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Gfree_Verify Not Working, Not Sure if Root Worked

I followed all the steps from the Wiki: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD).
Now the problem is when I go to verify the root. On the Wiki, where it says run "su' in computer ADB shell, I get access denied. When I run "./gfree_verify" in computer ADB shell, I get
Error: Could not open modem device; /dev/****
Error: Verify could not initialize device
But in my apps on the G2 I see an icon for superuser permissions. So did the root take or not?
Thanks for any help, new to Android.

Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root

MacaronyMax said:
Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root
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After typing Su in the terminal on the phone, I get a message pop that says either allow or deny. I click allow and it gives me root permission.

Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".

Ganii said:
Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.

boost3d23 said:
After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.
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# sign means your rooted or have su access.
Go under manage and restore backups in rom manager, you should have a copy of the rom you just backed up. Unless you renamed the back up its probably a date.
Its ok to delete the files you pushed to data/local use a file manager like root explorer.
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again. Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
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You get "#" then it`s right,the app don`t ask you again about allow or deny!
About gfree-verify,I don`t know.Maybe something wrong with Script
or you have done something wrong with the commands!
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
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If you choose "Backup ROM" you phone boot into Recovery,then you have
to choose "backup/restore option to backup you current ROM.
Otherwise you don`t have a backup

Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.

boost3d23 said:
Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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I use Root Explorer or SUFBS (Super User File Manager and Terminal).

boost3d23 said:
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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You should really have posted up in the existing thread about gfree on this, or otherwise in the Q&A forum
But anyway, yes, those file managers don't handle root. Well, ES does have an option to do so, but it doesn't work on the Vision. So you'll need a root-capable file manager, as joemm said.
On the backup, that sounds a bit odd, but you'll know that it's doing a backup because it'll take a while. You'll get a different screen where it shows you it's backup up the main phone partitions, and even which file is being backed up. When it's done, make sure you copy this backup somewhere else, like your PC (i.e. so you don't just have a single copy, in case something happens to it - e.g. corrupt SD card).

Thanks to everyone who provided insight. I had the same problem and was worried about bricking my phone, but this worked and I'm happily rooted!

[Request]$ -- Modify zergRush to Not Need Build.prop File

I have a request with a small donation as a reward. I'm not rich, but I can reward with some beer money.
I have managed to somehow delete my build.prop file while rooted and then managed to un-root my device. Naturally, I rebooted.
My request is for anyone with a bit of extra time to modify zergRush so that it does not look to a build.prop file to verify the android version.
If there are any other ideas on how to root a bricked Fire without a build.prop file, be my guest.
My hope is that once I am able to re-root my device, I will be able to mount /system/ as writeable and then be able to push in a build.prop file. However, obviously, until that happens I cannot put in a build.prop file.
If you have any questions I pretty much let it all out on the "How to unblock your kindle" thread.
If no one is able to do this I would understand. This is obviously beyond my technical expertise but I do appreciate any efforts or even suggestions. Even if there's no attempts made here, it is still shocking how much help is given on this forum.
EDIT: I was able to get my hands on a valid system.img and then flashed the system.img to my system partition. Doing so corrected my build.prop and my device became bootable. Thanks for all the help.

Did it update to 6.2 while in the midst of your needing around?

what does your device do?
Does it show under adb devices?

ajq said:
Did it update to 6.2 while in the midst of your needing around?
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I updated to 6.2 on Tuesday. I have followed the directions on the "UNBRICK your kindle" thread. I have done that successfully. However, because my build.prop is missing, I can no longer re-root using zergRush. I believe that fastboot as directed in that thread restores the kindle to factory settings. I'm not quite sure if factory settings is 6.2 or if it goes all the way back to 6.0.

