rageagainstthecage
This is the exploit used in SuperOneClick and z4root.
- Android SDK Platform Tools
- SuperOneClick (just for the exploit, add link)
- USB Debugging Enabled: Open Settings->Applications->Development and enable USB Debugging. It will give you a warning, just press yes.
First, plug in your phone and check if your device is recognized by adb:
adb devices
You should see the serial number of the phone. If not, check if USB Debugging is enabled.
Next, go to the directory where you saved the SuperOneClick files to, using the command cd.
cd /location/of/SuperOneClick
Push rageagainstthecage to a temporary directory.
adb push rageagainstthecage /data/local/tmp/rageagainsthtecage
Next, we will get into the Android system and run the exploit from there.
adb shell
cd /data/local/tmp
# gives it permissions to execute
chmod 0755 rageagainstthecage
./rageagainstthecage
Wait until you get kicked out from adb, and run this command to get back into the Android system:
adb shell
If everything worked, you should see a # instead of a $. This means that adb is now running as root. Now we will mount the system and install apps that will allow you to use the root account. If these commands give you a permission denied message, you are not rooted, so try again.
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/mdtblock4 /system
exit
adb push su /system/bin/su
adb push busybox /system/bin/busybox
adb push sqlite3 /system/bin/sqlite3
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk
Finally, we go into the Android system and modify the permissions so the programs can be ran.
adb shell
cd /system/bin
chmod 4755 su
chmod 4755 busybox
chmod 4755 sqlite3
exit
adb reboot
After all that, you are now rooted!
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