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Hi,
hope someone can help me, because untill now it was not complete clear for me.
I just got Root access on my htc one X (at least this should be the case)
But in order to test this, i want to try some different ROM.
But to use anything regarding different ROMs i need SUPERUSER and most important SU BINARY
I can install superuser without problems.
my question: WHERE CAN I FIND A CORRECT VERSION OF SU BINARY, AND WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?
Because now he is still asking for SU binary which he can not find in the system!!!

ko3ntje said:
Hi,
hope someone can help me, because untill now it was not complete clear for me.
I just got Root access on my htc one X (at least this should be the case)
But in order to test this, i want to try some different ROM.
But to use anything regarding different ROMs i need SUPERUSER and most important SU BINARY
I can install superuser without problems.
my question: WHERE CAN I FIND A CORRECT VERSION OF SU BINARY, AND WHAT DO I DO WITH THIS?
Because now he is still asking for SU binary which he can not find in the system!!!
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Use chain fires supersu from the playstore. When first run it updates the binaries
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ko3ntje said:
Hi,
hope someone can help me, because untill now it was not complete clear for me.
I just got Root access on my htc one X
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Actually, you did not get root access yet. You need to install the su command as part of rooting the device.
I suggest you try again. Find good instructions on how to root your device, and follow them.
When you find a method that works, it will install the su command and the Superuser app, and set permissions on the su command.
This is usually done automatically by a program running on a PC, connected to the debug port of the Android device with a USB cable.
Then you can test it with an app such as Root Checker, which you can find in the Play store (free).

If I'm not mistaken custom roms come with superuser already installed, so all you need to do is unlock your bootloader at htcdev, install custom recovery then pick a Rom to flash (not forgetting to flash the boot.img through fastboot before installing the Rom through recovery.)
To update binaries just open the superuser app and it should tell you if the su binary needs updating
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[SOLVED] GNex 4.3 root not working

Just now installed stock Takju 4.3 image. Unfortunately, root is not working. I flashed SuperSU.zip, also did the update of the app via play store, but when I open the app I get the message:
"There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
Any solution?
[Solved]
Chainfire's SU zip for GS4 4.3 works fine for Nexus also. Check his G+ post here:
https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/9rcWNJbVZkL

Sounava said:
Just now installed stock Takju 4.3 image. Unfortunately, root is not working. I flashed SuperSU.zip, also did the update of the app via play store, but when I open the app I get the message:
"There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
Any solution?
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same thing happened to me with yakju clean install, maybe it has something to do with this? http://www.xda-developers.com/android/android-4-3-rooted-courtesy-of-chainfire/

1) You must flash the Android 4.3 modified SuperSU file: http://download.chainfire.eu/340/SuperSU/SuperSU-JWR66N-S005-130625-1.41.zip
2) If you're flashing via CWM Recovery, you must hit NO when it asks you to disable the recovery restore. If you hit yes, SuperSU will NOT work.

GldRush98 said:
1) You must flash the Android 4.3 modified SuperSU file: http://download.chainfire.eu/340/SuperSU/SuperSU-JWR66N-S005-130625-1.41.zip
2) If you're flashing via CWM Recovery, you must hit NO when it asks you to disable the recovery restore. If you hit yes, SuperSU will NOT work.
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Thanks it worked!
I also found that chainfire has made a post regarding this also
https://plus.google.com/+Chainfire/posts/9rcWNJbVZkL

[Q] 4.3 ota Root Question

sooo i was stock i took the OTA update to 4.3 mk6
i decided i didn't care about the knox counter so i rooted and custom recovery (this is the rom location http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2589891) and this is the recovery location http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2159652
now every thing is working (SU, Titanium Back up, and so on)
however when i try certain apps (game killer, game chi) it says i don't have root
i have searched everywhere but i am not seeing any posts about this
any help would be greatly appreciated

You could flash superSU from recovery to system...
That often corrects the issue...
Did you download superSU from the market and update it ??
Try that first....and if no change....flash this....g
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Sent from my NOTE 2.750...
Courtesy of our amazing developers...

gregsarg said:
You could flash superSU from recovery to system...
That often corrects the issue...
Did you download superSU from the market and update it ??
Try that first....and if no change....flash this....g
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Sent from my NOTE 2.750...
Courtesy of our amazing developers...
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thanks for the help i will try this now

gregsarg said:
You could flash superSU from recovery to system...
That often corrects the issue...
Did you download superSU from the market and update it ??
Try that first....and if no change....flash this....g
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Sent from my NOTE 2.750...
Courtesy of our amazing developers...
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i uninstalled superSU then went to the market and downloaded and updated that didn't work it was still the same
no i have downloaded and installed from customer recovery and when i open superSU it says i need to manually re-root my phone so i guess i need to re flash my rom from original post?

