Spontaneous loss of root privileges on CM 7.1 - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I'm running CM 7.1 stable with Matr1x 8.0 cfs and I went to turn on my tethering yesterday and I got a toast notification saying I was unable to start tethering due to an inability to gain root access. As of a few minutes ago, I am unable to gain root access with titanium backup, wireless tether, or the terminal emulator.
Has anyone ever seen something like this, or know what may be wrong?
Thanks in advance
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In rom manager u can download the lates super user zip and flag it and you'll have root back.
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Esteway.619 said:
In rom manager u can download the lates super user zip and flag it and you'll have root back.
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Superuser update fails without root access.
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Launch su from the app drawer and see what happens.

albundy2010 said:
Launch su from the app drawer and see what happens.
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I tried updating from within SU and the prompt showed up, I accepted, and I got a toast saying that Superuser had been granted SU permissions. Then the update failed from lack of root privileges. Titanium Backup and the terminal are still not able to gain access

kdepro said:
I tried updating from within SU and the prompt showed up, I accepted, and I got a toast saying that Superuser had been granted SU permissions. Then the update failed from lack of root privileges. Titanium Backup and the terminal are still not able to gain access
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in the phones main settings, applications, manage apps, superuser.. try clearing data and start it up again.

simms22 said:
in the phones main settings, applications, manage apps, superuser.. try clearing data and start it up again.
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I already tried that. No dice.

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Anyone know how to know if charge is rooted

I downloaded terminal from market and ran su and said permission denied? any ideas?
I ran odin and rooted altered beast rom as well
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Do you have the Superuser app installed? The su binary requires this to work properly.
imnuts said:
Do you have the Superuser app installed? The su binary requires this to work properly.
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when i read this i realized it wasnt but even after i installed it it still gave me the same problem on terminal, idk if it the actual rom that i installed or what?
first of all, did you root your phone? by any method? if you did, download titanium backup from the market, and when you open it, it will tell you that you dont have root access, press the problems? button, and it will prompt you with a box that has the option to get busybox, just press that button and most of the times this will fix this root permission issue

lost root in tweak

Hey guys.
I lost root access after flashing tweakmod coming from Gummy.
Root check seems to think I have it, SU apk is there, I just can't grant access. I tried updating busybox with no luck and SU didn't have an update.
lil help?
Try setting settings (lol) in the su app to "always allow" and see what happens.
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rudeguy said:
Hey guys.
I lost root access after flashing tweakmod coming from Gummy.
Root check seems to think I have it, SU apk is there, I just can't grant access. I tried updating busybox with no luck and SU didn't have an update.
lil help?
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This has been an issue mentioned a number of times across a number of threads - the best solution seems to have been to go to androidsu.com, download the superuser zip, and flash it.
Also, I would force the binary to update in the superuser app.
Go to Prefrences>Binary then update, and it will tell you that your binary is current, but update it anyways.

Rooted Samsung galaxy not letting apps recieve root?

So it wont let any applications recieve root idk why ik i have root because busybox is installed and super user along with the cwm recovery and when i use the terminal emulator it has no problem with the su command but es explorer wont receive root nor will some other apps any ideas?
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Which method did u use to root?
Are u running the latest su/su binary?
Do u get any type of error messages?
What else have u tried to make it work?
Clearing the su app data? Maybe uninstalling and reinstalling the su app?
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likenota said:
So it wont let any applications recieve root idk why ik i have root because busybox is installed and super user along with the cwm recovery and when i use the terminal emulator it has no problem with the su command but es explorer wont receive root nor will some other apps any ideas?
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I've had the same issue for quit sometime now. Running the current binary it eventually will prompt for access but it usually takes about 4 -5 restarts of the app or even a reboot. I have not taken the time to resolve the issue, I've just lived with it.
I had this same problem with sixaxis controller not being granted root. I loaded the superuser app first then loaded sixaxis, doing this worked for me. The root access request popped up and has been working fine since.
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try download supersu from market by chainfire and see if the problem is solved...

Keep seeing "shell has been granted superuser permissions"

