Hi all..
I Rooted my Fire using KFU..
Then I installed OTA-RootKeeper
But I dont get the option to do a Temp Un-Root...
Any suggestions? It lets me Protect root but that is all it lets me do..
I did notice on the check boxes for "Root Permission has been granted" is not checked.. Could this be the cause??? And if so how do I fix? I thought KFU gave me root permission?
Thanks!
I think you did not install superuser.apk on your kindle. Without it having root is pretty useless for apps. Superuser gives you an option to allow root access to the app. If you already have superuser you may have it disabled for OTA. Otherwise a problem may have occurred with the rooting process. Tell me if this works.
That was it.. Thank you VERY much...
Wonder why KFU don't include superuser..
Glad it worked for you Not sure though why it is not included in kfu though I know in the past when you manually rooted the kindle super user would automatically get installed therefore it remain on the kindle unless you wipe. Though I guess you could recommend it to the developer to add.
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I've used KFU .95 and it seemed to have run fine. I have TWRP and have made a full backup.
When I use the option to install the Google Apps, I get all kind of permission denied errors. Then I tried to copy the apps.zip directly to the apps folder on the Kindle and get a "must have root privileges" error.
Now I'm wondering do I really have root? If so, did the superuser privileges not stick?
Any ideas appreciated. Thank you!
Well first its pretty obvious to tell if you have root and superuser. Just look for the superuser app. Or use root checker from the market if you have to
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I side loaded superuser.apk and that worked. For whatever reason, the KFU utility didn't install it.
I'm now trying to get Market working but when I started it, it displays a never ending "loading" message.
jwhistler said:
I side loaded superuser.apk and that worked. For whatever reason, the KFU utility didn't install it.
I'm now trying to get Market working but when I started it, it displays a never ending "loading" message.
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You shouldnt side load superuser. It needs to be a system app to work
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Hi, hope someone here can help?
I recently rooted my N7100, using CF Auto root – great instructions, easy to follow, and it rooted perfectly
All was good, except that it would not of course, run SkyGo. After downloading voodoo and superuser, I managed to get the phone to temporarily disable root, but Sky Go still wouldn’t work. So, I un rooted, and Sky Go worked - and then re-rooted, with the aim of trying to temporarily disable root again.
Noooooow, my binary su counter has gone to 3, root checker says it’s not properly rooted, Sky Go won’t work because it says it IS rooted, Titanium Backup and Triangle Away won’t work because they say it’s not rooted – and I’m stuck!
Tried re-rooting yet again, via the same method, and it seems to work, but again, root checker says it’s not rooted ‘properly’, and no apps requiring root will work. Also, in spite of supersuer and superSU not being installed (as far as I can see anyway), superSU doesn’t get installed during the root process, as it did the first time I did it.
I seem to be stuck on some sort of root limbo – does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks for reading.
Try downloading SuperSU from market and check if it works
Well, feel sure I did actually do this and it wouldn't run, due to not having 'proper' root. Just downloaded it now though and what do you know, it worked! Thanks for the suggestion, it's appreciated. Just need to find some way to temporarily disable root now, to enable the running of Sky Go!
Try this
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.marutian.quickunroot
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Thanks for the suggestion. I installed it, but it didn't work. I'll continue looking, but thanks again anyway, for taking the time to reply.
First off, let me say that I'm completely new at this, and quite honestly have no idea what I'm doing.
I just rooted my Fire with this guide, Bin4ry's root worked successfully and superuser was installed and everything. However, when I tried to launch Qemu's Root, the program didn't really do anything, it just stopped at 'daemon started'. But since superuser was installed, I figured everything was okay and went on to follow this guide to installed google play. The Google Services installed fine, but whenever I try to move the Vending.apk into the correct folder, ES FE just returns 'Permission denied.'
Does this mean that the root wasn't successful? How can I fix this and get google play on my kindle?
Edit: whoops wrong device forum. Principle should be the same though.
Have you checked root via suchecker to confirm root?
Most likely you haven't given su permission to ES yet. Under tools in ES go to Root Explorer and then select the mount option. Give it Read/Write permissions and then you should be able to move it.
