I bought a new xperia L from ebay.in...
its C2105...and it was having some chinese applications...but i didn't want them....so i uninstalled some of them.
but some applications could not be installed. so i thought to root the phone to uninstall those applications. i wrongly rooted the phone using vroot without unlocking the bootloader..
now the superuser that happened to appera after rooting it is not allowing me to unroot....please help
Maybe this will help you, and using vroot to root...its a.............
please search about what you're doing at least..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2307983
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2553449
What I would do is a clean re-install via PCC/SUS to the latest firmware-that way the the root files are cleaned up, then root via the method faizalotai has linked to.
Also you may want to refrain from using VRoot. Apparently it was deemed risky on XDA recently, I can't find the post saying so but am sure I've read it somewhere.
rooting and bootloaders have nothing to do with each other.
you can root and not unlock the bootloaders
or
you can unlock your bootloaders and not root
Rooting gives you admin level access on the phone, to change system files and access stuff a normal android phone can't unless rights for applications can be elevated to root.
Unlocking the bootloaders allows custom kernels that are flashed to the phone to boot.
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Hi,
Phone in question is Tmobile G2
I have had temp root access for sometime and used it to freeze apps that I did not trust/etc.
I had wanted to get perm root but the wiki instructions were a little bit too haphazard for me and I did not wish to have to downgrade off gingerbread.
Someone said there was a newer way that did not require a downgrade and you unlocked the bootloader from htc web site. Well I did that and somehow it's mucked up temp root access as Titanium no longer works.
How could unlocking bootloader screw this up?
Think I am ok now. It was superuser that was messed up. New version requires yes/no (or default set to yes) before Tbackup will get root access.
To anyone else with a G2 that was frustrated with these unclear wiki instructions/downgrading/etc:
It appears that unlocking the boot loader does in fact give you perm root access.
Go to htcdev to unlock your phone. You will need the superuser app but that should be it.
Now just need a good firewall to stop these programs from using my data anytime they please. Any good recommendations?
Has anyone got success in using vroot on Xperia - L?
Does vroot try rooting without unlocking the bootloader?
Is there any instance of phone getting bricked if vroot fails?
Hi @Holmes.Sherlock, I remember doing it ages ago but it was said to have a malware. So I quickly unrooted, and used a safer rooting method.
1. Yes it roots it successfully. The malware was said to do something with the camera, so it doesn't cause any damage to your phone's system. (It was said that it's used to give information through the camera)
2. Yes it works on unlocked bootloader.
3. If it fails, I'm not sure probably not. Your chances of bricking usually occurs when your bootloader is unlocked. (correct me if I'm wrong)
Hello people of XDA, I don't know if this is the right place for the post, I'm sorry if it isn't. I have a problem with Kingo Root, I used it to root my BL locked M2 Aqua (D2403), root checker confirms root, but whenever I try to use anything with root, even if I grant access it says I don't have root (Xposed, BusyBox, Root browser, ROM Toolkit). Now I'm guessing it just pasted the files and my guess is that root checker works only by seeing if the SuperUser program grants it permission. As I've seen a lot of people have had problems with rooting the device, so I just want to give up and restore unroot. The problem is, I can't remove the SuperUser app from Kingo Root, I've tried substituting it with SuperSU via the Terminal, but as it is not rooted properly, it cannot be done, aswell as trying to unroot with Kingo Root, but failed, so I want to ask you if there is a way for me to remove this, and maybe possibly root the device with the bootloader locked? Thanks in advance!
Hi there
Thanks for writing to us at XDA Assist. There definitely isn't a dedicated section for your device on XDA, however a quick search uncovered the following thread:
[Q] Root Xperia M2 Aqua(D2403)
It doesn't seem very positive at first but take a look at post #9, he links to a root method that he says works. So I'd start there.
Good luck
I rooted my device when Pokemon GO came out a while back so I could use the location spoofing nonsense for a few weeks before quitting the game.
Apart from that though I don't really take advantage of having a rooted device, but still have to deal with app restrictions that refuse to run on rooted devices. I know you can hide root some way or another but haven't been able to figure out how to do so successfully.
My question is, having unlocked the boot-loader, rooted the device and ran a bunch of ADB/TWRP commands whilst following various guides during the rooting process, am I able to safely remove the root and reset my device or will that likely brick it in some way?
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I rooted my device when Pokemon GO came out a while back so I could use the location spoofing nonsense for a few weeks before quitting the game.
Apart from that though I don't really take advantage of having a rooted device, but still have to deal with app restrictions that refuse to run on rooted devices. I know you can hide root some way or another but haven't been able to figure out how to do so successfully.
My question is, having unlocked the boot-loader, rooted the device and ran a bunch of ADB/TWRP commands whilst following various guides during the rooting process, am I able to safely remove the root and reset my device or will that likely brick it in some way?
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Greetings and welcome to assist. You should be able to unroot using the SU apk or you can just reflash stock firmware to be certain
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
Hello,
i have to root my S8 pro now because the whole internal memory is nearly used by apps and system.
Is there a opportunity to root my device without unlocking bootloader?
I found magisk to modify the boot-partition and for example getting root on the device.
But you have to unlock the bootloader to flash the new boot-partition. I also read that unlocking bootloader always means that the whole device is resetted to factory-defaults which means losing all installed apps.
I have about 50 !! banking apps for generating TANs. For these apps, it's not enough to reinstall the app. You also need to reconnect the app (especially the device) to the banking account.
I think the only way to backup the the configured and connected app is to have root on the device, right?
My plan was to root the device without unlocking bootloader, then make a full-backup, unlock bootloader which resetting the deivce, and restore the full-backup.
After this, I un-root my device because the banking-apps check if a device is rooted. My plan is t re-roote the device using magisk only when needed and when no banking app is used, and then un-root it again.
Any idea how to solve my problem?
Regards
UP
Root requires unlocked bootloader.Nice plan but it won't work.
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Root requires unlocked bootloader.Nice plan but it won't work.
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Really?
unlocked bootloader ist neccessary all the time while device is rooted, not only when flashing?