[GUIDE][JULY/30/2011] S-OFF under Linux/Ubuntu

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Alright guys,

This is for everyone that is not using windows or mac.

First of all - congrats! You made the right decision by not using them. Ha-ha!

Also - Thanks to everyone that was involved in getting us the so much needed S-OFF - Developers and Testers.

Now, to get S-Off you need to go to http://revolutionary.io/

Just in case - read everything that is in there, and remember that this is a Beta release, so sh*t can go wrong.

Click on "Download For Linux" . This will download revolutionary-0.3pre7.tgz

Now open Home folder, navigate to Downloads, find the file that you just downloaded, right click, and choose "extract here".

Or if you are using the console - you need to do this:

Navigate to the Downloads folder and

tar -zxf revolutionary-0.3-pre7.tgz

Now open your terminal, and navigate to the Downloads folder. You can do that by typing

cd ~/Downloads

Once you are in there - do the following:

sudo ./revolutionary

or if you are root, just do

./revolutionary

In general, its not a very good idea to stay logged in constantly as root, so yeah.

Once you downloaded the file - it redirected you to the Generator, where you need to put in your information about the phone.

Once you run revolutionary - you can find all the information needed in there, just put in the information, click on "generate", highlight the code, right click, copy, and then go to the console, right click, paste, and hit enter.

Once you get root and everything else, it will ask you if you want to install CWM. It is important to have that, so please choose "Y".
And now you can sit back and enjoy how this is magic

[EDIT]

If you have any problems with revolutionary finding the device - please make sure that you did add the appropriate udev rules to the file /etc/rules.d/51-android.rules

To make sure that your computer sees the phone - just type

adb devices

If you see it as "??????????????" - then you do need to follow the next guide to add the udev rules.

For more information on how to do that - please follow THIS GUIDE

For more information on how to use ADB under Ubuntu - please check out THIS GUIDE

Thanks, this worked like a charm! Thank to the devs that brought this to us! I've been eagerly awaiting this, almost took my bro's MT4G just to get my flashing fix!! All I need is an AOSP Rom and I'm golden, lol

I'm getting "waiting for device..."

Is there a certain point when I need to plug in my Sensation? I'm able to mount the phone with no issues in linux, but for some reason revolutionary won't identify it.

Wow, 2 minutes with no hiccups on a UK Vodafone branded Sensation. Just carrying out a quick nandroid. Thanks for the tut, much appreciated.

Thanks, will be using this to S-OFF my Sensation when I get home later today!

Ubuntu ftw

Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA Premium App

Originally Posted by Thareal1

I'm getting "waiting for device..."

Is there a certain point when I need to plug in my Sensation? I'm able to mount the phone with no issues in linux, but for some reason revolutionary won't identify it.

Did you add the add appropriate udev rules to the file /etc/rules.d/51-android.rules ?

Or with other words, when you are using adb under ubuntu - when you do adb devices - do you see your device with "?????????????" or do you see it like its really installed with numbers ?

If you havent added the udev rules - you can find more information on how to do it HERE

Originally Posted by t0ny0

Alright guys,
This is for everyone that is not using windows or mac.

Holy smokes, was this easy!! Between your guide and ikhzter's sticky, I had root in about 10 mins. 15 mins later I had a full TB backup. Outstanding!

Originally Posted by marcjw

Holy smokes, was this easy!! Between your guide and ikhzter's sticky, I had root in about 10 mins. 15 mins later I had a full TB backup. Outstanding!

Glad I could help. Plus the guys that made Revolutionary really did their best to make life easy for us

Hi
I've tried to do that but :

Acquiring root (method 3)...
Sending in Caroline...
Cleaning up...
Rebooting to fastboot...
When life gives you lemons, don't make lemonade. Make life take the lemons back!
Waiting for fastboot...
Rebooting to fastboot (again)...
Rebooting to fastboot (yet again)...
Rebooting to fastboot (Once moar...)
SUCCESS - Life gave us lemons, we didn't make lemonade!

