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[Q] problems trying to get rid of superuser

I am having troble unrooting an evo 4g. I got to the s-on part, but can't get the phone to recognize the PC36IMG.zip file. I've tried a couple of these ruu files, thinking that most of those might not be working properly. The ultimate goal, really, is to get rid of the superuser permissions. I am trying to sent the phone back to Sprint and am afraid that they might see it. I've tried downloading Terminal Emulator. However, everytime i put rm superuser.apk, the response i get is that it can not be done because it's a read-only file. any suggestions?

if the s lock is on you wont be able to get rid of it. How are you trying to get it to read the PC36IMG.zip because if you have it on the root of your sd card and restart into bootloader it will automatically read the zip and ask to flash it if not just do a clear storage and that should solve it

m.dangerfield01 said:
I am having troble unrooting an evo 4g. I got to the s-on part, but can't get the phone to recognize the PC36IMG.zip file. I've tried a couple of these ruu files, thinking that most of those might not be working properly. The ultimate goal, really, is to get rid of the superuser permissions. I am trying to sent the phone back to Sprint and am afraid that they might see it. I've tried downloading Terminal Emulator. However, everytime i put rm superuser.apk, the response i get is that it can not be done because it's a read-only file. any suggestions?
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You need to run ruu now that you're S on. As was noted already, the PC36IMG must be on the main directoryof your SD card. Also, make sure the file isn't named PC36IMG.zip.zip. If you're using windows, then the file extension is hidden, and the .zip is already there, just hidden. Therefore, if you add a .zip, then its really there twice. So using windows, it should just look like PC36IMG. Once its named correctly, and on the main directory of your SD card, the bootloader should detect it and ask you to update.
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Copy all of the data on your sdcard to your pc desktop and then reformat the card. Now place the RUU file on the root of the sdcard and if the phone doesnt recognize it in the bootloader menu, then it might mean your sdcard isnt "good" enough. I had the same problem with a class 2 card and i had to buy a whole new sdcard for it to work.

I've checked and made sure that the file name is right. When i put the phone in bootloader it doesn't recognize anything. nothing pop up to ask yes/ no.

Like I said, read my previous post. Format the card and try again. If it doesnt work, then try it with another sdcard.

Also, do you think it would be a problem to send in the phone with superuser on it still?
p.s. i tried to get it out after i re-rooted it and the s was off.
Thank you for the helps.

You can't send the phone in rooted period. Flash that unrevoked s-on utility again to get it back to s-on. Borrow somebodies sdcard and put the RUU file on it. Then flash the RUU in bootloader when the phone recognizes it. I STRONGLY believe that its your sdcard acting funny because it happened to me too.

knowledge561 said:
Like I said, read my previous post. Format the card and try again. If it doesnt work, then try it with another sdcard.
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I agree. If the OP is sure the file is on the main directory of his card, and its named properly, yet it wont read it...then formatting the card would also be my recommendation.
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[Q] Cannot format virtual SD card

I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?

oRAirwolf said:
I am trying to wipe my virtual SD card on my LTE Galaxy Nexus and it is acting weird.
If I do a factory reset via the settings on the phone, it says it erases all of the files on the SD card. When I hook the phone up to my computer and view the files in explorer, it shows a stock directory structure and root. However, if I try and copy over a file that existed on the SD card before formatting, it says the file is already there and asks me if I want to replace it. If I view the SD card in root explorer, it shows all of the old folders and files, even though they dont show up in windows explorer. Also, if I boot into Clockwork and choose a .zip to flash, it shows all of the old folders and files as well.
I have tried using the super wipe lite script that comes with Android revolution. I have also factory reset the phone a few times via the settings. I previously had Android Revolution installed and I am currently running GummyNex 0.4.2.
No matter what I do, I cannot for the life of me get the SD card to truly reformat.
Am I doing something wrong? Is there an ADB command I can do to reformat it?
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Try formatting with cwm recovery. Reboot into recovery, go to mounts and storage, and select format sdcard
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There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card

oRAirwolf said:
There is not an option in CWM to format the SD card
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Sorry, I meant format system
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20999408#post20999408
There isn't any "SD Card" partition.
EDIT: Format /data cannot be done in adb, if you really want to do so just make a CWMR flashable zip with
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/userdata", "0");
in the updater-script.

