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Updated G3 root method?

Okay, so I may be beating a dead horse, but I have literally sat for hours trying to achieve root. I have tried the one click method, script method, and others; all of which have failed. I apologize in advance if I have over looked a recent and updated thread regarding the AT&T G3 root methods.
I am running:
Android 5.0.1
D85021r
Kernel Version 3.4.0
I just want root access so I can get rid of all this garbage software they force on the AT&T G3 users. Thanks in advance.

Hey there man. I searched high and low as well for a root method when I got my G3 a couple weeks ago. It was already on Lollipop, so Stump was a non-starter for me. There's 2 ways you can get root for your phone:
1) Follow the guide to downgrade it back to KitKat using the .tot file and LG Flash tool ( You will loose ALL data stored on the phone FYI). Then install Stump to root, and then install Flashify from the Play Store so you can installed a Bump'd version of TWRP for your custom recovery if you ever want to install something else other than the stock ROM.
OR......
2) Install KingRoot on your computer. Enable USB Debugging on your phone first though, and connect it. Open KingRoot and let it do its thing. It's in all Chinese (or Japanese), but just click the button. Give it a few minutes and you should be set. Keep in Mind that KingRoot is NOT SuperSU. However, they both provide root access.
-Dave

DKOMofo said:
Okay, so I may be beating a dead horse, but I have literally sat for hours trying to achieve root. I have tried the one click method, script method, and others; all of which have failed. I apologize in advance if I have over looked a recent and updated thread regarding the AT&T G3 root methods.
I am running:
Android 5.0.1
D85021r
Kernel Version 3.4.0
I just want root access so I can get rid of all this garbage software they force on the AT&T G3 users. Thanks in advance.
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TowelRoot worked perfectly fine for me on Lollipop. I rooted it that way, then installed AutoRec for Lollipop and installed TWRP custom recovery, right from the phone, within Android, no PC or rebooted into a special mode required. Took me all of about 5 minutes or less!!!

This is the method known to work http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197
With the software level on your phone you need to go into McAfee and disable the Lock Down "feature" that prevents enabling USB debugging.
Just wanted to point out that if you install TWRP you will not be able to boot your phone due to a security error, for it to work you need a different kernel.

shawkes said:
This is the method known to work http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3129197
With the software level on your phone you need to go into McAfee and disable the Lock Down "feature" that prevents enabling USB debugging.
Just wanted to point out that if you install TWRP you will not be able to boot your phone due to a security error, for it to work you need a different kernel.
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I haven't been able to get it past pushing the files. Through the auto script it gets stuck on 15% pushing files.

GOT IT!!!
Okay, so it seems there may have been some interference between an app and the data push. I ended up putting the phone into safe mode, run the root.bat, and presto! I HAVE ROOT! THANK THE ANDROID GODS (and shawkes)! Now to remove all of this damn bloatware!

Congrats man. I couldn't get those scripts to work. I blame my Windows 10 machine and it's USB 3.0 ports.

SuperDave1685 said:
Congrats man. I couldn't get those scripts to work. I blame my Windows 10 machine and it's USB 3.0 ports.
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Windows 10 is a bastard within itself. Good luck to you!

The info for downgrading to kit kat does not work. It tells you to do something with com setting or something in devices or something but there is no such thing.

Can't find root method for LG Phoenix 2 (LG k371).

Hey all!
I recently bought the LG Phoenix 2 (LG k371) from ATT, and I really want to root it. But alas, I was unable to find any root method that works for my phone. Does anyone know of a method that will currently work for my device? It is running MarshMallow 6.0. I can update with any other info needed.
Thanks!

Lg Phoenix 2 root
KingRoot app will temp root this phone and you can uninstall all the at&t crap just fine but I needs to be re rooted every time you restart the phone I had to uninstall KingRoot my phone keeps randomly rebooting if its rooted with it

siferx said:
KingRoot app will temp root this phone and you can uninstall all the at&t crap just fine but I needs to be re rooted every time you restart the phone I had to uninstall KingRoot my phone keeps randomly rebooting if its rooted with it
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Tried KingRoot, no dice

BUMP: I really need a method for this...