Try installing the current version of SuperSU via Odin.. you shouldn't have to reinstall the rom...
Once SuperSU is installed, boot phone, check Play Store for updates for SuperSU and install if any. Then run SuperSU, update the binary if prompted, then when asked to disable Knox, answer yes. You should be good to go.

Zen Arcade said:
Try installing the current version of SuperSU via Odin.. you shouldn't have to reinstall the rom...
Once SuperSU is installed, boot phone, check Play Store for updates for SuperSU and install if any. Then run SuperSU, update the binary if prompted, then when asked to disable Knox, answer yes. You should be good to go.
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okay i found it and did it and now i am back where i started most things work but the 2 app's i use most still say root permission denied (granted permission in superSU)

mrnewspaper said:
okay i found it and did it and now i am back where i started most things work but the 2 app's i use most still say root permission denied (granted permission in superSU)
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Remove them from SU list. Restart app and approve the SU request again.....

dicksteele said:
Remove them from SU list. Restart app and approve the SU request again.....
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okay done and no change

mrnewspaper said:
okay i found it and did it and now i am back where i started most things work but the 2 app's i use most still say root permission denied (granted permission in superSU)
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Which apps?

Zen Arcade said:
Which apps?
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the apps that wont work are game chi and game killer
the apps that are working looks like all of my apps that require root other then those 2
even root checker says i do have root

mrnewspaper said:
the apps that wont work are game chi and game killer
the apps that are working looks like all of my apps that require root other then those 2
even root checker says i do have root
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Game Killer - Comments on Play Store show that this is a known issue with 4.3 and SuperSU with this app.
GameCIH - (I assume this is what you meant) Comments on Play Store also show a known issue with 4.3. Some comments from dev about enabling USB debugging, but it appears to be a 4.3 issue.
Looks like you are out of luck for now unless you step back to 4.2 or below.

Zen Arcade said:
Game Killer - Comments on Play Store show that this is a known issue with 4.3 and SuperSU with this app.
GameCIH - (I assume this is what you meant) Comments on Play Store also show a known issue with 4.3. Some comments from dev about enabling USB debugging, but it appears to be a 4.3 issue.
Looks like you are out of luck for now unless you step back to 4.2 or below.
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i didn't see those notes but thanks to everyone for all the help and i will look in to stepping back again (i bricked the first time)

If you have the MK6 bootloader, avoid the MA4 stock package. You'll need the LJ2 stock package (which does not have a bootloader in it). See this guide... you can follow it up to the point where you have MH3 on your phone and then stop:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447

Zen Arcade said:
If you have the MK6 bootloader, avoid the MA4 stock package. You'll need the LJ2 stock package (which does not have a bootloader in it). See this guide... you can follow it up to the point where you have MH3 on your phone and then stop:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2618447
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awesome thank you

Hello people,
I have a Note 2 (SGH-i317m) running the MVLUCMK5 Official Android 4.3 rom. I flashed the cf-autoroot from chainfire's website using odin and download mode, updated super SU as soon as the device booted, disabled Knox and got the device rooted. Root was working fine. Titanium backup could restore the app backup and everything.
However, when I restarted the phone, the root was gone. Any idea what's going on? I will have to flash CF again and it will work. But the flash counter keeps counting every flash. Is there a permanent root method for 4.3?
PS: Sorry to hijack this thread. I figured there was a relevant discussion going on, why clutter the section with a new thread. Also, since my post count is low, I couldn't post in CF's thread.

