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[Q] Unable to root Samsung S5360 on 2.3.6 XXKL3

Tried to root my Galaxy Y S5360 using the described method (update.zip). No errors and I can see and launch the SuperUser App. However, I still can't modify any of the system files and Android Commaner reports Root Access: NO.
I can't see that I missed anything. Build.prop attached.

The same problem
I do not have even a su app in list...

You may try tool named Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot. I'm sorry that I do not offer link, but such rules are...

b_henry said:
You may try tool named Universal Gingerbread Root & Unroot. I'm sorry that I do not offer link, but such rules are...
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yeah he's right, here is a link to gingerbreak v1.20. I advice you to do backup etc first.
direct download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=578771&d=1303829207
forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044765
cheers
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btw, you can check with root checker basic if you have root acces, than you just should update superuser. And intergrate update in system, I use link2sd for that

I had this problem to.
The attached file worked for me.
Instruction.
Put the file in root directory.
Flash with stock recovery(not CWM)
It's a quick flash and after re-boot you should be set.
IT DOES NOT WORK IF YOU FLASH USING CWM.zip:silly::silly:

Unlockroot and Super One Click usually works for me, if one fails other surely be succesful. But i am rooting tablets generally so i dont know if these will help, but worth a try.

Unable to root my samsung galaxy Y st-5363
Hi All...
I am trying just so so hard but not able to root my Samsunng Galaxy Y st-5363 ...its gingerbread 2.3.6. I tried adding update.zip to the root of the sd card and then tried it with volume botton and home and power etc etc...it says installation aborted. i tried using gingerBreak when phone switched on but the app gets frozen. There is no SuperUser installed on my phone. I also tried multi root app thing, it says installing SU but when phone switched back on its the same.
..Please advise.
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I just tried the updateRootStock.zip but that also same error...I noted the error :
ice")=="GT B7510" GET PROP
E: error in / tmp / sideload / package.zip
what means by i have to install update.zip or updateRootStock.zip or any zip file in the root of the Sd card ? by the way, I am trying to do all this with lots of information/data on my 32GB SD card, which i have backed up.
what am i doing wrong ? do i need to format the Sd card coz its been partitioned into 25Gb / 5GB ( as EXT2) for extra storage on phone.
pls help.

[Root]FREE Sim-unlock - Working!

With a lot of help from jh787, I have been discussing a hack which will give us SIM unlock for free.
Edit: Method now confirmed working. Full details here
This thread being closed

Reserved for further use

Terminal means alwas strings Not found

For anyone who has not yet SIM-unlocked their phone, but is willing to try [1 attempt!], I will generate a SIM unlock code and send it back via pm for you to try. If it works, I will publish the method for all to use.
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I'm a bit confused. You have a One S, don't you? Why do we need to do it if you have the device?

nickmv said:
I'm a bit confused. You have a One S, don't you? Why do we need to do it if you have the device?
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Because there is a chance that it does work for him (or has worked), but it may not work for everyone else... so he is asking for people to help him test it. I can randomly guess the numbers of the pin and I may get it correct... that doesn't mean it will work every time for all users.

WCCobra said:
Because there is a chance that it does work for him (or has worked), but it may not work for everyone else... so he is asking for people to help him test it. I can randomly guess the numbers of the pin and I may get it correct... that doesn't mean it will work every time for all users.
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I gotcha. The reason I'm asking is because we've had someone in the One S forums requesting IMEI numbers (full, not just last 7 digits), and it was a scam.
Just doing my due diligence and making sure this is safe. I personally won't participate in this, but I want to make sure everyone is careful in what they do.
NEVER give someone your full IMEI number. Sounds like this one might be legit though.

testing now
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sh: strings: not found

vdub804 said:
testing now
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sh: strings: not found
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Have you got CWM installed?
Put the phone in Recovery and run the cmd from adb

done pm sent

Code accepted phone rebooted I'm now sim unlocked
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

ascot17 said:
Open the Terminal Emulator app and type:
su [enter]
strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 [enter]
It will output several lines of data.
One of the lines will be [eg] UN_Lock_code=063312345
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Cant find that line. Could it be in another file?
I am using Samsung Galaxy W.

comp_ws said:
Cant find that line. Could it be in another file?
I am using Samsung Galaxy W.
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Try this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693491

#!/system/bin/sh
# Get IMEI Code #
imei=$(strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 | grep -i "imei=")
# Get Unlock_Code #
unlock=$(strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6 | grep -i "UN_Lock_code=")
I dont think imei or un_lock_code is in my mmcblk0p6 file

Do you have busybox installed? If you do, can you send me the results of:
strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
(or post it here with your SIM and/or unlock smeared if it is listed)

the result of strings -n 8 /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
gives me too many lines and non of those lines contain un_lock_code

Alcatel OT 995 Unrooting

Hey i root my phone and now i need to unroot it beacuse it has update problems.It always says it has already uptodate.Please help me to unroot my phone.I searched a lot forum but couldnt find anything about unrooting Alcatel OT 995.

If u use oneclick root do same thing but now u will have "unroot" insted of "root"....
I saw this on this forum...
Hope it work
Sent from my ALCATEL_one_touch_995 using xda app-developers app

shomi1417 said:
If u use oneclick root do same thing but now u will have "unroot" insted of "root"....
I saw this on this forum...
Hope it work
Sent from my ALCATEL_one_touch_995 using xda app-developers app
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How does this work on linux? Is there a set of commands that can be applied via the terminal shell?
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The following commands remove the root applications.
Code:
adb shell
su
/system/xbin/busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
rm /system/xbin/su
rm/system/bin/su
rm /system/app/Superuser.apk
reboot
The update is downloading now. I'll report back is the phone updates succesfully.
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Well, the commands remove the root option, but the update still fails. I have to root the phone again and see if when I reverse the rooting process the phone will be unrooted succesfully.
Be back later.
For root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30252497&postcount=945

Reversing the root commands doesn't really cleanse the phone enough to make the install of the update go without a hitch.

