Im currently on Android 4.3 and have been since a couple days after it was pushed to AOSP, no problems until recently, I got a message to update SuperSU Binary's, the install flailed so I tried flashing it through TWRP, but I cant boot into recovery either so im not sure what the problem is but I think I might have lost root although i still have SuperSU on my device. Included some screenshots below:
Dunno what went wrong but you can't go wrong with reflashing your recovery via fastboot and then flashing su or reflashing your ROM
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Thank you, it worked
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I've unlocked the bootloader, installed TWRP and have been trying to install SuperSU v1.65 (and 1.55 previously) but when I tell TWRP to reboot into Android it tells me I don't have root and asks if I want to root. No matter my answer, I cannot get the tablet to boot with root access. Any ideas? I've even tried Wugs Toolkit and SkipSoft's toolkit and neither does the trick. Help!
Hmmmmm.... I skipped the install superSU after I had TWRP because from there I just flashed AOKP.
What are the exact steps you've done?
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jova33 said:
Hmmmmm.... I skipped the install superSU after I had TWRP because from there I just flashed AOKP.
What are the exact steps you've done?
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Yeah, I thought about just going for a ROM with SuperSU baked in but am still not sure as I'm testing out Paranoid Android on my N10 still. Normally, I just flash a ROM immediately, I've never tried to root and run a stock Google ROM before.
Anyways, I unlocked the tablet immediately as to not lose information once I decided to root and ROM. I had the tablet for about a week before deciding to root it, so of course all the USB Debugging, USB drivers, etc. stuff was already done. Then I:
downloaded CWM recovery to PC
copied SuperSU 1.55 to the root of the sdcard (later on I switched to SuperSU 1.65)
fastboot oem unlock'd it
fastboot flash recovery'd latest CWM
rebooted into recovery
flashed SuperSU
rebooted into Android (this is when I get the "you're device is not rooted..." dialog)
Once booted, root access is not allowed, so I flashed TWRP via fastboot and still couldn't get root. I tried both recoveries several times each. As mentioned before, I have tried both telling CWM/TWRP to root the device and not doing so, but neither way allows me to keep root. This is when I tried SkipSoft and Wugs Toolkits. Both said they rooted the device but I got nothing.
Did you update the su binaries once you booted?
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Did you update the su binaries once you booted?
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Well, SuperSU is nowhere to be found on the device once it boots, so no. I did try installing SuperSU from the Play store and it warns me that the binaries are not updated but then immediately closes and doesn't let me update them (I'm guessing its because I have no root access).
That is odd indeed. Try downloading superSU zip again. If TWRP says you don't have root and asks to fix, say no.
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Hey guys, I updated to 4.4.2 but I cant seem to get root back or recovery to stick. I had no problems with my N5.
Maybe its my procedure?
Updated to 4.4.2 using the latest CWM Touch
Flashed CWM Touch using Fastboot
Install the latest SuperSU zip in CWM Touch.
Restart and no Su binary is found.
When I try to restart into Recovery, I get the android with a red explanation point.
*Edit* I've tried regular CWM as well as TWRP but same issue
Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks
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And I got it working, ran CF-Autoroot and I'm back up and running
Same
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Hey guys, I updated to 4.4.2 but I cant seem to get root back or recovery to stick. I had no problems with my N5.
Maybe its my procedure?
Updated to 4.4.2 using the latest CWM Touch
Flashed CWM Touch using Fastboot
Install the latest SuperSU zip in CWM Touch.
Restart and no Su binary is found.
When I try to restart into Recovery, I get the android with a red explanation point.
*Edit* I've tried regular CWM as well as TWRP but same issue
Any suggestions or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks
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And I got it working, ran CF-Autoroot and I'm back up and running
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I have the same issue!!
Running this got it working for me
http://download.chainfire.eu/347/CF...uto-Root-flo-razor-nexus7.zip?retrieve_file=1
Not sure why it wont work manually installing but that'll do for now.
I can't even get my Nexus to boot into custom recovery after updating. Not looking forward to wiping my device all over again just to root it
I have seen it before where the device gets rooted but you have to manually download super su from the Google play store. Try grabbing super such to make sure that you are in fact rooted or get a root checker...
