Hi all.
I'll start by saying I have gotten in way over my head. I rooted my Evo with unrEVOked's one-click method, and then began to experience some problems with my 3g. Thinking I had somehow botched the rooting process, I tried to unroot using the two-step method I also found on xda (cannot post link.. further proof I am a noob ). More problems sprang up, one thing led to another, various fixes were tried (HUGE thanks to everyone in the IRC channel last night that tried to help my sorry ass..) but to no avail.
Here is where my phone is at now: booting using vol down+power shows me S-ON. Trying to flash mtd-eng.zip results in an error, so I am seemingly stuck with S-ON. Normally I would be happy about this (that's one step closer to unrooted, right?) but I notice I still have Superuser in my apps. My 3g is working again for whatever reason (no complaints here! maybe it was a Sprint-side problem in my area.. what timing!) but I'm confused as to whether my phone is rooted or not.
Ideally, I would like to go back to unrooted, since I have made it abundantly clear to myself that I am not yet prepared to embark in rooting. If anyone could guide me in the right direction, I would be very thankful.
You no longer have root access. Nothing you do at this point will allow you to run a .img on your own.
Your best bet would be to try and run one of the RUU programs to get it all back to stock.
I don't know if the Superuser application will be removed by this but you can try it:
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage>Factory Data Reset
Your phone should reboot and may have erased the Superuser app.
Jim M said:
You no longer have root access. Nothing you do at this point will allow you to run a .img on your own.
Your best bet would be to try and run one of the RUU programs to get it all back to stock.
I don't know if the Superuser application will be removed by this but you can try it:
Go to Settings>SD & Phone Storage>Factory Data Reset
Your phone should reboot and may have erased the Superuser app.
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I did this, and my phone is now in RA-evo-v1.8.0 (it rebooted into recovery). Should I reboot the system now? I find it strange that it took me here in the first place.
The current PC36IMG that is flashed to the Evo is one with Amon Ra built into it.
The only RUU program that I am allowed to run (from the list that was given out in one of the unrooting evo threads) gives me the 170 error before anything happens.
You don't have root access, but your phone still has a custom recovery (Amon_RA) right now. No way to get rid of the custom recovery now except through an official update that replaces the recovery file.
Like I said you can try to run one of the RUU Official updates found in the Developer forum.
Don't know your location, but if you post it, someone close to you might try to help you out in person.
Jim M said:
You don't have root access, but your phone still has a custom recovery (Amon_RA) right now. No way to get rid of the custom recovery now except through an official update that replaces the recovery file.
Like I said you can try to run one of the RUU Official updates found in the Developer forum.
Don't know your location, but if you post it, someone close to you might try to help you out in person.
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With a little digging and poking and reading, I found the proper RUU, ran it, and I believe I am now back to fully unrooted. Thank you very much for your help!
I am in the process downgrading my Tmobile G2.
I got the # , ok
I got the version changed, ok
I got the temp root (maybe).
But once I got the temp root and trying to backup.
The apps says I don't have root access.
It means after I pushed busybox ,etc ,ect. I click the backup apps, the backup apps say good to go. But even I reload the apps the 2nd time. It will show I don't have root access.
But I still have the # sign.
I checked the forum as someone else had the same problem, but I did not find the answer.
Does anyone have some suggestion?
Thanks
be sure to disable the fastboot option. turn your phone off, pull the battery and leave it like this for a minute... then start again
hoffmas said:
be sure to disable the fastboot option. turn your phone off, pull the battery and leave it like this for a minute... then start again
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I got the same trouble with my Desire Z. You can see my question near the the week ago. And advice was the same, but it didn't help. I think temporary root was honest but may be backup application managed to destroy some reserved memory for root, i don't know. I couldn't to backup system either MyBackup Pro or Titanium.
So I can't rooting my phone.
I will very glad if anybody help me and you.
sure you can root your phone. if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
"If you have nothing to back up or don't care to back anything up, proceed to the next section." (...from the guide)
I agree
hoffmas said:
sure you can root your phone. if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
"If you have nothing to back up or don't care to back anything up, proceed to the next section." (...from the guide)
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After rooting when I tried to backup the stock rom even I got some errors.
"Can't mount..some something"
Googled for it a lot and most of them indirectly said the phone might be bricked. Since I had nothing else to do I continued with the next step i.e. installing custom rom (cynogemod in my case) and everything turned out fine.
