Hi, I used kingroot app to gain root but it didn't work. However my software status has turned into modified. My phone is completely stock. Stock ROM, stock recovery, locked (not relocked) bootloader and also S-ON.
My CID is Vodap001 and it's in the UK.
I can't find a RUU for this phone, what can I do to return my "Software status" to OFFICIAL?
Well it did actually work didn't it, but you say you lost root after reboot? What you say didn't actually work is converting to super su with supersu me, so you're not giving the correct information.
If you'd have run the kinguser app after reboot it most likely would have regained root.
Also just for info, kingroot is now blocking Supersu me in its latest versions, so if you used the latest version then that could be your issue.
The earlier 4.5 versions don't block supersu me.
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I have a 2 month old Desire (SLCD I believe!?), with 2.2 (2.29.405.2) installed out of the box.
The first thing I did when I got home with my new phone was to root it with unr3voked, to be able to uninstall facebook/twitter apps etc.
(Unfortunately that cant´t be done, for some reason? - It was fairly easy on my old X10 mini!)
Anyway I left them there, and live with it, not that much of a problem to me
Now I have just received the 2.29.405.5 OTA update, and not knowing any better, I tried to install it.
Got to the bootloader(I presume that is the correct name? - Rainbow coloured screen) and it said no file named "Update.zip" found?
I then just rebooted , and did nothing more(wanted to do a little read up about it first).
everything works as normal, but I would like to have the update though.
Now I read several places that I can´t OTA update a rooted phone
Question is, can I Unroote without wipping the phone or can I do the update in some other way?
Supplementary questions: How do I make a "Nandroid backup (I have read about it, but I don´t know how to do it
What is a "Goldcard" - And do I need one? (unbranded and unlocked phone out of the box)
Btw. The phone is Danish, if that is of any relevance
sorry but not possible, the root modify your bootloader so when the update OTA will check it, it will fail your update.
OTA is only for undranded and unrooted phone.
tozneno said:
sorry but not possible, the root modify your bootloader so when the update OTA will check it, it will fail your update.
OTA is only for undranded and unrooted phone.
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Thank you for the answer.
It was unfortunately as I expected
Can anyone answer me about the Nandroid and Goldcard thing?
Nandroid: Boot into Recovery and select 'Backup' from the menu (it might be called 'Nandroid' depending on the custom Recovery you used)
Gold card: No you don't need it
Actually, applying OTA 2.29.405.5 to a rooted stock phone is pretty simple if you have S-OFF from AlphaRev. At least this specific OTA, as it has no hboot inside it, so it won't overvrite hboot and you would keep the S-OFF and fastboot capabilities.
First, OTA flashing process uses stock recovery, so you'd need to flash stock recovery (grab it from the RUU - there is actually a recovery.img within this OTA, but I haven't tried using that...) via fastboot. Then just apply the OTA from a fully booted phone - wait until the first complete reboot after it finishes.
Second, you flash your customized recovery back using fastboot again.
Third, you boot into recovery, mount system partition, and, using adb shell, chmod 06755 /system/bin/su to regain root.
I've done that and it works without problems. One issue is that if you modified something this update touches on /system partition (vending.apk in my case) it will fail verification and throw an error 7. Everything the OTA updates must be exactly as in stock 2.29.405.2.
But I still wouldn't try it without a nandroid backup handy.
Hi,guys, I am a Chinese.
I got a Desire Z recently, and wanna flash the rom.
I followed the procedure, get temprooted,and perhaps permrooted.(I can access the "root" directory every time I restart my phone with R.T explorer)
I linked the phone to the PC,(Charge only,and USB debugging checked) and run adb, but cant get SU permission.
It's so too in the Terminal Emulator,
I also installed a program on my phone called "superuser permissions", run it, just black screen.
Why? Anyone can explain. Thanks.
If you got your Z recently, its probably not rootable by the "normal" methods. The reason you are getting "superuser permission denied", is becuase you aren't rooted.
