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Hi. I believe I have unlocked my HBOOT, as it sais unlocked. And I have flashed the CWM as I now have super su installed.
I would like to root it and want to know what else i can do to it?
I have on android 4.0.3 1.27.0000
what else can i do? can someone help me please? thanks in advanced!

If you have SU installed your phone is rooted. CWM is a recovery, and doesn't have anything to do with SU other than you need root to get either one.
You are already rooted.
Just out of curiosity, why did you root your phone if you have no idea what it does? What are you trying to attain with root access?

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orangekid said:
If you have SU installed your phone is rooted. CWM is a recovery, and doesn't have anything to do with SU other than you need root to get either one.
You are already rooted.
Just out of curiosity, why did you root your phone if you have no idea what it does? What are you trying to attain with root access?
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Well yes it is on there, when i flashed the zip and rebooted, it was on there.
And well, a friend of mine had a s2 and he had the hacked sky go app, and tbh that sounded amazing.
That is what i wanted. The main reason really. But someone said about having s-off on it. But it is still on s-on.

avilegend said:
Well yes it is on there, when i flashed the zip and rebooted, it was on there.
And well, a friend of mine had a s2 and he had the hacked sky go app, and tbh that sounded amazing.
That is what i wanted. The main reason really. But someone said about having s-off on it. But it is still on s-on.
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I see, I'm not sure what the hacked sky go app does, does it enable you to watch Sky Channel wherever you are?
You can still be rooted with S-On, you just cannot perform certain low level functions.
You currently are rooted with CWM installed, so go ahead and install the APK you are looking to and grant it root permissions when asked, but be careful what you install.

orangekid said:
I see, I'm not sure what the hacked sky go app does, does it enable you to watch Sky Channel wherever you are?
You can still be rooted with S-On, you just cannot perform certain low level functions.
You currently are rooted with CWM installed, so go ahead and install the APK you are looking to and grant it root permissions when asked, but be careful what you install.
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Yeah I have tried to install the apk, but it wont come up on super su for permission. I try and open the sky go apk and it says sky has stopped working. When I click on the super su, only lucky patcher is on there. No other apps are on there. Do I have to install the full verson of super su?

avilegend said:
Yeah I have tried to install the apk, but it wont come up on super su for permission. I try and open the sky go apk and it says sky has stopped working. When I click on the super su, only lucky patcher is on there. No other apps are on there. Do I have to install the full verson of super su?
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you have to successfully open the app in order for it to ask for SU permission and then for you to allow it, the fact that it force closes means it's not even getting a chance to ask for SU before it FCs.
Either the apk is bad or conflicting with your system.
Boot into CWM and go to Advanced, Fix Permissions and reboot, see if you can open it now. Otherwise try to find another hacked APK and let's see if that works.

[Q] Partial Root? TF700T 4.2.1

I have the asus TF700T, It isn't unlocked. I rooted when I was in ics, then used root keeper when I went to 4.1.1. I updated to the new 4.2.1. before doing the ota update to 4.2.1, I temp unrooted using voodoo ota root keeper.
I lost blue tooth, which thanks to the members here I fixed the permissions, and now have blue tooth again. I think i only have partial root ? I have the superuser app in app drawer ( proper terminology?) Titanuim back up is working and my previous apps are still frozen. titanium says I have root. I also am able to use previous apps that require root, that were installed before updating to 4.2.1 Root explorer, and quick boot.
In Voodoo rootkeeper all the boxes are ticked, Superuser app installed, device rooted, root permissions granted, /system supports root protection, protected su copy available. However when I use root checker, or got root, it says I don't have root? A app I tried "have root, says found su binary, this binary program is used to gain root access, although it is not always usable by 3rd party applications, your device does not appear to have root. I noticed That I didn't see busy box, although titanium backup says it there? I believe that titanuim back up has it on version of busy box? I tried installing busy box with Jrummy busybox installer, it says I have root, however didn't install busy Box. I also tried to install busy box from the market, it said i was not properly rooted? Is this a permissions situation?
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. I need fairly layman terms. I can understand what I read but am not advanced as some others.
I was much more comfortable with my OG droid, those were the easy days. I also have a rooted droid 4 running JB 4.1.1 which means i suppose I'm not a complete noob, but not too much better. Thanks again in advance

