10" Zepad Rooting = Easy :)

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10" Zepad Rooting = Easy :)
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Hey Peeps

A few weeks back when i got my new 10" Zepad Touchscreen Tablet I decided to set about rooting it.

Here are the steps below to SAFELY ROOT your Android ZEPAD (This works for the ZEPAD 10") = other Android Devices i dont know...........

**This was found on the Internet and IF YOU follow it word for word, it will succesfully Root your 10" Zepad...

If you want to root your Zenithink .v2 ZT-180 Android Tablet ( mine has a HDMI Port/Camera/3G/1 ghz/526 ram/ Blue LED )This is only for the ZEPAD 10" with the spec (listed above) there are loads of different Models of the same Tablet with different specs, So ONLY ROOT IF YOU HAVE THE CORRECT FILES FOR YOUR DEVICE.......

WHATS NEEDED.
Android Commander for PC
Android SDK ( I have this installed as well )


Follow the steps below

You need to download this su.zip file first go here http://www.magicandroidapps.com/su.zip

unzip this to somewhere you will remember.

make sure you are connected to your Wifi and that you know your ip address for your ZEPAD-180 V.2

you need to download and install android commander

using adb

bring up command window within C:Androidandroid-sdk-windowstools or C:Androidandroid-sdk-windowsplatform-tools (shift+right click and click on command window here)

now type:
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adb connect x.x.x.x:5555

(the x's would be what your ip address is)

You should get this window below

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now type
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adb shell

which will give you #

when you have # type this:
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mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system

which will return this


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ok so what we have done is made the /system folder read/write

DO NOT CLOSE COMMAND WINDOW

so now we need to start up android commander.

open android commander and on the right side of the program you need to go to /system/bin

once your in /system/bin look for the file su and right click on it and rename to su.org

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on the right in android commander find su.org and make sure there is no other file called su if you have su.org then you have read/write permissions.

now we need to push the new su from the su.zip that you downloaded.

go ahead and click on push on the right side of android commander it will come up with a window asking you for the file go to where you unziped the su.zip to and select the su file

you will get this window

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make sure that right panel is checked and that /system/bin is at the bottom of the window hit ok and you will get this window.

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I got some kinda of error on my computer but still worked fine.




ok go back to adb command window you should still have #

type in this:
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# cd /system/bin
 cd /system/bin

then
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# chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
 chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

then
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# su

which will return this
su
su: access granted, courtesy of http://www.magicandroidapps.com

now type the following
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# ls -al su*

which will return this
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# ls -al su*
 -rwsr-xr-x root    root        76232 2009-07-31 17:08 su
 -rwsr-xr-x root    root        26264 2011-01-22 13:40 su.org
 -rwxrwxrwx root    root        5420 2011-01-17 08:04 surfaceflinger


you can close android commander.
go back to command window so we can use adb again.

you should still be at the # so we need to type in:
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mount -o ro,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system

which will return this:

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so we have remounted /system back with read only permissions
you can now close the adb command window

open a terminal app on your zt-180 and type
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su
you should get this
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/su
 su: acces granted, courtesy of http://www.magicandroidapps.com
 / #

You are NOW rooted and can now use those apps that ask for you to be rooted wahooo; wahooo; wahooo;

so yeah there you have it, It worked for me and IF you have the 10" Zepad (they all differ in spec, so check out your Model before deciding to ROOT ).

***You ROOT at your own RISK... I am not responsible for Bricking your Android if you go wrong..

Chris
Last edited by hungryhounduk on Sat Dec 03, 2011 3:12 pm, edited 6 times in total.
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Re: 10" Zepad Rooting = Easy :)
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