ROMs version is higher than 1.34 are not rootable. You can check your ROM versions by going to Settings>About phone>Software information; and look under "Software number".
If your ROM version is above 1.34, you can still root, but you need to downgrade first to 1.34, then root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#December_2010_DZ_OTA_1.72_Update
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If you got your Z recently, its probably not rootable by the "normal" methods. The reason you are getting "superuser permission denied", is becuase you aren't rooted.
ROMs version is higher than 1.34 are not rootable. You can check your ROM versions by going to Settings>About phone>Software information; and look under "Software number".
If your ROM version is above 1.34, you can still root, but you need to downgrade first to 1.34, then root:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision#December_2010_DZ_OTA_1.72_Update
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Thank you, I did downgrade it to 1.34
Why,
Hi all,
I tried to search on this and didn't uncover my exact scenario. My issue is that after I successfully unrevoke my HTC Desire, I can't install BusyBox. I also get errors when I try to run Alpharev and by running adb su on the phone it says I don't have permissions, so clearly it's done something (I have Clockwork recovery now and also the Superuser app) but the root seems to be incomplete. Let me list everything out...
On my Stock Softbank Froyo 2.2 (HBOOT 0.93-0001, S-ON):
- Ran Unrevoked 3. This reported success.
- Rebooted.
- Attempted to install BusyBox via the installer app from market. I went to install to xbin and it says 'The application failed, either because your device is not nand unlocked or we were unable to remount'. Obviously I am not NAND unlocked at the moment.
- Ran Titanium backup. It says 'phone NOT rooted'.
- Ran Root Checker. It reports that the phone is rooted.
- So I tried Alpharev to S-OFF and it reports that the device is found, but then errors out with at: 'can't open `/tmp/cmdline' errors during model detection. According to Alpharev's instructions, this indicates that the phone isn't rooted.
- So, I tried unrevoked again and it says it can't root (system version too new? it says).
Ok, so I decide to debrand by creating a GoldCard and using the latest WWE RUU. This works perfectly without a hitch. So I rerun the above procedure *without doing anything else* and it fails in exactly the same way. Really there couldn't be fewer steps. From a freshly installed firmware, I have USB debugging on and it *won't really root*
Any suggestions? I think some people report success with Unrevoked 3.21 but I can't find a trustable source of this to try (don't want to try to use a version from a file sharing site for this reason).
Thanks!
Bah, nevermind SOLVED. I was trying to install BusyBox from the market, but I needed to run Titanium Backup, click 'Problems?', then install BusyBox from there. Now all works.
I was running 4.2.2 rooted using rumrunners script. I had supersu installed and voodoo rootkeeper and decided to accept the ota after seeing in rumrunner's thread that people were reporting that it didnt affect root. Well, mine did! I lost root and voodoo doesnt restore it. I tried downloading and rerunning the latest version of the rumrunner script and I get
Code:
Please wait....
Checking for updates......
Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader
Waiting for fastboot (5/120)
Waiting
Test 2: Booting device
Waiting for ADB (17/120)
must ferment longer...
must sanitize, skunky rum is nasty
hold please..............................................
[************************************************************]
Rebooting into bootloader (again)
Waiting for fastboot (5/120)
Waiting for ADB (16/120)
must ferment longer...
chilling..................
bottles are packed, here we go, shhhhhh....
Waiting for device
rom or root issue? unexpected behaviour detected - flash different rom and try again.
ERROR: run rumrunner again.....
The strange thing is that recovery still shows s-off and unlocked. I just can't seem to regain root.
Questions:
1) any ideas on getting the root binary installed?
2) since the phone is still s-off and unlocked, I assume that I could just install maybe the bonestock rom and be done with Verizon - thoughts?
3) worst case - I guess just wait for an updated script from rumrunner?
Thanks in advance!
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I was running 4.2.2 rooted using rumrunners script. I had supersu installed and voodoo rootkeeper and decided to accept the ota after seeing in rumrunner's thread that people were reporting that it didnt affect root. Well, mine did! I lost root and voodoo doesnt restore it. I tried downloading and rerunning the latest version of the rumrunner script and I get
Code:
Please wait....
