Hi, I need your help.
I have a Nexus S and it was ICS...
I rooted it to change a app-data which saves chat-logs.
But after have been upgraded to Jelly Bean, there's still the Super User App on menu but I have no permission to the system data with Root Explorer, so I can't back up the log anymore.
Is there any possibility to 'reroot' it or change the kernel so I can get to the system data folder to back the log up?
I tried to 'root again' with JB superuser.zip in Recovery Mode, but the phone broke it up at the end...
Thank you!
Just use one of the rooting guides in the dev section that works with JB.
just flash supersu from recovery.
imo its a better and simple super user app.
no offense.
here is a link from chainfire http://download.chainfire.eu/282/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.98.zip
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How To: Backup Your Apps, Data & Settings BEFORE You Root/Change ROMs on Your Device!
I recently rooted my Evo 4G and since I had been using it for a while didn't want to lose all of my settings and data and didn't want to sit for hours installing apps and trying to set them each up the way I had them beforehand. None of the root guides that I've found seem to cover this critical first step before they get into the process of rooting the device. So a lot of people root and flash a new ROM and then realize all of their stuff is gone. So, here's how to back everything up before you root or change ROMs:
1) Locate/Download/Install Z4Root to your device. (It appears as though it was removed from the market due to people using it to get temp root in order to use hot spot tethers. The apk can be found in a thread on this forum here)
2) Install Titanium Backup from the market (I recommend the full version because it makes the restore process a one touch option whereas the free one requires you to click 'Install' and then 'confirm' for each individual app which can be a royal PITA if you have lots of apps)
3) Install 'Root Check' from the market
4) Launch Z4 and use to gain temporary root access of your device. Use Root Check to make sure you indeed do have root access.
5) Launch Titanium Backup and grant superuser permissions where necessary
6) Click the center option at the top of the screen after Titanium checks all possible scenarios. Scroll through the options and find the option (usually has the highest number on the right... or real close to it) that backs up all your apps + system data and settings. Allow it to complete this process which can take a bit.
7) Once this is complete back out of Titanium Backup and reboot your device. This will remove the temporary root access from the device. When the device has settled run Root Check one last time to make sure don't have root access.
8) Proceed with your favorite root/ROM process & enjoy not having to waste hours setting up your phone again the way you had it. When you recover make sure you chose the option to recover all missing apps and all data/settings because if you choose to recover ALL apps you can run into issues with the apps it tries to override.
Now, sometimes there are minor issues from ROM to ROM or device to device when you backup from one platform and then recover on another but for the most part it will save you a LOT of time. You can also try a reboot or two after you recover which can help with some settings that don't show up immediately after a recover. I did this before rooting my Evo 4G and it worked flawlessly.
Thanks and hopefully that helps.
Cool. I never thought about backing up while in temp root. Good find.
^_^_^'s tbolt
EEdaesung said:
Cool. I never thought about backing up while in temp root. Good find.
^_^_^'s tbolt
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Sure thing, hopefully it saves others some time & effort.
Newer and better explanation!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1152233
Worked the first time!
Does this work with htc inspire 4g the link u provide
and the initial topic on this thread ?
Just to add, Z4Root will work for few device (older models)
Most of newer android version running on Gingerbread, it won't support.
Downloaded and installed z4 but keeps force closing??? please help. running on stock epic 4g touch
Z4Root
z4root doesn't work anymore on android jeally bean 4.2.2 ........ any ideas ??
does update.zip in cwm functions same
restore issues
if i back up using this app in stock firmware after that suppose a did a customrom. will there be any issue if i restored using this app.
jelly bean to kitkat. custom rom cynmod11.
jeswinjames6 said:
if i back up using this app in stock firmware after that suppose a did a customrom. will there be any issue if i restored using this app.
jelly bean to kitkat. custom rom cynmod11.
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Should be fine as it's still just app data. I haven't personally tested it to confirm though so proceed at your own risk.
Just finished up posting a video on rooting with the new OTA updates of Gingerbread 2.3.6. Let me know if you need help. Read the show notes first and backup everything!
Dave
Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzJE...xt=C326a0c8UDOEgsToPDskJD2AQiktg6frnsdEWSNuJH
Channel:
www.youtube.com/kraisydave
Thank you for this Sir!
This will help for when I obtain root on my bro-in-law's D.C.
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Technically speaking, you don't have to load an entire OS ROM via ODIN.
All you really have to do is download the SuperUser Pack, install CWM, flash the SuperUser Pack in CWM, and then you'd be rooted.
