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Superuser won't install

Hi, I'm a complete newb to rooting Android phones, so I'd like to apologize in advance. I current;y have a Galaxy S2 SGH-T989, and I wanted to flash some custom ROMS onto it. I have just rooted my phone (after many painstaking hours) and am now atempting to install superuser, which didn't come with the root. When I open clockworkmod, it cant detect the .zip file containing superuser. HOWEVER, once I moved the .zip to a subfolder (DCIM), clocworkmod could detect it, bit could not finish installation and aborted. Any tips on how to make it see it under the main directory? Or how to tell it to complete installation?

R u putting it on the external sd?
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It has to be on the root of the sd

Sometimes it takes a few times for it to stick ...

Put su in external sd, flash you will Get a error then do nandroid backup and then restore
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OK this is what u got to do... when on computer and u are dragging the su zip over to your sdcard. (Has to be external) make sure u are not sticking it in a directory ( or sub folder) just drag it and pretty much drop it under the folders make sure it does not go into any of the folders like I said. Then u should see the su zip . Now when u go into clock work mod go to install from sdcard (make sure u choose external) find the zip....again it shouldn't be in any directories (folders). Flash it it might error out....but do not leave cwm stay in there and reflash it until it says it installed correctly. Should take two or three times. Then boot up u will see su in app folder. Go to market. Dl busy box. Install it then go into app and install busy box. Now u are good to go. Also after all that is said and done go back into recovery and go to backup and restore and choose backup. Now u will have a backup of rooted stock rom in case something happens on custom rom u can always revert back to ur backup.........also did u install recovery thru Odin? U had to because rom manager needs root....anyways if u flashed recovery (cwm) thru Odin. I don't think u technically need to root. U can just flash any custom from (there all rooted). The reason y don't have to root is because unlike from manager which needs root first to install recovery. Odin didn't thus this is why u technically don't need to root if u want to tho do it and remember always make a backup! Before flashing custom roms !

Thanks for all the replies, but I have one problem,I don't have an external sd card. Us there any way around this?

gogenvy said:
Thanks for all the replies, but I have one problem,I don't have an external sd card. Us there any way around this?
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basically, no. If u don't have much money I recommend buying a really cheap one off eBay, can get them for $2 USD.

I could be wrong but I think a cheap SD card will have bad performance and speed
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zxrider1986 said:
I could be wrong but I think a cheap SD card will have bad performance and speed
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All he is trying to do is install SU and any cheap sd can accomplish that

xcrazydx said:
All he is trying to do is install SU and any cheap sd can accomplish that
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thnx x, he completely missed the point

same thing happened to me but after i did a nandroid backup it worked..

Clockwork Mod date problems

It seems that every backup I make has a date in like 1970. It's quite confusing to figure out which backup is which.
Any ideas? I'm running CWM 5.8.4.5 because any newer ones don't see the external SD card.

AFAIK all versions do this, use team win (TWRP) It will have the date wrong as well but it had a keyboard in the recovery for renaming as you create them. Plus sd card works and it's prettier.
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corythug said:
AFAIK all versions do this, use team win (TWRP) It will have the date wrong as well but it had a keyboard in the recovery for renaming as you create them. Plus sd card works and it's prettier.
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Great, thanks, I love managing backup names and such with rom manager, it's a shame it's a bit flaky on the SGS3.

corythug said:
AFAIK all versions do this, use team win (TWRP) It will have the date wrong as well but it had a keyboard in the recovery for renaming as you create them. Plus sd card works and it's prettier.
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Agree - just switched to TWRP the other day and ext SD card + "star trek" UI was welcome. The file copy/move/delete functions are especially handly because they can you out of a potential bootloop quickly that you can't get out of in CWM without reflashing/nandroid (or writing your own CWM script to specifically mod a file).
Only reason I waited so long to switch was not knowing how incompatible TWRP would be with all the various old CWM zips.

zmore said:
Agree - just switched to TWRP the other day and ext SD card + "star trek" UI was welcome. The file copy/move/delete functions are especially handly because they can you out of a potential bootloop quickly that you can't get out of in CWM without reflashing/nandroid (or writing your own CWM script to specifically mod a file).
Only reason I waited so long to switch was not knowing how incompatible TWRP would be with all the various old CWM zips.
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I would love a link to that star trek ui.
Sent from my Galaxy S3 running DietICS

I thought I was seeing things when I saw 1970. Does anyone have a direct link to the twrp download link for the samsung galaxy s3?

SysAdmNj said:
I thought I was seeing things when I saw 1970. Does anyone have a direct link to the twrp download link for the samsung galaxy s3?
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I just did a google search on the phone and downloaded the APK on their site.

CM10 is keeping my backup from running?

