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[Q] CM10 has no root access

I have been researching all day trying to figure out how to get CM10 root to work properly. Each time I install it all of the features work fine, but I lack root access. I am able to root using the stock rom whether it be by using cwm or flashing using odin. Each time that I flash I always make sure to clear cache, do factory reset, and wipe the Dalvik cache. I have also attempted to use twrp instead of cwm, that yielded a bit different results; it would notify me when wifi was available and I had the CM updater, which I did'nt have before.
In all cases root access has been missing though. As far as I know CM had root access built in so I'm a bit confused as to what I can do. Any suggestions on what to do would be great, and if you need more information feel free to ask.
Thank you,
SqueakyP

Have you tried updating the binary for super user/super su?

stevessvt said:
Have you tried updating the binary for super user/super su?
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Yes, I have the latest superuser, also tried getting the latest supersu. I only used one manager at a time. Both of them were unable to update the su binary due to lacking root access.
I am also unable to use the "su" command in terminal due to access being denied

Stop doing a factory reset. It's why you are losing root
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Android_Monsters said:
Stop doing a factory reset. It's why you are losing root
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So I should just flash the rom without doing factory reset beforehand?

root the phone.
Which should give you clockwork.
Install Rom manager.
Download the latest cm10 nightly
Flash.
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SqueakyP said:
So I should just flash the rom without doing factory reset beforehand?
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Yes.
You're losing root when you factory reset
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You've already made your phone compatible with cm10 by factory resetting once.
But the order you are trying to do things in is stealing your root access.
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I'm going to try this and report back

SqueakyP said:
I'm going to try this and report back
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When installing using rom manager should I leave "wipe data & cache" checked or unchecked?

No. but you may need to boot into recovery and manually wipe the cache and davlik cache. I believe wipe data does a factory reset.
...I would download the zip file from get.cm and install it from recovery rather than from clockwork in Android as I've had MUCH better success installing ROM's that way but that's me...

It's a miracle! I installed cm10 using rom manager and left the wipe data and cache box unchecked. Then when it tried to boot it would stay at the boot logo, left it for about 10 min. Then I cleared only the cache; got the same results. Then I used the wipe data/factory reset option cwm recovery, flashed cm10, and then gapps. After that it booted up and surprisingly enough it was rooted.
Since the rooting was successfully done even though I wiped the data prior to install there are only a few possibilities as to why this happened:
I had the wrong zip to flash (I obtained it from the official posting for the sgh-t999 todays nightly build)
I was using the wrong cwm recovery (T-mobile S3 touch cwm obtained via cwm website)
Or I just needed to flash twice with wipes in-between to ensure that no files were left over from the stock rom.
Either way, it's working now and I'm glad, thanks for the help c:

ronin4740 said:
No. but you may need to boot into recovery and manually wipe the cache and davlik cache. I believe wipe data does a factory reset.
...I would download the zip file from get.cm and install it from recovery rather than from clockwork in Android as I've had MUCH better success installing ROM's that way but that's me...
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Yeah, I much prefer doing it manually only using CWM recovery, I used to use it on my triumph, so all the problems I was having blew me away.

Saving application data and messages for soft brick

So I flashed a zip meant for the international gs3 on my Sprint gs3. Now my phone is in a boot loop. Is there a way to save my application data and messages, either thru CWM or with a computer before doing a factory reset?
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Do a nandroid backup in your custom recovery before you wipe. Even tho it wont boot you can manually pull the stuff you want from it later after you get back up. You can also pull stuff you want WHILE its bootlooping if you know how to use adb
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EDIT: after reading your post a factory reset wont help you as you are most likely bootlooping because of system changes. Reflash your current rom WITHOUT wiping and it should fix you and not wipe anything

Im already doing nandroid backup. Im going to try to flash the Rom without wiping anything. I don't know how to use ADB, but I don't think I could use it anyway since the phone plays the boot animation, then says updating android, then goes back to the boot animation.
So if reflashing the Rom doesn't work, how do I pull the data, like message and application data, from nandroid backup.
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Format system and flash a sprint rom. Dont bother clearing data. But if you have a backup you should be able to restore just data.
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Wow, WTF?!?!? I tried to restore tge backup and now I'm getting a MD5 mismatch. I googled it but the only thing that keeps coming up on how to fix it is something ADB. do you guys kmow how to fix the mismatch any other way???
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I believe roottoolbox has that feature. You dont have to fix the md5 to pull stuff from the backup. Just dl appextractor from the playstore and that should pull what you want from it

(Q) Been Gone For Some Time...???

