I tried to root my phone using a guide on youtube. My superuser installed but is not working. If i try to install root another way will I end up bricking my phone? When I click Superuser, it says it is outdated, tries to update, but it says it can't.
Just follow the guide here. Look in dev section
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naive1016 said:
I tried to root my phone using a guide on youtube. My superuser installed but is not working. If i try to install root another way will I end up bricking my phone? When I click Superuser, it says it is outdated, tries to update, but it says it can't.
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If you have cwm or twrp installed/flashed right now then download this zip file
and flash it and you will be rooted: http://batakang.com/ftp/SGH-M919/ROOT_M919UVUAMDL.zip
After this is flashed reboot the phone.
naive1016 said:
I tried to root my phone using a guide on youtube. My superuser installed but is not working. If i try to install root another way will I end up bricking my phone? When I click Superuser, it says it is outdated, tries to update, but it says it can't.
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Do you have the SGH-M919 model?
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I have an sgh-m919 T-Mobile galaxy s4
I rooted using CF-auto-root
It was very easy, and I had no issues with it.
Use the search bar to find it on this forum.
Its fast, free, easy, and it works.
Youtube can be useful as a tool, but use it for only part of your research, don't follow everything you see. I mean obviously it worked, but obviously, its also outdated.
Factory Reset and try again, this time use CF-auto-root
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I just used wugfresh to unlock bootloader and root my phone but when I tried to use rooted apps it said it couldn't find any root. I have superuser installed but nothing is rooted any help?
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vince7 said:
I just used wugfresh to unlock bootloader and root my phone but when I tried to use rooted apps it said it couldn't find any root. I have superuser installed but nothing is rooted any help?
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Stop using Toolkits....
If you have a custom recovery you can download a SuperUser.zip and flash that.. this should give you what you want. Or you can download a Custom Rom and just flash that... problem solved you also dont have to go through the process of deleting the stock-recovery.sh that runs and kills your custom recovery.
I already fixed it but thanks for the reply and I should be not using tool kits thatsbfor sure but what do you mean about a custom recovery? How would I install that? So I would install the custom recovery then flash the su file and then flash a new from is this correct?
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vince7 said:
I already fixed it but thanks for the reply and I should be not using tool kits thatsbfor sure but what do you mean about a custom recovery? How would I install that? So I would install the custom recovery then flash the su file and then flash a new from is this correct?
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Had a look at Wugfresh thread, did you had it permanently flash cwm?
I don't think so actually
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vince7 said:
I just used wugfresh to unlock bootloader and root my phone but when I tried to use rooted apps it said it couldn't find any root. I have superuser installed but nothing is rooted any help?
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If you want to find out if your rooted check Play Movies. It will say ur appeared to be rooted and refuse service to the device.
The toolkit is amazing. I don't know why someone wouldn't recommend using it.
CWMR is a emergency thing in my opinion. It saves my butt countless amounts of time. U can flash it with Rom Manager, CWMR touch, and Rom Toolbox.
They are all available in the play store.
The toolkit isn't recommended because people don't learn things themselves. OP go superuser and see if things are given root or denied.
"Long is the way, and hard, that out of hell leads up to light."
DLD511 said:
CWMR is a emergency thing in my opinion. It saves my butt countless amounts of time. U can flash it with Rom Manager, CWMR touch, and Rom Toolbox.
They are all available in the play store.
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Emergencies!!!
CWM is the most important tool in a crack flashers toolbox.
Flash it from rom manager he says, you can get it from play store...... kids these days.
Adb and fastboot. Research.
nodstuff said:
Emergencies!!!
CWM is the most important tool in a crack flashers toolbox.
Flash it from rom manager he says, you can get it from play store...... kids these days.
Adb and fastboot. Research.
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I was just saying the simplest way on how to do it in my opinion.
And I don't use CWMR much. Only if something goes wrong.
This is my first post and i basically joined to share what i found. By using Snappea and Kingo App i was able to root my Centura. By using snappea to get the drivers and Kingo to root it was successful. I will post the links below for people to try it.
Step 1. Download and install Snappea.
Step 2. Downlod and install Kingo App.
Step 3. Connect your phone and run Snappea in order to get all the correct drivers for the phone.
Step 4. After getting all the drivers open Kingo app and follow all the intstructions until rooted. It doesn't work right away you gotta keep retrying at a certain point until kingo gets it all the way rooted. It works just takes more than one go almost like troubleshooting on windows.
I had used poot before and it was limited now i have better access and hopeully this leads to new roms. Hope this is helpful to everyone thank you.
poot works too
dspike90 said:
I had used poot before and it was limited now i have better access and hopeully this leads to new roms. Hope this is helpful to everyone thank you.
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I did lose root access after the recent Android update (to 4.0.4) but I just ran poot again and it worked fine for me.
So you have had no issues with the root so far?
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I did root it successfully but, it's more successful when you put superuser, root checker, and ministro installed first before you root with Poot it's more successful the first or second time but after rooting check with the root checker first because it activates the root and superuser. Good luck.
