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[Q] Noob+root=hairloss, need help with GT-S5560

So, I heard some while a go that it is possible to have flash in GIO. Me being a totally helpless with tech I asked my friend of a friend of a friends cousin to ROOT my phone. Well that went smoothly, I did not get flash on my mobile´s websites but instead I can´t connect my Gio to PC via USB... NUTS!
And "the Friend" can´t help me no longer...
So here are the problems, I can´t connect to PC, no matter what. Tried de-buggin, un-installed drivers <-> installed drivers. Nothing...
Also I have that app I don´t really want ( or do I?), called SuperSU which is´nt working, says something about "binary needs to update -> Fail". How the h*ll i´m gonna get rid of that? Is that app that lost my USB-connection? Did I do it?
So could some one please tell me, 1) How to remove SuperSU-app or how to fix it (I you think that I should have it). 2) Any ideas how to solve USB-issue. 3) If I need to install any app´s, softwares and so on, links would be great. Working ones...
Here´s some specs from my phone, GT-S5660, Android ver. 2.3.6, "somethingsomething" S5660XXKT6, Core(?) 2.6.35.7-perf-CL1006648, "mumbojumbo" GIGERBREAD.XXKTI. SuperSU v0.98
Ask for more information if you need it, i´ll try to explain the best I can, english is´nt my language. Me no enklish, me finnish.
... Is it possible to have flash on GIO?

superSU is the app that gives away root acces to apps and to the system.
you need to use wifi or 3G and update the binairy
for usb, make sure you fully disabled Kies and killed it with the task manager
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voetbalremco said:
superSU is the app that gives away root acces to apps and to the system.
you need to use wifi or 3G and update the binairy
for usb, make sure you fully disabled Kies and killed it with the task manager
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Thanks for reply. SuperSU won´t update, not on wifi or 3G. Just says "update failed".
I have deleted Kies from laptop, cleaned registry, even removed all usb-drivers then restarted laptop(did that with WIN7 an XP-PRO), yell´ed at my neighbours and blamed the cat.
Still no connection, I can connect NOKIA with usb-cable, the cable recharges my Gio but no luck with connecting... I quess that damn thing is broken.
I´ll focus now on removing that superSU, which will be a weeks job at my skills...
Thanks anyway.

Are u using original samsung Usb cable? Same thing happen to me when i try to mass storage with nokia usb cable

batman38102 said:
Are u using original samsung Usb cable? Same thing happen to me when i try to mass storage with nokia usb cable
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Yes, it´s the cable that came with Gio. Can´t find Nokia´s cable so I could try that one. How do I check that if my phone has a custom rom that is´nt suitable or something like that. I really don´t know what that friend of my did to my phone, BUT the problem occured after his I´ll have your phone going like Räikkönen in Abu Dhabi-tuneup.

Really i think u should unroot it if u think root cause this problem.

batman38102 said:
Really i think u should unroot it if u think root cause this problem.
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Just tried that one, correct me if I´m wrong but unrooting is done by using unroot.zip (the one for superSU)? because that did´nt do the trick. For now I have done unroot.zip, wipe all data from phone (to factory re-set or whatcamacallit), boot-> voilá, theres that superSu still, version 0,98 if I recall.
I know that the bigges problem is in front my laptop´s screen, AKA my face, but as I earlier stated, me no computers.
I wish someone would make an app that removes all of these root-thingies and gives you a free nokia 3310
Thanks for reply, I won´t give up. There must be a simple answer for this. I just have to find it, or someone gives it me... Latter the better.
Ooh ooh, FYI, now I have these two app´s in my phone. SuperSU and Superuser, should I just quit fidling with my phone
...and now when I connect my phone to laptop, win7 gives every 3 sec. a message that one of the USB-hardwares is in errormode or something (I´m bad at traslating), it sounds like a intro of a Skrillex-song...

pakkaaja said:
Just tried that one, correct me if I´m wrong but unrooting is done by using unroot.zip (the one for superSU)? because that did´nt do the trick. For now I have done unroot.zip, wipe all data from phone (to factory re-set or whatcamacallit), boot-> voilá, theres that superSu still, version 0,98 if I recall.
I know that the bigges problem is in front my laptop´s screen, AKA my face, but as I earlier stated, me no computers.
I wish someone would make an app that removes all of these root-thingies and gives you a free nokia 3310
Thanks for reply, I won´t give up. There must be a simple answer for this. I just have to find it, or someone gives it me... Latter the better.
Ooh ooh, FYI, now I have these two app´s in my phone. SuperSU and Superuser, should I just quit fidling with my phone
...and now when I connect my phone to laptop, win7 gives every 3 sec. a message that one of the USB-hardwares is in errormode or something (I´m bad at traslating), it sounds like a intro of a Skrillex-song...
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Wait! What? U mean when u flash unroot.zip superuser didnt go?!?! Thats werid cuz the zip file suppose to remove the root and superuser and BTW how did u manage to get to two superuser apps? Really this thing gets more confusing
Edit: One thing...Can u uninstall those two superuser apps and Did u atleast try to connect ur phone to mass storage to another pc?

