I love coffee shops. Being able to a coffee shop and work all day is something I’ve deeply missed over the past year. Don’t get me wrong, Sophie and I frequented many wifi hot spots in central Washington during my stay there. Only one was vaguely in a 30 minute biking distance.
Original Question: I have to get a new phone update and anyone know who is the best to go through for web and cam and phone unlimited minutes ck;d Boost att verizon anymore????????????
Technically Rooting an Android is NOT jail breaking in the since that an iPhone gets Jail broken. Instead, it’s more like making a super user or administrative user for your phone (the same as what you would do for a computer).
This tutorial was originally made to show someone else who asked me to do this for them, the pros and cons. Plus has all the data I found on technical terms and how to run through the process of “rooting” an Android phone.
Enjoy.
Bricking a device is usually an unwanted consequence of an attempt to update the device. Many devices have an update procedure which must not be interrupted; if interrupted by a power failure, user intervention, or any other reason the existing firmware may be partially overwritten and unusable. The risk of corruption can be minimized by taking all possible precautions against interruption.
Installing incorrect firmware can also brick a device, e.g., installing firmware for a different revision of the hardware, or installing firmware incompetently patched by certain developers to get around restrictions imposed by official firmware, such as DVD firmware which only plays DVDs sold in a particular region. Most updating software makes all possible checks that firmware is valid for the device, but this cannot be relied upon.
Devices can also be bricked by malware (malicious software), and sometimes by running software not intentionally harmful but with errors which cause damage.
Some devices include two copies of firmware, one active and the other stored in fixed ROM or writable non-volatile memory and not normally accessible to processes that could corrupt it, and a way to copy the stored firmware over the active version even if corrupt, so that if the active firmware is damaged it can be replaced by the copy and the device will not be bricked. Other devices have minimal “bootloader” firmware, enabled usually by operating a switch or jumper, which does not enable the device to work normally but can reload the main firmware.
Also note that rooting your phone will block over the air updates that your carrier may provide you. You are pretty much consenting to opt out of OTA’s; you have to update your own phone from now on.
How To:
EDIT: As it seems to have come up a few times across the forum and in this thread, I am going to try and explain what the recovery image/nandroid are in terms that make it easy to understand. For WinMo users, you can think of the recovery image (which is nandroid) as an unlocked SPL for your WinMo phone. Much like with the touch pro, diamond, mogul, vogue, etc., you had to flash the unlocked SPL to be able to flash unsigned ROMs, the same thing applies to the Droid. You must install a new recovery image that allows the installation of unsigned programs. The difference is that nandroid is far more than just an SPL analog. It is a truly useful utility that allows you to do many things, create backups, restore them, modify the file system, and install roms and updates. It is NOT necessary to install the hacked recovery image if you don’t plan on messing with custom ROMs and the phone itself. But the truth is, if you don’t plan one doing those things, you should ask yourself why you are rooting your phone and taking any risk whatsoever. That being said, if you plan on rooting your phone, installing the recovery image and creating a backup is just good common sense. It allows you to have a way to get your phone back shoud you do something that screws it up. The other nice thing about said backups, is they allow you to completely return to where you were when you backed the phone up. EVERYTHING is restored! No more reinstalling and reconfiguring all of your programs every time you want to try a new ROM. Simply create a backup before you install the new ROM, and install the new one. If you don’t like how the new one works, simply restore the backup and your right back to where you were at!
HOW TO Create a backup: To create a nandroid backup, reboot your phone into recovery by holding ‘x’ while powering on the phone, or typing reboot recovery into a terminal with root access. Once you have booted into the recovery mode, select backup/restore, push the camera button, select simple nandroid backup, and push the camera button. After a minute or two, the process will complete and you can use the power button to go back and select reboot phone. The backup is stored in the nandroid folder on your SD card.
