I upgraded my FireTV1 to the latest Pre-Rooted Rom. I now can't access Supersu. The chainfire app is still installed I see in Apps, but I can't access it. Where do I go from here? I assumed the pre-rooted rom that I flashed wouldn't have an issue like this.
I can still adb reboot recovery and it boots up to TWRP, I'm just not having any luck getting chainfire/supersu to request/grant root access to anything or even get Supersu to load.
I used adb to install the latest supersu apk which went fine. Since I can't access it in the Amazon launcher I loaded Kodi and tried accessing it from the Android apps and as soon as I click on it Kodi closes and Supersu doesn't open either.
I just decided to wipe the system and reinstall the pre-rooted rom from scratch. Working fine now.
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I'm at a loss as to what is wrong. I flashed a prerooted stock version of KitKat and I think root was working. But now for some reason it doesn't work. I flashed the supersu zip (v1.80) via TWRP recovery but after rebooting, the SuperSU app doesn't even show up on my device. When I install manually from thr Play Store it's as if I'm not rooted. I've flashed the zip multiple times and I do not want to factory reset and delete all my data (especially since I really can't backup without root atm). Any ideas?
Edit: sorry about the post title typo. *flashing
so I decided to install second version of Pre-Rooted 5.2.1.0 ROM and only had a partial boot unlock. I managed to full boot unlock and install clockwork but then I tried to install the prerooted rom but missed the step about not imstalling a prerooted without busybox and bootmenu
Anyway I bricked the device and managed to recover to version 51.1.4.0.
I still have the full boot unlock and it boots into clockwork on startup but I can't root version 51.1.4.0 and can't seem to install a lower firmware version through clock work. I always get "error in update.zip Status 7 installation aborted"
I've tried these guides to put me back to lower stock firmware but no luck.
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-unroot-a-fire-tv-and-switch-back-to-stock-updates-from-amazon/
http://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-manually-upgrade-or-downgrade-the-amazon-fire-tv/
I know you can't root 51.1.4.0. but is there any options if I already have the bootunlock and clockwork still installed.
I'm at my wits end at the moment. Any advice would be appreciated
It sounds like you tried flashing the 5.2.1.0 pre-rooted ROM using ClockworkMod, right? You can't do that. You must first replace ClockworkMod with TWRP and then use TWRP to install the Fire OS 5 per-rooted ROMs (like 5.2.1.0).
I'm not quite sure the damage you've done, so best to see if @rbox will reply.
Yep, I was trying to get to TWRP. I can still sideload apps and have kodi all working again but running off a SMB share now. No Usb access without the root.. So not all lost I guess. SMB share seems to work well on a wifi network
Has anyone upgraded their firmware to PK6 and attempted to root? I don't have any issues flashing TWRP with Odin. None whatsoever. When I flash a SuperSU zip or a PHH Superuser zip, I cannot get past the T-Mobile boot animation. It freezes every time. Once this happens I cannot boot to recovery. I can only boot to Download Mode. Hell, I can't even power down my device after I flash a root zip. Just curios if anyone has dealt with this issue. I have attempted to flash SuperSu zips starting with the 2.71 Beta up to the 2.78 SR5 with zero luck. I've also tried with PHH Superuser and I get the same results. Can anyone shed and light on the subject?
After several failed attempts to root my Galaxy S6 Edge+ (SM-G928T) with the latest firmware update to 6.0.1, G928TUVU4DPK6, this is what I had to do to get a working root solution. At no time did I ever have a problem installing TWRP with Odin. Ive been using Odin 3.12.3 but I had the same issues with Odin 3.10.7.
I started with a clean slate and performed a fresh install of the stock firmware which I downloaded from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmo...al/sm-g928t-stock-odin-g928tuvu4dpk6-t3516310
After flashing the stock firmware with Odin 3.12.3 I did the basic setup on my device to make sure I could boot and everything was working. Next, I shut down my device and booted to Download Mode by using the key combination of Volume Down + Home + Power. Once booted into Download Mode I used Odin again to flash TWRP 3.0.2-0, which is available here:
https://dl.twrp.me/zenltetmo/
After the flash was complete I booted to recovery using Volume Up + Home + Power. When TWRP starts it will ask you if you want to swipe to allow system modification. If you swipe to allow system modifications you will trigger DM-Verity and you will not be able to boot normally unless you flash a custom kernel that has DM-Verity disabled in the fstab or you can flash the no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip that I dowloaded from here:
https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
The newest version available is 5.0
So, I swiped to allow system modifications. Next, I transferred the no-verity-opt-encrypt.zip from my PC to my device and installed the zip in TWRP. Once this was completed, I transferred my root zip from my PC to my device. I used the PHH Superuser to root my device which is available here:
https://superuser.phh.me/superuser.zip
I installed the root zip in TWRP, wiped cache/dalvik cache and then selected Reboot System. I didnt know if I would be able to boot or not. I could never get past the T-Mobile boot animation each time I attempted to root this damn thing but low and behold everything went as planned and I was fully booted up and running. I went through the setup wizard and everything was working as it should.
