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[Q] How to tell if it is rooted?

Hi,
I'm pretty new to all this and searched the forums quite a bit, I've rooted my device with unrevoked 3.22 but how do I tell it is really rooted? Connected to ADB I can't do "adb shell cat /proc/cmdline" while the system ist booted. It only works during recovery mode.
I received no error messages while doing the following procedure:
1) unrevoked TMO UK Branded
2) Flashed to WWE Stock Froyo
3) unrevoked Stock
Thanks

You should be rooted.
Try an app from the market that requests root. Titanium or similar.
Or, see if yoy can get into the custom recovery. Vol down + power then choose recovery. You should have the clockwork panel or equivalent.
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I think I understood the point:
a) I have access to the recovery image clockwork mod (did a nandroid backup), but
b) I have a htc stock image whicht is not rooted, so Titanium Backup gives me an error message. I have to get another rooted rom.
But is it possible to do the S-OFF AlphaRev mod first, before aving a rooted rom?
Thanks

If you've made a nand backup then you should be rooted.
Do you have the superuser app in your apps drawer?
Im not too sure about your second comment.
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You can not go s-off without root.
And yes your comments are contradicting.
You can't have a custom recovery or a nandroid if you have not rooted.

3722 said:
You can not go s-off without root.
And yes your comments are contradicting.
You can't have a custom recovery or a nandroid if you have not rooted.
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using unrevoked.. you should've an app called super user or something similar now. it's a nina / sniper like icon..

I have this ninja/sniper but I also get the message that Titanium Backup needs root but the permission is NOT granted!
I assume, that unrevoked worked and I have the clockwork recovery, but my rom is stock and not rooted. I will get a new rooted rom tomorrow, now its a little late to sort such a stuff out ...

[Q]Installing custom ROM with stock Recovery?

Hey XDA-Dudes,
I just got my Desire HDand I wanted to put a custom ROM on it because the stock ROM is pretty crappy.
Now I saw in the recovery that this Phone is alread S-Off and the lazy noob I am I don't want to downgrad and root my phone just to install clockwork recovery (I'm on 2.2.1 Build 1,75,xxxxxx).
So can I use my stock recovery to flash a third party ROM?
And how do I do it?
Edit: I want to flash to CM7 if it's important.

gingerbreak is able to perm root your build. (install it from your sd card, and then run it)
it may error out and say something went wrong, its ok, reboot the device, and you're now probably rooted.
download rom manager from market and if the perm. root succeeded then use it to flash cwm recovery.

Did it but after the reboot I get stuck on this screen...
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Edit: Pretty sure I'm S-Off:
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Ryu77 said:
Did it but after the reboot I get stuck on this screen...
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Edit: Pretty sure I'm S-Off:
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you have radio S-Off, not ENG S-Off.
where it says "SHIP" it should say "ENG" instead.
Only then will you be able to flash cwm recovery.
Right now all you can do is flash different stock roms using the RUU via the pc, or PD98IMG off the sd.

Okay thanks,
I'll guess I'll go 1.32 and root afterwards to install crm.

[Q] Flashed a new rom with out root..!! Made a blunder mistake.. Is there a Way??

hello guys, I have a serious problem with my device and need your help to sort out the issue.
I have some previous experience in rooting, changing various ROM's in Motorola devices but i am a noob in HTC devices.
I unlocked my boot loader from HTC Dev.
Installed CMW recovery,
took a back up,
and flashed a new ROM.
After flashing my device, it is struck at the boot screen.
I tried to flash another ROM and the same thing repeats,
after that i tried to trouble shoot and then discovered that i did not root the device before flashing and just followed the steps to flash the ROM.
I want to know ,
1. Did i hard brick my device? the Phone boots up, i am able to enter in to recovery mode, flash a new ROM etc.. But that also stops at the boot screen.
2. I tried to recover from the CMW backup, but it shows some error message and unable to recover. i tried all the ways by clearing cache, dalvik memory and every thing, but could not recover.
This is my problem guys,
I know that i made a big mistake, but still i want to know whether there is a way for me to get my device back..:victory:
Please help me regarding this.:good:
I have found many threads that decribe the process for a rooted mobile. But could not find any problem similar to me. Please excuse me if i posted a repeated question.
Please find me a way out..!!!!
Thanks in advance for your valuable suggestions and your valuable time that you have spent on me. :good::victory::victory::highfive::highfive:

