I updated my Droid X to 2.3.3 and forgot to unroot my phone and now Superuser is stuck there,I need help on how to flash it.I think that's the only way possible to bring my phone back to stock.
I'm pretty sure you can do this through adb. I think the command is...."adb shell rm (name for superuser apk). Someone please correct me if I'm wrong. This will delete the superuser apk from your phone by the way.
backup your rom and then flash an official rom
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I need root access via shell. I have seen su apps out there that require a rooted phone. I don't want to muck with my ROM other than to gain root access via shell.
Are there any free packages that I can install to do this?
unrevoked 3. Follow those steps to root. Very easy. Ounce u have s-off ur rooted on stock Rom. But trust me ounce u root your gonna wanna learn more than just using SU apps.
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Thanks, that got me what I wanted and more. I ran the backup from the recovery boot. Where did the backup get written to?
No problem. It was written to the SD clockworkmod folder.
r0cky.Da.3v0.SU
Okay, first off, I have searched. For the last 3 hours I have searched!!
I foolishly used Razorclaws one-button root method and it worked, However everything after that point has been an utter failure. I tried to flash recovery, and nothing. I tried using CWM, and nothing. I open Super User and it just closes. I don't know what else to do. Yes, I saw post 275 in the razorclaw thread, but when I put in the command list, it tells me it doesn't recognize the command. I previously had a Nook Color and had the easy adb installed. I don't know if this is my problem. I have a B70 transformer, I just want to unroot. I tried the Super User update fixer, nothing. The Transformer is running fine, I get force closes on some apps. I just want to return to stock. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
I unrooted it. But the superuser apk remains in the app drawer. Is there any harm that can be done by having it? I would like to 'successfully' root and flash a rom, but judging from my inability to flash recovery using the one-button method I will wait. I would love to overclock this beast!
You can delete this thread, I apologize for wasting time and resources!
have you tried rebooting and then re-rooting?
how did you unroot ?
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To get rid of Super user app and binary
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19505946&postcount=221
Also if you want to try again and get SU working you can try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19555429
Thanks for the replies
I did not reboot and reroot, I did have to download the SDK in order to use the adb functions. I used the info provided by doaist to remove su permissions, I suppose. When I checked through the razorclaw app, and terminal. I was not given su access. So, I assumed I didn't have su permission.
And as soon as I try to get into the adb shell and type 'su' it says 'permission denied' , I don't know what else to do to remove it.
Thanks for your input guys, it means a lot.
Okay, so I redownloaded said apps, and I am now performing a backup. Which rom should I use? Which rom will allow me to retain stock functionality , and which OC kernal should I use. Is there a rom that has both?
When flashing recovery, does it go to the emmc or the extrernal sd???
woundedworld said:
When flashing recovery, does it go to the emmc or the extrernal sd???
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External micro sd card
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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artisticcheese said:
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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i cant c y u would have to unroot, it shouldnt matter as apps dont care if it is rooted or unrooted, correction some apps u have to b rooted to work properly.
do u actually get an error message when trying to install an app
the only way is to restore back to stock, or if u just rooted ur stock firmware, meaning u didnt flash a rom, u can try flashing the system.img file, that might work but i never heard of any1 doing that
Yes, application refuses to work telling me that "rooted" phones are not supported. So basically it installs, checks if phone is rooted and refuses to proceed. I hoped I can flash something in CMW to temporarely unroot, then run application, let it do it one time thing (I need to run this application only once successfully) and then I root back in CWM again.
artisticcheese said:
Yes, application refuses to work telling me that "rooted" phones are not supported. So basically it installs, checks if phone is rooted and refuses to proceed. I hoped I can flash something in CMW to temporarely unroot, then run application, let it do it one time thing (I need to run this application only once successfully) and then I root back in CWM again.
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dont think there is a temporary unroot method, going back to stock was the true method to unrooting, which app were u trying to install.
u can trying going back to stock, installing app, let it do its thing, backup with tibu or some other backup, reroot and then restore backup of app.....maybe wont work as restoring a backup is actually reinstalling the app
edit: try this i havent so try at ur own risk http://www.thespicygadgematics.com/2012/06/how-to-easily-unroot-any-android-phone.html it seems easy enough, i didnt think it was possible but it seems to b
artisticcheese said:
Hello,
I need to unroot by ICS ROM temporarily so I can install and run certain application, how do I do that with minimum amount of work?
Thanks,
G
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Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
cschmitt said:
Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
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thats deleting the app the rooted the phone, but does it actually undo the rooting process, the system files the app changed to make it rooted r still there, the way to check is if u do delete su app, c if root explorer can can mount ur system folder to r/w, or op can c if it the app does install after deleting su.
actually u need su to grant su, so that might not b a good test
cschmitt said:
Using root explorer or ES File Explorer, mount system as r/w, delete /system/app/Superuser.apk, /system/bin/su or /system/xbin/su (it will be in one of those two places), and then reboot. done.