Why do I keep getting this message???
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I started getting this a bunch earlier today. Phone was incredibly sluggish when this was happening. It took multiple reboots before it stopped and phone started acting like normal
I'm getting the same message quite often running SynergyROM 1.6. Not sure what's causing it.
lswon said:
I'm getting the same message quite often running SynergyROM 1.6. Not sure what's causing it.
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Make a logcat.
I'm on nosympathy VRALG1 rom and I see that message on occasion as well.
jasondhsd said:
I'm on nosympathy VRALG1 rom and I see that message on occasion as well.
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My GF is on stock (but rooted) and will once in a while get that too... I never do though on Synergy, unless of course I'm trying to access something that needs root.
It has something to do with the superuser binary 3.1.1
Keep superuser installed, download SuperSU from the play store and upon opening it youll get a prompt to update the binary. Do that, uninstall superuser and no more popups, just use supersu instead of superuser from now on.
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Installed supersu, I'll see how she responds today. Hopefully the messages will stop!!!
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ekklesiaillusion said:
It has something to do with the superuser binary 3.1.1
Keep superuser installed, download SuperSU from the play store and upon opening it youll get a prompt to update the binary. Do that, uninstall superuser and no more popups, just use supersu instead of superuser from now on.
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Before I do something foolish, when u say remove super user u mean like use TB and un install completely. I went to the play story to un install but don't have the option
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r1_2fast4u said:
Before I do something foolish, when u say remove super user u mean like use TB and un install completely. I went to the play story to un install but don't have the option
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He does mean literally uninstall superuser. SuperSU and Superuser are both apps used to manage root, they function just about the same. Before you go through the hassle, try updating the binary on Superuser. Open the app, flick to the right to info, click on the third option 'su binary'. The click update on the bottom. I
Or if you just want the messages gone, simply turn off notifications.
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Do not un-install until after you install supersu. Run that first to give it permissions and to allow it to update. After that you can go into root explorer and delete superuser from the system/apps folder.
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Im getting also on a rooted galaxy note but ive not flashed a rom or anything. Just rooted last night but mine seems to hang and then i get the msg. Should i try the same thing that was sugessted? Its kinda annoying
Don't worry about uninstalling Superuser. It's not the actual su binary in linux, it's just a management utility for storing root permissions. You'll keep your root.
NedDasty said:
Don't worry about uninstalling Superuser. It's not the actual su binary in linux, it's just a management utility for storing root permissions. You'll keep your root.
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This. But you can't keep them both, otherwise they *may* conflict.
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Ive installer superSU and updated bianary and still getting this error. Its keeping me from using my keyboard and fcing applications left and right! Its so annoying.
I've also had this issue, and though it seems to have gotten better after a reboot... We'll see if it comes back. I had the same problems with keyboard not appearing and TW FCing along with the phone freezing up. I'm currently on stock rooted using the windows fsdebug app.
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thanks! I was wondering why this was poping up also.
shell granted su - result of Bug Report
See this thread HERE
-JR-
I had disabled root for apps on my phone..
looking everywhere for a resolution
Vorfidus said:
He does mean literally uninstall superuser. SuperSU and Superuser are both apps used to manage root, they function just about the same. Before you go through the hassle, try updating the binary on Superuser. Open the app, flick to the right to info, click on the third option 'su binary'. The click update on the bottom. I
Or if you just want the messages gone, simply turn off notifications.
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Hello,
I've been looking everywhere, and for some time to find a resolution to this issue that I could understand. I have a Samsung Galexy S3 that I've rooted. It has no changes, I only got it to use GameGuardian. While in games, the toast will pop up 3-6 times and then the game will shut down and I'll be back at my menu page. If I reopen the game it works normally. This happens whether or not GameGuardian is running. I am using superuser and have updated the binary. I have also found a post where someone changed to SuperSU and that has not solved the problem for them, but I have not tried this for myself. I'm looking for suggestions on what to do next. Also, I'm not very savvy, so please don't assume I know all the in-between steps. Leave anything out on the assumption that I should know it, and I'm going to get lost.
Thanks much

Apps not getting root access

So I'm trying to remove bloat ware from my tab using "titanium backup" but its not getting root access.
So I rerooted my tab with success and rebooted to attempt TB. No luck I read to download "busy box" but got root access denied.
Es file viewer does have permission from super user but that's the only application.
And I set super user to accept all requests but it did nothing.
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theman88 said:
So I'm trying to remove bloat ware from my tab using "titanium backup" but its not getting root access.
So I rerooted my tab with success and rebooted to attempt TB. No luck I read to download "busy box" but got root access denied.
Es file viewer does have permission from super user but that's the only application.
And I set super user to accept all requests but it did nothing.
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Mine was not working when setting on "accept all requests".
It works only when I have to manually accept on first time.
Update your superuser and reboot, that's what fixed it for me.
i had the same problem with my galaxy nexus after updating from 4.0.1 to 4.0.3 ICS. i had voodoo root keeper, but all the apps were not able to get root as superuser didn't do anything.
updating superuser didn't solve the problem either but using the latest su binary. the su binary update through superuser itself failed (it couldn't get root, haha), hence i downloaded the latest su binary (3.1.3) manually from here http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and copied it over the old su binary (through a terminal app or adb, where root access still worked).
Normally reboot and opening/running the app works. You may try SuperSU alternatively.
For what ever reason rebooting and then switching Super user to promt fixed it. thanks to all for your more than awesome replies!:victory:

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