How can you check to see if your phone is rooted properly
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adb shell
su
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should return with #
If OP doesn't know how to check for root, I doubt OP knows where to enter those commands.
Download Titanium Backup from the Market, run it and it will say on the first screen if you're rooted.
if you rooted with the newest version then check your apps for a super user app. if you have it then you have root.
If you rooted the phone properly, you would be posting this in General
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Hiya - I would have posted this as a reply in the "Root the OTA updated RUU with gingerbreak thread" here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057104
But unfortunately things have changed here recently and since I have < 10 posts I can't reply in that thread directly, so I'll go ahead and discuss my findings in here.
I returned to stock a while ago because I didn't like the radio, gps and sound differences. I like the stock ROM fine enough, but I would like root on my phone to remove the ATT bloat, use Titanium Backup, etc.
Since I rooted my phone a while ago, I already had S-OFF, so that wasn't a problem. I received the OTA update a while ago. Today I used gingerbreak 1.2 (via adb push) to root the phone. The rooting went well - Superuser was installed. I went ahead and installed busybox and that seems to have worked, but the root itself isn't stable.
For instance, every time I try to run Titanium Backup and it asks Superuser for permission, Superuser crashes.
I also get the same result when I run term emulator and attempt to issue a simple SU command:
"the application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
So it doesn't seem like this method is going to work so well for me after all in order to achieve my goal of a stock rom with no bloat. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, is there a workaround? I don't assume so because I don't see one in the thread, but still I thought it prudent to bring this to your attention.
Thanks!
randomprecision said:
Hiya - I would have posted this as a reply in the "Root the OTA updated RUU with gingerbreak thread" here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057104
But unfortunately things have changed here recently and since I have < 10 posts I can't reply in that thread directly, so I'll go ahead and discuss my findings in here.
I returned to stock a while ago because I didn't like the radio, gps and sound differences. I like the stock ROM fine enough, but I would like root on my phone to remove the ATT bloat, use Titanium Backup, etc.
Since I rooted my phone a while ago, I already had S-OFF, so that wasn't a problem. I received the OTA update a while ago. Today I used gingerbreak 1.2 (via adb push) to root the phone. The rooting went well - Superuser was installed. I went ahead and installed busybox and that seems to have worked, but the root itself isn't stable.
For instance, every time I try to run Titanium Backup and it asks Superuser for permission, Superuser crashes.
I also get the same result when I run term emulator and attempt to issue a simple SU command:
"the application Superuser (process com.noshufou.android.su) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
So it doesn't seem like this method is going to work so well for me after all in order to achieve my goal of a stock rom with no bloat. Has anyone else experienced this issue? If so, is there a workaround? I don't assume so because I don't see one in the thread, but still I thought it prudent to bring this to your attention.
Thanks!
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I did see that once, open the superuser.apk then pen the app again as a temp workaround, once they get permission they tend to work. If it persists, I believe you can update the su binaries and that should resolve it. I think it has to do with the version of su that gingerbreak installs. Someone who has dealt with this problem could probably better answer it, but this may help.
once gingerbroken can cwm be installed?
churro7 said:
once gingerbroken can cwm be installed?
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As long as you have s-off, yes.
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id10terrordfw said:
I did see that once, open the superuser.apk then pen the app again as a temp workaround, once they get permission they tend to work. If it persists, I believe you can update the su binaries and that should resolve it. I think it has to do with the version of su that gingerbreak installs. Someone who has dealt with this problem could probably better answer it, but this may help.
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I did that and SU still crashes whenever an application asks for root access or su is invoked from terminal. I even installed the latest superuser binary from the market.
The bonus is that I can at least enter custom APN settings, so that's nice.
randomprecision said:
I did that and SU still crashes whenever an application asks for root access or su is invoked from terminal. I even installed the latest superuser binary from the market.
The bonus is that I can at least enter custom APN settings, so that's nice.
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Do you have CWM Recovery?
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id10terrordfw said:
Do you have CWM Recovery?
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I have CWM flashed from when I first rooted the phone, but when I select recovery it just gives me the exclamation point over the phone.
bump - anyone get anywhere closer with this in testing? Thanks!
randomprecision said:
I have CWM flashed from when I first rooted the phone, but when I select recovery it just gives me the exclamation point over the phone.
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Now that sounds like the recovery.img has been corrupted. Even without root, if recovery.img is fine it will boot cwm. I hate to say it, but I would RUU to stock and start the process over, and verify that you have CWM before proceeding, as my method does not have a recovery.img to flash.
The other option would be to try attn1's pd98img.zip of the Inspire 1.84 RUU in the dev section, that may also work, then let you flash CWM recovery from ROM Manager.
I rooted but decided to go back to factory since i really only rooted to get rid of the bloatware. I used bubby's one click to root an then used his s-on tool and the RUU method to return to factory settings. All went smoothly, and bloatware is still gone. Now my phone finally received the update notification so I switched to WiFi and downloaded it. Started installing it and when the phone reboots at the beginning of the install it just goes to a black screen. I let it sit for almost an hour and nothing changed so I did a battery pull and rebooted. Phone works perfectly but I cannot get it to complete the update. Always ends in a black screen and frozen phone. Any ideas?
I could be wrong but if you went completely back to stock I would think that you would still have all the blaotware and that leads me to think you are still rooted, which is fine, but then you wouldn't need the update from your provider. I think that is causing the issue since the rom you installed when you rooted the phone already made the necessary updates to your phone.
