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[Q] Restore Root - Stuck

Hopefully someone can help me out on this one because I'm not quite sure what to do at this point. I have a G2x that was having multiple issues so I decided to root and install clockworkmod recovery so that I could flash CM7RC1. I flash CM7RC1 successfully but failed to realize that I did not properly install CWM as I accessed it via ROM manager (lack of proper reading on my part). Since going to CM7RC1 I've lost root and am unable to use Super One Click 1.9.1.0 to get it back. I seem to have lost all Linux commands (ls won't even work through the terminal emulator) so when Super One Click runs it says FAIL as it cannot chmod or mount. If you have any idea on how I can restore root or CWM let me know. Thanks!
Output from Super One Click
SuperOneClick v1.9.1.0
Checking drivers...
Killing ADB Server...
OK
Starting ADB Server...
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
OK
Waiting for device...
OK
Getting OS Version...
2.3.4
OK
2.3.4
Pushing GingerBreak...
249 KB/s (16830 bytes in 0.066s)
OK
chmod GingerBreak...
chmod: no such tool
OK
Running GingerBreak...
ROOTED
Pushing busybox...
1817 KB/s (1062992 bytes in 0.571s)
OK
chmod busybox...
chmod: no such tool
OK
Getting mount path...
mount: no such tool
FAILED

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Moved to proper section.

Epic Fail! Your Soul Is Mine!
Sent from my LG-P999 using XDA Premium App

HA! Well be that as it may, is there anything I can do...or am I stuck?

Fixed the issue by NVFlashing Clockworkmod recovery with TGA_Gunnman's excellent one-click utility. After that it was easy to restore the backup I had made.

[Q] How would you root the Samsung Galaxy Prevail?

Hey guys this is my first time trying to root so i really need some help doing it. When ever i use oneclickroot i go through all the steps that it says to do. When its in the processing of rooting this comes up
*server not running*
*daemon not running. starting it now*
*daemon started successfully*
Getting temp root
[1] Segmentation fault app_process /dev...
cannot create /data/local.prop: permission denied
deleting all yo stuff
mount: Operation not permitted
46 KB/s (4292 bytes in 0.090s)
Coping files onto phones...
failed to copy 'su' to ' /system/xbin/su': Read-only file system
failed to copy 'superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-only file system
failed to copy 'busybox' to '/system/xbin/busybox':Read-only file system
failed to copy 'remount' to '/system/xbin/remount': Read-only file system
Setting permissions..
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/remount: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
link failed Read-only file system
Installing busybox...
/system/xbin/busybox: not found
Cleaning up files...
rm failed for /data/local/zergRush, No such file directory
"You should have root!"
Press any key to continue...
When i check my phone i dont see any superuser or anything saying that have been rooted. Am I missing something that I need for this to work? I am using the Samsung Galaxy Prevail.
Help please.

you have all the proper drivers installed? it mentions to try it a few times without your SD card and in airplane mode.

I installed the Samsung drivers for the phone thats all. What else do I need. I tried it without th SD card but not in airplane mode yet.

If you installed the samsung drivers you should be good, make sure the phone is in USB debugging mode and let it install any drivers that come up.

I just tried to root it with usb debugging on, airplane mode on and the SD card out. The thing that i saw was different was it showed Error: Device not found 4 times. This rooting thing is really fustrating me lol just saying . And do I need to install anything else to do this?

you sure you have the proper drivers installed? oneclick isnt recognizing your phone being connected to your computer, hence device not found. I'd reinstall the proper drivers again, maybe install Samsung Kies, and let the device install some drivers will on usb debugging mode and try again.
follow the link below...
http://androidforums.com/galaxy-pre...oot-samsung-prevail-replenish-shabbyfied.html

Ok i will reinstall the samsung drivers. What does Operation not permitted mean and Permission Denied? And its not coping the files to my phone.

Rooting Samsung Galaxy Prevail Gingerbread 2.3.6
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check it out. Now, for the rooting procedure on the Galaxy Prevail running Android 2.3.6, read on!
I. Before You Begin
1. This procedure roots your device by flashing a prerooted ROM, which means you will most definitely lose all your data; so back up what’s important before you proceed.
2. Make sure you have the necessary drivers installed before you proceed; if you aren’t sure, download the package in the next section and run SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_x86.exe from it before you proceed.
II. Necessary Downloads
III. Rooting the Galaxy Prevail
1. Put your device into Download mode. To do this, with your device powered down, press and hold the Camera, Volume Down and Power buttons until you “Downloading” on your device’s display.
2. Connect your device to your Windows PC.
3. Extract the FF19_ROOTED.zip you downloaded above to a folder on your desktop.
4. From the extracted folder, double-click on odin Multi_Downloader_v4.43to run it.
5. Load files from the extracted folder on to Odin by clicking on the relevant buttons as you see in the screenshot below.
6.Click start let it go by itself trust me it works i did mines
7.Now you rooted and have cwm pick up a rom for it
8.when everything is done you like it
Roms for this phone only

Question about casual app.