death2all110 said:
what does your device do?
Does it show under adb devices?
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This is the post I created in the "How to unbrick your kindle" thread. It should answer most questions. I can use adb shell on the device but I cannot mount anything and SU responds "permission denied".
----from the other thread----
I am in a similar situation and am trying to work through it. I thought I rooted my device but when I restarted it, it didn't fully load. I've successfully done all of the steps listed in the OP but am still suck in a black screen (it's lit...but it's black) loop.
I believe I have deleted my build.pop file but have a backup listend as build.prop.bak. However, the device is trying to load and is failing. I need to rename my build.prop.bak as the primary build.prop. I have tried to access SU through ADB but am getting "permission denied" almost as if my device wasn't rooted.
I have tried to mount system as RW but I am also getting permission denied.
Any advice. Here is my /system/
:
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\Admin>cd \KindleFireRoot\files
C:\KindleFireRoot\files>adb shell
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
$ cd /system/
cd /system/
$ ls -l
ls -l
drwxr-xr-x root root 1970-01-01 00:00 lost+found
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-12-01 19:03 app
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-01 19:03 bin
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 etc
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 fonts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 framework
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 lib
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 media
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 tts
drwxr-xr-x root root 2011-11-30 01:16 usr
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-11-30 01:16 vendor
drwxr-xr-x root shell 2011-12-01 19:03 xbin
-rw-r--r-- root root 2143 2008-08-01 12:00 build.prop.bak
$
EDIT: I have tried to re-root through the method provided as well as superoneclick root, but both have failed because no android system is being recognized. This may have to do with the lack of a proper build.prop on my device.
EDIT2: I figure the above might not be enough information so I will now post what I have done so far to get it bricked, and what I have already tried.
1. I tried the rooting method on rootkindlefire.com and it seemed successful. I then was able to set /system/ as RW via root explorer. I copied a modified build.prop file that is available in the android development forums. However, unfortunately, I believe I may have edited the name of this file or done something wrong in handling it accidentally. Regardless, I pasted this file in the /system/ folder and renamed my original build.prop file to build.prop.bak. I then restarted my kindle fire. Now, it shows the kindle fire screen for a second and then goes black entirely. It is still on (the screen is lit), but the screen is black. It then remains like this until I do a hard reset and then it repeats this process.
2. I have tried to access SU but have been unable to do so. I have been unable to mount system as RW using the instruction a page back. In both situations I get the "permission denied" response from the command line.
3. Everytime I try to root using the method provided in the OP, I get a message saying that it can't find android 2.2 or 2.3
4. I am unable to root again using super click for the same reason.
5. I have otherwise been able to follow all of the steps in the OP successfully, but to no avail. My screen goes black after it shows the kindle fire screen for a couple seconds.
6. Any suggestions would be very very helpful. From my amateur amount of knowledge, it seems to me that I don't have a build.prop in my /system/ but am unable to rename or access my build.prop.bak so that I can set it as the regular bootable build.prop. This is because, even though I thought I had it rooted, I am unable to set the /system/ directory as writable.
7. ANY SUGGESTIONS OR HELP WOULD BE GREAT!

Just as a disclaimer: I acknowledge I'm a moron for not verifying everything when I pushed in a build.prop file into my /system/ folder and restarted. No need to call me names

For those who know a bit more than me...
Would pushing the 6.2 update (or any of the downloadable firmware) to the kindleupdates folder in the sdcard and then rebooting fix my problem? I remember reading that the updates re-writes the build.prop which would fix my situation.
Of course, do you need root permissions to be able to write to the sdcard? I only ask this because I can not get the sdcard to actually show up on my desktop. I would need to push it via terminal or adb shell.
Anyone know if this would work?

I am beginning to realize that I may actually still have root, but since I can't boot up the phone, I can't fill out the superuser access dialog that usually comes up when a program tries to access superuser. I had root before I caused the build.prop problems, but figured that I had somehow lost it when I tried to access SU from ADB. Anyone know of a way to bypass this access dialog?

I checked the root status with OneClickRoot after OTA reported my KF was still rooted (just to be sure) and then re-installed Superuser and pushed the necessary Android APKs back to /system/app and it was working again.

damianarnold said:
I checked the root status with OneClickRoot after OTA reported my KF was still rooted (just to be sure) and then re-installed Superuser and pushed the necessary Android APKs back to /system/app and it was working again.
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How did you re-install Superuser if you're not able to fully boot up the KF? To be clear, when I try to root with superoneclick it says i'm rooted (and if i try and continue it fails...) but whenever I type in adb shell and then su I get "permission denied."

ejrubin said:
How did you re-install Superuser if you're not able to fully boot up the KF? To be clear, when I try to root with superoneclick it says i'm rooted (and if i try and continue it fails...) but whenever I type in adb shell and then su I get "permission denied."
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My Fire was fully booted up. Did you remove and reinstall Superuser?

damianarnold said:
My Fire was fully booted up. Did you remove and reinstall Superuser?
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Don't think our KF were in the same state. I don't have a build.prop to boot my KF into so I can't manage superuser at all (I do, however, have a totally useless build.prop.bak that is sitting there in the directory. ) I have the superuser.apk in there so it seems as though I'm rooted but I still can't get into SU via adb.

