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OTA update failed

This morning I excitedly got a notification to update to 4.02. Installing update failed when phone rebooted to recovery and I got a red exclamation mark over the little Android.
My phone has been rooted with CMW installed. I know I lot of you will be thinking "just flash a different ROM" but the truth is I don't like any of the Roms currently available.
Did my update fail because of CWM? Or am I making a super noob mistake? Please help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

wynthewun said:
This morning I excitedly got a notification to update to 4.02. Installing update failed when phone rebooted to recovery and I got a red exclamation mark over the little Android.
My phone has been rooted with CMW installed. I know I lot of you will be thinking "just flash a different ROM" but the truth is I don't like any of the Roms currently available.
Did my update fail because of CWM? Or am I making a super noob mistake? Please help
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App
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yes CWM will cause update to fail the install. Flash the stock recovery img through fastboot if you want OTA's
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download the stock system image files from google and extact it to find the recovery.img
- copy the recovery.img file to the directory that contains your fastboot utility
- start-up a terminal/command session
- put your phone into fastboot / bootloader mode
- type the following fastboot command to flash the stock recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

badassirocz said:
yes CWM will cause update to fail the install. Flash the stock recovery img through fastboot if you want OTA's
---------- Post added at 03:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 03:05 AM ----------
download the stock system image files from google and extact it to find the recovery.img
- copy the recovery.img file to the directory that contains your fastboot utility
- start-up a terminal/command session
- put your phone into fastboot / bootloader mode
- type the following fastboot command to flash the stock recovery:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Thank you very much, i had the same problem this morning, the update disappeared so will it get back when i flash the recovery?
plus my launcher is modified will it affect the update?

it should come back if you check for updates in the system menu. If not it might take a few days to show back up from what I have heard. The launcher will not effect OTA's.
Please hit the thanks button if I helped

having this issue
I am having this issue also, but I didn't flash cwm into my phone, I only fastboot it, will this also cause this problem, or because I rooted my phone and on locked it, really need help.
thanks.

formula1210204 said:
I am having this issue also, but I didn't flash cwm into my phone, I only fastboot it, will this also cause this problem, or because I rooted my phone and on locked it, really need help.
thanks.
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It won't work because you are rooted. The install looks for the stock bootloader. You don't have the stock bootloader because you rooted.

jd1001 said:
It won't work because you are rooted. The install looks for the stock bootloader. You don't have the stock bootloader because you rooted.
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You are WRONG. Stop telling people wrong info. CWM is what caused the failure. Root doesn't mean you changed your bootloader.

jhuynh said:
You are WRONG. Stop telling people wrong info. CWM is what caused the failure. Root doesn't mean you changed your bootloader.
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Yeah apologies! I got my wires crossed. Thanks for clearing it up for me. I wasn't sure if it was the bootloader or the custom recovery. Thanks again and sorry for misleading anyone.

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thanks for reply, but as I said, I didn't flash CWM into my phone, I just boot it, in this case, it will also making this problem?

So, to clear this up for noobs (like me!)
If I root my Nexus, but keep it all stock, will I still get OTA updates?
If so, will an OTA update remove the root?
Thanks

The update won't work because you will be using a different recovery when you root. So the update does not install at all.
However the benefits of rooting will allow you to have the latest Google updates thanks to the hard work of devs here. So root and get romming!!!

formula1210204 said:
thanks for reply, but as I said, I didn't flash CWM into my phone, I just boot it, in this case, it will also making this problem?
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brypie said:
So, to clear this up for noobs (like me!)
If I root my Nexus, but keep it all stock, will I still get OTA updates?
If so, will an OTA update remove the root?
Thanks
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If you just root the Phone and keep it complete stock (including Stock recovery, so not CWM) then OTA should work. I'm not sure about removing root though but I guess the OTA would not remove root. And if it does: It is easy to re-root isn't it?

The OTA should work if you didn't install CWM recovery or something like flashing a different radio. It removes root but you can easily re-root. I have not received 4.0.2 yet but when I received the volume fix update OTA I did not have any issues with it even though I was rooted. I just had to re-root after the update.