mercermtn said:
I have the asus TF700T, It isn't unlocked. I rooted when I was in ics, then used root keeper when I went to 4.1.1. I updated to the new 4.2.1. before doing the ota update to 4.2.1, I temp unrooted using voodoo ota root keeper.
I lost blue tooth, which thanks to the members here I fixed the permissions, and now have blue tooth again. I think i only have partial root ? I have the superuser app in app drawer ( proper terminology?) Titanuim back up is working and my previous apps are still frozen. titanium says I have root. I also am able to use previous apps that require root, that were installed before updating to 4.2.1 Root explorer, and quick boot.
In Voodoo rootkeeper all the boxes are ticked, Superuser app installed, device rooted, root permissions granted, /system supports root protection, protected su copy available. However when I use root checker, or got root, it says I don't have root? A app I tried "have root, says found su binary, this binary program is used to gain root access, although it is not always usable by 3rd party applications, your device does not appear to have root. I noticed That I didn't see busy box, although titanium backup says it there? I believe that titanuim back up has it on version of busy box? I tried installing busy box with Jrummy busybox installer, it says I have root, however didn't install busy Box. I also tried to install busy box from the market, it said i was not properly rooted? Is this a permissions situation?
If anyone can help, I would greatly appreciate it. I need fairly layman terms. I can understand what I read but am not advanced as some others.
I was much more comfortable with my OG droid, those were the easy days. I also have a rooted droid 4 running JB 4.1.1 which means i suppose I'm not a complete noob, but not too much better. Thanks again in advance
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Maybe it's time to try this new JB root method? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228613

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buhohitr said:
Maybe it's time to try this new JB root method? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2228613
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Thanks For trying to help me. i really appreciate! it did try it and it said it was successful. however I still am not properly rooted. see screenshots after using motochopper

mercermtn said:
Thanks For trying to help me. i really appreciate! it did try it and it said it was successful. however I still am not properly rooted. see screenshots after using motochopper
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Did you go into the app draw and launch the superuser app?

buhohitr said:
Did you go into the app draw and launch the superuser app?
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I did, i noticed that it doesn't show me the recent app access, i have accessed root explorer today as well as titanium back up and quick boot, they all show earlier dates, but not the recent activity. See the screen shot. again I really appreciate the effort Thank You!!

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mercermtn said:
I did, i noticed that it doesn't show me the recent app access, i have accessed root explorer today as well as titanium back up and quick boot, they all show earlier dates, but not the recent activity. See the screen shot. again I really appreciate the effort Thank You!!
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Okay I got a brain fart and tried this: I unrooted with Voodoo root keeper, I then retried the motochopper exploit again, and Voila it rooted. all the apps are asking for superuser permission again, I hit the thanks button, Thank you!! every once in awhile the even a rookie gets it right! like they say "even the blind squirrel gets a nut or two"

mercermtn said:
Okay I got a brain fart and tried this: I unrooted with Voodoo root keeper, I then retried the motochopper exploit again, and Voila it rooted. all the apps are asking for superuser permission again, I hit the thanks button, Thank you!! every once in awhile the even a rookie gets it right! like they say "even the blind squirrel gets a nut or two"
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Hey glad it's working. I'm about to write up a manual su push. Have fun.

I have very close to the same problem. Bluetooth was dead, and I managed to fix that with ADB shell and twiddling the permissions. Then I noticed that nothing that uses root worked. I have had my TF700 rooted since day one, though I never unlocked the bootloader.
After the update, when I tried to su to root in Better Terminal Emulator Pro, I got a huge list of java functions showing a permission error occurring. I tried cold booting twice in a row, then I did a factory reset, then I tried the motochopper method... Nothing has worked. I even used Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper to "Temp Unroot" and ran the motochopper batch file again.
One thing I have noticed is that the su binary (/system/bin/su) is owned by "root root", while everything else is owned by "root shell". Another thing is that after the OTA update, my tablet had two users, and I deleted the one that "wasn't me". Was that user important to keep? I'm wondering if that user had permission to become root, while my old user lost that permission somehow...

[Q] Lost root after 4.2.1 update

Hi,
So I did the usual thing I do before an OTA update, I opened Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, protected the root, and then un-rooted. After applying the update I went back to voodoo and restored the root and got all the checks so it appears to be fine. Now I no longer get superuser prompts, but the app is there. Root Checker says im rooted but typing su in the terminal emulator shows me the # prompt but it looks different (with some permission denied) . Can someone help me forward the root to 4.2.1 or explain what I'm dealing with? I looked all over for a similar thread but couldn't find anything. The method I described is what i used for the last 4-5 updates and it kept the root just fine.
Also, I'm rooted but not unlocked. I would prefer fixes that doesnt involve unlocking,
Thanks.