I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?

bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)

mendy817 said:
bumping this... same issue and its driving me crazy. i can't see any of my files unless i use a file explorer (or if i'm in recovery)
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If you are having an issue finding your files from your PC it's due to the way Android exposes your "internal sdcard" via MTP. Download an app from the Market called SDrescan which will force the media services on your phone to re-index your files on the phone. Then they will show up on your PC.

thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?

oRAirwolf said:
I'm sorry man, I really appreciate the help but my Google-fu has failed me. Is there a template or something I can create the script from?
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I do not recommend doing this indeed. To be failsafe just delete everything in the /sdcard folder with an explorer app.

I use
fastboot /w
To do a full wipe. This will wipe /sdcard.
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mendy817 said:
thanks, but i've already tried that. it just sits on "scanning" for literally hours (i left it up overnight once just to make sure). any other advice?
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Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.

silow said:
Are you on a ROM and/or modified kernel? If you are using Franco's kernel he has made modifications to how the "sdcard" works.
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yeah, i'm on the latest CND and using franco's latest too... but i've flashed other kernals and had the same problem (but are you saying this might have started the first time i flashed a franco kernal?)
anyway to fix it that you know of?

How can I put a zip in internal memory through fastboot?

I recently had to revert back to stock so my internal memory was wiped. I wiped everything in CWR in preparation for a ROM, but I forgot to add that ROM back to the memory. How do I place a zip through fastboot to the internal memory?
Thank you!

brkshr said:
I recently had to revert back to stock so my internal memory was wiped. I wiped everything in CWR in preparation for a ROM, but I forgot to add that ROM back to the memory. How do I place a zip through fastboot to the internal memory?
Thank you!
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Go to recovery, mounts and storage, mount USB storage and it will show in your computer.
Drag and drop.

nodstuff said:
Go to recovery, mounts and storage, mount USB storage and it will show in your computer.
Drag and drop.
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I don't have that option in CWR. I'm using the touch version.

brkshr said:
I don't have that option in CWR. Should I use stock recovery?
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You don't have mounts and storage option in cwm?
Or you don't have mount USB storage?
I just checked and I have it.
If you can't mount the storage then chances are you will have to flash stock images via fastboot.

Do you have the Android SDK package? If so you can adb push it to your sdcard.
Could also try Droid Explorer, QTadb, et al, although I've never used those particular programs.

nodstuff said:
You don't have mounts and storage option in cwm?
Or you don't have mount USB storage?
I just checked and I have it.
If you can't mount the storage then chances are you will have to flash stock images via fastboot.
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I don't have mount usb storage... I'll just go back to stock. Thank you!

mudferret said:
Do you have the Android SDK package? If so you can adb push it to your sdcard.
Could also try Droid Explorer, QTadb, et al, although I've never used those particular programs.
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Will adb work in bootloader??

mudferret said:
Do you have the Android SDK package? If so you can adb push it to your sdcard.
Could also try Droid Explorer, QTadb, et al, although I've never used those particular programs.
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I do have the SDK package installed, but I'm not really familiar with how to use it, other than fastbooting images.

nodstuff said:
Will adb work in bootloader??
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I've done it with the phone in CWM recovery a few times.

brkshr said:
I don't have mount usb storage... I'll just go back to stock. Thank you!
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you should have it..try with volume down to see it (even if u are on the touch version)
EDIT: it seems removed since it doesn't work with the GN..the gn only work with the MTP and not with the usb mass storage..the same for the non-touch cwm, even if the option is there, it does not work

mudferret said:
I've done it with the phone in CWM recovery a few times.
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Damn!! Why the hell didn't I know this!!!!
All you need to do is adb/push/sdcard/
I think that's right anyway

brkshr said:
I do have the SDK package installed, but I'm not really familiar with how to use it, other than fastbooting images.
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It's fairly straight forward.
Easiest to place the ROM in the platform-tools folder, that way you don't have to type or copy/paste a long convoluted file path.
Open command prompt within platform-tools and type (don't type quotes):
"adb devices" (this will tell you if it's seeing your phone, not a necessary step)
"adb push ROMFileName.zip /sdcard/" (don't forget the file extension .zip)
It won't work if there happen to be spaces in the file name, so edit the name before hand if necessary.
Useful link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058431

andQlimax said:
you should have it..try with volume down to see it (even if u are on the touch version)
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IDK, I'm on touch 5.8.0.2. I could try the non touch version. I've looked everywhere for mount usb

