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Remove Superuser or superSU from custom ROM and replace with another SU app

Does anyone know how to remove superSU that came installed as a system app and replace it with superuser? I've been able to remove superSU using ADB, but now superuser says there aren't any binaries.

get superuser from the play market, install it, open it, update the binaries, delete supersu from /system/app/, then reboot.

simms22 said:
get superuser from the play market, install it, open it, update the binaries, delete supersu from /system/app/, then reboot.
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should i have updated binaries before deleting superSU? that's the only step i didnt do and superuser said no binaries detected (and doesnt give an option to update).
Edit: I flashed the binaries posted by chainsDD and everything works great now. Thanks simms!

sweet
why did you want to change anyways?

Thank you!!! I like superuser so much more than supersu!
*Shaolin Shadowboxing*

simms22 said:
sweet
why did you want to change anyways?
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I guess partly I just wanted to know how and the other part was driven by the fact I bought superuser elite and wanted to use it.

I root my device with with Iroot and get root access and then playing game and my device get switch off then showing starting apps and when I swith on my device then lost my root access and get a superuser app which is not able to uninstall and continuously show su has been stop if I Tey to root again I get root access from iroot apk ,when try to check root access it show not garranted what to do my device is GT-S7582

Major problem with rooting

Hello All,
I followed the tutorial on how to root HTC One X with Hasoon2000's HTC One X All-In-One Toolkit.
I encountered a little problem installing CWM 5.8.2.7, so I manually installed 5.8.4 (which works great).
then I went on and did the root thing through the software.
It all seems good - I got the SU file under System/xbin, and got Superuser app on my phone. But when I try to work with things that need root, it tells me that I don't have root permissions. Even downloaded Root Checker - and it also says I don't have any.
now, when I try to install SuperSU from the recovery mode (install from zip), it tells me I can't, probably because Superuser is installed.
and ofcourse I can delete the SU file and Superuser, cause I don't have root permissions.
What can I do?
Thanks all!
P.S
I'm new to all the rooting and stuff, so go easy on me

noodlez04 said:
Hello All,
I followed the tutorial on how to root HTC One X with Hasoon2000's HTC One X All-In-One Toolkit.
I encountered a little problem installing CWM 5.8.2.7, so I manually installed 5.8.4 (which works great).
then I went on and did the root thing through the software.
It all seems good - I got the SU file under System/xbin, and got Superuser app on my phone. But when I try to work with things that need root, it tells me that I don't have root permissions. Even downloaded Root Checker - and it also says I don't have any.
now, when I try to install SuperSU from the recovery mode (install from zip), it tells me I can't, probably because Superuser is installed.
and ofcourse I can delete the SU file and Superuser, cause I don't have root permissions.
What can I do?
Thanks all!
P.S
I'm new to all the rooting and stuff, so go easy on me
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I had the same problem after returning to stock to install OTA update, uninstall everything to do with SU then place the file below on your SD card and flash via CWM, it work for me
View attachment CWM-SuperSU-v0.96.zip

seanicca said:
I had the same problem after returning to stock to install OTA update, uninstall everything to do with SU then place the file below on your SD card and flash via CWM, it work for me
View attachment 1395633
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How can I uninstall it if I don't have root permissions? Thanks. (I'd really appreciate a list of files and how to uninstall them )

noodlez04 said:
How can I uninstall it if I don't have root permissions? Thanks. (I'd really appreciate a list of files and how to uninstall them )
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just transfer the file onto your phone, reboot into CWM then flash zip via CWM. reboot phone and root should be done, that's all I did

It worked! Thanks alot

Accidently flashed wrong SU binary, need help!!

My phone is a Huawei u8160 (AKA Vodafone 858) and I rooted it a long time ago with z4root and have had no problems eversince.... until recently when my mate got hold of my phone and accidently flashed an experimental/beta (possibly a binary for x86 systems) SU binary through CWM recovery. I thought I could fix this quite easily by using z4root to uninstall root and then do a fresh reinstall, but it would force close on me after a few seconds. I tried this method with both temporary and permanent root options but nothing worked. The button that pops up saying ''unroot'' wasn't there even though there is still a SU file in /system/xbin as it showed in Rom toolbox. I soon realised that the version of android i was running on my custom rom was not compatible with z4root, so i searched for how to root android version 2.3.9 pro. I dont know the name for that version and it must have been a bit of a flop because google didnt know it either. I dont know how akiro-E (the developer that cooked up the rom) got his hands on version 2.3.9 pro but i recommend to other devs reading this to not use it as there is not much compatibility.
Anyway, i found this apk made by chainsDD called gingerbreak and decided to give it a go. It said that it needed debugging on and that it might take a while, so i did that and pressed the root button. I left it to do its business, but 15 minutes later it was still trying to run the exploit so I stopped and removed it. When i got home later on i searched up how to root any phone and it came up with the pc program 'superoneclick'. I got it, opened it and clicked unroot. It did its thing but failed to remove su and the superuser app like it was meant to. So then i clicked on root and shell root but it did not reinstall properly and got the same error as in unroot error. I did all the steps multiple times but it still wouldnt remove/replace su from the xbin folder. I then reinstalled superuser 3.1.3 and tried using the binary updater on there. I noticed that the su installed was called 'legacy'. The updater was having a spaz and didnt want to update so i tried manually removing su with the root explorer in rom toolbox butvrealised that you needed root (a working one) to do that. Then i found an app on my sd called root cleaner. I tried quick and full cleaning but to no results except for a force close multiple times. I tried to fi the foce close issue by running the script for this in rom toolbox but you need root (surprise surprise) Then i tried flashing cwm recovery through fastboot as i have done lots of succesful times before. It flashed after putting my phone in download/debug mode (power and volume down) but i cant boot to it as you need proper root rights to do that.
I am going to use total commander to check if the permissions are set to 644 for the su binary, if not ill attempt to change them.
I know this a long desciption and technical question but does anyone know any ways to delete the retarded root from my phone and help me restore root as normal? This is a question for the more experienced users and devs on this forum but any help will be appreciated, cheers.

