Samsung sidekick 4G
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i wish i knew how to do this, but if i can't figure it out, i'm sure others will soon.
Oh really? Cool. So far all I've used is one-click root for the Samsung Epic.... is this similar? I'll check it out, thanks!
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I got it working on mine too. The basic steps were
1) enable debug USB mode on your phone
2) install Samsung drivers for the phone - right now Samsung's site seems to not have a choice for the Sidekick 4G's model (SGH-T839), but I grabbed the drivers for the Vibrant (at www .samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-T959ZKDTMB) and they worked.
3) get adb shell working on your PC (Google it)
4) download the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and Superuser packages from the links in this page: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_%28CDMA%29:_Full_Update_Guide (be sure to unzip the files into the directory where your adb.exe program is unless you've put it in your path)
5) reboot your phone and plug it in
6) adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
7) adb shell
8) cd /data/local/tmp
9) chmod 755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
10) ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
11) wait until you get booted back out to your DOS command prompt
12) adb kill-server
13) adb start-server
14) adb shell
15) you should now be at a # prompt. The first few times I tried, I wasn't - I was at $. Doing this from a fresh boot seemed to be the trick. Reboot your phone and try again if you're getting a $.
16) mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
17) exit
18) adb push su /system/xbin
19) adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
20) adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
21) adb shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
22) exit
23) reboot the phone then run an app that requests root, such as Root Explorer, to verify
(p.s. sorry for having to mangle the URL's above, XDA won't let me include links since I haven't posted 8 times yet)
1) enable debug USB mode on your phone
2) install Samsung drivers for the phone - right now Samsung's site seems to not have a choice for the Sidekick 4G's model (SGH-T839), but I grabbed the drivers for the Vibrant (at www .samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-T959ZKDTMB) and they worked.
3) get adb shell working on your PC (Google it)
4) download the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and Superuser packages from the links in this page: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_%28CDMA%29:_Full_Update_Guide (be sure to unzip the files into the directory where your adb.exe program is unless you've put it in your path)
5) reboot your phone and plug it in
6) adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
7) adb shell
8) cd /data/local/tmp
9) chmod 755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
10) ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
11) wait until you get booted back out to your DOS command prompt
12) adb kill-server
13) adb start-server
14) adb shell
15) you should now be at a # prompt. The first few times I tried, I wasn't - I was at $. Doing this from a fresh boot seemed to be the trick. Reboot your phone and try again if you're getting a $.
16) mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
17) exit
18) adb push su /system/xbin
19) adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
20) adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
21) adb shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
22) exit
23) reboot the phone then run an app that requests root, such as Root Explorer, to verify
(p.s. sorry for having to mangle the URL's above, XDA won't let me include links since I haven't posted 8 times yet)
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Just to note, on step 16 and 21... it is /dev/block/stl9 rather than st19
Also, after step 20, I had to run the following commands for the superuser application to grant root privledges to applications..
adb shell echo "root::0:0:root:/data/local:/system/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
adb shell echo "root::0:" > /etc/group
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Awesome to see it being rooted so fast.
I'm really interesting in getting this phone but I'm not in the US. Does anyone know if the phone will work outside US?
I'm really interesting in getting this phone but I'm not in the US. Does anyone know if the phone will work outside US?
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Dang, good catch, thanks. That's what I get for not copying and pasting from my terminal window...stupid, since I was just chastising two people at work for making the same mistake yesterday. I've edited the original post to prevent problems for people who might start before reading the entire thread.
Interesting about having to create a passwd and group file...I've only run a few root apps so far, but they've worked without me doing this. I wonder if it's app-specific.
Now to start removing some of the damn bloatware this thing comes with!
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19) adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
i get stuck on there it says unable to chmod no such file or directory . there's SU in my android-sdk/tools
i get stuck on there it says unable to chmod no such file or directory . there's SU in my android-sdk/tools
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i'm so glad this thing got rooted. i used to be a scene kid with a kick. i dont have this phone, i doubt i'm going to get this phone considering the sensation is droppin soon.... but for nostalgia purposes, i'm glad it got rooted. now you can really hack it!!!
not like the old ones!!
not like the old ones!!
Double-check your step 18...that's the step that copies the su file from your computer onto the phone. I forget the exact output format, but it shows you a Kb/second number of how fast the file transfer went when it finishes successfully.
I'm not brave enough to try putting the ClockworkMod for one of the Samsung devices on the list onto mine, for fear of bricking it. Don't know enough about that works as far as hardware differences go.
I have removed the APK's listed below from /system/app with no apparent ill-effects. Not that YOU should remove them necessarily - just that they're things I don't have a need for:
AccountAndSync.apk
AmazonMp3.apk
AppPack.apk
DriveSmart.apk
DriveSmartHelper.apk
install_flash_player.apk
LiveWallpapers.apk
LiveWallpapersPicker.apk
Memo.apk
MiniDiary.apk
MobileBackup.apk
MyFiles.apk
PhoneSetupWizard.apk
Twitter-2.0.1-121.apk
vvm-signed.apk
Though there must be something I don't fully understand, because even after a reboot, Amazon MP3 and AppPack are still on my phone, and they still work.