[Q] Can you root ICS4.04?

Hi all,
Bit of a noob query, apologies.
I had never rooted a device until last night when I took the plunge with WugFresh's (thankyou so much) program. Great program had an issue with the adb drivers (turned out I needed more power for the USB port) hence I plugged the USB into the rear port and it magically appeared and installed, thus if you have problems installing the driver make sure you are plugged into the rear.
But I am now on the 4.04 google factory flash.
Now my query is, now I am on this 4.04, I presume I am no longer rooted. Can I use WugFresh's program to root the phone again or do I have to wait for another update to the program?
I was rather twitchy during rooting, expecting power cuts across the UK, earth tremor to knock the lead out at the wrong time, aliens to come down and screw it up etc that I dare not try it (don't really understand what I did even though it has worked)...
There is a program on now called superuser, but does not seem to have root access, so I presume I am not rooted now??
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Darren
I did refer to a guide but can't post the link to it.

this is why you don't use toolkits... when you use them you dont know what's going on.
fastboot oem unlock (bootloader unlocked already?)
fastboot flash recovery <get clockwork recovery img>
get su.zip (find it on forum)
flash it in clockwork
you have root.
alternatively, you can flash a custom rom.

zephiK said:
this is why you don't use toolkits... when you use them you dont know what's going on.
fastboot oem unlock (bootloader unlocked already?)
fastboot flash recovery <get clockwork recovery img>
get su.zip (find it on forum)
flash it in clockwork
you have root.
alternatively, you can flash a custom rom.
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Yip, I can agree with the statement, I don't know what was happening.
However, I could follow some of it, I think the bootloader is unlocked (can boot into with vol and off switch), I have clockwork and su, the installer did flash with clockwork.
Wonder if I am indeed rooted then???

pittnuma said:
Yip, I can agree with the statement, I don't know what was happening.
However, I could follow some of it, I think the bootloader is unlocked (can boot into with vol and off switch), I have clockwork and su, the installer did flash with clockwork.
Wonder if I am indeed rooted then???
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When you boot the phone is there an unlocked lock at the bottom of the Google screen? That means your bootloader is unlocked. You can always get into the bootloader using the volume buttons and power.
Once again...using toolkits suck. Now you're stuck in limbo. Try installing an app that needs root like Titanium Backup and see if it works.

zephiK said:
this is why you don't use toolkits... when you use them you dont know what's going on.
fastboot oem unlock (bootloader unlocked already?)
fastboot flash recovery <get clockwork recovery img>
get su.zip (find it on forum)
flash it in clockwork
you have root.
alternatively, you can flash a custom rom.
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Actually no, not with 4.04
I flashed su.zip with CWM and no dice and I used 3 toolkits as well as that method and still no root.

foreman31 said:
Actually no, not with 4.04
I flashed su.zip with CWM and no dice and I used 3 toolkits as well as that method and still no root.
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does the toolkit update itself to include the 4.0.4 root? no, so download the new toolkit..also u dont need to try 3 toolkits, u need the latest and select gsm 4.0.4
if u use the su.zip, u need the latest working with the 4.0.4
again what make u say "still no root"? with no details we can't help u

foreman31 said:
Actually no, not with 4.04
I flashed su.zip with CWM and no dice and I used 3 toolkits as well as that method and still no root.
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Download Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed.zip from here: Link
and flash that through CWM... It definately works on 4.0.4.

hEaTLoE said:
When you boot the phone is there an unlocked lock at the bottom of the Google screen? That means your bootloader is unlocked. You can always get into the bootloader using the volume buttons and power.
Once again...using toolkits suck. Now you're stuck in limbo. Try installing an app that needs root like Titanium Backup and see if it works.
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Thanks, yes there is, so the bootloader is unlocked.
I am flashed correctly so just the root I presume

pittnuma said:
Thanks, yes there is, so the bootloader is unlocked.
I am flashed correctly so just the root I presume
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If you see a superuser app in your app drawer then you have a proper root. If not then something went wrong.