Can't get Write access to /System or /SDCard
ejrubin said:
Don't think our KF were in the same state. I don't have a build.prop to boot my KF into so I can't manage superuser at all (I do, however, have a totally useless build.prop.bak that is sitting there in the directory. ) I have the superuser.apk in there so it seems as though I'm rooted but I still can't get into SU via adb.
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Still having the exact same problem! Was able to get the build.prob.bak pulled from /system but can't rename it and push it back to hopefully get this working again.
I am starting to think I may have to send this KF back soon if I don't get it working again.
Any help anyone can provide would be great.

I'm thinking since we are able to get into fastboot, do any developers know if it is possible to push in a new system.img via fastboot? This would solve our build.prop problems no? Any developers know if this is possible?

I would like to compile zergRush myself, but I don't know how to compile Android binary.
It seems require linux to do so.

Can you adb push to the sdcard?
Sent from my DROID Pro using XDA App

JackpotClavin said:
Can you adb push to the sdcard?
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No , I think the sdcard is not yet mount. Tried cd sdcard and it's not possible.
Is it possible to mount it without root? Cause when we try to mount system folder it's permission denied.
And I'm afraid the system won't run the official update even the patch is inside the sdcard folder.
I think ejrubin's idea on how to fix our bricked kindle fire is completely right , we just need either one of the following :
1. A zergRush binary won't check the build.prop to let us run root and mount the system folder
2. Since we can get into fastboot, I think we need a correct update.zip or system.img to fix it. Any idea to build it from kindle's official update?

Well try "mount sdcard" in the shell. If you can push the update, you can idme bootmode into 0x5001 and it'll take the update in recovery mode
If that doesn't work I'll give a custom zerg a shot
Edit: I got it. If you wanna flash my clockwork build in fastboot and set the fastboot to boot into recovery, you can access your /system through recovery, I do it all the time
It'll be a fastboot flash recovery <the name of the recovery.img I'll post later when I get home>
From there you will have to:
Adb shell
Mount system
Mv /system/build.bak /system/build.prop
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JackpotClavin said:
Well try "mount sdcard" in the shell. If you can push the update, you can idme bootmode into 0x5001 and it'll take the update in recovery mode
If that doesn't work I'll give a custom zerg a shot
Edit: I got it. If you wanna flash my clockwork build in fastboot and set the fastboot to boot into recovery, you can access your /system through recovery, I do it all the time
It'll be a fastboot flash recovery <the name of the recovery.img I'll post later when I get home>
From there you will have to:
Adb shell
Mount system
Mv /system/build.bak /system/build.prop
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If i just type "mount sdcard" it cannot recognize the command.
if try to mount it with -t and mount it to other folder, it just say permission denied.
Of course I wanna flash your clockwork build!!
Would you mind to guide us with all the step when you're ready? Because I'm quite new to root android machine.
Really thanks for your help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah **** sorry guys can this wait till tomorrow? Sorry I said tonight, I got side tracked tonight
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Superuser just won' work!

I rooted my kindle fire using kindle fire utility 0.9.6 (after the rooting superuser wasn't installed on my kindle), downloaded twrp, flashed hashcode jelly bean ROM from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766829
and then flashed Superuser-3.1.3-x86-signed.zip which I downloaded from this link
http://androidsu.com/superuser/
but superuser won't work, when I check the root explorer in ES file explorer it tells me that this feature can't work on ur phone
Please I'm really dying out here
Someone Help Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease !!!!!

You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
[Edit:] It's late and I'm not paying attention for some reason. Custom ROMs come pre-rooted and you have Jelly Bean installed. Perhaps there's a problem with ES File Explorer?

soupmagnet said:
You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
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Thank you for replying so fast
how can I install su binary? and about the superuser.apk isn't that what i flashed into my device i have a superuser icon on my desktop but it just won't add any apps to its list.
Thanks again

At the Superuser website, there are three zip files. One is Superuser, one is the su binary, and the other should be both. Not that it matters at this point.

soupmagnet said:
At the Superuser website, there are three zip files. One is Superuser, one is the su binary, and the other should be both. Not that it matters at this point.
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what do you mean by not that it matters at this point?
can't I just download the zip and flash it?

soupmagnet said:
You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
[Edit:] It's late and I'm not paying attention for some reason. Custom ROMs come pre-rooted and you have Jelly Bean installed. Perhaps there's a problem with ES File Explorer?
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Maybe you missed this

soupmagnet said:
Maybe you missed this
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I tried another app called copy paste it and when I try to use it this message appears:
"Your Phone does not appear to be rooted or has not been given root privileges. to use this application please provide root privileges to this applications"
what should I do?
[Edit] ok now i know my device is certainly not rooted i tried orbot, market enabler and market unlocker they all dispatch the same message your device isn't rooted.
can anyone tell me how to root it?

