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Why don't i have root?

I followed everything in this guide except for the unlock steps because i was already unlocked.......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170760......... but after i reboot & download a app requiring root access it gives me a error..requires root access message...and i never got an error during my entire rooting process..what should i do?

Arun01 said:
I followed everything in this guide except for the unlock steps because i was already unlocked.......http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1170760......... but after i reboot & download a app requiring root access it gives me a error..requires root access message...and i never got an error during my entire rooting process..what should i do?
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Are you rooted stock or did you flash a Rom? You could have root if you flash The Hammerhead Rom. Otherwise you must make sure you have Superuser and proper su binaries as well as the proper busybox version installed.
There's a free app called Root Check that can tell you if you have those files installed and if not, you can dl them.

I had rooted my xoom at 1st using the 1 click method which soft bricked.So I had to unlock it thru fastboot & I reflashed my xoom with the original image it came with then after rebooting I got the notifications of upgrades & I downloaded them & it brought me back to 3.2 then I followed the guide I posted above.Of course I skipped the unlock process because I left my xoom unlocked when I flashed the original stock image to it.Should I redo the root & just follow all of the steps.Maybe do a factory reset & start over?
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Arun01 said:
I had rooted my xoom at 1st using the 1 click method which soft bricked.So I had to unlock it thru fastboot & I reflashed my xoom with the original image it came with then after rebooting I got the notifications of upgrades & I downloaded them & it brought me back to 3.2 then I followed the guide I posted above.Of course I skipped the unlock process because I left my xoom unlocked when I flashed the original stock image to it.Should I redo the root & just follow all of the steps.Maybe do a factory reset & start over?
Sent from my Xoom using XDA App
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That is a good guide, and if you follow the steps again that should ensure that you have the files you need. You don't have to wipe anything, because according to what you are saying, you booted correctly into HC3.2 but the only issue is that you are missing one or all of Superuser, su binaries, and/or busybox. Or you could just flash the Hammerhead Rom which will give you the correct files. Have you flashed the CWM recovery v3.2.0.0 R4c? If you have that installed, you can flash Hammerhead Rom. You will need a micro sdcard in your Xoom, for that. (Don't ever try to flash the Rom zip file thru ADB, though...or you will be in big trouble.)

If the superuser icon is in your app tray launch it once. If not you messed up. That quide is spot on as mentioned.

All i have in my Superuser & binary .rar is a su file & a superuser apk.
Did i get i bad download on that because i no binary? And also i never knew i had to have busybox on my computer too for the root.It didn't say it in that guide but where do i get the proper version of that?

Not talking on your computer. Is superuser icon in your system tray on the xoom?

Yea i downloaded it from the market

I just put clockwork on my xoom too..
Update:i got rooted & just installed Hammerhead on it !!!! Thanks buddies !!

You don't download it from the market....
If you followed the guide properly you would already have superuser in your app drawer as a system app....

yep it's in there now..thank you for chiming in albundy2010...you're quite the character

Arun01 said:
I just put clockwork on my xoom too..
Update:i got rooted & just installed Hammerhead on it !!!! Thanks buddies !!
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Whew! Well, you finally did it! Take this opportunity to do a backup of your new system with CWM in the recovery menu so that if you get things messed up you can boot into recovery and restore from your backup.
Since you are adventurous and persistent, do yourself a favor and really learn some of the tricks people have posted about how to recover from soft bricks and things not to do. You will have more fun with your Xoom if you feel confidence about being able to recover from problems.

