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Gfree_Verify Not Working, Not Sure if Root Worked

I followed all the steps from the Wiki: (http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD).
Now the problem is when I go to verify the root. On the Wiki, where it says run "su' in computer ADB shell, I get access denied. When I run "./gfree_verify" in computer ADB shell, I get
Error: Could not open modem device; /dev/****
Error: Verify could not initialize device
But in my apps on the G2 I see an icon for superuser permissions. So did the root take or not?
Thanks for any help, new to Android.

Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root

MacaronyMax said:
Go in to terminal on your phone and type SU
After pressing enter if it says permissions denied, you have no root, if a Su message pops up click allow... that means you have root
Edit: I think you have no root
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After typing Su in the terminal on the phone, I get a message pop that says either allow or deny. I click allow and it gives me root permission.

Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".

Ganii said:
Then it`s OK!
After reboot/or try again,open terminal emulator on your phone and type "su".
If you get a superuser prompt, you have root!
After "su" you should see a line with "#".
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After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.

boost3d23 said:
After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again, to root the phone (just cause I wasn't sure if I was rooted). Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
Another question, is it okay to delete the files I had to push to /data/local to root? How would I delete them?
I want to really thank you guys for all the help.
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# sign means your rooted or have su access.
Go under manage and restore backups in rom manager, you should have a copy of the rom you just backed up. Unless you renamed the back up its probably a date.
Its ok to delete the files you pushed to data/local use a file manager like root explorer.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

After a reboot (two actually) after I enter su into terminal I dont get the popup anymore asking allow or deny. I get "#." I actually went through the whole rooting Wiki steps again. Same results, the gfree-verfiy doesnt work and neither does the "older" method. But I get "#" after entering su in terminal on G2.
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You get "#" then it`s right,the app don`t ask you again about allow or deny!
About gfree-verify,I don`t know.Maybe something wrong with Script
or you have done something wrong with the commands!
I also installed Rom Manager, I clicked Flash ClockworkMod Recovery and then chose Backup Current ROM. It asked for superuser permissions and I allowed it. It rebooted the phone and went to a ClockworkMod Recovery screen where I selected reboot device. Does this mean I backed up my current Tmobile ROM?
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If you choose "Backup ROM" you phone boot into Recovery,then you have
to choose "backup/restore option to backup you current ROM.
Otherwise you don`t have a backup

Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.

boost3d23 said:
Again thanks guys.
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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I use Root Explorer or SUFBS (Super User File Manager and Terminal).

boost3d23 said:
Now i downloaded Astro and ES file Managers but I cant find the files. Do I need specifically need root manager? Im guessing the ones I downloaded cant access root files.
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You should really have posted up in the existing thread about gfree on this, or otherwise in the Q&A forum
But anyway, yes, those file managers don't handle root. Well, ES does have an option to do so, but it doesn't work on the Vision. So you'll need a root-capable file manager, as joemm said.
On the backup, that sounds a bit odd, but you'll know that it's doing a backup because it'll take a while. You'll get a different screen where it shows you it's backup up the main phone partitions, and even which file is being backed up. When it's done, make sure you copy this backup somewhere else, like your PC (i.e. so you don't just have a single copy, in case something happens to it - e.g. corrupt SD card).

Thanks to everyone who provided insight. I had the same problem and was worried about bricking my phone, but this worked and I'm happily rooted!

unroot methods for pingit

Ive tried installing pingit on my Desire HD but I always get error - R002 when I try to sign up. Basically the app detects the phone as rooted.
What options do I have??
Ive tried a number of ways to unrrot the phone...
SuperSU permanenent uninstall - removes everything (didnt work)
i found the following
1) Existence of Superuser.apk on your phone
2) Existence of com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk
3) Existence of the su binary on your phone.
4) /system being writable.
So in short here's what I did to get PingIt working on my rooted Galaxy Nexus :
1) Installed SuperSU
2) Installed Root Uninstaller (com.rootuninstaller.free)
3) Installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper
4) Use Root Uninstaller to remove Superuser. (You may need a reboot at this point)
5) Used OTA Rootkeeper to temp "un-root".
6) Connected over adb and ran the following to double check all all necessary files are gone :
find / -name "Superuser.apk" --- Should return no results
find / -name "com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk" --- Should return no results
find / -name "su" --- Should return no results.
mount --- Should list /system as being "ro".
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still didnt work, although I couldnt get the adb find to work.
I tried
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adb shell find / -name "com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk
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and get find: /data/DxDrm/fuse: Permission denied
then tried it from
adb shell su
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still wouldnt work :S
any suggestions!?

