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I am new to the forums. Quick question, I just rooted my Gs3 att running Android 4.4.2 with clockwork mod and odin and all that good stuff. I originally downloaded a superuser.zip file which was installed with CWM. However when I opened it up it would crash everytime. I went to drag and delete it, but i accidentally turned it off. That superuser dissapeard from my apps page. So I downloaded a different superuser.zip and did the process over again, CWM confirmed the install and I rebooted. But when I go to open superuser it isnt anywhere. I have tried looking in the application manager, and all of my files and I cannot find it! Any help?
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-Eric
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So heres the details. Did the unrevoked flash. Got superuser. Successful root, but wanted to flash CM6. Downloaded via Rom manager, when to reflash and got stuck in boot loader loop. Dragged and dropped eng boot loader package onto SD card from different thread (seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832). Now superuser is missing. Also, every time I reboot it reloads image from zip. Should I just remove zip from SD? Why did superuser disappear? S-off is still there. h-boot: 0.76.? Thanks for your help in advance!
Try downloading it from the market.
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lol, did that, and none of my rooted apps recognize it. Rom manager said I need one in system/bin/su I tried to move via astro and root explorer but neither would let me saying it needed to be a read only file.
Remove the ZIP from your SD card, get ChainsDD's Superuser from the Market. Problem solved.
Thats the one I downloaded, however rom manager says I am not rooted and it cannot find file in system/bin/su or system/xbin/su
FIXED!!
Lol, apparently downloading from the market was the older version. I went ahead and downloaded zip file from dev original thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
flashed in recovery and presto chango I have my SU back.. Thanks guys!
where'd my su go?
This was ugly dude, good job on the recovery, sheez.
I am having an issue with cwm. when I go into rom manager i was able to succesfully flash it to my phone. Now when i reboot into recovery I get the android guy with a red exclamation point. sometimes I can get in but I cant reboot my phone from the menu and have to do a battery pull. I am able to flash .zip's and update the bootanimation for example if i get in. When I reboot from rom manager I get some error message that is stopped working before it reboots and again sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.
should I push the recovery through the sdk again?
Yes, you should. I read that sometimes CWM won't stick if applied through ROM Manager.
There is a file on the nexus s and i believe the Gnex as well that will rewrite the stock recovery after a reboot. unless you change this file you have to flash the recovery every time you want to go into it. use a file manager and search for install-recovery i believe its install-recovery.sh and rename it to install-recovery.sh.bak ( or wtv ) may solve it.
I just did a quick search in root explorer and found a file called "install-recovery.sh"
it should be in the root folder/etc/install-recovery.sh
and i just tried going into CWM and got the same thing as the OP. I am going to rename the "Install-recovery.sh" file like Goat_For_sale suggested, then reinstall CWM and see what happens after a few reboots.
Standby.
*final* edit
So here is what I did.
1.renamed "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak" (located in the "etc" folder of the root) I used root explorer. Make sure you mount as writeable or else you cant change the file name.
2. rebooted phone as normal. went into Rom Manager and reinstalled CWM.
3. turned phone off, and booted into recovery and boom! CWM came up nicely.
Glad I found this thread, or I would have been annoyed when I go to flash a rom tonight and couldnt figure out why I wasnt able to get into CWM.
Good luck OP.
I hope you were able to resolve this issue. I was having the exact same issue and i followed the instructions in this thread and it corrected it and i havent had a problem since.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392336
Now cwm seems to be working but when I hit to boot into recovery from rom manger it says that something has stopped working unexpectally but it seems to boot into recovery just fine.
If you follow the steps on the link that i posted, and make sure that you follow the step of deleting the file with Root Manager once you have moutned as RW then that should get you working. If you are still having issues with I would be happy to walk you through the process tonight over google talk once i get off of work.
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
TSanborn79 said:
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
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dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
threepio said:
dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
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I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
It actually says superuser has stop working. Finally was able to read it.
I am having issues with my gnex and recovery. I am rooted and can run clockwork when I boot from the app. However when I run root explorer i can find any of the recovery files to delete or rename. They arent showing up in system or etc but when i restart my phone stock recovery is still there... ideas?
TSanborn79 said:
I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
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wierd. I havent had a problem yet. Hope u get it figured out.
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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Hello everybody,
I have a quite stressful situation with my s4 mini right now and I need your expertise.
It goes like this:
I was perfectly happy with my stock rom but for some reason I got this crazy idea of rooting and installing a custom rom.