Checking for updates......
Test 1: Rebooting into bootloader
Waiting for fastboot (5/120)
Waiting
Test 2: Booting device
Waiting for ADB (17/120)
must ferment longer...
must sanitize, skunky rum is nasty
hold please..............................................
[************************************************************]
Rebooting into bootloader (again)
Waiting for fastboot (5/120)
Waiting for ADB (16/120)
must ferment longer...
chilling..................
bottles are packed, here we go, shhhhhh....
Waiting for device
rom or root issue? unexpected behaviour detected - flash different rom and try again.
ERROR: run rumrunner again.....
The strange thing is that recovery still shows s-off and unlocked. I just can't seem to regain root.
Questions:
1) any ideas on getting the root binary installed?
2) since the phone is still s-off and unlocked, I assume that I could just install maybe the bonestock rom and be done with Verizon - thoughts?
3) worst case - I guess just wait for an updated script from rumrunner?
Thanks in advance!
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Rumrunner is mainly for gaining S-off.
S-off is not the same thing as root.
Rumrunner does have a nice added perk, in that it also installs superuser and the su binaries for you.(adds root)
But it is not required for rooting an already s-off device.
Either flash the stock rooted rom, or just flash SuperSu and you will be rooted again.
santod040 said:
Rumrunner is mainly for gaining S-off.
S-off is not the same thing as root.
Rumrunner does have a nice added perk, in that it also installs superuser and the su binaries for you.(adds root)
But it is not required for rooting an already s-off device.
Either flash the stock rooted rom, or just flash SuperSu and you will be rooted again.
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Thanks. I reflashed the recovery (lost that for some reason) and reflashed the supersu zip. Now I have root back, but I have lost some connectivity. I have web access through the browser and a few programs but not play store, facebook, gmail etc. No idea what happened or how to fix it. btw, it doesnt seem to matter if I use wifi or data, the same programs dont work - almost like a firewall block or something.
I am a new M8 user. I unlocked my boot loader, installed custom recovery and rooted the device. However, I can't achieve S-Off. It says that HTC has patched my device. I don't remember taking an OTA, however it may have done that when I first booted it out of the box. I then tried to install Xposed, however that did not work either. I found a method showing how to flash a file to make Xposed work on an S-On device, but that did not work either. I have two questions:
1) Is there any way currently for me to achieve S-Off
2) If I can't achieve S-Off, what good does rooting my device actually do since I can't seem to install anything?
Thanks.
ILowry282 said:
I am a new M8 user. I unlocked my boot loader, installed custom recovery and rooted the device. However, I can't achieve S-Off. It says that HTC has patched my device. I don't remember taking an OTA, however it may have done that when I first booted it out of the box. I then tried to install Xposed, however that did not work either. I found a method showing how to flash a file to make Xposed work on an S-On device, but that did not work either. I have two questions:
1) Is there any way currently for me to achieve S-Off
2) If I can't achieve S-Off, what good does rooting my device actually do since I can't seem to install anything?
Thanks.
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Since you didnt get any OTA, it means that the device you got was already updated with the last software by HTC.
1. Currently there is no way for getting S-OFF, dhe there is a bounty thread for a fix. (Check my signature)
2. S-OFF is needed only for special purposes like changing ur CID, removing the tampered banner. SIM Unlock etc.
You dont need S-OFF to flash custom ROMs etc.
Like above says, but i will add, double check you have root, and then look at the correct way to install xposed. you dont need s off to obtain root or install xposed and or roms.
I can confirm that xposed installs and runs fine with an s-on device. My friend has one and is running xposed with sense6 toolbox.
As a last resort if you simply can't get it installed, you could install a rom that already has it built in. There are several in the forums that have it.
So I don't need S-Off to install Viper One ROM?
no.
Can anyone tell me if viper rom allows individual notification tones in the stock messaging app?