Found it(for Linux):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31473787&postcount=1085

IsaacNewton said:
Found it(for Linux):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31473787&postcount=1085
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You did the unroot procedure, and there is no problem with updates?
edit: and which apps are safe to remove? Can u please provide a list. Tnx

you can try the GinderBreak install it in your phone and you should see there "Unroot" but you need your phone to set in USB Debugging mode.. )

aleksandar.1 said:
You did the unroot procedure, and there is no problem with updates?
edit: and which apps are safe to remove? Can u please provide a list. Tnx
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Update went without a hitch as you can read furter along in the thread.
Aleksandar, there is a list on XDA somewhere.

[Q] Firewater S-off tmp-mksh: /data/local/tmp/firewater: not found problem

Please help, I have tried to root for 5 hours now. I have used all of the options except for sunshine. I can get to the command /data/local/tmp/firewater, but when I enter it I get tmp-mksh: /data/local/tmp/firewater: not found, does anybody know how to fix this? I am using a windows 8 computer, I can switch to my desktop and try on that.

the only time I've seen that result was on a friends M8 that was on T-mobile. is yours a verizon m8?
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And if it still doesn't work I would unplug the phone and reboot that, and then with the phone unhooked from the computer I would reboot that, and then before you start again make sure that you have all the correct files in the correct folders and follow the firewater instructions to the letter and it should work.

Check out the 2 other posts many get firewater to work using superuser with weaksauce app instead of supersu. Check out the two other posts below first is the main one.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787587
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...firewater-s-off-fail-bottle-chugging-t2821691

!!!!!Bootloader Unlock & TWRP Achieved!!!!!

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*Exclusive Release*
Idol 5 Bootloader Unlock & TWRP Recovery
Get ahold of me to see what else can be done with this phone, as I don't physically own it and can't help out getting things going unless I have the required info from someone who has one of these. I would Imagine GSI roms can now be installed on it, but more testing would need to be done. If someone would like to donate me a device, I can have something spun up in no time, otherwise there isn't much more that can be done without a device to test on.
-Bootloader Unlock & TWRP-
https://androidforums.com/threads/6060c-bootloader-unlock.1327876/
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https://t.me/Android_General_Chat​

Wow! :good:

Update
[hi guys I'm the guinea pig haha,thanks to @PizzaG,and @diplomatic]
After a fun weekend of tweaking [no,not that kind] I have managed to mount the system and dev partitions to -rw and can report I've successfully managed to edit the build.prop as well as a few others by way of utilizing a multi user interactive ADB shell/terminal shell [xterm/color256term] and Ghost Commander file explorer. Not 100% sure how it's working but I'm thinking it's exploiting some loophole in the REMOTE/LOCAL-multiuser GID/UID protocols. Any ideas?

Firmware
Hi, is there anyone who has a way to install standart firmware, my phone is frozen on the initial boot screen. (Factort reset) does not work
HELPPP

Happytop said:
Hi, is there anyone who has a way to install standart firmware, my phone is frozen on the initial boot screen. (Factort reset) does not work
HELPPP
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Yes, I have access to the alcatel stock firmware flasher and the stock firmware. Pm me for link

how can i get mtk-su?

stevegsames said:
how can i get mtk-su?
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Experimental Software Root for HD 8 & HD 10

Thanks @diplomatic, im running out of steam, lol. Ill post the rest of what i have tonight so you idol 5 users have at least standard temp root. My tester kinda fizzled out so....... You guys have the prop line for oem unlock=1, but no fastboot access. And i cant find the intial release stock dump anywhere. I was hoping i could and it would have working fastboot like my device. Anyways, i need a new reliable tester to see if you guys are stuck with temp root or if you can have perm root

@PizzaG, you mean you can't boot your phone? If so, sorry to hear that. I don't know the details about Alcatel phones, but I hope there's some way to restore the firmware....
Also, will you have a chance to test what I proposed in my PM?

diplomatic said:
Experimental Software Root for HD 8 & HD 10
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Thank$ for the help
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How can I mount the /$y$tem partition to -rw?

stevegsames said:
Thank$ for the help
How can I mount the /$y$tem partition to -rw?
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If it's a recent phone, you probably can't due to dm-verity. You can check by running
mount | grep /system
If the first word is something like '/dev/block/dm-0', then remounting system is a no-go without unlocking the bootloader. If it doesn't say 'dm-0', but 'mmcblkXXX', then you might want to try
mount -o remount,rw /system
(BTW, I'm gonna guess your s-key is broken )

stevegsames said:
Thank$ for the help
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How can I mount the /$y$tem partition to -rw?
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I'm not sure yet if you can.

diplomatic said:
If it's a recent phone, you probably can't due to dm-verity. You can check by running
mount | grep /system
If the first word is something like '/dev/block/dm-0', then remounting system is a no-go without unlocking the bootloader. If it doesn't say 'dm-0', but 'mmcblkXXX', then you might want to try
mount -o remount,rw /system
(BTW, I'm gonna guess your s-key is broken )
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Yup key i$ broken
It i$ a recent phone and it $ay$ dm-0

So what is the process in rooting this phone

Some NEWS guys, check this out and let me know if it works for Idol 5. It's Based off the Working Temp Root Xploit, hopefully it will give you Magisk
https://github.com/JunioJsv/mtk-easy-su

Bootloader unlock and twrp
https://androidforums.com/threads/6060c-bootloader-unlock.1327876/
https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-5/development/guide-alcatel-idol-5-6060c-bootloader-t4157411