I'm not rooted yet but since this app is for mac, I can finally get to it. So question is, since I'm going to root and unlock the bootloader, does the phone need to be off? Mostly for the root part I guess. May be a dumb question but I'm sure something as little as that could mess up the phone. Then dl new cwm and profit?
Sent from my SCH-I535 using Tapatalk 2

No!!
Why have the phone off to root?
Where did you here that?

Not sure. What about in odin mode? I'm pretty sure the other root methods had you in odin

Here's a one click root for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1220116&d=1343180117
From Noxious Ninja read about it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342;)

Casual Didn't Work?
I tried to use the casual root method but it failed, here is what it showed.
debugfs-based Root for Galaxy S III
by Noxious Ninja
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1790104
adapted from the Transformer Prime script by sparkym3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706588
and the root method by miloj
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704209
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Step 1 - Setup...
Copying files:
Copying su:2293 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.162s)
Copying debugfs:2532 KB/s (1862336 bytes in 0.718s)
Copying debugfsinput:28 KB/s (144 bytes in 0.005s)
...done copying files.
Linking /system to tmp...
...done linking /system
Rebooting...
Step 2 - Rooting...* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
ADB server didn't ACK* failed to start daemon *error: cannot connect to daemon/system/bin/sh: /data/local/debugfs: cannot execute - Permission denied
Cleaning up...
Restoring tmp...
...done restoring tmp
Removing files...* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk
Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]
1889 KB/s (1468798 bytes in 0.759s)/system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/su: not found
done.
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I tried several times, using Verizon S3 with the OEM cable, USB debugging checked under dev options. Any ideas why it fails or what I left out? Also, the next step in the guide I was following here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 says to "Flash unsecure aboot to unlock bootloader" but that option is not listed on the casual app..
Thanks.

[email protected] said:
I tried to use the casual root method but it failed, here is what it showed.
I tried several times, using Verizon S3 with the OEM cable, USB debugging checked under dev options. Any ideas why it fails or what I left out? Also, the next step in the guide I was following here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709 says to "Flash unsecure aboot to unlock bootloader" but that option is not listed on the casual app..
Thanks.
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There should be 5 or 6 options in the drop down menu. First should be debugFSroot, last should be flash unsecure boot.img. also make sure your selecting the correct operating system when installing jdk. Last option is to load casual thru wubi(windows ubuntu installer). The reason i switched the root section to the casual method is for the simple fact it works on windows,mac,linux and is all in one. You can root/unlock/flash cwm/ flash stock kernel & recovery/enable hidden menu/ reboot recovery, all from one program. This tool will be the go to option as adam keeps developing it!

[Q] HTC Inspire 4G Not installing CWM or SU

HTC Inspire 4G - AT&T
Android - Stock GB 2.3.5 + HTC Sense 3.0
Build - 3.20.502.52
PC OS - Windows XP Pro SP3
Method - Easy Ace Root Tool
Noob - Yes
Problem - Bootloader unlock successfully achieved, but installation of BusyBox, Clockworkmod, and SuperUser interrupted during process.
Text from Post-Unlock on shown below. Trouble Areas Colored Red
Summary of Problem according to Tool - "Parameter Format not correct," "Read-Only file system," and "No such file or directory"
USB Debugging and Unknown Sources enabled when errors occur
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
< waiting for device >
sending 'recovery' (3554 KB)... OKAY [ 0.641s]
writing 'recovery'... OKAY [ 0.953s]
finished. total time: 1.594s
rebooting...
finished. total time: 0.297s
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
Make sure that USB debugging is enabled and charge only is set as default
Achieving Temp Root
cannot stat '/tools/tmp/fre3vo': No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/fre3vo: No such file or directory
/data/local/tmp/fre3vo: not found
Pushing Busybox, SU and Superuser
1 KB/s (536 bytes in 0.312s)
1829 KB/s (380532 bytes in 0.203s)
1906 KB/s (1372660 bytes in 0.703s)
Trying to gain Perm Root
mount: permission denied (are you root?)
/system/xbin/busybox: cannot open for write: Read-only file system
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/xbin/busybox: No such file or directory
/system/xbin/busybox: not found
failed to copy 'tools\su\su' to '/system/bin/su': Read-only file system
failed to copy 'tools\su\Superuser.apk' to '/system/app/Superuser.apk': Read-onl
y file system
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/app/Superuser.apk: No such file or directory
Unable to chmod /system/bin/su: No such file or directory
rm failed for /system/xbin/su, Read-only file system
link failed Read-only file system
FIND: Parameter format not correct
rm failed for EasyAceRoot.cmd, No such file or directory
Perm Root achieved...