I have the same phone. Kingroot did work for me. You have to run it several times but it does eventually work. Also had the random reboot issue on occasion but I did get the bloatware off. What I would like to know is once its temp rooted, is there a method to get permanent root? Any custom recoveries that work for this?

Well I totally boned my phone I think. Kingroot works but it caused a lot of instability. It reboots the phone within minutes of getting temp rooted. So I tried supersume to remove kingroot (which seems to also have a pretty bad reputation as far as privacy goes) to replace kingroot with supersu. Everything seemed to go fine, the binary updated and looked good. Once the phone reboots though, it freezes on the AT&T logo. When I try to factory reset the android pops on screen for about 5 seconds and nothing changes. I can't do anything with adb. Whenever I try to list devices the phone is detected but it says it isn't "Authorized". If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it.

KippaStep said:
Hey all!
I recently bought the LG Phoenix 2 (LG k371) from ATT, and I really want to root it. But alas, I was unable to find any root method that works for my phone. Does anyone know of a method that will currently work for my device? It is running MarshMallow 6.0. I can update with any other info needed.
Thanks!
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I'm having the same issue looking for root method for this phone. If I have to convert to lollipop again somehow I will. Please help.

Hydran said:
Well I totally boned my phone I think. Kingroot works but it caused a lot of instability. It reboots the phone within minutes of getting temp rooted. So I tried supersume to remove kingroot (which seems to also have a pretty bad reputation as far as privacy goes) to replace kingroot with supersu. Everything seemed to go fine, the binary updated and looked good. Once the phone reboots though, it freezes on the AT&T logo. When I try to factory reset the android pops on screen for about 5 seconds and nothing changes. I can't do anything with adb. Whenever I try to list devices the phone is detected but it says it isn't "Authorized". If anyone has any ideas I would really appreciate it.
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Anybody else try Kingroot then Supersume and have the same trouble or had any success?

mnorris0678 said:
Anybody else try Kingroot then Supersume and have the same trouble or had any success?
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Installing super su when rooted with king will brick Everytime you can temp root to uninstall the at&t bloat but that's about as far as I got phone keeps rebooting every few minutes when rooted I think I'll just get a new phone

I'm really not a fan of the fact that this device de-roots itself on every reboot, I know the developers have more popular models to address, so I'm not complaining. I was just wondering if anyone knows a way to keep that from happening and safely get rid of KingRoot and put SuperSU on instead...

Supersume
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root
did you try this guide?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2684210

Stay away from Kingroot and supersume, you are going to brick your phone!!! You'll have to send it in to LG, and your phone will never be the same again!!!
It only takes one attempt of kingroot, and no more security updates from at&t, Error: !!your device is suspected of rooting!!
(even if you uninstall kingroot & unroot)

Phoenix 2 root
Anyone have any advice on hacking into the system somehow to bypass the boot loader in order to fix the bridging problem at&t left us with? Or possibly something like flashily to flash directly to device or so we can disable bootloader security, or bypass at&t security or something like the old school ways hacking the system if possible. I don't understand HW,SW,KERNEL,LINUX,CODE,APPS so its hard for me to hack it myself. Although, I have successfully rooted, flashed supersu and twrp'd my htc one m9. I have been into buildprops and enabled hotspot tethering and disabled data throttle through proxy servers and HSM. I just don't know where or how to start the root procession this device Cuz I'm still a newb. Please no one click root suggestions, I prefer the knowledge not the instant gratification! Thanks in advance!

try this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772

update
Any idea how to update the software?
I tried to update on the phone without any result

brito9112 said:
try this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
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I tried this method but it froze on the last step, I sat there for an hour while my phone was trying to run the script but nothing would happen.

Tried it as well
brito9112 said:
try this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/guide-root-method-lg-devices-t3049772
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killerfurzeYT said:
I tried this method but it froze on the last step, I sat there for an hour while my phone was trying to run the script but nothing would happen.
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Yeah I tried that before I attempted to Kingroot and then Supersume. Did the same thing. If anyone knows of a way to de-brick the phone when supersume fails I'd appreciate any help. Not sure it's even possible.

