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Hxc · 21 Jul 2010 at 12:18

My battery life is miles improved since rooting and overclocking! Not charged since I did it and still have 20%.

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 12:33

ManCuBuS said:
Which guide are you following Minx?

I followed several guides and none of them worked as they did not involve flashing a stock rom first.

I then found and followed this guide which means you flash a stock rom first then the vulnerability SBF and it worked without hitch.

I used the stock UK SHOLS_U2_02.31.0 rom to flash within RSD first, then flashed the vulnerability SBF, then applied the update.zip.

I was using the quide from the previous page, but il give this one a go.

cheers

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 12:59

If i root my phone, will it delete my contacts?

Im going to write them down just incase anyway

Columbo · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:08

Yes it will as you are flashing a new rom.

Why not just sync them with Gmail or copy to your sim-card though?

Then as soon as you sync to Gmail the first time it will pull them down automatically or read them from the sim-card straight away.

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:24

Im in Account and sync options, Auto-sync is on, will my contacts already be synced now?

Hxc · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:36

There is absolutely no need to flash your phone in order to root it. Flash the vunerable SBF update and then run update.zip. I kept everything intact when rooting!

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:36

I have tried that.

And when i try to run the update.zip, it tells me the file is missing

osc89er · 21 Jul 2010 at 13:58

MiNxYyY said:
Im in Account and sync options, Auto-sync is on, will my contacts already be synced now?

Should be. Go to gmail -> contacts to confirm if you like.

Hxc · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:08

MiNxYyY said:
I have tried that.

And when i try to run the update.zip, it tells me the file is missing

Then it has not been put in the correct directory. Is the milestone in SD card access mode USB wise? You might be putting it on the actual phone rather than the SD card.

Columbo · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:08

MiNxYyY said:
I have tried that.

And when i try to run the update.zip, it tells me the file is missing

Which is exactly what was happening for me until I'd flashed the stock rom first.

For apps I just Sync my installed apps with AppBrain then re-sync once I'd rooted it which then just installed all my apps again.

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:26

this is the error i get when trying to run the update.zip

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:27

When i plug the USB cable into my phone, i am selecting Memory Card access

Hxc · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:34

That is what happens if you haven't flashed the vunerable recovery sbf.

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 14:37

Hxc said:
That is what happens if you haven't flashed the vunerable recovery sbf.

I have flashed it with that also.

Just cant seem to figure out where its going wrong

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 16:09

Got anymore ideas which i can try?

Really want to root my phone.

Columbo · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:23

Sorry minx I'm all out on ideas :confused:

As I said before, I was getting the same error as you until I'd followed the guide I posted above.

Have you tried to get the update.zip from a different source just be sure that the one you have is not corrupt in anyway?

MiNxYyY · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:27

Erm i havent actually, that might be worth a try.

Ive tried the way you posted, but the rsd lite doesn't show the SBF which you flash with first :/

MouseMat2004 · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:41

Try GOT Open recovery. Extract files and copy contents to root of the SD as before then try running update.zip again. if it still doesnt work, you've def not flashed the vulnerable recovery correctly

http://groupoften.wordpress.com/g-o-t-s-openrecovery/

If it works, choose Root phone. It does lots of other cool stuff too, but do a Nandroid backup before you start messing too much.

Columbo · 21 Jul 2010 at 18:56

MiNxYyY said:
Ive tried the way you posted, but the rsd lite doesn't show the SBF which you flash with first :/

What d'ya mean by doesn't show? I presume you have downloaded the correct .sbf (stock rom). Its around 156mb and can be got from here.

You need to scroll right down to near to about halfway down the page to the 2.1 section and get the UK SHOLS_U2_02.31.0.sbf.gz.

You then need to extract it from the .gz folder its in (to your desktop perhaps) which will then give you the .sbf you are wanting.

MiNxYyY · 22 Jul 2010 at 00:12

Just followed what you said, flashed it with shols, then the sbf, went into phone, tried to run the update.zip and says failed still :/