I would skip the update you are trying to install and wait for another rom to come out that strikes your fancy!
If you want a stock rooted ROM with all the current updates...
Flash this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1058042
I used the instructions in the bubby one click method to return to stock. I just installed a terminal emulator and when I open it up I have $ and not #. So I shouldn't be root correct?
tefuzz said:
I used the instructions in the bubby one click method to return to stock. I just installed a terminal emulator and when I open it up I have $ and not #. So I shouldn't be root correct?
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You have to type:
su
at the # prompt to test if you're rooted.
Terminal emulator always starts at the # prompt when first opened.
If you're getting an update fail and the bloatware is not present, then you aren't completely bone stock.
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Scott_S said:
You have to type:
su
at the # prompt to test if you're rooted.
Terminal emulator always starts at the # prompt when first opened.
If you're getting an update fail and the bloatware is not present, then you aren't completely bone stock.
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Ok, i just opened up terminal emulator and put in SU; it popped up asking to allow superuser to have superuser permissions...So i guess I'm still root? I guess I'll just flash to the ROM in the other thread with the HSUPA update already?
tefuzz said:
Ok, i just opened up terminal emulator and put in SU; it popped up asking to allow superuser to have superuser permissions...So i guess I'm still root? I guess I'll just flash to the ROM in the other thread with the HSUPA update already?
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Yup, you're still rooted.
Just flash the updated rom, as you mentioned. It'll save you a lot of trouble, as you'll end up in the same place anyway... with the update and no bloatware.
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Scott_S said:
Yup, you're still rooted.
Just flash the updated rom, as you mentioned. It'll save you a lot of trouble, as you'll end up in the same place anyway... with the update and no bloatware.
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Ok one more question...superuser is the only app left from before. I uninstalled the others since I was under the impression that I was stock again. Do I need to re-run the one click from the beginning so that I have everything there before I can flash the ROM?
Check if your still s-off. If you are you can go ahead and flash the updated rom
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I rooted my defy with superoneclick but after one day i unroot it with superone click.
Because i dont like rooting and found nothing new.
After unroot i installed Root Checker software to check my cell unrooted properly or not.
When i click on verify root it says root access failed but when i click on BusyBox verification it says busybox is installed.
plz tell me how to remove that and what is there function , and is there any issue if it will remain in cell.
Thanks
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Flash full sbf
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cute_kayani said:
I rooted my defy with superoneclick but after one day i unroot it with superone click.
Because i dont like rooting and found nothing new.
After unroot i installed Root Checker software to check my cell unrooted properly or not.
When i click on verify root it says root access failed but when i click on BusyBox verification it says busybox is installed.
plz tell me how to remove that and what is there function , and is there any issue if it will remain in cell.
Thanks
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i always use this version of superoneclick and successfully root and unroot my device
do it as follows
root-reboot
unroot-reboot
check for successfully unrooting, by entering from a command prompt, adb shell and typing su command
Root checker saying you dont have root access and i think i unroot it properly and now there is no superuser app in my cell.
But root checker saying busybox is installed plz tell me how to remove that.
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With a Busybox installer app from the market. But you need root for IT.
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Dont knw wat is the solution.
Just ask simpe question my defy is unrooted now but busybox is still in phone.Not shown in apps but root checker app is saying it is installed, so how to remove that.
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ok so i used superoneclick to root my phone and i got superuser and updated it, but when i download apps like titanium back up it says i dont have root access, so i got universal androot and tryed using that but when i opened it it said my phone is already rooted. so why does it say im rooted but apps say im not?? please help
G23Q said:
ok so i used superoneclick to root my phone and i got superuser and updated it, but when i download apps like titanium back up it says i dont have root access, so i got universal androot and tryed using that but when i opened it it said my phone is already rooted. so why does it say im rooted but apps say im not?? please help
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Choose "fix problem" or something like that in Titanium backup. It will install missing busybox.
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it doesnt have a "fix problem" it just has "problem"? and it doesnt do anything to help. but i used root checker and it says busybox is installed correctly but when i go to check root access it says "root access is not properly configuered or was not granted. it also says SU binary not found or not operating properly... do you know what i am doing wrong??
Did you allow titanium backup root access when prompted ? You can check in Superuser.
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NielDK said:
Did you allow titanium backup root access when prompted ? You can check in Superuser.
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no it doesnt ask for root access and it doesnt come up in supersuer
NielDK said:
Did you allow titanium backup root access when prompted ? You can check in Superuser.
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never mind lol i finally got it fully rooted haha
G23Q said:
never mind lol i finally got it fully rooted haha
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i have the same problem as you but you said you eventually rooted the garmin how did you get it to work????
to start, i'm running version 4.0.4 of stock ICS, and my bootloader is still unlocked I had rooted before the OTA came out, but now I don't really care to have root permissions and was planning on deleting superuser if at all possible (just so everything is clean and untouched). I haven't really been keeping up with everything for the past while, and have a couple of questions.
I'm assuming that in order to delete the current version of SU binary installed on my phone i'll have to gain root access again seeing as how I lost it after the update. can I just flash an old version of cwm and then install a newer version of SU? also, what's the easiest way to remove SU? I was planning on removing it through adb, but i'm not sure if that's the simplest way to go about things. any help is greatly appreciated.
anyone?
hoponpop said:
anyone?
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There's a Root/unroot thread in general I believe
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I think i've figured it out now