Rooting FRF85B

[seanthegeek]

Hello,

Right now I have the stock FRF85B build on my nexus one. I want su and superuser, nothing else. I have already unlocked the bootloader. What do I do from here.?I do not want to install custom ROMs at this point.

 

[disgustip8ted]

Go to erasethis.net/wordpress I wrote an entry today similar to what you want includes links

 

[Frankenstooge]

Go to erasethis.net/wordpress I wrote an entry today similar to what you want includes links

That's great - but didn't you start with a custom recovery?

Can you drop a custom recovery on a stock recovery for FRF85B without the right Superboot?

I ask, because I am also stuck with this stock build and recovery. And when I read the instructions for installing Amon_RA, one of the prerequisites is Superboot. The problem is that there is no Superboot for this build yet.

HALP! I feel like I'm stuck in a chicken-and-egg scenario.

 

[disgustip8ted]

Ah I forgot that part. Wrote that up while at work. Inthe last section there is a link to the page where lox posts an update.zip for root access. I opened the zip and extracted the boot.img and flashed that I think,then I flashed the recovery for amon-ra.

After that is when I put the update.zip from lox on and flashed his update.zip for root access with the such utility.

 

[J.L.C.]

The method posted in the dev section works perfectly. Root without unlocking. Then you can install a custom recovery/rom if you want.

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N1 w/ XDA App

 

[alexland]

I second this post. I am in the EXACT same situation as the original poster and I'm frankly embarrassed that I can't figure out what to do next.

If we're making huge requests, can you write it up for mac users? There is a surprising lack of documentation for us. I hope this doesn't open me up to a flamewar - if it counts for anything I've been lustily eying windows 7..

edit: I'm an idiot and had not googled the right question. If you run a mac, and have the bootloader unlocked already please see this link:
http://theonda.org/articles/2010/03...-performance-boost-and-some-serious-geek-cred

use your brains to suss out the relevant directions, make sure you have a more updated version of ROM Manager or RA or whatever custom recovery you want and basically just ignore the stuff about custom radios etc. You're basically just using the terminal (or whatever windows / linux does) to flash the custom firmware back on.

Again if you have the bootloader already unlocked (icon appears on startup), just find generic directions for your OS on how to install custom recovery. On the mac, it's simply few terminal commands using the fastboot program linked off the page linked above.

Sorry I can't be of more help - i have to be up early and it's pushing midnight.