[Q] e signature verification failed installation aborted - Captivate General

OK. I have been searching all over the place, and there were solutions, but my phone will not listen to me.
Instructions
1)Download and extract the file below
2)Use a terminal emulator or ADB shell and type.. (or you can use Root Explorer or SGSTools to mount system RW)
Code:
mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system
3)Use a file manager like Root Explorer and copy the recovery file to /system/bin and replace the one there
4)Now, reboot and you should have a modded 3e recovery with no signature verification
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On the 2nd part, it will not allow me to mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system.
The terminal emulator is not receiving the "superuser permission", since it's not even asking for the superuser permission.
I did not deny the app nor ignore. I tried reinstalling the terminal emulator, same thing happens.
Also I downloaded ROM Manager. It downloaded me the flashclockworkmod recovery, but it will not reboot into that. Instead it shows the regular recovery mode, and when I try to install the update.zip manually, the error shows again despite the fact that I did all the parts except the 2nd step, because my terminal emulator kept getting denied access when I entered that in.
Please help me. I don't know what hard life my phone is going through.

Asked and answered many times. You could have posted in an existing thread. If your phone is not rooted you will not be able to do this.

My phone is rooted. It has superuser app, along with other apps that require superuser permissions.
How would I have done step 3 without my phone being rooted? if by using root explorer?
I just stated that Terminal Emulator is not receiving the "superuser permission".
I don't know how to manually give Terminal Emulator the "Superuser permission" since, it is not asking me for it, as previously in Eclair.

Are you entering
Su
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? I am sorry, I did not understand what you said.
on my Su, I have
Allow
AdFree
ROM Manager
SGS Tools
because they asked for su permission.
But on the terminal emu, it does not even ask for a su permission.

to do unrooted you use adb to push
or root it then use root explorer to drop new 3e fix
try uninstalling terminal em and reinstall. you might have pressed back when it asked the first time, that will screw you

When you mean drop new 3e fix, does that mean to delete file and replace with the updatedone on xda?
I did that previously and rebootseveral times before, but same error came up

Thread closed, already answered.

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Simple (not one-click) root for stock ROM & kernel