So, I rooted and then made a nandroid backup - then I flashed CM10 and set that all up, no issues. Then I rebooted into restore to check on my backup and CWM doesn't see the backup. I can browse to my backup using a file explorer and I can see it but my CWM doesn't see it.
As if thats not bad enough, I convince my buddy to try flashing CM10 on his Sprint GS3. First thing he says to me after is that his CWM doesn't see his back up. Now he's pissed because he can't restore to stock - same boat I'm in.
Has anyone else experienced this yet??
Thanks

jackryan57 said:
So, I rooted and then made a nandroid backup - then I flashed CM10 and set that all up, no issues. Then I rebooted into restore to check on my backup and CWM doesn't see the backup. I can browse to my backup using a file explorer and I can see it but my CWM doesn't see it.
As if thats not bad enough, I convince my buddy to try flashing CM10 on his Sprint GS3. First thing he says to me after is that his CWM doesn't see his back up. Now he's pissed because he can't restore to stock - same boat I'm in.
Has anyone else experienced this yet??
Thanks
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Do you still have the CWM image (recovery.img)? If so, download Android Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, have the recovery image on the internal memory, run:
Once in the terminal type: su (press enter)
Then type: dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (press enter)
I think it flashed a newer version of CWM and it doesn't see the old backup you made.

BWolf56 said:
Do you still have the CWM image (recovery.img)? If so, download Android Terminal Emulator from the Play Store, have the recovery image on the internal memory, run:
Once in the terminal type: su (press enter)
Then type: dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 (press enter)
I think it flashed a newer version of CWM and it doesn't see the old backup you made.
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I get this "/sdcard/recovery.img: cannot open for read: no such file or directory"
but I do see that file in the CWM folder on the sd card it's called recovery.img

jackryan57 said:
I get this "cannot open for read: no such file or directory
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Umm, you might have to push it with ADB then. I'm not sure what the command is but I suggest you look it up. I'll try to look for it myself.

BWolf56 said:
Umm, you might have to push it with ADB then. I'm not sure what the command is but I suggest you look it up. I'll try to look for it myself.
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Please excuse my noobness - but I have no idea what you just said

jackryan57 said:
Please excuse my noobness - but I have no idea what you just said
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Does is matter that the recovery.img isn't in the root of the SD card - but its in a folder called clockworkmod? so the path would be /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.img

jackryan57 said:
Does is matter that the recovery.img isn't in the root of the SD card - but its in a folder called clockworkmod? so the path would be /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.img
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That's your current recovery. We need your older one. Well that's my guess anyway. Which recovery did you first install? If you can refind it, that would be best.

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That's your current recovery. We need your older one. Well that's my guess anyway. Which recovery did you first install? If you can refind it, that would be best.
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Thats the recovery I made while I was still stock, I made that backup just before flashing CM10. Once I was on CM10 I didn't make any backups.

jackryan57 said:
Thats the recovery I made while I was still stock, I made that backup just before flashing CM10. Once I was on CM10 I didn't make any backups.
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I was just browsing my file structure and something looks weird since flashing CM10. It looks like it took all my folders that used to be in the root directory of my SD card and put them all in a folder called "0" so the path would be sdcard/0/ and that "0" folder has all the contents of my phone. If I browse to sdcard/ I see most of my folders also but not all of them and most of them are empty. My buddy is reporting the same scenario on his phone after flashing CM10

jackryan57 said:
I was just browsing my file structure and something looks weird since flashing CM10. It looks like it took all my folders that used to be in the root directory of my SD card and put them all in a folder called "0" so the path would be sdcard/0/ and that "0" folder has all the contents of my phone. If I browse to sdcard/ I see most of my folders also but not all of them and most of them are empty. My buddy is reporting the same scenario on his phone after flashing CM10
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Well that explains it. You're coming from ICS aren't you? In JB, they divided it by users (0, 1, 2..). Copy your backup to your new emplacement and it should be fine.
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BWolf56 said:
Well that explains it. You're coming from ICS aren't you? In JB, they divided it by users (0, 1, 2..). Copy your backup to your new emplacement and it should be fine.
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No, I had JB not ICS - I tried moving it to the root as well and still not working. My buddy also noticed the change in his file structure upon flashing CM10 as well - he was also on JB - ugh!!!!!

jackryan57 said:
No, I had JB not ICS - I tried moving it to the root as well and still not working. My buddy also noticed the change in his file structure upon flashing CM10 as well - he was also on JB - ugh!!!!!
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Mind if I ask why you need that backup? Anything went wrong in the flash?

