[Q] How did you root?

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Hi guys

I'm new to this section of the forum as I just received my Legend today. I've had my Magic since December. In the Magic forum there are a lot of sticky threads with guides to rooting etc. I can't seem to find any here though. I've tried to use the MoDaCo guide but I've ran into some problems.

See the topic here: http://android.modaco.com/content-pa.../#entry1366357

Phone info:
LEGEND UNKNOWN SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.43.0001
MICROP-0816
TOUCH PANEL-SYN07_0103
RADIO-7.05.35.26L

Thanks a lot!

Hi I had a similar problem as you, so i flashed official 2.03 ROM and used it until those amassing guys found a way to downgrade back to 1.31 and then i decided to try once again. And guess what? It worked! After downgrading and re-creating gold card i was able to root my Legend. Try to do the same, maybe that will work for you as well.

Originally Posted by AllWin

Hi I had a similar problem as you, so i flashed official 2.03 ROM and used it until those amassing guys found a way to downgrade back to 1.31 and then i decided to try once again. And guess what? It worked! After downgrading and re-creating gold card i was able to root my Legend. Try to do the same, maybe that will work for you as well.

Well, I'm still at 1.31.x. I created a goldcard successfully and used it for Step 1 of the MoDaCo guide, but it said I needed regular SD card for Step 2, so I reformatted it and I'm stuck at Step 2. It won't load the custom recovery

take the update.zip from fake-flash
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recover...ork-legend.zip

copy it to your sdcard
boot with volume down and goto recovery when exclemationsign press vol up and power, and you should be able to get update.zip running

Originally Posted by snakehult

take the update.zip from fake-flash
http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recover...ork-legend.zip

copy it to your sdcard
boot with volume down and goto recovery when exclemationsign press vol up and power, and you should be able to get update.zip running

Thanks a lot! Now I'm able to boot the Clockwork Recovery I though you had to have root to run it. Now let's see if I'm able to flash a custom ROM.

you have root, the "step1" took care of possible to flash a rom with su

i tried to root my legend several times but it doesn´t work

i´m now at 1.31.177.3 rom and 430..01 bootloader, 've made a goldcard 3 times now but everytime there is the same problem...

starting pauls r4 step1-windows.bat in the cmd and it always hangs on writing 'zip'..., could it be that my sdcard is not 'allowed' to be a goldcard or something?

Legend Root Step 1

Erasing cache and rebooting in RUU mode...

erasing 'cache'... OKAY
... OKAY

About to start flash...
< waiting for device >
sending 'zip' (121756 KB)... OKAY
writing 'zip'...

i hope u guys can help me

Originally Posted by xennr3

i tried to root my legend several times but it doesn´t work

i´m now at 1.31.177.3 rom and 430..01 bootloader, 've made a goldcard 3 times now but everytime there is the same problem...

starting pauls r4 step1-windows.bat in the cmd and it always hangs on writing 'zip'..., could it be that my sdcard is not 'allowed' to be a goldcard or something?



i hope u guys can help me

Are you experiencing any problems when creating the goldcard?

Try this tool for easy goldcard creation: http://android.modaco.com/content/so...-goldcardtool/

hi,

I tried this tool the first time but after clicking patch mmc i always get 'An error occured Object reference not set to and instance of a object.' So i created the goldcard by myself with the modaco guide.

Today i tried this tool over at another computer and created the goldcard successfully but the .bat also stuck at the same point...

Not running windows 7 x64?

Had similar problem on my computer/phone for some days ago
But then I tested on other computer with windows xp and all worked.