Samsung Galaxy S2 root question - General Questions and Answers

Hey guys, I flashed my S2 with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-cyanogenmod-11-t2686887/
I'm slightly confused as to what to do now to root my phone. Is it already rooted?
First time going above 4.1.2 so I'm a little lost
Thanks for your time

nexxx1 said:
Hey guys, I flashed my S2 with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-cyanogenmod-11-t2686887/
I'm slightly confused as to what to do now to root my phone. Is it already rooted?
First time going above 4.1.2 so I'm a little lost
Thanks for your time
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Hey, if you want to check if its rooted just download root checker from play store...Hope I helped

nexxx1 said:
Hey guys, I flashed my S2 with this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/rom-cyanogenmod-11-t2686887/
I'm slightly confused as to what to do now to root my phone. Is it already rooted?
First time going above 4.1.2 so I'm a little lost
Thanks for your time
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yes, its rooted. custom roms are always rooted.
if you find that it acts like you dont have root, look through the settings for where to turn it on. some times its in developer options.
i dont know why, but not long ago most roms started implementing a root on/off switch in settings. all its really done is start a lot of confusion, and people thinking they dont have root, when they really do.

bweN diorD said:
yes, its rooted. custom roms are always rooted.
if you find that it acts like you dont have root, look through the settings for where to turn it on. some times its in developer options.
i dont know why, but not long ago most roms started implementing a root on/off switch in settings. all its really done is start a lot of confusion, and people thinking they dont have root, when they really do.
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Thank you! I was unaware of this and flashed my phone 2-3 times with different ROMs but I only like the one I've linked. I was thinking I had to flash superuser or something haha. I've now got root access
arunbiju969 said:
Hey, if you want to check if its rooted just download root checker from play store...Hope I helped
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Already did that, thanks for your response!

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How do I ROOT CM10.1 ?

I've been running CM10.1 on my p3113 for a week or so now, and decided to start trying the NIGHTLY updates... after the latest one, I seem to have lost root.
First off, how do I gain root access again.
Secondly, how do I prevent this from happening?
I apologize if this has already been answered, I've searched around the forum and haven't been able to find much regarding rooting the CM10.1 ROM.
Thank you in advance!!
aaronjs82 said:
I've been running CM10.1 on my p3113 for a week or so now, and decided to start trying the NIGHTLY updates... after the latest one, I seem to have lost root.
First off, how do I gain root access again.
Secondly, how do I prevent this from happening?
I apologize if this has already been answered, I've searched around the forum and haven't been able to find much regarding rooting the CM10.1 ROM.
Thank you in advance!!
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If u have a custom rom you are rooted. Just cause superuser doesnt show up as an app doesnt mean you dont have root access. I am willing to be that u are in fact rooted. Hope i helped!
noahthedominator said:
If u have a custom rom you are rooted. Just cause superuser doesnt show up as an app doesnt mean you dont have root access. I am willing to be that u are in fact rooted. Hope i helped!
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You're probably right Root Checker apps say I am NOT rooted but that doesn't always mean a lot... Superuser is having troubles updating my binary now. I'm going to try updating to the latest version.
aaronjs82 said:
I've been running CM10.1 on my p3113 for a week or so now, and decided to start trying the NIGHTLY updates... after the latest one, I seem to have lost root.
First off, how do I gain root access again.
Secondly, how do I prevent this from happening?
I apologize if this has already been answered, I've searched around the forum and haven't been able to find much regarding rooting the CM10.1 ROM.
Thank you in advance!!
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Try and flash SuperSU http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053
Or try superuser from ClockworkMod http://www.google.com/url?q=http://download.clockworkmod.com/superuser/superuser.zip&sa=D&usg=AFQjCNGkkEFNNdbyuzVedlu9e82Du1g2BA
Just a CM10.1 bug! Root access not properly installed. Damn...