Update: One click root has been using this "simple" method since version 2.2.7. If you're rooting your phone for the first time, please try that first. Consider this thread to be purely informational for those who want step-by-step details of how the process works.
I've been suspicious of the joeykrim root method since it was first posted at SDX. I finally got my Epic yesterday and confirmed that is, indeed unnecessary. I don't fault joeykrim though, he ported the working root method from the Moment to the Epic without actually having access to an Epic himself.
Anyways, the joeykrim root method is unnecessarilly complex becuase it works around an RFS permissions bug which loses the setuid bit on the Moment. It appears the Galaxy S phones have this bug fixed, which is why the root methods on the I9000, Vibrant, Captivate, Fascinate, etc., are much simpler.
So, for the simple root:
First, make sure joeykrim root is not installed.
Upgrade to DI18 (not strictly necessary, but you'll want to do it).
Setup a working adb from the Android SDK and whatever drivers are necessary for your platform.
Download rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin from the C skills blog (link removed due to my newbieness) or from any of the one-click root packages.
Download su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip and extract "system/bin/su" and "system/app/Superuser.apk" to a temporary directory you'll be working from.
Enable USB debugging on your phone and connect it to your computer.
Now, open a command prompt/shell on your computer and cd to the appropriate temporary directory. Run:
Code:
adb push rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin /data/local/tmp
adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
and confirm you have a working root shell. Then continue with:
Code:
adb push su /system/xbin
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/xbin/su
adb install Superuser.apk
That's it! You should have a working root via su & the Superuser package. At least, I did.
Note that the preceeding steps installs Superuser.apk to /data, which is what I prefer to do. This means if you do a "Factory data reset" su will be temporarilly broken until you reinstall the Superuser.apk package. Since installing the package itself doesn't require root, this is easily done after a /data reset.
Also note that I did not perform a /system remount-rw anywhere. At least on my Epic, /system appears to always be mounted read-write so it's an unnecessary step. It's actually the "joeykrim-root.sh" script that remounts /system read-only during the boot process, which is why folks who don't use root kernels have run into this problem before. I'm not sure why joeykrim's script does that, I guess he probably assumed /system is mounted read-only by default. There's arguments that /system should be read-only, but I didn't touch it in case some Samsung stuff depends on it being read-write.
Finally, if you're already rooted via joeykrim or are running a root kernel, there's nothing really to be gained by doing this. I'm just throwing this out there as I perfer to make the minimum invasive changes possible to obtain root.
Wow, that was really informative. To check for Super user you:
Type: adb shell
then type: SU
You should get a # sign if you have root. Correct?
In the original Noobln post method would the Epic keep root even after a wipe therefore not needing to re-apply the superuser apk again? That might be a reason why folks would want to go the more invasive route (considering rooters seems to change ROMS fairly often which requires wipes sometimes). Either way, keeping a copy of the apk file on your SD card is no big deal.
mkasick said:
Also note that I did not perform a /system remount-rw anywhere. At least on my Epic, /system appears to always be mounted read-write so it's an unnecessary step. It's actually the "joeykrim-root.sh" script that remounts /system read-only during the boot process, which is why folks who don't use root kernels have run into this problem before. I'm not sure why joeykrim's script does that, I guess he probably assumed /system is mounted read-only by default. There's arguments that /system should be read-only, but I didn't touch it in case some Samsung stuff depends on it being read-write.
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This explains a lot of problems! thanks
EDIT- another noob question- why do you prefer to have superuser installed to /system/data- why not put it in /system/app? Also if I want to install busybox where is the best location to put it?
ZenInsight said:
Wow, that was really informative. To check for Super user you:
Type: adb shell
then type: SU
You should get a # sign if you have root. Correct?
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Once you run rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin, you should get a root-shell automatically every time you run "adb shell" after until you reboot the phone. Yes, you can tell it's a root shell since it uses the "#" prompt. This is the important part to check, since if the exploit doesn't work, you'll have to run it again. But I haven't seen it not work.
After su is installed and you reboot, your steps are correct: run "adb shell", run "su", then you'll be prompted on the phone scren to authorize access and once you allow it you'll end up with a "#" prompt.
ZenInsight said:
In the original Noobln post method would the Epic keep root even after a wipe therefore not needing to re-apply the superuser apk again?
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noobnl installs Superuser.apk to /system, you can do that here too. Just replace the "adb install Superuser.apk" step with "adb push Superuser.apk /system/app". It's independent of the joeykrim scripts.
With my captivate we have many update.zip root methods to choose from. Any chance this will be coming to the epic? Have a friend with an epic and command lines would be too much and one click didn't work.
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jimmyz said:
why do you prefer to have superuser installed to /system/data- why not put it in /system/app?
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I prefer to keep consistent with the idea that user-installed applications go in /data, and stock-installed-and-unmodified applications remain in /system/app. This way, upgrading Superuser.apk doesn't require a root-shell/root-explorer, you can remove it or upgrade it the way you do with any user installed application--adb install, side-loading via an sdcard, or downloading it from the market.
Plus, in general I prefer to keep my /system as untouched as possible. For example, I don't remove stock apps either. The "su" binary has to be installed in /system to persist after a /data wipe, and busybox is best installed to /system so it's in PATH (haven't looked into modifying the default PATH yet). Otherwise I try to keep /system alone.
jimmyz said:
Also if I want to install busybox where is the best location to put it?
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Android's default PATH provides four places for busybox to be installed: /sbin, /system/bin, /system/sbin, and /system/xbin. /sbin is part of the initramfs, in other words it's controlled by the kernel you're running. You can install busybox to any of the three /system/*bin directories, but I prefer /system/xbin.
In the traditional Unix conventions, "/usr/bin" is for user-runnable stock-installed programs, and "/usr/sbin" is for root-requiring (superuser-runnable) stock-installed programs. "xbin" isn't part of the standard convention, but I'd guess it's intended for "extra binaries" that are not part of the stock installation (much like /usr/local/bin), thus it seems like an appropriate location for a user-added "su" and "busybox" programs.