Backup Help

I need help. I was following the instructions on how to root my phone. I got it S-Off and then manually installed CWM. I was going to install superuser but the instructions said to backup the device. So I did that. But while backingup it stopped and said there was an error. I don't wanna go and try to do the superuser step incase something happens. What can I do to fix this. Should I just try and install superuser? Is there a way to backup my phone before and after root? Can somebody help me. Thanks.
BTW I looked through tons of pages on the instructions thread but couldn't find anybody with this problem.

coldz3ro said:
I need help. I was following the instructions on how to root my phone. I got it S-Off and then manually installed CWM. I was going to install superuser but the instructions said to backup the device. So I did that. But while backingup it stopped and said there was an error. I don't wanna go and try to do the superuser step incase something happens. What can I do to fix this. Should I just try and install superuser? Is there a way to backup my phone before and after root? Can somebody help me. Thanks.
BTW I looked through tons of pages on the instructions thread but couldn't find anybody with this problem.
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Did you S-off using Revolutionary or the Official HTC method?

coldz3ro said:
I need help. I was following the instructions on how to root my phone. I got it S-Off and then manually installed CWM. I was going to install superuser but the instructions said to backup the device. So I did that. But while backingup it stopped and said there was an error. I don't wanna go and try to do the superuser step incase something happens. What can I do to fix this. Should I just try and install superuser? Is there a way to backup my phone before and after root? Can somebody help me. Thanks.
BTW I looked through tons of pages on the instructions thread but couldn't find anybody with this problem.
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1.) what method of backup are you talking about?
Through CWM recovery?
Or a backup tool like Titanium Backup?
2.) If CWM - enough space on the SD card left??
- mwie -

I got it to work now. It needed more space on the SD Card. I deleted everything it still didn't work. But when I tried it again it worked. Thanks guys.

Help with unroot and removing CMW recovery

Can someone please help me in the process of unrooting and removing cmw recovery mod. I know from previous experience i can remove root, using supersu and click full unroot. Problem i am mainly having is what do I do to remove the CMW recovery mod. I have downloaded the factory image of the shield tablet, i just dont know how to go about it. Im very tech savy but im fairly new to android rooting.

S197Mike said:
Can someone please help me in the process of unrooting and removing cmw recovery mod. I know from previous experience i can remove root, using supersu and click full unroot. Problem i am mainly having is what do I do to remove the CMW recovery mod. I have downloaded the factory image of the shield tablet, i just dont know how to go about it. Im very tech savy but im fairly new to android rooting.
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Extract all files from Nvidia's "recovery" file. Then copy the stock recovery.img. Fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Stock recovery.img attached. Fastboot flash.

How did you unroot?
I know that some Samsung devices, like the Note 8, require a full Odin of the stock ROM as unroot with SuperUser won't do anything.

lanwarrior said:
How did you unroot?
I know that some Samsung devices, like the Note 8, require a full Odin of the stock ROM as unroot with SuperUser won't do anything.
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SuperSU has a full unroot option. Works on Shield tab.

cam30era said:
SuperSU has a full unroot option. Works on Shield tab.
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Thanks for the confirmation.
FYI, when I had my Note 8.0, doing the full unroot via SuperSU did not remove all the necessary file. Update no longer received, so I had to Odin the stock ROM.

lanwarrior said:
Thanks for the confirmation.
FYI, when I had my Note 8.0, doing the full unroot via SuperSU did not remove all the necessary file. Update no longer received, so I had to Odin the stock ROM.
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FWIW: I flashed the stock recovery, then used SuperSU "unroot", and was able to successfully install the 1.1 OTA. I can't confirm that SuperSu unroot removes every trace of root, but it's good enough to accept OTA updates.

cam30era said:
FWIW: I flashed the stock recovery, then used SuperSU "unroot", and was able to successfully install the 1.1 OTA. I can't confirm that SuperSu unroot removes every trace of root, but it's good enough to accept OTA updates.
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Thanks that is really good to know!

I just did a reset on my phone, install SuperSU, encrypt the tablet, reboot and checked if root is still there (it is).
Now I am trying to unroot by selecting "Full Unroot" in SuperSU, but I got stuck in the "Uninstalling, please wait..." message.
Is this normal?
EDIT: I had to uninstall SuperSU, reinstall from Google Play, update the binary, reboot and then the Full Unroot works. I think it does, because I use "root checker" and it said no root.