00shakey00 said:
Hi,
So I did the usual thing I do before an OTA update, I opened Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper, protected the root, and then un-rooted. After applying the update I went back to voodoo and restored the root and got all the checks so it appears to be fine. Now I no longer get superuser prompts, but the app is there. Root Checker says im rooted but typing su in the terminal emulator shows me the # prompt but it looks different (with some permission denied) . Can someone help me forward the root to 4.2.1 or explain what I'm dealing with? I looked all over for a similar thread but couldn't find anything. The method I described is what i used for the last 4-5 updates and it kept the root just fine.
Also, I'm rooted but not unlocked. I would prefer fixes that doesnt involve unlocking,
Thanks.
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Try using motochopper to gain root.

maxal said:
Try using motochopper to gain root.
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I tried it and now I have both superuser and supersu. I still do not get prompts to allow/deny superuser acess and the apps that require root still do not work (like Volume+, Root Explorer, Browser2Ram...). Whem applying motochopper it seemed to apply successfully too.
This doesnt seem to be a common problem. Did I go about restoring the root wrong?
Thanks again.

00shakey00 said:
I tried it and now I have both superuser and supersu. I still do not get prompts to allow/deny superuser acess and the apps that require root still do not work (like Volume+, Root Explorer, Browser2Ram...). Whem applying motochopper it seemed to apply successfully too.
This doesnt seem to be a common problem. Did I go about restoring the root wrong?
Thanks again.
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The most effective way to use motochopper is to uninstall all root before you use it.

buhohitr said:
The most effective way to use motochopper is to uninstall all root before you use it.
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I cant access the system file since root explorer tells me I'm not currently rooted. I know that I need to remove su from system/xbin or similar. Is there another way to access/delete that file? I'm not willing to run a factory reset so thats not an option.
Thanks again for the help. You all are awesome.

00shakey00 said:
I cant access the system file since root explorer tells me I'm not currently rooted. I know that I need to remove su from system/xbin or similar. Is there another way to access/delete that file? I'm not willing to run a factory reset so thats not an option.
Thanks again for the help. You all are awesome.
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The smartest thing to do once you rooted is MAKE A TITANIUM BACKUP of all your apps and settings. Don't corner yourself! since you're not unlocked, there is very limited action which you can do when things go wrong.... like right now. Also why people rooted? so they can installed rooted apps AND BACKUP their setup. So I don't know how much root you still have with your device (sometime some apps may cached and you still able to use root with them), you may try to un install root using superuser app option or you can download a backup app from the market, make a backup of all your apps, then you may need to factory reset or even re flash the full Asus firmware. If you reflash, it's very simple to gain root back.

buhohitr said:
The smartest thing to do once you rooted is MAKE A TITANIUM BACKUP of all your apps and settings. Don't corner yourself! since you're not unlocked, there is very limited action which you can do when things go wrong.... like right now. Also why people rooted? so they can installed rooted apps AND BACKUP their setup. So I don't know how much root you still have with your device (sometime some apps may cached and you still able to use root with them), you may try to un install root using superuser app option or you can download a backup app from the market, make a backup of all your apps, then you may need to factory reset or even re flash the full Asus firmware. If you reflash, it's very simple to gain root back.
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Thanks for all your help buhohitr! I performed a wipe, updated to 4.2.1 then used motochopper and it was flawless. I followed with a titanium back up of everything once I was done.

Fix Root in CWM?

Does anybody else get asked if they would like to "Fix root" every time they reboot their phone in clockwork? I've clicked it a few times and it doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure if anything is actually wrong as I can run root apps and have s-off.
Any suggestions?

jimbub said:
Does anybody else get asked if they would like to "Fix root" every time they reboot their phone in clockwork? I've clicked it a few times and it doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure if anything is actually wrong as I can run root apps and have s-off.
Any suggestions?
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I always selected yes, jsut in case. But I made the jump to official TWRP and no longer get that nag. Maybe check that out. To me its better, esp since its 100% working now.

jimbub said:
Does anybody else get asked if they would like to "Fix root" every time they reboot their phone in clockwork? I've clicked it a few times and it doesn't seem to do anything. I'm not sure if anything is actually wrong as I can run root apps and have s-off.
Any suggestions?
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I've been getting the same issue since rooting. Root seems to work just fine regardless (can write to /system and everything.)
From what I can tell, it's an issue with the permissions on the su binary. The permissions are rwx-r-x-r-x where as they should be rws-r-x-r-x (setuid bit set.) The easiest way to check this on your device is through the rootchecker app. You can try and manually change the permissions but they don't stick, and I haven't found anybody else with the problem or a solution.