batman38102 said:
Wait! What? U mean when u flash unroot.zip superuser didnt go?!?! Thats werid cuz the zip file suppose to remove the root and superuser and BTW how did u manage to get to two superuser apps? Really this thing gets more confusing
Edit: One thing...Can u uninstall those two superuser apps and Did u atleast try to connect ur phone to mass storage to another pc?
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Yep, if you mean flash´ing is done by the the method of power+"that large button at bottom of my phone" and install update->unroot.zip then yes, app won´t go. Do I have a wrong file? Are those files spesific to a certain app? The trick is to get two superuser-apps is klick+klick+yes+fustration+install+hope+i don´t know. If I could I would give you better info... You mean that SuperSU (the one with cyan droid with red cape) and Superuser (the one with green droid and a eyepatch) shouldnt exist in a same phone? This is going straight to the twilightzone.
If you are confused, quess how I feel:laugh:
And either of them won´t update binary...
Oh, and yes, no ( ) I can´t uninstall either of those app, well from phone´s uninstall-section, butt that do´snt uninstall these apps for good... They are still there when I go to settings+apps+manage apps+all-> there they are.
Using WIN7 and XP.
LOL, one T too meny...

pakkaaja said:
Yep, if you mean flash´ing is done by the the method of power+"that large button at bottom of my phone" and install update->unroot.zip then yes, app won´t go. Do I have a wrong file? Are those files spesific to a certain app? The trick is to get two superuser-apps is klick+klick+yes+fustration+install+hope+i don´t know. If I could I would give you better info... You mean that SuperSU (the one with cyan droid with red cape) and Superuser (the one with green droid and a eyepatch) shouldnt exist in a same phone? This is going straight to the twilightzone.
If you are confused, quess how I feel:laugh:
And either of them won´t update binary...
Oh, and yes, no ( ) I can´t uninstall either of those app, well from phone´s uninstall-section, butt that do´snt uninstall these apps for good... They are still there when I go to settings+apps+manage apps+all-> there they are.
Using WIN7 and XP.
LOL, one T too meny...
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Yea one Superuser app is enough to get root access and now I cant even give more ideas more confused

if you still have rootacces, use a file browser and delete superuser.apk and supersu.apk in system/app
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voetbalremco said:
if you still have rootacces, use a file browser and delete superuser.apk and supersu.apk in system/app
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Here´s where I´m at now, SUPERuser says: su binary vlegacy (0) -rwsr sr-x root root System/bin/su. When I do update I get this: Checking installed version:Legacy(written in red), Gaining root acces: fail! (allso written in red).
SuperSU says " The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?" -> "Installation failed!".
Busybox installer says my device is rooted
Root checker basic says Sorry! This device does not have proper root acces.
Got root says "Successfully located ´su´(superuser) on the device. Failed to obtain root privileges through ´su´.
Honestly, I don´t know is my phone rooted or not

pakkaaja said:
Here´s where I´m at now, SUPERuser says: su binary vlegacy (0) -rwsr sr-x root root System/bin/su. When I do update I get this: Checking installed version:Legacy(written in red), Gaining root acces: fail! (allso written in red).
SuperSU says " The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?" -> "Installation failed!".
Busybox installer says my device is rooted
Root checker basic says Sorry! This device does not have proper root acces.
Got root says "Successfully located ´su´(superuser) on the device. Failed to obtain root privileges through ´su´.
Honestly, I don´t know is my phone rooted or not
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may be your root access was lost, try to root the phone again.

Ya, unrooting and rooting again would work.
I had a similar problem after a factory reset.

maybe something wrong with your device. not in the OS. CMIIW

Scoofield said:
maybe something wrong with your device. not in the OS. CMIIW
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i don't think it related with hardware, root is related with software (OS).

Right, here´s where I´m at. Now my phone IS rooted, it also have android 4.0.4 and CyanogenMod9 :laugh:
Done some fidling you see...
But still no connection via usb, I´m starting to think that it is a hardware-related problem. It does charge my phone, but no connection for file transfer.
So for now I will be happy for these settings.
Just need to get the a2sdgui working propely, can´t move apps from phone to sd.
Thanks for all of you´s for help :angel:

pakkaaja said:
Right, here´s where I´m at. Now my phone IS rooted, it also have android 4.0.4 and CyanogenMod9 :laugh:
Done some fidling you see...
But still no connection via usb, I´m starting to think that it is a hardware-related problem. It does charge my phone, but no connection for file transfer.
So for now I will be happy for these settings.
Just need to get the a2sdgui working propely, can´t move apps from phone to sd.
Thanks for all of you´s for help :angel:
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maybe its more a pc-related problem too, reinstall drivers and make sure KIES is not running(deinstall it) and try on other pc's too.
have look at this for Apps 2 sd on ICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1590807&highlight=guide+ics

