[ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jcase!!

[JerryScript]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

It installed the update.zip but still booted into cwm recovery after

While in recovery, can you access the phone via ADB?

adb shell

 

[nvg500]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

yes I can

 

[Luniz2k1]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

1st time that I have rooted an Android phone (LG Optimus V). Instructions were very well written and had no issues.

 

[JerryScript]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

yes I can

Then you can flash a recovery via adb:

adb push c:\PATH_TO_RECOVERY.img /sdcard/recovery.img
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
exit
adb reboot recovery

 

[CuriousNoob]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

Then you can flash a recovery via adb:

adb push c:\PATH_TO_RECOVERY.img /sdcard/recovery.img
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
exit
adb reboot recovery

That's new to me, and will come in handy!!!


I just used this on my replacement, not ZV9, and I find it alot easier than having to go through the Gingerbreak process, and terminal

 

[cammykool]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

Noob... how many phones is this now? Lol

 

[CuriousNoob]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

3. How many have you been through?


I'm avoiding Radio.

 

[cammykool]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

including my last go 6 OVs

 

[Dannemand]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

That's new to me, and will come in handy!!!

I just used this on my replacement, not ZV9, and I find it alot easier than having to go through the Gingerbreak process, and terminal

Didn't you have to root first?!? How could you could install flash_image and a custom recovery without Gingerbreak'ing first (or Superoneclick or some other root)?

Sorry if I misunderstood you.

 

[CuriousNoob]

That's what I wondered. I thought you could only adb push if you were rooted to mount the system as r/w

Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk 2

 

[Dannemand]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

That's what I wondered. I thought you could only adb push if you were rooted to mount the system as r/w

You can adb push without root, but not to the system partition (as you said). Seriously, they must've sent you a refurb that was already rooted. I cannot think of another explanation.

 

[nijel]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

You can only adb push if ro.secure=0, or if ro.secure=1 but ro.debuggable=1 after "adb root" command. These properties are build into kernel. Root doesn't mather. Run these commands to see what are yours:

adb shell getprop ro.secure

adb shell getprop ro.debuggable

 

[Eollie]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

You can adb push without root, but not to the system partition (as you said). Seriously, they must've sent you a refurb that was already rooted. I cannot think of another explanation.

This is probably the answer. Which begs to ask what DOES Vm do to returned phones?

 

[Dannemand]

@nijel: Thank you. The context was CuriousNoob receiving a "new" phone from VMU and being able to flash a custom recovery without rooting, possibly even without installing flash_image. That's what puzzled me - and made me wonder if he received an already rooted phone - not that he was able to adb push.

 

[CuriousNoob]

I just plugged the phone up, cmd, then copied and paste. o_o

Sent from my LG-VM670 using Tapatalk 2

 

[thewraith420]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

perhaps leslie could edit the OP to include the CWM green as one of the recovery no no's as far as radios go

 

[Dannemand]

^^ Or even better Jerry, as it's his post

 

[thewraith420]

^^ Or even better Jerry, as it's his post

Doh lol


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[JerryScript]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

Edited, thanks for catching that!

 

[anon(471323)]

Re: [ROOT] Virgin Mobile Security Update Now Rooted!!! Thanks jca

I get all the way to "adb shell /data/local/flash_image recovery.img /data/local/VM670NH_recovery.img" & there I get a permission denied error, any help? Already reset a few times the phone but that doesn't help.
Build number ZV9.479A6632
SW Version VM670ZV9