This may seem like a basic question to you guys.
I work in an industry where our emails our monitored.
We now have the ability to get emails on android phones instead of only being able to use blackberry.
The email is transmitted securely by an app called GOOD.
GOOD will not work on rooted phones.
Can I root & remove bloatware & then unroot ? Or does it all come back?
I assume the phone has to be rooted to run a custom ROM?
Apologies if these are basic questions
Check out this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
The steps to follow would be to:
1) Install clockworkmod recovery using the one-click recovery flasher that tga gunmann has posted in the development section.
2) Download the 2 zips that jboxer posted in the thread I linked to above and save them to the sdcard on your phone
3) Using clockworkmod recovery flash the root zip and then reboot into Android.
4) Use Root Explorer or some other file explorer with root access and get rid of whatever bloatware you don't want.
5) Reboot into clockworkmod recovery and flash the unroot zip.
6) Reboot phone
That will allow you root access to make any system changes and then unroot the phone to remove su privileges.
Yes u can root and remove bloat with titanium back up then unroot and then the bloat will still be gone. Also I believe u can unroot certain roms. Not sure
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NP. Keep us updated? Everything work?
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I am about to get good next week hopefully , will post back.
I wonder why it wouldn't work on rooted phone's though?
It detects the presence of the su binary among other things and refuses to run.
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I wonder why it wouldn't work on rooted phone's though?
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ok so i know this has been beaten to death but iv tried reading all kinds of different posts and am getting confused trying to piece everything together.
so thanks in advance for any help/answers
1. what does rooting do? i know it gives you 'superuser' access but what does that really mean? what can i do with that access?
2. i've already done the latest verizon OTA update and i cant find z4root in the market. how do i install or run the app from my computer?
3. is the only custom rom for d2g right now the fission rom?
4. what is all this stuff about titanium backup and clockwork? what do they do and are they necessary to flash a custom rom? (dont worry, ill wait for the SBF)
thanks again
1. Rooting allows you to do changes to the system that you otherwise aren't allowed to do, some apps, such as titanium backup and setcpu require you to have root.
2. Z4root isn't in the market anymore, you need to download it from a browser on your phone and install it manually, make sure to check unknown sources in settings>applications
3. Yes
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4. Titanium backup can be used to backup your apps, so if you install a new rom, you don't have to go and download them all from the market again. The recovery is so you can install other roms and other goodness.
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Hey everyone. Just got the Samsung Nexus S... and I've got a question.
I've read on these forums that the OTA makes it so you have to flash CWM recovery everytime you want to reboot into recovery to flash a ROM and that it's more difficult to root.
Should I flash the OTA then root or root prior to OTA?
Thanks in advance.
m00n
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You should get the OTA before you root and it is very easy to make the root stick. I did it with root explorer but I heard you can do it without it.
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You should get the OTA before you root and it is very easy to make the root stick. I did it with root explorer but I heard you can do it without it.
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Which method did you use to root. And how did you manage to use root explore to get root access when root explorer needs root access first in order to operate? Thanks for your response.
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No after you root you can use root explorer to make the recovery stick and there are like 5 guides on how to root on every OS in the android development sub-section. (They are stickied)
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Which method did you use to root. And how did you manage to use root explore to get root access when root explorer needs root access first in order to operate? Thanks for your response.
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Thanks again for your response and for the clarification about using root explorer. I have read the stickies regarding rooting the phone, and because there are a few, I was wondering which method you used. I've read that superboot is the easiest and that you can rename a particular system file so the recovery sticks. Thanks again for your response.
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Thanks again for your response and for the clarification about using root explorer. I have read the stickies regarding rooting the phone, and because there are a few, I was wondering which method you used. I've read that superboot is the easiest and that you can rename a particular system file so the recovery sticks. Thanks again for your response.
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Get the OTA.
Apply it.
Boot up to make sure everything is ok. Then boot to bootloader
fastboot oem unlock, confirm it, wipes everything including your internal sd.
flash clockwork mod recovery.
go to clockwork mod recovery from bootloader menu.
mount "internal sd" copy the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip you downloaded (from the guide) to your internal sd.
unmount internal sd.
mount /system
flash the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip file.
reboot phone as normal.
login to your gmail account. go to market, download a rooted app like titanium backup free version, and also download rom manager, and buy/get root explorer.
install all those make sure super user is granted and works.
use root explorer to rename/delete the file in: /etc/recovery.sh file or whatever it's actually called.
go to rom manager, and flash the latest clockworkmod recovery (3.0.0.5)
turn off phone and boot to recovery and make sure it's clockwork mod 3.0.0.5, if it is, you're set.
