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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on September 24, 2024, 07:49:56 pm »

As written above, I was able to be rooted Astro Slide on v07 without any problems, but when I carried out exactly the same procedure on the v07b, it fell into a boot loop. I cannot even power off.
I left it until the battery ran out and investigated with MTK client, the following rooted image for v07b seems to be incorrect. (Stock image is no problem.)
https://github.com/planet-community/planet-devices/wiki/Astro-rooting#rooting-methods

Writing with either FASTBOOT or MTK client,  it fell into a boot loop in the same way. MD5 matches have also confirmed.

When I used a boot image patched with Magisk v26.4 from the v07b Stock image, I was able to be rooted successfully.
For reference, I put it here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dCSZicKI14S2sYMS-gz5rceJ301xL9SQ/view?usp=sharing
MD5 3ea412192887d4b320d6a1f9770c903d

Supplementary information.
After the battery ran out, I connected the power supply while holding down the volume reduction button, and it booted in FASTBOOT mode.
This procedure was new knew to me.
Even without MTK client, the boot image can be replaced again.

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Cosmo Communicator - Linux / Re: Full installation guide KDE Plasma on Cosmo Communicator

« Last post by Zarhan on September 21, 2024, 05:22:18 am »

Hi, is this guide still accurate? I think it can be pretty clearly assumed that Planet's repos are never coming back.

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: Screen Protector

« Last post by spa on September 05, 2024, 12:47:13 am »

In Japan, they sell a lot of products for Astro Slide.

https://www.amazon.co.jp/s?k=astro+slide&crid=1NXTII2CNG0QM&sprefix=%2Caps%2C247&ref=nb_sb_ss_recent_2_0_recent

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Astro Slide - Hardware / Re: Screen Protector

« Last post by Xweld on September 04, 2024, 05:22:29 am »

It's awesome that you managed to find a screen protector that fits the Astro Slide perfectly, especially since it’s not a common model! Finding the right fit can be a hit or miss, but it sounds like that second shop really knew their stuff.

I've had a similar experience when searching for a case for a less common phone model. I ended up finding a great fit at https://inarascases.com/. They have a wide selection, and I was surprised to find exactly what I needed.

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by Noppe on August 20, 2024, 01:56:19 am »

Great, glad that worked out for you. Yeah, this stuff isn't really that tough once you get some familiarity and confidence. 

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 20, 2024, 01:54:11 am »

Thanks Noppe, ZimbiX!
Everything went well. It was so easy that my previous hesitation was futile.

Code: [Select]

D:\>fastboot getvar current-slot
current-slot: b
Finished. Total time: 0.003s

D:\>fastboot flashing unlock
                                                   (bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 26.931s]
Finished. Total time: 26.939s

D:\>fastboot flash boot_b boot-v07-magisk-from-app-26300.img
Sending 'boot_b' (40960 KB)                        OKAY [  1.318s]
Writing 'boot_b'                                   OKAY [  0.172s]
Finished. Total time: 2.121s

D:\>fastboot reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s

D:\>adb shell
Astro:/ $ su
Astro:/ # exit
Astro:/ $ exit


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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 19, 2024, 07:56:34 pm »

Thanks Noppe, ZimbiX. I will retry!

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by ZimbiX on August 19, 2024, 07:05:18 am »

@spa Please see the instructions in the wiki: https://github.com/planet-community/planet-devices/wiki/Astro-rooting

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by Noppe on August 19, 2024, 06:49:20 am »

A couple of thoughts...

First of all, the images at the beginning of this thread are at this point very old. I would caution you against flashing a very old boot image unless you're confident it matches the version of Android currently installed on your device. If it does not match, you may end up with an unbootable device. I haven't used my Astro Slide in quite a while, so I do not know if the OS was ever updated in a way that would render the images in this thread unusable. Caveat emptor. Perhaps someone more up to date can comment.

Second, you are flashing to boot_a. Do you know for a fact that your device is trying to boot off the A partition and not the B partition? From the factory, boot_a is the boot partition, but if there's been an OS update in the meantime, it may have flipped over to boot_b for boot partition. If you use "fastboot flash boot ...", rather than boot_a or boot_b, it will always end up flashing the current boot partition, whichever one it is.

However, please revisit the first point. If you have indeed had an OS update that moved your boot partition to boot_b, and you flashed an out-of-date image to boot_a, you may have accidentally saved yourself by not overwriting the bootable image with an unbootable one.

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Astro Slide - Android / Re: Rooting the Astro Slide

« Last post by spa on August 19, 2024, 06:40:40 am »

I fastboot flashed the img posted here.
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D:\>adb reboot bootloader

D:\>fastboot flashing unlock
                                                   (bootloader) Start unlock flow

OKAY [ 21.063s]
Finished. Total time: 21.071s

D:\>fastboot flash boot_a boot-magisk.img
Sending 'boot_a' (40960 KB)                        OKAY [  1.133s]
Writing 'boot_a'                                   OKAY [  0.195s]
Finished. Total time: 1.404s

D:\>fastboot reboot
Rebooting                                          OKAY [  0.003s]
Finished. Total time: 0.009s
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When I rebooted, I got a warning message and ASTRO started up.
Next, I installed Magisk.
In Csomo, after installing Magisk, additional setup and rebooting was done automatically to complete rooted.
However, with Astro, after installing Magisk, the same does not occur. My Astro is not rooted.
Is there a mistake in my procedure?