I am using PHH Superuser instead of Chainfires SuperSU. Its a personal choice for me as I have been using PHH Superuser since the hand off of SuperSU to a new company, CCMT, LLC.
Once I was finally able to boot normally I downloaded PHH's app in the Play Store from here:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.phh.superuser
This is just my experience of what I had to do to get root working on my S6 Edge+. All of my root apps are working as designed. I cant remember the last time I didnt have a rooted device and it was starting to bother me. I was having root withdrawals. If anyone decides to upgrade to the latest firmware from T-Mobile and wants a working root solution, here is what worked for me. I have not tried to use Chainfires SuperSU again. If you dont want to use PHH Superuser and wanted to use SuperSU instead, try to insert SuperSU in place of PHH Superuser and see what happens. Do this at your own risk because I have not tested it with this solution that I found. Good luck. Happy Rooting!!
fast69mopar said:
Has anyone upgraded their firmware to PK6 and attempted to root? I don't have any issues flashing TWRP with Odin. None whatsoever. When I flash a SuperSU zip or a PHH Superuser zip, I cannot get past the T-Mobile boot animation. It freezes every time. Once this happens I cannot boot to recovery. I can only boot to Download Mode. Hell, I can't even power down my device after I flash a root zip. Just curios if anyone has dealt with this issue. I have attempted to flash SuperSu zips starting with the 2.71 Beta up to the 2.78 SR5 with zero luck. I've also tried with PHH Superuser and I get the same results. Can anyone shed and light on the subject?
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Here is the one I used. works great
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Here is the one I used. works great
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I tried that version too and I ended up with the same problem each time. I figured it out last night though. Im going to update my OP with the steps I had to take to get it working and that way if anyone upgrades to the latest PK6 firmware for their G928T and has this problem my thread is available with a solution.
Pixel XL running 8.0.0 OPR3.170623.007, developer options and USB Debugging are both on.
I was rooted for a while now, then I tried using one of my root-only apps and it told me it can't get root access.
I looked for SuperSU, which was missing.
I unrooted and rerooted using Skipsoft Unified Android Toolkit.
It flashed SuperSU 2.82 and flashed TWRP 3.1.1.1. The TWRP flashed just fine, but no matter how many times I flash SuperSU, it doesn't show up in my app drawer and the phone is still not rooted. I tried SuperSU 2.82 and the SR5 stable beta, neither worked. I also tried installing it through the Play Store after flashing it, it goes through the install process then just give me the option to install again, never fixes my issue.
Any idea on what I can do next?
edit: I updated to 3.2.0.0 and was able to root. Flashing the most recent beta and non-beta Magisk versions did not work, neither did installing the SuperSU APK. Once I updated to 3.2.0.0 I was able to root with Magisk just fine.
Flash the stock boot.img to both slots and reroot. Use SR5.
I would also advise to start by flashing the stock boot image. I would then boot twrp, flash twrp, then flash latest su.
If that doesn't work I would try going with the latest magisk zip (14.5)
I should have mentioned this, Unified Tool Kit flashed the factory boot image before releasing the latest TWRP and then flashing the most recent SuperSU. I did try flashing SR5 with negative results.
I'll give Magisk a try.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/guide-pixel-xl-android-8-1oreo-unlock-t3715279
I followed 1,2,3,4,8, zero issues on 8.1.
I had a problem rooting with SuperSU. When i TWRP flashed it, it wouldnt show up in my apps, but my device was still rooted. For some reason the app just wasnt showing up so im using Magisk 14.5 instead...
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I had a problem rooting with SuperSU. When i TWRP flashed it, it wouldnt show up in my apps, but my device was still rooted. For some reason the app just wasnt showing up so im using Magisk 14.5 instead...
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Common issue. You can grab the app apk from inside the zip and install it.
I tried flashing both beta and non-beta Magisk versions and installing the SuperSU APK, nothing worked.
I saw that a new TWRP got released, 3.2.0.0. I flashed that and was able to successfully root. Thanks for your help, guys.
There's a known issue with SuperSU where if you are in superuser mode, you cannot browse the /sdcard path. There's a fix called bueller-fixsusdcard.zip you can apply in TWRP, but the problem seems to come back. Also, there are notifications about updating su that cannot be completed since you cannot seem to actually run the SuperSU app.
You can fix the first problem by flashing the latest SuperSU instead of bueller-fixsusdcard.zip. I used SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip. I have a rooted fully unlocked Fire TV 1 so I extracted the unlocked bootloader and flashed that in TWRP first. I don't know if I needed to actually do that, but I figured that it might be wise to start with a clean boot before flashing the new SuperSU.
The ability to be root and browse /sdcard has been good for a few days now. The other issue of not being able to run the SuperSU app still exists. BTW, I tired to install Magisk 14.0 a while back, but it leaves the FireTV in an unbootable state. I have to flash the boot_unlocked.img file in TWRP and then SuperSU to fix it. I wish someone would troubleshoot why it doesn't work. At least Magisk root can be hidden easier.