Root with KillingInTheNameOf ; goldcard on phone

[mikereidis]

Hi ! I'm an embedded Linux dev, but I'm relatively new to Android and just got my Legend today.

Was trying to make a goldcard but stores are closed and I have no microSD writer. So I figured I should be able to make a goldcard on the phone itself. Couldn't find ANYONE anywhere who has actually done this.

But I needed root. I have a Canadian Virgin Mobile Legend at:
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Build Number: 2.02.666.3 CLI177708 release-keys

I found this KillingInTheNameOf binary. I pushed it and ran it and got root shell. Hooray !

Next step please nobody do unless you understand and take full responsibility if brick etc.

So I went to Legend Settings and formatted SD card and unmounted it. Then I ran:

dd bs=512 if=/sqlite_stmt_journals/goldcard.img of=/dev/block/vold/179:0

(I dunno if outfile "of" is same for all SDcards/phones, but it's right for mine.)

So I THINK I have a valid goldcard now. Was looking to downgrade to 1.31 RUU, so I can install ClockworkMod Recovery, ROM Manager, and some ROM or another.

But I'm wondering, now that I have root, albeit temporary, is their some shortcut I can use to get CMR etc. ?

 

[alexhtclegend]

Sorry, I don't think anyone has managed to change ROMs using temporary root. However, I just made the goldcard when it was in the phone; when the phone is mounted as a disk drive the pc just sees the SD card, not the phone. I don't think there's any danger in doing that!

 

[BlaY0]

But I'm wondering, now that I have root, albeit temporary, is their some shortcut I can use to get CMR etc. ?

Sure it is... just S-OFF your Legend and you'll be able to write to /dev/block/mtdblock? with no hassle.

 

[ali ba]

Couldn't find ANYONE anywhere who has actually done this

I actually just enabled UMS and used the phone as card reader. Some fdisk and dd later I had my goldcard and used Paul O'Brien's method to get permanent root.

So yes, it's perfectly valid to do it like that.

 

[BlaY0]

I wrote this last November...

 

[marclh1992]

You can S-OFF your legend with the modded alpharev flasher. Look in the development forum for the post.

Sent from my S-OFF Bell Canada HTC Legend.

 

[mikereidis]

Thanks all !

I went the normal, traditional route and am now running CM7 nightly.

Guess I'll presume the Bell S-Off is good on Virgin model and try that now.

Radio sucks though.