The second reason is that "xbin" is relatively empty, so if you want to create the applet symlinks (i.e., so that you can call "cp" instead of "buybox cp") it won't overwrite the stock toolbox symlinks. Also, since "xbin" is last on the default PATH, any programs provided by both toolbox and busybox will default to the toolbox version--which would be important for stock system scripts that might run into compatibility issues if they were to use the busybox versions instead.
To install busybox, grab a copy of the binary from somewhere (one click packages, a copy of stericson.busybox.apk, etc.). Then, once rooted run:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su # Authorize on phone screen
cat /data/local/tmp/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
rm /data/local/tmp/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
jhnstn00 said:
With my captivate we have many update.zip root methods to choose from. Any chance this will be coming to the epic?
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I don't believe so. The I9000/Vibrant/Captivate have recoveries that don't check the signature of update.zip (as I understand, or maybe they do but only require test keys) which makes rooting-via-recovery possible. Unfortuntaely the Epic and Fascinate do perform signature checks, so we can't enable root via stock-recovery.
That said, the Fascinate one-click methods should also work on the Epic. Although depending on why your friend couldn't get the Epic one-click to work, the Fascinate one may not work either.
mkasick said:
I prefer to keep consistent with the idea that user-installed applications go in /data, and stock-installed-and-unmodified applications remain in /system/app. This way, upgrading Superuser.apk doesn't require a root-shell/root-explorer, you can remove it or upgrade it the way you do with any user installed application--adb install, side-loading via an sdcard, or downloading it from the market.
Plus, in general I prefer to keep my /system as untouched as possible. For example, I don't remove stock apps either. The "su" binary has to be installed in /system to persist after a /data wipe, and busybox is best installed to /system so it's in PATH (haven't looked into modifying the default PATH yet). Otherwise I try to keep /system alone.
Android's default PATH provides four places for busybox to be installed: /sbin, /system/bin, /system/sbin, and /system/xbin. /sbin is part of the initramfs, in other words it's controlled by the kernel you're running. You can install busybox to any of the three /system/*bin directories, but I prefer /system/xbin.
In the traditional Unix conventions, "/usr/bin" is for user-runnable stock-installed programs, and "/usr/sbin" is for root-requiring (superuser-runnable) stock-installed programs. "xbin" isn't part of the standard convention, but I'd guess it's intended for "extra binaries" that are not part of the stock installation (much like /usr/local/bin), thus it seems like an appropriate location for a user-added "su" and "busybox" programs.
The second reason is that "xbin" is relatively empty, so if you want to create the applet symlinks (i.e., so that you can call "cp" instead of "buybox cp") it won't overwrite the stock toolbox symlinks. Also, since "xbin" is last on the default PATH, any programs provided by both toolbox and busybox will default to the toolbox version--which would be important for stock system scripts that might run into compatibility issues if they were to use the busybox versions instead.
To install busybox, grab a copy of the binary from somewhere (one click packages, a copy of stericson.busybox.apk, etc.). Then, once rooted run:
Code:
adb push busybox /data/local/tmp
adb shell
su # Authorize on phone screen
cat /data/local/tmp/busybox > /system/xbin/busybox
chown root.shell /system/xbin/busybox
chmod 755 /system/xbin/busybox
rm /data/local/tmp/busybox
/system/xbin/busybox --install -s /system/xbin
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You sir are a true gentleman! Thank you for the informative answers- its great to have you over here! I have one more question- why can't I usually push directly to /system ?
jimmyz said:
why can't I usually push directly to /system ?
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Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
mkasick said:
Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
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I am learning a lot!!! Could you take a look at koush's kernel here, with it I noticed that when using adb I got the # prompt right away and was able to push to /system- maybe he was able to figure out the config settings? Once again thanks!!!
one more ? (feel free to ignore this one) what actually happens when you do
Code:
adb shell /data/local/tmp/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin
and how does that give you permanent root?
mkasick said:
Pushing directly to /system requires running the adb service on the phone as the root user, so that it has permissions to write to that directory. Usually adb runs on the phone unprivileged, so you can only push to world-writable directories.
Running rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin actually changes this. The exploit forces the adb service to run as the root user, which is why "adb shell" gives you a root shell and "adb push" to /system does work, until the phone is restarted.
Interesting enough, the adb service also runs as root by default in the Android emulator. So there's probably a configuration setting, somewhere, to make it do that. In general it's safer to run adb unprivileged though, and "su" to move files to /system once uploaded elsewhere on the phoe.
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It is indeed a config option in default.prop. However, this is in the initramfs and you can't change it on the fly, so you need to rebuild the kernel to change it. With some work you can modify the stock kernel to do it, but I personally haven't tried it.
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Thank you, this worked perfectly for me, running stock DI18 ROM that I flashed tonight!!! I confirmed by installing the wireless tethering pre-9 apk, and successfully ran the wireless tethering without any errors.
Quick question: do we need to do this after root or is it not needed?
NEEDED?? ===> SuperUser App to help with Security Concerns for the Epic - h**p://forum.sdx-developers.com/epic-development/superuser-app-to-help-with-security-concerns/
Also, Titanium Backup failed to work - it gave an error of denied root access, and said busybox was not installed. What needs to be done to make it work? Do I need to install clockwork mod (not exactly sure what it does though) or a custom ROM?
AndroidSPCS said:
Quick question: do we need to do this after root or is it not needed?
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Not sure exactly what you're asking. This is an alternative to the joeykrim-based one-click roots and rooted kernels. If you already have one of those this isn't really necessary.
AndroidSPCS said:
NEEDED?? ===> SuperUser App
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Yes, the su binary used here requires the Supruser appto be installed to authorize su requests. Otherwise they'll always be denied. Other su binaries might not require it, but then all apps have root access which isn't really a good thing.
AndroidSPCS said:
Also, Titanium Backup failed to work - it gave an error of denied root access, and said busybox was not installed. What needs to be done to make it work?
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Did you authorize Titanium Backup when the Superuser prompt came up (requies the Superuser app to be instald too)?