pavanchirmade said:
Hello people,
I have a Note 2 (SGH-i317m) running the MVLUCMK5 Official Android 4.3 rom. I flashed the cf-autoroot from chainfire's website using odin and download mode, updated super SU as soon as the device booted, disabled Knox and got the device rooted. Root was working fine. Titanium backup could restore the app backup and everything.
However, when I restarted the phone, the root was gone. Any idea what's going on? I will have to flash CF again and it will work. But the flash counter keeps counting every flash. Is there a permanent root method for 4.3?
PS: Sorry to hijack this thread. I figured there was a relevant discussion going on, why clutter the section with a new thread. Also, since my post count is low, I couldn't post in CF's thread.
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Sounds like you may be using an older version of cf-auto-root? Try this one via Odin:
main - http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
i317m - http://download.chainfire.eu/279/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m.zip

Zen Arcade said:
Sounds like you may be using an older version of cf-auto-root? Try this one via Odin:
main - http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/
i317m - http://download.chainfire.eu/279/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-t0ltecan-t0ltevl-sghi317m.zip
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I flashed the same one.

Are you running the stock kernel?
After you flash cf-auto-root and boot phone, what do the contents of this file look like?
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Does it reference SuperSU and run daemonsu or does it reference recovery-from-boot.p ?

Zen Arcade said:
Are you running the stock kernel?
After you flash cf-auto-root and boot phone, what do the contents of this file look like?
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
Does it reference SuperSU and run daemonsu or does it reference recovery-from-boot.p ?
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Here's a screenshot.

That's the correct file...
A deeper dive would involve looking at the permissions and properties of su and daemonsu in /system/xbin as well as a few other SuperSU related files in /system and subdirectories.
If you are running a custom kernel it's possible that it is pushing an older version of SuperSU (or other superuser app).
Do you have only the SuperSU app installed (i.e. no SuperUser or other app in the app drawer)?
Reaching at this point as it's not typical for the current versions of SuperSU to lose root.
One thing you can try is root with current, boot phone, immediately run SuperSU, choose "Full Unroot", reboot boot phone, then shutdown and reflash cf-auto-root and see if it sticks.
As for flash counter, once you get root to stick, you can use Triangle Away to reset that to zero - works for everything but the knox warranty counter.

[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.
---------- Post added at 12:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 PM ----------
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$$.
Trying a couple more things. I'll let you know when I succeed.
---------- Post added at 12:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 PM ----------
May have found something....
Koushik Dutta
https://plus.google.com/u/0/110558071969009568835/posts/YsXBtjuD6rD
Superuser installation issues after installing over SuperSU
It seems SuperSU is writing a file that is confusing Superuser installation on stock builds. If you want to install Superuser over SuperSU, you will need to manually remove the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.
I have the /system/etc/.has_su_daemon file.l I'm creating a CWM zip to remove it.
Hopefully that's the solution.
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And it wasn't ..... I created a flashable zip that deleted them and it didn't work.
But I did kick it's a$$.
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
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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

M8 won't root

I had a rooted M8, however something was going wrong as it constantly rebooted. So I did a factory reset and that fixed the problem. However now it won't root for some reason. I have TWRP recovery and flashed the root file however when I do root checker it stated that I do not have root access. Anyone know what's wrong?

ILowry282 said:
I had a rooted M8, however something was going wrong as it constantly rebooted. So I did a factory reset and that fixed the problem. However now it won't root for some reason. I have TWRP recovery and flashed the root file however when I do root checker it stated that I do not have root access. Anyone know what's wrong?
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Have you tried flashing a different version of the root program? I assume it's SuperSU (From Chainfire) ? It still gave me root access on 1.94 I saw that he already updated to version 2.00 by now.
Perhaps try a different version and see what it does.
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BerndM14 said:
Have you tried flashing a different version of the root program? I assume it's SuperSU (From Chainfire) ? It still gave me root access on 1.94 I saw that he already updated to version 2.00 by now.
Perhaps try a different version and see what it does.
Thread to Chainfire's SuperSU
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I used SuperSU. Should I try Super User?

Just use the normal install method from Google play. Twrp auto Installs the su binary the first time it is booted in to. Then just update super su via play store.

ashyx said:
Just use the normal install method from Google play. Twrp auto Installs the su binary the first time it is booted in to. Then just update super su via play store.
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What is the install method via google play? I've only ever flashed a zip file.

ILowry282 said:
What is the install method via google play? I've only ever flashed a zip file.
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Once booted into the os you should see the super su app. Go to play store and update it.