I am not recommending that you skip the backup process, if you can find anything then surely take a backup else skip it and continue.
hoffmas said:
if the backup doesn´t work just skip it.
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I afraid that skipping backup procedure before rooting is not a better advice.
I've bought my device over a year ago and now it has a lot of useful app and files. I usually use MyBackupPro to store non-system data without rooting.
However, it seems to me that's not enough, or am I wrong?
I think that after the rooting and replacement of the firmware I get a new, empty device without my usual things.
Is it enough or not after rooting to restore only the non-system data to continue to use the device as before plus root ?
Thanks.
yes =) just backup your apps and restore afterwards... you wont loose any sdcard content while rooting (except for goldcard). sure you can´t backup system apps, but this doesn´t make sense anyway because they wont work with your new rom
backup while rooting could be important for warranty issues... but actually isn´t really cause you can use a wwe ruu.
I think the problems started ever since I rooted the device. That's the only thing I can think of. I will say that I only rooted it, I did not freeze or remove any apps, install anything or otherwise modify the system. I haven't even installed a recovery yet.
Is it possible the root made my system unstable? What do you guys suggest I do to try and fix this problem?
Thanks
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have you tried un-rooting? Anytime you mess with the system it has the potential to make it unstable.
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I installed software on mine which changes color balance and runs as a service.
When it was running, the device crashed occasionally.
Once I uninstalled it, the behavior stopped.
Rooting probably doesn't create a problem, but try uninstalling any software you've added, then stepwise walk through adding in apps.
I've also seen some apps create lockups for the camera app.
theraker007 said:
I will say that I only rooted it, I did not freeze or remove any apps, install anything or otherwise modify the system. I haven't even installed a recovery yet.
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Then why did you root? Just waiting for the development to come around?
I'm rooted and haven't seen this issue. Its rebooted once, maybe twice on its own in the 2 weeks or so since rooting.
Yeah I thought we'd have custom roms by now. How do I safely uproot and get back to factory. I would like to wipe everything and start from scratch
SuperSU
Using framaroot.apk with Aragorn exploit, I noticed that the SuperSU option is more stable that Superuser.
I ran into problems with my first Note 8 after I installed XMBC. It would lock up within 10 seconds or so of reboot. I would highly recommend that you take advantage of the root toolkit in this forum, install CWM recovery and make a full backup once you get it behaving again. It is good to have something to go back to if you have unexpected problems!
EDIT: You can flash back a stock image using the toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251033
well i dont know what the heck is going wrong with the toolkit, but i did everything correctly, installed all the drivers, serial # shows up in the toolkit, checked off developer debugging mode. I tried to flash CWM from toolkit in PDA and everytime i try to go to recovery it just has the stock recovery there not CWM.
I have rooted many mobile devices and flashed numerous ROMS. However I recently purchased a Galaxy Note 10.1 2014 edition and have not been able to get very far in my attempts to root, etc. I have tried Odin and CF-Auto-Root and although it appears to be successful the device is not rooted. I want to install TWRP and then the knox free stock ROM. I am able to push the necessary files to the sdcard with ADB and I can see that the files are in /sdcard using ES File explorer. However when I boot into recovery mode /sdcard is red and at the top of the list and it will not let me navigate to it to install any zip files. I though at first it might be because of the MobileIron I use for company email but I did a factory reset and still have this problem. I just need to root the device so I can use Titanium BU to remove the Samsung apps I don't want. Any help with this would be most appreciated. What do I need to do?
~metafizik
Ultimately I think the first thing I need to resolve is that even though the Odin rooting process appears to be working according to Odin(PASS). The fact is that regardless which combination of Odin 3.07/3.09 and CF-Auto-Root (tried 2 versions) even though Odin says it was successful it turns out the device is not getting rooted. This should be a no brainer but for for whatever reason this device will not root so far.
Bumping this as I have not received any replies. I am hoping that someone has run across a similar situation and can offer some guidance.
Thank you,
~metafizik
metafizik said:
Ultimately I think the first thing I need to resolve is that even though the Odin rooting process appears to be working according to Odin(PASS). The fact is that regardless which combination of Odin 3.07/3.09 and CF-Auto-Root (tried 2 versions) even though Odin says it was successful it turns out the device is not getting rooted. This should be a no brainer but for for whatever reason this device will not root so far.
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Did you install super su?Did you try to flash twrp.If your not rooted twrp will ask to root.Have you tried to install a root app and see if the permissions pop up?
