flightcrazed
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I think I've got through the whole process, and when I try to go to the terminal and type "su" it says sh:<stdin>[3]:su: not found
Should I do some steps over?
I was following this guideline:
How to root a coby kyros MID9742 from windows XP.
(Note I just compiled this list. Thank Traveller1701 for actually figuring this all out.)
1. Install the Android SDK. Get it from Android SDK | Android Developers.
2. Get Traveller1701's drivers for XP from Coby_Gen3_USB_Driver.zip and unzip the file on your desktop.
3. Power up your coby MID9742 and go to 'Settings'
4. Scroll down the left menu and hit "{ } Developer Options"
5. Make sure "USB debugging" in the right column is checked. If it asks if you want to "Allow USB debugging" hit OK.
6. Plug your tablet into your PC with the microUSB cable. Your PC will notice a new device and the New Hardware Found wizard should pop up. Select "Yes and every time I plug this device in" and click Next.
If the wizard doesn't pop up follow these steps
i. open your control panel, double click the "System" icon, click the "Hardware" tab, then the "Device Manager" button to pull up the device manager.
ii. look down the list under Other Devices you should find a device called "Android" with a question mark. Right click on it and select "Update Driver." That
will bring up the Hardware Update wizard.
7. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and hit "Next".
8. Select "Dont search. I will choose the driver to install. hit Next.
9. double click "Show all devices"
10. Click Have disk and navigate to the XP subdirectory in the directory you unzipped the file into. For example c:\Documents and Settings\your_login_name\Desktop\Coby_Gen3_USB_Dri ver\XP
11. On the popup that appears, select the .INF file for the drivers and select "Open".
12. There should be a list of drivers available. Select your chosen driver and select "OK". Windows may throw up a warning about the driver not being compatible. Select OK anyway.
13. Hit next and the driver should get installed. After it does look back in the Device Manager. The generic "Android" device should disappear from the Other Devices list and a
new device "Android Phone" will appear above it. Yeah it's not a phone but so what.
14. Download Traveller1701's ADB bundle from MID9742 Dump v3.rar and unzip it to your desktop.
16. Fire up a console with Start->All Programs-->Accesories->Command Prompt
17. Change to the directory where you unzipped the ADB stuff. e.g. "cd c:\Documents and Settings\your login name\Desktop\CobyADB"
18. Type
adb.exe devices
19. That may say something about a daemon, then it will list attached devices. If the list is empty something is wrong. Ask for help in the forums.
20. Now type the following commands. If any yield an error message, stop and ask for help on the generation 3 technical forum.
adb.exe push data /data/local/tmp/ > NUL
adb.exe shell chmod 0777 /data/local/tmp/mempodroid > NUL
adb.exe shell /data/local/tmp/mempodroid 0xd7cc 0xad27 sh /data/local/tmp/root.sh > NUL
21. Your device should be rooted. Now go to getjar and install the android terminal. After it installs fire it up.
22. On your Coby in the terminal type su and hit the play button (enter doesn't work.) It'll ask you to verify that you want superuser privileges. Say yes.
23. Once you've confirmed that you have superuser privileges immediately make a backup of your system in case you screw up later. Don't skip this step!!!
24. type (in your windows console)
adb.exe shell mkdir /sdcard/dump
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nanda > /sdcard/dump/bootloader.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nandc > /sdcard/dump/boot.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nandg > /sdcard/dump/recovery.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cd /system && busybox tar cvf - * | gzip -c > /sdcard/dump/system.tgz"
mkdir dump
adb.exe pull /sdcard/dump dump
Now copy the files in the dump directory to someplace safe.
You're coby is rooted and your system backed up.
Should I do some steps over?
I was following this guideline:
How to root a coby kyros MID9742 from windows XP.
(Note I just compiled this list. Thank Traveller1701 for actually figuring this all out.)
1. Install the Android SDK. Get it from Android SDK | Android Developers.
2. Get Traveller1701's drivers for XP from Coby_Gen3_USB_Driver.zip and unzip the file on your desktop.
3. Power up your coby MID9742 and go to 'Settings'
4. Scroll down the left menu and hit "{ } Developer Options"
5. Make sure "USB debugging" in the right column is checked. If it asks if you want to "Allow USB debugging" hit OK.
6. Plug your tablet into your PC with the microUSB cable. Your PC will notice a new device and the New Hardware Found wizard should pop up. Select "Yes and every time I plug this device in" and click Next.
If the wizard doesn't pop up follow these steps
i. open your control panel, double click the "System" icon, click the "Hardware" tab, then the "Device Manager" button to pull up the device manager.
ii. look down the list under Other Devices you should find a device called "Android" with a question mark. Right click on it and select "Update Driver." That
will bring up the Hardware Update wizard.
7. Select "Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)" and hit "Next".
8. Select "Dont search. I will choose the driver to install. hit Next.
9. double click "Show all devices"
10. Click Have disk and navigate to the XP subdirectory in the directory you unzipped the file into. For example c:\Documents and Settings\your_login_name\Desktop\Coby_Gen3_USB_Dri ver\XP
11. On the popup that appears, select the .INF file for the drivers and select "Open".
12. There should be a list of drivers available. Select your chosen driver and select "OK". Windows may throw up a warning about the driver not being compatible. Select OK anyway.
13. Hit next and the driver should get installed. After it does look back in the Device Manager. The generic "Android" device should disappear from the Other Devices list and a
new device "Android Phone" will appear above it. Yeah it's not a phone but so what.
14. Download Traveller1701's ADB bundle from MID9742 Dump v3.rar and unzip it to your desktop.
16. Fire up a console with Start->All Programs-->Accesories->Command Prompt
17. Change to the directory where you unzipped the ADB stuff. e.g. "cd c:\Documents and Settings\your login name\Desktop\CobyADB"
18. Type
adb.exe devices
19. That may say something about a daemon, then it will list attached devices. If the list is empty something is wrong. Ask for help in the forums.
20. Now type the following commands. If any yield an error message, stop and ask for help on the generation 3 technical forum.
adb.exe push data /data/local/tmp/ > NUL
adb.exe shell chmod 0777 /data/local/tmp/mempodroid > NUL
adb.exe shell /data/local/tmp/mempodroid 0xd7cc 0xad27 sh /data/local/tmp/root.sh > NUL
21. Your device should be rooted. Now go to getjar and install the android terminal. After it installs fire it up.
22. On your Coby in the terminal type su and hit the play button (enter doesn't work.) It'll ask you to verify that you want superuser privileges. Say yes.
23. Once you've confirmed that you have superuser privileges immediately make a backup of your system in case you screw up later. Don't skip this step!!!
24. type (in your windows console)
adb.exe shell mkdir /sdcard/dump
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nanda > /sdcard/dump/bootloader.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nandc > /sdcard/dump/boot.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cat /dev/block/nandg > /sdcard/dump/recovery.img"
adb.exe shell su -c "cd /system && busybox tar cvf - * | gzip -c > /sdcard/dump/system.tgz"
mkdir dump
adb.exe pull /sdcard/dump dump
Now copy the files in the dump directory to someplace safe.
You're coby is rooted and your system backed up.