Hi guys, just curious but is there anyway to gain root temporarily in 4.0.4 without unlocking bootloader? Similar to the escalation of privileges hack that worked on 4.0.1/4.0.2.
I want to remove the /system/bin/su and /system/app/Superuser.apk files on the device to get rid of the "Unsupported Device" warning in Google Wallet.
Thanks in advance.

jonnyg1097 said:
If you see a superuser app in your app drawer then you have a proper root. If not then something went wrong.
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Ahh right, I have the Superuser, however when I tried the app suggested earlierit stated device not rooted...

Got it...
Installed new SU.zip, I had a slightly older version and the recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4
Thanks all.
Can't post links yet but this is the link for the su I used just add the www etc
box.com/s/jvcf196j7x8f8vrc9cyt

jonnyg1097 said:
If you see a superuser app in your app drawer then you have a proper root. If not then something went wrong.
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This is not entirely true. You can have the Superuser app in your app drawer and still not have root. The permissions on su need to be set properly.

Diger36 said:
Download Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed.zip from here: Link
and flash that through CWM... It definately works on 4.0.4.
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pittnuma said:
Got it...
Installed new SU.zip, I had a slightly older version and the recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4
Thanks all.
Can't post links yet but this is the link for the su I used just add the www etc
box.com/s/jvcf196j7x8f8vrc9cyt
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A look at the first page.... Ah well, glad you sorted it out...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

[Q] Rooting on 4.3

Hello all,
I recently got my hands on a Note 2 running Android 4.3 on the MK6 bootloader. I have done a bit of research, but am still somewhat confused about how to root the phone. If I am correct, I just use Odin to flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Onto the phone to have root access, correct?
Next, if I want to have CWM, I flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159652
If there are any steps I am missing, please let me know. I would like to procede with as much knowledge as possible to avoid bricking the phone. I am aware that doing this will trip the Knox e-fuse, and I am ok with that.
Thanks in advance!

Luigiman765 said:
Hello all,
I recently got my hands on a Note 2 running Android 4.3 on the MK6 bootloader. I have done a bit of research, but am still somewhat confused about how to root the phone. If I am correct, I just use Odin to flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891
Onto the phone to have root access, correct?
Next, if I want to have CWM, I flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159652
If there are any steps I am missing, please let me know. I would like to procede with as much knowledge as possible to avoid bricking the phone. I am aware that doing this will trip the Knox e-fuse, and I am ok with that.
Thanks in advance!
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#1 is a full ROM like you have but rooted.
Try this
http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...uto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip
#2 is good. You need to do that before doing number 1.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/t0lteatt
philz_touch_6.15.4-t0lteatt.tar.md5
Flash via ODIN http://d-h.st/N1V

dicksteele said:
#1 is a full ROM like you have but rooted.
Try this
http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...uto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip
#2 is good. You need to do that before doing number 1.
http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/t0lteatt
philz_touch_6.15.4-t0lteatt.tar.md5
Flash via ODIN http://d-h.st/N1V
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Alright, thanks!
So I flash the CF Auto Root via Odin, then CWM, and then I can flash any ROM, right?
Thanks for the help

Luigiman765 said:
Alright, thanks!
So I flash the CF Auto Root via Odin, then CWM, and then I can flash any ROM, right?
Thanks for the help
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Yes. For now stick with ROMs in here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-2-att/development
Here's a guide for TWRP recovery
http://www.addictivetips.com/android/what-is-twrp-how-to-install-use-it-on-android-devices-guide/
Download is here to flash in ODIN
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0lteatt/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-t0lteatt.img.tar
It's a little easier to use to start.
Always make backups !!!

So, today I tried to root my phone, and as soon as I was finished flashing CF Auto Root, Knox blocked the root and said that "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked."
Does that mean I cannot root my phone?