When you say recovery do you mean the stock one?Im pretty sure i had same problem.It was rooted but i thought it wasnt.
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Did you install super su?Did you try to flash twrp.If your not rooted twrp will ask to root.Have you tried to install a root app and see if the permissions pop up?
When you say recovery do you mean the stock one?Im pretty sure i had same problem.It was rooted but i thought it wasnt.
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This is a very strange deal. As previously stated I have tried various combinations of Odin and CF-Auto-Root and the Odin process completes with PASS. However when I boot the OS and run Titanium it is never able to gain root access and Root Checker says it is not rooted. Unfortunately even after doing a factory reset the MobileIron Admin console at work says it is rooted so I can't use it for company email. I have definitely tripped the Knox bit. Also I want to install TWRP and have pushed the file to /sdcard and can see it there using a file explorer app. However when I boot into stock recovery I cannot see any of the zip files I have copied there. I also tried to flash TWRP with Odin and again it completes with PASS but TWRP never gets installed. And yes I installed SuperSU but did so from the Play Store.
I purchased this device just last week. I am wondering if maybe Samsung has changed things in the past few weeks and locked these friggin things down even more? This is the first device of many I have owned that I couldn't root or install a custom recovery or ROM. In any case this will definitely be my last Samsung device. I would however like to do whatever I so desire with it since I paid good money for it.
I have resolved all of the problems I was having. They were all due to Knox and my inexperience with it. I was fortunate to have customized my Note 2 before it received the Knox updates. All is well and there is no new unknown vodoo lurking in the latest iteration of Samsung devices.
Its finally happened. I picked up my note 8 today from my nightstand and said "why not try" and low and behold, Kingroot 4.1 successfully rooted my Note 8!
Thanks , just download the apk 4.1 version of kingroot and get root acces for 4.4.2
Gracias , solo descarguen el apk version 4.1 de kingroot y listo acceso root para la i467 at&t , que hace tiempo ando buscando
excelente !
Done!!
Just rooted with King root 4.1
Thanks for the heads up on this!
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EDIT: After rooting with kingroot, I used the app from the Google play store called "SuperSu Me" This app removes king root and installs supersu while keeping root... it took less than a minute to do.
Amazing app
I tried this on two tablets and it failed. Is there specific procedure?
KC
Not sure which version of kingroot you're using, but o.p. specified to use version 4.1.
I downloaded king root v4.1... and ran it... no tricks.
Here is a link that I found to the app for kingroot for you:
https://userscloud.com/33vyymss3kkq
Hope the picture uploaded....I get this screen using 4.1.
Do this first : flash with odin 3.09.3 the original firmware 4.1
: select "AP" choose the at&t firmware it comes with 4.1 android version
then update to kit kat , rename the file on internet called xxxx.cfg to xxxxxx.zip
put this file in your micro sd card, reboot on recovery stock and flash the update , and get 4.4.2 android kk, then , download the apk 4.1 , do not connect the tablet online to the website of king root , this method does not work, it is with the apk 4.1 version of kingroot and done!
Importante : tablet on mode developer option and usb debugging check
None of the king root versions I found work. Gets to 24% then reboots.
No luck yet. Will keep waiting.
That was my experience as well. Not sure if this is viable based on my experience.
It's definitely a feasible process, it worked fine for me. I'm really confused why it works for some people but not for others...
For those still trying to gain root access using Kingroot... here is a link to a few different versions of "kingroot", a version of "kinguser" (their version of supersu), and a version of "purify" (their version of a memory manager). If it didn't work easily, it may still work with a bit more trial and error, as it did for me (after losing root yesterday).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3w...ew?usp=sharing
Yesterday morning, i woke up to find that I had somehow lost root on my tablet... I tried to re-root using the previous process, and it no longer seemed to work. Soooo, I spent a good chunk of time figuring out how to get root back yesterday. The good news is, I got root back... the process however, was somewhat convoluted.
So I tried to find a step by step reproduce-able way to get root every time - and I was not successful at coming up with an exact process that works every time... I was however able to get rooted every time, but the process seemed to vary a bit each time... so trial and error seems to be the key here. I experimented for hours doing this... gaining root, uninstalling root, and retrying - all in the name of trying to help others figure out how to do it on their device.
