[MOD][Update: 12-Aug-2011]Rooted CG from CH Leak

---

Thanks to dangpzanco for the GREAT IDEA.

I finally got my Rooted GB working here. I can't provide a download link now but I'm going to do it later for sure.

Apparently there was a final signature check that was done somewhere after mounting the cache partition, preventing me from booting with a pure update.zip on top of froyo /system. Thanks to dangpzanco I could bypass it and get root.

Quick Guide (requires froyo, root and Droid2bootstrapper):
1. Download fixed SBF bellow. It's made from the CH leak containing ONLY: CG35.smg (boot) CG47.smg (recovery) CG61.smg (devtree) firmware.hmg (header) RAMDLD.smg (flash updater).
2. Download root_and_recovery.zip and copy it to SD Card.
3. Download full leaked SBF from General Forum (CH, signed) and use MotoAndroidDepacker to extract all images.
4. Copy the CG39.smg to /sdcard/
5. Boot into CWM
6. From CWM open adb shell and use this command: dd if=/sdcard/cg39.sm of=/dev/block/system
7. Still on CWM apply root_and_recovery.zip
8. Still on CWM wiped everything
9. Boot on bootloader and flash fixed SBF
10. Reboot

I actually did the same thing! I read it somewhere in one of the topics. I installed Defy BootMenu instead of CWM. Works great! Right now I've almost removed all the Chinese crap and got the GApps working (from CM7).

I also removed the Blur items for the Chinese SN's. I'll see if I can get Twitter and Facebook working with it.

2nd-init would be nice too actually. Does the method provided in the other thread work with this ROM?

Edit: the instructions were indeed from dangpzanco!

And right now I found a possible bug. My camera doesn't work. Everything is black and stays black. Photo's are take as they should however.

Can you check whether you have the same issue?

Originally Posted by w0ndersp00n

And right now I found a possible bug. My camera doesn't work. Everything is black and stays black. Photo's are take as they should however.

Can you check whether you have the same issue?

Here it works fine. Have you tried to edit /system/build.prop?
Change device from ME722 to A953.

Yes, I changed it to A953...

Maybe I have deleted something that was necessary for the viewfinder... But what xD

Edit: Allright, nevermind. Somehow a reboot fixed it :D On to the next step

Something bad happened when I tried to apply 2nd-init on this. The phone rebooted just after 2nd M logo not allowing me to get into CWM. Wierd, since CWM should take place before 2nd-init. Will need to raflash froyo and start over. We should find a way to root Gingerbread without CWM to make things faster.

That's odd indeed. I have to say, I think the CWM method of rooting is actually quite easy. For SuperOneClick I need to get my PC/laptop out every time and with the update.zip I can do it as I please.

I really hope you'll succeed wit 2nd-init. If you need help, just shout! Today and tomorrow I have enough time.

I'll make a nandroid of my current setup, so I can continue trying out stuff.

Originally Posted by w0ndersp00n

That's odd indeed. I have to say, I think the CWM method of rooting is actually quite easy. For SuperOneClick I need to get my PC/laptop out every time and with the update.zip I can do it as I please.

I really hope you'll succeed wit 2nd-init. If you need help, just shout! Today and tomorrow I have enough time.

I'll make a nandroid of my current setup, so I can continue trying out stuff.

Yeps, it is easy indeed, but to do it I need to SBF froyo before installing GB again. In other words if I mess up the phone I will need to flash 2 versions instead of one. That's why it would be easier to flash just GB.

Hey there, nice I could help.
I think you could copy the /dev/block/system back after rooting and build the SBF with it.

@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)

Originally Posted by dangpzanco

Hey there, nice I could help.
I think you could copy the /dev/block/system back after rooting and build the SBF with it.

@Milestone 2 (Finnaly on Gingerbread!)

I tried that with froyo but it didn't work.