So I followed the steps on this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980
After CWM was installed and before the phone was rooted, I made a complete backup via CWM (Backup1) and then installed the rootkit (as mentioned on the above post). After successfully rooting it I made another backup (Backup2), you know, just in case
Then I followed the instructions on the CyanogenMod wiki (http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_serranoltexx#Installing_CyanogenMod_from_recovery) and installed it on my phone. It worked perfectly and I had CyanogenMod installed. But after playing around with it a bit, I realized that I didn't like it that much for various reasons. So I decided to go back to my original ROM. So I restarted in recovery mode and restored Backup2. Well this is where the problems start
The phone would start but once it boot up everything kept crushing. I kept getting messages every 10 seconds that gapps is not responding and nova launcher is not responding and the play store is not responding, etc. And in general you couldn't use it. So I tried once again restarting in recovery mode and restored Backup1. But again the same thing. Everything kept crushing.
What I want now is to have my original stock rom rooted. Problem is, I don't know where to find it. All I found was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2375527&highlight=9195 but the download links don't work. Plus I don't know what my firmware's code is (eg I9195XXUAMF5)
Can anyone help?
PS. I live in Denmark and I bought here. Also the phone is the i9195 model with 8gb.
s4 mini
Go to CWM and wipe it or try to fix permissions
Factory reset from recovery should fix the force close.
Sammobile.com for firmwares
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mnezo said:
Factory reset from recovery should fix the force close.
Sammobile.com for firmwares
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Thanks! That helped a lot.
So now I downloaded and successfully flashed what Sammobile.com suggests is my stock firmware.
I followed again the procedure to root my phone (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2364980) but although superSU is installed, I don't think I have root access.
What happens is that first of all superSU says that it needs to update the binary but it when I click "continue" it fails to install. Then I get a security warning that superSU is trying to access protected files and that it was blocked. SuperSU asked me if I want to disable KNOX. I said yes so I don't get those messages anymore. But still superSU can't update.
The other thing is that the apps don't actually have root privilages. For example, when I try to enable root on ES File Explorer, I get the prompt to grant root access, and I select grant. But I still can't open specific folders in the file system. For example the /data folder is shown completely empty.
Also other apps don't behave like rooted.
Any thoughts??
flash GT-I9195_Kernel_v1.zip or Vikinger
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flash GT-I9195_Kernel_v1.zip or Vikinger
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Thanks!
That worked
I hope that kernel doesn't have any bugs
So far ive tried superoneclick... froze on step 7
tried manually installing superuser... couldnt verify.
tried installing a root zip... couldnt verify.
the only thing that claims to have worked is clockworkmod... except that it will NOT allow me access to any of the actual rooted functions.
i was able to download superuser (which you cannot download from google play unless rooted- that worked.)
trying to keep the OS on it now while being able to delete bloatware, for a friend.
is it purely impossible to root a stock rom? why can i install programs that requre root but i cannot use them for their intended purpose (rom manager says it cant find superuser in either of 2 locations).
what the heck am i missing?? ive been googling and trying methods for hours to no avail. cant boot into cwm recovery at all, by rom manager or from powered off (it goes into stock recovery.).
what else can i do?
Pawprints1986 said:
So far ive tried superoneclick... froze on step 7
tried manually installing superuser... couldnt verify.
tried installing a root zip... couldnt verify.
the only thing that claims to have worked is clockworkmod... except that it will NOT allow me access to any of the actual rooted functions.
i was able to download superuser (which you cannot download from google play unless rooted- that worked.)
trying to keep the OS on it now while being able to delete bloatware, for a friend.
is it purely impossible to root a stock rom? why can i install programs that requre root but i cannot use them for their intended purpose (rom manager says it cant find superuser in either of 2 locations).
what the heck am i missing?? ive been googling and trying methods for hours to no avail. cant boot into cwm recovery at all, by rom manager or from powered off (it goes into stock recovery.).
what else can i do?
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What device do you have? There a several variations of the Tab 3.
gr8nole said:
What device do you have? There a several variations of the Tab 3.
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in the model number it says sm-t210R
running android 4.1.2
build number jzo54k.t210euwamk1
she needs it back by sunday night so any help would be greatly appreciated
Pawprints1986 said:
in the model number it says sm-t210R
running android 4.1.2
build number jzo54k.t210euwamk1
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433853
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saw that but cant use it as i cant get my system to boot in to CWM recovery, to flash a root zip, although it is installed.
cant flash zips with odin.
so im basically stuck.
Pawprints1986 said:
saw that but cant use it as i cant get my system to boot in to CWM recovery, to flash a root zip, although it is installed.
cant flash zips with odin.
so im basically stuck.
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Did you watch the video in the CWM thread?
Tell me your steps EXACTLY and we'll figure it out.
Finally got it to work. i guess the magic step is not letting odin auto reboot. I was afraid not to let it because its not even mine. But, i followed the video in that thread exactly and that let my root zip install correctly.
phew!
Pawprints1986 said:
Finally got it to work. i guess the magic step is not letting odin auto reboot. I was afraid not to let it because its not even mine. But, i followed the video in that thread exactly and that let my root zip install correctly.
phew!
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Well actually the guide say rem8ve the check mark of reboot. You most do it by your own.
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