CF-auto-root is the way to go...
Have fun with 4.4.2
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Ok guys I am a noob (also new to these forums) and I'm having a lot of trouble with my phone. The other day, I rooted my phone using towelroot and confirmed it using root checker. then, I downloaded ROM manager as advised by a friend. i followed the instructions and installed Clockworkmod Recovery onto my AT&T Galaxy S3. Feeling I was finally ready to install a ROM, i tried to download Cyanogenmod 10.3.1 only to have it be "downloading" for over 14 hours without it completing. From there, i did some research and decided to utilize the Cyanogenmod Installer. it seemed to work perfectly, even showing the cyanogenmod logo under when my devicec turned on, until it told me to reboot my device. i entered clockworkmod recovery mode to officially reboot it. when i selected "reboot system now" it said "Root access possibly lost. Fix?". i was given the options to say "No" and "Yes - Fix root (/system/xbin/su). no matter which one i try, my phone boots to the stock touchwiz OS. I have installed and reinstalled both superuser, superSU, and ROM manager to no success. What am i doing wrong?
Try flashing Philz Touch via Odin and use that to flash a custom ROM.
From what I recall, CM ROMs are already rooted.
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Try flashing Philz Touch via Odin and use that to flash a custom ROM.
From what I recall, CM ROMs are already rooted.
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CM is already rooted? What does that mean? I have a feeling that I will be unable to flash any ROMs due to my "possible loss of root access." Thank you for your patience as I am a noob and am very stressed out as this is my only phone.
I see two areas that are potential problems for flashing that rom. If it took 14 hours to download, its highly likely a corrupted download. But also, you may be on too new firmware. Cm uses asserts in the updater-script to check that you have the right base firmware/bootloader build. They dont update this so when newer firmware is released it will no longer flash because the script doesn't see it as allowed.
Anytime you have issues flashing something in recovery, you should copy the recovery log to sd. This will tell you what happened. I suspect it simply didn't flash, but without the log, theres no way we can tell what happened.
Also, you do not need to be rooted to flash anything from recovery. Just flash the recovery, then flash a rom from there. Nearly all roms you will ever see are already rooted. Non rooted roms are very rare and are generally only used as an alternate way to revert to stock.
I dont use cwm, but if im not mistaken, it seems to always ask to fix root. I dont know why, but I see people ask about it frequently.
I use TWRP, so try that, or philz as suggested by audit13. Just watch the flash progress for any errors and copy the log.
I rooted the phone 3 times, with and without the toolkit. It says successful each time and I can use Titanium backup. I tried to de-knox (wasn't told to do so) but it says it can't find root. Root checker says I'm rooted and I have TWRP.
What in the world could I have done wrong.
Any help would be helpful.
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SmoothKat deox v1
sesm-n910p
mdf 1.1 release 5
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I rooted the phone 3 times, with and without the toolkit. It says successful each time and I can use Titanium backup. I tried to de-knox (wasn't told to do so) but it says it can't find root. Root checker says I'm rooted and I have TWRP.
What in the world could I have done wrong.
Any help would be helpful.
4.4.4
3.10.5-AELKernel-v4.5
[email protected] #1
SmoothKat deox v1
sesm-n910p
mdf 1.1 release 5
vpn v 1.4 release 2
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Maybe a silly question but did you install a custom recovery?
Great question. Yes. I have TWRP
Did u check md5 on the rom u downloaded and update to the latest twrp
wascapsfan said:
I rooted the phone 3 times, with and without the toolkit. It says successful each time and I can use Titanium backup. I tried to de-knox (wasn't told to do so) but it says it can't find root. Root checker says I'm rooted and I have TWRP.
What in the world could I have done wrong.
Any help would be helpful.
4.4.4
3.10.5-AELKernel-v4.5
[email protected] #1
SmoothKat deox v1
sesm-n910p
mdf 1.1 release 5
vpn v 1.4 release 2
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You should try philz recovery
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wascapsfan said:
I rooted the phone 3 times, with and without the toolkit. It says successful each time and I can use Titanium backup. I tried to de-knox (wasn't told to do so) but it says it can't find root. Root checker says I'm rooted and I have TWRP.
What in the world could I have done wrong.