FYI, don't remove Settings.apk - I got stuck in a loop where the launcher kept crashing then reloading itself (thank goodness I was able to put it back in place with adb).
Appears to work fine.. no crashes although the Max Hz is 1000. U can still raise the Min Hz.
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2I got it working on mine too. The basic steps were
1) enable debug USB mode on your phone
2) install Samsung drivers for the phone - right now Samsung's site seems to not have a choice for the Sidekick 4G's model (SGH-T839), but I grabbed the drivers for the Vibrant (at www .samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SGH-T959ZKDTMB) and they worked.
3) get adb shell working on your PC (Google it)
4) download the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and Superuser packages from the links in this page: wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Hero_%28CDMA%29:_Full_Update_Guide (be sure to unzip the files into the directory where your adb.exe program is unless you've put it in your path)
5) reboot your phone and plug it in
6) adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
7) adb shell
8) cd /data/local/tmp
9) chmod 755 rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
10) ./rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
11) wait until you get booted back out to your DOS command prompt
12) adb kill-server
13) adb start-server
14) adb shell
15) you should now be at a # prompt. The first few times I tried, I wasn't - I was at $. Doing this from a fresh boot seemed to be the trick. Reboot your phone and try again if you're getting a $.
16) mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
17) exit
18) adb push su /system/xbin
19) adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
20) adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
21) adb shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /system
22) exit
23) reboot the phone then run an app that requests root, such as Root Explorer, to verify
(p.s. sorry for having to mangle the URL's above, XDA won't let me include links since I haven't posted 8 times yet)2
I Hold vol up + Vol down while putting the battery in. Keep the Volume keys held then Hold power until the sidekick screen comes up then release all the keys. Seems to work almost all the time for me.
ALSO:The microphone key is enter in clockwork2This is the partition info for the Fascinate:
Code:bml1 256 KB contains boot.bin (262144 bytes), Primary Boot Loader (low-level hardware initialization) bml2 256 KB contains PIT file first 512 bytes bml3 10240 KB /dev/block/stl3 /efs bml4 1280 KB contains Sbl.bin (1310720 bytes) Secondary Boot Loader (loads the Linux kernel and passes the necessary arguments) bml5 1280 KB contains Secondary Boot Loader (for recovery, ect) bml6 5120 KB param.lfs /mnt/.lfs j4fs bml7 7680 KB contains zImage and initramfs bml8 7680 KB empty - on Epic 4G and Fascinate, contains recovery.bin bml9 293376 KB factoryfs.rfs ( /system RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl9 bml10 137216 KB dbdata.rfs ( /dbdata RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl10 bml11 35840 KB cache.rfs ( /cache RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl11 bml12 12800 KB modem.bin
mkdir /sdcard/dump/
dd if=/dev/block/bml1 of=/sdcard/dump/bml1.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml2 of=/sdcard/dump/bml2.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/dump/bml3.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml4 of=/sdcard/dump/bml4.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml5 of=/sdcard/dump/bml5.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml6 of=/sdcard/dump/bml6.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml8 of=/sdcard/dump/bml8.bin
dd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/dump/bml7
dd if=/dev/block/bml12 of=/sdcard/dump/bml12.bin
tar cfz dump.tar.gz /sdcard/dump/
Upload it to medafire then I will mirror it at gitbrew.org
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I have put together a small script that should root the sidekick automagically.
I do not have a device to test on, hopefully we can get this tested and debugged quickly.
http://dev.gitbrew.org/~dasmoover/android/sidekick/autoroot-sidekickv0.1.rar
This will NOT harm your phone in any way.
1. Place folder on sdcard
2. Using terminal emulator app chmod 755 /sdcard/autoroot/autoroot.sh
3. ./sdcard/autoroot/autoroot.sh
If the sdcard is mounted as noexec, follow these steps:
1. Place folder on sdcard
2. Using terminal emulator app - cp -R /sdcard/autoroot/ /data/local/tmp/
3. chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/autoroot.sh
3. ./data/local/tmp/autoroot.sh1
Ace42, yeah I can get around fine in the shell (bash in particular) so I can produce the requested dumps... but I am not familiar with the android fs and what is being requested to be copied here.
For example, are my personal settings included?
On the other hand, this sounds like a moot point since you referenced the other thread with links to the dump. If there is something missing there, or it would be helpful to have another dump, I'm happy to help.1cat /proc/mtd >> mtd.txt - grabs partition info
mount >> mount.txt - lists mounts on device, loopback, partition, etc
ls /dev/ >> dev.txt - lists devices
cp /proc/config.gz /sdcard/config.gz - kernel config
based on partition info we pull the blocks bit for bit -
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p1.bin
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