I just updated to 13B, rooted it, restored user apps using Titanium Backup, installed xposed, and am having a weird issue with non responsive touches when trying to install an app or grant root to apps. When I try to click on install, the screen doesn't allow me to choose it. I am however able to chose cancel. Also when an app is requesting root, the grant permission screen is completely unresponsive. I can't choose grant, deny, anything. I was able to grant root right after rooting the phone. Any ideas?
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Are you running Lux by any chance? Lux is using an overlay that will do that, since these buttons have special protection against click hijacking. Lux needs to be temporarily disabled for the Install button to work. There is also blacklist feature in Lux, but you need to give Lux "app access" in the settings for this to work.
For SuperSu, you can turn off "click protection" in the settings so that it will work even with Lux running.
You're a savior! I just enabled alternate overlay in lux and that fixed it! Thanks!
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Somehow i've ended up with both of these apps. I think superuser came from my ROM and SuperSu came from the root process. Both don't seem to be uninstallable (even via titanium backup). Does anyone know of a way to at least remove Superuser (as people seem to think it inferior to SuperSu)?
Thanks
Edit: I was able to disable Superuser after uninstalling the updates. But it is curious that Titanium doesn't list either app in the app the list.
The new SuperSU (v1.04) should have the option to convert it to system app in it's setting somewhere, do that then reboot, SuperSU will stay, superuser will be gone.
reysonance said:
The new SuperSU (v1.04) should have the option to convert it to system app in it's setting somewhere, do that then reboot, SuperSU will stay, superuser will be gone.
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Yes, I found that option. Which would imply that I can uninstall it now. I think maybe it's cause the uninstall updates button overwrites the uninstall button - i've never quite understood why Android works that way as it seems to just be an unnecessary additional step. However that's not what I want to do anyway. I want to uninstall supersuser instead. There's also an option to switch superuser app but I don't want that either as again, I want to use supersu.
Edit: never mind. Looks like you were right. Apparently by converting it to a system app, it automatically removed superuser...there can only be one...lol
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There's an option to install/convert it to a system app. Which would imply that I can uninstall it now. I think maybe it's cause the uninstall updates button overwrites the uninstall button - i've never quite understood why Android works that way as it seems to just be an unnecessary additional step. However that's not what I want to do anyway. I want to uninstall supersuser instead. There's also an option to switch superuser app but I don't want that either as again, I want to use supersu.
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You don't have to uninstall anything, you click the button, and then both superuser app will vanish from the app drawer, then you reboot, which will leaves you SuperSu. Alternatively you can flash the CWM zip from the SuperSU's xda thread (Google is your friend), it'll take care both of the removal, and update the su binary automatically.
I'm on stock E980 Kitkat and I just rooted my phone using the Root Tool for Kitkat (can be found elsewhere in the OGP forums). Everything went fine and the next step is to install SuperSU or Superuser from the Play store. This has been my routine all through my Android life: Root and then install a superuser app.
Well, currently I don't have any of these Superuser apps installed (honestly, I was in a hurry and simply forgot to install one) and everything is working perfectly fine. According to Root Checker, I have full root access. All apps who require root are working perfectly fine; maybe even better. Titanium Backup restored all my apps. No issues whatsoever!
So my question here is this:
In order to have proper root and for everything to qork perfectly, is a superuser app really necessary? Or can I just keep things the way they are right now (no su app) and expect everything to work just fine?
PS:
I've been having to reflash my rom several times because of certain root-requiring apps constantly force closing on me. I've had SuperSU installed while this has been happening and without an su app, these apps are doing exactly as they are supposed to. I'm now wondering if there is a bug (or just some other issue) in SuperSU or something.
In Beanstalk thread, its OP recommended to install SuperSU App and uninstall it afterwards.
Kinda confusing and i dont know its purpose from a developers perspective.
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souleater11 said:
In Beanstalk thread, its OP recommended to install SuperSU App and uninstall it afterwards.
Kinda confusing and i dont know its purpose from a developers perspective.
