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Terminal su permissions?

How do I get Terminal Emulator root access?

You have to have the superuser apk. When you type su into the terminal a window will popup and you just have to accept the root access.

evilkorn said:
You have to have the superuser apk. When you type su into the terminal a window will popup and you just have to accept the root access.
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okay, I have superuser.apk and it's working because i am overclocking at 652MHz, but when I type su into terminal is says permission denied and no window pops up.

bchsun said:
okay, I have superuser.apk and it's working because i am overclocking at 652MHz, but when I type su into terminal is says permission denied and no window pops up.
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do you have busybox in your rom?

not sure... i'm running CM 5.0.7ds

[Q] Verification of ROOT access on Nexus 1 froyo.

Does anyone know how to verify if phone is properly ROOTED? I typed in su then whoami on the phones Terminal Emulator and received the message Not Found. I was to receive root or whoami: unknown uid 0. everything appeared to go well when I ROOTed my Nexus 1. Perhaps I'm running the commands wrong?

Whoami works for me. It could be that you are not using a rom with busybox. If you type just su [enter] it should give you a # if you are rooted, instead of $.

I think your on to something! I do receive a # sign. But I do not have a custom ROM yet. Tomorrow I will be doing this. I will post my results. Thanks.

evilkorn said:
Whoami works for me. It could be that you are not using a rom with busybox. If you type just su [enter] it should give you a # if you are rooted, instead of $.
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Evilkorn,
Your right....I had to download a Custom ROM to make Terminal emulator work. Command WHOAMI now works and Busybox shows up in my file manager! Thanks!

Rooting the emulator

Does someone knows how to allow the root access on android emulator?
I have root while connecting via adb, but I want to debug my application's features which require the root access.
When I type "su" in the ConnectBot terminal application I got:
$ su
su: uid 10036 not allowed to su
I tried to execute from adb shell:
# chmod 4755 busybox
but the busybox did not become root neither.
Please help!

+1 Funny.. was going to ask the same question today!

stanglx said:
+1 Funny.. was going to ask the same question today!
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Good. If you find the answer, post it here please.

So, no answer to this?

I ended up by running Android-x86 on the Oracle's VirtualBox emulator. There is a stable Donut and even Froyo available for download. The image is rooted, but does not let me remount the system partition, though.

Can be closed now.

Just curious. I tried to root a Gingerbread emulator with the new Gingerbreak method, but that didn't work.
Typed by Z using the Gingerbread keyboard.

It's rooted by default. What do you want to do?

No it's not, try su-ing in a console.

GaiusM said:
No it's not, try su-ing in a console.
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Code:
$ adb devices
List of devices attached
emulator-5554 device
$ adb shell
# <-- '#' indicates that I'm root.
# umount /cache <-- only root can do that
# su <-- su works too
#
Do you use "adb shell" or some terminal emulator app?

yes the emulator is already rooted, but it cannot run root-required app, like root explorer.

aldee_s said:
yes the emulator is already rooted, but it cannot run root-required app, like root explorer.
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Ok, thread can be closed now.
Typed by Z using the Gingerbread keyboard.

Sending back to Tmobile, Unroot Q

I have rooted my G2X and since changing roms didn't do anything to help fix the rebooting issues I've decided to send it back for a different one. I just want to make sure that I won't have a problem once they get my phone. I followed the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14159600#post14159600 but for some reason when I click unroot it seems to get stuck at a certain point.
I did make a backup of the ROM that came with the phone, but i also tried a few custom ROMs as well as trying the LG updated ROM. Currently if I open Android Terminal Emulator and type 'su' it gives me a permission denied error. If I try the 'Root Checker" app under basic it will say the phone isn't rooted and busybox isn't installed but when I go under advanced half the time I click verify it'll say it's not rooted and other times it will say it is rooted... so it's confusing me. Advanced still shows busybox as not installed, so it's just root that changes between rooted and not rooted under advanced in root checker.
Root Checker Basic > "Sorry, you don't have root access. For detailed output, please use the advanced mode" - It will say that EVERY time I try.
Root Checker Advanced >
Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted.
Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - is not installed!
The application Superuser is recommended as it provides basic security and is available for free in the android market.
Standard su binary location:
/system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Standard su binary location:
/system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Alternate su binary location: /sbin/su: Permission denied
SU binary not found in the system declared PATH
Then if I hit Verify Root again it may show the above a few times, but eventually (sometimes 1 click after) it will show:
Congratulations! You have root access!
Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - is not installed!
The application Superuser is recommended as it provides basic security and is available for free in the Android Market
Standard su binary location:
/system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Standard su binary location:
/system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Alternate su binary location:
/sbin/su: Permission denied
Root user id:
Root not properly returning its user id
Root group id:
Root not properly returning its group id
So I guess I'm wondering why it's showing as not rooted EVERY time under basic, but showing rooted and unrooted under advanced. If terminal emulator is giving su a permission denied error instead of a # doesn't that mean it's not rooted? Sorry for the long post, but I can't take the chance of sending the phone back rooted. Also, when I used the LG Update it updated my baseband to July 15th which isn't the one that came with the phone or the one that was with the stock rom i'm using now... could that be an issue? If anyone can help me I'd really appreciate it, thanks!

Also, since when I used the LG update it updated my baseband is it possible to revert it back to the stock baseband that was on it when I purchased the phone?

since you already did the LG update it seems like with the new baseband- why not use the stock 2.3.3 rom found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1196019
i believe that after you flash this rom you will lose root- so you should be able to send back to tmobile with no prob- just make sure to flash back to stock recovery.

thanks for the reply, was actually in the process of doing that as you posted lol... thanks again, appreciate the help, at least now i know i'm going in the right direction ^_^

I installed 2.3.3, flashed back to stock recovery... terminal emulator still gives permission denied when i type 'su' and root checker still says not rooted for basic and switches between rooted and not rooted under advanced... is there a way to verify my phone isn't rooted besides root checker? I don't want to send back a rooted phone and the root checker is giving me mixed results under advanced so i don't know what to do at this point