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jiggamiester said:
I did root it successfully but, it's more successful when you put superuser, root checker, and ministro installed first before you root with Poot it's more successful the first or second time but after rooting check with the root checker first because it activates the root and superuser. Good luck.
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Are there any ROMs available?
Here's a solution if you are as unfortunate as I am with the 4.3 and keep losing root.
Install vroot from market.
Open it and run root.
Repeat 2x.
Reboot.
Go to market and install SuperSu apk
Got to Chainfire site and download SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Reboot in recovery and flash the zip you downloaded. (for my piece of mind, I flashed TWICE).
Reboot. You should now have root.
If not, repeat process.
NOTE - There are many ways to root, but it seems, this is the only one that has kept my root privileges and no need of PC.
Hope this helps
explains how it works in more detail the recovery will not let me put the zip SuperSU I have the factory recovery
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ellocopr1 said:
explains how it works in more detail the recovery will not let me put the zip SuperSU I have the factory recovery
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Is this your first time rooting? If so, you need a custom recovery first. Either TWP (latest version) or CWM (latest). To install those, you need Odin and must use PC so it can push recovery into phone
I'm curious why you use vroot (which roots your phone) and also flash root? Why not run vroot, download su, open stand allow it to update binaries? I used vroot from my pc, but I imagine the app works the same. In a side not installing a recovery and rooting with just the app should not trip knox, mine didn't
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kintwofan said:
I'm curious why you use vroot (which roots your phone) and also flash root? Why not run vroot, download su, open stand allow it to update binaries? I used vroot from my pc, but I imagine the app works the same. In a side not installing a recovery and rooting with just the app should not trip knox, mine didn't
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I've tried vroot on its own. I've tried to just flash SuperSU. I've also tried to use vroot plus updating binaries on supersu. Kept losing root. LoL. This seems to hold it.
xRowanx said:
I've tried vroot on its own. I've tried to just flash SuperSU. I've also tried to use vroot plus updating binaries on supersu. Kept losing root. LoL. This seems to hold it.
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Gotcha, whatever works.
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Does anybody have the vroot .apk? It is no longer in the playstore
loo432 said:
Does anybody have the vroot .apk? It is no longer in the playstore
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I've uploaded it here https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33733849/Vroot_v1.0.5.1.apk
I DOWNLOADED ALL THE FILES(LG DRIVERS,CM11, GOOGLE APPS) FOR THE ROOT PROCESS, I AM ON LG SPRINT OPTIMUS G 4.1.2 AND CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY ALWAYS SAYS "ERROR OCCURED WHILE FLASHING YOUR DEVICE" so i can not root it at all. ive looked everywhere but nothing works.so I CAN NOT BE GRANTED SUPERUSER ACCESS UNTIL THAT ERROR GOES AWAY I SUPPOSE..NEED HELP.
When I FIRST OPEN UP ROM MANAGER WITHOUT ANY ACTIONS IT SAYS "SUPERUSER WAS NOT FOUND GOOGLE IT"
espada4 said:
I DOWNLOADED ALL THE FILES(LG DRIVERS,CM11, GOOGLE APPS) FOR THE ROOT PROCESS, I AM ON LG SPRINT OPTIMUS G 4.1.2 AND CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY ALWAYS SAYS "ERROR OCCURED WHILE FLASHING YOUR DEVICE" so i can not root it at all. ive looked everywhere but nothing works.so I CAN NOT BE GRANTED SUPERUSER ACCESS UNTIL THAT ERROR GOES AWAY I SUPPOSE..NEED HELP.
When I FIRST OPEN UP ROM MANAGER WITHOUT ANY ACTIONS IT SAYS "SUPERUSER WAS NOT FOUND GOOGLE IT"
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So you're on stock right now? And it is ZVC right? And you updated via updates or LGNPST, right?
If all of the above is correct, ... are you using the KK recoveries?
If you are, then when you flash the ROM you may need to install the flashable SuperUser.
If you're just trying to root and unlock your phone, look in the Development section for the root guide. You must be on stock to root/unlock your phone. If you used Freegee to unlock them you'll have the required recovery to flash KK ROMs.
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espada4 said:
I DOWNLOADED ALL THE FILES(LG DRIVERS,CM11, GOOGLE APPS) FOR THE ROOT PROCESS, I AM ON LG SPRINT OPTIMUS G 4.1.2 AND CLOCKWORK MOD RECOVERY ALWAYS SAYS "ERROR OCCURED WHILE FLASHING YOUR DEVICE" so i can not root it at all. ive looked everywhere but nothing works.so I CAN NOT BE GRANTED SUPERUSER ACCESS UNTIL THAT ERROR GOES AWAY I SUPPOSE..NEED HELP.
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Ok first off, sheesh on the all caps bro - don't need to yell! lol. I am a little confused though. You downloaded all the files but how did you actually try to root? I'm confused because you say clockworkmod recovery says "error while flashing your device" but it's my understanding that you can't even install CWM without having root access. Can you still get back into your stock? If you can, look at your apps, if you see Superuser or SuperSu then you are rooted. If not, you have two options - use the Framaroot app that you can find in the play store. Install that and use the Gandalf exploit. Option two is to use Fiddy619's Universal root method, just search the general section here and you should find it. I have tried both and both have worked successfully. After that, you need to unlock your bootloader in order to install CWM or TWRP correctly. The easiest method is to install another app from the play store called "FreeGee" and use the sbl unlock method. It will unlock the bootloader and install either CWM or TWRP for you, your choice. If you have any questions or run into more problems just let me know and I'll help dude.