LG k371 is one of the k8 series.
All K8 were compressed at lz4 not the gzip. SuperSU v2.66 (and other previous system-less version of supersu installer) can't decompress LZ4-compressed kernel. So that procedure won't finish the last step.
There might be two ways to solve this issue, either repacking into gzip, or waiting for supersu's support to lz4.
I guess the supersu's support to lz4 could be easier. But I don't think ppl are working on it.
At that thread, someone succeed rooting another K8 model (LG K8 k350n), with a different chipset, Mediatek MT6735 . I guess you could check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/install-systemless-supersu-patch-lz4-t3475765
http://www.chinaphonearena.com/forum/printthread.php?tid=16681
http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/supersu-v2-66-installed-lz4-compressed-t3296508
Hydran said:
Yeah I tried that before I attempted to Kingroot and then Supersume. Did the same thing. If anyone knows of a way to de-brick the phone when supersume fails I'd appreciate any help. Not sure it's even possible.
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Did you try booting the phone into fast boot settings?

Permanent Root T337A 5.1.1 with Kingroot today

I was messing with a bunch of stuff like supersu me, trying to replace kingroot with supersu in terminal emulator, but I don't think that had anything to do with it. I re-ran kingroot today, and now, even if I power it off all the way, or reboot, it still holds root! Permanent root is a big step, but I always want more. lol. I'm hoping there will be a way to replace it with supersu soon, and get flashfire working. On 5.1.1 BOH4 Good luck everyone!
Edit: I have no idea how I was able to keep a permanent root, but alas, I had to go messing with $#!+, and end result was having to flash stock firmware and not be able to get permanent root again. I'm not sure if things I was messing with played a strange part, or if somehow kingroot magically went through that one time, but it sucks to have lost it. I can replace kingroot with supersu using a Replace_Kinguser_with_SuperSU-v2.4 zip file, flashing it in terminal emulator, then using a power menu for root app to soft reboot before kingroot fail errors start to pop up. Sadly, if hard reboot or power off and on are done, root with supersu are wiped. If you do this, don't update the su binary or you'll hang at at&t logo in a softbrick.

whats wrong with twrp?

thelous said:
whats wrong with twrp?
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Not sure what you mean. TWRP doesn't work on most samsung devices 5.0 & up. Also, Kingroot is limited, so as of now, flashfire doesn't work. What I'm hoping is, the supersu me app will be updated to replace the current kingroot with supersu, which should fix the flashfire problem. If flashfire works, I'm pretty sure custom roms can be flashed after that. Busybox is installable.

thelous said:
whats wrong with twrp?
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the bootloader is locked

xjimmy said:
Not sure what you mean. TWRP doesn't work on most samsung devices 5.0 & up. Also, Kingroot is limited, so as of now, flashfire doesn't work. What I'm hoping is, the supersu me app will be updated to replace the current kingroot with supersu, which should fix the flashfire problem. If flashfire works, I'm pretty sure custom roms can be flashed after that. Busybox is installable.
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if i remember right theres some files thst you need to delete to prevent "unroot" in boot...... similar to stock recovery flashing back on some devices after installing twrp or cwm

My rooting experience with kingroot has been temp root, with reboots causing soft brick, an update to kingroot making reboots possible without bricking, but causing unroot, and the latest update where it retains root after reboot. So whatever they did, it's working now. It is limited, however, as I doubt cwm or twrp is flashable, and flashfire doesn't work with kingroot.

What I don't want is for people to doubt me. It's easy to download the latest kingroot and try it. The lp fix boot.tar is still available, but you'll see, you won't need it. And the stock firmware .tar is available so you really have nothing to lose. What I'm hoping is, more people do it so we can move forward. I'd like to see a new version of supersu me, and flash fire working. Get to a point where we see some custom roms.

Which version of KingRoot did you use? 5.0.0 or 5.0.1?

Tried KingRoot v5.0.1 app and root doesnt stick after reboot. It actually took much longer to root then it takes with 5.0.0 version.
There is also two versions of KingRoot from different KingRoot websites; a 13.7mb and 18.5mb version. Large version, has ads and nagging notifications.

