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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?

If u hv cwm, flash the latest superuser

Try the latest one from http://androidsu.com/superuser/

What do I need? Arm devices or x86?

Try downloading supersu from the play store... your problem sounds like a super user issue...
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gania13 said:
hi.
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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1. The lock on the startup screen is indicative of your bootloader being unlocked. It has nothing to do with your phone being rooted.
2. Update your superuser to the latest binary and apk. If you have latest superuser installed, go to "settings" [the wrench icon on the top-right corner] --> Security --> Automatic Response. There choose "Allow". This is a known workaround that is in the xda forums

SuperSu binary update

I've tried everything. When I open up the app it says I have to update binary. Then it gives me two choices "normal" and "cmw". I have clicked both of those any neither work. I have reinstalled and everything. Do I even need apps like supersu?

I used the new towel root on my note 3
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Updating ruined mine
I was in the same situation as you until today. I got kitkat on my SM-N900V, then used towelroot (which is amazing!). Then when I would open supersu it would ask 8 out of 10 times to update the binary. I tried normal and CRM/whatever and neither worked. Then, today, when I opened supersu, it said "Update successful, please restart" so I did. After the restart, when I went to open supersu, it would not open, and just freeze until I hit the home button, then everything would be slow and laggy. I restarted my phone, and then supersu would open, but would sit with the spinning loading wheel loading the root apps, and never load. I opened Titanium Backup and it froze on "checking root rights".
To make matters worse, I had just enabled pry-fi, which needs root to spoof the MAC. I was just trying it out, but after supersu updated the binary, pry-fi would freeze on asking for root. So this broke my wifi. Now I am on data only, and supersu doesn't work. Any root app freezes.
I would not recommend doing the binary update, it might have ruined my phone.
PS: I ran towelroot over and over, restarted, ran supersu (sits loading apps), ran towelroot, tried pry-fi, etc, ad-nauseum, nothing helps
I am considering another factory restore... Don't do the binary update, just keep trying supersu and one of these times it will let you in without asking for update.

try framaroot maybe?? if that is compatble with your device... and use superuser instead of SuperSU

Suddenly lost root (*not* after update)

Hi all,
Wondering if any of you guys might know what's up with my OPO...
Today I noticed when running a root-dependent app that some of its functions didn't work, so I looked for SuperSu in my app tray - not there. Then I ran Root Checker - no root. Odd, I haven't done an OTA lately, and had root yesterday.
Undeterred, I did what I do when I do lose root through an OTA - I rebooted into TWRP recovery, flashed a version of a SuperSu zip, wiped dalvik and rebooted.
SuperSu was still not there on reboot, and Root Checker still gave me a negative. So I'm puzzled. I wondered perhaps if it was something to do with Xposed, so I uninstalled the framework and reflashed SuperSu. Still hasn't worked.
Any ideas? Even to determine diagnostically why I lost root? Only notable update I can think of is a battery saving app through the Play Store, which has a corresponding Xposed module - I got a notification about the module earlier, saying I needed to reboot for changes to take effect. But this might be a red herring, since the relevant module was never enabled anyway.
I'm super stumped. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated!

Check dev options and enable root from there.
Sent from my bacon!!!!!

I don't have an option to enable root from dev options menu - unless I'm missing something?

Okay - resolved. Really weird. Had to download SuperSu from the market, open, allow superuser rights to Root Checker, then verify root.
I don't understand why SuperSu wasn't available before, having flashed it. I also don't understand why various root functions weren't enabled before :/
Oh well, working rooted phone again!

[HELP] Honor 8 rooted on Nougat, but can't delete system apps!

