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[Tut] (Root) Update to Latest Superuser

Once you have achieved root (see other thread), to update the Superuser.apk to the latest version, run these commands:
Code:
adb shell
su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
pm uninstall com.noshufou.android.su
Then search on the market for Superuser and download the one by ChainsDD. Confirmed working on latest Droid2 2.2 ota.
EDIT: To be safe, go to Settings>Applications>Manage Applications and find Superuser. Then clear the data. This should prevent any of the Superuser issues discussed.

sorry..new to the whole android scene. are there any advantages to updating the superuser app the the latest version and can this command be input on the droid itself through the terminal app?

metman87 said:
sorry..new to the whole android scene. are there any advantages to updating the superuser app the the latest version and can this command be input on the droid itself through the terminal app?
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i like the interface much more and its got a new autoaccept after 10 seconds if you arent paying attention when the popup shows. it's up to you. i'm sure future root tools will just include it.

alright thanks. is it as simple as installing the new version and uninstalling the old? or does one need to enter the command prompts listed above?

metman87 said:
alright thanks. is it as simple as installing the new version and uninstalling the old? or does one need to enter the command prompts listed above?
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that is what the commands do. unfortuantely, the old version is on the system partiton. this means that we must first mount the system and read/write and then manually delete the old version ourself. then the new version can be easily downloaded through the market. anyways, adb shell means it's done via your computer so its very easy to copy and paste like 3 commands.

Instructions work perfectly... thanks!

I need Mac instructions
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greg25 said:
I need Mac instructions
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These instructions are not specific to the OS on your computer, they work with anything.

Perfect!
Worked great! Thank you!

Instructions worked fine (I just made them up for Linux), but the newest SuperUser is giving me weird results. Every program that requests root access will ask me numerous times, like it never remembers that I gave the app access. Like removing one app with titanium will it will ask me 4 seperate times to accept or deny permission. Other apps do this also. Anyone have a copy of the old apk I could reinstall? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks

n0yd said:
Instructions worked fine (I just made them up for Linux), but the newest SuperUser is giving me weird results. Every program that requests root access will ask me numerous times, like it never remembers that I gave the app access. Like removing one app with titanium will it will ask me 4 seperate times to accept or deny permission. Other apps do this also. Anyone have a copy of the old apk I could reinstall? Anyone have any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
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I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.

facelessuser said:
I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.
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Nice, thanks!

I had that issue too. I ironically un-installed superuser and re-installed it and it worked fine too

I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.

jmonte345 said:
I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.
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that works too though without having the superuser apk and rebooting, that could be a little dangerous for others hence my adb tutorial. no need for a restart either. could easily just use root explorer, delete the old, download new from market.

Worked great
I just renamed Superuser.apk to .bak then tried to install. Don't forget the last step. I had to adb (I was using terminal emulator) to do the last step then installed fine and removed Superuser.bak.
Thanks I like the New look.

yeah i can't get superuser from the market to install, keeps telling me unsuccessful

jerseyh22accord said:
yeah i can't get superuser from the market to install, keeps telling me unsuccessful
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I had the same problem. I rebooted my phone and then it installed fine. Not sure if it's risky to reboot once you remove the apk or not. However, it didn't cause any problems for me.

jmonte345 said:
I used Root Explorer to delete the old Superuser.apk from /system/app. Then I rebooted and installed the new version from the market. Worked great.
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I basically did the same thing except I renamed instead of deleting it. Well, once I installed SU from the market, I can't find the .apk file even though it's running and launching correctly. I assumed it would be called superuser.apk in the system/app folder but only my old renamed superuser.bak is there. I'm just worried if there is an update in the future, I won't be able to rename since I can't find the .apk file. Anyone know where the .apk file is for this new version of superuser?

facelessuser said:
I had the same thing happen to me. Launch the new superuser app and go to settings. Unselect and reselect Notifications. Apparently it shows it being checked, but you have to recheck it for the actual setting to get saved.
After I did this, it only asks once for a program, and then I never see it again.
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Tried this, and it didn't work for me. With Titanium Backup in particular, it will literally ask upwards of twenty times for permission. It's insanely annoying. Any other tips?
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SuperSU