6.0.1 ota with stock rooted 6.0

My v10 downloaded an OTA , which im assuming is 6.0
1. Im rooted on stock 6.0 and unlocked boot loader. Will the OTA work without messing up anything ? Ill have to root again im sure, just want some info before i pull the trigger.

I don't think the update will even proceed being that you're on a rooted ROM. I have that notification too, and i just don't know how to turn it off.

I to am rooted,unlockboot and stock rom. I don't feel like taking a chance. So I used titanium backup to freeze the software update and in the drop down notification if you press it, it's a notification from Google play services if you block it in apps it will disappear from your drop down. I also deleted the update zip in the cache folder.I used es file explorer ,device/cache/update

popwar said:
My v10 downloaded an OTA , which im assuming is 6.0
1. Im rooted on stock 6.0 and unlocked boot loader. Will the OTA work without messing up anything ? Ill have to root again im sure, just want some info before i pull the trigger.
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Okay, I'm assuming you are on H90120e (system version). There is a root exploit for the H90120j update. You just do the following:
Make a backup of your apps and settings
Flash your phone to the new update (H90120j)?
Take a look at either one of these threads to root your device again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/step-step-guide-rooting-lg-v10-using-t3382631
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/root-android-6-0-h901-t3382819

You can't flash the phone that is already rooted and has TWRP.
I am in this same situation. On stock rom with root and twrp. I want to update to the new update, but do not want to loose all my apps, settings, etc.
Question is, how to do the initial update before having to re-root again?
How do we flash the phone with the new update?

bhagiratha said:
You can't flash the phone that is already rooted and has TWRP.
I am in this same situation. On stock rom with root and twrp. I want to update to the new update, but do not want to loose all my apps, settings, etc.
Question is, how to do the initial update before having to re-root again?
How do we flash the phone with the new update?
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Why can't you flash the phone that is already rooted and has TWRP?
All you are doing is opening the LGUP tool and flashing the new H90120j .kdz file using the "refurbish" option then flashing the H90120j .tot file that has TWRP using the "update" option which will flash the phone regardless of what is running on your phone. The guides on the first link explain that. I believe your concern is keeping all of your settings and apps. Look up Titanium backup, it works for me.

Thank you. I only flash the LGH901AT-01-V20j-310-260-JUL-12-2016-ARB02+0ROOTTWRP tot file and all is good.
Well except that I lost Dolby audio.
I will look for a fix.

jun19inf said:
Okay, I'm assuming you are on H90120e (system version). There is a root exploit for the H90120j update. You just do the following:
Make a backup of your apps and settings
Flash your phone to the new update (H90120j)?
Take a look at either one of these threads to root your device again:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/step-step-guide-rooting-lg-v10-using-t3382631
OR
http://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/root-android-6-0-h901-t3382819
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Hi,
Do I have to use LGUP to install the update or can I click install on the dropdown of my phone?
I'm on stock MM 6.0 (H90120e) Rooted and I will not have access to my main PC for another week as I'm traveling.
Thanks,
-NJ

Anyone?

bhagiratha said:
You can't flash the phone that is already rooted and has TWRP.
I am in this same situation. On stock rom with root and twrp. I want to update to the new update, but do not want to loose all my apps, settings, etc.
Question is, how to do the initial update before having to re-root again?
How do we flash the phone with the new update?
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There's a guide in general that tells how to do all this. In fact jun19inf WROTE it.
In a nutshell, do a twrp backup.
Upgrade to 20j by flashing the stock 20j kbz.
Enable usb debugging and oem unlock
flash tot that has twrp in it.
Now you can go into twrp and 1) root via supersu 2) restore ONLY data from your twrp backup taken previously to get your apps etc back. Alternatively Titanium Backup will also do just fine.

