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JF's 1.41 on UK g1 - multitouch but have no root access?

Hi all, decided to root my G1, everything seems to be working just fine, the multitouch rocks but when i go log into telnet or do anything on teminal i get permission denied?
am i doing something wrong?
thanks
Zeem

are you typing su first? just making sure

/me hides in shame
Thanks

phone is rooted but 2.1 wont allow shell access to apps

If anyone can help me with this issue,its killing me. I love the DARCHDROID rom,couldnt wait anymore so i had to flash it. Flashed darchdroid,lwp kernel and everything else works, minus a few fc's. In adb i have #,and my device appears to be rooted, i have rerooted more then 35 times in the past 5 hours read numerous posts here,even some that would imply to address this issue,but does not solve my problem....seems that i dont have root access to my new 2.1 rom shell.....if this is possible. Ive tried many other roms and never come accross one that you had to re root for.But this rom looked worth it. Everything i have read seems to work for others but not me. Well the geniuses are here so here is where i ask for assistance....any thoughts or replies would be greatly appreciated, im not giving up on this rom yet......thanks in advance!

The newest darch rom is already rooted. Make sure you 'adb remount'. That allows read/write access to /system if you want to push files to it.

oops
BTW, forgot some important info,didnt want to list all of my links and flood the thread Im still at it...anyone that is capable of offering me help will understand this error....when i get to step 9 in the xda guide.forum.xda-developers. cdma hero root guide,.....site wouldnt allow me to use the link,error?strange i couldnt link because all my good links are from this site......after i enter "cat sh > su"
i get "cannot create su: directory nonexistent"......i know this is a red flag for my problem and im sure theres an easy fix......tried makdir and im denied access. ..I now have a headache and thanks for any help.....

reflash the rom. there was no need to asroot2 the shell.

I need "su" and "superuser.apk" to get root apps to work

but where the fugg is "su".
I pushed superuser.apk no prblem but were is this extensionless su app??
Reason:
I rooted my gf's hero and need to run titanium to backup all her apps before I flash Fresh 2.1.2 to it. After lots of searching I se I need to put SU on it. Can soeone shed some light...?

scirio said:
but where the fugg is "su".
I pushed superuser.apk no prblem but were is this extensionless su app??
Reason:
I rooted my gf's hero and need to run titanium to backup all her apps before I flash Fresh 2.1.2 to it. After lots of searching I se I need to put SU on it. Can soeone shed some light...?
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hmm.. you could just use another backup program that doesnt need root. i personally use astro to back up my apps.
assuming that just pushing superuser.apk works, then you should get a prompt when you try to use titanium back up that asks for root access.

su should be in /system/bin and I believe /system/xbin. I had to cp su /system/xbin for Metamorph to work a while ago...
Code:
adb shell
cd /system/bin
ls
see if su is in this folder. if it is then
Code:
cp su /system/xbin
But wait till someone else confirms this...
Also, if you are getting the black super user request screen make sure that you have USB Debugging turned on. Settings>Applications>Development>USB Debugging Mode

"su" is not an app.. "su" is command for "super user"..
"su" is root access.. If the rom you are using is not rooted it will never have "su".. Because the rom will not allow sudo access
*search for appsaver to get the apps from an unrooted rom..

azyouthinkeyeiz said:
"su" is not an app..
"su" is root access.. If the rom you are using is not rooted it will never have "su"..
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Have to kind of disagree with you here.
he is refering to the SU file that lives in //bin/
Which is technically "executable" when setting suid bits.
But you are correct in that the rom should have that. And if it doesn't...she's not rooted...and you'll need more than just SU eventually...you should go ahead and get busy box installed for TIbackup to use.

Kcarpenter said:
Have to kind of disagree with you here.
he is refering to the SU file that lives in //bin/
Which is technically "executable" when setting suid bits.
But you are correct in that the rom should have that. And if it doesn't...she's not rooted...and you'll need more than just SU eventually...you should go ahead and get busy box installed for TIbackup to use.
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The su file that lives in //bin/ allows the rom to interact with busybox and supermissions.. It is not an APP just a directory file.. That's like saying on a PC that the DLL files for each program is a program.. It does "execute" but there is not a single file on your computer that isn't "executable" in someway.. I was just saying in layman's terms that he can't do what he wants..
You can't just install that on a Sprint Rom.. He cannot just push busybox into his rom because it is lacking the su file.. And it cannot interact with the Sprint Rom even if you did get it installed somehow...
Yes he rooted the phone, but the ROM is still locked in by sprint until you flash a custom rom.. You have to repackage the rom and reflash it to get those parts into the rom.. Which would not help this guy with what he wants..
*again.. Search for appsaver.. it is the easiest solution for you OP

azyouthinkeyeiz said:
The su file that lives in //bin/ allows the rom to interact with busybox and supermissions.. It is not an APP just a directory file.. That's like saying on a PC that the DLL files for each program is a program.. It does "execute" but there is not a single file on your computer that isn't "executable" in someway.. I was just saying in layman's terms that he can't do what he wants..
You can't just install that on a Sprint Rom.. He cannot just push busybox into his rom because it is lacking the su file.. And it cannot interact with the Sprint Rom even if you did get it installed somehow...
Yes he rooted the phone, but the ROM is still locked in by sprint until you flash a custom rom.. You have to repackage the rom and reflash it to get those parts into the rom.. Which would not help this guy with what he wants..
*again.. Search for appsaver.. it is the easiest solution for you OP
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I knew it wasn't an "app" but I also figured you guys were smart enough not to hassle me about symantics
Ended up just flashing Fresh 2.1.2 and to hell with her apps.

scirio said:
to hell with her apps.
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I tell ya what, every time I wipe my wifes phone and wipe out that "My Days" app. She wants to kill me. You'd think she has that schedule memorized...lord knows I do.

help mt3gs

hey i rooted my mytouch slide and i dont like the rom i just want the original mytouch slide rom it came with and i dont really need the rooting anyone plz tell me how to do this

1) This should've been in the myTouch 3G Slide Q&A Section, not general. Now you know for next time.
2) Download and flash CR_OTA (found in the MT3GS Development section).
3) Use adb shell to remove su and superuer.apk (rm /system/xbin/su, rm /system/app/superuser.apk)

Need help with rooted phone

Hi there i just tryed to do a permanent root to my Htc evo shift with the steps that are on this page http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976605
it all seem to work out fine but now the thing i wanna no how do i tell my phone is permanently rooted is there something in the settings on the phone its self that will tell me if you can help with this thanks

sounds to me that the phone isn't permanently rooted (could be mistaken though as I skim read) to test if it has root though, download terminal emulator from the android market, open it and type "su" without the "" which means super user (i.e. root) if an app appears verifying this and is accepted you have root.