I too am looking for the answer. I'll edit this post if I find something

If CWM would install, that wouldn't be a problem
Scozzar said:
I too am having this issue at the moment. The bootloader is unlocked, but I will not get perm root, even though it says it was achieved...
EDIT: Turning off Fastboot yields different results. But still no SuperSU.
EDIT2: I GOT IT! Basically, I downloaded the latest SuperSU .zip off XDA, put it on the phone, then flashed it in CWM. SuperSU now appears as an app!
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I'll try turning off fastboot, but I can't get CWM to install at the moment either. SuperSU and Busybox also can't install.
Again, I'll try turning fastboot off and see how it behaves.

Prestige0813 said:
I'll try turning off fastboot, but I can't get CWM to install at the moment either. SuperSU and Busybox also can't install.
Again, I'll try turning fastboot off and see how it behaves.
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What have you done? Also, you can't turn off fastboot; it's a mode selected from the bootloader. Do you mean ADB? Turning that off won't do anything either, other than making your phone's system inaccessible from the computer.

Scozzar said:
Fastboot, as in the check box in the stock ROM. You can't get into bootloader with it on. Also, if I was able to flash a new ROM, does that mean busybox is installed?
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Depends on the ROM.

Scozzar said:
V2 Oxygen JB is what I'm using.
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Er, I don't know for every ROM. If it's a custom ROM, probably. If you're rooted (and again, if you're using a custom ROM, you probably are), you can always install it from the play store.

Update:
First off, I've already downloaded the SuperSU App from Google Play, and it's failed to obtain root abilities, so a perm root is not being acheived.
Also, I've downloaded the latest SuperSU via PC, and it's ready to go once I manage to successfully install CWM (however, if the Ace Root Kit succeeds, then using CWM to install root isn't a needed method)
I've tried continuing the process with the Fastboot setting disabled, and I didn't see any difference in the end result. It seems that recovery is successfully written, but it doesn't succeed in installing SuperSU, CWM, or busybox.
On another note, I've downloaded the busybox installer app from Google Play, and it states the phone is rooted; but runs into errors when I attempt to install (regardless of the version I select). I've run two root checking apps, and both say that the phone is not rooted.
In short, All I've been able to achieve is getting the Boot Loader unlocked.

Can you flash recovery manually from fastboot?

New Update
I just found that CWM is in fact installed. I did not realize until just now that from the HTC bootloader I had to select recovery to access it.
I placed the SuperSU.zip on the phone and installed it via CWM, as scozzar had suggested, and the phone is now rooted (verified by two root checking apps)!
From there I installed busybox via Google Play with no hiccups.
I apologize for not trying this sooner I hope that others find success. The Inspire's a great phone, and now I've made mine even better!

Yess
bananagranola said:
Can you flash recovery manually from fastboot?
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Yes! here is the tutorial
1- Download Android.zip and unzip it
2- make a folder called "Android" in C:/ like that: C:/Android.
3- put inside of the folder Android the files: adb.exe, fasttboot.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and the recovery.img
4- go to cmd and write:
cd \Android
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
READY! now you have a CWM Recovery
Sorry for my bad english

[Q] Problems Rooting Verizon Razr XT912 4.1.2

I have been trying to root my Verizon Razr XT912 running Device Software Version: 98.72.16.XT912.Verizon.en.US with the only tool I can find to use on mac (DROID_RAZR_Utility_Jellybean_XT912_WinMacLin) and I keep getting the following error. I am not sure what I am doing wrong and this seems like the most knowledgable forum. Can anyone guide me in the right direction? Is it my phone, my OS, my connection? I am pretty certain I followed all the steps exactly and I've searched through all the threads on the forum and most of them say something to the effect of "...then I tried again and it worked". Well I've tried about 15 times over the course of two weeks and nothing worked, I hate to admit defeat... but I need some help. Thanks in advance.
[*] Phase three (this will take a minute)...
failed on '/data/logger' - Permission denied
mkdir failed for /data/logger, File exists
Unable to chmod /data/logger: Operation not permitted
link failed File exists
[*] Rebooting device...
[*] Waiting for phone to reboot.
[*] Phase four...
2254 KB/s (543080 bytes in 0.235s)
2961 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 0.615s)
2933 KB/s (476557 bytes in 0.158s)
1841 KB/s (63838 bytes in 0.033s)
[*] Cleaning up...
/system/bin/sh: su: not found
[*] Rebooting...
[*] Exploit complete!

Here's what worked for me
I was having the exact same problem until I ran across this in another forum:
Windows-
-Download the zip file and extract.
-Connect device via USB (Make sure you have the current Moto drivers FIRST!)
-Make sure USB Debug is on
-Make sure you have Smart Actions fully installed, unfrozen and unmodified
-Make sure the phone IS NOT in mass storage mode
-Double click run.bat
For some reason, that fifth line is not included in the batch file's instructions. Once I knew to change from mass storage to camera mode, all went well!