I think there's no problem with a rooted phone. You just need to do some homework before you started at it. Let me help you by explaining you some words and some help.
Root: when you root your phone you are able to flash roms on your phone.
Recovery mode: the menu that you get when you touch the on button + the OK button.
Flashing: installing a rom.
Rom: a kind of system on your phone. After rooting you can put these on your phone like iOS or
ICS.
When you are rooting your phone, you need a new recovery mode: Clockwork mode recovery. You can install this as the same way like flashing a rom. After that you can apply the update.zip package. Now your phone us rooted and when you reboot your phone you have a new app: SuperSU (or superuser) This app gives apps permission to other apps. Now you are able to flash any rom you want. Just google on: roms for /thenameofyourphone/ and you get enough results. Some roms are really great and are smooth and have a nice theme like android 4.1 or ios. Just download the rom. Put it on yor sd card. Go into recovery mode (clockwork mode recovery). Backup current rom, do a factory reset, wipe cache and install the rom. After flashing you must reboot your phone and ENJOY!
You can also download link2sd which allows you to move ALL you apps to your sd card. By the way. When you have rooted your phone it isn't bad but you have to read very much and after a while you will understand everything and you will enjoy your favourite rom.
-sorry for bad english-
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And by the most roms you are also able to connect your phone to your pc so the problem is solved
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hotkeys?
Hi all, i got this old phone (Samsung GT-S5560) with a phonelock on it. The question is how do i do a hard reset with the buttons or how do i get the recovery mode with the buttons? I cant find it on the net.....

Karbonn A1+ All about rooting,expanding ram and much more!

POST UPDATED!
Hey guys I m new to xda forums and today i m gonna tell u all about Karbonn A1+.I decided to post this thread
cause not many people know about this phone and r complaining that they want to root this phone but z4root is not
working.
Karbonn A1+ is a good but not great phone and to unlock its full potential You will need to have done these
things:-
1.Rooted your phone - To do this you will need to download ICS Root Unlocker. Link -
http://www.mediafire.com/?aqtk58y13xoqjvd
Firstly download the software.Then connect your phone to the PC and put it in USB Debugging mode.Let your PC
install the drivers required.Then press any key once drivers r installed and ur phone will reboot.After ur phone is booted into home screen then press any key once again.Repeat this process for 3-4 times until the ics root unlocker window closes and ur phone has superuser in the app drawer.Congrats now you have rooted ur phone!!!I mean ADB Drivers by drivers coz the drivers for this phone on windows 8 and 7 r not available... Now lets proceed to the next step....
2.Install ROEHSOFT RAMEXPANDER - I highly recommend this software for this phone cause it does not have
much RAM and some games force close automatically like Temple Run.Link for download -
http://gallery.mobile9.com/f/3242181/ Now after installing it open it and allow superuser permissions.
Now adjust the slider of the swapfile as desired and click Swap Activ button.Be patient as creating swapfile takes
some time.After its done you will have more RAM than ever and u will be able to run many more apps and games...Now
the last step but not the least is..............
3.Install Chainfire 3d 3.3 - If you guys wanna play high end games like Brothers In Arms 2,NFS Shift,DEAD
SPACE,NOVA etc install this software and the plugins. Link for download of Plugins -
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-cfe8aed2.html Link for download of apk -
http://www.datafilehost.com/download-4a5000b4.html CHAINFIRE 3D Installation Guide : Download Chainfire 3D 3.3 Pro
then install. Download Plug-ins file, unpack it in SD.Open chainfire3D then allow superuser.Select the CF 3D
Driver, and then Install. Phone will restart.NOTE- If Chainfire 3d is not in the app drawer after reboot just
install it once again.Then follow these steps.Start the Chainfire 3D and select the item Install plugin.Wait till
it finds plug-ins .zip file .Install all plugins found and then Select Fix market settings.Fix market settings
displays the apps that r not compatible with ur phone but r compatible with da graphics plugins in the play store.
After this, go to Default OpenGL settings -> Use plugin. Choose any plugin your game requires. Minimize
Chainfire3D. Now you can play most of the HD games on your phone without lags....
I hope you find my thread useful.Please hit the thanks bar if it helps and feel free to ask questions if any...

not worked
this is not working with NEW Version aka 3rd version of Karbonn a1+ which have soft ver. 2.0.8. please help me to root this device. almost nothing worked on it.

shyamsharma said:
this is not working with NEW Version aka 3rd version of Karbonn a1+ which have soft ver. 2.0.8. please help me to root this device. almost nothing worked on it.
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But this works on mine with soft version 2.0.8 try again dude....