Hmm, I wonder if devs will start packaging this in their ROMs instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
I'd like to report that I've been using it all day with no issues. Anyone else?

estallings15 said:
Hmm, I wonder if devs will start packaging this in their ROMs instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
I'd like to report that I've been using it all day with no issues. Anyone else?
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I've seen it but never thought of trying it. Might include it in a experimental black ice build
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I'm using it right now.
I added it in my Kang instead of superuser.
Everything is working as expected.
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SprigganMaster said:
I'm using it right now.
I added it in my Kang instead of superuser.
Everything is working as expected.
Sent from my HTC Panache / Darkside CM7.2 using xda premium.
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Nice. Yeah I haven't had a single issue.

Anything with Black Ice would be great..although I cant imagine it being better! I dont know why, but Ive tried most of the top roms from the dev section, & i absolutely love Black Ice and what it has done in terms of performance! My phone is snappy as it has ever been..
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I've tried to run this on my Desire S with Endymion and every time I open it it says...............
"There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
Any ideas?

Did you uninstall super user app you had before you tried to install super su? I believe someone on the original thread had that happen and that was the problem. Worth a shot

Andy3105 said:
I've tried to run this on my Desire S with Endymion and every time I open it it says...............
"There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!"
Any ideas?
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Did you flash the zip (found in the supersu release thread) in recovery, or just install from the market?
Just getting it from the market won't install the binary needed.
The zip also deletes the SU app and binary. Its the best method for installation.

johnson8cyl said:
Did you uninstall super user app you had before you tried to install super su? I believe someone on the original thread had that happen and that was the problem. Worth a shot
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I didn't uninstall the original Superuser app that came with rom first, no, I have just tried to and it won't let me.............????
estallings15 said:
Did you flash the zip (found in the supersu release thread) in recovery, or just install from the market?
Just getting it from the market won't install the binary needed.
The zip also deletes the SU app and binary. Its the best method for installation.
I did flash the zip files via recovery but it didn't uninstall the original SU app, any ideas?
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Obviously, you can't uninstall system apps in the usual way. You need to use something like Titanium backup, or use ADB shell.

Ok, so I went into Root Uninstaller and uninstalled the standard Superuser app but I still get the same message, what is really weird is that whenever an app launches that requires superuser access that Supersu screen pops up and everything works as usual.........
Obviously it's working but I still get that same damn message.......

Andy3105 said:
Ok, so I went into Root Uninstaller and uninstalled the standard Superuser app but I still get the same message, what is really weird is that whenever an app launches that requires superuser access that Supersu screen pops up and everything works as usual.........
Obviously it's working but I still get that same damn message.......
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Use root explorer or es file manager to copy /system/xbin/su to system/bin/

estallings15 said:
Use root explorer or es file manager to copy /system/xbin/su to system/bin/
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I rolled back to my previous backup and installed from the Market as recommended in the Supersu thread and did what you said but it still happens.....

Then I'm out of ideas. I'm sorry.

[Q] Root not working as expected.

I got my HTC One X about a week ago now for AT&T. Almost immediately, I tried rooting but ran into an odd issue.
Before rooting I had installed Apex launcher. There is an option in the settings to enable Root Helper, which previously would give an error message of something like, "This device does not have root access"
I went through the rooting procedure as detailed here on my mac. The script didn't work at first until I realized I had to switch it to Unix from DOS (Didn't look at the script before running) after I fixed it, it ran and rebooted twice and everything looked normal. Now I tried using the apex root abilities and it just froze and crashed.
So I booted up windows and tried using that to root, but the exact same thing happened. It seems to recognize my root, but not actually give any permissions.
I've tried using other root apps such as uninstallers,titanium backup, etc and all of them just freeze when trying to get elevated permissions.
Is there something wrong with my phone or the way I did the root?

Have you tried clicking on the su app? I had to upgrade mine.
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Yea load up the Su app and ugrade binaries. That should fix the issue. Ive had issues like this on other phones.