Luigiman765 said:
So, today I tried to root my phone, and as soon as I was finished flashing CF Auto Root, Knox blocked the root and said that "Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked."
Does that mean I cannot root my phone?
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No you're fine. Go to Google Play, Download the Update for SuperSU. Update it, it will pop up a window and ask if you want to disable Knox.
SAY YES !

dicksteele said:
No you're fine. Go to Google Play, Download the Update for SuperSU. Update it, it will pop up a window and ask if you want to disable Knox.
SAY YES !
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Thanks for the answer, but there is no option to update SuperSU from Google Play, and I can't uninstall it either.
Is there a direct link where I can download the file to update the SuperSU to disable Knox?

Luigiman765 said:
Thanks for the answer, but there is no option to update SuperSU from Google Play, and I can't uninstall it either.
Is there a direct link where I can download the file to update the SuperSU to disable Knox?
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Login to Google on your PC.
Try going here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
It should say Installed. Click the Installed button, make sure phone is listed. See if it will install from there.

dicksteele said:
Login to Google on your PC.
Try going here.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=en
It should say Installed. Click the Installed button, make sure phone is listed. See if it will install from there.
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Hmm, unfortunately it says that it is already installed on the phone I am trying to root, and I can't install it again

Luigiman765 said:
Hmm, unfortunately it says that it is already installed on the phone I am trying to root, and I can't install it again
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It should say installed. When you click it another window pops up. It should list your phone. Just click install button.
If that does not work go to Application Manager and try and remove it.

dicksteele said:
It should say installed. When you click it another window pops up. It should list your phone. Just click install button.
If that does not work go to Application Manager and try and remove it.
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Yeah, I clicked the "Installed," but I cannot click on the phone that I have this on, it says already installed
And I can't uninstall it from Appilcation Manager, just "Force Stop" or "Turn Off"
I am very stuck unfortunately ):

Luigiman765 said:
Yeah, I clicked the "Installed," but I cannot click on the phone that I have this on, it says already installed
And I can't uninstall it from Appilcation Manager, just "Force Stop" or "Turn Off"
I am very stuck unfortunately ):
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Interesting. I've never seen that before. And I really just saw it because mine is doing the same thing.....
Try flashing via ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...uto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip
Or is that the one you did?
EDIT:
I just uninstalled my updates and flashed this. Worked for me.
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Not saying it's going to work, should really. It's the lastest.

dicksteele said:
Interesting. I've never seen that before. And I really just saw it because mine is doing the same thing.....
Try flashing via ODIN
http://download.chainfire.eu/280/CF...uto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.zip
Or is that the one you did?
EDIT:
I just uninstalled my updates and flashed this. Worked for me.
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Not saying it's going to work, should really. It's the lastest.
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Thanks for the research, so I should try flashing that via recovery?

Yes. That's the latest version
Sent from my stuff using xda app-developers app

dicksteele said:
Yes. That's the latest version
Sent from my stuff using xda app-developers app
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Agh, still nothing - I can't uninstall SuperSU and flashing did not help; Knox still is working.
Should I just wipe from recovery first?

Luigiman765 said:
Agh, still nothing - I can't uninstall SuperSU and flashing did not help; Knox still is working.
Should I just wipe from recovery first?
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Whole lotta WTF. I'm now running into the same issue with the Note2_lte_e250_R7. 2 ROM I flashed.
Everything I have tried is not getting root to stick. I will kick it's a$$.
Trying a couple more things. I'll let you know when I succeed.
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May have found something....
Koushik Dutta
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110558071969009568835/posts/YsXBtjuD6rD
Superuser installation issues after installing over SuperSU
It seems SuperSU is writing a file that is confusing Superuser installation on stock builds. If you want to install Superuser over SuperSU, you will need to manually remove the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.
I have the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.l I'm creating a CWM zip to remove it.
Hopefully that's the solution.