Superuser just won' work!

I rooted my kindle fire using kindle fire utility 0.9.6 (after the rooting superuser wasn't installed on my kindle), downloaded twrp, flashed hashcode jelly bean ROM from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766829
and then flashed Superuser-3.1.3-x86-signed.zip which I downloaded from this link
http://androidsu.com/superuser/
but superuser won't work, when I check the root explorer in ES file explorer it tells me that this feature can't work on ur phone
Please I'm really dying out here
Someone Help Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease !!!!!

You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
[Edit:] It's late and I'm not paying attention for some reason. Custom ROMs come pre-rooted and you have Jelly Bean installed. Perhaps there's a problem with ES File Explorer?

soupmagnet said:
You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
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Thank you for replying so fast
how can I install su binary? and about the superuser.apk isn't that what i flashed into my device i have a superuser icon on my desktop but it just won't add any apps to its list.
Thanks again

At the Superuser website, there are three zip files. One is Superuser, one is the su binary, and the other should be both. Not that it matters at this point.

soupmagnet said:
At the Superuser website, there are three zip files. One is Superuser, one is the su binary, and the other should be both. Not that it matters at this point.
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what do you mean by not that it matters at this point?
can't I just download the zip and flash it?

soupmagnet said:
You need the su binary installed as well. But with that being said, why don't you just install the Superuser.apk?
[Edit:] It's late and I'm not paying attention for some reason. Custom ROMs come pre-rooted and you have Jelly Bean installed. Perhaps there's a problem with ES File Explorer?
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Maybe you missed this

soupmagnet said:
Maybe you missed this
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I tried another app called copy paste it and when I try to use it this message appears:
"Your Phone does not appear to be rooted or has not been given root privileges. to use this application please provide root privileges to this applications"
what should I do?
[Edit] ok now i know my device is certainly not rooted i tried orbot, market enabler and market unlocker they all dispatch the same message your device isn't rooted.
can anyone tell me how to root it?

Scarfacew said:
I tried another app called copy paste it and when I try to use it this message appears:
"Your Phone does not appear to be rooted or has not been given root privileges. to use this application please provide root privileges to this applications"
what should I do?
[Edit] ok now i know my device is certainly not rooted i tried orbot, market enabler and market unlocker they all dispatch the same message your device isn't rooted.
can anyone tell me how to root it?
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I too used the KFU to supposedly root my KF, but when I tried to install Titanium Backup, it gave me the same error message saying that my phone did not have root privileges... I wonder if there is something not installing correctly when using KFU...

"Root" consists of the su binary, which the system uses to give the user root permissions, and Superuser.apk, which keeps a database of what programs you allow to have those permissions. With "su" only, you will still have root permission, but only at the level of command line interface and your apps will not be allowed root permissions. Superuser.apk by itself is worthless. Custom ROMS come pre-rooted so the need to re-root is usually unnecessary unless something happens to one of the above mentioned programs. The only way to be sure if/which one is missing is in recovery via the command line because custom recovery will provide temporary root access.
Code:
adb shell ls /system/xbin
...look for su
Code:
adb shell ls /system/app
...look for Superuser.apk
Superuser can be installed from within the ROM using the .apk (at least in earlier versions it was possible), or in recovery using the command line or by flashing the signed .zip from the superuser website . The su binary can only be installed while in recovery.
Of course it all can be fixed by re-flashing your custom ROM.
It may also be necessary to rename the check-rooted executable, but only if you're running the stock Amazon software.
I think that pretty much covers it.

