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problem with rooting nexus s 4.1.1

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.
Sent from my Nexus S©

Closed due to opening multiple threads on the same issue

SuperSu Survival Mode Question

I noticed that the pro version of SuperSu has a survival mode option. Should I have this enabled all the time? or should it only be enabled when I am ready to make a OTA update?

Just leave it where it is. I'm not even sure if it'll work with an ota. The nexus 5 is so easy to root that I've never tried it. It had been helpful on some other devices butt it's not needed with the n5
gee2012 makes a good point for cm roms of you want to maintain supersu
Edit out of curiosity I did enable survival mode on 4.4. It does survive update to 4.4.2

Sanvido said:
I noticed that the pro version of SuperSu has a survival mode option. Should I have this enabled all the time? or should it only be enabled when I am ready to make a OTA update?
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You can turn it on all the time, also when you flash CM superSU will remain the main superuser app.

You leave it on all the time as I assume it has scripts to reinstall SuperSU if certain files are removed. It currently works fine for me with OmniROM OTA updates.

Thanks guys for the answer.

Charlular said:
You leave it on all the time as I assume it has scripts to reinstall SuperSU if certain files are removed. It currently works fine for me with OmniROM OTA updates.
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^^^
Well, of course you would keep root with OmniROM, since it is a rooted rom.
Why wouldn't it keep root when you're using a ROM that requires root to begin with?
Forgive me for being a compleat (sic) Nitwit... but I thought that Rootkeeper and Survival Mode in SU were supposed to keep root through an OTA update for the stock ROM, like going from 4.3 to 4.4 which I think is impossible because when I tap 'check for updates', the message comes up that (and I'm paraphrasing here'... can't be updated because your system has been modified.
When reading through all the caveats in OTARootkeeper in the Play Store, it seems to say that you can un-root temporarily in order to install a new ROM update, and then re-enable root.
Of course, then the Dev. goes on to say that OTARootkeeper won't work with SuperSU installed because OTARootkeeper has it's own version of SU built in.
Am I right or wrong... and if I'm wrong, I wish that somebody would explain it to me exactly where.
Am I correct in assuming that OTARootkeeper will allow temporarily un-rooting for the purpose of installing let's say, an update to the stock ROM which I happen to be running, and then re-rooting and still keep root status?
I've had OTARootkeeper installed for quite a while, but I read that it no longer works with 4.3 to 4.4 stock ROM updates anyway, so I guess my comments become moot.

root 4.4.2 ??

hi all
i installed the 4.4.2 kitkat on my device the indian version
i tried to root it but no luck
i tried this way in this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102677
first of all everything seems fine , the supersu installed and can give root permissions
but after a while it can't give permissions
just like there is no supersu
it says the app gets the permission but it can't get it
i dont know what is the problem or 4.4.2 still not get root ?
and if there is another way to root let me know
thank you

more than 90 views and no respones :crying:
ok it dosen't matter. i figure out what is the problem and i solve it :laugh:
the problem was because the KNOX is installed in the new 4.4.2 kitkat update But it was hidden and you cannot find it in the app drawer
and if you check the app manager in the setting you will find it as KSML
KNOX prevent the root from working and the option that appear when i open the SuperSu app to disable the KNOX seems to be not effective
i tried a lot of things to remove it but i end up with fails every time :crying:
the sloution seems simple just remove knox and you will be ok and the root will works great
but
the problem was how to delete it with no root
i noticed in my device after i flash the root file and install an app that require root the root works on this app just for less than 10 mintues and then dosen't work at all
- so i flash the kitkat room again and turn on the device
- i download the root explorer app from the google play
- root my device
after rooting, the supersu app give force close but i went to google play and update it from there and it works fine
- lunched the root explorer and give it root permission (for me it can take the permission)
- searched about KNOX
- then deleted everything related to KNOX
- again search about KSML and delete it as well
and after that everythings goes right
a installed more than 3 apps that required root and all works flowlessly
and the root cheacker app finally says i succesfuly root my device (before was say a havent rooted my device)
damm it looks easy but it freaks me out to made the root working
KNOX really is a great saftey app but very annoying in matter of rooting
i hope anyone face my problem to try my way and it could works
thanks to me to reply me

Another thing I noticed
the root dosen't work if you change the language from English.
I don't know why???

After update to official 4.4.2, I just flashed CWM 6.0.3.6 with Odin, restarted in recovery mode and installed UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.01.zip in CWM.
Reboot tablet and start SU app; the app detects KNOX and asks to disable it. Just answer yes and you are ready in less than 5 minutes.
I must admit I first used Phil_Z recovery and then SU-app hung when disabling KNOX. After switching to CWM is worked right away.
I have N8010.

Root not working anymore.

I've rooted my phone a month and a half ago and today I noticed that none of my apps can acquire root. SuperSU says that there's no SU binary installed and it can't be installed.
What should I do? Do I just root again? Is the process different than it was for the first time?
And why did this happen?

[GT-I9195] Unable to Root! Tried almost everything!

Hi there guys!
I do have a s4 mini lte and for the past week I've tried almost everything when it comes to rooting my mobile.
THe first thing I tried was Kingoroot and then Kingroot but it looked like it wasn't possible to root it using them.
Then I installed CWM with Odin(I tried with TWRP but got Red error on Odin). I flashed the zip with CWM and when the phone booted up, it looked for updates for 5-10 secs and then I opened SuperSU (it was installed) it kept saying that there were no binary found.
I had to download the latest version of Supersu (2.79) and when I tried to flash it, I got "You lost root access"
FIx it? Yes/No
I pressed no since it was suggested on other forums to do so, but then I still got the same problem with SuperSU ( no binary found)
I did wipe cache,tried also with factory reset,disabled and then re-enabled supersu,updated it from playstore, but still no root.
How the hell am I supposed to root this stupid phone?
Thank you