KGB7 said:
Tried KingRoot v5.0.1 app and root doesnt stick after reboot. It actually took much longer to root then it takes with 5.0.0 version.
There is also two versions of KingRoot from different KingRoot websites; a 13.7mb and 18.5mb version. Large version, has ads and nagging notifications.
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If you're talking about the actual apk app for android, there is no version 5.0 or 5.0.1, the latest version is 4.9.2
You need to make sure you're going to Kingroot's actual website, otherwise you're going to end up on weird websites claiming to have the newest version and all that, end up with "ads and nagging notifications." lol. I bet if you opened up the kingroot app you downloaded, hit the options button (3 dots) in the top right corner and selected "about app," you'd see a different version of kingroot than 5.0, 5.0.1, or 4.9.2
If you're referring to the pc method, then I'm not sure what version that is. It pops up in a foreign language, and you might want to look up how to follow the steps accordingly. I'd be willing to bet that the pc version works just as well, though. Hope you figure out where you went wrong. Good luck.

xjimmy said:
If you're talking about the actual apk app for android, there is no version 5.0 or 5.0.1, the latest version is 4.9.2
You need to make sure you're going to Kingroot's actual website, otherwise you're going to end up on weird websites claiming to have the newest version and all that, end up with "ads and nagging notifications." lol. I bet if you opened up the kingroot app you downloaded, hit the options button (3 dots) in the top right corner and selected "about app," you'd see a different version of kingroot than 5.0, 5.0.1, or 4.9.2
If you're referring to the pc method, then I'm not sure what version that is. It pops up in a foreign language, and you might want to look up how to follow the steps accordingly. I'd be willing to bet that the pc version works just as well, though. Hope you figure out where you went wrong. Good luck.
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The app i downloaded is version 5.0.1.392 165 from Kingroot.net
Su Version 3.64.

KGB7 said:
The app i downloaded is version 5.0.1.392 165 from Kingroot.net
Su Version 3.64.
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Well I'll be damned. I just downloaded it and you're right. I just hate eating crow. I apologize. I will say that the reason I was insistent on it being the latest update is because that's what I did, was have my version kingroot (4.9.2 143) check for updates and it says it's up to date. I downloaded it from the official site, tried it, and had success the same day I posted this thread. My kernel version says v4.8.0 67, and my Su version says v3.61
I would be interested, if you were willing, to hear your results after trying version 4.9.2. Also, did you try it on the pc to see the difference? If none of this works, is there a developer that I could somehow give a system dump to, maybe to see how I have root still, including after reboots? I'm not making this up, and would be willing to show you on skype if you pm me. I'm afraid to unroot it now and try it again. lol

xjimmy said:
Well I'll be damned. I just downloaded it and you're right. I just hate eating crow. I apologize. I will say that the reason I was insistent on it being the latest update is because that's what I did, was have my version kingroot (4.9.2 143) check for updates and it says it's up to date. I downloaded it from the official site, tried it, and had success the same day I posted this thread. My kernel version says v4.8.0 67, and my Su version says v3.61
I would be interested, if you were willing, to hear your results after trying version 4.9.2. Also, did you try it on the pc to see the difference? If none of this works, is there a developer that I could somehow give a system dump to, maybe to see how I have root still, including after reboots? I'm not making this up, and would be willing to show you on skype if you pm me. I'm afraid to unroot it now and try it again. lol
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I tried the PC app twice but, it was annoying having to read the instructions on their site because they didnt translate it. The root did stick once with PC app. Not sure what made it unstick. I think its because i cleared cache in the recovery mode but, i didnt test that theory, i switched to apk.
The manual update option in the apk doesn't work properly, each time it tells me that current version is up to date. So the auto update is also useless.
I'll test the 4.92 version of KingRoot apk on the tablet and get back to you with the results. At the end of the day, i have no need for permanent root after I debloated the tablet.
KingRoot has its own thread here on the forums. You can ask them directly if you have any questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
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Here are all the builds of KingRoot you can download for you to play with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads
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Ran kingroot apk 4.9.2 and the root doesnt stick. Either you got lucky or you did something with supersu.
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KGB7 said:
I tried the PC app twice but, it was annoying having to read the instructions on their site because they didnt translate it. The root did stick once with PC app. Not sure what made it unstick. I think its because i cleared cache in the recovery mode but, i didnt test that theory, i switched to apk.
The manual update option in the apk doesn't work properly, each time it tells me that current version is up to date. So the auto update is also useless.
I'll test the 4.92 version of KingRoot apk on the tablet and get back to you with the results. At the end of the day, i have no need for permanent root after I debloated the tablet.
KingRoot has its own thread here on the forums. You can ask them directly if you have any questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
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Here are all the builds of KingRoot you can download for you to play with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads
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Ran kingroot apk 4.9.2 and the root doesnt stick. Either you got lucky or you did something with supersu.
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I replied to this comment a while ago, so I thought. lol. You ever reply to something, hit submit, and come back later to find it not posted? grrr. Thank you for at least trying again. It wouldn't seem likely that by simply clearing the cache, root would get wiped. I almost want to try it myself. What I wrote was that I would, if possible, love to do a system dump, or whatever they call it, so a developer could take a look at how and why I have permanent root. That would be to say that a developer would be interested at all. Supersu just froze in the process, and I read it's because kingroot now patched it so it wouldn't remove their root. Would be cool to get supersu on it and maybe get a custom rom or two.