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What he said I settings on es explorer if it says root check it
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That worked great, thanks Protomartyr. It's working fine now.
EDIT: However, I'm getting a lot of 'Your device isn't compatible' for apps like Chrome, Duolingo, etc. and it's not letting me install them. They probably are compatible, but I can't seem to get around Play's not allowing me to install them. Is there any way to make Play allow me to install them?
Glad I could help
Play store incompatibility can be bypassed by:
changing the DPI (depending on what ROM you are running)
OR
Using an app such as Market Helper to temporarily "spoof" your device as something else (i.e. tricking the Play store to think your kindle is a nexus 7 so you can install apps that can run on it)
I am not familiar with the kindle fire 2 (I have a HD 7" ), so hopefully someone with a KF 2 can give you more specific instructions!
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I'd really appreciate some assistance on this one...
I'm attempting to unroot my Kindle HD 8.9, but it's resisting my efforts. I originally rooted using the Bin4ry method (r25), but lost it when Amazon forced 8.3.1 on me. The second time, I used Kindle Fire First Aide and then also used it to disable OTA. I've now tried unrooting it with all of these methods, yet I can still access root directories in ES FIle Explorer:
1) Unroot option in KF First Aide. Says it's successful, but it isn't.
2) Unroot option in Bin4ry. It says it fails and tells me to go into the SuperSU.apk itself and select the unroot option.
3) Unroot option in SuperSU.apk. It removes the SU app, but it doesn't unroot the device.
4) Re-enable the OTA and take the 8.4.6 build. Every time I've gotten an OTA upgrade, it has unrooted the device. This time it didn't. Now I'm running on 8.4.6 and still rooted. I reinstalled the SU app, and tried unrooting options 1-3 again, and again none of them worked.
I have done a factory reset after each one of these. None of them have made a difference.
I've also noticed that I still don't have my Amazon ads on the lockscreen. I disabled them using Kindle Fire First Aide and they didn't come back when the rest of my system apps got cleared.
Thank you in advance for any help you can provide!
You could tell kffa to do a system restore, and them from there I think if it doesn't auto-update, you can simply delete /system/app/superuser.apk and then /system/xbin/su, and possibly busy box, I think that was put on there in the rooting process, I suggest removing the su binary last as to avoid possibly getting the other files stuck on there and having to reroot.
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Thanks for your help, Stunts513!
It now appears unrooted and doesn't have superuser installed anymore, but ES File Explorer can see the root directory and change things in /system even though I have the "root" setting turned off.
I think I'm going to call it good. Everything is working fine and it looks standard to a normal user.
Greetings!
I was successfully able to root my US unlocked Fire Phone (on 4.6.1) by installing and running KingRoot 4.0!
KingRoot appears to work on other 4th gen Amazon devices as well!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/to-root-4th-gen-amazon-device-t3104853
One caveat:
KingRoot installs KingUser as its superuser app, and KingUser appears to prevent the su binary from being overwritten.
Because of this, I have not yet been able to replace KingUser with SuperSU or similar.
Hopefully someone more knowledgeable can resolve this, but until then
I've opted to install the Xposed Framework and LightningWall module in order to block KingUser's network activity.
najoor has found a way to replace KingUser via adb:
najoor said:
Instructions for replacing Kinguser with SuperSU are posted in the general forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/general/root-fire-phone-supersu-t3105546
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Also, hydromän pointed out that HDXPosed is working to enable widgets and block potential updates. Awesome!
hydromän said:
How to Block now Amazon Updates?
Fixed. Using xposed with hdxmodules. Now working all Launchers with Widgets and Updates Are disabled
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618158
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Granted! Root working!
z64 said:
Greetings!
I was successfully able to root my US unlocked Fire Phone (on 4.6.1) by installing and running KingRoot 4.0!
Everything seems to be working, however, I am not sure how safe KingRoot is actually.
KingRoot installs KingUser as its superuser app, and KingUser appears to prevent the su binary from being overwritten.
Because of this, I have not yet been able to replace KingUser with SuperSU or similar.
Maybe someone more experienced than myself could take a look at it.