If you've got recovery, you can install one of these zips in recovery mode.
Google "superuser 3.1.3 arm signed zip" and click the first link that comes up - the androidsu one. Then download the superuser zip package that suits your device to your phones internal storage, reboot into recovery, install the zip and there you go! Your root is fixed.
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Thanks
@odigITECH thanks for the help. I fixed the problem using your method. . . kind of. I flashed recovery via fastboot and then just flashed another rom from my sd card via cwm after I rebooted. Thanks for the help anyway, much appreciated!

No probs
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[Q] Root problems - Titanium Backup is granted root but fails to use it

I installed Philz touch recovery earlier, went to reboot and it told me I wasn't rooted. So i let it root me, and nothing happened (it rebooted but no superuser or anyhing, and no root apps worked). I used Dr Ketan's tool, and let it root, install busybox and remove knox.
I updated superSU (it force closed by default), and then titanium backup asked for root and I granted it. But it says root access - failed."The attempt was made using the "/system/xbin/su" command."
I tried to uninstall gmail through ES file explorer, but it says "unfortunately, ES file explorer has stopped" if you try and do it. Adfree android worked though, and so did rootchecker ("success"), as well as busybox updating and an app that reboots you straight to recovery.
I'm really confused and could do with this root working :S Thanks!

Try flashing this zip
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ylh5ckorv089e4h/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
It solved my similar prob.
Regards.
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Tamen said:
I installed Philz touch recovery earlier, went to reboot and it told me I wasn't rooted. So i let it root me, and nothing happened (it rebooted but no superuser or anyhing, and no root apps worked). I used Dr Ketan's tool, and let it root, install busybox and remove knox.
I updated superSU (it force closed by default), and then titanium backup asked for root and I granted it. But it says root access - failed."The attempt was made using the "/system/xbin/su" command."
I tried to uninstall gmail through ES file explorer, but it says "unfortunately, ES file explorer has stopped" if you try and do it. Adfree android worked though, and so did rootchecker ("success"), as well as busybox updating and an app that reboots you straight to recovery.
I'm really confused and could do with this root working :S Thanks!
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Download ROM manager from Play Store and run Fix Permisison, After RM done reboot your phone and then try.

Maybe you have to update su.
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[Q] losing root when restarting/powering on

I am losing root when I restart my phone sgh-t999l luvubmk4 4.3 superSU pro app and cwm touch recovery I have root SU binary installed in the xbin folder use titanium backup fine but if I turn off or restart my phone I lose root I have been restarting phone to recovery and using the fix root on restart option in CWM to get back root but sometimes I have to restart and try it again 5-6 times anyone know why im losing root

laniclamoore said:
I am losing root when I restart my phone sgh-t999l luvubmk4 4.3 superSU pro app and cwm touch recovery I have root SU binary installed in the xbin folder use titanium backup fine but if I turn off or restart my phone I lose root I have been restarting phone to recovery and using the fix root on restart option in CWM to get back root but sometimes I
have to restart and try it again 5-6 times anyone know why im losing root
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Please reply if need more info let me know what ya need im realy hoping for some suggestions

I had this happened to me a while ago it actually ended up either being an app or an xposed module. Do you use xposed?

I had this problem with Cyanogen mod 11 and running exposed framework.
I switched ROMs and now I have no problems.

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I don't use xposed im just using the root66 stock 4.3 rom I have tried different super user apps no help. Im currently using superSU 2.0 (not the one from market) so far its no longer losing root. I uninstalled the superSU app from the market and used the one I found on a different thread in the Q&A forum. thanks for asking about it I will post if it stops working or anything else goes skiddy wumpus.
Thanks guys.

I remember now. It was the Xposed module BootManager that was causing the issue for me. If you don't use that specific module then it might be a module or app that functions similarly to control startup permissions of apps at boot time.

Philosuffer said:
I remember now. It was the Xposed module BootManager that was causing the issue for me. If you don't use that specific module then it might be a module or app that functions similarly to control startup permissions of apps at boot time.
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Yes I agree I set the SU request during boot to grant superSU root access so the superSU app would protect SU binary from being deleted during boot.

well crap
Crap im once again losing root on restart/boot I've tried using different root methods to no avail. Could it be the SE for Android still says enforcing maybe my bootloader is locked but I don't know how to check if it is. I have not tried custom roms because I don't know which ones work for the t999l lte.

All of the roms are safe to try. They work fine for most people, but if you have problems you can always flash back to what you have now. (Don't forget to make a nandroid backup).
And the bootloader is not locked btw.
Might also help to flash your stock firmware Via Odin. Have you tried the root66 firmware?
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su binary present in xbin but on reboot not executing
Ok im still having the same problem.
I have the su binary installed in the /system/xbin folder but when rebooting from recovery su binary is not detected by superSU but its still in the xbin folder.
This jpeg is when I have full root access is the setuid not present a problem? See errors on second jpeg.
I don't know what info is needed to find problem will someone tell me what info I should gather to help solve problem with su binary (like logcat/busybox version,) thanks

Did you try v1.94 or 2.00? I guess 2.13 didn't solve the problem.
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