You could also try running paulobrien's root method. That's what I used, and my phone's good.

jason.hamilton said:
Yea load up the Su app and ugrade binaries. That should fix the issue. Ive had issues like this on other phones.
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I've also had a situation where the Busybox version installed on a custom ROM on my HTC Flyer tablet interfered with some apps (like Titanium). Make sure Busybox is up to date. I even had to install a different Busybox installer in order to get it to work right on my Flyer in that particular instance. I had to use the JRUMMY16 version in the market, and not the Stericson installer (which seem the most popular).

No packages were installed with the root.
I'll try using paulobrien's method later and hopefully that will work.

Super SU Flashed without root on evo lte?

I've searched high and low but yet to find the correct answer. I also can't post in the development thread due to the 10 post limit. It is what it is.
The question that remains to be answered is it possible to have Super SU flashed but still not have full root access?
Back-story: I have an EVO 4g LTE that I rooted using regaw_leinad's one click RegawMOD EVO LTE Rooter. Worked like a charm. Due to unforseen circumstances I received a new EVO LTE and, like a dummy, applied the latest OTA. Well, the one click rooter did not work as planned. Got the phone unlocked and that was it. I still needed to flash Super SU, which I did. I thought all was well and good until I tried using build.prop and found out that I did not have root access, or at least couldn't use build.prop to edit. I tried another build.prop editor and it flat out told me I had no root access, yet Titanium Backup says I do.
Any suggestions?

Moved to General Q&A section.

Still no luck
Some one suggested reflashing Super SU. I did, but still have the same issue.

Have you tried just regular super user instead of super su. Idk exactly how the super user really works besides allowing apps root access. Maybe not all apps have a command to signal super su, but have it to signal super user since its kinda top seat between those two.
Just a thought to try. Its in play store
dumbest thing lately.....miui roms

Did you open the APK to see if binaries need to be updated?

lowandbehold said:
Did you open the APK to see if binaries need to be updated?
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jaredw444 said:
Have you tried just regular super user instead of super su. Idk exactly how the super user really works besides allowing apps root access. Maybe not all apps have a command to signal super su, but have it to signal super user since its kinda top seat between those two.
Just a thought to try. Its in play store
dumbest thing lately.....miui roms
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Would it be wise to install Super User with SuperSU already installed or do I need uninstall SuperSU first?
Haven't checked the APK.

It wouldn't hurt, but never messed with supersu so I don't know if it'd interfere
dumbest thing lately.....miui roms

jaredw444 said:
It wouldn't hurt, but never messed with supersu so I don't know if it'd interfere
dumbest thing lately.....miui roms
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I'm at a loss. I installed Superuser and updated binaries yet still have the same result.
I get the following error running build.prop Editor...
"Error.java.io.FileNotFoundException:/mnt/sdcard/buildprop.tmp: open failed:ENOENT (No such file or directory)
Then I receive this error running BuildProp Editor (different program)...
"No root access is given! This Tool makes heavy use of it. You can't make changes, add propertys nor restore your build.prop file."

What file explorer are you using
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jaredw444 said:
What file explorer are you using
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File Expert v4.2.4 by Geek Wireless Technology and
Root Browser v1.4.0 by JRummy Apps
I'm wondering at this point if it would be possible to reset my phone to before the 1.22 update.

Download rootchecker from the market and run it to see what it says. It seems like you don't have full root.

lowandbehold said:
Download rootchecker from the market and run it to see what it says. It seems like you don't have full root.
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We may be on to something here. Used rootchecker and another app to check access. Sure enough, I have complete root access...but...busybox is a different story. Downloading busybox as we speak and will post results afterwards. (May take awhile because the Sprint network at this location is SLOW).

truetexan71 said:
We may be on to something here. Used rootchecker and another app to check access. Sure enough, I have complete root access...but...busybox is a different story. Downloading busybox as we speak and will post results afterwards. (May take awhile because the Sprint network at this location is SLOW).
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And we have liftoff...so to speak. Busybox was the culprit. I ASSUMED during the initail root process that busy box was intalled, it wasn't.
Thanks to everyone.

truetexan71 said:
And we have liftoff...so to speak. Busybox was the culprit. I ASSUMED during the initail root process that busy box was intalled, it wasn't.
Thanks to everyone.
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Nice! Glad you got it figured out.

