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[HELP] Can't Figure Out Why I'm Not Rooted?

Here's some info:
GSM Galaxy Nexus - Retail (bought from amazon).
Version: 4.0.1 (says no further update available).
Build Number: ITL41F
Can't remember if I rooted, then updated to ITL41F or not.
Followed THESE instructions successfully:
Code:
- Got drivers for Galaxy Nexus installed.
- Used "fastboot-windows oem unlock" and unlocked bootloader.
- Used "install-superboot-windows.bat"
Does this mean I am rooted permanently or have I missed out something?
I do not have Clockwork MOD installed. I don't plan on putting a custom ROM on the phone, I just want root access on the stock ROM.
Superuser is installed.
RootExplorer is denied superuser permissions (never had a prompt or anything). I can navigate to system/app/ and see superuser is in there. RootExplorer does see all the folders and files, but cannot be mounted in R/W mode.
Superuser Update fixer app says (under "force):
Code:
Checking signatures... ok!
extracting tiny busybox... ok!
extracting superuser.apk... ok!
Gaining root access ... fail!
In laymans terms, what do I need to do now to gain root access to my phone?
Also, to clarify, if I run a OTA update to the stock ROM, will it un-root my phone?
Thanks

Easiest thing is to unlock your bootloader, flash CWM, and then apply a su.zip.
I rarely ever actually root a phone. Usually I will install CWM and then flash a stock root rom.
Look in this thread for the Clockworkmod boot method...should work like a charm.
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/452146-how-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html

fastboot-windows.exe boot boot.superboot.img
Should have just used this after you unlocked boot loader for route
Anyways , the above will get you sorted
Merry Christmas

40Glock said:
Easiest thing is to unlock your bootloader, flash CWM, and then apply a su.zip.
I rarely ever actually root a phone. Usually I will install CWM and then flash a stock root rom.
Look in this thread for the Clockworkmod boot method...should work like a charm.
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-nexus-all-things-root/452146-how-root-samsung-galaxy-nexus.html
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Thanks. However:
1) I'm hoping my bootloader will still be unlocked. Therefore will flashing CWM reset the phone, IE delete all the apps?
2) What happens if I don't really want to install CWM? Can I not be rooted without it?
3) It doesn't really explain why I don't seem to be rooted :/
I should also add that Root Explorer does see all the files and folders, but it cannot be mounted in r/w mode.
But I'll take a look at the link, thanks.

I don't understand why you want to be rooted then...
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

you should move your question to the galaxy nexus q&a forum, you will get more help there, if not find someone who already had the same issue. Read ALL stickies at the top of the forums. This will help solve your problem. Posting here will most likely get you bad attitudes fyi
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus

anotherxdauser said:
Thanks. However:
1) I'm hoping my bootloader will still be unlocked. Therefore will flashing CWM reset the phone, IE delete all the apps?
2) What happens if I don't really want to install CWM? Can I not be rooted without it?
3) It doesn't really explain why I don't seem to be rooted :/
I should also add that Root Explorer does see all the files and folders, but it cannot be mounted in r/w mode.
But I'll take a look at the link, thanks.
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1. Unlocking the bootloader wipes the device not CWM. Mine came unlocked from retail store.
2. According to Superboot thread you can root without CWM.
3. Did you install busybox like the instructions say?
Similar to the previous post...since you have a GSM phone post/look in GSM thread for proper help.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Ditto what alot of others have said. Post about GSM model in CDMA area, plus not dev related. Asked for post to be moved to help you out.
merry xmas and good luck

Thanks for not flaming guys!
Thread moved......

drpancake said:
I don't understand why you want to be rooted then...
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I need to be rooted to allow various apps to run to their full potential.
Well, tried the rooting process again, now no matter what method I choose, they are all saying "waiting for device".
Any pointers on what to do next?

you can try below if you like.
first of all, make sure your boot loader is unlocked.
secondly,
download CWM recovery from below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357642
then download below su binary package i have made
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1395155
place su_signed_signed.zip into your sdcard (copy into your phone internal storage)
then turn off you phone, boot into bootloader mode (hold vol+ and vol- and power button).
once you are in it,
type
"fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.2-maguro.img".
then using vol+ switch to boot recovery option and press the power button.
once you are in Clockwork Mode Recovery,
choose option "install zip from sdcard"
then browse and select "su_signed_signed.zip"
once it has done, you have rooted your phone.
now all you need to do is, reboot your phone, go to android market,
and install https://market.android.com/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su
then run Superuser,
go to settings,
then select "Su binary v3.XXX, tap to check for updates".
after you tap on that, it should say that SU is out of date.
click on update su binary, then you will be prompted for Superuser request.
once you have permitted it, it will then download the latest su binary and install it.
then you are done.