Titanium Backup has an option to download and install it's preferred version of busybox. Follow the prompts to do that.
mkasick said:
Not sure exactly what you're asking. This is an alternative to the joeykrim-based one-click roots and rooted kernels. If you already have one of those this isn't really necessary.
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Thanks, actually this was referring to the thread where the instructions for going to adb shell or terminal and typing in the following commands:
adb shell
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /system/bin/su /system/bin/jk-su
exit
Yes, the su binary used here requires the Supruser appto be installed to authorize su requests. Otherwise they'll always be denied. Other su binaries might not require it, but then all apps have root access which isn't really a good thing.
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Yes same as above, the question is not whether we need SU app (I know we do), but whether we needed to type the additional commands:
adb shell
su
mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
cp /system/bin/su /system/bin/jk-su
exit
What do these commands do? It seems to me my Superuser app is working fine with wifi tether - popping up with allow / disable permission boxes, etc. Do these commands add something else to Superuser?
Did you authorize Titanium Backup when the Superuser prompt came up (requies the Superuser app to be instald too)?
Titanium Backup has an option to download and install it's preferred version of busybox. Follow the prompts to do that.
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There was no Superuser prompt during the install of the app, nor anytime when it said it had a failure with root access. However there is an option to install BusyBox, which I have not done yet, because I am not sure what busybox is, or what it does. I'd like to find out why I need it and what it does, so I can feel comfortable with installing it.
Thanks again.
echo "root::0:0:root:/data/local:/system/bin/sh" > /etc/passwd
echo "root::0:" > /etc/group
you need to do that in a shell to make sure su works properly.
I'm updating the one click root right now to be less silly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8543226&postcount=455
I just cleaned up the one click root to not do many of the silly things joeykrim's root does. It also means your system will be mounted as rw after a reboot and it won't overwrite your su with jk-su every boot (no more modified playlogo).
Cleaned up all the old stuff from the root so it should work fine even if you were using one of the older one clicks. I made sure su works, incl titanium backup.
I'm still installing superuser.apk to /system/app because I think it belongs there.
Thanks for doing the footwork, mkasick!
Firon said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8543226&postcount=455
I just cleaned up the one click root to not do many of the silly things joeykrim's root does. It also means your system will be mounted as rw after a reboot and it won't overwrite your su with jk-su every boot (no more modified playlogo).
Cleaned up all the old stuff from the root so it should work fine even if you were using one of the older one clicks. I made sure su works, incl titanium backup.
I'm still installing superuser.apk to /system/app because I think it belongs there.
Thanks for doing the footwork, mkasick!
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Firon- why are these lines still needed?
Code:
adb push playlogo /system/bin/playlogo
what is playlogo? Does this just put the stock one back in case you used the joeykrim method in the past?
Code:
adb push remount /system/xbin/remount
Are the remount scripts still needed?
Code:
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
why is this link needed? why cant su just be in xbin
thanks in advance!
Code:
jimmyz said:
Firon- why are these lines still needed?
Code:
adb push playlogo /system/bin/playlogo
what is playlogo? Does this just put the stock one back in case you used the joeykrim method in the past?
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This is just pushing the stock playlogo, since joeykrim's method overwrites it with some custom script.
Code:
adb push remount /system/xbin/remount
Are the remount scripts still needed?
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The script allows you to easily remount system as ro or rw at will. Why not?
Code:
adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su
why is this link needed? why cant su just be in xbin
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I don't know if any apps depend on it being in a particular location. It is in xbin, but I'm also linking it to /system/bin to be safe.
AndroidSPCS said:
What do these commands do? It seems to me my Superuser app is working fine with wifi tether - popping up with allow / disable permission boxes, etc. Do these commands add something else to Superuser?
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These commands were necessary to get Superuser working with the old joeykrim root method. They're not necessary with this method (or the newly released one-click). In other words, if wifi-tethering is already working for you, nothing further is needed to be done.
AndroidSPCS said:
There was no Superuser prompt during the install of the app, nor anytime when it said it had a failure with root access.
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I don't actually use TitaniumBackup. I'm not sure why its superuser-requirements would be different from other apps, but I guess it is. The new one-click appears to address this.
AndroidSPCS said:
However there is an option to install BusyBox, which I have not done yet, because I am not sure what busybox is, or what it does. I'd like to find out why I need it and what it does, so I can feel comfortable with installing it.
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Busybox is a suite of "familar" Unix command-line utilites (things like cp (copy), mv (move), ls (list), etc.). It targets embedded platforms by being very featureful, yet relatively small. It's installed and used on a wide variety of embedded devices including wireless routers, print servers, phones, even televisions.
Oddly enough, Android does not include busybox by default. Instead it comes with it's own utility-programs-package called "toolbox" that isn't nearly as featureful, and quickly becomes a pain to use. Some programs, like TitaniumBackup depend on busybox programs/features, and thus require it's installation. It's safe.
The only problem with busybox is that there's not one single version of it. There's multiple builds of it from the same source code with different sets of features turned on and off. In the past, some folks had a version of busybox installed that didn't contain all the features necessary to support TitaniumBackup, so they added the option to install their own version. It's installed in a separate location, so it won't overwrite any version you do have installed, and it's safe to do. But if you've already installed another version of busybox that does work, then it may be unnecessary.
I did the Jokeyrim method a few days ago. I installed a new kernal and now a new ROM. All seems ok, but ow when I do the "whoami" command in adb shell I get whoami not found. I don't think I'm really rooted anymore. Any attempt to reinstall the Jokeyrim root script results in failure (mostly "device not found" errors). When in adb shell, most commands I type now are either "not found" or "permission denied", so I'm not confident that I'm really rooted now.
Since I have / had Jokeyrim installed, how can I "uninstall" it so that I can use this method of rooting instead? BTW, the newest Clockworkmod is installed and working.
Do I need to flash to stock first? Sorry, but I'm a VERY STOOPID NOOB.