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING. DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE, WORLD WAR, STARVING KIDS IN AFRICA, OR BRICKED PHONES…DO NOT TRY THIS IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING!
that being said, this is all pretty simple
1) MANUALLY UPDATE TO 2.0.1(this can be used to unroot also)
1 – Download file. 2.0.1 android OS_update.zip
2 – Rename the file to “update.zip”.DO NOT USE .zip if your using windows vista/7
3 – Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select “USB Connected” then press “Mount”.
4 – Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer
5 – Put the “update.zip” file you just renamed into the Root (top) directory of your SD Card.
6 – Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7 – Hold down the “X” key on the physical keyboard and while doing so press the power button. Hold both of them down until you see a Triangle with an !.
8 – Hold the Vol+ button then press the camera button and you will see a menu.
9 – Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
10 – This should take a little bit. Once it’s done select the option to reboot the phone.
11 – The phone will take much longer than normal to boot, don’t worry as it is normal.
2) ROOT (all in one file, doesnt require superuser permissions)
1 – Download file. root for droid.zip
2 – Rename the file to “update.zip” Make sure that you don’t include the “.zip” extension if your computer is not displaying file extensions (Vista/Windows 7 doesn’t show extensions by default)
3 – Plug your Droid into your computer via USB. On the Droid go to the Notifications bar and select “USB Connected” then press “Mount”.
4 – Once the device is mounted, the SD card will show as a removable device on your computer
5 – Put the “update.zip” file you just renamed into the Root (top) directory of your SD Card.
6 – Unmount the device from your computer, and turn the Droid off.
7 – Hold down the “X” key on the physical keyboard and while doing so press the power button. Hold both of them down until you see a Triangle with an !.
8 – Hold the Vol+ button then press the camera button and you will see a menu.
9 – Using the D-pad on the physical keyboard, select the option to update with the update.zip file.
10 – This should take a little bit. Once it’s done select the option to reboot the phone.
11 – The phone will boot. now you have root
3)blocking OTA updates
open terminal emulator (available in the android market)
enter exactly like this NOTE: Linux file and directory names are CASE SENSITIVE, mind your capitals and punctuation!!!
su (after typing this you will most likely get a popup asking you to allow root privelages to the program, allow them)
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
cd /system/etc/security
mv otacerts.zip otacerts.zip.bak (mv is the linux command for renaming a file, by just using mv, the file remains for you to restore later if you so choose)
mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sync
reboot
If you visit the link in the top, the tutorial continues on replacing your recovery image, which installs nandroid and allows you to make backups and flash custom ROMs. I would skip that and follow this tutorial which continues from here:http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=210&t=792
This gentleman has written a nice program that installs busybox (a linux command shell that includes a lot of commands that are needed for various things!), flash_image (the program used to flash images, imagine that!), and the patched recovery image for nandroid.
Updated for 14.0 recovery and added better instructions.
This version will remain here on alldroid and get small updates constantly(I will do my best to keep up with new recovery.img’s especially) but I have put a full version on the marketplace that has more features like numerous theme change buttons multiple boot animation and font change buttons so you can change quick but still have that one you really like lol…. I will be updating the full version constantly as well but it will be more features added instead of just keeping up with the recovery, if there is something you would like to see added to it please don’t hesitate to ask.
I have made an app for rooted droids to assist in installing busybox,flash_image and such.To use the app though you must have root first found here and have the the folder named Tools on the root of your sdcard (the folder and all files needed are included in the .zip file attached.) You must have the box in settings checked to allow install of apps from unknown sources (settings/applications)
Instructions for use:
Download attached Droid root helper.zip and unzip it, now copy the folder named Tools to the root of your sdcard.
Next install the DroidRootHelper.apk to your phone.
Now run DroidRootHelper…The first time you run it it will ask for su access then it will probably freeze(seems to be a problem with most apps requiring su access) give it a second or two and if a force close dialogue pops up click force close.Now re-enter the app and as long as you checked to always allow root access it wont have any more problems.
Now for the fun stuff first, mount the system
Next install busybox, then you can move on to install flash_image.