^^ Except I DO NOT WANT CLOCKWORK MOD on my phone.
However, as closure, I did manage to re-root my phone. I dried different drivers for the Samsung and somehow it just accepted the deivce and rooted it for me.

A Few Questions About Rooting and Flashing 4.0.4 Update

ey everyone,
My bootloader is current unlocked, and I'm thinking of rooting (using Wugs toolkit) for the sole purpose of flashing the 4.0.4 update. But before I do, I have some questions that I'm hoping you can help with. Keep in mind that I am VERY unfamiliar with rooting/AOSP/CWM/etc, but I did previously root using Wug's toolkit. But I read somewhere that you can't receive OTA updates if rooted, so I did Wug's "flash back to stock". To my horrible dismay, this completely wiped/rest my device.
1. If I root again using Wug's toolkit, is there a way to UNroot that will not wipe/reset my phone?
2. If, once rooted, I flash the 4.0.4 update, does this wipe/reset my device in any way?
3. If, once the official 4.0.4 OTA comes out from VZW, what is the process to receive that official version from VZW? And, will any of this process involve wipe/reset of my phone? (and I don't mean another flash from the developer community)
4. There are so may threads, and the threads are so large, that I can't determine what is the best method to flash the 4.0.4 update. Does anyone have a direct link to such method (without having to read through 47,830 posts?
As you can tell, I don't want to do anything that will wipe/reset my phone. I don't want any of my data to be disrupted, and I don't want my home screens reset either. Basically looking to update to 4.0.4 the same way that it would be done if VZW pushed it out to my phone (i.e. No need to re-setup my phone).

bamorris2 said:
As you can tell, I don't want to do anything that will wipe/reset my phone. I don't want any of my data to be disrupted, and I don't want my home screens reset either.
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So forget it. Unlocking your bootloader will do a full reset of the phone.
Also, there is absolutely no need to root the phone to flash custom ROMs (rooting is not the same as unlocking !)
Do you have the CDMA or GSM version of the phone ? If you have the CDMA, you can flash the leaked 4.0.4 without unlocking

Assuming your bootloader is unlocked...
Download the 4.0.4 Update, rename the file to update.zip, and put it on your phone's SD folder.
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Download and install the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit
-Connect your phone to your PC
-Boot into fastboot mode
-Start up the toolkit
-Select your phone model (probably Android 4.0.2)
-Select "Boot into CWM without permanently flashing"
-Select Boot CWM Recovery ( I used the touch version)
-You should see some activity on your phone right away
-Once CWM is up and running, just select "Install from update.zip"
-Wait a few minutes.
-Enjoy
(This method did not delete any data or change any settings)

bamorris2 said:
1. If I root again using Wug's toolkit, is there a way to UNroot that will not wipe/reset my phone?
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Yes. OTA RootKeeper

Lemim0uth said:
So forget it. Unlocking your bootloader will do a full reset of the phone.
Do you have the CDMA or GSM version of the phone ? If you have the CDMA, you can flash the leaked 4.0.4 without unlocking
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Unlocking the bootloader will definitely wipe your phone, but he said his bootloader is already unlocked.
To install the update, your phone doesn't require root, but it does require an unlocked bootloader.