So here is the basics of how I achieved root... DISCLAIMER - I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU, YOUR ACTIONS, OR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR DEVICE - BEFORE/DURING/OR AFTER YOU TRYING ANY OF THESE PROCESSES THAT I TRIED. THINGS CAN GO WRONG - YOU CAN END UP WITH PROBLEMS - A BRICKED TABLET, A DIVORCE, A DEAD DOG, OR HIT BY A NUCLEAR BLAST. ANY OF WHICH, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR. IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTONS, ITS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
Since there is no factory image for 4.4.2 on our device, proceed with caution... if something goes really wrong, you will have a paperweight. There is no Kies or Odin to save you... Also, my knox warranty void count shows as 1 and custom device status, so if you are worried about that be aware...
1) download all the files in the folder at the link above, extract them from the folder and put all the apk's on your device, but dont install them yet (doesn't matter internal/external memory)
2) Boot into stock recovery and wipe cache. reboot.
3) Install kingroot v4.0.1.237
4) open kingroot and try the rooting process. the device will likely reboot at around 18 to 25% or so... once the device reboots, open kingroot again and let it finish the rooting process. If it works - you should go buy lottery tickets, because you just got really lucky! If it doesn't work, proceed to the next step.
5) Install Purify. Run Purify process. Take notice after running the process - at the top of the app does it say root is achieved?? If not, return to step 4 and try rooting again. If that does not work...
6) Install kinguser. open kinguser, does it say you have root access? If not, try the prompt to repair root access (if it shows up)... if not, return to step 4, and try to root again. If no root, try step 5 again. If not, try step 6 again...
7) If still no root access, uninstall kingroot, and install one of the other versions of kingroot... try all of the above again. If still no root... uninstall all 3 apps and start over at step 2 using a different version of kingroot to start with.
I wish I could say there was a logical rhyme or reason for what works and what doesn't... but there didn't appear to be an exact process that works every time. Fortunately, I was able to get root if I tried long enough and tried different combinations of processes. Periodically clearing the cache from the stock recovery really seemed to help increase my odds of success when things weren't going well.
Occassionally the process landed me in a bootloop at the at&t screen... after holding the power button for an eternity, the device would power off - then I would reboot and it would boot normally.
Additionally, I tried on many occasions to swap "kinguser" with "supersu" using an app call "Super-Sume". Sometimes the process worked, and successfully removed kingroot, kinguser, and purify - while keeping root and installing Supersu... Other times the process removed the kinguser, kingroot, and purify - but I also lost root. I tried both the paid and free versions of Super-Sume, but the free version is the one that seemed to work best.
It's up to you if you want to go through all of this - it was tiresome... but if you really want root, maybe trying something like this might help you - maybe not. I also noticed that kinguser seems to sometimes have root access, sometimes not... so sometimes it was just a matter of opening one of the 3 apps and re-running a process or two and root would be restored... not sure why that happens - which is why i opted to use super-sume to remove kingroot once root was achieved. but we will see if i keep root now... if not, at least I know the process above seemed to work for me.
Thanks Dandroid, I will try your suggestions. I got this tablet 2 months ago, rooted it right away with Kingroot, worked great. But was suspicious of the app, so used supersume to remove. Had root for a few more days then lost it. My first thought was the Samsung Security updates patched the root. So I download Kingroot and run it again and it doesnt work anymore. Why is root not working? Either the Samsung security updates closed the loophole or somehow Kingroot punishes you for removing their app. I believe Kingroot puts you on a blacklist because they have your IP address and IMEI. These are just my suspicions. So Dandroid do you still have root after all this time?
dandroid7 said:
For those still trying to gain root access using Kingroot... here is a link to a few different versions of "kingroot", a version of "kinguser" (their version of supersu), and a version of "purify" (their version of a memory manager). If it didn't work easily, it may still work with a bit more trial and error, as it did for me (after losing root yesterday).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3w...ew?usp=sharing
Yesterday morning, i woke up to find that I had somehow lost root on my tablet... I tried to re-root using the previous process, and it no longer seemed to work. Soooo, I spent a good chunk of time figuring out how to get root back yesterday. The good news is, I got root back... the process however, was somewhat convoluted.
So I tried to find a step by step reproduce-able way to get root every time - and I was not successful at coming up with an exact process that works every time... I was however able to get rooted every time, but the process seemed to vary a bit each time... so trial and error seems to be the key here. I experimented for hours doing this... gaining root, uninstalling root, and retrying - all in the name of trying to help others figure out how to do it on their device.