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My guess, and this is coming from the few hours today using my phone without an SU app, is that it's a security thing (?).
Without the SU app, anything on my phone has root access as it pleases and I have no clue as to what is being granted these permissions. This is fine for me personally because everything I have installed that needs root, I WANT to have root access and it's really annoying to me to have to have to manually grant everything access.
So, I'm starting to wonder if the SU apps are simply for managing root access; allowing certain apps permission, while restricting the access of others.
So far, I've been running the phone several hours without any SU app and the phone is working great! I don't have to constantly grant apps permission all the time (or well, first time I guess).
Super SU
It is better if you could have Super Su installed because then you can control apps that needs root permissions. Some times root privileges required apps can harm your device.
romikavinda said:
It is better if you could have Super Su installed because then you can control apps that needs root permissions. Some times root privileges required apps can harm your device.
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OK, so SU apps like SuperSU are basically used to manage root access from root-requiring apps. A security measue basically.
This is what I figured, but had to make sure.
Thank you
I just updated to 13B, rooted it, restored user apps using Titanium Backup, installed xposed, and am having a weird issue with non responsive touches when trying to install an app or grant root to apps. When I try to click on install, the screen doesn't allow me to choose it. I am however able to chose cancel. Also when an app is requesting root, the grant permission screen is completely unresponsive. I can't choose grant, deny, anything. I was able to grant root right after rooting the phone. Any ideas?
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Solved! I guess lux may change the way certain screens interact. So I just enabled alternate overlay in lux and that fixed it!
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Hey all,
I used LGUP to flash my Verizon LG G4 to MM. Most everything works great, but I realized that the system apps I had disabled using titanium backup remain disabled. Since I no longer have root, I cannot reenable most of them, but I would like to. Any thoughts? Or do I have to downgrade to LL and reenable them before I reupgrade to MM.
Also, android pay won't work, could the disabled system apps be why?
Thanks
Rob
Do the disabled apps show up in disabled list using Settings App Manager? Make sure you selected to look at system apps too.
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Do the disabled apps show up in disabled list using Settings App Manager? Make sure you selected to look at system apps too.
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Yes, they do, but the reenable button is grayed out.
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Yes, they do, but the reenable button is grayed out.
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Try using the Debloater app to only unblock/enable the apps you are interested in enabling at this time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
It does appear to work with our VS986 and root is not required. Read the first post to learn how to export your current configuration enabled/disabled apps first before making any changes.
divineBliss said:
Try using the Debloater app to only unblock/enable the apps you are interested in enabling at this time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/debloater-remove-carrier-bloat-t2998294
It does appear to work with our VS986 and root is not required. Read the first post to learn how to export your current configuration enabled/disabled apps first before making any changes.
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Unfortunately, it will not block/unblock (disable/enable) apps, only hide/unhide them, on my phone. Have you used it on Marshmallow?
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Unfortunately, it will not block/unblock (disable/enable) apps, only hide/unhide them, on my phone. Have you used it on Marshmallow?
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I noticed about hide/unhide vs disable/enable when using it yesterday for the first time.
If you unhide one of the apps you previously disabled when rooted, does that not enable it?
Once an app is hidden, I could not figure out a way to get a list of hidden apps using adb .
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I noticed about hide/unhide vs disable/enable when using it yesterday for the first time.
If you unhide one of the apps you previously disabled when rooted, does that not enable it?
Once an app is hidden, I could not figure out a way to get a list of hidden apps using adb .
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Unfortunately, unhiding a disabled app does not enable it. Hiding it does make it invisible to the launcher and the rest of the phone (as far as I can tell) other than the application manager. It is very useful and ended up hiding several app. My issue is that I had disabled the LG backup and LG bridge apps and would like to use one to do a full backup so that I can do a system reset to address some issues. I guess I'll have to wait for root.
I wonder if you can use adb via a PC/USB and re-enable the apps using "pm enable <package name>" ? Worth a try.
If you figure out how to list apps hidden with "pm hide <package name>" , I'd love to know how . Don't forget about those apps you've hidden ..... I'm concerned I will forget about them .