Any help would be helpful.
4.4.4
3.10.5-AELKernel-v4.5
[email protected] #1
SmoothKat deox v1
sesm-n910p
mdf 1.1 release 5
vpn v 1.4 release 2
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So the first thing I noticed is, you listed the bold above. That means the rom is flashed? Thats my rom. Its stock and you even show the correct kernel. (although I would update to a newer one). Next thing is, after you download use an MD5 checker and compare to the rom thread or AFH next time. This will indicate if there are issues with the download or the file itself after moving it. Report back for us so we can proceed to help you further
Have you tried full unroot through SuperSU app and reflash latest SuperSU via recovery ?
OK. So I completely bricked the phone trying to get this to work.
I was able to download the ORIGINAL stock unrooted rom.
I rooted it again after getting it back up. I tried to flash a couple of ROMS, but TWRP just continues to reset back to TWRP menu when I flash. So I changed to Philz. Aborts each time
It sounds to me like the best plan at this point would be to Odin back to stock and start over. Something went wrong somewhere!
Yeah. If you can get into download mode then you didn't brick. Download the stock tar and try again.
I already restored it back to stock. I've done this 3x now. I'm stock again now, but each time I use the toolkit and reboot, when I try to flash ANY rom, it says failed or corrupt.
I've tried philz and TWRP. Both are giving the same results
I've rooted several phones and no issue. I was able to install one earlier before I bricked the first time, but the radio/data kept having issues even after I did the fix so I tried another rom, but to no avail.
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I already restored it back to stock. I've done this 3x now. I'm stock again now, but each time I use the toolkit and reboot, when I try to flash ANY rom, it says failed or corrupt.
I've tried philz and TWRP. Both are giving the same results
I've rooted several phones and no issue. I was able to install one earlier before I bricked the first time, but the radio/data kept having issues even after I did the fix so I tried another rom, but to no avail.
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you do know we could always skip the step thats probably not playing nice for you, the toolkit.
Odin Stock NK2 tar
Odin TWRP
Boot into TWRP
Flash Custom rom (all come prerooted nowadays)
Profit.
alternative to that is:
Odin Stock NK2 tar
Odin CF-autoroot
Odin Recovery Of choice
enjoy stock rooted or Reboot to recovery and flash custom recovery of choice.
Well, I just tried that also with the newest TWRP 2.8.4.0 and it didn't take through ODIN. The guy fell over when I went to see it as the the phone tried to do the update.
I used ODIN to download Philz and it took.
I then tried to flash Liquid Smooth and it aborted saying it can't open /storage/sdcard1/LS-LP-v4.0-2015-01-16- liquid_trltespr.zip (bad)
The I tried to /storage/sdcard1/cm-12-20150116-UNOFFICIAL-trltespr.zip (bad) and it aborted again
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you do know we could always skip the step thats probably not playing nice for you, the toolkit.
Odin Stock NK2 tar
Odin TWRP
Boot into TWRP
Flash Custom rom (all come prerooted nowadays)
Profit.
alternative to that is:
Odin Stock NK2 tar
Odin CF-autoroot
Odin Recovery Of choice
enjoy stock rooted or Reboot to recovery and flash custom recovery of choice.
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Now that none of these options worked (for some strange reason), I went back to the toolkit and re-rooted the phone and got rid of knox, added busybox, etc... Now I AM rooted again, but none of the roms will install.
I have a rooted phone that can't flash.
I tried all of the roms that I downloaded to my sd card, but none seem to work.
Even though I have a new 128 gb sandisc ultra, is it possible that I have a bad card??
I'm just baffled. I've been rooting phones for years, but this one is strange.
Is there a way to use odin to flash a rom?? I know it would have to be a tar file
Definitely yes... Put the rom on the internal memory and you will be good to go!
wascapsfan said:
Now that none of these options worked (for some strange reason), I went back to the toolkit and re-rooted the phone and got rid of knox, added busybox, etc... Now I AM rooted again, but none of the roms will install.
I have a rooted phone that can't flash.
I tried all of the roms that I downloaded to my sd card, but none seem to work.
Even though I have a new 128 gb sandisc ultra, is it possible that I have a bad card??
I'm just baffled. I've been rooting phones for years, but this one is strange.