Hi
I think there is a way to install a rom with without root. Thats the one u are doing.
It does involves unlocking bootloader,getting cwm recovery, flashing new rom but it seems u have made a mistake somewhere.
Heavy_Metal_man is expert in these situations. Hope he might help you.
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running a ruu might take you out of this situation. As said above heavy_metal_man is the one you can count on.

Actually the thing you did wrong is that you didn't flash boot.img after flashing the ROM. That's a vital step if tyou have unlocked through HTCdev. Nothing related to root. Even if you flash an unrooted ROM, you can always go back to recovery and flash another one. You've just forgotten to flash boot.img. You need to do the same thing if you restore a backup also.
Follow my guide for the process - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31211732
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sashank said:
Actually the thing you did wrong is that you didn't flash boot.img after flashing the ROM. That's a vital step if tyou have unlocked through HTCdev. Nothing related to root. Even if you flash an unrooted ROM, you can always go back to recovery and flash another one. You've just forgotten to flash boot.img. You need to do the same thing if you restore a backup also.
Follow my guide for the process - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31211732
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Exactly right this phone since it had already gained s-off for most of its users before htcdev was even out we never saw a recovery with htcdum-lock or smartflash like more modern phones got. all you have got to do is flash the boot.img from whatever rom or back up your using via fastboot and your off
Tapped out from my sexy nexus 7

By this way, is it possible to overclock ?
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Make a flashable zip containing su binary and superuser.apk and flash it. Then flash it and then flash the rom.

gobz said:
Make a flashable zip containing su binary and superuser.apk and flash it. Then flash it and then flash the rom.
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If you do that then first the Superuser.apk and su binary will be flashed to /system, then when you flash the ROM, /system is wiped and the ROM is flashed. So that doesn't achieve anything. To root an unrooted ROM, you have to first flash the ROM and then the Superuser zip.
In any case, the OP's problem has nothing to do with root access.
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Odp: [Q] Flashed a new rom with out root..!! Made a blunder mistake.. Is there a Way
flash ruu, you will get stock, then root ur phone and flash other phones.
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Just to clear something up here, once you have s-off or htcdev unlocked bootloaders you do of need root to flash roms. You only need a working recovery. The roms you flash may have root. But it is not a requirement these days for rom flashing. A root exploit is usually needed to flash a recovery on an otherwise locked device, but not for us
Tapped out from my sexy nexus 7

[Q] help! Lost root on my DHD. How to get it back?

hi,
i have a dhd which was already rooted and had a custom rom installed, i installed couple more roms and then finally decided to go back to stock.
i searched XDA and downloaded stock firmware from this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1731324
installed it and it went smooth, i am now running android 2.3.5 stock rom.
BUT I ALSO LOST MY ROOT ACCESS.
I AM STILL S-OFF, DONT KNOW IF BOOTLOADER IS LOCKED OR UNLOCKED.
SO HOW CAN I GET ROOT IN STOCK ROM?
PLEASE HELP WHAT TO DO.
and i have searched and have only got AAHK to root DHD which i cannot use as it is not available anymore.
PLEASE HELP

Fastboot flash a recovery, then recovery flash a superuser zip. If you run a RUU, of course you will lose root.

Help unrooting HTC Desire 816 (UK based)

I recently rooted my HTC Desire 816, but I didn't flash a custom ROM or anything. I've been trying to unroot through the method of using SuperSU but when I then reboot my phone SuperSU has returned and I still have root access.
Am I doing something wrong? I don't really understand why it isn't removing root when all of the tutorials I've seen online say to simply use this method to unroot.
Also, is it possible to keep the custom recovery? As I find it useful for backing up, I just don't really find the root/SuperSU very useful since I'm not planning to flash a custom ROM.
Cheers guys!