Scarfacew said:
I tried another app called copy paste it and when I try to use it this message appears:
"Your Phone does not appear to be rooted or has not been given root privileges. to use this application please provide root privileges to this applications"
what should I do?
[Edit] ok now i know my device is certainly not rooted i tried orbot, market enabler and market unlocker they all dispatch the same message your device isn't rooted.
can anyone tell me how to root it?
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I too used the KFU to supposedly root my KF, but when I tried to install Titanium Backup, it gave me the same error message saying that my phone did not have root privileges... I wonder if there is something not installing correctly when using KFU...

"Root" consists of the su binary, which the system uses to give the user root permissions, and Superuser.apk, which keeps a database of what programs you allow to have those permissions. With "su" only, you will still have root permission, but only at the level of command line interface and your apps will not be allowed root permissions. Superuser.apk by itself is worthless. Custom ROMS come pre-rooted so the need to re-root is usually unnecessary unless something happens to one of the above mentioned programs. The only way to be sure if/which one is missing is in recovery via the command line because custom recovery will provide temporary root access.
Code:
adb shell ls /system/xbin
...look for su
Code:
adb shell ls /system/app
...look for Superuser.apk
Superuser can be installed from within the ROM using the .apk (at least in earlier versions it was possible), or in recovery using the command line or by flashing the signed .zip from the superuser website . The su binary can only be installed while in recovery.
Of course it all can be fixed by re-flashing your custom ROM.
It may also be necessary to rename the check-rooted executable, but only if you're running the stock Amazon software.
I think that pretty much covers it.

soupmagnet said:
"Root" consists of the su binary, which the system uses to give the user root permissions, and Superuser.apk, which keeps a database of what programs you allow to have those permissions. With "su" only, you will still have root permission, but only at the level of command line interface and your apps will not be allowed root permissions. Superuser.apk by itself is worthless. Custom ROMS come pre-rooted so the need to re-root is usually unnecessary unless something happens to one of the above mentioned programs. The only way to be sure if/which one is missing is in recovery via the command line because custom recovery will provide temporary root access.
Code:
adb shell ls /system/xbin
...look for su
Code:
adb shell ls /system/app
...look for Superuser.apk
Superuser can be installed from within the ROM using the .apk (at least in earlier versions it was possible), or in recovery using the command line or by flashing the signed .zip from the superuser website . The su binary can only be installed while in recovery.
Of course it all can be fixed by re-flashing your custom ROM.
It may also be necessary to rename the check-rooted executable, but only if you're running the stock Amazon software.
I think that pretty much covers it.
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Ok now things are getting worse I tried to turn the wifi on and it didn't work, I tried to reboot and power off the tablet but it just won't work
{Edit} I want to know that by re-flashing the ROM is there a guarantee that those problems won't happen again.
One more thing is that I deleted the ROM from my kindle I can't transfer it from my laptop because the kindle hasn't been recognized after the jelly bean and I can't downloaded because wifi isn't working so what should I do
Thanks in advance

Scarfacew said:
Ok now things are getting worse I tried to turn the wifi on and it didn't work, I tried to reboot and power off the tablet but it just won't work
I want to know that by re-flashing the ROM is there a guarantee that those problems won't happen again.
Thanks in advance
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There are never any guarantees when it comes to computers and system software, but the LIKELINESS is very high that the problem will be fixed.

soupmagnet said:
There are never any guarantees when it comes to computers and system software, but the LIKELINESS is very high that the problem will be fixed.
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One more thing is that I deleted the ROM from my kindle I can't transfer it from my laptop because the kindle hasn't been recognized since I flashed the jelly bean and I can't downloaded because wifi isn't working so what should I do
Thanks in advance

Boot into recovery and "mount" your sdcard to USB. The computer should still recognize it.

soupmagnet said:
Boot into recovery and "mount" your sdcard to USB. The computer should still recognize it.
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I re-flashed the Rom, wifi is working so I dl ES file explorer and checked Root explorer, but when superuser request popped, I clicked allow but it didn't work it gave me the same message, the new thing is that superuser app added es file explorer to its list but I still can't copy apps in the app/system file.
I know I bored you to death and I'm really thankful for ur help but I really need the root.

