Easiest Method for Keeping Root Thru the ZV8 Update

mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

Please Read Full Post Before Posting Any Questions!!! If You Ask A Question That Is Answered In This Post, It Will Not Get Answered!!!

Alrighty Boys and Girls!!! I have tried to make this as easy as possible for what we have!!! First and foremost, this will NOT root if you are already on ZV8!!!

Prerequisites
Pretty easy, you need ANY form of ZV7 (By any that includes stock, GingerVolt, Blitzkrieg, self modified, whatever) and CWM. Also, if you have frozen the software update app, make sure you unfreeze before anything!!!

1) Download this file: http://d-h.st/MeH
2) Flash that file in cwm
3) Reboot into the OS
4) Update to ZV8

That is it!!! You are now rooted stock ZV8!!!!

After gaining root on ZV8 you can get CWM recovery by running this ZV8CWMRecovery.bat: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54501789/Revo/ZV8CWMRecovery.zip

There you have it!!! That was easy now wasn't it!

sharky112065 · Apr 5, 2012

You are AMAZING! Very nice mtmichelson.

Cal8192 · Apr 5, 2012

I'll give it a shot. What do we do if the OTA fails??

Edit:

OTA failed. Lol

Edit: fixed my market, broke my swype.

Edit: broke all sound and vibration. At work, can't take time to troubleshoot. Later, hopefully.

EDIT!

Holy effing facepalm, batman! I just realized what was killing the OTA.. And while I certainly feel like an idiot, I can assure you I am truly not one. Also, I refuse to disclose where I screwed the pooch.

Updating to zv8 now..

Edit:

Yup. It works. Ha!
Still not sound/vibration though. No worries, Im going to flash a clean zv7 and do this again in a bit.

I really should have waited until I was home to mess with this.

Thanks MT!

mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

Cal8192 said:
I'll give it a shot. What do we do if the OTA fails??

Edit:

OTA failed. Lol

Edit: fixed my market, broke my swype.

Edit: broke all sound and vibration. At work, can't take time to troubleshoot. Later, hopefully.

EDIT!

Holy effing facepalm, batman! I just realized what was killing the OTA.. And while I certainly feel like an idiot, I can assure you I am truly not one. Also, I refuse to disclose where I screwed the pooch.

Updating to zv8 now..

Edit:

Yup. It works. Ha!
Still not sound/vibration though. No worries, Im going to flash a clean zv7 and do this again in a bit.

I really should have waited until I was home to mess with this. Thanks MT!

This method does still take advantage of the local.prop file. Delete it from /data and reboot and you will have sound back. If you run the .bat it will remove it for you though.

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brad6360 · Apr 5, 2012

Awesome job MT! This was a life saver for me since my USB connection doesn't work! I was hoping the ZV8 upgrade might fix it, but it didn't. Oh well, at least now I'm on ZV8 with Break Out 1.1!!!

I had to enter the commands in Terminal Emulator by hand, which sucked. But hey, I got there...

ejammer · Apr 5, 2012

sweet will try this later. i take it this means you dont want that update file anymore?

mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

ejammer said:
sweet will try this later. i take it this means you dont want that update file anymore?

Nope, got it lol. Thanks!

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Cal8192 · Apr 5, 2012

mtmichaelson said:
This method does still take advantage of the local.prop file. Delete it from /data and reboot and you will have sound back. If you run the .bat it will remove it for you though.

Yeah, that's what I figured. And since I was going to go fresh install after work I wasn't concerned. Thanks for helping a guy out, even if you did laugh at my previous post. It's cool, you can admit it. ; )

mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

Cal8192 said:
Yeah, that's what I figured. And since I was going to go fresh install after work I wasn't concerned. Thanks for helping a guy out, even if you did laugh at my previous post. It's cool, you can admit it. ; )

No, I would never laugh at you

lol

Blammo79 · Apr 5, 2012

I know I am a complete noob for asking this, but what is the best way to execute the .bat file (.zip file, since we cannot install it with CWM)? I know I can adb, though I am foggy on the details since it has been a while. What are the steps that need to be taken to make sure that i direct terminal correctly towards my phone. I just want to make sure I do it right the first time. Thanks in advance!

eghill1125 · Apr 5, 2012

Another dumb question again here. sorry, but....

To run the CWM Recovery bat file, I need to be hooked up to the computer, right?

I have done the update to ZV8, but I am at work and have no cable to connect to the computer. Did the first part through WIFI to get the files.

There is no way to run the bat file off the phone itself is there?

Big Cam · Apr 5, 2012

mtmichaelson said:
Please Read Full Post Before Posting Any Questions!!! If You Ask A Question That Is Answered In This Post, It Will Not Get Answered!!!

Alrighty Boys and Girls!!! I have tried to make this as easy as possible for what we have!!! First and foremost, this will NOT root if you are already on ZV8!!!

Prerequisites
Pretty easy, you need ANY form of ZV7 (By any that includes stock, GingerVolt, Blitzkrieg, self modified, whatever) and CWM.

1) Download this file: http://d-h.st/MeH
2) Flash that file in cwm
3) Reboot into the OS
4) Update to ZV8

That is it!!! You are now rooted stock ZV8!!!!

After gaining root on ZV8 you can get CWM recovery by running this ZV8CWMRecovery.bat: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54501789/Revo/ZV8CWMRecovery.zip

There you have it!!! That was easy now wasn't it!

Dang that does sound easy, I guess that's what I get for being an early adopter.

Cal8192 · Apr 5, 2012

Big Cam said:
Dang that does sound easy, I guess that's what I get for being an early adopter.

EXACTLY! Lol!

PS, worked like a charm. Awesome work mt!

mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

Big Cam said:
Dang that does sound easy, I guess that's what I get for being an early adopter.

Nothing to see here anymore!!!

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mtmichaelson · Apr 5, 2012

Cal8192 said:
EXACTLY! Lol!

PS, worked like a charm. Awesome work mt!

Awesome! Thanks!

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keynith · Apr 5, 2012

eghill1125 said:
Another dumb question again here. sorry, but....

To run the CWM Recovery bat file, I need to be hooked up to the computer, right?

I have done the update to ZV8, but I am at work and have no cable to connect to the computer. Did the first part through WIFI to get the files.

There is no way to run the bat file off the phone itself is there?

Yes you need to be hooked to a computer and I assume you need to be in USB debugging mode and internet connection only. I felt bad because no one else answered.

As to pushing the file through ADB I have no idea I usually just use the simple connect and run by the means of MT's programz since they do it all for you anyways. Still denating to update though because I love my blitzkrieg...

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eghill1125 · Apr 5, 2012

Thanks.

I figured as much. Will have to wait til after work then. It's been so long since I have done any updating on this phone, that I am forgetting how to do things.

I spend most of my time putting new Roms and stuff on my Nook Color and this stuff is new again to me.

H4l0H4ck3r · Apr 5, 2012

Thanx a million

buffettman03 · Apr 5, 2012

Will the phone info still say v7 after this. I flashed, all went fine, rebooted, all still good. Checked root, got it, but then checked phone info and it still says v7. I don't really care if it says v7 or what ever as long as I know it's v8. Thanks for all your time and effort dedicated to all of us Revo users MT.

majorpay · Apr 5, 2012

buffettman03 said:
Will the phone info still say v7 after this. I flashed, all went fine, rebooted, all still good. Checked root, got it, but then checked phone info and it still says v7. I don't really care if it says v7 or what ever as long as I know it's v8. Thanks for all your time and effort dedicated to all of us Revo users MT.

You have to go into your settings and update now. The file doesn't upgrade for you.

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