[Q] Mysterious Superuser/root problem

Ok, so this is the problem:
I have a TF101, rooted since 3.2. I have been able to do OTA updates without problems so far, keeping my root with OTA Rootkeeper.
Last week, I tried figuring out how to automatically mount cifs-shares through Tasker. Whatever I tried, the share would not mount through Tasker. It mounted without problems through command line in Terminal Emulator.
Eventually, i narrowed it down to a root acces problem in Tasker, or the Locale Execute plugin, or the secure settings plugin. I noticed that neither of those had ever asked for SU-acces and there were no logs of it in the Superuser app. When downloading other root-needing apps (e.g. rootchecker), I had the same problem: whenever a new app would normally ask for root acces, instead of the usual Superuser-prompt, the app stalled for a few seconds and then gave an error message or just plain nothing. There was no log of this in the superuser app.
When setting the superuser app to 'always grant root', the situation stayed the same: new apps didn't get root, older apps still had root without problems.
While searching for similar occurences on the internet, I saw a suggestion somewhere to clear the cache and data for the superuser app, so I did.
Now superuser still doesn't prompt and NONE of my apps have root. Apparently even the superuser app itself has no root acces anymore, since it fails to get root acces when updating the su-binary.
My guess was that completely removing su and the superuser app and subsequently re-rooting the whole thing would fix this.
I tried unrooting/rerooting through various methods (Brk, Vipermod, this one, and the new Wolf's thingy), but to no avail.
Brk tells me eveything worked fine, but changes nothing, except it gave me an even older version of the su-binary.
Vipermod hangs on "daemon started succesfully" but apparently does nothing even after 10 minutes.
The Asus Backup Utility method changed absolutely nothing
The Wolf's method looked promising, but installing the "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" failed. (maybe because I did this from CWM recovery instead of his recoveryblob recovery? Dunno.)
So far I can't seem to remove root, as OTA Rootkeeper assures me the superuser app is installed and the device is rooted, even if the root acces is not granted to it (or any other app).
Any ideas?
Update: tried installing SuperSU from CWM recovery to replace Superuser app, but it gave the same 'installation aborted' message. Is this because CWM has no root acces also?
update2: I have root acces through adb shell apparently. I looked here and here for a way to replace the superuser app. I managed to remount /system, delete Superuser.apk and push the Superuser.apk and su from "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" onto the device.
No apparent change, not even in the su binary version number reported by Superuser app.
I downloaded the standalone su-binary from here too, and replaced /system/bin/su with that one, too, but after reboot the Superuser app still indicated su binary version 2.3.2-efgh.
I don't know exactly when this problem started, but it could have been caused by the recent update from 9.2.1.17 to 9.2.1.21? Is it possible to revert to the previous version? If so, how? Would I lose data/apps?
Type the following in terminal:
ls -l /system/*/su
My guess is that you have two binaries and one or both of them is not superuser with permission rwsr.xr.x
Ensuring CWM working properly, you just try do backup using CWM then, if it worked then it's has nothing to do with being root access problem. And flashing wolf's root zip via CWM is all it takes to regain root after the 9.2.1.21 update.
Mine was similar root access messed after flashing the 9.2.1.21 update. Tried rectified this by copying su from system/bin to system/xbin but still nothing, but my CWM work though and use it to flash wolf's root zip to correct the su missing in the system. Now it work great..
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@gee one
ls -l /system/*/su gives me this:
-rw-rw-rw- root root 22364 2008-02-29 02:33 su
-rwsr-sr-x root shell 26324 2008-02-29 03:33 su
So you're on to sth. Top one is located in /system/bin, lower one is in /system/xbin.
Now what do I do with this? Copy one over the other? chmod? chown?
@farsight73
As said in the OP, I tried flashing wolf's root zip in CWM, but got an error and it aborted. I did the following:
put zip on removable sd
reboot to CWM
choose update from zip
select the right zip
confirm
I also tried this with /system mounted, but same result.
I don't have acces to pc now, I will try more tonight.a
[SOLVED]
Thanks for the replies, you got me in the right direction in that I was replacing the wrong su in the wrong way.
Since Brk Toolkit managed to get me an older su, I thought it could as well give me the right one second time.
I replaced the su and superuser.apk in the /adb folder of the Brk rootkit with the one from wolf's root zip, and then used Brk Toolkit to install su and superuser.
Upon reboot, the problem was solved.
Thanks a bunch!
For future reference, I think you could just elevate to the superuser by typing in terminal "/system/xbin/su" Then you could fix system/bin/su with "chmod 06775/system/bin/su"
Then " exit" should drop you to a normal shell, and "su" will promote you in the usual way.
The issue here is that xbin and bin are both in your path, and bin is probably first, so the non-super version is "found" first. "echo $PATH" will reveal your path variable.
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gee one said:
For future reference, I think you could just elevate to the superuser by typing in terminal "/system/xbin/su" Then you could fix system/bin/su with "chmod 06775/system/bin/su"
Then " exit" should drop you to a normal shell, and "su" will promote you in the usual way.
The issue here is that xbin and bin are both in your path, and bin is probably first, so the non-super version is "found" first. "echo $PATH" will reveal your path variable.
sent from my transformer
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HEY MY FRIED I HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM
chmod 06775 /system/bin/su results"unable to chmod /system/bin/su: readonly filesystem "
echo $PATH RESULTS /system/bin/su: /system/Xbin/su
COULD U HELP ME WITH ZIS MY FRIEND
10Q
From adb or the terminal, type in "/system/xbin/su" to elevate to the superuser. Then mount system to read-write and delete the /system/bin/su version. Remount system as read only.
This will work if you have two versions of su and one of them is not really super.
sent while running with scissors

