How to root a samsung moment - Page 7

zefie · #61 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by nipsy

I think there are some issues with all of this here. First, steps 12 and 13 probably need to happen around step 8.5. And they can be consolidated into just:

Code:

/system/bin/btld_testmode

Also, steps 10 and 11 need to be swapped.

Sorry about that, I was tired when I wrote that post. I fixed that.

Quote:

Originally Posted by nipsy

Two issues here. First, your remount commands can be simplified as:

Code:

/system/bin/mount -o remount,ro /dev/stl5 /system;;

and:

Code:

/system/bin/mount -o remount,rw /dev/stl5 /system;;

respectively. All the other mount options are kept by default so no need to specify them again.

Good point, I didn't even try that, I just put the full command because I know Root Explorer cannot remount, being as we have no recovery at the moment, I did not want to risk it mucking up /system. However I just tested this and it works fine.

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Originally Posted by nipsy

Also, the trailing $ after esac is not necessary any may cause the script to not run at all. I'm not sure why that's there but your other script has the same problem below.

For this, there is the "$ cat /media/bin/remount" at the end which probably all needs to be taken out. I'm not sure what it's suppose to be doing, if anything.

This stems from the tiredness and pasting too much from my windows CMD prompt. Sorry

Quote:

Originally Posted by nipsy

Also, you might want to throw a:

Code:

/system/bin/chmod 1777 /media

someplace in all of that before the "/system/bin/playlogo_real" at the end so that /media will be world writable by other users than root in day to day use of the phone. This is assuming that the ext3 partition is of significant size for normal use rather than just a few megabytes to pull off everything you're accomplishing just in this post.

This is another good idea.

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Originally Posted by nipsy

And finally, this last one makes me really nervous. I think we should probably leave the normal commands in /system/bin mostly unmolested. It's not a huge deal to pull up Better Terminal Emulator and type /media/bin/su to become root instead of using /system/bin/su in the PATH. And it also means that if /media disappears for some reason in the future, this base system command is still there in some form or fashion, even if it's mostly useless.

Otherwise, I concur.

I did this mainly to test other root applications that don't let you specify a path.

glitch77-2 · #62 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by nipsy

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Could you please post a new cleaned up version of the script with your additions please?

zefie · #63 (**permalink**) 11-27-2009, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by glitch77-2

Could you please post a new cleaned up version of the script with your additions please?

I edited the previous post. Of course, my blog is always up to date.

http://midnightchannel.net/blog/255-...ng-moment.html

njbianco · #64 (**permalink**) 12-03-2009, 02:25 PM

does any1 post the original playlogo file i accidentally deleted it messing around with adb shell thank you

bigmack83 · #65 (**permalink**) 12-03-2009, 05:50 PM

just wanted to say thanks to zefie, nipsy and the others for figuring all this out and getting it worked out. i will be getting my phone in January and will try to help out where i can as i am pretty familiar with linux systems as well. im just glad we could get some leeway on this rooting thing before i got my phone. maybe it will be completely rooted by then. either way, major thanks and keep up the good work guys. I and we all appreciate it

lferner · #66 (**permalink**) 12-08-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by zefie

I edited the previous post. Of course, my blog is always up to date.

http://midnightchannel.net/blog/255-...ng-moment.html

I read your blog about how to root the Samsung Moment and it said I need to understand linux and other programming in order to root my phone. Okay, I don't have that on my resume, but I am pretty saavy with a computer and a phone. Is it possible to do this without knowing any programming and just following your instructions? I just got this phone but one of the apps I loaded (overclock) says it has to be rooted in order to work and I want to run the app to save my battery and memory. Is it worth doing for that, and what other uses is being rooted good for?

Thanks for being patient with my obviously, novice questions!

Lesley

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #67 (**permalink**) 12-14-2009, 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by lferner

what other uses is being rooted good for?

Thanks for being patient with my obviously, novice questions!

Lesley

What Does Root Give Me?

Full control over your system
Ability to alter system files. You can replace many parts of the "Android Core" with this including:
Themes
Core apps (maps, calendar, clock etc)
Recovery image
Bootloader
Toolbox (linux binary that lets you execute simple linux commands like "ls") can be replaced with Busybox (slightly better option)
Boot images
Add linux binaries
Run special apps that need more control over the system
SuperUser (lets you approve or deny the use of root access to any program)
Task Manager For Root (Lets you kill apps that you otherwise could not kill)
Tether apps (like the one found at [android-wifi-tether.googlecode.com])
<there are more but I cannot think of any right now>
Backup your system
You can make a folder on your sdcard and backup all of your .apk files to your sdcard (helps if an author decides to "upgrade" you to a version that requires you to pay to use the version you just had)
Relocate your (browser/maps/market) cache to your /sdcard
Relocate your installed applications to your /sdcard
Reboot your phone from the terminal app easily (su <enter> reboot <enter>)

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Why_Root

xconstaud · #68 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009, 04:22 AM

Hey, I just got my Moment. I am quite familiar with Linux. So if you guys need me to do anything feel free to put me to a job. Haha.

I myself am trying to figure this whole thing out.

petrafan007 · #69 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009, 02:14 PM

Man...you'd be the biggest Hero since....the HERO came out because we can't do anything with this phone! It is the most crippled phone on the market for android. Some folks at samsungmomentforum.com (subforum: rooting) have been trying to figure it out but to no avail due to a great job by Samsung at locking it down. They have figured out a lot of the process. Maybe you could assist there?

xconstaud · #70 (**permalink**) 12-24-2009, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by petrafan007

Man...you'd be the biggest Hero since....the HERO came out because we can't do anything with this phone! It is the most crippled phone on the market for android. Some folks at samsungmomentforum.com (subforum: rooting) have been trying to figure it out but to no avail due to a great job by Samsung at locking it down. They have figured out a lot of the process. Maybe you could assist there?

Thanks for the link. I am definitely going to try.