??
dear can you post your full phone details:
mine is
SC6820
Android: 2.3.6
SW:2.0.8
HW : 3.0.0 (outside sticker) and 1.0.0 inside option @ about phone
and its not working.. i will reset and try if your and mine model is same. :fingers-crossed:

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shyamsharma said:
dear can you post your full phone details:
mine is
SC6820
Android: 2.3.6
SW:2.0.8
HW : 3.0.0 (outside sticker) and 1.0.0 inside option @ about phone
and its not working.. i will reset and try if your and mine model is same. :fingers-crossed:
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Here r my details
SC6820
Android 2.3.6
SW:2.0.8
HW: 3.0.0
Exactly same as urs!!Try again....

still not success
still not success... dont know what mistake i had done...

shyamsharma said:
still not success... dont know what mistake i had done...
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Hey can u tell me what type of error r u getting???

Error
Ok, so i tried like many times, but it dint work....i am attaching a copy of the cmd in here. Brother please help me out. My configuration is exactly the same as yours...phone is 1 week old, but i need more ram to play temple run and subway surfers.
Dude, i have tried every thing, but nothing works for me....now i saw your thread was created on 9 june, and i thought that i could see a ray of hope...but now it's gone...bro, plz plz plz help me out.. tell me everything you did...like where you got the drivers from and all that...and if possible, can you make a videos of the cmd as it goes on to complete the root?
man you will do us all a GREAT favor if you can include all those details...and again..i am only requesting brother, but please help......

yes exactly
yes exactly the same message i got as posted by ankush... now i believe my phone doesnot have any problem, someone else have the same MOdel .
well in my understand it is due to locked root access and dont know how to access them, also surprisingly none of any developer looking this case as i have sen many posts related to karbonn a1+ rooting and 80 are unsuccessful cases. and those who rooted their devices they have 2.0.0 or 2.0.2 version models.... we have 2.0.8 version which seems more secured
Chetan: brother please give us some tips. :fingers-crossed:

please see
Siddharth358 said:
Hey can u tell me what type of error r u getting???
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please see the message and snap posted by Ankur. i have received the same error message..

Use shaume tool to root the phone.
Two chineze app will be installed.
Will try chain fire and ram boosting app. :screwy:
Sent from customized Karbonn A1+

Shuame.....
.::MAX::. said:
Use shaume tool to root the phone.
Two chineze app will be installed.
Will try chain fire and ram boosting app. :screwy:
Sent from customized Karbonn A1+
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Can you please clarify one thing...after pressing the Root button from the options...we continue by pressing the green button. but after my phone reboots, there is another blue button...should i press it..or should i wait...? also...when your phone finished rebooting...was a the scroll bar above( the one which fills in blue) completely filled...? cuz mine never does....and How exactly do you get to know that your phone is done rooting..? what kind of message is displayed? And what version of Shuame did you use?
Thank you
Ankush.

Ankush78 said:
Can you please clarify one thing...after pressing the Root button from the options...we continue by pressing the green button. but after my phone reboots, there is another blue button...should i press it..or should i wait...? also...when your phone finished rebooting...was a the scroll bar above( the one which fills in blue) completely filled...? cuz mine never does....and How exactly do you get to know that your phone is done rooting..? what kind of message is displayed? And what version of Shuame did you use?
Thank you
Ankush.
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I did clean install of adb drivers (forgot the thread :banghead: ) then I followed ch3tan's thread for rooting using shaume.
It was simple and straight till I saw one chinese app. I did a check by installing titanium backup. It was stuck at "asking root permissions".
I thought it was a fail and again connected to pc for unrooting.
But then i saw another app popped in phone. There were four tabs and in setting tab root option was disabled(grey). Just enabled it (green) and yay! Titanium backup started! A chinese message box appeared for confirmation, just pressed left button(without any delay) and first thing I did was kicking *** of bloatwares.
I didnt see any blue thing.
Edit: There's a blue icon appear in status bar. Just ignore it. Clear it.
Sent from customized Karbonn A1+

Did as you said.....
.::MAX::. said:
I did clean install of adb drivers (forgot the thread :banghead: ) then I followed ch3tan's thread for rooting using shaume.
It was simple and straight till I saw one chinese app. I did a check by installing titanium backup. It was stuck at "asking root permissions".
I thought it was a fail and again connected to pc for unrooting.
But then i saw another app popped in phone. There were four tabs and in setting tab root option was disabled(grey). Just enabled it (green) and yay! Titanium backup started! A chinese message box appeared for confirmation, just pressed left button(without any delay) and first thing I did was kicking *** of bloatwares.
I didnt see any blue thing.
Edit: There's a blue icon appear in status bar. Just ignore it. Clear it.
Sent from customized Karbonn A1+
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Ok...so i did as you said...uninstalled the adb drivers( u dint tell me to but i still did)...reinstalled them using this-> http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
Then i installed shuame from ch3tan's thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241256) after the second try..i saw that this blue coloured icon that loked like a bag was installed...it was completely chines or japanese i dont know...anyways, i went to the 4th tab, that is the settings tab, and saw an option with the word root....which was greyed...and below it was some other thing that was green...i tried to tap on this "Root" it went to green but only for a second.....then it game some message in chinese and WHAM...it was back to being grey....any suggestions? Thanks a lot...
Ankush.