Get bootloader unlocked
toolhas4degrees said:
the bootloader is locked
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How would you go about getting the bootloader unlocked for the samsung galaxy tab 4 sm-t337a in order to flash a twrp file?

nd4400 said:
How would you go about getting the bootloader unlocked for the samsung galaxy tab 4 sm-t337a in order to flash a twrp file?
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Ask at&t nicely.

According to what I've seen on a SM-G900A thread, the NewKingrootV4.81_C136_B245_xda_release_2016_02_29_105243.apk was the last revision that didn't block supersume from working properly.

bbc581 said:
According to what I've seen on a SM-G900A thread, the NewKingrootV4.81_C136_B245_xda_release_2016_02_29_105243.apk was the last revision that didn't block supersume from working properly.
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I read that too, but you know what, it still doesn't work. I've found a zip file called Replace_Kinguser_with_SuperSU-v2.4 that works. What you do is install a power menu for root users first, then root with kingroot. Next, you install the replace kinguser zip using terminal emulator, which there are instructions online and on youtube on how to do it. Once you've replaced kingroot with supersu, quickly use the power menu app to do a soft reboot, as to avoid kingroot failure errors. DO NOT update the su binary. Only problem is, if you do regular reboot, or power off the tab, then power it back on, root is lost again. I have no idea how I got permanent root with kingroot, but I've lost it now while messing with things. I wish I would've tried to replace it with supersu this way when I had it just to see if it woul've still retained permanent root as well. Now what?!?! lol

I'll test the 4.92 version of KingRoot apk on the tablet and get back to you with the results. At the end of the day, i have no need for permanent root after I debloated the tablet.
KingRoot has its own thread here on the forums. You can ask them directly if you have any questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
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Here are all the builds of KingRoot you can download for you to play with.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads
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Ran kingroot apk 4.9.2 and the root doesnt stick. Either you got lucky or you did something with supersu.
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Hey man, old stuff, I know, but I thought this was interesting:
http://androidforums.com/threads/tutorial-how-to-root-the-sm-t337a-lollipop-with-kingroot.1100261/:
I'm not sure if he's saying to keep rebooting, and re-rooting until root sticks permanently, or to leave kingroot running without rebooting for a long time, and permanent root will sink in eventually. I think he means the second one, too leave it running without rebooting. On a sidenote, I have been able to use a replace kingroot with superuser 2.74 via terminal emulator with success, even after rooting with latest version kingroot. Updating supersu binary results in softbrick on reboot though. If you don't update user binary, and you reboot, you just lose root, is all. And sometimes the zip doesn't work, and it takes reboot, re-root with kingroot, then re-run terminal emulator. Flashfire doesn't like kingroot, but it opens up with supersu after this method. Not sure if it can actually flash zips though. Just thought I'd share my latest findings.

