I have HTC Desire rooted with the latest Unrevoked.
I've installed the latest HBOOT.
I've installed CM 6.1.1.
And still I only have partial root acces, for example I'm unable to mount system with adb.
I can't uninstall system apps.
On the other hand there are some apps that require root access that work without problems.
It's driving me crazy, I've tried everything allready.
Rerooting, wiping....
Nothing worked.
Help please!
hmm.... if you found 'su' symlink from /system/xbin delete it
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Thunderbolt: after rooting, I can run root manager, flash thunderbolt cwm, boot into cwm and backup/etc. However, when I try to run TiBackup or Screen Resolution, or even terminal/su - access denied, device not rooted.
Anyone else experiencing this?
EDIT: read in another thread (search was not working when I posted this originally) to go to problems in TiBackup, then update busybox...
Go into rom manager. Download SU and flash it in clockwork. Should fix ya.
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ethanwinkley said:
Thunderbolt: after rooting, I can run root manager, flash thunderbolt cwm, boot into cwm and backup/etc. However, when I try to run TiBackup or Screen Resolution, or even terminal/su - access denied, device not rooted.
Anyone else experiencing this?
EDIT: read in another thread (search was not working when I posted this originally) to go to problems in TiBackup, then update busybox...
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You could search market for busybox and install busybox and install busybox 1.18.3 then try
Just click Problems? in the bottom right of Titanium and let it install busybox for you. I was able to do that and restore all my apps.
Seems like you solved it for you, but for future reference for others, if you're having issues with Titanium only, it could be a the busybox problem, but if other root apps give issues (like Root Explorer can't mount /system as r/w), then the issue is with su or SuperUser not being installed properly.
I had to reboot twice after rooting before SuperUser apk got the notification requests to allow Titanium and RE to get su rights. After that, no problems.
In a nutshell, if you're not getting the SuperUser pop-up request on apps the first time you run them, your su isn't working right yet.
Delete please.
I rooted my Zoom wifi long ago. Flashed all the various Tiamat kernels and followed bigrushdog's 3.1 update with no problems. I recently flashed the CWR RC 4 over the updated 4.0.1 version in Rom Manager. I now see that all my apps requiring root don't work. I have Super user app but don't get the request to grant su anymore. I tried upgrading Super user within the app but it fails and writes a zip update to SD card which is supposed to be flashed through Recovery but doesn't (I suspect because the file is a 0 byte file!).
Any suggestions on how to get root back?
[Solved]: Seems it was a result of trying to upgrade Superuser that I lost root. See the last post below and the solution Almighty1 offers. It worked and I have root back......
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tangiers said:
I rooted my Zoom wifi long ago. Flashed all the various Tiamat kernels and followed bigrushdog's 3.1 update with no problems. I recently flashed the CWR RC 4 over the updated 4.0.1 version in Rom Manager. I now see that all my apps requiring root don't work. I have Super user app but don't get the request to grant su anymore. I tried upgrading Super user within the app but it fails and writes a zip update to SD card which is supposed to be flashed through Recovery but doesn't (I suspect because the file is a 0 byte file!).
Any suggestions on how to get root back?
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There is a problem with the latest recovery version in Rom Manager. The recovery from solarnz is probably not at fault, but maybe the interaction of the two. You wil lneed someone with more knowledge than me to help you get root back, but this issue really needs attention. There are several updates to apps that seem to be breaking our Xooms, and there should be pinned warnings or the developers should be making everyone aware of these conflicts as soon as they find out. I had problems and I'm sure a lot of other folks have have problems with these incompatible app updates as well.
Thanks for that. It almost seems like Superuser is "degrading" in the sense that I had a number of apps reflected in the Superuser app as having been granted root (but not Rom Manager). However, I couldn't add new apps to it. And when I cleared Superuser data and reinstalled it, none of the apps that required root (and which had worked before) would work.
I also think that the writing of a 0 byte zip update file by the Superuser app indicates a problem.
I suspect the solution may lie with fastboot and re-pushing Superuser and CHMOD(?) file permissions but like you, I am nervous to play with these sort of things. My Xoom is working and until I have the need to change the ROM, root doesn't matter to me....
after reading this I checked and also had lost root. I had not checked after after flashing 4.0 in rom manger. Superuser was still there but my apps did not have access. I tried flash a new recovery, reflashing Tiamat nether worked. Anyway from adb
adb remount
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell
chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
exit
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/
I then rebooted and had root... updated Superuser as I had an older one in my platform-tools and all is well I then flashed the lastest recovery in rom manger and still have root.
Hope this helps
Thanks. I will give it a try this evening when I get back from work.
Also found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14643716&postcount=340 which seems similar to your solution.
This is why I hate CWR. I wish we had Amon RA recovery.
Device: Motorola Droid
ROM: CyanogenMod 6.1.2
Let me know if you need any other info other than this.
1. Cannot update su binary without flashing it from CWM recovery. I am currently up to date with 3.0.3 binary and 3.0.6 apk. See #2 for possible explanation.
2. Everything that calls for root access works except for, what I've noticed, apps that need /system/ and/or its subdirectories to be mounted as rw. *Superuser grants them the privileges, but the apps swear up and down that that isn't the case. Examples: ROM Toolbox, root file managers, etc. *Also, I cannot update busybox. It actually accepts the su privileges, but then fails. I can, however, install it to /mnt/sdcard/, not that that helps me. *There is also an app that has the option of mounting /system/ as rw, and while it says it works, I can't write to the directory or any of its subdirectories from any program. *I have Terminal Emulator, but I don't know enough about it to know what to do if that could help. I've gotten su privileges for it, but it won't let me access /system/. (side note: is there a way to flash busybox from CWM recovery and replace the WLAN files that I need to replace in /system/xbin/ and/or /system/bin/? In other words, since this worked for the su binary, would it work for those? If so, do u know of existing zip files or how I would go about making one?)