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How do I root back after that though?
vincom said:
thats deleting the app the rooted the phone, but does it actually undo the rooting process, the system files the app changed to make it rooted r still there, the way to check is if u do delete su app, c if root explorer can can mount ur system folder to r/w, or op can c if it the app does install after deleting su.
actually u need su to grant su, so that might not b a good test
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The superuser cwm zip installs su and superuser.apk, that's it. There are no other modified apps.
You can remove busy box also if you like, but it's not much use without su.
artisticcheese said:
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How do I root back after that though?
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Flash superuser zip in cwm.
cschmitt said:
The superuser cwm zip installs su and superuser.apk, that's it. There are no other modified apps.
You can remove busy box also if you like, but it's not much use without su.
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kool. i learn something everyday
There is cool app in Playstore (free) which allows rooting/unrooting with no reboots and other complicated steps
FYI
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...51bGwsMSwxLDMsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5zdXBlcnN1Il0
Voodoo OTA can do a temp unroot as well. The Flixter app will not allow you to stream movis on a rooted phone. I used Voodoo to temp unroot then went back into Flixter and it started to play the movie.
I use an app called Temp root remover
It allows you to temporarly unroot and reroot in a matter of seconds
I was originally rooted by using invisiblek's original "stock" root, which contained some Sprint stuff, so I opted to do a clean start from a stock Verizon rom, but to save time I rooted using the adb script method from GS3DebugFSRoot http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342 instead of Root66, which requires a 1.5 GB image download then must be flashed through Odin.
I did this to avoid some of the strange app behaviors from the rooted "Sprint" rom, but after rooting through adb with an automated script, some root apps don't function properly, even though they're getting root permission.
After doing some research and restoring my sprint NAND backup several times to compare, the main things I noticed are:
1. After rooting through adb, the Superuser.apk app is installed in /data/app (which is a user app location) as opposed to /system/app in the case of the flashable root method.
2. Superuser.apk is called com.noshufou.android.su-1.apk instead
3. Superuser.apk from a flashed rom has these permissions (seen using root-expl)
rwsr-sr-x, but the adb method file xxxxxx.su-1.apk has these permissions rwxrwxr-x
4. The owner of the file is "root" when flashed through Odin, but "system" when rooted with adb.
Otherwise, the su binary itself is ok, it is a newer version and larger in size compared to the flashed versions, but it has the right permissions and is located correctly in /system/xbin.
I tried deleting the xxxxx.su-1.apk in /data/app and copying Superuser.apk to /system/app, to make it a system app, reset permissions and "owner" and "group" to root, but lost root after rebooting, so had to start back from my NAND backup again.
Does anyone know how to make Superuser a system app in the /system/app folder without losing root?
Also, I'm not sure this is the cause, but Titanium Backup has a hard time detecting root every time I start it, and has to be restarted multiple times, which wasn't a problem when flashed root w/ Odin, and most importantly, DroidWall is not blocking ANYTHING, whether it's in whitelist or blacklist mode, which it did when I used Odin to flash a rooted rom. I've tried everything, bu to no availe, can a dev that might have an idea what is going on here, help me with this and point me in the right direction to look for what to fix to get DroidWall to work, and if that is causing these issues, to get Superuser installed in the right folder?
Thank you
Nvm, I can't seem to find it again, I know I saw it somewhere though. If this was the OG Droid or Droid 2 I could tell you how to adb push no problem, but it's my first Samsung device. I don't know if anything is different, and I don't wanna be responsible for a brick :S
II have a rooted Fierce 2.
I ended up removing some system apps that caused my phone to not function properly. I got frustrated and in my stupidity i copied some of my /System files from a backup to my /system on my phone with Root Browser.
Well that cooked my phone. It wont boot now. Only boots to Alcatel screen or to Recovery.
I can still acquire ADB Connection and run usual ADB Commands.
I cannot Start ADB Shell.
I can download Update.ZIP using ADB Sideload.
Immediately after i Rooted with Kingroot
I switched to SUPERSU. Using KingUser to Supersu scripts i found in another thread.
This worked great and i also moved SUPERSU to a system app with System App Mover. I rebooted into recovery a few times and did system restore to put back stock rom. It kept ROOT every time.
Fortunately I made a CWM backup using online NANDROID Backup.
I also made a Update.Zip using Kitchen.
But cant load it with recovery cause signature fails.
Someone Please find a Phone thats not updated yet.
Download the OTA Update and dont install it.
Copy it and upload so we can load to fix our phones.
Dose anyone know somewhere to get a copy of the OTA update.zip
Stock rom
I have the stock rom of this device but can´t publish the link because i´m a new user