BWolf56 said:
Mind if I ask why you need that backup? Anything went wrong in the flash?
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Haha - no everything went ok, but if I want to go back to stock and the way my phone was set up before - I can't. I'm so anal that just knowing I can't restore to the way I was is enough to keep me up at night haha. I love CM10 but just knowing I can't restore is enough to make me blow out my phone and install stock rom and start over - it's not easy being me

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Haha - no everything went ok, but if I want to go back to stock and the way my phone was set up before - I can't. I'm so anal that just knowing I can't restore to the way I was is enough to keep me up at night haha. I love CM10 but just knowing I can't restore is enough to make me blow out my phone and install stock rom and start over - it's not easy being me
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If you never need to go back to stock, just use Odin
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Yeah but then all my screens and folders aren't set up the way I like

jackryan57 said:
Yeah but then all my screens and folders aren't set up the way I like
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Get Titanium Backup and all will be well again

BWolf56 said:
Get Titanium Backup and all will be well again
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UGH!!!! Not if I cant restore!!!!!!!

jackryan57 said:
UGH!!!! Not if I cant restore!!!!!!!
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lol That old restore is no good to you. Tibu is independant so as long as you don't wipe you SD, you can restore, whatever you flash. So here's my suggestion, make it the way you like it (I'm sure you'll spend all the time in the world doing it I'm the same way lol) and make one good backup. Keep it up to date when you make changes (especially your launcher) and w/e you decide to flash afterwards, you'll only have to restore your TiBu backup.

ClockworkMod Backup

Guys I just make a backup for my GS3 on CWM and see that the backup was saved on the internal sd card, there is a possibility to change the path and save it directly on external sd or have to make a copy/paste.
Another thing the backup name and date is 5-1-1970.

Load TWRP recovery. You can then select if you want to backup to internal or external SD.
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or stay on CWM and use Rom Manager to select where the backup will be saved and name it what you want.

Rom manager sucks your just asking for problems, go with twrp and be done with it
hmmm....

thatsupnow said:
Rom manager sucks your just asking for problems, go with twrp and be done with it
hmmm....
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if you're using it for anything other than installing/updating your recovery or making a backup, i agree. otherwise, you're just fine

Thanks to all for your response.

If you use nandroid backup then you can select your backup path as well.
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xBeerdroiDx said:
if you're using it for anything other than installing/updating your recovery or making a backup, i agree. otherwise, you're just fine
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1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)

hednik said:
1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)
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Thats okay and useful because I was wondering if I have installed CW and want to unistalled to use TWR.
Thanks mate.

hednik said:
1. Go to play store
2. Search Goo manager
3. download app and open
4. Hit menu button and select install open recovery
5. Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone...
(this was not a useful post that added to the discussion but merely pushed my personal agenda)
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hilarious. "Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone..." thats like my worst nightmare.
"aw, man! you mean i gotta use twrp now?"

xBeerdroiDx said:
hilarious. "Reboot phone and CWM recovery is gone..." thats like my worst nightmare.
"aw, man! you mean i gotta use twrp now?"
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On my cappy the power and volume buttons were less than reliable and it led to many paniced flashing sessions and erased media...plus my old man eyes hate the small size

hednik said:
On my cappy the power and volume buttons were less than reliable and it led to many paniced flashing sessions and erased media...plus my old man eyes hate the small size
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you cant be THAT old. pre unix?

Twrp is so much better than cwm, but 4ext rules them all (to bad its not sorted on the s3 yet)

xBeerdroiDx said:
you cant be THAT old. pre unix?
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Haha no... I'm far under the hill. Just old man eyes.
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mrhaley30705 said:
Twrp is so much better than cwm, but 4ext rules them all (to bad its not sorted on the s3 yet)
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Is it? So like...when you create a back up and then go to recover it, it actually works unlike in CWM?

Prufta said:
Guys I just make a backup for my GS3 on CWM and see that the backup was saved on the internal sd card, there is a possibility to change the path and save it directly on external sd or have to make a copy/paste.
Another thing the backup name and date is 5-1-1970.
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you could always just connect to your computer and find the folder with your backup in it, and copy and paste it to the SD card...just saying lol..
I always save a copy of my backups to my computer just in case...

Saying Rom Manager sucks is just a ridiculous statement.
I've used it extensively and never ever had a problem.
I prefer CWM over TWRP also. Its a matter of preference.
Rom Manager shouldn't be used with the s2 but with my s3 it works perfectly.
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"

S3freak said:
Saying Rom Manager sucks is just a ridiculous statement.
I've used it extensively and never ever had a problem.
I prefer CWM over TWRP also. Its a matter of preference.
Rom Manager shouldn't be used with the s2 but with my s3 it works perfectly.
"Indians scattered on dawns highway bleeding while ghosts crowd the young childs fragile eggshell mind"
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I agree. I like clockwork mod touch and it works just fine on my s3 as well. never used twrp yet, nor have i needed to. What are some pros and cons between the two?