I was wondering how in the hell do i get updated to all the new updates and such.
Currently i'm rooted with Twrp 2.3.1.0, i used the toolkit back some time ago and game me the option to basically install custom roms and such but never did anything except for a kernel.
So my question is Im still on LJC, 4.1.1, and i'm sick of the pop ups for the install update, and i know its going to fail so i'd figure can i just install a custom rom and it will take care of all that crap like for instance just go ahead and start fresh and install CyanogenMod?

XxLostSoulxX said:
I was wondering how in the hell do i get updated to all the new updates and such.
Currently i'm rooted with Twrp 2.3.1.0, i used the toolkit back some time ago and game me the option to basically install custom roms and such but never did anything except for a kernel.
So my question is Im still on LJC, 4.1.1, and i'm sick of the pop ups for the install update, and i know its going to fail so i'd figure can i just install a custom rom and it will take care of all that crap like for instance just go ahead and start fresh and install CyanogenMod?
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That could be an option if you're looking to move over to AOSP but if you wanted to stick with TW you could always just flash a ROM based off stock 4.1.2, MA7 or MC2.
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LuigiBull23 said:
That could be an option if you're looking to move over to AOSP but if you wanted to stick with TW you could always just flash a ROM based off stock 4.1.2, MA7 or MC2.
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Well i tried to install CM 10 getting stuck at bootani its seriously pissing me off. i wiped everything and followed directions and nothing is working

XxLostSoulxX said:
Well i tried to install CM 10 getting stuck at bootani its seriously pissing me off. i wiped everything and followed directions and nothing is working
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Will need more info, like your exact installation process to help you any further.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Will need more info, like your exact installation process to help you any further.
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Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
Just tried rootbox same thing gets as far as the boot ani then bam sits there

XxLostSoulxX said:
Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
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When you say CM 10 I'm assuming you're referring to CM 10.1? If so make sure your using the correct gapps and if you still face issues I suggest redownloading the ROM and gapps through Goomanager, make sure the MD5 match up, and then fully wipe and flash again. Keep me updated.
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LuigiBull23 said:
When you say CM 10 I'm assuming you're referring to CM 10.1? If so make sure your using the correct gapps and if you still face issues I suggest redownloading the ROM and gapps through Goomanager, make sure the MD5 match up, and then fully wipe and flash again. Keep me updated.
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Yess 10.1, and yes i did exactly as it says im uploading a youtube video for you to watch so you can see what im doing exactly.
Just followed Rootbox instructions as i just literally tried that rom out, and same results. i cant match the md5 as it skips it during install process as it says there is no md5 file

XxLostSoulxX said:
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Thanks. I'll watch it and get back to you asap.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Yess 10.1, and yes i did exactly as it says im uploading a youtube video for you to watch so you can see what im doing exactly.
Just followed Rootbox instructions as i just literally tried that rom out, and same results. i cant match the md5 as it skips it during install process as it says there is no md5 file
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Ok I see what you're doing. My brother had a similar problem and there seems to be something wrong with the kernel script not running through properly and to fix this you will need to perform a factory reset as the OP instructs BUT I would try it twice. Once before the flash and another after the flash. Try it and if that doesn't work try the same steps with a 3rd party kernel. Flashing a kernel after the ROM is not recommended but if it helps to boot up the phone then you'll know it was the stock kernel. Let me know
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LuigiBull23 said:
Thanks. I'll watch it and get back to you asap.
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Ok I see what you're doing. My brother had a similar problem and there seems to be something wrong with the kernel script not running through properly and to fix this you will need to perform a factory reset as the OP instructs BUT I would try it twice. Once before the flash and another after the flash. Try it and if that doesn't work try the same steps with a 3rd party kernel. Flashing a kernel after the ROM is not recommended but if it helps to boot up the phone then you'll know it was the stock kernel. Let me know
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tried with 3rd party kernel i.e matrix kernel and nope still not working WTF.

XxLostSoulxX said:
tried with 3rd party kernel i.e matrix kernel and nope still not working WTF.
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No AOSP ROMs at all? I would go back to complete stock, update to MA7 or MC2 then reroot and try flashing again.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Okay Well i wiped(factory reset under TWRP 2.5) then did advanced wipe and chose system option; then wiped. Then i had flashed CM10 then after flashed GApps, rebooted and bam into bootloop, and as i typing this i 'm doing the avatar rom and same thing bootloop. also i should mention it skips the md5 check and says there is no md5 file.
Just tried rootbox same thing gets as far as the boot ani then bam sits there
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Wipe 3X. Data, System, cache, Dalvik.
Anything less and you're bound to get problems.