xjimmy said:
I'll test the 4.92 version of KingRoot apk on the tablet and get back to you with the results. At the end of the day, i have no need for permanent root after I debloated the tablet.
Thanks for the info. An interesting discovery! After going back and reading that guy's article again, I noticed that he posted a link to download kingroot. I was curious what version he used. It was 4.8.1 . When I tried downloading 4.8.1 from the xda link you gave me, it kept popping up with a network error. This time I downloaded 4.8.1 somewhere else and tried it. After root, I kept closing kingroot, swiping it clear in task manager, and re-opening it until it gave me the notice that it deployed itself as a system app. I then rebooted (not soft reboot) and it partially kept a permanent root this time. If I went into root checker, it would tell me no root, but other apps were popping up the grant permission tab. I'm sure I'll get root to stick permanently again, then I'll try to install supersu over it again, see if I can't get that as a permanent root. It's not the end of the world to me either, but it just drove me nuts not knowing how the hell I got it. Also, it's just fun to mess with stuff. lol. So in the chain of updates, 4.8.1 is right before 4.9.2, so I'm guessing that I probably got permanent root from 4.8.1 and then updated it, or possibly that I ran 4.8.1, updated, and maybe optimizing or running root again with 4.9.2 finished the job. Anyway, thanks for writing back!
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Rooted Xperia Z Ultra not really rooted and not rootable, bootloader not unlockable.

I have an Xperia Z Ultra, Sol24, i used iRoot to root it successfully. Instructions were unclear. Do this, press that, update binaries, done. Um, not done. Binaries,are not updatable. Nothing works. I want to access system files to make a modification, but it's not writable and the permissions are not changeable. I'm running Android 4.4.2. The super user i can only access is King Root and i get the worst crappy ads I have ever seen. How insanely frustrating!
I went to sony developer site, it tells my it is not possible to unlock bootloader. Which means I paid a crap load of money for an inflexible piece of crap. I paid extra unnecessary money for super sume pro just to tell me my phone is unwritable.
I don't know what to do really. I'm running out of patience.
Anyone know of anything? Is my phone just a Frisbee?

Yeah, I can agree kingroot isn't the best way to root (China crap, what can you expect?) , but its 1-click rooting does work for me on a 4.4.2-based TVPad 4 box.
And yes, it did leave some pretty persistent crap in the system partition. I ended up having to restore from a known good TWRP backup and root using a different method.
However, it did root your phone right? Does it pass the root checker test? Then how about installing AdAway? Well if it fails the root checker test then all bets are off unfortunately.

Hi, Yes it passes the Root checker.
But I installed free software Super SU, and it kept saying update binaries.
I tried, nothing happened.
So I installed a TWRP and CWM trying to boot in recovery.
It just rebooted the system, no recovery.
Can't change anything.
But there is software called Super SUme pro.
You have to buy it, after I installed it:
It said
This device is write=protected and not fully rooted, this program will not work for your device currently.
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So I checked the system Bootloader is not unlockable....

Help! Lost Root??

Hi all,
I am having problems with my phone and its starting to drive me crazy. I have a ZTE N817 (Obama phone) which I rooted and flashed TWRP to about 8 months ago. The rom is stock because I've never been able to find any custom roms. I used the kingoroot PC application to root the device (the app I've found that was able to root it), and replaced kinguser with supersu. Everything worked great, or at least as good as one can expect from a device with such lown spec hardware.
About a week ago I opened my busybox installer (Busybox Pro (Stericson) and I noticed the app said either I didn't have root or I needed to update the supersu binary. I had the most recent supersu binary but I reinstalled it and updated the binary anyway. The binary updated fine. Busybox still said I didnt have root. I then down loaded a root checker app from the store, it said I had root and my busybox installation was fine. I opened a few more apps that require root (titanium backup, root explorer, etc) all said the device was not rooted. I installed a couple more root checkers, both said the device was not rooted but one said busybox was installed and the other said it wasnt. The first root checker app still said the phone was rooted and busybox installed.
Whenever I run an app that requires root, I get the popup from supersu asking me to grant root access. I grant it but then the apps just tell me that they are unable to get root access and my device is not rooted. I reinstalled kingoroot on my PC and ran it to root the phone again. It said it ran successfully, supersu installed fine and updated the binary. Still no change in anything. I tried to use kingoroot to unroot the device (just so I could root it again) but kingoroot was unsuccessful, but it says it has no problems rooting it.
At this point I have no idea what is going on or how I can get root access back. Any help or ideas anyone may have will be greatly appreciated.:highfive: Like I said, its seriously starting to drive me nuts. :crying::crying:
Happy Memorial Day to everyone!