Then, once you're rooted you would then go into Root Explorer, find a file called "install_recovery.sh" in /system/etc and then change the permissions of the file so that it doesn't have Executable permissions, and then go back to install CWM (again) and you'll have permanent CWM.
I backed up my app data with Titanium and went back to stock. So I'd like to restore my data but you need root for that. So I flashed superuser to gain root access, but is there a way to now 'unflash'?
Something through emulator and delete some binaries?
I see this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516740
which leads to: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7386761&postcount=2
Download ES File Explorer. In the app, go to Settings, and choose to go up to 'root level' If it asks for Superuser, go ahead and allow it. Remove /system/bin/su, or /system/xbin/su, and then remove /system/app/Superuser.apk. Reboot and enjoy your un-rooted phone.
mabry said:
...Remove /system/bin/su, or /system/xbin/su, and then remove /system/app/Superuser.apk...
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Hey marby!
I've been looking for an answer to my issue but could not find it so may I ask you for help, please?
I have rooted my SGSIII (the process added CWM and superSU).
After a month I recieved the update to JB4.1.1; I installed it and the root acces disapeared but SuperSU app stills there!!
I want to root my phone again, do you know if I have to uninstall SuperSU before I manage to root with any method for JB 4.1.1?
Thank you very much in advance!
manohd87 said:
Hey marby!
I've been looking for an answer to my issue but could not find it so may I ask you for help, please?
I have rooted my SGSIII (the process added CWM and superSU).
After a month I recieved the update to JB4.1.1; I installed it and the root acces disapeared but SuperSU app stills there!!
I want to root my phone again, do you know if I have to uninstall SuperSU before I manage to root with any method for JB 4.1.1?
Thank you very much in advance!
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No, but that's the wrong place to ask, since this is the Nexus S forums.
polobunny said:
...that's the wrong place to ask, since this is the Nexus S forums.
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I'm sorry, since the subject was root/unroot I thought it will apply to any phone with JB 4.1.1
Thank you anyway! I will tell you later how it went!
I've got it installed and did an initial backup. Then I set up regular backups. It seemed to be working okay, until I moved my backup files to my SD card and specified that TB back up to that location from now on. Now I keep getting messages saying TB couldn't get root access, so it never runs the periodic backups. Typically, I'm asleep when this happens, so I can't even grant root access when it wants it.
Also, I'm just unsure about whether I'm performing a backup of everything I'd need if I ever need to completely restore my system. Any information about what, exactly, I should be backing up, would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
We need more info... Are u Rooted? Are u on stock? Wat ROM are u going to restore your backup on?
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txtmikhail said:
We need more info... Are u Rooted? Are u on stock? Wat ROM are u going to restore your backup on?
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Sure... I am rooted. I started with stock US ICS, flashed the German JB OS, and then did a factory reset when the US JB was released. Now I'm on that. I imagine I would be restoring to that, if anything horrible should happen.
loribuono said:
Sure... I am rooted. I started with stock US ICS, flashed the German JB OS, and then did a factory reset when the US JB was released. Now I'm on that. I imagine I would be restoring to that, if anything horrible should happen.
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OK you might have root but lets check first..
1a...Go to the super user app and see if Tb has grant access..If No clear it from superuser and return back to Tb and it should ask for root..
1b...If you go into super user app and it says you don't have Root than you gotta need to root yourself again..
Also the best backup is a Cwm backup after you setup a good ROM...
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txtmikhail said:
OK you might have root but lets check first..
1a...Go to the super user app and see if Tb has grant access..If No clear it from superuser and return back to Tb and it should ask for root..
1b...If you go into super user app and it says you don't have Root than you gotta need to root yourself again..
Also the best backup is a Cwm backup after you setup a good ROM...
Sent From Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 [N8013]
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SuperSU shows a green number sign next to Titanium Backup. I'm assuming that means it has root access? (As an aside, there's an red number sign next to something called dumpstate. I remember that asking for root access, and I denied it, twice.)
When I opened Super SU, nothing said I didn't have root access.
What is CWM?
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SuperSU shows a green number sign next to Titanium Backup. I'm assuming that means it has root access? (As an aside, there's an red number sign next to something called dumpstate. I remember that asking for root access, and I denied it, twice.)
When I opened Super SU, nothing said I didn't have root access.
What is CWM?
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It sounds like to me you lose root... How did you get root before? And CWM is clockworkmod..