Ankush78 said:
Ok...so i did as you said...uninstalled the adb drivers( u dint tell me to but i still did)...reinstalled them using this-> http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
Then i installed shuame from ch3tan's thread(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241256) after the second try..i saw that this blue coloured icon that loked like a bag was installed...it was completely chines or japanese i dont know...anyways, i went to the 4th tab, that is the settings tab, and saw an option with the word root....which was greyed...and below it was some other thing that was green...i tried to tap on this "Root" it went to green but only for a second.....then it game some message in chinese and WHAM...it was back to being grey....any suggestions? Thanks a lot...
Ankush.
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Did you disabled USB Debugging? If yes, then enable it, restart phone and try to enable root option again. Also enable the option below root. Dont know what that means but its enabled in my phone.
This was once happened with me too.
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.::MAX::. said:
Did you disabled USB Debugging? If yes, then enable it, restart phone and try to enable root option again. Also enable the option below root. Dont know what that means but its enabled in my phone.
This was once happened with me too.
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ok...let me try and then i will let you know of the results...
Thanks for helping
Ankush

I wanna CRY!!!....
Ok...its not working....maybe becuz it's the software version....bro..whats your software version..? mine is 2.0.8..... i did the complete process all over again....formatted my phone even...but to no avail....the slider in the options menu just does not stay green....it reverts back to grey the very next second...i have lost complete hope.......thank you for helping me though...
you enjoy with your rooted phone
Ankush

Ankush78 said:
Ok...its not working....maybe becuz it's the software version....bro..whats your software version..? mine is 2.0.8..... i did the complete process all over again....formatted my phone even...but to no avail....the slider in the options menu just does not stay green....it reverts back to grey the very next second...i have lost complete hope.......thank you for helping me though...
you enjoy with your rooted phone
Ankush
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I am now consdering myself lucky.
I gained root access in one shot.
I think its not about s/w version.
I learned that there are other drivers than adb. The phone also connects in serial mode.
The driver installation file which I got is about 12 mb. And installs all drivers at click of button.
Are all drivers successfully installed?
Just try without internet enabled.
Or keep phone connected to pc and enable root.
Which app you are using to confirm root as I used titanium backup.
I have attached details of my phone.
H/w version at back is 4.0.0
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You got a diff. software version....
.::MAX::. said:
I am now consdering myself lucky.
I gained root access in one shot.
I think its not about s/w version.
I learned that there are other drivers than adb. The phone also connects in serial mode.
The driver installation file which I got is about 12 mb. And installs all drivers at click of button.
Are all drivers successfully installed?
Just try without internet enabled.
Or keep phone connected to pc and enable root.
Which app you are using to confirm root as I used titanium backup.
I have attached details of my phone.
H/w version at back is 4.0.0
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Look at the last few no.s of the first line and the first few of the second line under your software version...its 2.0.2....mine is 2.0.8....it seems that after Karbonn updated the software, it has become utterly impossible to root it....
Anyways...thanks for helping me and hope you have tons of fun with your rooted phone
Over and out..
Ankush

[Q] HELP Unfortunately SuperSu has stopped

I tried rooting to chainfires root process but after doing this 6 times after it boots back i get the message that Unfortunately SuperSu has stopped working and on top of that i keep getting the notification Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Im not sure if i did something wrong cause i followed his instructions step by step exactly right am i missing something or what is the deal.. please help
update i realize i forgot to say what phone im rooting lol
i have samsung galaxy note 2 with 4.3

I am in the same situation. I was able to root my S4, but I can't get my wife's Note 2 to root. Every issue you have I am having also. Hopefully someone will be able to help us.

critter1332 said:
I tried rooting to chainfires root process but after doing this 6 times after it boots back i get the message that Unfortunately SuperSu has stopped working and on top of that i keep getting the notification Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Im not sure if i did something wrong cause i followed his instructions step by step exactly right am i missing something or what is the deal.. please help
update i realize i forgot to say what phone im rooting lol
i have samsung galaxy note 2 with 4.3
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+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
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chconser said:
+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
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I finally got mine rooted. Do everything in this post. I was able to remove KNOX and finally get my damn phone rooted! This was used to root my wife's Sprint Note 2 with the OTA 4.3 update. here
is the complete thread if you want to see it all. The link I posted first is the 3rd post from that thread.
Doing those steps WILL FIX your issues with not being able to root your Note 2.
I actually boot looped my wife's Note 2 in the process, so if you do brick/boot loop it, then follow these instructions. That put the phone back to the OTA 4.3 stock version. I had to put my wife's SD card into my phone and add the files to her SD card (provided in the link I just posted) to get it to work. Me being an idiot is how I boot looped her phone. This was the ONLY way I could get it to work... and I tried so many methods I found here, youtube, and online.
Good luck gentleman! Let me know if I can help you anymore!

