I rooted my N2 a while ago but decided to unroot it for work so I could encrypt and use the company MDM for the week. Well I was able to factory reset the phone after being done with using the MDM, rooted on LCJ and excepted the update with the root keeper or whatever it's called in supersu. Apparently, something went wrong as I've lost root even tho the app is still installed to system. I've tried to reroot it again with the toolkit but it's not working. Whenever I try to install a custom recovery with Odin it looks like it is installing but then it stays as is with the stock recovery and won't install su. Any ideas on where to go from here?
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try rooting manually such as i did on jb 4.1.2 use odin 3.04, cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014 and CWM-SuperSU-v0.97 or su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed i forgot which one as i had both on my sd card place (CWM-SuperSU-v0.97 or su-2.3.6.3-efgh-signed zip file on the root of external sd for some reason placed on internal cwm didnt see it) flash cwm6-recovery-n7100-121014 with odin select pda and deselect auto reboot be sure phone is in debugging before going into download mode after you successfully flash cwm do a battery pull and boot to recovery it will take longer then usual but its ok then flash the superuser zip you placed on the sd when you exit it should as you if you want to disable stock recovery grant it permission to do so hope it helps you
anidrin said:
I rooted my N2 a while ago but decided to unroot it for work so I could encrypt and use the company MDM for the week. Well I was able to factory reset the phone after being done with using the MDM, rooted on LCJ and excepted the update with the root keeper or whatever it's called in supersu. Apparently, something went wrong as I've lost root even tho the app is still installed to system. I've tried to reroot it again with the toolkit but it's not working. Whenever I try to install a custom recovery with Odin it looks like it is installing but then it stays as is with the stock recovery and won't install su. Any ideas on where to go from here?
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Use this. It is really simple. Literally takes 30 secs and works for MA7. After you are rooted you can install whatever recovery you want.
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for some reason that auto root didnt work for me thats why i had to take the long route
klbjr said:
Use this. It is really simple. Literally takes 30 secs and works for MA7. After you are rooted you can install whatever recovery you want.
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eightiesbaby said:
for some reason that auto root didnt work for me thats why i had to take the long route
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Yeah I think you screwed something up with that root keeper stuff. I would use this to either go back to complete stock MA7 or LJC. Accept the MA7 OTA if you decided on LJC and then try the auto root I linked to earlier. I've rooted about 6 stock MA7 Note II's using it and haven't had one problem.
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So I upgraded to Jelly Bean using the OTA on Rogers. I used Voodoo to maintain my root access but it only seemed to preserve it for the apps that already had access. I was trying to flash CWM on the phone today only to find out root is broken.
What is the easiest way for me to regain root access? I uninstalled SuperUser and reinstalled it without any luck. Now the root apps like TiBu that were working before are no longer working.
I need some guidance on how I should proceed to get it back. I really don't want to have to wipe all my data if that can be avoided. I was able to install CWM using ADB. But I'd rather have my root functionality restored in my TW ROM so that I can make a proper backup before beginning to flash custom ROMs.
My details are in my sig. Thank you.
Just re-root it. You don't uninstall and re-install Superuser.
CZ Eddie said:
Just re-root it. You don't uninstall and re-install Superuser.
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Would you think the best course of action is to flash the SuperSu.zip via CWM or reload the OS on top using Odin/MrRobinson's method and have it repair what's broken?
I noticed my flash counter is now showing 1, don't know how that happened.
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Would you think the best course of action is to flash the SuperSu.zip via CWM or reload the OS on top using Odin/MrRobinson's method and have it repair what's broken?
I noticed my flash counter is now showing 1, don't know how that happened.
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Did you try updating the superuser binarys first?
pizzlewizzle said:
Did you try updating the superuser binarys first?
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How would I go about doing this?
I currently have Superuser installed, not SuperSU(Although it looks like more people are using this now)
Tony_YYZ said:
How would I go about doing this?
I currently have Superuser installed, not SuperSU(Although it looks like more people are using this now)
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I would try rerooting get latest CWM and SU, flash SU, then before you reboot go into advance fix permissions, reboot go into SU and fix binaries.
Back up before all this, just in case.
