FULL Root now available!!!

[jdw7985]

Originally Posted by fenixjn

The way I tested this is installing mobile defense as a system app.

Background:
Mobile defense is a program that allows you to locate your cellphone (coarse and GPS specific), start an audible alarm and lock it down if it lost.

Problem:
Although is nice MD has a fatal flaw: MD can be uninstalled and/or the GPS can be disabled making the application kinda useless.

Solution:
if MD is installed as a system app, it will turn on the GPS on its own and it cannot be uninstalled

By using the FULL root method, you can, in fact, transfer the MD apk to the system where the user cannot shut it down (at least not if he/she does not know about XDA/PPCG).

The instructions (using method 2) are here

Note that step 9:


would not work/spit an error about that location being out of memory if you were using the previous methos (Rooting step 1 only), now if you do this line again after performing step 2 of rooting the command will execute successfully confirming that the system partition can be written to now.

Thanks for that detailed reply...much thanks

[fuzzy26]

Sorry guys, but when I run the recovery-windows file it just runs for about 5 sec and then disappears. I ran it as admin. Does it have anything to do with the type of EVO that I have? I am still rooted though. Just don't have the option to backup.. oh yeah, I am assuming I enter these lines separately. TIA
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

[fenixjn]

Originally Posted by fuzzy26

Sorry guys, but when I run the recovery-windows file it just runs for about 5 sec and then disappears. I ran it as admin. Does it have anything to do with the type of EVO that I have? I am still rooted though. Just don't have the option to backup.. oh yeah, I am assuming I enter these lines separately. TIA
adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

Do not run recovery-windows as admin, run it as a standard user AND make sure USB debugging is enabled on the EVO.

Yes, those lines run separately, replace adb with adb-windows (if you are typing the commands from the evo-recovery folder):

adb-windows shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

[Cicatrize]

SO Awesome. Uninstalling all the Sprint junk as we speak.

[freeza]

Too bad that removing /system/data apps won't give you any internal memory. Almost makes deleting the Sprint bloatware pointless. Unless we can somehow allocate that memory to internal.

[Cicatrize]

Originally Posted by freeza

Too bad that removing /system/data apps won't give you any internal memory. Almost makes deleting the Sprint bloatware pointless. Unless we can somehow allocate that memory to internal.

True, but at least they won't auto start on start up and eat RAM.

[fuzzy26]

Originally Posted by fenixjn

Do not run recovery-windows as admin, run it as a standard user AND make sure USB debugging is enabled on the EVO.

Yes, those lines run separately, replace adb with adb-windows (if you are typing the commands from the evo-recovery folder):

Thanks. Hit the button!

[Carla]

Excellent, just finished. Thanks for bringing this to my attention.

[babyoche]

all i need now is a well spice cooked rom, no onions please.

[kgbcapthowdy]

so will i still have to reflash OMJ rom and then do nand backup or will that all be done for me