install files. In the future all you needed to do was step #3 up to and including install.bat. That will copy all the recoveries to the sdcard. From there you can go straight to Step #7 and install Xionia.

 

[pagan]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

Glad you got it working. Yes, if you erase the sdcard in step 5 then you would have lost the xionia install files. In the future all you needed to do was step #3 up to and including install.bat. That will copy all the recoveries to the sdcard. From there you can go straight to Step #7 and install Xionia.

Thanks! will keep in mind.

 

[dauntouchable76]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

I just looked into trying to do the factory reset using this method, and it said "can't read spc code" and it force closes when trying to view the information. Any ideas?

 

[sfhub]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

I just looked into trying to do the factory reset using this method, and it said "can't read spc code" and it force closes when trying to view the information. Any ideas?

What have you done up to this point and what problem is causing you to want to do a reset that requires MSL? Sorry I looked back and couldn't see any posts describing the context for your problem.

You need to be on stock (or stock-derived) ROM to get ##786# working.

If you are on stock ROM, you can try doing a wipe data/factory reset from recovery first, then trying ##786# reset again.

 

[NARC0L3P5Y]

Re: [How-To] Rooting LS670ZVH

anyone able to use this method on a mac?

I know i was asking about linux earlier (work computer)... but i might have it figured out...