soupmagnet said:
"Root" consists of the su binary, which the system uses to give the user root permissions, and Superuser.apk, which keeps a database of what programs you allow to have those permissions. With "su" only, you will still have root permission, but only at the level of command line interface and your apps will not be allowed root permissions. Superuser.apk by itself is worthless. Custom ROMS come pre-rooted so the need to re-root is usually unnecessary unless something happens to one of the above mentioned programs. The only way to be sure if/which one is missing is in recovery via the command line because custom recovery will provide temporary root access.
Code:
adb shell ls /system/xbin
...look for su
Code:
adb shell ls /system/app
...look for Superuser.apk
Superuser can be installed from within the ROM using the .apk (at least in earlier versions it was possible), or in recovery using the command line or by flashing the signed .zip from the superuser website . The su binary can only be installed while in recovery.
Of course it all can be fixed by re-flashing your custom ROM.
It may also be necessary to rename the check-rooted executable, but only if you're running the stock Amazon software.
I think that pretty much covers it.
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Ok now things are getting worse I tried to turn the wifi on and it didn't work, I tried to reboot and power off the tablet but it just won't work
{Edit} I want to know that by re-flashing the ROM is there a guarantee that those problems won't happen again.
One more thing is that I deleted the ROM from my kindle I can't transfer it from my laptop because the kindle hasn't been recognized after the jelly bean and I can't downloaded because wifi isn't working so what should I do
Thanks in advance

Scarfacew said:
Ok now things are getting worse I tried to turn the wifi on and it didn't work, I tried to reboot and power off the tablet but it just won't work
I want to know that by re-flashing the ROM is there a guarantee that those problems won't happen again.
Thanks in advance
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There are never any guarantees when it comes to computers and system software, but the LIKELINESS is very high that the problem will be fixed.

soupmagnet said:
There are never any guarantees when it comes to computers and system software, but the LIKELINESS is very high that the problem will be fixed.
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One more thing is that I deleted the ROM from my kindle I can't transfer it from my laptop because the kindle hasn't been recognized since I flashed the jelly bean and I can't downloaded because wifi isn't working so what should I do
Thanks in advance

Boot into recovery and "mount" your sdcard to USB. The computer should still recognize it.

soupmagnet said:
Boot into recovery and "mount" your sdcard to USB. The computer should still recognize it.
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I re-flashed the Rom, wifi is working so I dl ES file explorer and checked Root explorer, but when superuser request popped, I clicked allow but it didn't work it gave me the same message, the new thing is that superuser app added es file explorer to its list but I still can't copy apps in the app/system file.
I know I bored you to death and I'm really thankful for ur help but I really need the root.

Scarfacew said:
I re-flashed the Rom, wifi is working so I dl ES file explorer and checked Root explorer, but when superuser request popped, I clicked allow but it didn't work it gave me the same message, the new thing is that superuser app added es file explorer to its list but I still can't copy apps in the app/system file.
I know I bored you to death and I'm really thankful for ur help but I really need the root.
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Ok, well try a different ROM. If the problem persists then we can try to think of something.

I flashed the Alien droid ROM it's working fine till now but I need to know how to install an arabic keyboard please
Thanks

Ok, I have a dumb question, but from where do you run the DOS commands from? (ie. what directory?)..
c:\KFU?

Right-click on your KFU folder and select properties to find the folder's path. It may be different depending on wherever you've installed it.

soupmagnet said:
Right-click on your KFU folder and select properties to find the folder's path. It may be different depending on wherever you've installed it.
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Thanks. but not sure i understand.
Here is what I'm attempting to do.. using the root method described here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1638452 under "Getting to fastboot mode" there are a series of command line examples that seem to start with adb.... (ex. adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/fbmode).
Under Rooting the stock software, the first step command line is "adb shell mount system"
my question is from where do I start (directory) so that when I enter these commands they work?
Or are you saying that I need to fun all these from the KFU directory? (or KFU/tools) or some other directory..
I appreciate the help and feedback..