Very helpful post, nxt. Thank you very much.
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Get the OTA.
Apply it.
Boot up to make sure everything is ok. Then boot to bootloader
fastboot oem unlock, confirm it, wipes everything including your internal sd.
flash clockwork mod recovery.
go to clockwork mod recovery from bootloader menu.
mount "internal sd" copy the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip you downloaded (from the guide) to your internal sd.
unmount internal sd.
mount /system
flash the su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip file.
reboot phone as normal.
login to your gmail account. go to market, download a rooted app like titanium backup free version, and also download rom manager, and buy/get root explorer.
install all those make sure super user is granted and works.
use root explorer to rename/delete the file in: /etc/recovery.sh file or whatever it's actually called.
go to rom manager, and flash the latest clockworkmod recovery (3.0.0.5)
turn off phone and boot to recovery and make sure it's clockwork mod 3.0.0.5, if it is, you're set.
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Don't you need the android sdk?
tominater12 said:
Don't you need the android sdk?
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Yes, you need to have the Android SDK properly installed and you're able to do a 'fastboot devices' command properly and your Serial number comes up.
Do I need to do something else? I used Alpha what ever its called, all wen't fine, S-OFF but tried Titanium back up and am told it needs root access, tried screenshot and it wont work?
Tried the process again but it won't let me, says I already have S-OFF
You need to root the phone first using Gingerbreak.
You need to use ginger break http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
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You need to use ginger break http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
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It all seems very complicated
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It all seems very complicated
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Not at all mate. Just download the gingerbreak .apk file to your sd card, open it & it will install gingerbreak on your phone. Then once this is done go to the gingerbreak app and run it. It will root phone but you will need to do a manual reboot afterwards. Don't worry if it says something along the lines of things went wrong, just go ahead and reboot.
Peace
All you do is download and install it then click root in the app then reboot the device you should get an error before you do a reboot then you should see super user then go to rom manager cwm
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S-OFF allows you to obtain root access. In Linux terminology, root is a user with total permission over the machine. In terms of Android, all you need to know is that it's the Superuser app and a binary (executable file) called su, that needs to be installed in the /system partition. S-ON disallows you from touching the /system partition. So even though you turned off security, you didn't actually install su and Superuser.
FYI: Su is not an application, it's a command.
All done now. Thanks for your help.
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Rooted flashed rebelrom all is fine but still cannot access root in ANY file Brower , I've install supersu, updated, uninstall and installed again still can't get root access.
Had this problem with all roms I've used.
I need root acess!
Despite being first post I'm not a noob
Use other forums just this its the best place to be.
Any help would be appreciated.
Try re flashing supersu or superuser zip in cwm.
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is it just file browser or other apps too? have you tested with titanium? whose method did you use to obtain root?
Updated SU, on the thrid go root access fully granted!!
Thanks for help, i ended up flashing from zip
Crazy stuff like this will happen when flashing roms. For the most part making sure you update the su binary before using root apps helps btw
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My wifes S3 is rooted but, stock and removed some bloat. She tried to do the OTA update and it downloaded but, failed of course. I have changed the OTA cert file name so it shouldnt allow OTA updates any longer. But, now it seems nightly it reboots into CWM to install the OTA update. What do I need to do to get that to stop?
This was the tips that someone gave me.
1. Use Titanium Backup to delete/uninstall SDM
2. Using a file explorer (e.g., Root Explorer), go to system/etc/security and change "Otacert.zip" to "Otacerts.zip.bak"
3. Using a file explorer, go to cache/fota and delete the file in there
Samsung.Galaxy.S3 said:
This was the tips that someone gave me.
1. Use Titanium Backup to delete/uninstall SDM
2. Using a file explorer (e.g., Root Explorer), go to system/etc/security and change "Otacert.zip" to "Otacerts.zip.bak"
3. Using a file explorer, go to cache/fota and delete the file in there
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I had step 2 done but, will do 1 & 3 thanks!
For me the easiest was step one haven't had another update message since
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but the OTA won't install because of cwm. The OTA does not know how to use it and causes it to fail.
If you want use Odin and flash the stock recovery and it will install just fine. Otherwise just freeze the app causing the update to download. I forgot the apps name at the moment but a simple search will reveal it name.
As for the update it self, its prolly just an updated modem. You can download thos in the development section and flash them in cwm.
Hope this helps out.
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