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mest22 said:
I would try rerooting get latest CWM and SU, flash SU, then before you reboot go into advance fix permissions, reboot go into SU and fix binaries.
Back up before all this, just in case.
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Thank you for the reply. I will attempt this once I get home. I was able to make a CWM backup last night. But I noticed that CWM was overwritten with the stock recovery once I rebooted, is it safe to set that option within CWM to make it set itself as the default recovery?
Tony_YYZ said:
Thank you for the reply. I will attempt this once I get home. I was able to make a CWM backup last night. But I noticed that CWM was overwritten with the stock recovery once I rebooted, is it safe to set that option within CWM to make it set itself as the default recovery?
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No problem, CWM should be the default recovery. And when you go to restore make sure you choose the backup you created with CWM.
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mest22 said:
No problem, CWM should be the default recovery. And when you go to restore make sure you choose the backup you created with CWM.
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It doesn't stick. Turns out the stock recovery is set to reload itself at each boot. This is the fix:
You will need to rename or delete these two files.
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
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Kind of figured it would... any workarounds yet? My previous root method was through the Exynos Abuse app... no update yet though. I realize it just came out, so was just wondering...
why would you install an OTA update when you are rooted?
Because I wasn't thinking. :banghead:
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So are there a question in this thread? If so, is the question how to get root back? Just use Odin and flash a custom recovery then reinstall SU.
I installed the update and kept root. When it finished downloading the package, it restarted into my custom recovery. I use ClockworkMod. Once I flashed it CWM told me that root might be lost and do I want to try to keep it. Of course, I said yes. Restarted, and everything was fine and rooted!
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I installed the update and kept root. When it finished downloading the package, it restarted into my custom recovery. I use ClockworkMod. Once I flashed it CWM told me that root might be lost and do I want to try to keep it. Of course, I said yes. Restarted, and everything was fine and rooted!
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So I tried to do the ota update, but when it reloads it takes me to TWRP. The frist time it took me there I selected to reboot from my recovery on my sd card, then the second time I just chose for it to reboot the system. I still don't have the update and I'm still rooted. Could u please help me to achieve what u have done, to keep root but also have the update applied?
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So I tried to do the ota update, but when it reloads it takes me to TWRP. The frist time it took me there I selected to reboot from my recovery on my sd card, then the second time I just chose for it to reboot the system. I still don't have the update and I'm still rooted. Could u please help me to achieve what u have done, to keep root but also have the update applied?
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You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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borijess said:
You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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As u can probably c I'm a total noob and I'm not sure what u mean when u say I need to have stock recovery. Could u pls point me in the right direction? I'd like to put this update on my phone and be done with it cuz it keeps popping up in my notification tray that there's an update. Pls help me, thanks in advance. I'm on a stock rom (at&t i317 4.1.2) and rooted with the CF auto root, but have the multiview mod installed also.
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borijess said:
You have to have stock recovery installed. U can't use twrp2 or cwm.
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I flashed it using CWM.
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I flashed it using CWM.
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I just went into my recovery for the first time since I flashed it with CWM and even though it kept my root, it did put the stock recovery back. I just re-flashed CWM Touch again and I'm all good now!
Hello,
So, I have the T-Mobile S4, obviously, and I updated to 4.3 using Kies. Well, long story short, after the updated I couldn't use WiFi at all. I ended up using Odin and putting the stock firmware back on, and that fixed everything.
Now, I rooted it using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683 but, the SuperSU root isn't letting me use OBackup, now. Before, when I had Superuser, it let me use it just fine.
Is there any way to switch from SuperSU to Superuser? I've been reading a few threads but they are all for 4.2.2 and I'm not sure if it'll work on 4.3. I read on one of the threads to use "CWM recovery" and use Odin and that would work, but again, that's 4.2.2.
Any ideas would be great.
Have you tried downloading it from the playstore?
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PwnYourFace said:
Hello,
So, I have the T-Mobile S4, obviously, and I updated to 4.3 using Kies. Well, long story short, after the updated I couldn't use WiFi at all. I ended up using Odin and putting the stock firmware back on, and that fixed everything.
Now, I rooted it using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980683 but, the SuperSU root isn't letting me use OBackup, now. Before, when I had Superuser, it let me use it just fine.
