GingerBreak v1.2
Requirements: Android 2.2+
Overview: 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
- The APK must be install 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
- 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
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- 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 donationChangelog

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

More Info:

Code: Select allhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765

Download Instructions:
http://www.4shared.com/file/K3HTXWWd/Gi ... -v120.html

Remember to format the SD Card when rooting Nexus One!
That did the trick for me(Forth time).
The actual rooting took about 1min+reboot time.

formatting the sd card ? might as well flash your N1 and start over no? what about putting in a blank SD card just for the rooting process, and then put your original sd card back in after? I have like 11gb of data on my SD card... including many apps moved there...

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Doesnt work on htc desire can someone suggest a way around this?

Thanks.

Doesnt work on htc desire can someone suggest a way around this?

Thanks.

It can't be rooted yet. But it will be.

not working for x10

Not bricking my phone...Tried it on an old Evo, and now it's a paperweight.

Working for Huawei Ideos S7 Slim (Froyo 2.2.2)

[bella1989]

does this work on ICS?