source:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
NOTICE:
Gingerbreak is an exploit that has been fixed in many of the latest
Android versions and releases. If it does not work, it does not work. I
can't "fix" the exploit, you will have to wait for a new exploit to come
out, or root a different way!
About
The GingerBreak APK is a wrapper around the newly released GingerBreak
exploit (credits to The Android Exploid Crew), which is meant to attain
root access on GingerBread. This specific exploit
may work on various Froyo and Honeycomb versions as well.
What the APK and exploit do is as follows:
- The APK puts the right files in the right place to run the exploit
- The APK runs the exploit
- The exploit attempts to attain root access
- If it succeeds, the exploit remounts /system as read-write and runs the installer script
- The installer script attempts to install the su binary and superuser APK, and reboots
Some important things to know:
- You must have USB debugging enabled on your device
- You need to have an SD card (formatted and) inserted - if it doesn't
work, try formatting the SD card in your computer, or switching it with a
different (or old, etc) SD card
- The APK must be installed to device, NOT SD card
- The exploit may take a while to run, but not more than 10 minutes, if
it does, get me a logcat, and reboot the device. In rare occasions, even
if the device does not reboot, you may still have root. So check that
out after you manually pull battery after 15 minutes or so of being
stuck.
- Always reboot between root attempts!
- While (temporary?) root access may be attained, due to locked
bootloaders, efuses, S-ON, and whatnot this may still not work on your
device. For temproot purposes, use the raw binary exploit (linked
below), not this APK.
- The GingerBreak exploit should not be used to attain temproot and
continue using the device. It fscks vold, you do not want to be running
like that. You want to reboot! So if the root doesn't stick, you (still)
have a problem.
Installation
- Optional: Press the Thanks button below this post
- Make sure USB debugging is enabled
- Make sure you have an SD card (formatted and) inserted
- Get the APK on the phone somehow, and install it
- Open the APK, press the root button
- Wait a few minutes. If there are no problems, the device will reboot
(note that the reboot itself can take like 10 minutes due to cache wipe)
- Make sure the Superuser app is install and working
- Optional: Install BusyBox from Market (I personally prefer the stericsson installer)
- Optional: Uninstall GingerBreak, you don't need it on your phone anymore
- Optional: Make a donation
WARNING: Apparently on some devices the root
exploit causes the SD card (internal or external) to be formatted. Also,
if it gets stuck but you do see the card mounting/unmounting, try
formatting your SD card yourself and try again (or use a different SD
card) - often this works (a fix for both issues is being looked at)
NO IT DOES NOT WORK ON THE GALAXY ACE (yet ?)
WORKS ON A RARE SGS2, BUT NOT ON MOST (seems to be only pre-release devices that are rootable this way)
ACER A500 / ICONIA Look
here (click). Will eventually be integrated, I guess
Donate
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Report!
Please report back if it does or doesn't work on specific devices. If it
doesn't, don't forget to post your logcat as attachment, and mention
your device details and GingerBreak version.
Credits
- I made the APK and did some slight modding to the exploit code to install from an APK
- The exploit ("GingerBreak") itself is made by The Android Exploid Crew. Original code can be found here:
http://c-skills.blogspot.com/2011/04...ngerbreak.html
Manual rooting
From v1.1 it is no longer possible to manually root the device over an
ADB connection using the files from this APK. Please use the original
binaries from the c-skills website to do this. There are several guides
posted here on XDA about how to do this manually, some are
mentioned/linked-to in the first few pages of this thread.
Note
GingerBreak is not specific to any device, but there is code in there
that may not work on device X or Y. The exploit is generic, but that
does not mean one size fits all, nor does it mean that there will be no
firmwares out there that fix this exploit. A special version may need to
be compiled for your device, ask your favorite hacker from your
specific device's forum. This APK is meant to make the process easier,
but also adds dependancies so that it may not work on your device.
AGAIN, THIS DOES NOT WORK ON S-ON DEVICES !
Changelog
26.04.2011: v1.2
- Removed some code that may break operation while the code itself isn't needed
- Added UnRoot option
- The APK now logs exploit output semi-live
22.04.2011: v1.1
- Modded exploit code to not need /data/local/tmp - this should fix the
problem extracting assets as well as be more compatible with various
devices (in theory). In case the APK notices that this cannot work, it
will warn you about this.
- Added some warnings and errors to the APK
21.04.2011: v1.0
- First release of APK
- Slight mods to the exploit source to have it work better from APK
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