Hi guys. First of all sorry if i'm writing in the wrong section. I have a problem with my Honor 8 (FRD-L09) updated to Nougat. Today i've decided to unlock the bootloader and root it. I managed to unlock the phone via Huawei official unlock bootloader method, then i've pushed the latest twrp (3.1.0-1-frd) by cmd. All was going fine. After that i've probably downloaded an old version of Superuser, the phh SuperUser r275 and installed it. I've downloaded Phh's Supersu application from playstore, installed busybox (by Jrummy) and i was able to use various apps that required supersu just fine. But i faced a lot of problems when trying to uninstall system apps. For example, i wished to uninstall "Maps" with System app remover and it shows me that the app was correctly uninstalled and in fact it disappeared from the list, then i rebooted and the app was still there! Tried again with System app remover with the same app and this time even if the app showed "successfully uninstalled" it was still there. Then i tried Root Essentials, Titanium Backup, Root Explorer, SD Maid but i was unlucky with them all. Always problems and errors. In particular, Root Explorer, after mounted the system for r/w, shows "unable to delete the file". These problems appears with all the system apps. I don't know what's going on, i've never had this problems with my old S2 plus. Hope some of you can help me. What i have to do? Uninstall phh's superuser? If yes how can i do it? Can't find any uninstaller zip around the web. Or i need to install "SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815-EMUI5.0" attached in the TWRP post? Can i overwrite phh's superuser script with this? Is safe? Will it work? I'm very desperate, please help me.
P.S. I basically followed this guide: "http://www.theandroidsoul.com/root-honor-8-nougat-twrp-phh-superuser/" but using the new twrp. Don't ask me why...i can't explain why i did this stupid thing.

Rooting the honor 8 just sucks. It's pretty much a crapshoot.
Try the TWRP and special SuperSU from this thread, and let me know if it works.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
I'm in the same boat, I rooted nougat before but didn't actually have r/w permissions. So I've been waiting to re-root until huawei patched their bugs, but it doesn't seem like that will happen.
Best of luck.

SolarisSixth said:
Rooting the honor 8 just sucks. It's pretty much a crapshoot.
Try the TWRP and special SuperSU from this thread, and let me know if it works.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-8/development/twrp-t3566563
I'm in the same boat, I rooted nougat before but didn't actually have r/w permissions. So I've been waiting to re-root until huawei patched their bugs, but it doesn't seem like that will happen.
Best of luck.
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It worked! With this version of supersu i was able to unistall all those useless system apps! I just flashed it by twrp overwriting the previous one and it uninstalled phh'supersu app and installed chainfire's one. Everything seems to work flawlessy thank you. Just wondering if there's a way to remove the annoyng screen at startup that advise that the device can't be trusted. . .

Giuskiller said:
It worked! With this version of supersu i was able to unistall all those useless system apps! I just flashed it by twrp overwriting the previous one and it uninstalled phh'supersu app and installed chainfire's one. Everything seems to work flawlessy thank you. Just wondering if there's a way to remove the annoyng screen at startup that advise that the device can't be trusted. . .
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That is a product of unlocked bootloader and happens on every phone no matter the brand. It can't be removed

Barclays Mobile App NOT working on Rooted S8

Hello there
I am running a custom ROM on my Galaxy S8 and it is rooted using Magisk rather than SuperSU. SnapChat works fine with Magisk as it does not detect the root, however I've tried everything with the Barclays Mobile App but I just get stuck on the first screen and nothing happens afterwards.
At first it used to ask me to grant it root permissions and of course I did, but it has never actually worked.
I am not completely sure, but I have a feeling it has to do with the fact that my device is rooted.
Can someone please shed some light on this? I really need to get this application working as it is important for me. Do I have to go back to completely stock in order to use this application?
Thanks!

yes, it doesn't work on rooted devices. One of the ways that it tries to detect root is by trying to get root, as it happened in you case. By granting it root access, you marked your phone as rooted, and disabled the app. In case you were wondering, it has many other ways to detect root. It used to work with magisk hide, but I tried just today, and it seems that they can detect it too, as I can't use it anymore. By the way, your phone is flagged as rooted, and you will either have to do a factory reset to get it working, or call Barclays, but I think that there is no way to get it working. If you find out how to get it to work, please share it.

TarekElsakka said:
Hello there
I am running a custom ROM on my Galaxy S8 and it is rooted using Magisk rather than SuperSU. SnapChat works fine with Magisk as it does not detect the root, however I've tried everything with the Barclays Mobile App but I just get stuck on the first screen and nothing happens afterwards.
At first it used to ask me to grant it root permissions and of course I did, but it has never actually worked.
I am not completely sure, but I have a feeling it has to do with the fact that my device is rooted.
Can someone please shed some light on this? I really need to get this application working as it is important for me. Do I have to go back to completely stock in order to use this application?
Thanks!
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Barclays app worked for when I was using magisk v14. Since update magisk v.15 barclays app stop working. If you can try to install magisk v.14
P.s. I was using magisk v14 and somehow magisk updated itself to v.15