It's a key Sidekick feature, and it works fine in portrait mode, but a Sidekick is a very landscape-oriented device, and held that way, the optical joystick is very recessed, and in a weird c-shaped dent, that makes it difficult to reach you really have to mash your thumb into it. The hardware is generally good, although my one niggle is with the optical joystick. Other hardware notes: 4G data and a front-facing camera round things out. Personally, I'd like an apostrophe key, too, but you can't have it all. Curiously, the is also the alt key on the 2 key, so they give you two ways to type it. There are dedicated period and comma keys, and the good ol' symbol. If anything, they feel too far apart, but in a way I think I would get used to quickly. The keys feel great and work even better. Once open, the keyboard is classic Sidekick: very good. The slide/tilt mechanism feels quite sturdy, although peeking into it when open, you see a relatively exposed circuit board cable, which doesn't inspire confidence. ![]() If you nudge the bottom of the screen like you would an old Sidekick, it pops open, so at least they're harnessing the muscle memory of old Sidekick die-hards. So Samsung's take is more like a Nokia N97 or E7, in that it slides open, but pops up into a rigid tilt as it slides. Apparently Danger (now Microsoft) owns the patent on that little trick. Because, you see, it doesn't spin open with a fancy pirouette motion like Sharp-made Sidekicks. Open it up, and things change before it's even all the way open. The back has a unique shape and texture that improves grip when help sideways. If anything, it feels more solid than the cheaper models made by Sharp. If the sdcard is mounted as noexec, follow these steps:Ģ.The form factor looks and feels like a Sidekick when closed. Using terminal emulator app chmod 755 /sdcard/autoroot/autoroot.sh This will NOT harm your phone in any way.Ģ. ![]() I do not have a device to test on, hopefully we can get this tested and debugged quickly. I have put together a small script that should root the sidekick automagically. Upload it to medafire then I will mirror it at sorry for having to mangle the URL's above, XDA won't let me include links since I haven't posted 8 times yet)īml1 256 KB contains boot.bin (262144 bytes), Primary Boot Loader (low-level hardware initialization)īml2 256 KB contains PIT file first 512 bytesīml4 1280 KB contains Sbl.bin (1310720 bytes) Secondary Boot Loader (loads the Linux kernel and passes the necessary arguments)īml5 1280 KB contains Secondary Boot Loader (for recovery, ect)īml7 7680 KB contains zImage and initramfsīml8 7680 KB empty - on Epic 4G and Fascinate, contains recovery.binīml9 293376 KB factoryfs.rfs ( /system RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl9īml10 137216 KB dbdata.rfs ( /dbdata RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl10īml11 35840 KB cache.rfs ( /cache RFS Partition) /dev/block/stl11ĭd if=/dev/block/bml1 of=/sdcard/dump/bml1.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml2 of=/sdcard/dump/bml2.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml3 of=/sdcard/dump/bml3.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml4 of=/sdcard/dump/bml4.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml5 of=/sdcard/dump/bml5.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml6 of=/sdcard/dump/bml6.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml8 of=/sdcard/dump/bml8.binĭd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/dump/bml7ĭd if=/dev/block/bml12 of=/sdcard/dump/bml12.bin Reboot your phone and try again if you're getting a $.ġ6) mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /systemĢ1) adb shell mount -o remount,ro /dev/block/stl9 /systemĢ3) reboot the phone then run an app that requests root, such as Root Explorer, to verify ![]() Doing this from a fresh boot seemed to be the trick. The first few times I tried, I wasn't - I was at $. The basic steps wereĢ) install Samsung drivers for the phone - right now Samsung's site seems to not have a choice for the Sidekick 4G's model (SGH-T839), but I grabbed the drivers for the Vibrant (at and they worked.ģ) get adb shell working on your PC (Google it)Ĥ) download the rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin and Superuser packages from the links in this page: /index.php?title=HTC_Hero_%28CDMA%29:_Full_Update_Guide (be sure to unzip the files into the directory where your adb.exe program is unless you've put it in your path)Ħ) adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmpġ1) wait until you get booted back out to your DOS command promptġ5) you should now be at a # prompt.
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