Can I uninstall super user app if it is built in to my ROM?

I'm using a cm nightly with the new super user built into the ROM. So, can I uninstall the app or what?
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50cr473s said:
I'm using a cm nightly with the new super user built into the ROM. So, can I uninstall the app or what?
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Uninstalling it would remove root. You can replace it with another superuser app.

I'd be careful with this. I did it by accident (switched ROMs, had a had SuperSU installed on my old ROM, but new ROM came with its own SU program. When I reinstalled everything I included SuperSU) and it messed everything up - no programs could successfully get root access. I ended up just wiping and re-installing the ROM, this time not re-installing SuperSU on top of it and sticking with the built-in one on Viper.
Is there really any difference between SU apps? Hardly seems worth the hassle.

I'm using cm's app which is open source and built to be compatible with android platform, thus the ability to be integrated into the ROM. I've noticed that when I switch ROMs(e.g. carbon's unofficial port) Supersu is there in the app tray(instead of cm's) and cm's is in the settings. I had supersu installed before, but removed it when I installed cm's app. Oh my I've gone crosseyed. I've decided that it works as is and my only need is to clean up a little. I was just wondering if any one knew about specifically CM's super user?
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50cr473s said:
I'm using cm's app which is open source and built to be compatible with android platform, thus the ability to be integrated into the ROM. I've noticed that when I switch ROMs(e.g. carbon's unofficial port) Supersu is there in the app tray(instead of cm's) and cm's is in the settings. I had supersu installed before, but removed it when I installed cm's app. Oh my I've gone crosseyed. I've decided that it works as is and my only need is to clean up a little. I was just wondering if any one knew about specifically CM's super user?
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Well here's two cents for what its worth. When I moved from Rooted Stock (with SuperSU) to CM10 based Rom (LiquidSmooth), the CM10 app superseded from under Settings. SuperSU had to ask that app for permission before opening its own shop. From then on SuperSU ruled.
You don't necessarily have to do this. I did it because I like and support Chainfire's work. You can uninstall SuperSU if you are getting a CM based ROM with their app. It does not matter either way. They both are good.
Now as to SuperUser is concerned, I had a string of bad luck on ICS when that app tried to update SU Binary and ended deleting it. Of course I lost Root and since it was messed up, I could not use any Rooting Tools to get back.

Perseus71 said:
Now as to SuperUser is concerned, I had a string of bad luck on ICS when that app tried to update SU Binary and ended deleting it. Of course I lost Root and since it was messed up, I could not use any Rooting Tools to get back.
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You could have flashed root back just the root zip

a box of kittens said:
You could have flashed root back just the root zip
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I tried and failed. Recovery Flash had error unable to obtain Root.

Perseus71 said:
Now as to SuperUser is concerned, I had a string of bad luck on ICS when that app tried to update SU Binary and ended deleting it. Of course I lost Root and since it was messed up, I could not use any Rooting Tools to get back.
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The SuperUser in CM now is not the same as it used to be, this is a new, open source SuperUser built by Koush and designed to be integrated into the system. Also this new version has two ways of updating the binary should one fail you.
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bliind said:
The SuperUser in CM now is not the same as it used to be, this is a new, open source SuperUser built by Koush and designed to be integrated into the system. Also this new version has two ways of updating the binary should one fail you.
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Yes I am aware of CM's inbuilt app. My comment that you quoted, pertains to the SuperUser App by ChainsDD as against SuperSU by Chainfire. This for the part 2 of OP.

Do either of the devs have a thread pertaining to switching su apps? I couldn't find anything?
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50cr473s said:
Do either of the devs have a thread pertaining to switching su apps? I couldn't find anything?
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Here's SuperSU. Best to download the App from Google Play. The thread can be confusing.
The CWM Superuser app on Google Play.
The original Superuser App by Chainsdd. As before best get it on Google Play.

i always download the supersu cwm flashable from the supersu thread, then after you flash it you can disable the original one.