Do you want to download (Internet connection required) and flash ClockworkMod Recovery? [Y/n] y

Downloading recovery for your phone (pyramid)...
^C

At this section i've lost my internet connection and nothing happend, then i did ctrl+c and after rebooting i've tried to do it again:

Waiting for device...
Found your device: HTC Sensation Z710e (pyramid-1.17.1011, Android: 2.3.3, ROM version: 1.35.720.1)

Your device is not supported at this time.

now i dont have ClockworkMod.
I've installed rom manager to install ClockworkMod, the romManager says that it couldnt find sudo user at /system/(x)bin/su

when im rebooting into recovery mod, it says that device is S-OFF.

to access root i found this on http://revolutionary.io/

Does Revolutionary give me root?
No. You will need to flash this zipfile from recovery.

when i tried to flash it, it says that signauture verification failed...
i've read from this page that i must install clockworkMod to disable signature verification but rom manager says "an error occured while attemting to run privileged commands!"
it seems that im in a loop...

Originally Posted by pezhman32

Hi
I've tried to do that but :

At this section i've lost my internet connection and nothing happend, then i did ctrl+c and after rebooting i've tried to do it again:

now i dont have ClockworkMod.
I've installed rom manager to install ClockworkMod, the romManager says that it couldnt find sudo user at /system/(x)bin/su

when im rebooting into recovery mod, it says that device is S-OFF.
so where doese my root gone?! what should i do now?!

You can find more information here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1192300

Or to be exact - you need this:

Originally Posted by ikhzter

STEP 2. To INSTALL Clockwork Recovery mod- v4.0.1.4 from Revolutionary. Issue With not charging when Device is completely switched off - DOES CHARGE WHEN HIBERNATING (SWITCHING OFF on stock rom) WITH FASTBOOT ENABLED
YOU MUST READ ABOUT THE CHARGING ISSUE in post 3 below before installing!!!!!
1. Download clockworkmod recovery by Revolutionary for the Sensation HERE:
2. Copy the PG58IMG file into the Root folder of your SD card (The main Folder of your Memory Card)
3. Turn off your phone FUlly and reboot into the Bootloader/HBOOT screen (see post above on how to get to hboot screen)
4. Press Volume up to Accept when it asks" Do you want to start the update"
5. Press Power Off to Reboot back to android after installation is successful (normal screen with homescreen)
6. Delete PG58IMG from your memory card and you can now root using step 3 below or install a custom ROM using CWM (Customs Roms are already rooted)
7. Turn the phone back on. click settings > Power > ensure fastboot is enabled (ticked). This will help you charge incase your battery dies. If you hibernate (or switch off on stock roms) with fastboot enabled your phone will still charge
IF YOUR BATTERY IS LOW, SWITCH OFF WITH FASTBOOT ENABLED TILL YOU CAN CHARGE IT (Press Hibernate (on stock Roms) or power off if you don't have hibernate)
IF YOUR PHONE BATTERY DIES WHILST YOU ARE USING IT. DO NOT POWER IT ON OR PULL THE BATTERY OUT.
Make sure you have had it on charge for at least a few minutes then turn it on as normal and continue charging

Currently with fastboot enabled when your phone dies it will hibernate. allowing you to still charge it. If you plug in your charger then switch on, it will boot back up in a few seconds as fastboot is active and it will resume from where you left off.
Turning off without fastboot means your phone will fully turn off not hibernate and your phone will not charge when turned off.

Step 3. To permanently root your Sensation - (This means you will NOT LOSE ROOT on rebooting) DOES NOT AFFECT WIFI
1. Download the file su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip from here: DOWNLOAD
2. Copy su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip to your SD card root folder (main folder of your memory card)
3. Start clockworkmod recovery (instructions below)
4. BACKUP YOUR ROM USING CWM BEFORE ATTEMPTING ROOT!
5. Navigate to "Backup & Restore" using the Volume Down button and press select (power button to select) then select "Backup"
6. Select "install zip from sdcard" after backing up
7. Then select "Choose zip from sdcard"
8. Then select "su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip"
9. Then select "Yes - install su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed.zip" to confirm
10. Then go back
11. Then reboot.
12. You're rooted!