So here is the basics of how I achieved root... DISCLAIMER - I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU, YOUR ACTIONS, OR THE FUNCTIONALITY OF YOUR DEVICE - BEFORE/DURING/OR AFTER YOU TRYING ANY OF THESE PROCESSES THAT I TRIED. THINGS CAN GO WRONG - YOU CAN END UP WITH PROBLEMS - A BRICKED TABLET, A DIVORCE, A DEAD DOG, OR HIT BY A NUCLEAR BLAST. ANY OF WHICH, I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR. IF YOU PUSH THE BUTTONS, ITS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY.
Since there is no factory image for 4.4.2 on our device, proceed with caution... if something goes really wrong, you will have a paperweight. There is no Kies or Odin to save you... Also, my knox warranty void count shows as 1 and custom device status, so if you are worried about that be aware...
1) download all the files in the folder at the link above, extract them from the folder and put all the apk's on your device, but dont install them yet (doesn't matter internal/external memory)
2) Boot into stock recovery and wipe cache. reboot.
3) Install kingroot v4.0.1.237
4) open kingroot and try the rooting process. the device will likely reboot at around 18 to 25% or so... once the device reboots, open kingroot again and let it finish the rooting process. If it works - you should go buy lottery tickets, because you just got really lucky! If it doesn't work, proceed to the next step.
5) Install Purify. Run Purify process. Take notice after running the process - at the top of the app does it say root is achieved?? If not, return to step 4 and try rooting again. If that does not work...
6) Install kinguser. open kinguser, does it say you have root access? If not, try the prompt to repair root access (if it shows up)... if not, return to step 4, and try to root again. If no root, try step 5 again. If not, try step 6 again...
7) If still no root access, uninstall kingroot, and install one of the other versions of kingroot... try all of the above again. If still no root... uninstall all 3 apps and start over at step 2 using a different version of kingroot to start with.
I wish I could say there was a logical rhyme or reason for what works and what doesn't... but there didn't appear to be an exact process that works every time. Fortunately, I was able to get root if I tried long enough and tried different combinations of processes. Periodically clearing the cache from the stock recovery really seemed to help increase my odds of success when things weren't going well.
Occassionally the process landed me in a bootloop at the at&t screen... after holding the power button for an eternity, the device would power off - then I would reboot and it would boot normally.
Additionally, I tried on many occasions to swap "kinguser" with "supersu" using an app call "Super-Sume". Sometimes the process worked, and successfully removed kingroot, kinguser, and purify - while keeping root and installing Supersu... Other times the process removed the kinguser, kingroot, and purify - but I also lost root. I tried both the paid and free versions of Super-Sume, but the free version is the one that seemed to work best.
It's up to you if you want to go through all of this - it was tiresome... but if you really want root, maybe trying something like this might help you - maybe not. I also noticed that kinguser seems to sometimes have root access, sometimes not... so sometimes it was just a matter of opening one of the 3 apps and re-running a process or two and root would be restored... not sure why that happens - which is why i opted to use super-sume to remove kingroot once root was achieved. but we will see if i keep root now... if not, at least I know the process above seemed to work for me.
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Yes, I still have root.
I recently read in a forum for a different device that king root is actually a temporary root??? I have not seen that said anywhere else, just in that forum, so not sure if that was device specific?? But that does seem to explain why we lost root...
Since I used super-sume to remove king root and retain root, that may be why I still have root. As soon as I installed supersu, I also checked the survival mode box on supersu to try and keep root.
typhoonk said:
None of the king root versions I found work. Gets to 24% then reboots.
No luck yet. Will keep waiting.
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-8-0/help/root-sgh-i467-4-4-2-success-t3182211
It's supposed to reboot... after it reboots, reopen the KingRoot app and let it finish the process. The English version of the app clearly says that it will need to reboot and then finish the rooting process.
I used the computer version. Worked prefect. Then unistalled with superseme
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I appreciate everybody's input on this. It seems that some of us have been successful. I however have not.
Is there any way to get a system image from one of you folks that are already rooted, so the rest of us can load in our tablets? I don't know if this is a stupid question I'm not that well versed in loading via Odin.
King root v4.1
It seemed to work fine with my note 8 I'm running sgh-i467 4.4.2 but yet to find any custom rom, when there is one made please let me know! Just rooted today and I love the freedom but would like to learn a lot more about the different stuff I could do with this, any suggestions??
till this newest ver, 46.2, Kingroot never worked on mine but somehow it rooted my device with this new version..
Not sure why, but I love this having root on Note8 now.