:h my::
Wherever adb is...Right-click on that folder to find it's path so you can "cd" or change directories to it. Alternatively, you can Shift + Right-click on that folder and select something like "Open command window here".

Rooting Hell Since 4.2.1

So I usually use the toolkit to root, in fact I have been for many versions now.
However with the installation of 4.2.1 I haven't been able to root at all. I use the toolkit in the same way but it simply doesn't root the phone.
So today I tried the manual way. I downloaded and installed SDK tools from google navigated to the adb folder and went through the commands. Everything seemed to go okay apart from when I typed adb shell chmod 06755 /system/bin/su. The command window did nothing.
I carried on and typed adb shell chmod 06755 /system/app/Superuser.apk, when it said "bad command" or something similar.
Rebooted the phone, no root... still.
However the Superuser app is there. So:
1) How do I delete the superuser app, bearing in mind it has system permissions. I'd like to simply start again.
2) I don't have CW recovery installed and would prefer not to bother with it if I can.
3) Just to confirm, when I root the phone, does that allow me to delete files in the /system/app folder?
4) Following this guide on rooting manually. Is that all alright?
5) In a couple of sentences, can someone explain rooting to me? From what I understood, rooting simply opens up the phone to allow access to everywhere, where you can copy and delete files, or apks.
6) If 5 is true, when following the rooting guide (4), which command am I actually telling the system to run as root? Is it simply the "root" command?
7) If 6 is true, how come when I re-boot, the phone won't let me delete things from the system/app folder?
Thanks for any help.

1) stop using a toolkit, and no you didnt root the manual way.
2) download this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 - its supersu, superuser is unreliable on 4.2+
3) fastboot flash a recovery
4) flash the supersu.zip
5) done.

Sorry, I should have explained the Su app is SuperSU.
Just gave it another go using a manual toolkit but still no root access. I also now have an su.apk, superuser.apk (SuperSU) and a su file. Need to delete them all.
What do you mean by "fastboot flash a recovery"? You mean flash a new recovery centre like CW?
Don't these superuser apps just manage app permissions? They don't actually enable the root access do they?
Thanks

anotherxdauser said:
Sorry, I should have explained the Su app is SuperSU.
Just gave it another go using a manual toolkit but still no root access. I also now have an su.apk, superuser.apk (SuperSU) and a su file. Need to delete them all.
What do you mean by "fastboot flash a recovery"? You mean flash a new recovery centre like CW?
Thanks
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follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529058

Quick Q...
If I flash a 4.2.1 system.img to the phone, it will replace what exactly?
I'm thinking this might be a way to get rid of the root apps which are protected and allow me to update to 4.2.2, THEN look at manually rooting.

anotherxdauser said:
Quick Q...
If I flash a 4.2.1 system.img to the phone, it will replace what exactly?
I'm thinking this might be a way to get rid of the root apps which are protected and allow me to update to 4.2.2, THEN look at manually rooting.
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it replaces anything in /system... basically the OS.

Problem regarding HTC One X root

I did a half ass job in trying to unroot. I deleted the su binary and superuser.apk file but didn't restore the stock ROM or recovery or boot before deleted them. I didn't wipe disk and relock the bootloader either, I just stopped there.
After that, my ROM, Viperx 3.7.7 can still grant apps permission to access root, albeit a little buggy (can't grant for one time but must choose either 10min of access or forever). But after I update to Viper 4.1.1 or CM 12, that ability is lost completely and CWM start asking me if I wanted to fix root upon exit. Right now I can still access root and do things to its file (maybe) but I can't grant any permission, root checker told me my root is not properly installed and like I said above, CWM keep asking me and what I choose (Yes or No) makes no difference.
Anyone got a clue about what I should do? I've already tried to reflash the su binary from the onexroot zip file available on this forum, It didn't do anything.

Updated: I still have my su binary, but I don't have any superuser.apk in system/app
And I can't deleted or do anything to the files in root dir.