[How-To] Rooting LS670ZVD with GingerBreak (no reverting and OTA works too!)

[Frogger420]

Just got an optimus s. Haven't gotten it turned on yet, but I'm excited. I want to try this! I will need to check the software version first I assume. I can't wait.

 

[scottland104]

gonna try this out.. hope i dont break my wifes phone : )

just finished : )

was a little nervous about this at first.. but it went well.

note: after you do the gingerbreak.. stay in root (#) and then move on to install the recovery bootloader.

this is sweeet!!

 

[shonetec]

Excellent! I've been looking for away to easily root my Optimus without having to downgrade it first. This is much simpler and is similar to manually rooting my nook. Thanks

 

[shonetec]

I'm about to try to root mine too. These instructions are just what i was looking for.

 

[sblood86]

I'm getting a new Optimus S and I want to check if I should activate it first then root?

Definitely, activate the phone get it working. Then if you want to root it than go for it

 

[Neo_01]

I've been searching everywhere for a rooting method. This one seems to be the most precise.

 

[Neo_01]

it kept saying that it couldn't find busybox when it got to step 11, but everything else worked out fine. i have superuser installed and gingerbreak went through. phone restarted without bricking, so i guess what im asking is the busybox important to the rooting process? does that mean that it didnt work after all?

 

[dauntouchable76]

So excited to give this a try

 

[shortstuff31930]

Ok guys Im really new to all of this and Im trying to root my Optimus S running 2.2.2 but i cant figure it out. Mine is running build zvd.41b2924e. So I was on here and it all seems to be here but where do I find the OptimusRootZVD.zip? I am trying to get my hotspot working.

 

[DudeGuyMan178]

every time that i try to fire up adb shell it says that error device not found and i installed all drivers but i couldnt install one because it took long as 45 minutes to install

 

[ashashpixie]

it keeps telling me failed for data/local/tmp no such file or directory exists please explain to me what i am doing wrong.

 

[jschaef6]

Thanks for the help! Tried to root on mac with xda-developers instructions and kept getting stuck... Got hold of a PC so we'll see if this makes it happen!

 

[arjohnjohn]

ok noob here never root a phone . been looking on how to do it .I got and the thing i need and installed the platfor-tool and set the phat for the SDK Manager .exe now i am on step 3 Prepare the /data/local/tmp directory with write permissions i don't under sand how to sat that up

 

[arjohnjohn]

can any one tell me how to get step 3 run down on how to do it ?

 

[iSwim77]

Help! I keep getting "$ adb permission denied" What am I doing wrong?

 

[kyle.essman]

I am trying to root from a Mac. I know I am probably missing something extremely simple, but I can't even get past step 3 haha. When I type the adb shell command it says "-bash: abd: command not found"

What am I doing wrong?

I rooted my Nook Color in no time with no problems but this Optimus S is giving me problems.

Thanks!

 

[LEVIhasit]

After I run gingerbreak, I get a lot of '[-] sendmsg() failed?'


Should I just wait it out, or have I done something wrong?

 

[kyle.essman]

After I run gingerbreak, I get a lot of '[-] sendmsg() failed?'


Should I just wait it out, or have I done something wrong?

I switched to a PC and now am having this problem as well. Anyone have a solution to this?


and enough with the "thanks" posts! post somewhere else

 

[drewwalton19216801]

I switched to a PC and now am having this problem as well. Anyone have a solution to this?


and enough with the "thanks" posts! post somewhere else

Generally you get those errors because you didn't do a clean reboot before running gingerbreak. Pull your battery and try again.

"Thanks" posts aren't against the rules and they aren't spam as they're still technically on topic. Thanks posts are a good means of giving recognition but pressing the thanks button is more efficient IMO.

 

[turp415]

i have a question... everything goes great until step 9. i have tried several times and after i do step 9 step 10 tells me theres no such directory. am i doing something wrong? i have an optimus s, i have checked my software and according to insructions, this should work. i don't know what i am doing wrong. please help.