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Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
[LIST][*]Red pill mode which works (at least it didn't cause an error) but I don't get a root prompt. [/list
That's not a method for gaining a root shell, that's a method for unlocking the "debug" mode in Application manager. You're thinking of flashing the device into R&D mode.

Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
  • I tried installing openssh and it asked me to set a root password but then I couldn't find an openssh program to run. I tried opening an xterm and doing sudo root and entering this password but that didn't work either.
The correct method for getting a root shell using ssh is:

Code:
ssh root@localhost
Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
  • I tried sudo gainroot but that just caused an error.
You need to either enable R&D mode or install either becomeroot or easyroot (they're virtually identical, except easyroot also allows you to just type root.

Originally Posted by mike_bike_kite View Post
I know this has been asked a million times but the hardware changes, the OS changes, what runs in each OS changes. I think I've tried most things and, while I'm not an sys admin, I'm not a beginner with unix but I'm definitely stuck. Help!
The methods for gaining root access really haven't changed since the 770, you just mixed up 3 methods for gaining a root shell and one method for getting Application manager into "debug" mode into 3 completely new (and useless) methods.

As you seem to have gotten furthest with the ssh method, perhaps it's best you stick with that, although both the easyroot and becomeroot methods require less typing.