[How-To] Unlock, Install SU, Custom Recovery

[jeffreynothing43]

Why would it be waiting for a device? Did you type adb shell or something? You don't need a shell.

heres what i did

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem unlock
< waiting for device >

 

[KSmithInNY]

type fastboot devices

 

[jeffreynothing43]

type fastboot devices

What am i doing wrong?


C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot devices

C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot oem unlock
< waiting for device >


Do I need drivers or something???

 

[KSmithInNY]

What am i doing wrong?


C:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot devices

Theres your answer .... the computer doesnt find a fastboot device. It should come back and show your phone.

Do I need drivers or something???

yes

 

[jeffreynothing43]

Theres your answer .... the computer doesnt find a fastboot device. It should come back and show your phone.

yes

Do you know where I can get the drivers?

 

[KSmithInNY]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/sam...acks/49016-get-fastboot-working-win7-x64.html

 

[jeffreynothing43]

http://forum.androidcentral.com/sam...acks/49016-get-fastboot-working-win7-x64.html

Ok sir so I got root....starting to set up my rom again. problem is there is no recovery. I followed the instructions. any tips?

 

[jp22382]

Took a couple tries but got everything working and just applied the netarchy kernel. This is more complex than hacking webos, but i'm already drooling at all the new options that are available to play with

 

[jeffreynothing43]

How did you get recovery working? Somehow I missed that even with renaming the thing through root explorer

 

[KSmithInNY]

Now that you renamed install-recovery.sh, go back and put the custom recovery back on. This time it will stick. When you rebooted, install-recovery.sh replaced your custom recovery

 

[jeffreynothing43]

Now that you renamed install-recovery.sh, go back and put the custom recovery back on. This time it will stick. When you rebooted, install-recovery.sh replaced your custom recovery

Absolutely right...I'm glad one of my favorite dev's is pwning the same device I upgraded to. Thank you very much.

 

[jp22382]

Now that you renamed install-recovery.sh, go back and put the custom recovery back on. This time it will stick. When you rebooted, install-recovery.sh replaced your custom recovery

This caught me too, not sure if I misread the instructions the first time or just got ahead of myself.

 

[Trun]

So, I've got the drivers. adb reboot bootloader works, but fastboot oem unlock just says waiting for devices. Still having the same problem.

 

[RamboDroid]

[warn]If you dont do this next step your custom recovery will not be sticky and you'll have to apply it every time you reboot. Not all phones have this file but if your does, you need to do this step[/warn]
-Download root explorer from the market
-Open and grant SU permission
-Drive to system/etc
-Mount as RW (upper right hand corner of screen)
-Long press on install-recovery.sh and rename to install-recovery.sh.bak
.

when i go to system/etc and click mount as RW i dont find "install-recovery.sh" anywhere in that list?

I did flash the recvery and ran it with no problems just cant find it to rename

 

[KSmithInNY]

So, I've got the drivers. adb reboot bootloader works, but fastboot oem unlock just says waiting for devices. Still having the same problem.

OK, I'll bite since nobody else has, what have you done to remedy the problem?

 

[KSmithInNY]

when i go to system/etc and click mount as RW i dont find "install-recovery.sh" anywhere in that list?

I did flash the recvery and ran it with no problems just cant find it to rename

Second sentence of the warning.

 

[Trun]

OK, I'll bite since nobody else has, what have you done to remedy the problem?

Attemtped driver reinstalls several times, rebooted the phone several times. I'm not sure what else to do. Windows sees the phone. there's no issue there.

 

[KSmithInNY]

Attemtped driver reinstalls several times, rebooted the phone several times. I'm not sure what else to do. Windows sees the phone. there's no issue there.

With the phone in fastboot, Type fastboot devices into the CMD line, does your phone come back?

 

[Trun]

With the phone in fastboot, Type fastboot devices into the CMD line, does your phone come back?

No it doesn't

 

[KSmithInNY]

No it doesn't

Drivers. Check a few posts back where I posted a link.