HI this maybe a noob type question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. I rooted and installed safestrap with custom rom, well I just had to have JB because I found a rom that I really like and wanted to use. Well I did my research and followed directions to a T and now for some reason my root ability is gone. My Razr shows that it was rooted ad in the 0/1 you see on the stock recovery and I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and saved rooting before I installed JB. Now that I have done all of this I can no longer install safestrap (it just force closes) like my hubby's unrooted Razr does and Voodoo doesn't show that it is rooted anymore. Is there anything I can do to fix this or am I stuck waiting for root abilities for JB. I have looked and researched for rooting for JB but not finding anything. Any help is welcome and thanks in advance.
Abie
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I apologize to all if this is in the wrong category or this has been answered already. I am new to his site and relatively new to the ROMS and Rooting
Basically what happened is I rooted my evo in order to wifi Tether, this worked fine, however, i made the rookie mistake of updating my phone which may have removed the root because my root programs say i no longer have root priveleges.
Next I figured since its not rooted anymore I'd be able to update to the latest software 3.7, however this proved to not work either as it will find the update when i search for updates and wont install.
Now i am confused, should i reroot my phone, and flash the rooted version of the 3.7 update rom, should i factory reset, or am i just stuck with this phone the way it is now.
Thanks in advance
hi.
i had a rooted nexus s since 2.3.2
had superuser, installed a lot of rom's, no problem.
now i have 4.1.1 that i installed through google's update, the lock on startup is still open.
but application that need rooted devices say to me that mine is not rooted!
i tried to root it again with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544940
it all went great, but still, apps that need a root won't work.
what should i do?
gania13 said:
hi.
i had a rooted nexus s since 2.3.2
had superuser, installed a lot of rom's, no problem.
now i have 4.1.1 that i installed through google's update, the lock on startup is still open.
but application that need rooted devices say to me that mine is not rooted!
i tried to root it again with this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544940
it all went great, but still, apps that need a root won't work.
what should i do?
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try using an updated superuser and don't use this section of the thread when asking questions..
you should use CWM to flash superSU.
You will need SuperSU instead of SuperUser.
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I've gone through the root process on a dozen phones and tablets, but this is the first time I've gone through the process on a new device (to me) so long after its release, and therefore I'm finding the information I need to be a little... hard to pin down. I'm really just trying to be extra cautious with this one since I need it next week.
What I have: Android 4.0.3 ICS, ASUS Build v9.4.3.26
What I want: Android 4.1.? JB, ASUS Build v10.4.2.?? w/ Root/Recovery/Etc
With the above outdated firmware, I'm not sure if I should upgrade to Jellybean using ASUS OTA updates and then root/flash, or if I should use an older root method and upgrade to Jellybean by flashing a custom ROM, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
Edit: I should note that I was planning to follow this thread, but it was written under the assumption your tablet is already rooted with a custom recovery.
brennen.exe said:
I've gone through the root process on a dozen phones and tablets, but this is the first time I've gone through the process on a new device (to me) so long after its release, and therefore I'm finding the information I need to be a little... hard to pin down. I'm really just trying to be extra cautious with this one since I need it next week.
What I have: Android 4.0.3 ICS, ASUS Build v9.4.3.26
What I want: Android 4.1.? JB, ASUS Build v10.4.2.?? w/ Root/Recovery/Etc
With the above outdated firmware, I'm not sure if I should upgrade to Jellybean using ASUS OTA updates and then root/flash, or if I should use an older root method and upgrade to Jellybean by flashing a custom ROM, etc, etc, etc, etc, etc.
Edit: I should note that I was planning to follow this thread, but it was written under the assumption your tablet is already rooted with a custom recovery.
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This is how I did it this afternoon on my new TF300T:
Rooted ICS with this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704209
Installed supersu: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu
Updated su binary using supersu
Installed OTA rootkeeper: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.projectvoodoo.otarootkeeper
Backed up su with OTA rootkeeper
Installed ES File Explorer(you really don't have to do this but I wanted to make sure some other app had root access before I upgraded to JB)
Made sure supersu authorized all these root apps by running them at least once.
Upgraded to Jelly Bean
Restored root access with OTA rootkeeper
Wiped the sweat from my brow afterwards!
I am staying with stock JB locked to keep getting OTA updates. If you want a custom rom, you need to unlock:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2055886&highlight=unlock
Unlock APK is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949758
NOTE: If you upgrade to Jelly Bean without OTA rootkeeper in place, you will not be able to root it without unlocking it first. There is no root exploit yet for the TF300 Locked Jelly Bean.
Yep. This will do the trick.
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bads3ctor said:
This is how I did it this afternoon on my new TF300T.
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Thanks badsector, I'll give it a go today and report back how it went.
Alright, thanks for the help in getting started, but I forgot to mention I had unlocked the tablet beforehand as a first step to another guide, so OTA updates were a no-go for me with this approach. What I ended up doing was, after performing 1-7 from your list, install TWRP using fastboot, manually install the JB update from ASUS, install TWRP for JB (again w/ fastboot), and then load a custom ROM. I'm all up to date and running fine, and had I intended to stay on the stock ROM I could have just left it at that when I flashed the ASUS firmware.
Thanks again!
HI this maybe a noob type question but I'm gonna ask it anyway. I rooted and installed safestrap with custom rom, well I just had to have JB because I found a rom that I really like and wanted to use. Well I did my research and followed directions to a T and now for some reason my root ability is gone. My Razr shows that it was rooted ad in the 0/1 you see on the stock recovery and I installed Voodoo OTA Rootkeeper and saved rooting before I installed JB. Now that I have done all of this I can no longer install safestrap (it just force closes) like my hubby's unrooted Razr does and Voodoo doesn't show that it is rooted anymore. Is there anything I can do to fix this or am I stuck waiting for root abilities for JB. I have looked and researched for rooting for JB but not finding anything. Any help is welcome and thanks in advance.
Abie
I got all excited and mistakenly deleted a few stock apps shortly after I rooted and updated to JB several months ago..before I started freezing them with Titanium...and now I'm not able to take the OTA 4.1.2 update. I'm Voodoo'd up and have Safestrap and all that and did the temp unroot in Voodoo and uninstalled recovery in Safestrap yet I believe the fact that a few stock apps are missing is causing my problem.
So, what would be the least painful way to restore the stock bloatware for 4.1.1, still retain root, and allow the 4.1.2 update to install? I've read a million threads but I'm still not seeing the clearest path quite yet. Thanks.
**edit**
I've gone through and found what I think are most all the apps I deleted..so now the question is it possible to obtain those versions and put them into the system folder?
Amazon Kindle
Amazon MP3
Audible
MC3
NFL Mobile
Real Racing 2
Slacker Radio
Youtube (system version)
Zappos
If your on 4.1.1 just use mats util to flash ICS stock reroot and protect with voodo then update. Be careful because unless u already have root you can not (as far as I know) go back to ICS after 4.1.2 and get root again if u mess up. So make backups and good luck. Also check this out if u did not update yet
droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/13644-keep-root-and-ability-to-downgrade/
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