njdevils28 said:
Hi,
Do I have to use LGUP to install the update or can I click install on the dropdown of my phone?
I'm on stock MM 6.0 (H90120e) Rooted and I will not have access to my main PC for another week as I'm traveling.
Thanks,
-NJ
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If all is you have is root, you should be able to unroot in the SuperSU settings, and then let the update install. But if you have TWRP, then I can't see any way to do the update without using a PC to flash your phone back to stock ROM and recovery. Although you may check the dev. section to see if Eliminator has a flashable ROM to bring you up to date.
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app

YrrchSebor said:
If all is you have is root, you should be able to unroot in the SuperSU settings, and then let the update install. But if you have TWRP, then I can't see any way to do the update without using a PC to flash your phone back to stock ROM and recovery. Although you may check the dev. section to see if Eliminator has a flashable ROM to bring you up to date.
Sent from my LG-H901 using XDA-Developers mobile app
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Ah. Thank you very much!
-NJ

Hi all. I just got my factory warranty back and I attempted to root it. Everything went as it should, until just after the install finished. Instead of rebooting normally, it now will only reboot into TWRP. Once there, when I try to flash a custom ROM (in this case, Bliss, but I don't think it matters, I get an error message that says the zip file is corrupt. Then, while still in recovery, when I tried to wipe everything except the sd card, it says mkfs.fat process ended with error. I then powered down and attempted the factory reset. I scrolled down on both screens and it did not say anything about any errors, so I assumed it took. However, it reboots right back into TWRP recovery. It also boots right to TWRP recovery when I try to boot normally. Of course, adb does not recognize the phone in any mode that I can get into (fastboot/recovery/download), so, I can't use LG Bridge to reflash the original firmware. Does anybody have any ideas for a fix? I know that this replacement phone had 6.0 on it. I thought I did everything to a t? TIA...
OK, not sure how I got there, but when I attempt to reboot from TWRP it says No OS Installed! Are you sure you want to reboot? That at least says what the problem is. Does anybody know how to fix this?

Where can I download the update file?

wbexpress said:
Hi all. I just got my factory warranty back and I attempted to root it. Everything went as it should, until just after the install finished. Instead of rebooting normally, it now will only reboot into TWRP. Once there, when I try to flash a custom ROM (in this case, Bliss, but I don't think it matters, I get an error message that says the zip file is corrupt. Then, while still in recovery, when I tried to wipe everything except the sd card, it says mkfs.fat process ended with error. I then powered down and attempted the factory reset. I scrolled down on both screens and it did not say anything about any errors, so I assumed it took. However, it reboots right back into TWRP recovery. It also boots right to TWRP recovery when I try to boot normally. Of course, adb does not recognize the phone in any mode that I can get into (fastboot/recovery/download), so, I can't use LG Bridge to reflash the original firmware. Does anybody have any ideas for a fix? I know that this replacement phone had 6.0 on it. I thought I did everything to a t? TIA...
OK, not sure how I got there, but when I attempt to reboot from TWRP it says No OS Installed! Are you sure you want to reboot? That at least says what the problem is. Does anybody know how to fix this?
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Did you select refurbish or upgrade?
I believe you need to select upgrade when flashing or you get stuck in TWRP
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How to root V10 T-mobile M.M ver V20L
How to root V10 T-mobile M.M ver V20L
Can some one guide me on the following:
1. Can I flash back and downgrade to Software version V20J from V20L.
2. Is there any root method for V10 t-mobile MM ver V20L.