Skripka said:
Wipe 3X. Data, System, cache, Dalvik.
Anything less and you're bound to get problems.
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i did; wiped data 3x, system 3x, cach and dalvik 3x, installed cm 10.1 then right after Gapps but again says skip md5 check there is no md5 file and bootloops on CM 10 boot animation

XxLostSoulxX said:
i did; wiped data 3x, system 3x, cach and dalvik 3x, installed cm 10.1 then right after Gapps but again says skip md5 check there is no md5 file and bootloops on CM 10 boot animation
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Does it bootloop...or have you just been impatient? 1st boots of a new ROM can take a while.
Presuming it is stuck at boot splash...either an unstable build, or a corrupt download are possible. Verify the MD5 of your downloads.

Skripka said:
Does it bootloop...or have you just been impatient? 1st boots of a new ROM can take a while.
Presuming it is stuck at boot splash...either an unstable build, or a corrupt download are possible. Verify the MD5 of your downloads.
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did you watch my video? it was sitting for 5 minutes,on the cyanogenmod boot animation.
i just restored and back on ljc perfectly fine. but i guess my phone does not like flashing as i said and in the video it hangs and skips the md5 check

okay i used Toolkit 4.1.0 and chose to flash to stock and it didnt work because i still have root and still on ljc, and same setup as before, i cant update to ma7, however i chose to install stock recovery, but i know if i do update it will fail.
EDIT: **** it wont even reboot to install the update. says rebooting now and nothing. F THIS PHONE.
I CANT EVEN UNROOT

XxLostSoulxX said:
did you watch my video? it was sitting for 5 minutes,on the cyanogenmod boot animation.
i just restored and back on ljc perfectly fine. but i guess my phone does not like flashing as i said and in the video it hangs and skips the md5 check
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Every device handles things differently, including first boot up times. It can take anywhere from 5-10min. So don't worry about how short Josh's boot up time was in his video. I highly suggest you:
1) Wipe system, data, cache/dalvik 3x
2) flash ROM and Gapps
3) Go back and perform a "factory reset" 3x
4) Reboot
5) Let phone sit at most 15min.
Just do this one final time exactly as instructed and assuming you've tried earlier nighties, if it doesn't boot up by 15 min then you'll know it's the phone and NOT you.
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LuigiBull23 said:
Every device handles things differently, including first boot up times. It can take anywhere from 5-10min. So don't worry about how short Josh's boot up time was in his video. I highly suggest you:
1) Wipe system, data, cache/dalvik 3x
2) flash ROM and Gapps
3) Go back and perform a "factory reset" 3x
4) Reboot
5) Let phone sit at most 15min.
Just do this one final time exactly as instructed and assuming you've tried earlier nighties, if it doesn't boot up by 15 min then you'll know it's the phone and NOT you.
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what do i do if its the phone? i cant even unroot, i cant even flash to stock WTF! tried using toolkit but nothing. only thing i accomplished was being able to install stock recovery, and went back into android and chose to reboot to install update from OTA wont even reboot when it says rebooting now.

XxLostSoulxX said:
what do i do if its the phone? i cant even unroot, i cant even flash to stock WTF! tried using toolkit but nothing. only thing i accomplished was being able to install stock recovery, and went back into android and chose to reboot to install update from OTA wont even reboot when it says rebooting now.
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Ok... Do you still have that LJC nandroid backup?
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LuigiBull23 said:
Ok... Do you still have that LJC nandroid backup?
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correct yeah because i restored so i can atleast use my phone to try to fix it using toolkit
EDIT: Hooray i finally got it that did the trick this time. however basband is still LJC but is 4.2.2 because i went through setup this time and was able to boot up

[Q] Help with fixing a dead phone?

So i have an OGP AT&T E980. Rooted awhile back with no problems. Last night, I tried flashing my first ever ROM (beanstalk 4.3 unofficial in the OGP forum). Silly noob me didn't make an image of the stock rom before I flashed Beanstalk. Got to beanstalk fine but didn't like it so i tried recovery mode to go back to stock. No go. Now I'm stuck in bootloop/pulsing LED with
Secure Booting Error
Cause: Device UnLock, so boot success!!
I can get into CWM-based recovery v6.0.3.7 and I've wiped data/factory reset, cache partition, and davlink cache several times and still in bootloop. I've also entered download mode but it doesn't give me the option to download anything. And I've done hard factory resets to no avail.
I have the stock ROM downloaded on my mac (only computer available to me) but android file transfer doesn't register that the phone is plugged in. If I could get it at least back onto Beanstalk, I'm sure I could put the stock ROM on and flash it then.
Does my logic seem right and can anyone point me in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated

I backed to stock in download mode with lg update tool .
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raber111 said:
I backed to stock in download mode with lg update tool .
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I don't think LG update tool supports Mac computers.