^^^^ what he said!

nodstuff said:
Damn!! Why the hell didn't I know this!!!!
All you need to do is adb/push/sdcard/
I think that's right anyway
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I had to become familiar with adb when running the SGS2 on CM9, kernel sources weren't out so MTP was broken, and adb was the easiest option for me.

mudferret said:
It's fairly straight forward.
Easiest to place the ROM in the platform-tools folder, that way you don't have to type or copy/paste a long convoluted file path.
Open command prompt within platform-tools and type (don't type quotes):
"adb devices" (this will tell you if it's seeing your phone, not a necessary step)
"adb push ROMFileName.zip /sdcard/" (don't forget the file extension .zip)
It won't work if there happen to be spaces in the file name, so edit the name before hand if necessary.
Useful link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058431
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Somehow my drivers must have messed up in the last hour. I'm not showing any devices

mudferret said:
I had to become familiar with adb when running the SGS2 on CM9, kernel sources weren't out so MTP was broken, and adb was the easiest option for me.
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I haven't used it since I had my Sony Ericsson x8, got the nexus S after that and just used fastboot after that to flash cwm and that to flash a rooted rom so I never really needed it!
Time to brush up on my adb skills I think!

updating adb drivers now

Ugh, disregard, perhaps I was smoking crack, or I have different drivers on my home PC. No luck from my work PC at the moment.
Edit: you have to mount /data, but if you're not seeing mounts and storage that's an issue. I'm confused as to why they're not there.

Not having mounts and storage in cwm is quite strange.
If adb won't recognise the device then maybe try fastboot flash another recovery and see if it has mounts and storage.

[Q] Stock Incredible in BootLoop

A friend was trying to transfer contacts or some nonsense from her incredible 2 to her old incredible and got a boot-loop.
The phone was totally stock.
Now I can get into the bootloader but no matter what i do from there: Bootloop.
can't get into safemode either.
I have only ever softbricked my One X after I had rooted and installed a custom recovery, so i am not sure what to do here.
Should i just RUU? If so can someone provide me with a link to a TUT or a DL. I don't even know what Version of the Stock ROM she had or anything.
(In case you can't tell i know virtually nothing about the incredible)
Cheers

ashayden said:
A friend was trying to transfer contacts or some nonsense from her incredible 2 to her old incredible and got a boot-loop.
The phone was totally stock.
Now I can get into the bootloader but no matter what i do from there: Bootloop.
can't get into safemode either.
I have only ever softbricked my One X after I had rooted and installed a custom recovery, so i am not sure what to do here.
Should i just RUU? If so can someone provide me with a link to a TUT or a DL. I don't even know what Version of the Stock ROM she had or anything.
(In case you can't tell i know virtually nothing about the incredible)
Cheers
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Have you tried a factory reset from hboot? If so or if it dosent work try an ruu http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip.

thnx
cmlusco said:
Have you tried a factory reset from hboot? If so or if it dosent work try an ruu http://dinc.does-it.net/Stock_Images/4.06.605.3/PB31IMG.zip.
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Factory reset does nothing. I will try an RUU. Is this one completely stock?

also...
NOOB question-->
The only time i have ever RUUed (ha) it was an executable... this is a .zip
do i just uncompress it to find the .exe ???

ashayden said:
NOOB question-->
The only time i have ever RUUed (ha) it was an executable... this is a .zip
do i just uncompress it to find the .exe ???
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place the .zip on the root of the SD card and make sure it is named "PB31IMG.zip" and the SD is formatted to FAT32 then boot into hboot and go to bootloader and it will scan for the file and when it finds it it will ask you if you want to flash it, you just need to click the vol. up button to update and then it will flash it and then you will need to click vol. up to reboot I believe. if the RUU was successful it should boot into stock HTC android without problem.

thanks but...
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place the .zip on the root of the SD card and make sure it is named "PB31IMG.zip" and the SD is formatted to FAT32 then boot into hboot and go to bootloader and it will scan for the file and when it finds it it will ask you if you want to flash it, you just need to click the vol. up button to update and then it will flash it and then you will need to click vol. up to reboot I believe. if the RUU was successful it should boot into stock HTC android without problem.
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but... i can only get into the bootloader... i tried putting the .zip on the external SD card and HBOOT couldn't find it.
is there a way to put the .zip on the internal???