Now that you have flash_image working you can flash SirPsycoS’s 0.14.0 recovery.img but dont forget to click Rename recovery-from-boot.p before rebooting to avoid the default recovery being re-flashed upon reboot.(as lot of people have already found out if you wanna flash a different recovery and I haven’t updated this just put the recovery you want in the Tools folder on your sd card but rename it to the same name as the one in there. Example:The current recovery in the folder is recovery-0.14.0.img if you have recovery-1.13.5.img rename it to recovery-0.14.0.img and stick it in the Tools folder then use the flash recovery button.This method will work for alot of the new options like flash skull theme if theres a themed Launcher.apk and framework-res.apk made for the droid you want it installed put them in the skulltheme folder located inside the tools folder. )
Once done with that I would suggest to click reboot recovery and make a Nandroid backup by using the volume up/down buttons to highlight selection camera button chooses highlighted selection and the power button backs out of submenu’s.
A breakdown of the buttons and what they do:
Mount = mounts the system read/write with the command: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Unmount = unmounts the system with the command: mount -o remount,ro -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
Sync = syncs system with the command: sync
Rename recovery-from-boot.p = renames the recovery from boot patch to recovery-from-boot.old so your recovery is not overwritten by the default one on reboot.
Install and chmod busybox = Installs busybox to /system/bin and chmods it by running the busybox.sh in the Tools folder.
Install and chmod flash_image = Installs flash_image to /system/bin and chmods it by running the flashimage.sh in the tools folder
Flash 14.0 recovery = Installs the recovery-0.14.0.img with the command: flash_image recovery /sdcard/Tools/recovery-0.12.0.img
Install Skull Theme = Installs the Launcher.apk and framework-res.apk from the skulltheme folder inside the Tools folder by running theme.sh
Install Default Theme = Installs the Launcher.apk and framework-res.apk from the defaulttheme folder inside the Tools folder by running theme1.sh
Flash bootanimation.zip = Installs the bootanimation.zip from the bootanimation folder inside the Tools folder to /data/local
Reboot = reboots the phone with the command: reboot
Reboot Recovery = reboots the phone into recovery with the command: reboot recovery
Most of these options require the phone to be mounted so the files can be written to the system folders.Example:Install skull theme if you click this and the phone is not mounted the only command from the .sh its using that will work is reboot as the commands to copy the themed .apks reqire the system to be mounted.
Update version 5 adds user friendly tips.
If you have any questions and I am not responding quick enough here please feel free to email me at[email protected]
As with all apps and themes of this nature I accept no responsibility for any bricked or damaged devices you use this at your own risk!
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Hopefully this provides the information necessary to get the task done. If you have any questions, post em up and we can try to get them answered!
EDIT: After that is all done, go to the market and download the free app AdFree, which will modify your hosts file (the file that tells linux what internet sites are ok to connect to) and block most ad servers across the net, making it so you don’t have to look at ads in your free ad based apps!
EDIT: As it seems that crotalusfreak has not updated his program in a while, I am going to explain how to updgrade your recovery image manually. This little tutorial assumes you have followed all the steps above and now have the 0.14 recovery image installed. Download the latest version of recovery image at http://sholes.info. As of 1/10/10, that version is 0.99.2b. Place that file (recovery-0.99.2b.img) in the root of your SD card. Now, in your favorite terminal program (adb shell on the PC or Terminal Emulator on your phone for example), type the following commands
su This command allows you root privileges
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-0.99.2b.img This command flashes the file to the recovery partition
reboot recovery This command reboots the phone into recovery mode, much easier than holding ‘x’ while powering on
My baby brother is in Kosovo, this is his second tour. I received an email from his hotmail account today, with a random link that I would immediately recognize as spam. My first instinct was to let him know via Facebook and send him an email telling him to change his password. Since he was overseas, I also took the liberty of emailing everyone else I noticed got the email with a few friendly tips including not to click on the link.