Other than that, seems great.
Hope this bit of news helps!
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Thanks z64 for the information about a working root for 4.6.1 (US Unlocked GSM) Fire Phone.
I would like to know if KingRoot 4.0 is really safe to use, and if will make a FULL or a PARTIAL root to the Amazon Fire Phone?
I also would like to know if after rooting, you will be able to go backward and UnRoot later the Fire Phone, to the default and normal original state?
z64 said:
Greetings!
I was successfully able to root my US unlocked Fire Phone (on 4.6.1) by installing and running KingRoot 4.0!
Everything seems to be working, however, I am not sure how safe KingRoot is actually.
KingRoot installs KingUser as its superuser app, and KingUser appears to prevent the su binary from being overwritten.
Because of this, I have not yet been able to replace KingUser with SuperSU or similar.
Maybe someone more experienced than myself could take a look at it.
Other than that, seems great.
Hope this bit of news helps!
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Is KingRoot a PC based program or a APK file? I'm Google searching now, just wondering which you used.
http://androidxda.com/download-kingroot-application
Choose 4.0
does this survive a reboot? that would be great news =)
After rebooting root checker report" ROOT" but you are right superSU is not working actualy it got installed but the SU binary upgrade failed
Can I go backward and UnRoot later the FirePhone to Default/Normal Original State??
Please, can someone that has already Rooted their Fire-Phone, if after rooting would be able to go backward and UnRoot later the Fire Phone, to the default and normal original state?
ulises.rodriguez said:
Thanks z64 for the information about a working root for 4.6.1 (US Unlocked GSM) Fire Phone.
I would like to know if KingRoot 4.0 is really safe to use, and if will make a FULL or a PARTIAL root to the Amazon Fire Phone?
I also would like to know if after rooting, you will be able to go backward and UnRoot later the Fire Phone, to the default and normal original state?
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I'm not sure what qualifies as a full or partial root; the bootloader is still locked, so no custom recovery or custom roms.
It is possible to unroot using the included KingUser app.
You have to uncheck "Backup Root permission" first to completely unroot it.
(Still haven't figured out how to replace KingUser with SuperSU while it's rooted.)
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Is KingRoot a PC based program or a APK file? I'm Google searching now, just wondering which you used.
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I used the latest KingRoot 4 apk from kingroot.net/down
"KingRoot-4.0.0.233-release-201505071219_105001.apk"
drdoomgod said:
does this survive a reboot? that would be great news =)
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It does survive reboot!
I just installed the Xposed Framework with LightningWall to control net access.
How to Block now Amazon Updates?
Fixed. Using xposed with hdxmodules. Now working all Launchers with Widgets and Updates Are disabled
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618158
works !
Failed for me. Wouldn't install.
EDIT: Got it working!!
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The question is what can we do with it now? Can we get rid of the lock screen and install a new settings apk??
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The question is what can we do with it now? Can we get rid of the lock screen and install a new settings apk??
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Xposed framework is the first thing I did
Hi, i have the xposed framwork installed but not sure what to do with it lol
Instructions for replacing Kinguser with SuperSU are posted in the general forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-phone/general/root-fire-phone-supersu-t3105546
Not sure why - but after following instruction (after rooting etc) tried to follow the guide for making phone look like normal android and thats when all hell broke loose on my phone. Unresponsive bottom button, wiget's not loading, super su showing nothing then refreshing a while later showing apps in there etc.
Kinda killed my phone so going to factory reset and start again.
This is great! I got the now launcher to work, although I'm not exactly sure how. I tried the supersu replacement and only made it to steps 6 and 7 mostly because I couldn't understand what exactly I was supposed to do, so step 8 didn't work and I'm still using the kingsu. I then d/l the now launcher and the google (search) apps, tried to run it a couple of times with no luck. Then force stopped the home app, restarted, and I was given the choice to use the now launcher.
Its easy. If u have root, convert Google Now Launcher and Google Search with Titanium Backup to a System App... And you can Choose Google Now Launcher.
This is great. I was able to fix my play store/services issues by changing my build.prop to nexus 5 after rooting. Awesome!