[HOWTO] Easy Root 1.5.7 & 1.83 using GingerBreak

drock212 · Apr 23, 2011 at 4:08 AM

everything tells me the adb server is out of date... Ken's exe doesnt do anything

spineforu82 · Mar 11, 2010 159 4 0

FYI this erases your internal storage sd card. But thank you it was easy

Optimus-Prime · Apr 23, 2011 at 4:21 AM

jug6ernaut said:
woops sorry i said the wrong thing :S. I mean Gladenabler here is the link

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017373

Use this script to enable sideloading after rooting.

:O i could have of bricked my half day old phone! JK thanks bro. works like a charm.

jug6ernaut · Apr 23, 2011 at 4:36 AM

spineforu82 said:
FYI this erases your internal storage sd card. But thank you it was easy

Can anyone else confirm this? it might have happened to me but i thought it was bc i just flashed sfb. If someone else confirms i will add warning to front page. Others had said it erased external storage. My ext-sd is fine.

sal2708 said:
:O i could have of bricked my half day old phone! JK thanks bro. works like a charm.

haha glad it worked.

das8nt · Oct 30, 2010 81 41 0

jug6ernaut said:
Can anyone else confirm this? it might have happened to me but i thought it was bc i just flashed sfb. If someone else confirms i will add warning to front page. Others had said it erased external storage. My ext-sd is fine.

haha glad it worked.

SBF flash shouldn't touch your internal SD, though, so it was more than likely the GBreak. I know I've flashed a few times without losing anything on the internal.

jug6ernaut · Apr 23, 2011 at 5:19 AM

das8nt said:
SBF flash shouldn't touch your internal SD, though, so it was more than likely the GBreak. I know I've flashed a few times without losing anything on the internal.

OP has been updated to warm users that it will delete internal sdcard and to back up b4.

I apologie to everyone that had there internal storage wiped. I an in the same boat.

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spineforu82 · Mar 11, 2010 159 4 0

jug6ernaut said:
OP has been updated to warm users that it will delete internal sdcard and to back up b4.

I apologie to everyone that had there internal storage wiped. I an in the same boat.

Sent from my MB860 using Tapatalk

It was no biggie. I had almost everything on my external card. Just screwed up my apps 2 sd so I had to reinstall some apps.

Optimus-Prime · Apr 23, 2011 at 6:51 AM

hey guys i got a problem going on. i wanted to take a screen shot and i used shoot me and Drocap2 but none of them work.

shoot me app said to make sure i had root.
i do have root. any ideas?

ceuticco · Feb 24, 2007 7 0 0

i do it follow step but i can not install app from microsd.In my program have show superuser. advice me please

carcassudo · Jun 1, 2010 185 12 0

ceuticco said:
hey guys i got a problem going on. i wanted to take a screen shot and i used shoot me and Drocap2 but none of them work.

shoot me app said to make sure i had root.
i do have root. any ideas?

Same here man.
Also the wiped stuff.

jug6ernaut · Apr 23, 2011 at 3:29 PM

sal2708 said:
hey guys i got a problem going on. i wanted to take a screen shot and i used shoot me and Drocap2 but none of them work.

shoot me app said to make sure i had root.
i do have root. any ideas?

carcassudo said:
Same here man.
Also the wiped stuff.

Use this for screen shots http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009451

ceuticco said:
i do it follow step but i can not install app from microsd.In my program have show superuser. advice me please

you dont install from sdcard, you have to install using adb.

adb install /path/to/apk/GingerBreak.apk

thebeardedchild · Apr 4, 2011 821 55 0

Okay a couple questions... First, it says I need an external SD card for this, but it doesn't say where in the steps that it's used...Then it says the INTERNAL SD card will be erased. Does that mean the 16gb of internal storage the Atrix has? That will be erased? Can I just drag and drop those files onto my computer to back up, then drag them back afterwards? Will that save my app data or what?

Also, if I want to do this apparently easier EXE method, what exactly do I do for that? Just plug my phone in and run the EXE from my computer? I've never rooted before. I just have a completely unmodded Atrix on 1.5.7. Sorry that I'm such a n00b!

raybond25 · Apr 23, 2011 at 9:41 PM

thebeardedchild said:
Okay a couple questions... First, it says I need an external SD card for this, but it doesn't say where in the steps that it's used...Then it says the INTERNAL SD card will be erased. Does that mean the 16gb of internal storage the Atrix has? That will be erased? Can I just drag and drop those files onto my computer to back up, then drag them back afterwards? Will that save my app data or what?

Also, if I want to do this apparently easier EXE method, what exactly do I do for that? Just plug my phone in and run the EXE from my computer? I've never rooted before. I just have a completely unmodded Atrix on 1.5.7. Sorry that I'm such a n00b!

the external SD is just extra memory that the app will use when running, i think.

yes, internal SD refers to the files that you would see if you plug your phone in and choose "mass storage" usb mode. you can back those up just by dragging them onto your desktop.

i believe that your apps will be saved.

yes, you need to simply plug the phone in, with USB debugging on and run the exe on your PC.

thebeardedchild · Apr 4, 2011 821 55 0

raybond25 said:
the external SD is just extra memory that the app will use when running, i think.

yes, internal SD refers to the files that you would see if you plug your phone in and choose "mass storage" usb mode. you can back those up just by dragging them onto your desktop.

i believe that your apps will be saved.

yes, you need to simply plug the phone in, with USB debugging on and run the exe on your PC.

Niiiice, thanks a ton for clarifying all this for me!! So if I follow these steps and try not to be an idiot while I'm doing this, my phone will basically be the same as it is now, just rooted? I won't need to like redownload any apps, or redo any settings or anything?

raybond25 · Apr 23, 2011 at 9:48 PM

thebeardedchild said:
Niiiice, thanks a ton for clarifying all this for me!! So if I follow these steps and try not to be an idiot while I'm doing this, my phone will basically be the same as it is now, just rooted? I won't need to like redownload any apps, or redo any settings or anything?

should be, yup

thebeardedchild · Apr 4, 2011 821 55 0

raybond25 said:
should be, yup

Alright sweet, again thanks!

So is rooting the phone with this method any different than using the GladRoot? Is the end result the same after these two methods?

phatboypat · Apr 23, 2011 at 10:17 PM

You will get root access only. You will have to use another script to enable side loading.

Sent from my MB860 using XDA App

briggie108 · Apr 23, 2011 at 10:26 PM

thebeardedchild said:
Alright sweet, again thanks!

So is rooting the phone with this method any different than using the GladRoot? Is the end result the same after these two methods?

It is a different method. This uses overflow, gladroot uses a logic exploit. but yeah same result. You need to download superuser from the market, and use gladenable(it is in the op) to get sideloading.

thebeardedchild · Apr 24, 2011

EDITED: Okay I got it to work! So I have the Superuser app in my phone, and that's pretty much the only thing new...is this right? So...what exactly can I do now that I'm all rooted and stuff?

BTW, I just deleted Gingerbreak is that okay?

RPK925 · Sep 29, 2010 268 15 0

If you already have sideloading enabled can you just download the apn like a reg app?

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