[Huawei IDEOS U8150] How to gain root access

quail · Dec 28, 2010

I hold no responsibility to how you use or not use this info and if you brick phone - you do this at your own risk

There is a couple away you can go about gaining root access with this phone I have tested all 3 ways but only had success with 2 of them.

a) You can download 'z4root' from the Android Market (If is still available) or search XDA forums for it.
b) Search the XDA forums for 'SuperOneClick' which requires mono to work on Linux. I have read people that have had success with 'SuperOneClick' but that was not the case for me.

c) My preferred method:
Prerequisite:
knowledge of Linux and Terminal
knowledge of ADB (guide available in forums)

I did all this using Debian (testing) 64bit, Android SDK.

Creating correct permissions to access the phone via USB:
i) create

Code:

/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

ii) in the file put

Code:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"

iii) then

Code:

chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

iv) restart udev or reboot

Downloading and/or Installing required software:
1) Downloading and installing the android-sdk from: developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2) Downloading and extracting 'SuperOneClick' (you will only need these 5 files: rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk)
3) Copy rageagainstthecage, sqlite3, su, busybox and superuser.apk into the platform-tools directory of android-sdk. Put phone in debug mode.
4) From a terminal (command line) change to the android/platform-tools directory and carefully do these steps.

Check to see if adb can see your phone properly:

Code:

./adb devices

You should see the serial number of you device, if you see bunch of '?' you have done something wrong.

Now for the fun part rooting the phone: <= no phun intended hehe

Code:

./adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage

Code:

./adb shell

Code:

cd /data/local/tmp

Code:

chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage

Code:

./rageagainstthecage

5) Now wait until you get kicked out from adb before you do the following:

Code:

./adb shell

If everything worked now you should see a "#" instead of the "$" you saw previously in the adb shell which means you shouldn't get "permission denied" in the following steps:

Code:

mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mdtblock4 /system

Code:

exit

Code:

./adb push su /system/bin/su

Code:

./adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox

Code:

./adb push sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3

Code:

./adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

Code:

./adb shell

Code:

cd /system/bin

Code:

chmod 4755 su

Code:

chmod 4755 busybox

Code:

chmod 4755 sqlite3

Code:

./adb reboot

Now you should be able to use apps like 'Cache Cleaner NG', 'Root Explorer', 'SetCPU' etc that require root access to work correctly.

Enjoy

Paxxx76 · Dec 29, 2010

Guide reflash FW for those who did some damage:

* Download from here that you want to install the FW
* Copy the folder in the microSD DLOAD (with the file inside UPADATE.APP)
* From phone off, Volume + Hold down RED BUTTON UP and power button.
* start the firmware upgrade, take a few minutes and then restart the phone . is a bit slow, do not be afraid, let him work and then back on (like the first time)

Help to get into recovery mode:

* down the 'volume up 'and 'green button'and then switch the device

Guide to bootloader mode:

* switch off, press and hold power button + volume down + red key

SethIsHere · Jan 6, 2011

Overclock

Can this fone be oveclocked

quail · Jan 6, 2011

SethIsHere said:
Can this fone be oveclocked

yes it can be OCed, I recommend using setCPU from the market

.produkt-R · Jan 9, 2011

SethIsHere said:
Can this fone be oveclocked

Yes it can, to a Maximum of 600mhz (0.6 ghz) on the stock kernel

setCPU is no longer available on the market for free afaik.

Also can someone better translate the instructions to get into recovery mode? i can barely make sense of the above instructions ^^^

quail · Jan 9, 2011

.produkt-R said:
Also can someone better translate the instructions to get into recovery mode? i can barely make sense of the above instructions ^^^

does this help:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10371747&postcount=5

.produkt-R · Jan 9, 2011

quail said:
does this help:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10371747&postcount=5

Helped, Thanks.
Although after reading the entire page, i wonder if i should have a Recovery ROM installed. But i wonder if the phone will be left in it's current working state after installing it ?

pb05life · Jan 17, 2011

i used z4root, worked fine for me

msh0 · Jan 19, 2011

quail said:
Code:

chmod 4755 su

Code:

chmod 4755 busybox

Code:

chmod 4755 sqlite3

I think only "su" should be 4755 (setuid root), busybox and sqlite3 should just be 0755? Thanks for the instructions.

fvckyougooglescammer · Jan 20, 2011

pb05life said:
i used z4root, worked fine for me

Ok I figured it ill shut up you have to use crappy dos command prompt and type everything in manually install proggies lol Google must die!

fvckyougooglescammer · Jan 20, 2011

quail said:
Creating correct permissions to access the phone via USB:
i) create

Code:

/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

ii) in the file put

Code:

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="12d1", MODE="0666"

iii) then

Code:

chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

iv) restart udev or reboot

Anyone know this part for windows XP?Not linux?
I got to rageagainstthecage and it says permission denied.

tilal6991 · Jan 20, 2011

fvckyougooglescammer said:
So would you tell us, exactly how you did it?
Without using the market place?
Because I have tried 100 things downloaded all that junk wasted 5 hours.
And I do not know how to run the z4root on my phone.
I do not want to install another ROM.
I do not know why you can not run z4root and a file manager from the SD card I have tried methods with the SDK they are total rubbish.
Once again *without* using the market place.
Thanks

Download it mediafire.com/u8150
Sent from my Ideos using XDA App

nitro-ale · Jan 20, 2011

could you explain why you prefer this way instead using z4root?

fvckyougooglescammer · Jan 20, 2011

nitro-ale said:
could you explain why you prefer this way instead using z4root?

I have Z4root on the phone and its supposedly rooted.
Yet, I can install apps from PC onto phone, but can not uninstall them.
Adb always gives me failure.
And if I try from shell it always says permission denied.

fvckyougooglescammer · Jan 20, 2011

tilal6991 said:
Download it
Sent from my Ideos using XDA App

Hi thanks downloaded it fine its on the phone but this doesn't tell me how to remove apps.
I have been able to install but not remove adb always says failure.

andypea · Feb 9, 2011

Thanks man,

Just worked perfectly on my IDEOS brought from 2degrees in NZ.

The copy of SuperOneClick that I downloaded contained a file called su-v2 instead of su. In order to get the hack to work I had to rename su-v2 to su before running ./rageagainstthecage . Pretty obvious, but it might help someone out.

Thanks

vladmx · Mar 8, 2011

fvckyougooglescammer said:
I have Z4root on the phone and its supposedly rooted.
Yet, I can install apps from PC onto phone, but can not uninstall them.
Adb always gives me failure.
And if I try from shell it always says permission denied.

I followed your instructions and installed SetCPU to test my phone was rooted. It worked great! Thanks.

I still have a problem. When I try adb root it still says "adbd cannot run as root in production builds". I'm trying this to be able to control my phone with pc mouse/keyboard with androidscreencast.

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

Answering to myself: I updated my phone with FUSIONideos 1.5 and now adb runs as root without problems.

cknaveed · Apr 16, 2011

Z4root

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=833953

Worked for me

maqk@live.com · Apr 18, 2011

Does it removes simlock

I have Huawei U8150 IDEOS Android phone with career lock ( Simlock ), so will this remove it

maqk@live.com · Apr 18, 2011

can there be a batch file / command / app for all this, too techy out there

also how to setup the environment to run these commands, i m windows user can i do it ?

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