[Q] [OUYA] SuperUser Access Help

Hi everyone, I'm trying to Install busybox,SuperUser and SU Binaries on my OUYA ...
I Have:
-ADB set up and working(wired)
-Downloded and unzipped the needed files
-Placed unzipped files in /android-sdk/platform-tools
Then i run the following commands to make sure my console is connected:
-adb kill-server
-echo 0x2836
-adb start-server
-adb devices
After 'adb devices' I see a number(My console #), which signifies my connected console...
Then i run the following commands to put SU in the proper place:
-adb shell
-su
-mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
-exit
-exit
-adb push su /sdcard/su<-----here is where i get an error (cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory :crying What am i doing wrong here/ i don't get it!...Can anyone please help me?
cronikman84 said:
Hi everyone, I'm trying to Install busybox,SuperUser and SU Binaries on my OUYA ...
I Have:
-ADB set up and working(wired)
-Downloded and unzipped the needed files
-Placed unzipped files in /android-sdk/platform-tools
Then i run the following commands to make sure my console is connected:
-adb kill-server
-echo 0x2836
-adb start-server
-adb devices
After 'adb devices' I see a number(My console #), which signifies my connected console...
Then i run the following commands to put SU in the proper place:
-adb shell
-su
-mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/APP
-exit
-exit
-adb push su /sdcard/su<-----here is where i get an error (cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory :crying What am i doing wrong here/ i don't get it!...Can anyone please help me?
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:good:never mind i figured it out...but when i go to Run SuperUser on the OUYA (Make > Software > SuperUser) and allow it to update, it gives me an error saying---->there was an error installing superuser. please send a log of the error to the developer. what now?
cronikman84 said:
:good:never mind i figured it out...but when i go to Run SuperUser on the OUYA (Make > Software > SuperUser) and allow it to update, it gives me an error saying---->there was an error installing superuser. please send a log of the error to the developer. what now?
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Never mind LMAO...i got it :victory:
cronikman84 said:
Never mind LMAO...i got it :victory:
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How'd you get it?! I'm stuck here too, thanks!
thanamesjames said:
How'd you get it?! I'm stuck here too, thanks!
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Are you stuck at the error saying---->"there was an error installing superuser" still? cause if you are i think i can help you..., just on your ouya head over to MANAGE-SYSTEM-ADVANCED and scroll down to apps and delete the BUSYBOX FREE and SUPERUSER APPS...after that's done just repeat the commands again and reboot the system, then go click on MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER and allow it to UPDATE but not from recovery and if that doesn't work let me know and ill tell you what to do next...BUT if your stuck at "adb push su /sdcard/su cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory" error then i can also help you...let me know, it's very simple, less than a minute
cronikman84 said:
Are you stuck at the error saying---->"there was an error installing superuser" still? cause if you are i think i can help you..., just on your ouya head over to MANAGE-SYSTEM-ADVANCED and scroll down to apps and delete the BUSYBOX FREE and SUPERUSER APPS...after that's done just repeat the commands again and reboot the system, then go click on MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER and allow it to UPDATE but not from recovery and if that doesn't work let me know and ill tell you what to do next...BUT if your stuck at "adb push su /sdcard/su cannot stat 'su': No Such Files Or Directory" error then i can also help you...let me know, it's very simple, less than a minute
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Hi,
I'm at the point where I've installed 'superuser' apk via adb. I've rebooted the console, gone to MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER but when I click on 'install', I just get the error message: "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" but there are no logs.
Any ideas?
diazamet said:
Hi,
I'm at the point where I've installed 'superuser' apk via adb. I've rebooted the console, gone to MAKE>SOFTWARE>SUPERUSER but when I click on 'install', I just get the error message: "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" but there are no logs.
Any ideas?
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yes, the best way to do it is with this tool OUYA toolbox and you can find it over here-----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2350900 follow the instructions plug in your OUYA to your pc and download the test version of the tool, open it, click on install superuser and install it, then istall busybox and install it...then go to make- software-superuser and Update but not from recovery, then plug you OUYA back on to the pc and run the ouya toolbox program again and root(if you want to), you will be all set with SuperUser apk and busybox apk and root working perfect with no errors...
cronikman84 said:
yes, the best way to do it is with this tool OUYA toolbox and you can find it over here-----> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2350900 follow the instructions plug in your OUYA to your pc and download the test version of the tool, open it, click on install superuser and install it, then istall busybox and install it...then go to make- software-superuser and Update but not from recovery, then plug you OUYA back on to the pc and run the ouya toolbox program again and root(if you want to), you will be all set with SuperUser apk and busybox apk and root working perfect with no errors...
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I think I might have found the issue. I think I forgot to copy the 'su' executable from /sdcard to /system/xbin. I've copied the correct 'su' executable to /system/xbin now. I'll have to test it later, I'm connected remotely at the moment so I can only do the shell stuff, I can't run Superuser.
What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?
diazamet said:
I think I might have found the issue. I think I forgot to copy the 'su' executable from /sdcard to /system/xbin. I've copied the correct 'su' executable to /system/xbin now. I'll have to test it later, I'm connected remotely at the moment so I can only do the shell stuff, I can't run Superuser.
What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?
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:good: i hope you found the issue...i was having the same issue as you "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" and no matter what i tried it wouldn't work, so i just downloaded the OUYA toolbox test version and it took me less then 1 minutes to have superuser apk and busybox apk running and rooted, i didn't know you were connected remotely, i had mines connected straight up with the usb cable and it makes it easier for me..."What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?" <----yes, i'm 90% sure that the native SU is crippled in some type of way, and i've heard other people confirm this.
cronikman84 said:
:good: i hope you found the issue...i was having the same issue as you "There was an error installing Superuser. Please send a log to the error to the developer" and no matter what i tried it wouldn't work, so i just downloaded the OUYA toolbox test version and it took me less then 1 minutes to have superuser apk and busybox apk running and rooted, i didn't know you were connected remotely, i had mines connected straight up with the usb cable and it makes it easier for me..."What is the difference between the nativesu and the su copied from the attachment on this thread. There is a significant difference in size. Is the native su crippled in someway?" <----yes, i'm 90% sure that the native SU is crippled in some type of way, and i've heard other people confirm this.
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Yep. That was the problem. I guess I thought I'd copied the correct version of 'su' across without checking properly.
diazamet said:
Yep. That was the problem. I guess I thought I'd copied the correct version of 'su' across without checking properly.
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Sweet!!...glad you got it fixed... I knew that the native SU was crippled the first time i tried it...that's why i tried the OUYA toolbox cause i knew people had success with SU on that toolbox, so i gave it a try and SU was workin...tha's how i knew something was wrong with the native SU...