[Q] Root Failure (All Methods Attempted) FIXED :D

Heres the issue. I am no noob at this whatsoever and have tried EVERYTHING. I have used every program I could find to attempt root and none can seem to gain root access. The install SuperUser or SuperSU and every time root fails even if said app is installed. Please help Im doing a talk on August 20th that I NEED this device for. All help appreciated. Thanks!
Im slightly confused as your sig says rooted stock
But anyway I recently got myself a Razr HD and I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241788 to root and unlock bootloader
My device was 4.1.2 and I did not want to downgrade but this one worked :victory:
More info needed. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not, which firmware are you on?
killrhythm09 said:
More info needed. Is your bootloader unlocked? If not, which firmware are you on?
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Nothings been modified. Plus I hope you know that to unlock the bootloader it requires root
dr_strangetrick said:
Im slightly confused as your sig says rooted stock
But anyway I recently got myself a Razr HD and I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2241788 to root and unlock bootloader
My device was 4.1.2 and I did not want to downgrade but this one worked :victory:
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Thank you, I think I may have worked out my issue! I was using 1.2 of that program. I think thats why. Let me give this a go
Tried again with this guy and still got failure. I always get this:
[*]This May Take A Few Minutes
[-]Failure
Ok well what do you know. 3rd times the charm eh? I tried a third time this time after reflashing stock firmware, antennas, etc... Thanks!
Well done and welcome to the club
dr_strangetrick said:
Well done and welcome to the club
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Thanks haha xD Coming from a Galaxy Nexus GSM Dev Edition, this is oddly restraining. There seem to be only a few ROMs available for this device.
Quality is better than quantity

Root for ML1

i'm sorry for the inconvenience and i am sure it has been answered many times but i broke my previous phone that i had custom for a long time and just got my re-placement and it came with the ML1 already installed.. I am at work so i just did a quick search through things and mostly read BRICK here and BRICK there with this latest update when trying to root and unlock.. So is there way way to Just only get root for my phone and if so can someone link me there so i can do a quick root before bed. i have crappy work hours sorry for being this lazy guys..
DirtyBubble said:
i'm sorry for the inconvenience and i am sure it has been answered many times but i broke my previous phone that i had custom for a long time and just got my re-placement and it came with the ML1 already installed.. I am at work so i just did a quick search through things and mostly read BRICK here and BRICK there with this latest update when trying to root and unlock.. So is there way way to Just only get root for my phone and if so can someone link me there so i can do a quick root before bed. i have crappy work hours sorry for being this lazy guys..
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Use saferoot to root your ML1
SAFEROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
buhohitr said:
Use saferoot to root your ML1
SAFEROOT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565758
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thank you very much that was fast.. has this update been unlocked yet?
DirtyBubble said:
thank you very much that was fast.. has this update been unlocked yet?
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Nope, not able to unlock bootloader yet. Only could use safestrap to flash TW rom but not other custom roms.

{SOLVED} Lost root after flashing CM12.1

Hello guys, I'm new to this forum but not to Android. I'm familiar with Samsung devices coming from a S3 mini. So I was wanting to root my Galaxy tab 2 7" (GT-P3110) but don't have access to a computer currently. So I got to digging and found a Chinese app called "Root Master" which worked for the device. I was on stock and it was successful. After doing so I flashed CM12.1 and gapps to then find I lost my custom recovery and root. I tried rooting it again with the application but with no success. Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated.
CaseyS said:
Hello guys, I'm new to this forum but not to Android. I'm familiar with Samsung devices coming from a S3 mini. So I was wanting to root my Galaxy tab 2 7" (GT-P3110) but don't have access to a computer currently. So I got to digging and found a Chinese app called "Root Master" which worked for the device. I was on stock and it was successful. After doing so I flashed CM12.1 and gapps to then find I lost my custom recovery and root. I tried rooting it again with the application but with no success. Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated.
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Oh boy... Does Cm 12 boot? If so, go into developer settings and set root access to 'Apps & ADB' and turn off 'Update CM Recovery when ROM updates'.
jrc2
Yeah, everything runs completely fine. I just lost root and recovery. I'll give it a go. Thanks.
jrc2 said:
Oh boy... Does Cm 12 boot? If so, go into developer settings and set root access to 'Apps & ADB' and turn off 'Update CM Recovery when ROM updates'.
jrc2
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I feel really silly haha I should've known this was the issue! Let's just say it's been a long day haha
CaseyS said:
I feel really silly haha I should've known this was the issue! Let's just say it's been a long day haha
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So is everything working for you now? You can get recovery again by flashing the latest TWRP from @Android-Andi's recovery thread through Odin or Heimdall.
Have a great day!
Yeah, everything is fine and TWRP was still installed so need to do anything else.
CaseyS said:
Yeah, everything is fine and TWRP was still installed so need to do anything else.
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Alright, great! Please remember to add "[SOLVED]" to the beginning of the title.
jrc2