Simple unlock/root/ota question

Apologies for the very simple question, but I've yet to find a definitive yes/no answer on this.
I'm interested in:
- unlocking the bootloader
- rooting my nexus
With a view to install root-enabled apps like Titanium etc.
I DO NOT want to install any custom ROM (at least for the time being!) as I am happy with stock ICS 4.0.4
If I do the above (unlock & root) - will I still be notified about and be able to install OTA updates from Google?
(I'm on yakju)
Cheers

brypie said:
Apologies for the very simple question, but I've yet to find a definitive yes/no answer on this.
I'm interested in:
- unlocking the bootloader
- rooting my nexus
With a view to install root-enabled apps like Titanium etc.
I DO NOT want to install any custom ROM (at least for the time being!) as I am happy with stock ICS 4.0.4
If I do the above (unlock & root) - will I still be notified about and be able to install OTA updates from Google?
(I'm on yakju)
Cheers
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you will be notified and assuming you still have the stock recovery and not CWM and do not modify any system files, you can install it.

is method given by Jubakuba the only way to root Galaxy Nexus??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

<lie>
Yes.
</lie>
Really though...it's the best way.
If you want to use other methods *cough* toolkits *cough* they'll probably work.
But if you end up soft bricking your phone at some point (Trust me. You will.) You'll want the tools in place (and know that they're working and how to use them) to get you unstuck.

gagan007 said:
is method given by Jubakuba the only way to root Galaxy Nexus??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058
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Not the only but the safest and the proper way and the learning way
Galaxy Nexus AOKP m5 Franco kernel m3

Zepius said:
you will be notified and assuming you still have the stock recovery and not CWM and do not modify any system files, you can install it.
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Thanks.
So, I assume form your answer that unlocking and rooting does not modify the system files enough to break ota?

brypie said:
Thanks.
So, I assume form your answer that unlocking and rooting does not modify the system files enough to break ota?
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unlock: no
root: no
the problem is, most root methods flash clockwork recovery. this does break OTA.

Jubakuba said:
<lie>
Yes.
</lie>
Really though...it's the best way.
If you want to use other methods *cough* toolkits *cough* they'll probably work.
But if you end up soft bricking your phone at some point (Trust me. You will.) You'll want the tools in place (and know that they're working and how to use them) to get you unstuck.
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Hi.
I'll read through your guide - looks good.
However, you seem to imply that to get root, I have to install a custom recovery??
Is there a separate step to simply install root using the default recovery?

Easiest method...
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#yakju
You can (and should) download the factory images.
From there...unzip the .tar and the .zip inside of it.
The .zip contains a recovery.img
Flash that using my guide...post 3, I believe...detailing alternative (in this case, stock) recoveries after rooting.

brypie said:
Thanks.
So, I assume form your answer that unlocking and rooting does not modify the system files enough to break ota?
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To expand on what Zepius said:
1) unlocking does not modify any system files at all.
2) "rooting" just means place two files on your system partition. Nothing more. As long as you don't modify or delete files already there, you can add whatever files you want.
brypie said:
Hi.
I'll read through your guide - looks good.
However, you seem to imply that to get root, I have to install a custom recovery??
Is there a separate step to simply install root using the default recovery?
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You do not need to install a custom recovery to root. Booting a custom recovery allows you to do the same thing. In Jubakuba's guide, replace
fastboot flash recovery <name-of-recovery.img>
with
fastboot boot <name-of-recovery.img>
and it will temporarily boot the custom recovery from your PC.