Scarfacew said:
I re-flashed the Rom, wifi is working so I dl ES file explorer and checked Root explorer, but when superuser request popped, I clicked allow but it didn't work it gave me the same message, the new thing is that superuser app added es file explorer to its list but I still can't copy apps in the app/system file.
I know I bored you to death and I'm really thankful for ur help but I really need the root.
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Ok, well try a different ROM. If the problem persists then we can try to think of something.

I flashed the Alien droid ROM it's working fine till now but I need to know how to install an arabic keyboard please
Thanks

Ok, I have a dumb question, but from where do you run the DOS commands from? (ie. what directory?)..
c:\KFU?

Right-click on your KFU folder and select properties to find the folder's path. It may be different depending on wherever you've installed it.

soupmagnet said:
Right-click on your KFU folder and select properties to find the folder's path. It may be different depending on wherever you've installed it.
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Thanks. but not sure i understand.
Here is what I'm attempting to do.. using the root method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452 under "Getting to fastboot mode" there are a series of command line examples that seem to start with adb.... (ex. adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode).
Under Rooting the stock software, the first step command line is "adb shell mount system"
my question is from where do I start (directory) so that when I enter these commands they work?
Or are you saying that I need to fun all these from the KFU directory? (or KFU/tools) or some other directory..
I appreciate the help and feedback..

:h my::
Wherever adb is...Right-click on that folder to find it's path so you can "cd" or change directories to it. Alternatively, you can Shift + Right-click on that folder and select something like "Open command window here".

[Q] Superuser after OTA

Hi Everyone,
So I have updated to Jellybean (4.1.1) via the OTA update and my bootloader become locked again due to the update.
I have Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper installed so fortunately I was able to restore root and Superuser is working fine (so I thought)
Until yesterday, I install an application that would require root access and it appear to me that Superuser was not granting this access.
However previous application that has the access granted by Superuser is still intact.
I tried updating SuperUser binary and encounter the error "Gaining root access..... Failed"
It appears to me that new request for root access was not allowed anymore but previous granted access still works fine.
I do not want to unlock my bootloader again as this means everything will be wipe out.
Therefore Flash via CWM recovery mode is not an option for me.
As I still have root access on ES File Explorer, it there any possibility that I can manually update Superuser (or switch to SuperSU) using the ES File Explorer? Like copying the new apk over to the /system/app ?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks

So you can't use boot unlocker so on play store?
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel

skyes113 said:
Hi Everyone,
So I have updated to Jellybean (4.1.1) via the OTA update and my bootloader become locked again due to the update.
I have Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper installed so fortunately I was able to restore root and Superuser is working fine (so I thought)
Until yesterday, I install an application that would require root access and it appear to me that Superuser was not granting this access.
However previous application that has the access granted by Superuser is still intact.
I tried updating SuperUser binary and encounter the error "Gaining root access..... Failed"
It appears to me that new request for root access was not allowed anymore but previous granted access still works fine.
I do not want to unlock my bootloader again as this means everything will be wipe out.
Therefore Flash via CWM recovery mode is not an option for me.
As I still have root access on ES File Explorer, it there any possibility that I can manually update Superuser (or switch to SuperSU) using the ES File Explorer? Like copying the new apk over to the /system/app ?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Maybe you need to fix permissions.
Did you have ROM Manager by any chance with root access granted? If so you could flash CWM from there, and then apply the latest SuperSU zip from CWM.

skyes113 said:
Hi Everyone,
So I have updated to Jellybean (4.1.1) via the OTA update and my bootloader become locked again due to the update.
I have Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper installed so fortunately I was able to restore root and Superuser is working fine (so I thought)
Until yesterday, I install an application that would require root access and it appear to me that Superuser was not granting this access.
However previous application that has the access granted by Superuser is still intact.
I tried updating SuperUser binary and encounter the error "Gaining root access..... Failed"
It appears to me that new request for root access was not allowed anymore but previous granted access still works fine.
I do not want to unlock my bootloader again as this means everything will be wipe out.
Therefore Flash via CWM recovery mode is not an option for me.
As I still have root access on ES File Explorer, it there any possibility that I can manually update Superuser (or switch to SuperSU) using the ES File Explorer? Like copying the new apk over to the /system/app ?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Use ES File Explorer and change the permissions on /system/bin/su (or /system/xbin/su) to 6755 and you will be all set.