dicksteele said:
Whole lotta WTF. I'm now running into the same issue with the Note2_lte_e250_R7. 2 ROM I flashed.
Everything I have tried is not getting root to stick. I will kick it's a$$.
Trying a couple more things. I'll let you know when I succeed.
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May have found something....
Koushik Dutta
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110558071969009568835/posts/YsXBtjuD6rD
Superuser installation issues after installing over SuperSU
It seems SuperSU is writing a file that is confusing Superuser installation on stock builds. If you want to install Superuser over SuperSU, you will need to manually remove the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.
I have the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.l I'm creating a CWM zip to remove it.
Hopefully that's the solution.
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And it wasn't ..... I created a flashable zip that deleted them and it didn't work.
But I did kick it's a$$.
Like I said earlier I running the 【ROM】【March 01】【4.3】Note2_lte_e250_R7. 2 . It's a N7105 port for the ATT.
So I knew there was something called a Multitool in the N7105 threads from Dr Ketan.
I flashed that in TWRP, it's an aroma install type flash, so I only choose Root and install Busybox.
Like all of our other flash installs it looked like it completed successfully.
Every flash or ODIN I've done or most today, I've gotten into adb shell and did
ls -l /system/xbin/su. never saw the file.
After flashing root and busybox I finally saw
[email protected]:/ $ ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwxr-xr-x root root 100452 2008-08-01 05:00 su
Woo Hoo !
Got into phone, ran supersu, still said no binary.
Not sure why I did this really buy I typed su while in adb shell, Supersu window popped up on my phone, I clicked accept and all root stuff is working.
I have no clue why this worked. But it did, for me anyways. Hopefully it'll work for you, Luigi.

dicksteele said:
And it wasn't ..... I created a flashable zip that deleted them and it didn't work.
But I did kick it's a$$.
Like I said earlier I running the 【ROM】【March 01】【4.3】Note2_lte_e250_R7. 2 . It's a N7105 port for the ATT.
So I knew there was something called a Multitool in the N7105 threads from Dr Ketan.
I flashed that in TWRP, it's an aroma install type flash, so I only choose Root and install Busybox.
Like all of our other flash installs it looked like it completed successfully.
Every flash or ODIN I've done or most today, I've gotten into adb shell and did
ls -l /system/xbin/su. never saw the file.
After flashing root and busybox I finally saw
[email protected]:/ $ ls -l /system/xbin/su
-rwxr-xr-x root root 100452 2008-08-01 05:00 su
Woo Hoo !
Got into phone, ran supersu, still said no binary.
Not sure why I did this really buy I typed su while in adb shell, Supersu window popped up on my phone, I clicked accept and all root stuff is working.
I have no clue why this worked. But it did, for me anyways. Hopefully it'll work for you, Luigi.
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Thanks for all the info!
So, let me get this straight:
I don't need the ROM you're running on my phone. What I should do is find the Multitool, flash it via recovery, and root and Busybox. Then, connect my phone to my computer to run adb (which I don't really know how to do, so I'll have to look that up), type in su, and then from there everything should work as normal.
Also, an extra piece of information I forgot to mention earlier that you might find useful: SuperSU does NOT start at all; it just immediately closes when I click the icon, and then the Knox warning comes up. Did this happen for you?

Luigiman765 said:
Thanks for all the info!
So, let me get this straight:
I don't need the ROM you're running on my phone. What I should do is find the Multitool, flash it via recovery, and root and Busybox. Then, connect my phone to my computer to run adb (which I don't really know how to do, so I'll have to look that up), type in su, and then from there everything should work as normal.
Also, an extra piece of information I forgot to mention earlier that you might find useful: SuperSU does NOT start at all; it just immediately closes when I click the icon, and then the Knox warning comes up. Did this happen for you?
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Really have no clue.All I know is it worked for me.
For me SuperSU opened all he way. It told me I didn't have the su binary, do a manually install. Everything I did, did not work until my last post. 99% sure it will work for you.
For ADB use this....
http://four-nineteen.com/veronica/XDA Developers/Nook Tablet/DRIVERs/ADB + Fastboot + Drivers.zip
Unzip and save only the files that start with ADB. Create a directory like ADB under C:\.
Copy all the ADB files to C\ADB
Go to command prompt in windows, cd to c:\adb directory (whatever you created)
Type adb devices. Make sure it has a device listed
C:\xUltimate-v2.4.2\jar>adb devices
List of devices attached
8675309JennieJennie device
If so, type adb shell
C:\xUltimate-v2.4.2\jar>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $
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Just found something else that works.... I've tried it also.
Flash the AGNI kernel. (Awesome addition to a ROM)
https://app.box.com/s/9wlk6y1o50gbhmhvjp2u
Credit to @mjohnson4580 for fix.
Then flash the root update.
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
See what that does.
Here's info in the kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2602053
Aweome work by psndna88

[Q] [IMPORTANT] Is there any way I can root htc one m8 Lolipop 5.0?