EDIT: @engine95 is much faster than I.
EDIT#2: I type too much, Lol! Also, I haven't used FreeGee in awhile and keep forgetting it's been overhauled - not sure if you even have to pick sbl unlock or it's just become the default.
Just barely. Besides... 2 heads are better than one.
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engine95 said:
Just barely. Besides... 2 heads are better than one.
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Ha ha, very true, and like always I'm over my thank limit for the day so thank you.
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engine95 said:
So you're on stock right now? And it is ZVC right? And you updated via updates or LGNPST, right?
If all of the above is correct, ... are you using the KK recoveries?
If you are, then when you flash the ROM you may need to install the flashable SuperUser.
If you're just trying to root and unlock your phone, look in the Development section for the root guide. You must be on stock to root/unlock your phone. If you used Freegee to unlock them you'll have the required recovery to flash KK ROMs.
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i sent u a msg,keyboard caps got stuck lol
When I was Brand new learning how to do everything Fiddys root method was a breeze for me, all uphill from there
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k5t4j5 said:
When I was Brand new learning how to do everything Fiddys root method was a breeze for me, all uphill from there
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That's how I rooted the first time before the lgog's glass back broke. But the second phone I got, I used framaroot, then freegee - had twrp installed before I left Best Buy. Hahaha.
Haha, yeah the more you learn the easier it gets it seems
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I think I need to do a Flashback on my Tablet so I can truly root it. I've tried a few ways to root it and all have failed. SuperUser won't open at all. Tried to Towelroot, even tried Stump Root and Stump says the device is already rooted, but I know it's not...
Just noticed I posted this in the wrong forum.
run2jeepn said:
I think I need to do a Flashback on my Tablet so I can truly root it. I've tried a few ways to root it and all have failed. SuperUser won't open at all. Tried to Towelroot, even tried Stump Root and Stump says the device is already rooted, but I know it's not...
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install cwm and then install supersu update zip from there, your device will be rooted,
if you dont know what i am talking about, just ask what you dont understand and i will explain and will help you if you need
and dont forget to tell me which device you have(model number) if you want me to help you
Thank you
Model: SM-T217S
How do I installed cwm? CWM Backup Manager from App Store?
run2jeepn said:
Thank you
Model: SM-T217S
How do I installed cwm? CWM Backup Manager from App Store?
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No, follow first post of this thread:
[Recovery] & [Root] T217S CWM & TWRP 2.7.0.0 (Unofficial)
And after doing this, follow this:
How to root any android device, easy, Noob friendly!
If you face any problem, reply, I will help you, but after 6 hours from now, will be sleeping now, good luck
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Got CWM into come up, but can't find the SU Zip file... So I just did the reboot from CWM... Now all it does is run a bit slower. SU trys to open, but stats Binary issues. Nothing changed, but slower device now.
run2jeepn said:
Got CWM into come up, but can't find the SU Zip file... So I just did the reboot from CWM... Now all it does is run a bit slower. SU trys to open, but stats Binary issues. Nothing changed, but slower device now.
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OK, tell me what did you do if you didn't found supersu update zip.
Write it step by step (as you did)
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sscsps said:
OK, tell me what did you do if you didn't found supersu update zip.
Write it step by step (as you did)
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When I got CWM opened I did a System wipe factory reset.
Then tried to use towelroot again... Didn't work...
Every link I found to SU was to the google play store... not a Zip folder...
run2jeepn said:
When I got CWM opened I did a System wipe factory reset.
Then tried to use towelroot again... Didn't work...
Every link I found to SU was to the google play store... not a Zip folder...
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Go to second link up there
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Go to second link up there
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I did try that link. It ends up with going to google play store.
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I did try that link. It ends up with going to google play store.
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It seems you were not able to FIND it on that page(linked in that post), so here you go
http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.94.zip?retrieve_file=1
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Ok was able to run the SU Zip through CWM and had it rebooted after it was completed. Once it was on. I looked around on the Tablet and SU isn't installed. Running Root Checker Pro and it says the Devices appears to be running very Slow... Been on this screen for a few mins already.
Edit: Went back into CWM and Re-Booted... When I clicked on it a new page loaded and had an option to Fix Root... Choose it and Re-booted.
Downloaded SU from Google Play and it worked now... HUGE THANKS....
Well Crap... Says it's rooted. Xmod is getting Permission from Super User.. Mod installed in the Game... launch from xMod and the Game Crashes.
Ok opened SU and it triggered KNOX... Clicked to let SU to try and disable KNOX.... Been on that Screen for 5min so far...I also get a Security Notice Stating Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked.
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Unistalled SU and Restalled it. Let SU try and Fix KNOX again... Fixed it in just a Few Seconds.
Wroking 100% Now. The last issue was with XMod not the root.
BIG THANKS
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