Is there any way to switch from SuperSU to Superuser? I've been reading a few threads but they are all for 4.2.2 and I'm not sure if it'll work on 4.3. I read on one of the threads to use "CWM recovery" and use Odin and that would work, but again, that's 4.2.2.
Any ideas would be great.
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The easiest way to solve the problem is to re-odin flash stock 4.2.2 firmware.
After that download CF-AUTOROOT and odin flash it.
After that you will be fully rooted and all apps which require root will work again.
Here is the direct download link for cf-autoroot: http://download.chainfire.eu/328/CF...jfltetmo-jfltetmo-sghm919.zip?retrieve_file=1
p.s. you might need to re-flash cwm or twrp custom recovery.
Good luck!
Android_Monsters said:
Have you tried downloading it from the playstore?
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Yeah; I tried downloading it from the playstore, but all it tells me once I open it is that the it is oudated and needs to update. I hit "Update" and then it crashes the app, and restarts the phone into recovery mode with no prompts except "reboot phone".
And the thing is I do NOT want to go back to 4.2.2. I want to find a way back to Superuser instead of SuperSU.
Misterjunky said:
The easiest way to solve the problem is to re-odin flash stock 4.2.2 firmware.
After that download CF-AUTOROOT and odin flash it.
After that you will be fully rooted and all apps which require root will work again.
Here is the direct download link for cf-autoroot
p.s. you might need to re-flash cwm or twrp custom recovery.
Good luck!
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The thing is I don't want to go back to 4.2.2. I like 4.3, I just need Superuser instead of SuperSU.
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So I was on rooted 4.1.1 and then I think I got hit with the heartbleed. I THOUGHT I was on 4.1.2 but then I remembered that I downgraded. Anyway, I flashed 4.3 completely stock no root and then did the OTA update to 4.4.2. Now I'm trying to restore root.
For some odd reason, odin will not flash any sort of recovery. Any ideas?
Hmm, was able to flash CF auto root... I think it just didn't like .tar file. No explanation why. Either way, gonna try to get twrp going.
For anyone who isn't able to flash a custom recovery, try the chainfire method if you haven't already.
QuantumPSI said:
Hmm, was able to flash CF auto root... I think it just didn't like .tar file. No explanation why. Either way, gonna try to get twrp going.
For anyone who isn't able to flash a custom recovery, try the chainfire method if you haven't already.
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So you were able to root the stock 4.4.2 on your L900 via odin- CF auto root, and got your custom recovery too?
I had the same issue and CF auto root was the only way for me as well. Once CF was done I updated the recovery and its all good.
Same here I had to flash CF auto root then philz_touch_6.07.9-l900.tar.md5 installed no issues. I used Odin 3.07 as .09 looked different from all the screen shots I saw. It may be fine but I didn't want to risk it.
Also want to say thanks to everyone on XDA. Second day with the Note and thanks to everyone here had no issues.
lilila said:
So you were able to root the stock 4.4.2 on your L900 via odin- CF auto root, and got your custom recovery too?
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Yes, that is precisely correct. Once I used CF, I simply used goo.manager to flash twrp. Had to do the SD card write fix, but beyond that, I'm good to go.
Completely bone stock + root.
I love all the stuff people do with ROMs, but I just don't have the time (or patience) to keep up with it all and I really just need some specific root functionality.
Hope this helps!
Just curious what is the SD card write fix for?
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xopher.hunter said:
Just curious what is the SD card write fix for?
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Google set 4.4.xx up so you can't transfer files from internal storage to external. The patch fixes that.
Basically they want SD cards gone in favor of their cloud storage.
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Google set 4.4.xx up so you can't transfer files from internal storage to external. The patch fixes that.
Basically they want SD cards gone in favor of their cloud storage.
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I have no issues transfer from internal to external on stock rooted 4.4.2.... works great....