Is there a way to use odin to flash a rom?? I know it would have to be a tar file
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Unless your card is bad (or your drivers on your pc) the problems you are experiencing are still unfortunately most likely internet connection or user related errors. You don't detail your steps carefully. This is important in this situation.
Try downloading a ROM to your computer and transfer it to the internal storage. Also, how are you using philz recovery, I thought only twrp worked for our phone. Download the right recovery here, flash with Odin in PDA slot from download mode. http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/266
UPDATE!!!!!
Thanks EVERYBODY... I used my old 4GB SanDisk mini card and it is still good.
I downloaded the rom to the card and it took immediately.
The 128GB card that I bought is junk.
It is rooted and I have an AWESOME rom now.
Thanks agian EVERYONE for all of your help
I recently flashed v30b on my D855. I did a clean (CSE) flash with the LG flash tool 2014 and rooted the device with KingRoot. But every time I reboot I lose root acces.
I installed the bump'd version of TWRP with flashify, but when I try to boot into TWRP I get a MISMATCH_SIG_LEN error before the screen goes black and the led starts blinking. I then pull out the battery to start over with a fresh unrooted phone. I think I loose root acces before entering recovery or something. I did some searching, but the only solution I found was to do a clean install, which I already did.
My goal is to install TWRP to flash custom ROMs. How do I fix this?
I think that after installing root with kingroot you will need to perm root it. Kingroot is only temporaty and even if you uninstall it you get unrooted.
Nikolatas said:
I think that after installing root with kingroot you will need to perm root it. Kingroot is only temporaty and even if you uninstall it you get unrooted.
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I'm having a sort of similar problem on my D85130d. I downgraded fine from 30g to 30d with LGUP. downloaded kingroot and rooted. That was all good. Installed TWRP and flashed the recovery rom and was able to make a backup of my current stock rom (which has saved my life because I think I've soft bricked my phone about 4 times trying to permanent root hahah). Since I AM new to rooting I think I'm missing a certain step, (or maybe the zips im trying to flash are corrupt?) Basically, tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...wngrading-rooting-t3608851/page3#post74961164 and I've also tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...ock-d851-30d-kdz-flashable-zips-imgs-t3367371. The problem with the first one is its not completely specific and like I mentioned before, I'm a white belt at rooting lol. The second thread gave me hope and i do have TWRP installed so I downloaded the 2 main zips I would need (a. LG-D85130D-Flashable.Boot-AUTOREPACK.zip
and b. SuperSU zip) reboot to recovery and flashed both zips separately then reboot. But I end up with a TMO screen and it stays like that. This last time I even left it loading on that screen for about 2 hours and no such luck. I'm wondering is there something I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated from the XDA gods
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I'm having a sort of similar problem on my D85130d. I downgraded fine from 30g to 30d with LGUP. downloaded kingroot and rooted. That was all good. Installed TWRP and flashed the recovery rom and was able to make a backup of my current stock rom (which has saved my life because I think I've soft bricked my phone about 4 times trying to permanent root hahah). Since I AM new to rooting I think I'm missing a certain step, (or maybe the zips im trying to flash are corrupt?) Basically, tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...wngrading-rooting-t3608851/page3#post74961164 and I've also tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/tm...ock-d851-30d-kdz-flashable-zips-imgs-t3367371. The problem with the first one is its not completely specific and like I mentioned before, I'm a white belt at rooting lol. The second thread gave me hope and i do have TWRP installed so I downloaded the 2 main zips I would need (a. LG-D85130D-Flashable.Boot-AUTOREPACK.zip
and b. SuperSU zip) reboot to recovery and flashed both zips separately then reboot. But I end up with a TMO screen and it stays like that. This last time I even left it loading on that screen for about 2 hours and no such luck. I'm wondering is there something I'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated from the XDA gods
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To be fair, i perma rooted the v30B variant. Im not sure bout the D. I rooted it with kingroot, installed TWRP via autorec, i went in recovery and flashed the file thats in the post, rebooted and then installed supersu from the playstore and im perma rooted. After that kingroot is gone and you are left with supersu. This is the guide i followed https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/root-twrp-marshmallow-d855-30b-t3286268