For me its the smooth, intuitive interface and the ease of use on twrp. Clockwork is very straight forward and stable, tried and true. TWRP is very different but once you use it it will all make sense.
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Backup date of creation concern.
The debate of which is better,(TWRP or CWM), which is more preferred or whatever is irrelevant. I dont know why you people cloud up a post like this with a debate in stupidity. But let me ask a question about something I cant seem to find anywhere else and this post only hints at. I was having some difficulties getting my device to complete a backup and ended up here. Its the date of creation listed on the backup folder I wish to bring up. It may not matter much, but I am very curious as to why an app would create a folder with such a date.

[Q] Bricked?

OK, I'm in a bit of a pickle and am hoping that someone with more knowledge can help me out. This is what I did.
Rooted the phone
Installed FreeGee
Installed TWRP through FreeGee
Copied a new rom to SD card
Entered TWRP and ERASED EVERYTHING BEFORE MAKING A BACKUP
Couldn't load rom from SD card
When navigating through the TWRP directory, there is a folder titled SD card. I thought my ROM would be in there, but it is not. I know I should have done two things that I didn't.
Backup my data
Copy the ROM to root folder like the instructions said to,
But I didn't do those thing. Now, I have a phone that will enter TWRP, but I cannot get it to find any ROMs I put on the SD card. Is there anything I can do to remedy this situation that I have caused?
Thanks an advance for your ideas.

Try connecting the phone to your computer and manually copying over another ROM.

If you didn't copy it to external card, and you wiped internal, then you don't have an operating system and need to use LG flashtool to get back to stock.
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In the process
psal217050 said:
If you didn't copy it to external card, and you wiped internal, then you don't have an operating system and need to use LG flashtool to get back to stock.
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It is definitely on the external card, but I cannot see it via TWRP. I am getting ready to use flashtool to see if that fixes the problem. I will update my progress.
Thanks.

ScootDiggity said:
It is definitely on the external card, but I cannot see it via TWRP. I am getting ready to use flashtool to see if that fixes the problem. I will update my progress.
Thanks.
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If you are using the hacked TWRP go up a level a couple of times and look for ext-card.
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I guess I don't have hacked TWRP
psal217050 said:
If you are using the hacked TWRP go up a level a couple of times and look for ext-card.
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The TWRP that I am using was the one click install from FreeGee. It looks like this is not the hacked TWRP. When going up as many levels as I can, this is what I get. For future reference, do you know where I can get the hacked TWRP?
Current Progress - In the process of downloading LGE980AT-01-V10g-310-410-APR-03-2013.zip to use with LG Flashtools. Not the fastest server, but am very thankful that someone is hosting this file.

ScootDiggity said:
The TWRP that I am using was the one click install from FreeGee. It looks like this is not the hacked TWRP. When going up as many levels as I can, this is what I get. For future reference, do you know where I can get the hacked TWRP?
Current Progress - In the process of downloading LGE980AT-01-V10g-310-410-APR-03-2013.zip to use with LG Flashtools. Not the fastest server, but am very thankful that someone is hosting this file.
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Tap at the top where it says "Internal Storage." It should let you switch to the external SD.

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RaiderDuck said:
Tap at the top where it says "Internal Storage." It should let you switch to the external SD.
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When I do that, I can only choose internal storage. I'm guessing that's one of the reasons there is a hacked TWRP.

ScootDiggity said:
When I do that, I can only choose internal storage. I'm guessing that's one of the reasons there is a hacked TWRP.
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IIRC, the hacked TWRP is merely to ensure that the Official CM builds (which are marked for e986 only) can be installed on any LGOG Pro phone. You should still be able to see the external SD even with the FreeGee TWRP. Try fooling around in TWRP a little bit and see if you can get it to recognize the external SD.

Fixed It
Well, I tried looked throughout TWRP and could not find a resolution.
What did work was LGFlashTool and madmacks awesome instructions. Thanks everyone for your ideas.

ScootDiggity said:
Well, I tried looked throughout TWRP and could not find a resolution.
What did work was LGFlashTool and madmacks awesome instructions. Thanks everyone for your ideas.
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OK, next time, if you forget to backup before you flash, boot your phone into TWRP recovery, select mounts and then mount usb storage, connect your phone to the PC and you should see in "my computer" the phone as a drive, copy the ROM you want to flash to that drive, if it is a CM ROM remember to copy the Gapps also. Disconnect from the PC and then continue with the ROM flashing procedure that we all are so familiar with. This way it saves you the trouble of having to go back to stock again in order to flash a custom ROM.
Glad you got it fixed.
Erik