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Sounds to me like Titanium Backup has auto updated, and Super SU is now checking again. There is a setting in Super SU to allow previously granted programs to use root without prompting even after update.
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It sounds like to me you lose root... How did you get root before? And CWM is clockworkmod..
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What, of what I told you, tells you I lost root? I can get root access to my file system with my file explorer. I can access the apks in my data/data folder.
I know what CMD stands for. I just don't know what it is. I see it here on the forum all the time, but like a lot of terms here, people refer to them and don't really say what they are.
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Sounds to me like Titanium Backup has auto updated, and Super SU is now checking again. There is a setting in Super SU to allow previously granted programs to use root without prompting even after update.
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Found the setting and unchecked it. I'll see if this works. Thanks!
Can I delete factory apps from my rooted sg3 the T-Mobile one's?
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Hi everybody
I have a problem with titanium backup - i can't create a label for my frozen apps.
1) First i select frozen apps in filters so that only frozen apps are displayed
2) Then i hit Create Label and Add Elements. Here is the problem - after i hit Add Elements i get a list of all apps on my device, not just frozen ones.
However if i wanted to create a label for defrosted apps, it would do it just fine.
So am i doing something wrong or is it a bug?
I'm sure this has been resolved in some other thread but I just can't find the right one. So please spare 10 seconds for a reply and help me.
I have a HTC HD2, with Gingerbread HD2 v2.1, Android 2.3.2 installed. I was looking for a way to uninstall the Facebook system app (somebody thought it was a good idea to add Facebook as a system app )
I had the Jellybean 4.2 installed before I downgraded because it would just take too much space. And now apparently my phone is not rooted anymore (hence not being able to uninstall system apps).
I'm a noob when it comes to Android so please bear with me. I found a script (customizable), archived on a ZIP file, that will delete any system app even if the phone is not rooted.
But when I go into recovery mode, the option "Install ZIP from SD Card" seems to be missing. How can I install the ZIP file if the option is not there?
P.S. If you know a better way to uninstall system apps from an unrooted phone, please share it.
classic20 said:
I'm sure this has been resolved in some other thread but I just can't find the right one. So please spare 10 seconds for a reply and help me.
I have a HTC HD2, with Gingerbread HD2 v2.1, Android 2.3.2 installed. I was looking for a way to uninstall the Facebook system app (somebody thought it was a good idea to add Facebook as a system app )
I had the Jellybean 4.2 installed before I downgraded because it would just take too much space. And now apparently my phone is not rooted anymore (hence not being able to uninstall system apps).
I'm a noob when it comes to Android so please bear with me. I found a script (customizable), archived on a ZIP file, that will delete any system app even if the phone is not rooted.
But when I go into recovery mode, the option "Install ZIP from SD Card" seems to be missing. How can I install the ZIP file if the option is not there?
P.S. If you know a better way to uninstall system apps from an unrooted phone, please share it.
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I suppose you tried to install that zip to root your device, right.?
Try a different, new and safe recovery. Root the device. Install titanium backup app. using it you can uninstall the system app.
jabrif said:
I suppose you tried to install that zip to root your device, right.?
Try a different, new and safe recovery. Root the device. Install titanium backup app. using it you can uninstall the system app.
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No actually, that ZIP file contained a script that would uninstall some system apps. I can't uninstall them otherwise because it says my phone is not rooted anymore.
classic20 said:
I'm sure this has been resolved in some other thread but I just can't find the right one. So please spare 10 seconds for a reply and help me.
I have a HTC HD2, with Gingerbread HD2 v2.1, Android 2.3.2 installed. I was looking for a way to uninstall the Facebook system app (somebody thought it was a good idea to add Facebook as a system app )
I had the Jellybean 4.2 installed before I downgraded because it would just take too much space. And now apparently my phone is not rooted anymore (hence not being able to uninstall system apps).
I'm a noob when it comes to Android so please bear with me. I found a script (customizable), archived on a ZIP file, that will delete any system app even if the phone is not rooted.
But when I go into recovery mode, the option "Install ZIP from SD Card" seems to be missing. How can I install the ZIP file if the option is not there?
P.S. If you know a better way to uninstall system apps from an unrooted phone, please share it.
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try to reinstall the recovery or it would be better you root your device.
Sorry for the interruption....
@jon_reign can you please check your Private Messages (PMs). Thanks a lot!
Ya.i think when u downgraded u lost root and cwm too.so when u r in recovary I suppose it is the stock.
And stock can't flash zip.
So try to root again and then install cwm.
Look in your forum for how to install cwm
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