Hi, I've been messing with android phones for a while now, and I've seen a couple things, one of which being temporary root for the MT4G. I have a NS, and I don't want permanent root (not for a little while anyways), but there are a few applications, like the honeycomb music player that I've come to love, that need root to install.
So I was wondering if anyone knew any ways to temporarily root a Nexus S. I just want temp root so that I could replace the stock music player and a few other basics. (I assume that when I reboot and lose root then I would still be able to use them)
Any help?
Thanks
No, theres so such thing as a temporary root for Nexus S and I don't see a reason for this.
For the MT4G / G2, it wasn't created to make a temporary root.
The root is now permanent, it wasn't permanent because when you reboot you would lose access to root. because of HTC's method.
I see a reason
That is to be able to back everything up then unlock boot loader and root (since it wipes eveerything)
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I wasn't happy with all the background and idle apps that I couldn't kill or uninstall (I assumed I'd be able to control them somehow) that HTC/Sprint had continuously running on my EVO. Being new to Android, I found the solution to control this was to root the device and manually remove the applications. However, I forgot that there was an update on June 4. I'm unable to post a link to the site I used to root my phone, but it's on a site called htcevohackscom and involved rooting with an image, using recovery mode, backing up, wiping all the cache, and installing a rooted EVO ROM.
I canceled the upgrade Sprint tried to push to my phone. My question is, if I accept that upgrade or they eventually force it upon me, will that root method remain intact? My understanding of the unrevoked method is that you must run it every time the phone is restarted, and it is still restricted in some senses.
Feel free to educate me in anything I've said incorrectly.
I was wondering about that myself. I've been waiting to root mine until Froyo gets pushed. But I'm having terrible battery life and it pisses me off that things like the MP3 Store keeps launching itself and I can't uninstall it.
That said, is there an easy way to just switch to root and accomplish this? I don't mind root being temporary... I do mind puting a custom ROM on it just to get root access.
well i know on a g1 that once a custom recovery is installed root stays.
so i assume if someone makes a decent recovery image for the evo than you get your results.
i found a decent method here at xda under the evo's android development section, that includes a custom recovery
Hi, I just got my Nexus S, this is my first Android device, I've been an iPhone user for the last 3 years.
So my question is:
should I root it right now?
or should I just play with stock Android for a while?
if root: what should I install/do with it?
Thanks.
wilee1928 said:
Hi, I just got my Nexus S, this is my first Android device, I've been an iPhone user for the last 3 years.
So my question is:
should I root it right now?
or should I just play with stock Android for a while?
if root: what should I install/do with it?
Thanks.
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Well, there is no reason not to root it. If you root you can do whatever you want. I suggest you check out the different apps, roms, kernels, or mods you can get because there are far too many choices and different kinds of things you can do with root for anyone to tell you what or how should you use it.
kenvan19 said:
Well, there is no reason not to root it. If you root you can do whatever you want. I suggest you check out the different apps, roms, kernels, or mods you can get because there are far too many choices and different kinds of things you can do with root for anyone to tell you what or how should you use it.
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i forgot another thing.
if i root it, is there a way to "unroot" it? just in case there is something wrong with the phone and needs repair (warranty).
wilee1928 said:
i forgot another thing.
if i root it, is there a way to "unroot" it? just in case there is something wrong with the phone and needs repair (warranty).
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Making it seem untainted is as easy as flashing a stock rom and relocking the bootloader.
Always yes.
root.
I might suggest playing with the stock android for a bit first since this is your first android device. That way you can get acquainted and get a feel of what you want or expect from a custom rom or applications that require root.
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Look around and see if of interest you then root.
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Rooting gives you access to some incredibly powerful and useful applications that many of us can't live without.
There's really no reason not to root. It's stupid simple to do, and easily reversed with a few terminal commands to delete the su binary, busybox and its symlinks and the superuser.apk. I don't believe it's even an issue with warranty service. Google's endorsed rooting and hacking the phone (thanks kevnan for shoving that one down my throat again last night), and part of why they made it so easy to do.
Until recently, if you wanted to root, it was really a bad idea not to do it right away because the earlier methods (still) have you doing the fastboot oem unlock command, which will WIPE EVERYTHING on your phone, including all the stuff on your /sdcard (pictures, music, etc), and all your apps' data (like Angry Birds scores) that can't be backed up without root.
We've recently found a method that doesn't require you to wipe the phone, and is just as effective as the earlier methods (really all we're doing is skipping that oem unlock step), so it's not as time critical to root right away as it used to be.
Good luck with the phone; it's fantastic, even on stock ROMs (my choice to use), despite a few annoying quirks!
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So,.... messing about as we do, trying to get an app to work that wont work on rooted device, I installed voodoo to temporarily hide my root and it seemed to work.
but now I cant regain root access. 1: Not sure if voodoo is the issue
2: tried all fixes that I could find on here and nothing working for me
Not really an issue at the mo and I'm sure theres a work around but this is quick fix / quick question
Can I just Flash a new custom rom without root access?
I was going to try a different rom anyway. and don't mind losing data, apps etc
just need to know that I can flash without root and not going to get stuck somewhere
Cheers
mgalea1981 said:
So,.... messing about as we do, trying to get an app to work that wont work on rooted device, I installed voodoo to temporarily hide my root and it seemed to work.
but now I cant regain root access. 1: Not sure if voodoo is the issue
2: tried all fixes that I could find on here and nothing working for me
Not really an issue at the mo and I'm sure theres a work around but this is quick fix / quick question
Can I just Flash a new custom rom without root access?
I was going to try a different rom anyway. and don't mind losing data, apps etc
just need to know that I can flash without root and not going to get stuck somewhere
Cheers
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No you cant you will struck at Samsung logo
Any other views on this?
Is there not an option in Voodoo where you can hit "Restore Root" ?
Yes there is a re-root option in voodoo but this clicking this doesn't give me back root.. Titanium backup tells me I don't have root, as does a root checker basic app i have, tells me I do not have proper root access
Is the SuperSU/Superuser app still installed? If not reinstall it and reboot. Try that.
I happened to get temp root with kingroot and unfortunately it gets highly unstable as time passes...
Any way I can use this to get a stable permanent root or unlock the bootloader?
Any ideas would help as I have been searching google like crazy since I found out it gave temp root.
I do get access to data and system when in root browser with ES File browser but I doubt changes will stick...
Recently I noticed that Kingo root gives temp root but doesn't let you edit system files and there is no super user app either. Is there a way to work around this bug? I really would like to jailbreak this phone. Maybe a potential downgrade while temp rooted?