[How-To][tutorial] Bootloader Unlock, Custom Recovery Razr M

So if anybody's been reading the news, you may know that the bootloader for the Razr M has finally been unlocked!
So here's a how-to on unlocking and flashing a custom recovery.
A couple notes:
This essentially makes the phone behave like an unlocked dev edition. You can flash any firmware, recovery, etc that you want. Be careful, don't flash stuff for other devices, etc etc...
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS...
Future OTAs may (will) disable this exploit. Do it while it can be done! Also, beware OTAs! They could disable this, or do bad things... Don't update unless you know it won't disable the bootloader exploit
You need to be rooted, have the motorola drivers installed (link here - sorry, it's device manager, but they do have all the drivers in a nice package...)
First, root if you haven't already...
Next, download Motopocalypse.zip by Dan Rosenberg from here: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
extract the zip and run
Run through the entire process, until it tells you you have a bootloader unlock.
Make sure that AP Fastboot indicates "Unlocked, status code 3"
Also, when you reboot, you will get a warning screen about an unlocked bootloader.
Next, choose your recovery. There are 2 options, TWRP (Touch Win Recovery Project) and CWM (ClockworkMod)
either works, and each has benefits and downsides, choose whichever one you want.
Follow the instructions for your flavor of recovery:
CWM:
Download the .img file here: http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/scorpion_mini/cwm-recovery--scorpion_mini.img
Move it to the same place you extracted the .zip above.
Open a command prompt/terminal/command interpreter at that location (Windows short-cut: shift-right click, command window here)
type the following (filename is the name of the file you downloaded, probably "cwm-recovery--scorpion_mini.img" unless you renamed it): fastboot flash recovery filename
and press Enter. Let it flash, then reboot.
The first time you use CWM, it will ask you if you want to disable something that would cause CWM to stop working. You do want to, so say "yes". Othewise, you'll have to reflash CWM every time you want to use it
TWRP:
Download the .img file here: http://d-h.st/QGe
Move it to the same place you extracted the .zip above.
Open a command prompt/terminal/command interpreter at that location (Windows short-cut: shift-right click, command window here)
type the following (filename is the name of the file you downloaded, probably "twrp2.4-recovery-scorpion_mini.img" unless you renamed it):
fastboot flash recovery filename
and press Enter. Let it flash, then reboot.
Now, you need to disable the automatic re-flashing of stock recovery.
Reboot directly into recovery, and allow TWRP to disable the re-flashing.
Now, you have TWRP running on your Razr M
Please consider donating to Dan Rosenberg here for all the work he's done for our phones!
Congrats! You now have a custom recovery on your Razr M
Reboot into recovery, and you're done!
----IMPORTANT NOTE:----
IF you are on the latest OTA and have NOT unlocked, it is impossible at this time to unlock. It may be possible in the future if someone finds another exploit, but not likely. Basically, if you updated without researching (that's why you shouldn't do that) or got a new one after the OTA, you're SOL for right npw

sloosecannon said:
So if anybody's been reading the news, you may know that the bootloader for the Razr M has finally been unlocked!
So here's a how-to on unlocking and flashing a custom recovery.
A couple notes:
This essentially makes the phone behave like an unlocked dev edition. You can flash any firmware, recovery, etc that you want. Be careful, don't flash stuff for other devices, etc etc...
FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS...
Future OTAs may (will) disable this exploit. Do it while it can be done! Also, beware OTAs! They could disable this, or do bad things... Don't update unless you know it won't disable the bootloader exploit
You need to be rooted, have the motorola drivers installed (link here - sorry, it's device manager, but they do have all the drivers in a nice package...)
First, root if you haven't already...
Next, download Motopocalypse.zip by Dan Rosenberg from here: http://vulnfactory.org/blog/2013/04/08/motorola-bootloader-unlocking/
extract the zip and run
Run through the entire process, until it tells you you have a bootloader unlock.
Make sure that AP Fastboot indicates "Unlocked, status code 3"
Also, when you reboot, you will get a warning screen about an unlocked bootloader.
Next, choose your recovery. There are 2 options, TWRP (Touch Win Recovery Project) and CWM (ClockworkMod)
either works, and each has benefits and downsides, choose whichever one you want.
Follow the instructions for your flavor of recovery:
CWM:
Download the .img file here: http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/scorpion_mini/cwm-recovery--scorpion_mini.img
Move it to the same place you extracted the .zip above.
Open a command prompt/terminal/command interpreter at that location (Windows short-cut: shift-right click, command window here)
type the following (filename is the name of the file you downloaded, probably "cwm-recovery--scorpion_mini.img" unless you renamed it): fastboot flash recovery filename
and press Enter. Let it flash, then reboot.
The first time you use CWM, it will ask you if you want to disable something that would cause CWM to stop working. You do want to, so say "yes". Othewise, you'll have to reflash CWM every time you want to use it
TWRP:
Download the .img file here: http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/scorpion_mini/twrp2.4-recovery-scorpion_mini.img
Move it to the same place you extracted the .zip above.
Open a command prompt/terminal/command interpreter at that location (Windows short-cut: shift-right click, command window here)
type the following (filename is the name of the file you downloaded, probably "twrp2.4-recovery-scorpion_mini.img" unless you renamed it):
fastboot flash recovery filename
and press Enter. Let it flash, then reboot.
Now, you need to disable the automatic re-flashing of stock recovery.
Run adb shell from the same info and run the following commands (you can copy-paste and press enter):
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
mount -o remount,ro /system
Now, you have TWRP running on your Razr M
Please consider donating to Dan Rosenberg here for all the work he's done for our phones!
Congrats! You now have a custom recovery on your Razr M
Reboot into recovery, and you're done!
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I followed the instructions, ran the .bat, but my Razr M is still being shown as locked 1. Am on 4.1.1 stock rom. Do I need to uninstall SafeStrap?
Edit- Found my answer, the phone needed to be unlocked so it could ask me for SU permissions. Hope this helps someone else so I don't feel like the only idiot.