3. My wifi connects, tries to establish an ip address, and then is marked disabled and doesn't connect. I currently have it inactive. This has been happening since shortly after installing the CyanogenMod 6.1.2 -- not directly afterwards, but likely after installing and updating all my apps (I didn't install or update any system apps, as I knew not to).
Please let me know if you need to know anything else. I have searched and searched and searched for the answers to this problem, but I can't find it. In a nutshell I can't write to /system unless in recovery, and I can't use wifi at all. I did find some WLAN, etc files to replace the ones in /system with (a supposed wifi fix), but I obviously can't so that without write permissions.
Thank you so much in advance! I've figured out all my other previous issues on my own, but this one is a doozy!
Best,
SNJ
Me too - no mounting rw, busybox pro fails
Hi, I have the same problem on a Galaxy S with CM7.1. It just happened after I updated the last version of busybox pro. My wifi can't connect, everything which needs to mount system as rw fails, root explorer can't even start, and so the installation of busybox pro as well. It shows a huge list of apps which I need to symlink (never asked that before), and after trying installation it says that it appears as a different version of busybox than the one I selected was installed. I wonder if removing all the symlinked apps could do some good instead of leaving the overwrite option checked.
Anyone can help?
thanks
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just a small add-on. I tried a different busybox installer, and even if superuser indicated root access was granted, the app shut down telling it didn't detect root access.
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OK, not really....I decided to do a system restore....bang, now I can only boot in recovery mode, not even the previous version but v.3.0.0.5, and I can't mount a thing, I get messages as unknown volume for path, unable process volume!....Now, how can I in any way wipe all and try to reinstall CM 7.1? phone doesn't get in download mode either.
Try flashing and moving files through adb.
I've installed tweaked 2.2 and it appears that I keep losing root. I re-flashed su and done the ADBRootfix listed in the tweaked thread.
Every time i open up terminal, i don't have root access and can only get a root shell. Running the ADBRootfix also gives me a root shell.
Searching has yielded me nothing and i've been stuck in adb trying to solve this.
Any ideas before I re-flash the whole rom?
Maybe clear the app data for Superuser, then go back into into terminal and su and see if you are prompted for superuser access. When you say root shell, are you referring to the $ prompt or the # prompt? Also, I assume other root apps no longer have root privileges, right? In the superuser app, what version of the su binary does it say you have installed?
I'm on su 3.1.3. by root shell i mean temporary roots that are gone every time i reboot. I go into terminal, su to get a # command line.
I can get apps to have root access such as tethering or screen shot apps, but it looks like I can't get the system rooted. I can't do things like uninstall apps that came with Tweaked.
I cleared out su data with no luck. I checked for updates in the SU app. It seemed like it kept thinking I had a legacy version. i reflashed the binary in cwm (per some SU discussions i read) and now i can't get SU to work. It's stuck trying to download the new binary via the SU app.
I think it's just time for a reflash from EP4. I feel like I'm missing something...I know my way around computers and I've been romming my phone for over a year...but regarding this problem, nothing seems to be making sense.
I think I just won't update SU from the play store on this round and see what happens.
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I'm on su 3.1.3. by root shell i mean temporary roots that are gone every time i reboot. I go into terminal, su to get a # command line.
I can get apps to have root access such as tethering or screen shot apps, but it looks like I can't get the system rooted. I can't do things like uninstall apps that came with Tweaked.
I cleared out su data with no luck. I checked for updates in the SU app. It seemed like it kept thinking I had a legacy version. i reflashed the binary in cwm (per some SU discussions i read) and now i can't get SU to work. It's stuck trying to download the new binary via the SU app.
I think it's just time for a reflash from EP4. I feel like I'm missing something...I know my way around computers and I've been romming my phone for over a year...but regarding this problem, nothing seems to be making sense.
I think I just won't update SU from the play store on this round and see what happens.
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Had the same issue. Go into CWM and run Fix Permissions. This worked for me.
I ran fix permisions with no luck. More specifically, no luck with the losing root issue, I'll try it with the su binary update issue.
re flashed to EP4D, did the OTA. then flashed to tweaked. no root or su problems.
I factory reset my rooted LG optimus net l45c and when the reset was finished, super user was still there but some root apps weren't working. Whenever I went into a root app, super user granted permissions, but the app wouldn't work. There are two root apps that I use that works: Link2SD and Root file explorer I use all the root features of those apps successfully. As for all other root apps I use, they don't work (AdFree, Busybox, and various other root apps don't work.)
So I went to Superuser to check my binary and it was out of date, so I tried to update my binary but here's what I got: updating sutools_okay!
Checking current install path /system/bin/su okay!
Downloading new binary... okay!
Gaining root access fail!
I can't gain root access I tried re rooting and unroot but I got a error like this: failed to chmod file: rootutility.
BTW I used unlock root to root my android 2.3.4 lg-l45c optimus net. So is there anyway I can fix this? I am also afraid of my phone bricking if I factory reset or if I ever get an OTA update. I want to do as little bricking as possible. I really want my AdFree back.