SGH-I927R (Roger's.) here.
Thanks to this thread I was able to find odin (PC side) and install cwm. And run a backup.
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I am trying to be able to take advantage of root while doing the least amount / stay as stock as possible (less done, less to eff up as I traverse this learning curve). e.g. Titanium backup, busybox (surely I can create links so apps that insist on files being in certain places can be repointed to dropbox deposits!), and whatever else seems useful. [Read - why the h isn't it here in the first place, but never mind that.]
Am I understanding correctly here/above / proceeding in an appropriate fashion?
Would anyone have a link to the necessary su package for the Glide / Tegra2?
Thanks (VERY MUCH!) in advance.
OK, files are at
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18805532&postcount=1
Referenced (found via)
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=28520461&postcount=1, which also contains instructions as to what to do with things.
I didn't use the script to install superuser.apk, preferring, instead, to sideload it. Or even load it via play.google so you pick up any updates over time without having to go through this nonsense again. In fact, I had already done so.
[Note to earlier contributors, rather than being snarky, including the term 'sideload' would have saved a lot of grief - both to the thread, and to the person that was asking. There is no way the new user could ever guess the term 'sideload', out of the given instruction to load an app outside of play.google. Had it been mentioned that such non-play app installation is called 'sideloading', the question poser probably would have been able to figure out the rest themselves. Just sayin'.]
*Note to selves: Remember to put the usb in debug mode! Settings/Apps/Dev
The REALLY nice thing about this is the very tight focus and targeting. Which means if its wrong, it's also very tight to undo.
*Note 2: Rather than manually rebooting, 'adb reboot recovery' is sort of sweet. Or would have been had it worked. It took the pda down, but didn't do the 'reboot' part.
- when I tried 'reboot recovery' later (from the shell) it worked fine. Go figure.
Finally ... UNBELIEVABLE ... all this reading about this complex environment (days and going blind even), to come across adb to run a shell and just get on with one's day per Linux usual. Read-only normally, and a root shell when run at recovery prompt. <sigh>
Thank you all for being here. Better all this reading and learning, that not having it at all!
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The runme script ended up failing and I manually ran the commands within adb shell. /system/xbin did not exist on my glide. Hmmm.
D'OH!
*Note (to self) 3: Upon first 'adb shell' when recovery booted, remember to 'mount -a'!
Cheers, all.
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Summary:
- threads listed have instructions and files necessary.
- installing Superuser and Busybox from play.google = K.I.S.S.
- 'adb shell' does that, into your pda.
- when done with the pda sitting at recovery, you get a root shell.
- follow the script, copy su in, and it's all done - you have root.
Said more concisely:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20056271&postcount=121