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[rmoya5150]

okay so my razr wont get recognized by the utility, i followed the directions and did everything right, and my usb port and cable are good because it works with other utilities....any suggestions?

[johnthehillbilly]

okay so my razr wont get recognized by the utility, i followed the directions and did everything right, and my usb port and cable are good because it works with other utilities....any suggestions?

is it giving you any kind of error,,,, or ???

[theBonVoyage]

Ok this might seem like a trivial question bit have you set up adb the linux way?

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[johnthehillbilly]

New Update available now........ DL link for the update has been added to OP...... thanx again to obeygiant for all the help on this....

[simon_lefisch]

hi guys, so i got a replacement razr cuz my screen cracked and im trying to root it with the utility and nothing happens. ive got debugging on, its in mtp mode, nonmarket apps is selected and so is allow mock locations. as soon as i bring up the utility with the choices and select option 2 (root 4.0.4) it just hangs. i know the usb cable is good as when i switch to mass storage mode my sd cards mount. any ideas?

system number 6.16.211
build 6.7.2-180_DHD-16_M4-31

[obeygiant]

hi guys, so i got a replacement razr cuz my screen cracked and im trying to root it with the utility and nothing happens. ive got debugging on, its in mtp mode, nonmarket apps is selected and so is allow mock locations. as soon as i bring up the utility with the choices and select option 2 (root 4.0.4) it just hangs. i know the usb cable is good as when i switch to mass storage mode my sd cards mount. any ideas?

system number 6.16.211
build 6.7.2-180_DHD-16_M4-31

Try switching from mtp to ptp mode. We've seen many phones, for whatever reason, only work in ptp mode.

Also, what type of computer are you running the utility on?

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[simon_lefisch]

Try switching from mtp to ptp mode. We've seen many phones, for whatever reason, only work in ptp mode.

Also, what type of computer are you running the utility on?

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thanks for the response. didnt work either. not sure whats going on. ive used this method before and had no probs. im tempted to do a fastboot and see what happens. any other ideas? ive even tried it on a windows platform and had the same thing. even tried the original rosenberg utility and nothing.

[obeygiant]

thanks for the response. didnt work either. not sure whats going on. ive used this method before and had no probs. im tempted to do a fastboot and see what happens. any other ideas? ive even tried it on a windows platform and had the same thing. even tried the original rosenberg utility and nothing.

Open a terminal inside the ./files folder and type "adb devices" without quotes and see if your device is recognized by your system

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[simon_lefisch]

Open a terminal inside the ./files folder and type "adb devices" without quotes and see if your device is recognized by your system

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nothing :/ heres what came up


[my name]-MacBook-Pro:~ [username]$ cd ~/Downloads/LinuxMacUtility1-82/files
[my name]-MacBook-Pro:files [username]$ adb devices
-bash: adb: command not found

man this sucks. been forever since ive had to root my phone and now that i have to, i cant! lame :/

[obeygiant]

nothing :/ heres what came up


[my name]-MacBook-Pro:~ [username]$ cd ~/Downloads/LinuxMacUtility1-82/files
[my name]-MacBook-Pro:files [username]$ adb devices
-bash: adb: command not found

man this sucks. been forever since ive had to root my phone and now that i have to, i cant! lame :/

Generally that error is given when either the utility files did not extract correctly, or they were extracted to a different folder after you unzipped them

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[simon_lefisch]

Generally that error is given when either the utility files did not extract correctly, or they were extracted to a different folder after you unzipped them

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here are the files that were extracted

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[obeygiant]

here are the files that were extracted

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Oops i lead you astray on the devices. Could you reboot your system first, and then, from the files folder type "adb.osx devices" without quotes. I forgot the difference in the filenames for Mac vs Linux. When/if you get a "waiting for device" error for a long time, toggle MTP and PTP mode. Sorry, Im not at home with my computer and the utility to run. Im doing this from memory on a dirty Windows computer at work!

[simon_lefisch]

Oops i lead you astray on the devices. Could you reboot your system first, and then, from the files folder type "adb.osx devices" without quotes. I forgot the difference in the filenames for Mac vs Linux. When/if you get a "waiting for device" error for a long time, toggle MTP and PTP mode. Sorry, Im not at home with my computer and the utility to run. Im doing this from memory on a dirty Windows computer at work!

yea same thing. from the directory i posted above i get the same error message:

-bash: adb.osx: command not found

did i mention my phone is refurbished? maybe that has something to do with it? btw, i appreciated your help

[obeygiant]

Probably doesnt have anything to do with it being refurbished. If the adb commands are not initialising, it seems to be a problem with the utility finding the files and permissions. Could you try running "chmod +x LinuxMacUtility1-82.sh" from within the folder you extracted to, and then re-running the script?

Its no problem helping, we are all here to help each other.

Edited by obeygiant, 30 October 2012 - 10:04 PM.

[johnthehillbilly]

thanks for the response. didnt work either. not sure whats going on. ive used this method before and had no probs. im tempted to do a fastboot and see what happens. any other ideas? ive even tried it on a windows platform and had the same thing. even tried the original rosenberg utility and nothing.

Chances are if you have tried the windows utility, linuxMac utility and dan rosenburg's..... the issue may lie within the phone itself..... (maybe they corrupted something while 'refurbishing')..... possibly try option 1 and fastboot back to stock.... then try rooting again....

[SamuriHL]

./adb.osx devices


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[obeygiant]

./adb.osx devices


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Yup yup that's the one! (Night shift isn't agreeing with my brain at the moment)

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[simon_lefisch]

Probably doesnt have anything to do with it being refurbished. If the adb commands are not initialising, it seems to be a problem with the utility finding the files and permissions. Could you try running "chmod +x LinuxMacUtility1-82.sh" from within the folder you extracted to, and then re-running the script?

Its no problem helping, we are all here to help each other.

ive already tried that multiple times and had the same results about 'bad commands' and such.

Chances are if you have tried the windows utility, linuxMac utility and dan rosenburg's..... the issue may lie within the phone itself..... (maybe they corrupted something while 'refurbishing')..... possibly try option 1 and fastboot back to stock.... then try rooting again....

im fastbooting my phone right now and will try to see if i can root....


edit: ok after 15-20 minutes the utility got stuck during the fastboot (see link below)

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im now convinced its the phone. im gonna send the phone back and get another replacment.

[johnthehillbilly]

ive already tried that multiple times and had the same results about 'bad commands' and such.



im fastbooting my phone right now and will try to see if i can root....


edit: ok after 15-20 minutes the utility got stuck during the fastboot (see link below)

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im now convinced its the phone. im gonna send the phone back and get another replacment.

maybe (just to narrow it down some more) try fastbooting using the windows version? ....... it's worth a shot, at this point....

[simon_lefisch]

maybe (just to narrow it down some more) try fastbooting using the windows version? ....... it's worth a shot, at this point....

ok tried fastbooting using rsd lite and it worked, however when i tried using rosenbergs exploit it wasnt able to root (see attached link for screenshot)

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gonna try rooting with the windows utility however i have a feeling it wont work. ill try anyway. anyone else got any other ideas? thanks again for your help.