My Sophie, she is tough but sweet. A real guard dog, the kind that would make any pit bull scared. All two pounds of her. Okay, so she probably wouldn’t scare anything bigger then a mouse but she definitely can annoy the piss out of the big animals. She scares the cat that is twice her size, they play constantly. She’s not even scared of the baby horses that are literally 1000 times her weight. I should have taken pictures today when her and a baby Fjord decided to sniff each others nose. Too cute for words.
Sophie, in my opinion, is the cutest dog in the whole wild world. She is potty pad trained, except here apparently. So we are working on teacher her to hit some bells on the door to alert us, but I finally ordered a doggy doorbell. I’m excited about it. It works pretty simple. Every time I take Sophie outside I just have to push her paw on the doorbell. Eventually she will learn to push it when she needs to go out and walla, doggy potty trained.
Want your own doggy doorbell? I haven’t been able to find them at any pet store including PetSmart or Petco (and I asked in both Minnesota and Washington). Available online. Just click on one of the pictures below.
We are in Idaho today. A beautiful state, with very little city as far as I can tell. I’m more of a city girl but can deeply appreciate the beauty of nature.
I’ve had a lot of time to think during this drive. When entering Idaho I saw mountains, the same mountains that we’d been driving through in Montana for over an hour. These mountains are one of the primary reasons I requested my father fly out to Minneapolis to help me drive to Washington state. I remember them feeling a lot scarier as a child. I remember driving around mountain tops that either curled around or zig zagged across high peaks to get you to the opposite. Our first twenty minutes into the state where relatively peaceful, despite a few sharp moments of fear when my father drove down a steep curve at a speed I would deem at least 40 miles an hour too fast for my own comfort, but than again if I was driving this portion of the trip I would take all the mountains at a steady 40-50 miles per hour. I would like to give Montana and Idaho a little bit of credit here, the roads not only seem wider but we also seemed to have driven through the mountains verse curling around them, this feat alone must have taken years of construction and millions of tax dollars. I’m still a little afraid of them though.
I thought I was putting on a brave front for the beginning of the Idaho mountains. Mountains that are wrapped with roads, trees, and one too many signs that warn of potential rocks that could just fly out from the heavens. I’d prefer the rocks to stay firmly in place and off of my vehicle. This still didn’t entirely phase me simply because I didn’t have to drive through the mountains and currently am using this time to distract myself with music, my audio book, and blog writing while Sophie shuffles between sleeping on either my lap, neck or shoulders. Tea and cappuccino have helped my stamina for patience and focus. The part of this drive that really got me was a thick patch of fog during a long down hill. Once I noticed the fog, I’ve made every effort to avoid noticing it again.
It is a mixture of the fog and recognition of the newly improved Idaho/Montana mountain roads that made me begin thinking about an earlier conversation with my dad about the way people think. I’ve been reading a book by Paulo Coehlo, one of my favorite authors, about a young girl named Veronika who decides at a young age would like to commit suicide. She attempts it unsuccessfully which leads her into an insane asylum called Villette. Here Veronika learns hundreds of life lessons about love, peace, understanding, forgiveness and how thinking outside the box maybe crazy but worth living for.
A powerful wizard, who wanted to destroy an entire kingdom, placed a magic potion in the well from which all the inhabitants drank. Whoever drank that water would go mad.The following morning, the whole population drank from the well and they all went mad, apart from the king and his family, who had a well set aside for them alone, which the magician had not managed to poison. The king was worried and tried to control the population by issuing a series of edicts governing security and public health. The policeman and the inspectors, however, had also drunk the poisoned water, and they thought the king’s decisions were absurd and resolved to take no notice of them.
When the inhabitants of the kingdom heard these decrees, they became convinced that the king had gone mad and was now giving nonsensical orders. They marched on the castle and called for his abdication. In despair the king prepared to step down from the throne, but the queen stopped him, saying: ‘Let us go and drink from the communal well. Then we will be the same as them.’