Someone if you know and tested it, can I root my htc one m8 device having the new firmware updated 5.0.1 lolipop??
Please anwser and if there is a way please send a link
THANKS A LOTTT!!

It's exactly the same as before.
Look for how do I root here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
You unlock bootloader. Flash a custom recovery... I suggest twrp. It will ask you when you exit if you want to root. Say yes.
Boot into android, install supersu if it or superuser aren't there already. (from play store)
Or just flash recovery . Install a rom , likely rooted already.
?

Darth said:
It's exactly the same as before.
Look for how do I root here,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711073
You unlock bootloader. Flash a custom recovery... I suggest twrp. It will ask you when you exit if you want to root. Say yes.
Boot into android, install supersu if it or superuser aren't there already. (from play store)
Or just flash recovery . Install a room, likely rooted already.
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thanks for that but when I did it in my phone it says su binary out of date! what can I do now?

Can you explain everything you did, beginning to end. And exactly when/where you get that message?

I had already TWRP in my phone so I download your files. Opened the recovery and I did from there (install). When it finished rebooted the device and after that when i did a root check it said root access not properly install or sometihing

Koukosftw said:
I had already TWRP in my phone so I download your files. Opened the recovery and I did from there (install). When it finished rebooted the device and after that when i did a root check it said root access not properly install or sometihing
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Open the SuperSU app, and it will prompt you to install the binaries. Select yes, of course.

i did that too nothing happened :/

xunholyx said:
Open the SuperSU app, and it will prompt you to install the binaries. Select yes, of course.
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This ^^^^
If it asks to update with a "normal" and "twrp/cwm" option... Try normal first. The other option if that doesn't work.

Darth said:
This ^^^^
If it asks to update with a "normal" and "twrp/cwm" option... Try normal first. The other option if that doesn't work.
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I tried the normal it didnt work, how I do the second, I pressed it but nothing happened!

I don't think you have twrp installed anymore, or not properly. You've flashed it with fastboot, since updating to lollipop? How did you update to lollipop?

Normal, I never had root before. Upgraded my phone to 5.0 and then i tried to root it

Rooted fine here with normal method. Just had to update super su.

OK, can you please walk us through exactly what steps to Root you took. From the beginning. And we'll see what happened.
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i havent been able to find the option to disable fast boot so i havent even tried yet but if anyone has let me know

chinkyarmour said:
i havent been able to find the option to disable fast boot so i havent even tried yet but if anyone has let me know
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Settings > Power > Fast boot

xunholyx said:
Settings > Power > Fast boot
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its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem

chinkyarmour said:
its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem
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They must have taken the option out. It didn't boot any faster for me anyways. Not since 4.4.2

chinkyarmour said:
its not in lollipop
but i did it just now and rooted anyway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WuHFcGvUjwA
followed this method again no problem
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SO GUYS, ITS ME THAT I CREATED THIS THREAD! PROBLEM SOLVED. I ALREADY HAD TWRP AND DOWNLOADED THE Update-supersu file from the above youtube video (links) and I did it with recovery mode. I DONT KNOW BUT THE PREVIOUS supersu I installed couldnt update the su binary. This one did it. PROBLEM SOLVED AND I ROOTED MY 5.0.1 LOLIPOP DEVICE.
THANKS GUYS FOR EVERYTHING REALLY HELPFUL!!!

