Multiple phones - Root them, unroot them

[teddyearp]

Are you waiting for the rage file to finish it's thing first? Usually you should see a message about a bunch of children . . .

[The Albatross]

Well, I did the first four steps. Turned out it wouldn't work since I didn't have USB debugging on. So fixed that option. Went back to the Terminal and attempted to redo the commands, now get the result "Cannot fork".

Any ideas? Is there someway to completely start over?

[spaz33g]

Re starting the phone should give you a clean slate

tappin and a talkin

[The Albatross]

Re starting the phone should give you a clean slate

tappin and a talkin

So is the following poster correct?

I did Step 2 option A and got my ninja. I think you should consider one slight change to the instructions.
Step 4 reads:

1. ./rage*.bin
   This will take some time, just wait for the $ to show up so you know it is done.

I had the $ show up almost immediately, and I was suspicious about how fast that happened, but only waited a little while longer before quitting and restarting terminal. I had no #. I rebooted and repeated the first 4 steps, this time determined to wait a long time for some other sign (perhaps a second $) and after a while "[+] forked 3801 childs" appeared, but I kept on waiting almost an hour for another $ that never happened. When I reopened terminal again I had my #. I suspect that the rooting process is finished when the forked childs line appears, not when a $ shows up.

Cause I got the line saying "forked 3803 childs." does that mean I can now move on to the next steps?

[furbearingmammal]

Move on to the next steps. The childs line is, I'm told, what you're looking for.

[The Albatross]

Move on to the next steps. The childs line is, I'm told, what you're looking for.

Okay, I did the rest including typing the "exit" line. But I still have to manually exit the program using the home button right?

[spaz33g]

Yep you're done.

tappin and a talkin

[furbearingmammal]

Yeah. Exit twice just ends the terminal session -- you still have to quit the program.

I don't know if a reboot command would be a bad idea or not -- it would force the phone to reboot. But just exit with the button recommended. Don't want to mess something up at this stage.

[spaz33g]

You can reboot if you choose, and realistically, why not

tappin and a talkin

[furbearingmammal]

Like you said, clean slate.

And it might make people feel more like a good climax to the whole thing.