baseband version
i was wondering if the baseband version could have anything to do with it (im still new to rooting) i have L900VPUBMK4 on my phone but when i looked around in other places i noticed people having L900VPAMK4 is there a difference an could this be why mine wont root
i will try your method above an thanks so much for posting this i will let you know of my outcome
oops miss spelled the baseband version i have LP900VPUBK4 but others have L900VPAMK4

tried
smashedixnay said:
I finally got mine rooted. Do everything in this post. I was able to remove KNOX and finally get my damn phone rooted! This was used to root my wife's Sprint Note 2 with the OTA 4.3 update. here
is the complete thread if you want to see it all. The link I posted first is the 3rd post from that thread.
Doing those steps WILL FIX your issues with not being able to root your Note 2.
I actually boot looped my wife's Note 2 in the process, so if you do brick/boot loop it, then follow these instructions. That put the phone back to the OTA 4.3 stock version. I had to put my wife's SD card into my phone and add the files to her SD card (provided in the link I just posted) to get it to work. Me being an idiot is how I boot looped her phone. This was the ONLY way I could get it to work... and I tried so many methods I found here, youtube, and online.
Good luck gentleman! Let me know if I can help you anymore!
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I tried this but when i did the kingo software it immediately asked me to grant supersu an had a button on bottom of kingo that said ok so i look at my phone but no supersu so i still kept going thru the process an then noticed in kingo where its suppose to say what phone type is connected it says samsung device an from seeing it on other sites of people connecting there devices it had there device names reconised so not sure if its not doing that correctly for my phone or what but after running the software which frozen for awhile when it came to the part that said checking root an then it said waiting for device for awhile an then stopped an said root failed
i cant even get passed step one

I finally rooted my note 2
i tried cf's method an im not sure what went wrong but something did an it wouldnt root so i then tried kingo but at first i noticed that when connecting my note to kingo it just said samsung device it didnt reconize it fully to it saying samsung sphl900 so i knew something wasnt right an then after trying to root it failed so i then noticed that in download mode it said it was customized so i downloaded USER_L900_SPT_MC2_to_MK4_Update_FWD an used odin an then opened the download again on my phone an it finally said samsung official so i then went back to kingo an it did reconize my phone an it did finally root it ,,, im new to rooting an not sure if this will actually help anyone but its what i went thru to get mine rooted an thanks to everyone that has helped me

I was able to fix the same issue...
chconser said:
+1.
Frustrated. :banghead:
Any help would be appreciated.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
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I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu

kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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I tried this to no avail, getting error message 'Application not installed'. The thing is, when I go into the Play Store it says SuperSU IS installed but I only have the option to open it. There is no 'update' option available like I keep reading everyone suggests to do to fix this problem. And when I attempt to open SuperSU, I get the error message 'Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped' followed by the KNOX security notice 'Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked'.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk

Ahh
I am having a similar issue

PhonezDoctor said:
I am having a similar issue
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Same.

Everyone I figured out a simple solution to this. I got my phone back on the 13 from replacement. On the 16 I tried to root for the first time. And KNOX led me into a panic. Reading all the forums and knox blocked every attempt I made, but I neat that ***** into the ground.
1. Get some kind of file Explorer and find the SuperSU apk.
2. ReInstall that bad boy.
3. Immediately after install a message will appear asking if SuperSU can try to disable KNOX.
4. Click it quickly, if you don't knox will try to block it again.
5. You should now have KNOX out of the way. You should now be free to delete that slut!
I chose system app safe remover and searched for all files with KNOX and deleted it. I feel you could probably kill it with any root explorer and know the files you are looking for.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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For further clarification, simply clicking on it did not work for me. It gave me an "There is a problem parsing the package."
If you long press on the file then select More from the bottom menu then select Install, it will install properly.
Just wanted to clarify for anybody else who ended up with that issue.

It worked!
kkgiyer said:
I had the same issue and fixed it like this -
1. Installed ES File explorer and open it.
2. Press Menu on the phone and scroll down and turn ON Root Explorer and hit Back.
3. Choose Device from the top menu (dropdown)
4. From the bottom menu, choose search and search for super and you should see superuser.apk.
5. Choose that and install it.
From there you should be able to disable KNOX and open SuperSu
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This worked for me. Once I reinstalled the SuperUser APK, ES asked for access and everything else fell into place. Thanks!

use esfile to solve it
chconser said:
I tried this to no avail, getting error message 'Application not installed'. The thing is, when I go into the Play Store it says SuperSU IS installed but I only have the option to open it. There is no 'update' option available like I keep reading everyone suggests to do to fix this problem. And when I attempt to open SuperSU, I get the error message 'Unfortunately, SuperSU has stopped' followed by the KNOX security notice 'Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked'.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using Tapatalk
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I got this done by the following:
1. Do exactly as aforementioned instruction, untill you find superuser.apk
2. Hold your finger on that apk icon untill a little squre show up that you can mark it
3. Find "more"(my is at the right lower corner of the screen), choose it and find "install" on your right.
4. Then install.
I dont know why this apk can be installed through es file, basically it still needs to Android to run the installation, yet it works in this way.
have a try and good luck