Verizon Note 4 on 6.0.1 Help Rooting

Hey so i have done my job and spent the past week figuring out how to do this. Unfortunately i am on 6.0.1 and every time i flash TWRP 2.8.7.0 VSW with odin my phone blocks it and says SECURE CHECK FAIL (RECOVERY). yes my reactivation lock is off and nothing is encoded. as of right now my phone is working but i would really like to get it rooted soon and any help is appreciated.

joe1996 said:
Hey so i have done my job and spent the past week figuring out how to do this. Unfortunately i am on 6.0.1 and every time i flash TWRP 2.8.7.0 VSW with odin my phone blocks it and says SECURE CHECK FAIL (RECOVERY). yes my reactivation lock is off and nothing is encoded. as of right now my phone is working but i would really like to get it rooted soon and any help is appreciated.
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You need to be rooted before you flash TWRP. Have you already gone through the steps to root your phone?

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You need to be rooted before you flash TWRP. Have you already gone through the steps to root your phone?
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No I am not rooted every guide I find says you need to flash a custom recovery then install the root from that recovery?

Hi i have Samsung note 4(SM-N910F). When i check root status with( phono info apk) it says root existence (/system/xbin/su) and check with Root checker apk it shows congratulations you are rooted. but super su apk not working after download this apk when i update binary it takes too long time and some times mobile restart itself. Total problem is super su apk not working Now what should i do? Please help me

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No I am not rooted every guide I find says you need to flash a custom recovery then install the root from that recovery?
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You may be confusing flashing supersu in a custom recovery, with rooting your phone. There are a number of steps you have to go through before you can gain root on the Verizon Note 4. Flashing a custom recovery will not root your phone. You have to first follow the steps here, before you can flash a custom recovery, then flash supersu, in order to gain access to your root.
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Banty448 said:
Hi i have Samsung note 4(SM-N910F). When i check root status with( phono info apk) it says root existence (/system/xbin/su) and check with Root checker apk it shows congratulations you are rooted. but super su apk not working after download this apk when i update binary it takes too long time and some times mobile restart itself. Total problem is super su apk not working Now what should i do? Please help me
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Try flashing the supersu zip in your custom recovery, instead of installing it through the app store. You also have an N910F, this thread is for N910V. You'd probably get a more accurate response if you posted to the N910F thread.

quinciebee said:
You may be confusing flashing supersu in a custom recovery, with rooting your phone. There are a number of steps you have to go through before you can gain root on the Verizon Note 4. Flashing a custom recovery will not root your phone. You have to first follow the steps here, before you can flash a custom recovery, then flash supersu, in order to gain access to your root.
So I have successfully restored my note 4 to 5.1.1 not im going for root and a custom rom. ill keep you updated.:good:
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Banty448 said:
Hi i have Samsung note 4(SM-N910F). When i check root status with( phono info apk) it says root existence (/system/xbin/su) and check with Root checker apk it shows congratulations you are rooted. but super su apk not working after download this apk when i update binary it takes too long time and some times mobile restart itself. Total problem is super su apk not working Now what should i do? Please help me
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Manually flash SuperSU 2.79 (or later) if you are prior to 7.0.1 at this point systemless root becomes necessary .....and I don't know man . I have it working on 7.1.1 but it came loaded I didn't have to install ....hmmmm I'd start at chain fires web site see what he says . ignore anything involving cfauto root unless u achieved root by this means in which case u r in the wrong forum
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joe1996 said:
quinciebee said:
You may be confusing flashing supersu in a custom recovery, with rooting your phone. There are a number of steps you have to go through before you can gain root on the Verizon Note 4. Flashing a custom recovery will not root your phone. You have to first follow the steps here, before you can flash a custom recovery, then flash supersu, in order to gain access to your root.
So I have successfully restored my note 4 to 5.1.1 not im going for root and a custom rom. ill keep you updated.:good:
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When you flash supersu it does install app and binary :laugh: see if u got to the point u could flash from twrp it would signify you are on unlocked boot loader. Without unlocking root will only persist til reboot then process would need to be repeated. The only way to fix this is to be able to mod the boot IMG which requires developer mode to be enabled . this is notable by the presence of an unlocked lock on the first splash screen (secondary program loader splash)
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