And that is what they did and immediately they began talking nonsense. Their subjects repented at once; now that the king was displaying such wisdom, why not allow him to continue ruling the country?
The country continued to live in peace, although its inhabitants behaved very differently from those of its neighbors. And the king was able to govern until the end of his days.
Kind of reminds me of things like when the earth was flat, reading anything but the bible was witchery, and women in pants was absurd. We all think differently and open mindedness can simply seem absurd or become progress. It depends on how crazy you are. Traveling around the world may seem random or a great opportunity just depends on who you are.
Some thing are governed by common sense. Putting buttons on the front of a shirt is a matter of logic, since it would be very difficult to button them up at the side, and impossible if they were at the back. Other things, however, become fixed because more and more people believe that’s the way they should be.
Why are the keys on a keyboard arranged in the current order?
Have you ever wondered why the keys on a typewriter are arranged in that particular order? We call it the QWERTY keyboard, because that’s the order of the letters on the first row of keys. The first keyboard was invented by Christopher Sholes, in 1873, to improve on calligraphy, but there was a problem: If a person typed very fast, the keys got stuck together and stopped the machine from working. Then Sholes designed the QWERTY keyboard, a keyboard that would oblige typists to type more slowly.
It just so happened that Remington-which made sewing machines a well as guns at the time- used the QWERTY keyboard for its first typewriters. That meant that more people were forced to learn that particular system, and more companies started to make those keyboards, until it became the only available model. To repeat: The keyboard on typewriters and computers was designed so that people would type more slowly, not more quickly. Now, today, if you were to change the letters around you wouldn’t be able to find someone to buy your product.
Why do clocks tick ‘right’ or ‘clockwise?’
In the cathedral of Florence, there’s a beautiful clock designed by Paolo Uccello in 1443. Now, the curious thing about this clock is that, although it keeps time like all other clocks, its hands go in the opposite direction to that of normal clocks. When he made this clock, Paolo Uccello was not trying to be original: The fact is that, at the time, there were clocks like his as well as others with hands that went in the direction we’re familiar with now. For some unknown reason, perhaps because the duke had a clock with hands that went in the direction we now think of as the “right” direction, that became the only direction, and Uccello’s clock then seemed an aberration, a madness.
Each human being is unique, each with their own qualities, instincts, forms of pleasure, and desire for adventure. However, society always imposes on us a collective way of behaving, and people never stop to wonder why they should behave like that. They just accept it, the way typists accepted the fact that the QWERTY keyboard was the best possible one. Have you ever met anyone in your entire life who asked why the hands of a clock go in one particular direction and not the other?
I challenge you to challenge yourself and the status quo? Do you know of anything else that we take for granted? THAT is how inventions are made, advancements are discovered, and the world is changed. What if we never tried finding more efficient forms of lighting our homes? We would still be using candles and Christmas lights wouldn’t exist. We’d save a lot on electricity, have more fires, and no television. T.V.s are just a ton of tiny bulbs. In communication what if we didn’t have phones or GPS? I want to hear from you, in your own blog or in my comments section for this post at DesaraeVeit.com, one thing you’ve always wondered why it had to be that way.
I’ve always wondering about electricity. I’ve even considered going back to get a third degree in science or engineering so I could tinker with the idea of improving it using natural resources. I know you’re going to think I’m just saying this because of our current oil crisis, but that’s just not true. I’ve thought about using more renewable energy sources like solar power, ecology, wind, biofuels, hydropower, turbines, kinetic energy, solar cells, and the way we currently use fossil fuels ever since a couple of 4th, 5th and 6th grade science projects that let us experiment with creating light, solar energy, and photosynthesis. I actually won a few science fair awards and a scholarship taking me all the way to nationals for my studies with intermittent light effects on the growth of brine shrimp, and another on solar energy cells. During our trip dad and I talked about various ways cars could be built to use multiple forms of natural energy to power them including kinetic, solar, wind, vaporization, and nuclear fusion. What about you? What do you always wonder about?
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