[ROOT] 1.85 - New, working method - ACT NOW, MAY NOT LAST FOREVER!

Search This thread
By:
Advanced…
B

beaups

Senior Recognized Developer
Nov 28, 2007
3,276
7,257
Dublin, OH
Silly HTC. THIS EXPLOIT MAY NOT LAST FOREVER. ATT COULD KILL THIS. DO IT NOW.
Warning: If something goes wrong, whatever you do, do NOT install the update that this process finds. If you DO, you will be stuck on 2.20 with no chance for root (currently)
What you need:

HOX on ATT 1.85
su binary from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/don'tusemeimabadsubinary
EDIT: The su binary above has issues. Use this one instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9060692/su
Make sure HTC sync is NOT RUNNING (down in system tray)
Make sure phone is set to "charge only" and usb debugging is enabled!


Put su in same directory as ADB. Get to adb command prompt and cd into that directory
NEW - pull sim card
NEW - do factory reset
NEW - when reset is complete, do not replace sim, do NOT connect to wifi. Go through setup, go to settings, enable USB debugging. When that's done:

adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
adb reboot

After the device reboots:

adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
(If you get file doesn't exist after the FIRST command don't worry - they may not be there)

Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update. It will tell you you need to connect to network. Now, replace the SIM OR connect to wifi. Have it check for software update again. When it's done, do NOT click "yes" or "ok" on the phone. Simply:

adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop

IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over. If you get file info, you're golden. Proceed....

adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"

Now it's time to reboot

adb reboot

After phones reboots

adb remount
adb push su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
adb shell rm /data/local.prop
adb reboot

Congrats, you have root. Install supersu and busybox installer from the market (or Play store).

If you pledged a bounty in the bounty thread, note the instructions here:

Please pay bounty to make a wish foundation

http://www.wish.org/help/donate

Please choose the "Make a Wish Foundation of America" (don't select a chapter). You can use Paypal as well.

Special thanks to designgears as well for being my tester and also writing the one click. He has several hours of work in this project as well. Consider a donation to him, too - http://rootzwiki.com/store

ADDED: Please let me know if this works for you!

ADDED: If you already pushed the wrong binary it's easiest just to start over with the correct binary.
 
Last edited:
  • Like
Reactions: kenkoxda, Ali_Dahaka, rawrv42 and 121 others
S

seh6183

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2011
2,453
475
Do terminal apps need root to run? Can I do this with terminal and avoid ADB?
 
M

mbaran

Senior Member
Jul 12, 2006
280
22
I got "no updates found" and permission denied...

-rw------- system system 1196598 2012-05-25 12:36 local.prop
 
S

shgadwa

Senior Member
Feb 10, 2012
210
27
AWESOME. Thank you so much!

Where do we get su binary?

I'm thinking maybe from a rooted phone? I have a rooted HTC Inspire.
 
S

seh6183

Senior Member
Mar 23, 2011
2,453
475
Anyway to put the setting up of ADB in lamens terms for some of us that aren't familiar? I am ok with the commands, I just don't know how to get ADB to command prompt and where to place the files.

---------- Post added at 05:52 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 PM ----------
gunnyman said:
Omg. Awesome. Who discovered this exploit?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

beaups and dg
 
Root-Maniac

Root-Maniac

Senior Member
Jan 10, 2012
1,917
836
SO. Cali.
OMG GOOD JOB!!!! Im already rooted but im proud of you guys!!! GOOD JOB!! Hopefully Me and a Simonsimons will be releasing S=OFF SOON! fingers crossed :D :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

designgears
[ROOT] 1.85 One Click Root! - ACT NOW, MAY NOT LAST FOREVER!
Replies
681
Views
244K
E.Cadro
E.Cadro
h8rift
[ROM][4.1.2] CyanogenMod 10 for HTC One XL
Replies
8K
Views
2M
exad
exad
Turge
  • Poll
[ROM][SEP 22] Team Venom ViperXL 4.2.0 | Sense 5 | Venom Tweaks | OTA Updates
Replies
19K
Views
2M
T
Tmobilefan906
Scott
  • Locked
[ROM][12/13/13] - CleanROM 7.0R2 -★| Android 4.2.2! | Sense 5! | Clean! | Stable! |★-
Replies
12K
Views
2M
Scott
Scott
kennethpenn
  • Locked
[ROOT] One Click HTC One X (AT&T/Rogers/Others) (Win/Mac/Linux)
Replies
870
Views
773K
orangekid
orangekid

Top Liked Posts

24 Hours All time
  • There are no posts matching your filters.
  • 124
    B
    beaups
    Silly HTC. THIS EXPLOIT MAY NOT LAST FOREVER. ATT COULD KILL THIS. DO IT NOW.
    Warning: If something goes wrong, whatever you do, do NOT install the update that this process finds. If you DO, you will be stuck on 2.20 with no chance for root (currently)
    What you need:

    HOX on ATT 1.85
    su binary from http://dl.dropbox.com/u/don'tusemeimabadsubinary
    EDIT: The su binary above has issues. Use this one instead: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9060692/su
    Make sure HTC sync is NOT RUNNING (down in system tray)
    Make sure phone is set to "charge only" and usb debugging is enabled!


