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Cannot change superuser - t217s

Can anyone explain why im unable to change superuser binaries on this device?
ive rooted and tried three separate methods
I've rooted stock with kingoapp.com
Used the root flash zip in the cwm thread
Used this pre-rooted rom
Every time I install a new superuser and reboot I lose root.
Then I have to re-root and everything works again.
Based of the fact that all three install the same su binary I'm assuming it has something to do with that.
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Has anyone else tried to switch to another superuser app? like the clockwork one or anything?

[Q] Help switching from SuperSU to Superuser, please!!!

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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Regain root from mobile

In an attempt to unroot and return to stock for 4.4 OTA I flashed stock firmware and unrooted my device in the process, so far so good.
I reboot my phone after to initiate the OTA but of course I can't download the OTA because my device status is still custom and without root I can't triangle away or do anything.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get root back onto my phone from my phone since I don't have access to a computer where I'm at. I'm basically just screwed and also stuck on MDL baseband with a MK2 build running 4.3 stock so I'm getting no downloads at all. XDA the app itself too 10min to download
Any insight would be greatly appreciated...I knew I should have just waited until I I had access to a pc but I jumped the gun of course. I've been looking around a lot and the only methods of rooting I've found require or use a pc.
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JORDVN said:
In an attempt to unroot and return to stock for 4.4 OTA I flashed stock firmware and unrooted my device in the process, so far so good.
I reboot my phone after to initiate the OTA but of course I can't download the OTA because my device status is still custom and without root I can't triangle away or do anything.
I'm still trying to figure out how to get root back onto my phone from my phone since I don't have access to a computer where I'm at. I'm basically just screwed and also stuck on MDL baseband with a MK2 build running 4.3 stock so I'm getting no downloads at all. XDA the app itself too 10min to download
Any insight would be greatly appreciated...I knew I should have just waited until I I had access to a pc but I jumped the gun of course. I've been looking around a lot and the only methods of rooting I've found require or use a pc.
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A stock firmware package makes the phone all stock. MDL baseband on an MK2 build means you didn't flash a stock firmware. Which 'stock' firmware did you flash?
As to root, did this 'stock' firmware also flash recovery? if it didn't you can download the recovery flashable supersu zip from chainfire's website into the phone and do it that way. Otherwise, I don't think there is a way to get root access from the OS itself, unless you find an exploit that grants su access so you can make system writable and push supersu.

qxps said:
A stock firmware package makes the phone all stock. MDL baseband on an MK2 build means you didn't flash a stock firmware. Which 'stock' firmware did you flash?
As to root, did this 'stock' firmware also flash recovery? if it didn't you can download the recovery flashable supersu zip from chainfire's website into the phone and do it that way. Otherwise, I don't think there is a way to get root access from the OS itself, unless you find an exploit that grants su access so you can make system writable and push supersu.
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I'm can't remember where I got this firmware from but, it was from a thread within the general section which stated it was stock so I'm just unsure on that part. I will try to root using your information given. This did return to stock recovery as well but when I try to flash anything through it I get a signature verification failure. I've never had this happen where baseband and build didn't match after returning to a stock firmware. My guess is that I just used something I shouldn't have. Thanks for the help.
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After downloading the supersu and attempting to flash it through stock recovery, I'm still getting signature verification failure then the device reboots.
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JORDVN said:
After downloading the supersu and attempting to flash it through stock recovery, I'm still getting signature verification failure then the device reboots.
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Unfortunately, rooting or installing custom recovery needs to be done through a computer. As of this moment, there are no root exploits that can be done via the phone itself. I'm sorry.

JORDVN said:
After downloading the supersu and attempting to flash it through stock recovery, I'm still getting signature verification failure then the device reboots.
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That's because you need a custom recovery, it's why I asked whether the firmware you flashed replaced recovery or not.
As vigz said, you need a computer to at least flash cf root with odin.

qxps said:
That's because you need a custom recovery, it's why I asked whether the firmware you flashed replaced recovery or not.
As vigz said, you need a computer to at least flash cf root with odin.
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Okay I've pretty much come to that conclusion after continuously searching with no solid method. I'll just have to deal with the baseband problem for now until I get back home. Wifi toggle doesn't work at all either. Is that a baseband problem, correct?
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Vigz said:
Unfortunately, rooting or installing custom recovery needs to be done through a computer. As of this moment, there are no root exploits that can be done via the phone itself. I'm sorry.
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Thanks for the insight, I'll have to make due with what I have for now
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How to root Note running 4.4.2

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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Jonahng1994 said:
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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MikeKidder said:
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?

jappel2 said:
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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MikeKidder said:
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.