[Q] [HELP] /system read-only can't fix on adb no su response

i ported a LeWa OS ROM for my device and everything seemed to work perfectly, booted up without hassle, apps working, and everything was fine. not until i came to the point where i have to check the root capability. it seems like the /system partition was locked as read-only. i pre-rooted the rom with supersu and su binaries properly placed just like i do with other roms i ported. but this one is different. even on adb, the su isn't responding. although the request is showing on the phone and i click on grant, still there is no su response or whatsoever, that is why i cant remount it as rw.
so i was wondering if there is something i have to port from stock boot.img to port boot.img to permanently mount /system partition in RW capability.
i hope anyone can help me
How about making an insecure kernel so you can access root without requesting su?
xlSKYFiRElx said:
i ported a LeWa OS ROM for my device and everything seemed to work perfectly, booted up without hassle, apps working, and everything was fine. not until i came to the point where i have to check the root capability. it seems like the /system partition was locked as read-only. i pre-rooted the rom with supersu and su binaries properly placed just like i do with other roms i ported. but this one is different. even on adb, the su isn't responding. although the request is showing on the phone and i click on grant, still there is no su response or whatsoever, that is why i cant remount it as rw.
so i was wondering if there is something i have to port from stock boot.img to port boot.img to permanently mount /system partition in RW capability.
i hope anyone can help me
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Download SuperSU and reinstall its binaries again.
Or you can try adbd Insecure app (not free)
janekmuric said:
Download SuperSU and reinstall its binaries again.
Or you can try adbd Insecure app (not free)
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supersu or any of its binaries cannot help me. as every app that request root privileges hangs when grant permission is given. ill try adbd insecure app. gonna throw my money to this one
xlSKYFiRElx said:
supersu or any of its binaries cannot help me. as every app that request root privileges hangs when grant permission is given. ill try adbd insecure app. gonna throw my money to this one
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I think the adb insecure app still requires su, you can upload the boot.img and i'll make it insecure (automatically root via adb, no su required)
Oooohh
xlSKYFiRElx said:
supersu or any of its binaries cannot help me. as every app that request root privileges hangs when grant permission is given. ill try adbd insecure app. gonna throw my money to this one
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I didn't understand you correctly. Anyways from what I understand noe you can't give root to any app at all. Try using framaroot to re-root maybe it works. You have to find out the reason it hangs. I'm placing my bet on the corrupt or bad binary.
janekmuric said:
I didn't understand you correctly. Anyways from what I understand noe you can't give root to any app at all. Try using framaroot to re-root maybe it works. You have to find out the reason it hangs. I'm placing my bet on the corrupt or bad binary.
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He's right, redownload the binaries again, if it still hangs, it might be the ROM.
Add this to build.prop if you want root via adb:
ro.secure=0
janekmuric said:
I didn't understand you correctly. Anyways from what I understand noe you can't give root to any app at all. Try using framaroot to re-root maybe it works. You have to find out the reason it hangs. I'm placing my bet on the corrupt or bad binary.
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3DMapPlayer said:
He's right, redownload the binaries again, if it still hangs, it might be the ROM.
Add this to build.prop if you want root via adb:
ro.secure=0
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sorry for the confusion but here is the case, i ported this (LEWA) ROM and i pre rooted with, placed the updated su binary to /system/xbin and the latest supersu.apk to /system/app. the phone boots properly and according to the rom. i installed root checker but when it checked for root it says the root is not installed properly but the supersu dialog box is appearing and i can press the grant button and a toast appears saying that it is granted superuser permissions. i tried to re-root using framaroots barahir exploit but it said "Half-Success" because the system partition is mounted read-only.
i tried using root explorer, when i try to mount system as r/w the supersu dialog appears and i can press the grant button again, also the toast appears saying that the app is granted superuser permission but then the application (root explorer) hangs, i tried other root explorer application still the same.
so what i want to achieve is to mount /system as read-write partition
i tried using ADB, but when i try to type su everything i type reappears
example: when i type 'su' the result is like this:
Code:
what i type: su
what show: su
what i type: busybox mount
what show: busybox mount
or simply, everything i type reappears and the command is not executed.
i tried to modify boot.img by editing build.prop and setting this values
#
# ADDITIONAL_DEFAULT_PROPERTIES
#
ro.secure=0
ro.allow.mock.location=1
persist.mtk.aee.aed=on
ro.debuggable=1
persist.sys.usb.config=mass_storage,mtp
persist.service.acm.enable=0
ro.mount.fs=EXT4
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and also editing init.rc and setting this values
Code:
mount yaffs2 [email protected] /system rw remount
mount ubifs [email protected] /system rw remount
but still no luck. i hope you guys understand, sorry for my crappy english. not my language
i'll try to reflash the rom so that i can supply screenshots
also, here is a copy of my boot.img
Got it!
xlSKYFiRElx said:
sorry for the confusion but here is the case, i ported this (LEWA) ROM and i pre rooted with, placed the updated su binary to /system/xbin and the latest supersu.apk to /system/app. the phone boots properly and according to the rom. i installed root checker but when it checked for root it says the root is not installed properly but the supersu dialog box is appearing and i can press the grant button and a toast appears saying that it is granted superuser permissions. i tried to re-root using framaroots barahir exploit but it said "Half-Success" because the system partition is mounted read-only.
i tried using root explorer, when i try to mount system as r/w the supersu dialog appears and i can press the grant button again, also the toast appears saying that the app is granted superuser permission but then the application (root explorer) hangs, i tried other root explorer application still the same.
so what i want to achieve is to mount /system as read-write partition
i tried using ADB, but when i try to type su everything i type reappears
example: when i type 'su' the result is like this:
Code:
what i type: su
what show: su
what i type: busybox mount
what show: busybox mount
or simply, everything i type reappears and the command is not executed.
i tried to modify boot.img by editing build.prop and setting this values
and also editing init.rc and setting this values
Code:
mount yaffs2 [email protected] /system rw remount
mount ubifs [email protected] /system rw remount
but still no luck. i hope you guys understand, sorry for my crappy english. not my language
i'll try to reflash the rom so that i can supply screenshots
also, here is a copy of my boot.img
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Flash the attached ZIP. It will reinstall SuperSU and all needed files.