    Put su in same directory as ADB. Get to adb command prompt and cd into that directory
    NEW - pull sim card
    NEW - do factory reset
    NEW - when reset is complete, do not replace sim, do NOT connect to wifi. Go through setup, go to settings, enable USB debugging. When that's done:

    adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
    adb reboot

    After the device reboots:

    adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
    (If you get file doesn't exist after the FIRST command don't worry - they may not be there)

    Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update. It will tell you you need to connect to network. Now, replace the SIM OR connect to wifi. Have it check for software update again. When it's done, do NOT click "yes" or "ok" on the phone. Simply:

    adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop

    IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over. If you get file info, you're golden. Proceed....

    adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"

    Now it's time to reboot

    adb reboot

    After phones reboots

    adb remount
    adb push su /system/xbin/su
    adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
    adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
    adb shell rm /data/local.prop
    adb reboot

    Congrats, you have root. Install supersu and busybox installer from the market (or Play store).

    If you pledged a bounty in the bounty thread, note the instructions here:

    Please pay bounty to make a wish foundation

    http://www.wish.org/help/donate

    Please choose the "Make a Wish Foundation of America" (don't select a chapter). You can use Paypal as well.

    Special thanks to designgears as well for being my tester and also writing the one click. He has several hours of work in this project as well. Consider a donation to him, too - http://rootzwiki.com/store

    ADDED: Please let me know if this works for you!

    ADDED: If you already pushed the wrong binary it's easiest just to start over with the correct binary.
    View
    14
    JeepFreak
    JeepFreak
    lilhyper said:
    I don't understand this method. Can you teach me what exactly is it that you did?

    Sent from my HTC One X using XDA Premium App
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
    This removes files related to the OTA update from previous attempts to update.

    adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so
    This makes a symbolic link between /data/local.prop and one of the files created when you check for OTA updates.

    Now, on the phone, go to settings and check for software update.
    When you check for an OTA update, that file from earlier is re-created, and so is /data/local.prop (because they're linked)

    adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop
    This checks to make sure the local.prop file was created and has the right permissions.

    IF AND ONLY IF you get "file not exists" or anything like that then set your phone's date 2 days ahead and reboot the phone and start over.
    This attempts to make the OTA update attempt perform the way we expect when it didn't the first time.

    adb shell "echo 'ro.kernel.qemu=1' > /data/local.prop"
    This writes "ro.kernel.qemu=1" to the local.prop file, which makes the phone think it's an emulator upon reboot... and as an emulator, we have the permissions we need to install root.

    adb remount
    adb push su /system/xbin/su
    adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
    adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
    This installs everything we need to have perma-root.

    adb shell rm /data/local.prop
    This removes that file that makes the phone think it's an emulator.

    Make sense?
    Billy
    View
    4
    designgears
    designgears
    hehe, I am going to make a script to do this :p
    View
    4
    gunnyman
    gunnyman
    shakash3obd said:
    Hello,

    I was on the thread
    [ROOT] 1.85 One Click Root! - ACT NOW, MAY NOT LAST FOREVER!

    But I had no luck because I am outside the USA with no network in my HOX so I have no signals at all in my device for the AT&T.

    I was advised by beaups and smnrock to use the manual way but still no luck getting it to work.

    here is what I did,
    I downloaded the su file
    I put it in the same directory as the adb.exe
    I 'shift+right click' to open the cmd in the adb.exe directory and then followed the adb command given in the first post which are
    adb shell rm /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*
    this gave me this message
    rm failed for /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvd*, No such file or directory

    then this command
    adb shell ln -s /data/local.prop /data/data/com.redbend.vdmc/lib/libvdmscomo.so

    which gave me nothing

    then when I go to
    setting > AT&T software update
    I see
    Network is not ready

    so I skipped it since I cannot find any update

    then
    adb shell ls -l /data/local.prop
    which gave me
    /data/local.prop: No such file or directory

    What should I do my friends.

    Thanks in advance.
    Click to expand...
    Click to collapse

    Remove your sim card
    connect via wifi it will work.
    View
    4
    B
    beaups
    Anyone who's PM'd me (all 10 of you) over last few days for teamviewer support, please check PM. I'm ready to do another round of these....
    View

New posts