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So I haven't been on xda for a while. I've rooted my note a good 12x. I got a replacement and decided to keep it stock as long as possible. Now my phone just pisses me off with touchwiz. I wanna flash a twrp or cwm so i can flash cm11 and so on. I know Samsung just puahed this new update out so idk if anyone has rooted it yet. Does any one know how to root and instal cwm on 4.4.2? Really want to flash a rom. Thank you very much for time and feedback
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So I haven't been on xda for a while. I've rooted my note a good 12x. I got a replacement and decided to keep it stock as long as possible. Now my phone just pisses me off with touchwiz. I wanna flash a twrp or cwm so i can flash cm11 and so on. I know Samsung just puahed this new update out so idk if anyone has rooted it yet. Does any one know how to root and instal cwm on 4.4.2? Really want to flash a rom. Thank you very much for time and feedback
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I used cf auto root heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1980644
Can you please confirm that cf worked on 4.4.2? Their site only shows compatibility up to 4.3. I've been searching everywhere, but found no confirmed reports of cf or anything else working on 4.4.2. I want to root my i317 while retaining the stock rom so that I can enable tethering.
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Can you please confirm that cf worked on 4.4.2? Their site only shows compatibility up to 4.3. I've been searching everywhere, but found no confirmed reports of cf or anything else working on 4.4.2. I want to root my i317 while retaining the stock rom so that I can enable tethering.
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Ive used it myself it works just fine
CF method worked on my i317 with Stock 4.4.2. I seen that the compatibility was up to 4.3 but I tried it anyways.
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What recovery are you using, and how did you install it, TWRP bricked mine.
C auto root is flashed with odin in download mode. While rooting, it installs a custom recovery.
maybe it's kitkat, but it didn't install one for me. When I went into recovery, it was the normal factory recovery, which allowed nothing. I tried with Rom Manager, but nothing.
CF worked
I had to manually install the latest Supersu apk then update the binaries to get it working afterword, but I'm finally rooted
Now to get tether working
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did you get a recovery to work, and if you did, how!
jappel2 said:
did you get a recovery to work, and if you did, how!
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Download a recovery like philz and flash it in odin while the phone is in download mode
Let me ask you this:
1. root with odin.
2. install CWM with odin?
3. Not I have 4.4.2 stock rom with root.
4. Can I install a custom rom with 4.4.2. stock rom still on the phone?
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Let me ask you this:
4. Can I install a custom rom with 4.4.2. stock rom still on the phone?
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Yes, if 1 - 3 is accomplished, you are ready for experiments in custom roms. You use the recovery to flash.
But make sure you have the latest recovery, and that you check the rom instructions a few times before you do anything.
Ok....cwm from Rom manager, or twrp through odin? I don't mean to break chops, I've rooted a captivate and played with it for a year, when my wtty was over with this phone, I rooted it, and had JediX 19 on it. I went back to stock, and then 4.4.2 When samsung stock 4.4.2 was installed, for some reason, it keeps bricking on me.
Ok, I rooted, and installed twrp from odin,.... passed. When I go into recovery, it's not there.
Ok. Hopefully someone has an answer. I rooted with CF auto root, Odin....fine. Installed CWM, fine. Downloaded SuperSU.....unfortunately superuser stopped working everytime I press on it. I cannot uninstall it, because it DOES NOT show up in application manager. I installed root checker, and says phone is not rooted. I can get into clockwork MOD, but no zip files show up. Can I use Odin to re flash CF auto root?, or just quit, I would hate to brick this again.
Sounds like Knox is blocking you. After rooting, install the latest Supersu apk (2.02) and install manually. Then when you open it, it should ask to update binaries. Let it, then it should ask about dialing Knox. Click yes. Viola, you're fully rooted. After the above is done, you can play with ROMs n such.
Up till that point, there is no need to flash anything, as auto root is designed to do the work for you from a pure stock rom.
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Sounds like Knox is blocking you. After rooting, install the latest Supersu apk (2.02) and install manually. Then when you open it, it should ask to update binaries. Let it, then it should ask about dialing Knox. Click yes. Viola, you're fully rooted. After the above is done, you can play with ROMs n such.
Up till that point, there is no need to flash anything, as auto root is designed to do the work for you from a pure stock rom.
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Thank you sir! I went into ES file explorer, and manually installed SuperSU. Although it never asked about dialing KNOX. I installed Root Checker, and it says I'm rooted. Appreciate yours and everyone else's help. Have a great day.