I keep having to go back into the file explorer and installing it. It will work for a while then out of the blue it pops up and says it has quit. I am very skeptical to try and go through the flash process to install a different ROM. Currently bone stock 4.3 eff bomb. Any suggestions?
JD

Try and use ODIN to flash TWRP then flash @billard412 to get back to MC2 stock, it will remove KNOX and reset flash counters, if any. Then ODIN TWRP again since it will re-install the stock recovery you can then flash the MK4 kernel, WIFI Fix and MK4 ROM of your choice.

flynhawn2002 said:
Try and use ODIN to flash TWRP then flash @billard412 to get back to MC2 stock, it will remove KNOX and reset flash counters, if any. Then ODIN TWRP again since it will re-install the stock recovery you can then flash the MK4 kernel, WIFI Fix and MK4 ROM of your choice.
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I have warranty bit 1 showing.
JD

jdougs said:
I have warranty bit 1 showing.
JD
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Ok....since you tripped KNOX you cant get rid of that but its ok if you are not returning your phone (maybe out of warranty?) then just ignore it.
Flash away!

Ya the warranty didn't mean squat...I went ahead and tried the SGS3 JELLYBOMB VER 20.0.0.MD5 and it went with no problems. Haven't got the SuperSU has stopped since flashing. Thanks for the encouragement here. So far so good.
JD

Preventing update to Lollipop

I just purchased a new Sprint Note 4 and have not powered up the device yet. It is new and still in the box.
I believe that the Note 4 as shipped is on Android 4.4.4. And if so, upon powering up the device for the first time, how do I prevent the device from automatically updating to Android 5.1.1???
Should I not set up the wifi until I am completely past the setup process?.......that way it will alert me and I can decline the installation???

Would it update automatically?....
Sent from my LG-D722 using XDA Free mobile app

jt404 said:
I just purchased a new Sprint Note 4 and have not powered up the device yet. It is new and still in the box.
I believe that the Note 4 as shipped is on Android 4.4.4. And if so, upon powering up the device for the first time, how do I prevent the device from automatically updating to Android 5.1.1???
Should I not set up the wifi until I am completely past the setup process?.......that way it will alert me and I can decline the installation???
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Yes, when youre setting it up, just dont provide a wifi password when your wifi is detected in the beginning. that way it wont even download the update to begin with.
When Connections Optimizer comes up, if you dont want it. click Manage and uncheck the first box.
And if youre quick enough... after the first,last name ending of the setup up, get ready to hit the APP drawer icon on the far right bottom, quickly swipe to the right and settings should be on the middle right, quickly scroll down to system update and uncheck the first box.
Its a 50/50 chance before the bloatware starts, but it is possible..
If it does have 4.4.4, tap build number 7 times and enable USB Debugging, tap on the USB icon to switch from MTP to camera, then back to MTP, allowing ADB to allow your phone to recognize your computer. then....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/sprint-successfully-t3184581

jt404 said:
I just purchased a new Sprint Note 4 and have not powered up the device yet. It is new and still in the box.
I believe that the Note 4 as shipped is on Android 4.4.4. And if so, upon powering up the device for the first time, how do I prevent the device from automatically updating to Android 5.1.1???
Should I not set up the wifi until I am completely past the setup process?.......that way it will alert me and I can decline the installation???
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Do you plan on rooting right away? Maybe it's Xposed availability that motivates you from preventing update?
IDK if this works prior to root but you could try it with adb or Odin TWRP, and use its file manager (not sure if mount is required or not, mount if needed):
delete /data/fota (KitKat)
or delete /cache/fota (Lollipop)
[Delete whole folder]
That should stop any prompt to update during or after the setup wizard. But I don't think the update is ever automatic; it will install and prompt you to update AFAIK. I can't guarantee you have KitKat out of the box either. Pray.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
Yes, when youre setting it up, just dont provide a wifi password when your wifi is detected in the beginning. that way it wont even download the update to begin with.
When Connections Optimizer comes up, if you dont want it. click Manage and uncheck the first box.
And if youre quick enough... after the first,last name ending of the setup up, get ready to hit the APP drawer icon on the far right bottom, quickly swipe to the right and settings should be on the middle right, quickly scroll down to system update and uncheck the first box.
Its a 50/50 chance before the bloatware starts, but it is possible..
If it does have 4.4.4, tap build number 7 times and enable USB Debugging, tap on the USB icon to switch from MTP to camera, then back to MTP, allowing ADB to allow your phone to recognize your computer. then....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-sprint/help/sprint-successfully-t3184581
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Got it! Thanks for the advice! Will do.

samep said:
Do you plan on rooting right away? Maybe it's Xposed availability that motivates you from preventing update?
IDK if this works prior to root but you could try it with adb or Odin TWRP, and use its file manager (not sure if mount is required or not, mount if needed):
delete /data/fota (KitKat)
or delete /cache/fota (Lollipop)
[Delete whole folder]
That should stop any prompt to update during or after the setup wizard. But I don't think the update is ever automatic; it will install and prompt you to update AFAIK. I can't guarantee you have KitKat out of the box either. Pray.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the advice! I do plan on rooting right away. I want to keep it at 4.4.4 (if possible) because the most stable roots through both Chainfire and Skipsoft only go up to 4.4.4.