Thats i don't know
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FIXED
OKAY I GOT IT.
So what happened was that when I hard reset, it deleted the Bean Stalk ROM and I didn't have anything to go back to since I didn't make a backup of the initial stock ROM. It was purgatory for my OGP lol. So I had to find a ROM backup (in my case I used the debloated stock ROM) and put it on an external SD card. Then restore from backup and boom goes the dynamite.
Thanks for your help!

Always keep a backup of at least one ROM to revert to at anytime.
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I know I've had some close calls back in the past. Lol.
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[Q] Can't for the life of me get GPS to work!!! Help please!

Good morning everyone,
I've been using custom ROMS since I got this phone several years ago, and that was after custom ROMS on the HTC Shift. I've never had as many recovery issues as with this phone. I love it when it works, but dang if it makes me crazy most of the time. For a long time, I was running Dirty Unicorn and had GPS just fine. Well, I wanted to go to newer ZVC Roms, so I updated to ZVB and then ZVC and I just can't get GPS to work since then. I've gone to stock ROMS (New_ZVC_Stock_Odex as well as OpTimuS_DE_V5.0) and still can't get GPS to work. Now, I am unable to get anything to flash from recovery and am currently on SuperNexus 4.0. I've tried installing using both TWRP and CWM using the zips that are included with FreeGee to no avail.
I've including the recovery log as well as a screenie of my About Phone details. I'd really like to get to the bottom of both installing ROM issues as well as the GPS issue.
Thanks!
Steve

For your recovery issue, it looks to me like you have md5 check running. So in your recoveries, there's a setting to disable md5 check. That should allow you to install Roms.
As for the GPS, maybe try updating profile/prl. Maybe?
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engine95 said:
For your recovery issue, it looks to me like you have md5 check running. So in your recoveries, there's a setting to disable md5 check. That should allow you to install Roms.
As for the GPS, maybe try updating profile/prl. Maybe?
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Thanks engine.
I unchecked that in TWRP and it doesn't error, but it gets to the Successful message too quickly for a full install. When I reboot, it just black screens...
I went back and tried with CWM and am getting an "set_perm: some changes failed", followed by "E: Error in /{path}OpTimuS_DE_V5.0.zip (Status 7)" Installation Aborted message. I thought that only had to do with using older versions of TWRP and CWM, but I'm using the latest versions...
One thing that is strange, whenever I reboot from CWM, I get a "Root access possibly lost. Fix?" message. I allow it to fix (/system/xbin/su), but it still shows up the next time I reboot from Recovery. Perhaps I lost some of root???
At least I have a good backup (sans GPS unfortunately)...

Carrick1973 said:
Thanks engine.
I unchecked that in TWRP and it doesn't error, but it gets to the Successful message too quickly for a full install. When I reboot, it just black screens...
I went back and tried with CWM and am getting an "set_perm: some changes failed", followed by "E: Error in /{path}OpTimuS_DE_V5.0.zip (Status 7)" Installation Aborted message. I thought that only had to do with using older versions of TWRP and CWM, but I'm using the latest versions...
One thing that is strange, whenever I reboot from CWM, I get a "Root access possibly lost. Fix?" message. I allow it to fix (/system/xbin/su), but it still shows up the next time I reboot from Recovery. Perhaps I lost some of root???
At least I have a good backup (sans GPS unfortunately)...
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For either recovery to work with backups, you have to restore with the recovery it was made with. So if your backup was TWRP 2.5.0.0, you can't restore it using 2.6.?.?
The root issue shouldn't have anything to do with recovery. It's probably just picking it up from the messed up install.
So try reinstalling the recovery your backup was made with. Then restore the backup, then see if things without.
Then try to get back to a stock rom again.
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Also, make sure you're wiping /system, /dalvic, /cache, and/data before install/restore
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engine95 said:
For either recovery to work with backups, you have to restore with the recovery it was made with. So if your backup was TWRP 2.5.0.0, you can't restore it using 2.6.?.?
The root issue shouldn't have anything to do with recovery. It's probably just picking it up from the messed up install.
So try reinstalling the recovery your backup was made with. Then restore the backup, then see if things without.
Then try to get back to a stock rom again.
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Also, make sure you're wiping /system, /dalvic, /cache, and/data before install/restore
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Thanks engine!! You are da MAN!!! Not sure what I did wrong, but I was able to download your New_ZVC_Deodexed ROM and was able to get it installed through TWRP. Updated the PRL and Activated the phone and lo and behold I had GPS!!!
For those that don't know - in TWRP, you can't just go in and click Wipe and then Swipe to Wipe the phone. You need to go into Advanced Wipe and check the checkbox next to /system, /dalvic /cache/, and /data. Make sure that you DON'T check "Internal Storage" because that will clear out your SD-Card.
I can't thank you enough for the ROM development that you do for this forum as well as all the help that you've done for people!
Thanks Man!