If all else fails, I suppose you'll have to do what you want to avoid ......... go back to Lollipop rooted just to re-enable those disabled apps, then upgrade back to Marshmallow.
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I wonder if you can use adb via a PC/USB and re-enable the apps using "pm enable <package name>" ? Worth a try.
If you figure out how to list apps hidden with "pm hide <package name>" , I'd love to know how . Don't forget about those apps you've hidden ..... I'm concerned I will forget about them .
If all else fails, I suppose you'll have to do what you want to avoid ......... go back to Lollipop rooted just to re-enable those disabled apps, then upgrade back to Marshmallow.
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Thanks, I tried to do it over adb, but it didn't work. I think you need root to use "pm enable <package name>"
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Thanks, I tried to do it over adb, but it didn't work. I think you need root to use "pm enable <package name>"
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It does appear that your are correct.
I wonder what's going on when we do disable an app using the "Settings -> Application manager" option with Marshmallow. That appears to be doing an disable/enable. Must be a permissions thing doing it from adb vs application manager, since it does not work from adb
I was not able to disable/enable Amazon Kindle using adb, even though doing it from the app manager did disable/enable it. I could hide/unhide Amazon Kindle using adb, and hiding/unhiding it made it vanish/reappear off/on the app manager list. I wonder why we can do a hide and not a disable if they both effectively prevent an app from running ?
As you originally stated, If you used LG UP upgrade option (not refurbish option) to go back to 13B, then flashed your rooted 13B, then enabled your disabled apps, then used LG UP to upgrade back to 24C, I wonder if you'd be successful in getting to the state you want to be in?
Let us know if you try.
Just curious for those that must have root on Nexus? Stock rom or otherwise.
I remember when I had my G4 root was must to get most things to function like stock Android.
Only thing I really like now is adaway.
Let me know what functions are your favourite with root please with the 5x.
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Adaway
AdAway and ForceDoze (which unfortunately isn't compatible with N)
Adaway was my one reason too.
Anyone else?
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AdAway and substratum
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I love me some ad away, can't live with AD's. Have you guys had any issues with updating the hosts file? It kept giving me an error last night. Had to roll back to MM this morning, I hate AD's
Adaway is the big one. I couldn't get it working on the dev preview 5 so I looked around. Found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1916098
I flashed it and it actually worked really well. So there is an alternative for people if AdAway doesn't work on Android 7.
I also like to be able to lock my screen with a double tap. There was an app around that needed root that worked really good but just like adaway, it didn't seem to work on Android N. So I use Nova Launcher and the double tap homescreen to sleep. The root method is better than the non root method so there is another thing I need root for. Also I need root when I set up a new device. Need Titanium Backup to restore my apps. Then there are themes. I've used RRO Theme Manager. Haven't got into substratum yet. Those are the things I need root for off the top of my head
guys, to get adaway working on N you need to flash the systemless zip found in the adaway thread. did that through flashfire, and everything works as intended so far
Titanium Backup, Xposed (Gravity Box Module), Greenify, SD Maid.
also some option in Nova Launcher, like double tap to sleep. Without root, it works but you have to enter your pattern/password/PIN after turning ON the screen using fingerprint. But with root, it doesn't need pattern/password/PIN. It's a small thing but it makes me annoyed if doesn't work.
Gravity Box, Sd maid, Adaway, greenify, disable services, Unistall system app, Lucky patcher.
ikyeye said:
Titanium Backup, Xposed (Gravity Box Module), Greenify, SD Maid.
also some option in Nova Launcher, like double tap to sleep. Without root, it works but you have to enter your pattern/password/PIN after turning ON the screen using fingerprint. But with root, it doesn't need pattern/password/PIN. It's a small thing but it makes me annoyed if doesn't work.
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Create "Greenify screen lock + hibernate" widget... it's better than Nova turn off
Adaway is the only reason I root. With the new systemless root I can even sideload OTAs now so it's no longer even a slight inconvenience to root.