As long as we do this first, future OTAs can't relock our bootloaders, can they?

Awesome!!!! Hopefully this will spark up some dev activity. I know this is huge I just hope its not too little too late.

BoredKender said:
I followed the instructions, ran the .bat, but my Razr M is still being shown as locked 1. Am on 4.1.1 stock rom. Do I need to uninstall SafeStrap?
Edit- Found my answer, the phone needed to be unlocked so it could ask me for SU permissions. Hope this helps someone else so I don't feel like the only idiot.
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Nope, don't need to uninstall safestrap, and yep, you do need SU.
sujaanj said:
As long as we do this first, future OTAs can't relock our bootloaders, can they?
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That's really not known... advise you steer clear of OTAs for the time being... until we can determine if it will actually relock or not...

sloosecannon said:
That's really not known... advise you steer clear of OTAs for the time being... until we can determine if it will actually relock or not...
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Well, from what I read from Dan's explanation on his website, we are essentially blowing a fuse that can not be reset. So I'm leaning towards rejecting OTAs from now on but according to my limited understanding, we will be safe.

trouble installing recovery
Thanks! I successfully unlocked the bootloader following the awesome instructions AP Fastboot indicated "Unlocked, status code 3"
I then let the device reboot.
I'm trying to install CWM following the instructions and I get <waiting for device>
This makes me think i need to not have the phone booted into the OS
What am I doing wrong.
Please excuse my newbness
Regards,
Darryl

dnoren said:
Thanks! I successfully unlocked the bootloader following the awesome instructions AP Fastboot indicated "Unlocked, status code 3"
I then let the device reboot.
I'm trying to install CWM following the instructions and I get <waiting for device>
This makes me think i need to not have the phone booted into the OS
What am I doing wrong.
Please excuse my newbness
Regards,
Darryl
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You need to be in fast boot mode for it to flash recovery.
Turn off your device, hold Power + Vol Up + Vol down then select fast boot and plug your phone into your computer.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium

new roms
Thanks for the write up, worked flawlessly. So I did this with safestrap installed, can I just wipe the phone and install a rom made for safestrap like you normally would with CWM?

CaptainElwood said:
Thanks for the write up, worked flawlessly. So I did this with safestrap installed, can I just wipe the phone and install a rom made for safestrap like you normally would with CWM?
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Yes, as long as you mount your /system first. Found that out the hard way too...

Does this wipe our phone
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

Nope

ifrankie10 said:
Does this wipe our phone
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
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No, everything is the same except I get a warning every boot that my phones bootloader is unlocked
Has anyone flashed a dev edition rom yet? If so what one, I wanted to try but the cm10 thread has broken links. Can I get that somewhere else?

Also say my screen cracks and I call Motorola and they say send it out and they see that it is unlocked does that mean they will not repair it
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app
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and can we rsd back to stock if we can't get into the recovery but into fastboot
Sent from my XT907 using xda app-developers app

I'm trying to help unlock my friends razr m, but his device was updated to 4.1.1 in the Verizon store by one of the sales associates. Does the root method (required for bootloader unlock) work on 4.1.1?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

mindflayyer said:
I'm trying to help unlock my friends razr m, but his device was updated to 4.1.1 in the Verizon store by one of the sales associates. Does the root method (required for bootloader unlock) work on 4.1.1?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2
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If I recall correctly, 4.1.1 is fine, just use the JB root method. 4.1.2 is an issue, but that has not been pushed yet (on Verizon that is).