I used to get this on twrp on my s4 and with cwm on this device as well. Always selected no and everything was fine.
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[Q] Weaksauce2 Failing to Root

I'm brand new to android so excuse my lack of knowledge but I recently attempted to install Weaksauce2 and Supersu. I tried checking if it was installed properly with Root Checker but it says it was not. I don't understand because when I open Weaksauce2 and click "I Agree", I get a notification that says "Root Activated".
I'm sorry if this is a very simple issue but I don't want to destroy my new phone and couldn't find anything about this on the forums. Thank you in advance.

m.sa said:
I'm brand new to android so excuse my lack of knowledge but I recently attempted to install Weaksauce2 and Supersu. I tried checking if it was installed properly with Root Checker but it says it was not. I don't understand because when I open Weaksauce2 and click "I Agree", I get a notification that says "Root Activated".
I'm sorry if this is a very simple issue but I don't want to destroy my new phone and couldn't find anything about this on the forums. Thank you in advance.
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Are you still on 4.4.4 or did you accept the update?

jcsugrue said:
Are you still on 4.4.4 or did you accept the update?
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Still on 4.4.4. I installed Weaksauce2 after transferring it from my computer and then installed Superdu afterwards. I thought the root was successful but then I got Root Checker and it said it was not installed properly.
Is it safe to uninstall Weaksauce and try installing it again?

m.sa said:
Still on 4.4.4. I installed Weaksauce2 after transferring it from my computer and then installed Superdu afterwards. I thought the root was successful but then I got Root Checker and it said it was not installed properly.
Is it safe to uninstall Weaksauce and try installing it again?
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Yes. You're not going to hurt anything by reinstalling. It took me a couple tries. Just make sure that you don't attempt to update the su bin when you install supersu. The update will fail, but the installed version will work.

m.sa said:
Still on 4.4.4. I installed Weaksauce2 after transferring it from my computer and then installed Superdu afterwards. I thought the root was successful but then I got Root Checker and it said it was not installed properly.
Is it safe to uninstall Weaksauce and try installing it again?
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You should check if sunshine will work on your device by running it. If you are able to use it.. your root will be permanent.

jcsugrue said:
Yes. You're not going to hurt anything by reinstalling. It took me a couple tries. Just make sure that you don't attempt to update the su bin when you install supersu. The update will fail, but the installed version will work.
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I tried it a couple of more times and it worked, so I thank you for the information. I wasn't sure if there was some steps I needed to take before uninstalling it.
As for Sunshine, I'd like to ease into rooting and feel around a bit before I pull the trigger on purchasing it. I'm sure I'll find some ROMs I'd like to install, so I'll probably grab it soon.
You can't install ROMs without it right? I don't think you can get a recovery tool without being in S-off, although I'm not sure.
Also, as a follow up question, if I install a third party app, will anything bad happen if the device shuts off? I know Weaksauce is temporary so I'm not sure what would happen if the device shuts off while an app that requires root is installed.
Again, thank you for all the help.

Hmm, it seems the issue actually hasn't been solved. When I used Root Check, it said it was successfully rooted, but Root Checker said it was not. When I tried to run Titanium Backup, an error message appeared saying it could not acquire root privileges. Busybox also says it could not get permission from SuperSU, even though SuperSU asked me to grant permission for it and I said yes.
I'm really not sure what's going on.

m.sa said:
Hmm, it seems the issue actually hasn't been solved. When I used Root Check, it said it was successfully rooted, but Root Checker said it was not. When I tried to run Titanium Backup, an error message appeared saying it could not acquire root privileges. Busybox also says it could not get permission from SuperSU, even though SuperSU asked me to grant permission for it and I said yes.
I'm really not sure what's going on.
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You cannot install busybox because unless you are s-off your system partition is write protected.

dottat said:
You cannot install busybox because unless you are s-off your system partition is write protected.
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Okay. I can still use Titanium Backup though right? Regardless, I can't achieve root access so I can't use it anyway. I was looking for a guide on how to use WeakSauce but it really does seem as simple as installing it, running it, and then installing SuperSU. Again, this is my first day on Android so if there's something obvious that I could be missing, feel free to let me know. Sorry for all the trouble.

dottat said:
You cannot install busybox because unless you are s-off your system partition is write protected.
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I'm VZW M8 4.4.4, Sunshine fails but I am TempRooted with WS2. Pounding away since getting the phone I had ChainfireSU installed but it could not update binaries. I also installed BusyBox. I uninstalled both thinking they were screwing up SS. It appears I still have the SS SU Helper APK installed. RootChecker shows me rooted with SU in /system/xbin/su and BusyBox installed in /system/xbin/busybox. Either WS2 or SS 2.8.4 re-roots me at each boot. I think WS is included in SS and will give TempRoot too. I do have redo any changes I've made such as renaming the HTC update files as they get replaced by HTC. Things like TiBU and ES File Explorer root requiring options work. Things like Xposed don't.
Don't know how I got here as I tried all sorts of combos until it sunk in that SS 2.8.4 just was not going to work on my phone.