efrant said:
Use ES File Explorer and change the permissions on /system/bin/su (or /system/xbin/su) to 6755 and you will be all set.
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I see that the Permission of the SU from ES File Explorer is rwx r-x r-x . I believe this is already the correct permission?
I'm thinking if it's possible for me the get the latest binary for Superuser and replace the SU file using the file explorer. Will this work?
Unfortunately I don't have rom manager as well.

skyes113 said:
I see that the Permission of the SU from ES File Explorer is rwx r-x r-x . I believe this is already the correct permission?
I'm thinking if it's possible for me the get the latest binary for Superuser and replace the SU file using the file explorer. Will this work?
Unfortunately I don't have rom manager as well.
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Those are not the correct permissions. The setuid bit needs to be set as well. What you posted is 0755, not 06755.
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efrant said:
Those are not the correct permissions. The setuid bit needs to be set as well. What you posted is 0755, not 06755.
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ES File explorer doesn't seems to be able to allow me to set the setuid bit.
I guess I just have to figure out how to use adb to do that.

skyes113 said:
ES File explorer doesn't seems to be able to allow me to set the setuid bit.
I guess I just have to figure out how to use adb to do that.
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I just checked and you're right. (i only ever use root explorer.)
In a terminal window:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
I would also symlink it to bin:
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
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efrant said:
I just checked and you're right. (i only ever use root explorer.)
In a terminal window:
su
mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 /system
chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
I would also symlink it to bin:
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
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I managed to do the above. However still no luck with updating SuperUser binary and still encounter the error "Gaining root access..... Failed"
I believe after doing the above I should get permissions (-rwsr-xr-x) but i'm seeing the permission as -rwsr-sr-x
seem like something is wrong?

skyes113 said:
I managed to do the above. However still no luck with updating SuperUser binary and still encounter the error "Gaining root access..... Failed"
I believe after doing the above I should get permissions (-rwsr-xr-x) but i'm seeing the permission as -rwsr-sr-x
seem like something is wrong?
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Strange. I have no idea what the problem would be then.
What I would do is boot up CWM, and re-flash an su package.
The permissions are fine: -rwsr-xr-x = 04755 and -rwsr-sr-x = 06755. Both will do the same thing.

Also I see nothing in the OTA package that would relock your bootloader. You're sure that's exactly what happened? If it did, maybe someone here could pinpoint the component of the OTA package responsible for this?
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Looks to be a problem on su.
I download the latest binary and replace it using adb + busybox and now it works fine.
Thanks!

[Q] Can't access /data in android (rooted)

Hi, I've tried SuperSU and SuperUser.
apps and adb shell can't access the /data partition.
it says that I don't have enough permissions ...
with adb shell I can cd to it, but even an "ls" says operation not permitted
I can access it just fine in CWM using adb shell
all other root directory works fine....
Does anybody know what's going on ? did i miss something ? I'm no expert when it comes to this
thanks for your help

kout said:
Hi, I've tried SuperSU and SuperUser.
apps and adb shell can't access the /data partition.
it says that I don't have enough permissions ...
with adb shell I can cd to it, but even an "ls" says operation not permitted
I can access it just fine in CWM using adb shell
all other root directory works fine....
Does anybody know what's going on ? did i miss something ? I'm no expert when it comes to this
thanks for your help
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After typing adb shell and entering you have to type su and press enter again, then you`ll have the permissions you need

But how come root browser can't access that directory?
And why can I go to /system without having to type su first

kout said:
But how come root browser can't access that directory?
And why can I go to /system without having to type su first
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How do you mean: root browser/ file manager on the phone to access system date? You have to be rooted to access system data on the phone. What exactly do you want to do?

Weird stuff, it's working with solid explorer, I had tried with rom toolbox browser and some other root browser from the play store and it wouldn't work
Thanks for the "su" tip I forgot you had to be su to access that folder :-S

kout said:
Weird stuff, it's working with solid explorer, I had tried with rom toolbox browser and some other root browser from the play store and it wouldn't work
Thanks for the "su" tip I forgot you had to be su to access that folder :-S
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Is you`re phone rooted mate? The su command is for adb from your computer!

Of course it's rooted, I do have a bit of experience with that. It's just weird that certain root browser can't access the data partition despite having granted su permission to the app. Anyway its working great with solid explorer now, and with adb I've got the su command
I actually have the voice stuck on the same street in navigation, (known bug) so I had to delete some cached speech data in the data partition
I did it through cwm but I was wondering why it wasn't letting me do it once booted. Anyway thanks