Floundering with recovery
I've tried both methods cwm and twrp it says writing recovery, okay, and finished but when i try to go into recovery I just get the Green robot
Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks

Cant get this to work and I can't get safestrap off my phone
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk HD

Hmm..
Also say my screen cracks and I call Motorola and they say send it out and they see that it is unlocked does that mean they will not repair it
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If they are able to discover that the phones system files have been tampered with in anyway, including unlocking, rooting, installing custom recoveries, roms, modems etc.. most likely they will not fix your phone. Quoted off the Motorola website "Unlocking your DEVELOPER EDITION's bootloader voids all warranties" (Naturally this goes for retail edition even more so). I have however hear of people getting unlocked phones repaired under warranty, just make sure that you RSD back to stock, unrooted before you send it.
pjf626 said:
Cant get this to work and I can't get safestrap off my phone
Sent from my cm_tenderloin using Tapatalk HD
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Gonna need a tad more detail.. Are you sure that you're rooted? If not, that would cause both of your problems. You also need to uninstall safestrap through the safestap app, and then remove the app.

sujaanj said:
Well, from what I read from Dan's explanation on his website, we are essentially blowing a fuse that can not be reset. So I'm leaning towards rejecting OTAs from now on but according to my limited understanding, we will be safe.
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Yes unlocking is blowing a fuse but that's beside the point, there is a separate piece of software that looks at that fuse and decides whether to allow the system to boot an unsigned system or not. If the OTA changes this piece of software to use another fuse instead (there might be many of them) then your device will be locked again and we will be back at square one, no fuse need to actually be reset for this to happen.

[Q] New to rooting, Help with an improper root

Hello, recently I had attempted to root my phone using the method listed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726088
I had followed all of the directions to a T, before rebooting to find out that the root wasn't successful. The response BusyBox gives me is
There was a problem opening a shell with root access. This is either being caused by superuser/supersu or by a device that is improperly rooted.
Try removing superuser/supersu permissions, uninstalling this application, reinstalling this application and then regranting the superuser/supersu permissions for this application
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Rootchecker says I'm not rooted, and Superuser gives me
Downloading Manifest...okay!
Parsing Manifest...okay!
Latest version = 3.0.3.2
Checking for installed version = 3.0.3.2
Checking for busybox...not found
Downloading customer busyboy...okay!
Checking md5sum...okay!
Checking current install path.../system/bin/su
Downloading new binary...okay!
Checking md5sum...okay!
Gaining root access...fail!
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I am rooting for the sole purpose of downloading apps like DiscDigger and TitaniumBackup to recover deleted files and backup apps. I am not interested in flashing custom ROMs or the like.
Is this a failed root? And if it is, can I flash another file in CWM recovery? Is it possible to simply just try another method on top of this failed rooting? I don't want to wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik. I want to keep everything and not do a system wipe/factory reset whatsoever. I have asked multiple places, but I feel this may be my place to ask. What are my options here?

I think that thread may be slightly wrong. Use this thread, you should be able to just redo the process. Make sure you read this thread and follow the instructions. If your gs3 is newer you may need a modified recovery. Make sure you don't let the phone reboot after flashing a recovery because you need to boot to the new recovery to flash the 'root from recovery' file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
[HOW TO] Easiest Root and Recovery: SGS3 LTE Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Rogers

metalfan78 said:
I think that thread may be slightly wrong. Use this thread, you should be able to just redo the process. Make sure you read this thread and follow the instructions. If your gs3 is newer you may need a modified recovery. Make sure you don't let the phone reboot after flashing a recovery because you need to boot to the new recovery to flash the 'root from recovery' file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
[HOW TO] Easiest Root and Recovery: SGS3 LTE Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Rogers
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So by doing this, I could just do this method and not worry about the failed previous root from the method I posted originally? It'll root itself over that?

Yea, you should be good to go.

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metalfan78 said:
I think that thread may be slightly wrong. Use this thread, you should be able to just redo the process. Make sure you read this thread and follow the instructions. If your gs3 is newer you may need a modified recovery. Make sure you don't let the phone reboot after flashing a recovery because you need to boot to the new recovery to flash the 'root from recovery' file.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1743780
[HOW TO] Easiest Root and Recovery: SGS3 LTE Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Rogers
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metalfan78 said:
Yea, you should be good to go.
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Thanks! I already have CWM Recovery, so all I technically need to do is just flash that .ZIP file and I should be good?

Yea, give it a shot