[Q] Rooting a custom ROM - General Questions and Answers

Hi!
Been using ROMs and root for a while on my S3, but since I lost it Im back to an old htc wildfire s. Ive installed a custom ROM(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735775&nocache=1), but it is unrooted. Standard rooting methods do not seem to work, how would one go about rooting a custom ROM?

Hola, if you have a custom rom installed, i guess you have unlocked it. Maybe you dont have superuser installed, i guess?
What root method did you use?
And you can try to flash the superuser binary (http://androidsu.com/superuser/)
Hope it will it, reply back if you need more help

Thanks, flashing superuser worked

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[Q] About to root...

I've done my researches and I'm about to root w/CM7 and was wondering is there an app that when i recover i and do so without having to do it one by one. Thx in advance and in SOLELY YOUR OPINION what ROM would you recommend for a first time rooter?
You can root any ROM.
Its not like you can root only custom ROM; you can root stock ROM also.
Rooting is different than flashing.

[Q] Restore without downloading stock firmware?

I have Indian moto g 16 GB Android 4.4.4 I have a few questions
1. I just want to root it without any custom recovery or rom. Only to try apps which require root. I am not interested in custom roms, happy with stock rom. I found Modaco's method for it. But many users did not find it working. Is there any other SIMPLE AND STABLE method for it without messing up with stock rom and recovery?
2. If I successfully root it without custom recovery what will be steps to unroot it and revert it back to stock 4.4.4 so that I could receive future OTA. (i had rooted my HTC one x with custom recovery so I know about unlocking bootloader). Will this process include flashing stock rom as there is already stock rom in phone
3. Is is necessary to download stock firmware if someone decide to revert back from rooted phone to stock. I mean not everyone has fast Internet connection to download those big 400-500 mb . Zip files. I read somewhere that we can backup the entire rom after rooting. So why not flash that backed up rom for reverting process. Why need to download..and For backing up the stock rom do we need to root with custom recovery or the Modaco's method (stock recovery root) will work.
You may find my third question stupid but I am not much into this stuff.
Please answer my all questions whether it is yes or no. You need not to provide detailed descriptions but just clear my confusion. I couldn't find these type of questions anywhere else on Internet. So may be useful for other users too. Thanx
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Anybody???
Guru.Eclairs said:
Anybody???
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Hey...yes you can root it but doing so requires an unlocked bootloader(which wipes all data on the phone..so backup)
To revert root you'll need stock recovery(since you say you don't want a custom recovery, skip flashing the stock recovery) and untouched stock ROM...
you can either download a stock fresh stock ROM[recommended]
Or
You can revert all root changes you did to the ROM(Xposed, root,busybox, e.t.c.)
Cheers mate
thanx for replying..
Ok reverting will be enough? I thought stock rom is no more Pure after we root it either by stock recovery or custom recovery. And if i choose the reverting method, how much total apps will i have to delete/uninstall?
Guru.Eclairs said:
Ok reverting will be enough? I thought stock rom is no more Pure after we root it either by stock recovery or custom recovery. And if i choose the reverting method, how much total apps will i have to delete/uninstall?
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You'll will have to remove all root adjustments you made...if you can't remember them all, it's best to flash a new zip...but in my case it was only Xposed and root so I uninstalled Xposed within the app, then went to supersu to revert root.
Good luck
itouchables said:
You'll will have to remove all root adjustments you made...if you can't remember them all, it's best to flash a new zip...but in my case it was only Xposed and root so I uninstalled Xposed within the app, then went to supersu to revert root.
Good luck
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Thanx sir, Good Day
1. Try Paul O´Brien´s (that guy from Modaco) method. I rooted my Moto G with stock 4.4.4 like a month ago. No need to mess with the recovery, easy and simple.
2. There is an option in SuperSU that deletes all SU binaries from the phone. It is not needed to update though. You can update with SU installed, unless you modified any system files that the OTA wants to patch.
3. No, as mentioned in 2. Just unroot, uninstall xposed and you are done.
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knizmi said:
1. Try Paul O´Brien´s (that guy from Modaco) method. I rooted my Moto G with stock 4.4.4 like a month ago. No need to mess with the recovery, easy and simple.
2. There is an option in SuperSU that deletes all SU binaries from the phone. It is not needed to update though. You can update with SU installed, unless you modified any system files that the OTA wants to patch.
3. No, as mentioned in 2. Just unroot, uninstall xposed and you are done.
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Thanks i'll try MoDaCo's method after getting android L OTA

[Q] Custom Recovery vs. Rooting

Hi! Noob here, just wanna ask some questions.
Is rooting different with flashing a custom recovery, or do when we root we automatically installs custom recovery to our device?
And if I am rooting my phone using Framaroot, does it install a custom recovery to my device? Thanks
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UPDATE: Have been figured this out. So, Rooting doesnt mean installing a custom recovery.

Gaining super User privileges on stock rom

Hi there!
I have recently come back to the HTC stock rom on my htc One S. Now I do have a stock rom One S with S-OFF . I would like to have super user privileges on the stock rom so I can unistall some unuseful apps...how can I do that?
light_n_roses said:
Hi there!
I have recently come back to the HTC stock rom on my htc One S. Now I do have a stock rom One S with S-OFF . I would like to have super user privileges on the stock rom so I can unistall some unuseful apps...how can I do that?
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Downlaod a SuperSU zip and put it on your phones storage, Install a custom recovery, flash the superSU zip, install a system app remover
Actually I wanna keep the Stock Rom, if I do install the custom recovery then I have to use a custom ROM which I don't want to.
If I remember correctly the first time that I unlock the phone via HTCdev I got the situation of having the stock ROM with administrator privileges ...but I do not remember...

[Q] HTC Desire 320 Information?

Hi
I just got this phone but can't find a lot of information about it, a few people have asked about rooting it and I think iRoot should work but haven't tried it yet. I also want to install a custom recovery and do a backup before I install a stock rom from this page (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/htc-mtk-cpu-flash-files-flashtool-t3114271) can I use the steps here : http://droidchina.com/guides/how-to-install-cwm-to-any-mtk-device to install CWM.
Thanks

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