ashayden said:
but... i can only get into the bootloader... i tried putting the .zip on the external SD card and HBOOT couldn't find it.
is there a way to put the .zip on the internal???
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As far as I know there is no way to flash things using the internal memory. I could be wrong but this is what I suggest for you:
If hboot couldn't find it then you need to do two things:
1. Make sure your file is called PB31IMG.zip not PB31IMG.zip.zip
2. Format SD to FAT32 File System Format
a. Make a backup of files on SD
b. Format to FAT32 using windows explorer
c. return files to SD card
Also an important note is to check the MD5 sum of the file. The MD5 for the file you downloaded is:
25EC451E08CD98C9495971BCB37E6582
This is important because flashing bad files through hboot can permanently brick the phone.
If you have mini-adbinc on your computer you just need to navigate to the directory of mini-adbinc in Command Prompt and then use the command:
Code:
md5sums C:/Folder/Folder/Folder/PB31IMG.zip
(where Folder/Folder/Folder is the series of folders to the location of PB31IMG.zip)
If you don't have these resources on your computer then there are several MD5 checkers online that can do the work for you and have more of a graphical UI instead of command prompt.

ashayden said:
but... i can only get into the bootloader... i tried putting the .zip on the external SD card and HBOOT couldn't find it.
is there a way to put the .zip on the internal???
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There is a way to put it on the internal drive, but hboot wont look for it there. Did you try backing up the sd to a pc, then format the card fat32, then put the ruu file on the sdcard in no folders. Make sure its named EXACTLY caps and all PB31IMG.zip, it shouldnt need to be renamed though. Boot to hboot, it should find it.

update fail!
so i formated to fat 32.
It recognized the image tired to flash but ultimately said...
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!

ashayden said:
so i formated to fat 32.
It recognized the image tired to flash but ultimately said...
Main Version is older!
Update Fail!
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Try this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/?1ovb6959r9qyg6w
I am not actually sure that it is different than the one cmlusco gave you but it worked for someone else when I helped them so it can't hurt to try!

.zip??
nschiwy said:
Try this one:
http://www.mediafire.com/?1ovb6959r9qyg6w
I am not actually sure that it is different than the one cmlusco gave you but it worked for someone else when I helped them so it can't hurt to try!
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Thanks, do i need to extract the files and put each of the .img files on there individually? Or, what do I do with the .zip?

Remember to extract the pb1img. It's inside the zip folder that was really confusing for me a couple years back
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Recovery mode and file transfering

Hello.. I accidentally erased all data in both internal and external card. I can boot recovery mode. Is there a way to trasfer files from pc to the phone on recovery mode in order to trasnfer a rom to flash? When o connect it apperas adb interface, something like that but i cannot see the phone.

Wouldn't it be easier to just take memory card out and use a card reader to put a rom straight onto the memory card. Think that should work
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ADB in recovery mode works fine for me.

SenK9 said:
ADB in recovery mode works fine for me.
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How do you use that?

c1oud said:
How do you use that?
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If your using cwm. Make a folder on your sd card like this
Clockworkmod/backup/ then copy and paste your file in there.. reboot to recovery and choose restore from external. You may need to do a full wipe if its an older backup.
GT N7105 with XDA Premium......that is all......

c1oud said:
How do you use that?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303834
Read through that. It's basically an interface for you to plug your phone via USB to your computer and pass commands to it (and read info). By running ADB logcat, you can then see what's going on in your phone, in real time.
Doing so, you should be able to find out (or at least paste here) what errors are occurring.
It's a sensible first step, before resorting to wiping or imaging.

SenK9 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2303834
Read through that. It's basically an interface for you to plug your phone via USB to your computer and pass commands to it (and read info). By running ADB logcat, you can then see what's going on in your phone, in real time.
Doing so, you should be able to find out (or at least paste here) what errors are occurring.
It's a sensible first step, before resorting to wiping or imaging.
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I installed a rom by using odin and everything works ok. I will read about adb, it might come in useful sometime.. Thank you.