[Q] Help Needed to Root Knox Triggered Galaxy Note 2

Hi mates
This is my first ever post on XDA however i had learnt alot from here but now i am stuck with a problem.i had a galaxy note 2 n7100.Accidently i already had triggered the knox.KNOX counter shows 1 in bootloader.I am on 4.3 XXUEMk9 . Now i want to deknox and root my phone.i tried alot of methods but failed.I want to stay on my stock rom i.e 4.3 Mk9 for now.
1 .I tried to install XXUEMJ5 but failed.
2. I tried Dr ketan Tool but when i click aroma manager it goes back to recovery main page.i think knox is preventing it to access files.
All your help will be appreciated.

sherrry said:
Hi mates
This is my first ever post on XDA however i had learnt alot from here but now i am stuck with a problem.i had a galaxy note 2 n7100.Accidently i already had triggered the knox.KNOX counter shows 1 in bootloader.I am on 4.3 XXUEMk9 . Now i want to deknox and root my phone.i tried alot of methods but failed.I want to stay on my stock rom i.e 4.3 Mk9 for now.
1 .I tried to install XXUEMJ5 but failed.
2. I tried Dr ketan Tool but when i click aroma manager it goes back to recovery main page.i think knox is preventing it to access files.
All your help will be appreciated.
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you said that you want a deodexed rom, than just flash a custom recovery (twrp or philz) with odin than flash a deodexed & rooted stock rom
2 - root using cf-auto-root

zigzoo said:
you said that you want a deodexed rom, than just flash a custom recovery (twrp or philz) with odin than flash a deodexed & rooted stock rom
2 - root using
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Thanx for your suggestion,
First thing i dont want to flash a new rom as i dont wana loose all my apps along with their data so i want to stay on the same rom.
2ndly now i somehow manage to root the same stock rom with Dr.Ketan multi tool v 6 but there is still a problem that after 2-3 reboots my note 2 automatically reverts back to unrooted state and i need to root again.I dont understand why this is happening or may be some app is reverting it back to unrooted state.
If any1 have solution for this than kindly explain it.

sherrry said:
Thanx for your suggestion,
First thing i dont want to flash a new rom as i dont wana loose all my apps along with their data so i want to stay on the same rom.
2ndly now i somehow manage to root the same stock rom with Dr.Ketan multi tool v 6 but there is still a problem that after 2-3 reboots my note 2 automatically reverts back to unrooted state and i need to root again.I dont understand why this is happening or may be some app is reverting it back to unrooted state.
If any1 have solution for this than kindly explain it.
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after root 1st thing you must do is disable / uninstall / remove knox

zigzoo said:
after root 1st thing you must do is disable / uninstall / remove knox
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I already did so but still its getting unrooted again and again.in last 3 hours i had rooted it for almost 3 times.but gain same thing.Now i am thinking to root it via Saferoot.zip what you suggest?

sherrry said:
I already did so but still its getting unrooted again and again.in last 3 hours i had rooted it for almost 3 times.but gain same thing.Now i am thinking to root it via Saferoot.zip what you suggest?
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did you convert SuperSu to system app?
open SuperSu - scroll down until you see "convert to system app"

zigzoo said:
did you convert SuperSu to system app?
open SuperSu - scroll down until you see "convert to system app"
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No i dint do that,will do that now,
One more problem i am facing is that even after updating SU from play store still when i open the SU its says binary needs to be updated bla bla,Nw i downloaded an updated SU and trying it.

zigzoo said:
did you convert SuperSu to system app?
open SuperSu - scroll down until you see "convert to system app"
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jst checked now SU is already an system app.

sherrry said:
jst checked now SU is already an system app.
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update SuperSu, update su binary and convert SuperSu to system app again
make sure you have removed all knox files from system/app ; system/container ; system/priv-app

zigzoo said:
update SuperSu, update su binary and convert SuperSu to system app again
make sure you have removed all knox files from system/app ; system/container ; system/priv-app
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i removed all knox files using dr ketan tool but still when i reboot my phone .Root is gone again.i am now really screwed up.
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sherrry said:
i removed all knox files using dr ketan tool but still when i reboot my phone .Root is gone again.i am now really screwed up.
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try one more think...
root your phone, download root checker from play store and verify if is rooted
download latest supersu and flash from recovery
tomorrow i will post a script which automatically will remove all knox file from your rom.
is your rom odexed or deodexed?

Hi i did exactly the same procedure alot of times but same thing happen when ever i reboot my device root is gone.i already had root checkee to check whether my phone is properly rooted or not.i think my phone is odexed as i dint do anything else except of rooting n removing knox.
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can i flash mj5 bootloader by any way in my note 2 .keep in mind i already had triggered knox counter.
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other than zigzoo,no1 here to help me out
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