jritt said:
Hi all,
I am having problems with my phone and its starting to drive me crazy. I have a ZTE N817 (Obama phone) which I rooted and flashed TWRP to about 8 months ago. The rom is stock because I've never been able to find any custom roms. I used the kingoroot PC application to root the device (the app I've found that was able to root it), and replaced kinguser with supersu. Everything worked great, or at least as good as one can expect from a device with such lown spec hardware.
About a week ago I opened my busybox installer (Busybox Pro (Stericson) and I noticed the app said either I didn't have root or I needed to update the supersu binary. I had the most recent supersu binary but I reinstalled it and updated the binary anyway. The binary updated fine. Busybox still said I didnt have root. I then down loaded a root checker app from the store, it said I had root and my busybox installation was fine. I opened a few more apps that require root (titanium backup, root explorer, etc) all said the device was not rooted. I installed a couple more root checkers, both said the device was not rooted but one said busybox was installed and the other said it wasnt. The first root checker app still said the phone was rooted and busybox installed.
Whenever I run an app that requires root, I get the popup from supersu asking me to grant root access. I grant it but then the apps just tell me that they are unable to get root access and my device is not rooted. I reinstalled kingoroot on my PC and ran it to root the phone again. It said it ran successfully, supersu installed fine and updated the binary. Still no change in anything. I tried to use kingoroot to unroot the device (just so I could root it again) but kingoroot was unsuccessful, but it says it has no problems rooting it.
At this point I have no idea what is going on or how I can get root access back. Any help or ideas anyone may have will be greatly appreciated.:highfive: Like I said, its seriously starting to drive me nuts. :crying::crying:
Happy Memorial Day to everyone!
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you have twrp still?
install latest supersu.zip
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sd_shadow said:
you have twrp still?
install latest supersu.zip
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Yes, I still have TWRP. If I install supersu from the play store without the binary installed the app will tell me immediately after opening that my device is not rooted and it won't work. If I flash the binary through TWRP first, then supersu installs from the play store no different than if the device was still rooted, but I still don't have root. I get the toast notifications whenever an app requests access, but of course it is unable to grant it. I am still on the exact same version of Android as when I got the phone, nothing other than apps themselves have been updated. I have zero idea how I lost root, and even more confusing to me is why I cannot reacquire it. Again just last night, I tried Kingoroot (what I originally rooted the device with), Dr Fone, iRoot, eRoot and Framaroot. Every one failed.:crying: It's a real pain in the rear because the phone's hardware is so lacking that root access is needed just to make the device somewhat usable. I have not ever been able to find a custom rom despite searching all over many times. But last night I was thinking, since I stil have TWRP if I can find someone else with the same handset with root....could I flash a backup of their stock rom? Would that work?:fingers-crossed: I'm becoming extremely frustrated

jritt said:
Yes, I still have TWRP. If I install supersu from the play store without the binary installed the app will tell me immediately after opening that my device is not rooted and it won't work. If I flash the binary through TWRP first, then supersu installs from the play store no different than if the device was still rooted, but I still don't have root. I get the toast notifications whenever an app requests access, but of course it is unable to grant it. I am still on the exact same version of Android as when I got the phone, nothing other than apps themselves have been updated. I have zero idea how I lost root, and even more confusing to me is why I cannot reacquire it. Again just last night, I tried Kingoroot (what I originally rooted the device with), Dr Fone, iRoot, eRoot and Framaroot. Every one failed.:crying: It's a real pain in the rear because the phone's hardware is so lacking that root access is needed just to make the device somewhat usable. I have not ever been able to find a custom rom despite searching all over many times. But last night I was thinking, since I stil have TWRP if I can find someone else with the same handset with root....could I flash a backup of their stock rom? Would that work?:fingers-crossed: I'm becoming extremely frustrated
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which Supersu.zip zip are you using?
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sd_shadow said:
which Supersu.zip zip are you using?
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The one I used last night was SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip.

jritt said:
The one I used last night was SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip.
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Here are some things to check.
Maybe you need to make sure you have root access in developer options set to "apps and adb".
Make sure you have a root explorer and that it is enabled.
Check SELinux to see if it's set to "enforcing" or "permissive", set it to permissive if you can.
You might need to use SuperSU in "systemless mode"
Yes, in theory, a rooted backup from someone else should work.
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