[GUIDE]Epic 4G Touch Root![9/18/2011][ROOT][ZEDOMAX][ACS]

iSaint · Sep 17, 2011

shabbypenguin said:
home and in #epic-touch4g on freenode

....you know shyts about to go down ....

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

ok rooting my phone again, damn it, you guys better come up with a flashable kernel quickly caz i need to do video reviews with my phone, thx in advance, pulling 5,6,9.

shabbypenguin · Sep 17, 2011

no im keeping my photon, im just here cuz teh excitement of a new phone is way too much for me to ignore. taht and pauly has a et4g, and hes teh one who banned me from teh photon chat so i figure by being here and being useful it will just piss him off further

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

5 & 6 here:

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Epic4GTouch/development/mmcblk0p5.img

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Epic4GTouch/development/mmcblk0p6.img

uploading 9 right now...

deano0714 · Sep 17, 2011

zedomax said:
5 & 6 here:

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Epic4GTouch/development/mmcblk0p5.img

http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/Epic4GTouch/development/mmcblk0p6.img

uploading 9 right now...

Arent those from the gsII original kernel so they wouldnt work??

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zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

deano0714 said:
Arent those from the gsII original kernel so they wouldnt work??

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thats what i was wondering.

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deano0714 said:
Arent those from the gsII original kernel so they wouldnt work??

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actually this could work, because the GSII boot.img and recovery image both work, my phone boots, just don't have network/data, someone just need to repackage it with samsung source kernel, I am gonna try that right now... wish me luck caz i dont want to brick my phone twice in two days.

bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

Don't do that... /facepalm.

The initramfs has to do with the service you receive. It has network references that are CDMA and Sprint specific.

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

bubby323 said:
Don't do that... /facepalm.

The initramfs has to do with the service you receive. It has network references that are CDMA and Sprint specific.

I don't get why initramfs isn't included when compiled???

deano0714 · Sep 17, 2011

bubby323 said:
Don't do that... /facepalm.

The initramfs has to do with the service you receive. It has network references that are CDMA and Sprint specific.

And now he cant flash to stock kernel cuz we dont even have it yet... Isnt the recovery kernel seperate from The regular kernel? Or am i wrong? If so someone could flash juust the recovery and then flash su.zip and get the stuff we need... But im so guinnea pig, ill leave that to somone else..

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bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

deano0714 said:
And now he cant flash to stock kernel cuz we dont even have it yet... Isnt the recovery kernel seperate from The regular kernel? Or am i wrong? If so someone could flash juust the recovery and then flash su.zip and get the stuff we need... But im so guinnea pig, ill leave that to somone else..

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That would be a more appropriate route like I said before you need root to pull the stock zImage to be able to pull the stock initramfs and compile kernels.

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

is initramfs universal? Can I just add that to kernel myself? Or is it specific to the device?

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bubby323 said:
That would be a more appropriate route like I said before you need root to pull the stock zImage to be able to pull the stock initramfs and compile kernels.

How to you pull stock zImage???

bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

zedomax said:
I don't get why initramfs isn't included when compiled???

Because the initramfs can be edited for custom bootclasspaths, root privileges, and custom kernel names, ect.

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

bubby323 said:
That would be a more appropriate route like I said before you need root to pull the stock zImage to be able to pull the stock initramfs and compile kernels.

How do you pull stock zImage???

bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

zedomax said:
is initramfs universal? Can I just add that to kernel myself? Or is it specific to the device?

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How to you pull stock zImage???

You use a binary called dd on the phone, but you can't without superuser permissions, so you need root first of all. Try flashing clockwork for the GSII using Odin, if you are brave enough, then su.zip like a previous user mentioned. That might in fact let you achieve root considering if the partitions are the same locations and everything then I can walk you through pulling the zImage on the phone.

deano0714 · Sep 17, 2011

bubby323 said:
Because the initramfs can be edited for custom bootclasspaths, root privileges, and custom kernel names, ect.

So was i correct when i said the recovery is seperate from the stock kernel?... If so someone else needs to do it other then zedomax as he alredy has the gsII kernel and not our stocl one..

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spdwiz18 · Sep 17, 2011

hypothetical.

if adb can find recovery (adb reboot recovery) shouldn't fastboot be able to flash CMW to the recovery partition like with a nexus phone. we know the bootloader is suppose to be unlocked (fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g.img) just a thought. I might be way off.

zedomax · Sep 17, 2011

bubby323 said:
You use a binary called dd on the phone, but you can't without superuser permissions, so you need root first of all. Try flashing clockwork for the GSII using Odin, if you are brave enough, then su.zip like a previous user mentioned. That might in fact let you achieve root considering if the partitions are the same locations and everything then I can walk you through pulling the zImage on the phone.

i have root, give me the commands, I've pulled 5,6, and 9 already.

bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

spdwiz18 said:
hypothetical.

if adb can find recovery (adb reboot recovery) shouldn't fastboot be able to flash CMW to the recovery partition like with a nexus phone. we know the bootloader is suppose to be unlocked (fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g.img) just a thought. I might be way off.

No, fastboot is for Google specific branded devices. (Nexus) Clockwork would be the way to go here..

deano0714 · Sep 17, 2011

zedomax said:
i have root, give me the commands, I've pulled 5,6, and 9 already.

Im pretty sure those files are useless because they are from the gsII kernel not ours.. Also untill we get the kernel pulled your phone will not have a cell signal cuz you cant flash the stock kernel back :/

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bubby323 · Sep 17, 2011

zedomax said:
i have root, give me the commands, I've pulled 5,6, and 9 already.

But you are using a SGSII kernel to get root which there would be no sense in pulling since it's NOT for the Epic Touch.

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You should just be able to use the kernel you are using from the GSII with root, and then boot up into clockwork and flash the su.zip and flash back the stock kernel. That solves root for you, but not for everybody else until we have the stock kernel pulled from the device which is impossible without root.

Try this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

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