Hi there,

I am trying to root my friend's N900 to install preenv. The following describes the method I used and the problem I faced trying while trying to root the device.

1. I installed the rootsh application on the N900
2. Restarted the phone (don't know if it was necessary but did it anyways)
3. Opened XTerminal, and typed in
A password prompt was given. Tried typing "user" and 12345 and a few others but still wasn't right.

However, if I close and reopen Xterminal, and type in
no password prompt was given. but doing an apt-get install would give "unable to lock the admin directory"

I'm quite new to the linux world, but theres a few questions that is on my mind.

• Shouldn't the rootsh remove the password prompt when sudo gainroot is typed?

• Shouldn't the two codes (sudo gainroot) and (root) be the same?

• Why does one asks for a password and the other doesn't?

• Is the "Unable to lock the admin directory related to the fact that we weren't (in my definition) "fully rooted?

I also tried uninstalling rootsh through the app manager but it returned stating that rootsh was unable to uninstall. Any help and explanation is appreciated. Thanx


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First thread, and 2nd post in forum , I hope I was clear about my query. I've also searched the forums, tried doing a , tried uninstalling rootsh, tried quite a few variety of password recommendations but to no avail.