[Working]Root Kindle Fire HD8 6th Gen

Ladies and Gentleman,
I was able to root the HD8 6th Gen using Kingoroot while in airplane mode. I download the executable and ran it directly from my computer. My Fire tablet is on version 5.3.1.1 and was never registered with Amazon. I can run su in adb but the SuperUser app is not working on my tablet. I am looking into replacing the KingoRoot SuperUser app with SuperSU. I suggest you block updates as soon as you achieve root.
look at this thread to see if you can remove Kingroot and replace
https://forum.xda-developers.com/am...rtool-root-t3272695/post69855730#post69855730
This applied to 7" but may be same issue you are having. Note I would suspect you at least need to install the app since you used the PC version but then that might allow replacement fully. The Rootjunky script basically installs supersu and removes the kingroot app following this approach: https://www.droidmen.com/remove-kingroot-kinguser-with-supersu/
So now the questions are:
* Does the app work too or just PC version
* Does a device which has been used and registered with Amazon work? I am on 5.3.1.1, have OTA disabled, have Novalauncher sort of working, and managed to get Amazon to disable the ads lock screen but right now the device does not leave home due to Opendns constraints as I did not want to lose 5.3.1.1 while waiting.
Decided to try this on 5.3.2.1, ran Kingroot for PC few times (version 3.4.0 build 1142). Did not work. Hope it works for you 5.3.1.1 guys.
I believe 5.3.2 can be downgraded to 5.3.1.1 but I also believe 5.3.2.1 is confirmed to not be downgradable.
I was lucky and got my BF unit with 5.3.1.1 and blocked OTA right away
I register to reply this thread and tell everyone that 5.3.1.1 CAN BE ROOT using KingoRoot(not KingRoot)
blocked OTA and planning to place Kingoroot with Supersu now.
go kingoapp.c0m(replace 0 with o) and download the PC one.
Tried APK one but seems stuck at 90% or not enough patient?
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chemie99 said:
look at this thread to see if you can remove Kingroot and replace
https://forum.xda-developers.com/am...rtool-root-t3272695/post69855730#post69855730
This applied to 7" but may be same issue you are having. Note I would suspect you at least need to install the app since you used the PC version but then that might allow replacement fully. The Rootjunky script basically installs supersu and removes the kingroot app following this approach: https://www.droidmen.com/remove-kingroot-kinguser-with-supersu/
So now the questions are:
* Does the app work too or just PC version
* Does a device which has been used and registered with Amazon work? I am on 5.3.1.1, have OTA disabled, have Novalauncher sort of working, and managed to get Amazon to disable the ads lock screen but right now the device does not leave home due to Opendns constraints as I did not want to lose 5.3.1.1 while waiting.
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my device is registered with amazon and it works
Detailed instruction on post#38
so what is difference between
kingoroot
and kingroot
??
I am familiar with Kingroot but kingoroot seems to be another animal? Is kingo safe? We have a total of 3 lifetime posts from two accounts who are speaking its benefits....
chemie99 said:
so what is difference between
kingoroot
and kingroot
??
I am familiar with Kingroot but kingoroot seems to be another animal? Is kingo safe? We have a total of 3 lifetime posts from two accounts who are speaking its benefits....
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honestly I dunno, I'm new to android, just bought the kindle to start playing with android...
but I found it difficult to replace the kingoroot with supersu, when I type su in terminal, it show nothing, can't give root permission to terminal emulator.
I replaced kingoroot with supersu following instruction from androidforums.com/threads/script-replace-kingoroot-with-supersu.919175/
After it's done, supersu doesn't prompt for root access. So I set 'default access' to 'grant' in supersu settings, and it seems to be working.
g4ry12 said:
Decided to try this on 5.3.2.1, ran Kingroot for PC few times.
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I was not paying attention, it's KingoRoot, not KingRoot. Downloaded KingoRoot for PC (v1.4.9), and tried on 5.3.2.1. Rooting failed, unfortunately.
I ran the PC kingo and rooted.
I then tried to remove and replace with supersu and it failed
I lost root
I tried to rerun Kingo PC but it wanted debugging enabled even though it was
tried the apk kingo (from kingoapp.com; playstore it is a adware hack)
got stuck at 90%
exited and kindle was really sluggish; maybe something to do with my novalauncher or something?
power off reboot and stuck in boot up (Fire image). Now can't boot.
Message is be careful with kingo when removing....will try restore now.
Edit: wiping data and cache did not help. Did brick recovery to 5.3.1.1 (which is what it was on when I got it), and managed to recover. Glad I don't have to send this one back to Amazon!
I will now restart kingo root effort and if it works will report back steps (including supersu replacement).
So I have root according to kingo but "root checker basic" says I do not have root.
Try to open "superuser" (which is a kingo superuser app) and it is just a blank screen then back to Home.
The removal tool that @2ig2ag linked did not work.
It failed on "mount -w -o remount /system" with "mount: operation not permitted"
I also tried to manual cp the su file over and get error "read only file system"
Edit: Despite kingo saying you have root, you don't. At least not complete root. I am unable to copy anything into system/app via ES File explorer too. I am unable to grant programs that want access, that access. For example, Titanium BackUp is unable to detect "Su and Busybox" so no go.
I am able to pm disable the firelauncher for example but that is about it
chemie99 said:
So I have root according to kingo but "root checker basic" says I do not have root.
Try to open "superuser" (which is a kingo superuser app) and it is just a blank screen then back to Home.
The removal tool that @2ig2ag linked did not work.
It failed on "mount -w -o remount /system" with "mount: operation not permitted"
I also tried to manual cp the su file over and get error "read only file system"
Edit: Despite kingo saying you have root, you don't. At least not complete root. I am unable to copy anything into system/app via ES File explorer too. I am unable to grant programs that want access, that access. I am able to pm disable the firelauncher for example but that is about it
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I soft-bricked once, stuck at fire logo, sideload adb and resumed normal.
I didn't use the root checker to check, the superuser included will crash when I launch it,
but I can su in adb shell..
@2ig2ag's way not work for me either,
I cannot run the script, it said permission denied, then I try to run it manually,
I can remount /system, it do not show any error, but I am stopped at "cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu",
it said "daemonsu" text file in use.
tried ultra explorer as another way to get to /system and it just locks up when trying to detect root.
Tried manually installing supersu.apk and it locks up and requires reboot to get back to working device.
@phpbb88 I retried "mount -w -o remount /system" and it worked; maybe I wasn't in su at the time. I get the same error on file copy
So to summarize:
you can: adb su
you can: pm disable fire launcher and OTA (not sure if unrooted allows this too?)
you can not:
write to /system
install any apk that require root and grant root access
switch to supersu
adb remount (fails)
I would not call this a successful root. I am not even sure of the pm disables will last more than 24 hours.
chemie99 said:
tried ultra explorer as another way to get to /system and it just locks up when trying to detect root.
Tried manually installing supersu.apk and it locks up and requires reboot to get back to working device.
@phpbb88 I retried "mount -w -o remount /system" and it worked; maybe I wasn't in su at the time. I get the same error on file copy
So to summarize:
you can: adb su
you can: pm disable fire launcher and OTA (not sure if unrooted allows this too?)
you can not:
write to /system
install any apk that require root and grant root access
switch to supersu
adb remount (fails)
I would not call this a successful root. I am not even sure of the pm disables will last more than 24 hours.
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I am using a file explorer called "ES File explorer", it cannot view the system file when it is not root.
After Kingoroot, I can view them, but I still cannot create file in /system by using that File explorer.
However I can successfully create a dir in /system in adb shell, shown below.
[email protected]:/system # mkdir 123
[email protected]:/system # ls
123
app
bin
build.prop
data
etc
fonts
framework
lib
lib64
lost+found
media
priv-app
recovery-from-boot.p
sbin
security
sqfs
tts
usr
vendor
xbin
[email protected]:/system #
I have made progress...with kingo install I did this:
copy the files of the kingo root removal to sdcard/kingo
adb shell
su
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/kingo
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
fails because it is locked. Then I started to think that the steps were for the kingo app and not the PC so
with adb window still open, run PC program and remove root
then
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
./step1.sh
got some errors
then sideload the supersu apk via ES file explorer
then allow supersu to do it thing and reboot.
Now I have supersu running!''
edit:
but do I have root?
Titanium backup still fails but ultra explorer does say it has root
now adb shell su fails.....
chemie99 said:
I have made progress...with kingo install I did this:
copy the files of the kingo root removal to sdcard/kingo
adb shell
su
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/kingo
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
fails because it is locked. Then I started to think that the steps were for the kingo app and not the PC so
with adb window still open, run PC program and remove root
then
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
./step1.sh
got some errors
then sideload the supersu apk via ES file explorer
then allow supersu to do it thing and reboot.
Now I have root with supersu!
Titanium backup still fails but ultra explorer does say it has root
Edit: hmmm..
now adb shell su fails.....
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I cannot run the step1.sh, still show permission denied.
I tried manually, but got another permission error...
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # daemonsu -d &
[1] 8434
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # ./step1.sh
sh: ./step1.sh: can't execute: Permission denied
[1] + Done daemonsu -d
126|[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # cp ./su /system/xbin/su
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # ./chattr.pie -ia /system/xbin/ku.sud
sh: ./chattr.pie: can't execute: Permission denied
126|[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo # ./chattr.pie -ia /system/xbin/supolicy
sh: ./chattr.pie: can't execute: Permission denied
126|[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo #
after the errors, did you install supersu.apk?
I ignored the errors thinking they were from differences between kingo apk and kingo PC versions of what they put on device.
Supersu does manage to install itself but root checker still says I do not have root.
chemie99 said:
after the errors, did you install supersu.apk?
I ignored the errors thinking they were from differences between kingo apk and kingo PC versions of what they put on device
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I didn't finish all the steps in step1.sh, cause I have installed SuperSU at the beginning of time,
I then try to run Supersu and it said blahblahblah error, need to reboot my device.
wola, i lost my connection to root adb shell, and now going to root it again
phpbb88 said:
I didn't finish all the steps in step1.sh, cause I have installed SuperSU at the beginning of time,
I then try to run Supersu and it said blahblahblah error, need to reboot my device.
wola, i lost my connection to root adb shell, and now going to root it again
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I only install supersu as the step after running step1; it worked, and took hold (at least no errors and opening the program looks normal). The issue is that it won't grant access to anything (TB, flashfire, etc)
chemie99 said:
I only install supersu as the step after running step1; it worked, and took hold (at least no errors and opening the program looks normal). The issue is that it won't grant access to anything (TB, flashfire, etc)
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Kingoroot PC asked me to grant root access to it by pressing OK on my device's pop up when my device is under root,
but my device wouldn't show anything.
Is there any problem on fire OS that wouldn't show this pop up?

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