I have an Evo and tried to use z4root to temporarily root it so I can use Titanium Backup. z4root says it is rooted, but TB says it cannot get root permissions.
How can I troubleshoot z4root to see why it's failing?
I don't want to do a factory reset to use z4root, because the point to using it and TB is to backup my phone the way it is so if I ever DO have to do a factory reset I don't have to reconfigure/reinstall everything from scratch.
Do you have busy box installed? It's available in titanium backup and that might help.
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I had the same exact issues.
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are you using any kind of antivirus on your phone? You could also try using a task killer before hand
Busybox is installed. No antivirus. I did a reboot, which should kill any tasks not normally running on the phone.
I'm not familiar with how z4root works so maybe it doesn't give enough permission for titanium backup to work. I really don't know why that wouldn't work though.
When it fails you have to restart you're phone before trying again or it is guaranteed to fail.
If you post your logcat it may show something
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i just rooted my phone using the unrevoked 3.21 method. i downloaded titanium backup, rom manager and quick boot. titanium back back-up is telling me my phone is not rooted. i searched the forums, what do i do?
Well if you just rooted it you know it's lying to you. When I use titanium back up I turn debugging on and the thing where it says install from unknown sources. Pm me if that didn't work
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Also, hit the problems button in titanium backup.
Hey... I think this thing makes phone calls too!
U need to hit the problems button. Titanium backup needs busybox to communicate with the root stuff. Hitting problems? At the bottom of the first screen will fix it pretty quickly.
I seriously need help. I have perma-root and have flashed clockwork recovery properly and have installed bacon bits but when i rebooted and went into setcpu to overclock it said that it doesnt have permission. so then to see if superuser permissions was working i went into rom manager and tried to do something and it said not able to perform privileged tasks. so i uninstalled superuser permissions and that didnt work. I reinstalled setcpu because i remembered i had a similar problem before when set cpu wasnt getting permission and required reinstalling. i can get into the clockwork recovery and have ran the vision bacon bits a couple of times to see if it would work. nope. i went into superuser permissions' settings and check for updates and found one but the thing couldnt install it so it saved the .zip in my sdcard and told me to flash it from recovery. wehn i do that the clockwork recovery replies back that the file is bad. I dont know what to do. I dont want to reset the whole device becauseu i dont want to loose all the apps i have. please help. please. I am a noob and this was my first android phone and i think i might have screwed it up.
Try running visionary then go into terminal type su hit enter then type sync and hit enter, reboot and you should be fine
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When I type in su it says that it couldn't get permission. That's my problem ntohing can get super user permission
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Did Superuser re-install when you ran Visionary again?
Go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications and hit the 'All' tab. scroll down to Superuser and Clear Data. You might have denied 'Su' at one point. Go back and try to 'Su' in terminal and it should ask for permission again. Click 'always allow'. Hopefully that fixes everthing.
Nope I did that and it still says permission denied.
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Uninstall visionary and SU completely. Reboot the phone. Grab the newest visionary apk from modaco (not on market anymore) and install it via whatever method you choose (adb or on-device package manager, whatever). Run visionary and let it do its thing and try setcpu again.
Also, I highly highly recommend downloading and learning to use titanium backup once you're fully rooted. It's a lifesaver.
The visionary method is a pain in the ass... The rage method is much more reliable... I sent you another message with better instructions... Just uninstall visionary first
Nevermind omarsalmin helped me fix it. Thanks man.
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What should I know before I run z4root? What will I loose? What should I backup? Where do I need to look to find progys that need reinstalled.
Thanks again guys
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you might find your answer here. there is a 7 minute video about it.
Rooting wont cause you to lose any apps or data.
What root is.
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All root does is give you the ability to change things you couldn't change otherwise. You won't lose anything by rooting. No reinstalling necessary.
If you get the oneclick 2.5.5, it will root AND give you clockworkmod recovery which will allow you to do full back ups of your phone.
To use oneclick 2.5.5 I would need a pc correct? I currently don't have access to one so I was hopeing to use the z4root app and be able to install clockwork is this possible?
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I rooted my brothers phone for him about a year ago and I usually don't have a problem maintaining his "rootness'; except for this time.
He's running MIui and wants to switch to cyanogenmod. When he goes into titanium backup, he's getting a message that says "sorry, I can not acquire root privelages. This application *not* work. Please verify that your rom is rooted and includes busy box and try again".
I went to the superuser app and made sure he had root privelages, which he does, and also downloaded a busybox installler from the market and it is said he already had a busybox installed but i reinstalled it and the application said it has successfully installled. Yet, titanium backup continues to show the same message.
The weird part is, is that titanium backup works without a problem on sense roms.
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Try hitting the problems button within TB. It will install a good version of busybox for it. It might help. Idk
Boo
Under preferences, it only offers a superuser update not a busybox
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Try updating the su. Some of the first 3.0.? versions make you lose root. In the new version 3.0.? that problem has been fixed.
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You know I just realized I still use a really old version of TB. It's probably diff now. On mine there is a button on the main Page that just says problems? which dl a compatible version of busybox. They must have changed it. Sorry man
Boo
Its updated
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Problem solved: I went into titanium backup preferences and hit" force system busybox". I will give thanks to everyone who tried to help.
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I knew they wouldn't have ditched that feature. They just changed the name. Glad you figured it out. I'd be lost without TB.
Boo
Hi,
I have just reset my phone using the option in privacy settings, then I cannot root again using doomlord tools (it hangs at "waiting for device"). I tried to install superuser and somehow I can run apps require root privileges now, is my phone really rooted? Is it possible that the phone is already rooted and resetting does not un-root it?
Look for answers in the forum where you got the info to root. If you can ran titanium backup or cwm you are rooted, although you should have superuser app somewhere.
Be careful where you go from from here. If you cannot determine if you are rooted or not by yourself, you need a lot more reading and research before getting into this deeper
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There's many root checker apps on the play store, just download one of those.