Not to step on anyones toes , but that wont solve the issue, itll just delete whats been downloaded and reprompt the download of lolliFLOP once connected to WiFi. Before you connect to a WiFi, root, use a Root Explorer(and yes, you will need to remount it to Read/Write once in system to allow the renaming(adding .bak ot the end) of the files.
Go to System/priv-apps
and find
SprintDM.apk and
SyncmlDM.apk and add .bak to both of those files
leaving you with
SpringDM.apk.bakand
SyncmlDM.apk.bak
and reboot and youll be good.

xxSTARBUCKSxx said:
Not to step on anyones toes , but that wont solve the issue, itll just delete whats been downloaded and reprompt the download of lolliFLOP once connected to WiFi. Before you connect to a WiFi, root, use a Root Explorer(and yes, you will need to remount it to Read/Write once in system to allow the renaming(adding .bak ot the end) of the files.
Go to System/priv-apps
and find
SprintDM.apk and
SyncmlDM.apk and add .bak to both of those files
leaving you with
SpringDM.apk.bakand
SyncmlDM.apk.bak
and reboot and youll be good.
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Not a problem at all; my mistake. I just dirty installed a beta version of tapatalk and didn't see your post prior posting myself. I'm wiping data and cache for tapatalk; they're experimenting with its cache optimization and it doesn't refresh well since they started.
The other files you mention I'm not having to delete them on Lollipop but you're more familiar with KitKat than I. It could also be the debloat I'm doing in Lollipop that makes a difference.
My toes are fine. Thanks.
Sent from my SM-N910P using Tapatalk

Lost Root Access (LineageOS)

Hi,
I'm using LineageOS on my LG G3,
After upgrading from XenonHD-170504-Official-d855.zip to XenonHD-170522-Official-d855.zip my Root Access setting (in developer options) has gone and I don't have root access in any app any more. SuperSu generates this error:
Code:
"SU binary occupied"
Also downgrading to the previous Rom didn't solve the problem.
This method (called how-to-enable-root-in-lineage-os-using) doesn't work, and almost all other methods in XDA such as "KingoRoot", "LG One Click Root " and ... didn't work either..
Any solution would be appreciated.
Thanks

Wrong thread

@light-blue: if you flashed with wipe system, you always must flash su.zip to get su-access (since ROMs come unrooted). Use su2.79 for now, because 2.8x are buggy.

rp158 said:
@light-blue: if you flashed with wipe system, you always must flash su.zip to get su-access (since ROMs come unrooted). Use su2.79 for now, because 2.8x are buggy.
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Thanks @rp158
When I do it nothing happens .
It says that the zip successfully installed (or something like that), and when I boot into the system again I don't see any root access.

Try this...
STEP 1:
Go to Settings. Click on About phone and then Tap Seven times on the Build number.
STEP 2:
Now to enable ROOT access, open Developer options and then scroll a little bit down on the Developer Options settings and look for the Root access setting, which must be showing Disabled.
Just click on the Root access and set it to Apps and ADB or Apps only or ADB only, as per your need.

Chrisenglish90 said:
Try this...
STEP 1:
Go to Settings. Click on About phone and then Tap Seven times on the Build number.
STEP 2:
Now to enable ROOT access, open Developer options and then scroll a little bit down on the Developer Options settings and look for the Root access setting, which must be showing Disabled.
Just click on the Root access and set it to Apps and ADB or Apps only or ADB only, as per your need.
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The problem is exactly here, The Root Access setting has gone from the developer option

Quite. I had the same issue as you though but a different phone but the above solved it for me. I also ran the su installer that was mentioned on the page you read.

Same issue on OnePlus 2 since last LOS update. I suspect is has to do with "su-hide" (see https://lineageos.org/Changelog-9/) but I have no idea how to fix it.
EDIT: The Developer option solution worked for me. I could have sworn I looked for it before posting. Sorry for the noise.

Try Magisk
light-blue said:
The problem is exactly here, The Root Access setting has gone from the developer option
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So I have a P3100 but in my case the issue was solved by using Magisk. Download the latest zip and try flashing that. The thing is once you are all set up with the apk, go to the menu button within the app and then settings and then scroll down to 'Superuser Access' and simply click and choose the Apps and ADB option. Hope it solves your issue (Atleast it did in my case ).

I tried plenty of things but I can not regain root after flashing LineageOS.
I have tried every root flash on here and nothing worked. I don't understand the thread on here claiming to give you root on LineageOS as it's a load of crap. Really pissed off as I wanted to sell my D855 but now have to wait until someone can root...or just downgrade to LP or something with another ROM that doesn't wipe root on install...
Really unacceptable IMO for any ROM to remove root and not have a guaranteed way to regain it.