Rooted it after i bought it new.When it wouldn't read my sd card when making a bu i unrooted but didn't uninstall cwm first, hence the $ sign question. Right after unrooting an update dropped literally right after rebooting from unroot. Now when i tried a second time rooting in normal mode the mobility pops up requiring a log in.

This is where I am

C:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell
~ # "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
"/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
/sbin/sh: /system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn: not found
~ # adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
/sbin/sh: adb: not found
~ # exit
exit

Thank you for your help.

Dear all,

I am new here and pretty new to tablets and android. Since I live in China, I had no choice but to buy a Chinese version of the Thinkpad. The major problem I am encountering is that apparently, Lenovo in all its wisdom does not provide the Google Market on the Chinese versions, and the lenovo store only contains chinese apps, which are not very useful for a non-native Chinese speaker like me. Needsless to say, I am desparate for a rooting method. I have tried the other method, and now this one. I have read this topic from a to z a number of times, but unfortunately, no cigar.

My system:
Kernel version: 2.6.36.3
Build number: ThinkPadTablet_A310_02_0039_0089_SC
Machine type and model: 183823C

I am not clear on how to find the version for OTA, so I cannot provide it.

I have tried the procedure numerous times, including several factory resets. Everything runs without problems until after step 8 where I have to type adb shell "/cache/recovery/pwn/su". I keep getting as reply "Permission denied", and the command prompt remains at $. I am at a loss what to do next, but I really need root access. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Gao Han

Thanks for the encouragement!

BTW: the outputs as requested on the first page:
Output for "$ /system/bin/mount":

/system/bin/mount
rootfs / rootfs rw 0 0
tmpfs /dev tmpfs rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts rw,relatime,mode=600 0 0
proc /proc proc rw,relatime 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs rw,relatime 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 /system ext4 rw,relatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /data ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /sectmp ext4 rw,nosuid,nodev,noatime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache ext4 rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,barrier=1,data=ordered 0 0

Output for "$ /system/bin/cat /system/etc/install-recovery.sh":

/system/bin/cat /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -oremount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache/recovery
/system/bin/chown root /cache/recovery/pwn/su
/system/bin/chmod 4777 /cache/recovery/pwn/su
Disable battery discharge...
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -oremount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache/recovery
/system/bin/chown root /cache/recovery/pwn/su
/system/bin/chmod 4777 /cache/recovery/pwn/su
Disable battery discharge...
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/mount -oremount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p4 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache
/system/bin/chmod 777 /cache/recovery
/system/bin/chown root /cache/recovery/pwn/su
/system/bin/chmod 4777 /cache/recovery/pwn/su
Disable battery discharge...

Output of "$ /system/bin/ls -l /cache"

/system/bin/ls -l /cache
drwx------ root     root              1970-01-01 08:00 lost+found
drwxrwxrwx root     root              2012-04-30 16:59 recovery

Output of "$ /system/bin/ls -l /cache/recovery"

/system/bin/ls -l /cache/recovery
-rw-r----- root     root         4641 2012-04-30 16:59 last_log
-rw-rw-rw- root     root         4641 2012-04-30 16:59 log

Ouptput of "$ /system/bin/ls -l /tmp/recovery.log"

/system/bin/ls -l /tmp/recovery.log
-rw-rw-rw- root     root         4641 2012-04-30 16:59 recovery.log


Hi Coyttl,

Thanks for thinking with me. Yes there is:

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adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn"
adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /data/local/pwn-bak"
adb shell "/system/bin/cat /system/etc/install-recovery.sh > /data/local/pwn-bak/install-recovery.sh.orig"

adb shell "/system/bin/mkdir /cache/recovery/pwn"
adb push su /cache/recovery/pwn 


Hmm.. run these commends for me, and copy the output here:
adb shell
$ ls -l
Don't type the "$", it'll be there already.

The odd thing is, without root, *I* don't have access to my /cache directory either, so I can't run the "mkdir /cache/recovery/pwn" command either. At least, until I run su. So I may not be much help after this.

I was able to make a nandroid fine, and I'm on stock. Are there any other messages given?

(I had trouble the first time, because my SD card had popped out of its slot. Once I removed and reinserted it, it worked fine.)