1. It is well explained in this forum, you CANNOT go back without facing a software brick.
2. You can root your phone through Dirty_Cow method or by flash Eliminater74 ROM (Part1 & Part2).
Again, search for that in this section and in development one...

jonsat said:
1. It is well explained in this forum, you CANNOT go back without facing a software brick.
2. You can root your phone through Dirty_Cow method or by flash Eliminater74 ROM (Part1 & Part2).
Again, search for that in this section and in development one...
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Thanks so much for your reply, I was about to flash it to downgrade my V10 from V20L to V20J i even downloaded the files for it Phew....
Okay, I have searched most of the rootings are V20J i have not found a method for rooting and twrp for V20L software update.
Please if u can share the link, that would be helpful...
thanks regards,

I wonder how people perform searches... by the way, few lines under this very thread, there is:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/root-20l-dirty-cow-t3498722

jonsat said:
I wonder how people perform searches... by the way, few lines under this very thread, there is:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-lg-v10/general/root-20l-dirty-cow-t3498722
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Awwhh GOD!!! big thanks for your help, u r truly an awesome person. Peace and blessing upon u.
regards,

Question regarding Google's policy

So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?

ImBadAtThis said:
So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?
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When you say it isn't rooted anymore, when you removed root, did you unroot correctly by opening SuperSU settings and choosing "cleanup for unroot and uninstall" or did you just uninstall SuperSU? If you just uninstalled SuperSU, it doesn't work that way, uninstalling the app only removes the app and leaves the su binaries. It's the su binaries that those apps are looking for and keeping you from installing.
Or did you unroot by flashing full stock firmware back on the device? This should have removed root completely.
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ImBadAtThis said:
So I wanted to download Netflix and realized I can't. I googled and I found out that devices that you can't install several apps on devices that have been rooted. y device doesn't have root anymore, but I, of course, still can't install Netflix because my device can't be trusted. What kind of dumb shi* is that?
Is there a way to bypass that?
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Just download the apk from a third party source (like apkmirror) and sideload it.

Droidriven said:
When you say it isn't rooted anymore, when you removed root, did you unroot correctly by opening SuperSU settings and choosing "cleanup for unroot and uninstall" or did you just uninstall SuperSU? If you just uninstalled SuperSU, it doesn't work that way, uninstalling the app only removes the app and leaves the su binaries. It's the su binaries that those apps are looking for and keeping you from installing.
Or did you unroot by flashing full stock firmware back on the device? This should have removed root completely.
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No, I don't know what exactly happened, and I updated my firmware. Root is gone, but everything still thinks that I do have root...

ImBadAtThis said:
No, I don't know what exactly happened, and I updated my firmware. Root is gone, but everything still thinks that I do have root...
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When you updated, did you use a PC and flashing software to update, or did you update via OTA? If you did an OTA update, we're you rooted at the time you started the OTA update?.
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Droidriven said:
When you updated, did you use a PC and flashing software to update, or did you update via OTA? If you did an OTA update, we're you rooted at the time you started the OTA update?.
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It was an OTA update, my device was rooted. Doesn't matter anymore, because I've got a virus (many of my files are encrypted and many apps are crashing upon opening.) and will have to delete everything from my phone.

ImBadAtThis said:
It was an OTA update, my device was rooted. Doesn't matter anymore, because I've got a virus (many of my files are encrypted and many apps are crashing upon opening.) and will have to delete everything from my phone.
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You'll have to reflash your full stock firmware via PC.
For future reference, in general, rooted devices and OTA updates don't get along very well.
It's best to have an unmodified system and stock recovery before taking an OTA update and then re-rooting after the update. Basically you need to be on full stock with no root before doing stock OTA update.
Updating via flashing with PC is the safest way to stock update a rooted device.
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Do I? Can't I just erase everything?

Droidriven said:
You'll have to reflash your full stock firmware via PC.
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Ok thanks, but the virus will get removed by erasing everything, right?

ImBadAtThis said:
Ok thanks, but the virus will get removed by erasing everything, right?
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When you flash the stock firmware it will format each partition before it flashes, there should be nothing left behind from before.
Factory resetting in recovery might wipe everything but if your virus got in the system partition then factory reset will not remove it because factory reset does not touch system partition, it only wipes user (/data) partition and user data.
If it got to system you'll need root to delete it or you can reflash stock firnware.
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