System Update won't let me downgrade or root.

I made the mistake of installing the most recent system update to change my baseband to G920VVRU2AOF1 and I tried re-rooting using ping-pong root and it won't let me install the su binary. I tried downgrading to OE2 using Odin, but that was a fail. Someone please help!!
deliberate.dev said:
I made the mistake of installing the most recent system update to change my baseband to G920VVRU2AOF1 and I tried re-rooting using ping-pong root and it won't let me install the su binary. I tried downgrading to OE2 using Odin, but that was a fail. Someone please help!!
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It sounds like Verizon is up to their old tricks and preventing rollback by incrementing the bootloader again. Sadly you are stuck with no way to root if you can not flash back. All you can do is try submitting your info to the pingpong root thread and hope they can root it.
deliberate.dev said:
I made the mistake
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Not sure why you upgraded??
There is no root for the VZW version of the phone for that or newer versions now.
Pingpong will NEVER work again since its method of exploit was patched.
Most likey, another root method will come up but most likey will trip KNOX.
This is why they have been saying, DON'T UPGRADE OR TAKE A NEW OTA, but some people don't read or follow instructions. It is and has been on the pingpong root first post for some time.
krelvinaz said:
Not sure why you upgraded??
There is no root for the VZW version of the phone for that or newer versions now.
Pingpong will NEVER work again since its method of exploit was patched.
Most likey, another root method will come up but most likey will trip KNOX.
This is why they have been saying, DON'T UPGRADE OR TAKE A NEW OTA, but some people don't read or follow instructions. It is and has been on the pingpong root first post for some time.
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Plus when the new version is rootable by a custom ROM you still won't be able to downgrade. That leaves the high possibility to loose root when something goes wrong and you have to Odin back to stock. Hopefully 5.1.x will be able to roll back, if not I won't upgrade.
krelvinaz said:
Not sure why you upgraded??
There is no root for the VZW version of the phone for that or newer versions now.
Pingpong will NEVER work again since its method of exploit was patched.
Most likey, another root method will come up but most likey will trip KNOX.
This is why they have been saying, DON'T UPGRADE OR TAKE A NEW OTA, but some people don't read or follow instructions. It is and has been on the pingpong root first post for some time.
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Not sure why I upgraded either. Didn't research the consequences. It was an impulsive decision. I'm pissed I can't root my damn phone, can't even flash one of my backups.
I skim when I read the threads, and then my terrible memory gets me in situations like this.
Ugh, I need an App dev to make a new rooting app.
Just read the ping pong root thread... I'm a dumbass. :/
Misterxtc said:
Plus when the new version is rootable by a custom ROM you still won't be able to downgrade. That leaves the high possibility to loose root when something goes wrong and you have to Odin back to stock. Hopefully 5.1.x will be able to roll back, if not I won't upgrade.
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This upgrade s!#t is exactly that, [email protected]#t!! Don't upgrade. If they're not letting us downgrade with this upgrade, they're surely not going to let us downgrade with 5.1.x.
I'm still pissed. My battery is draining because of all the bloat that I can't manipulate if I were rooted. It's bugging the heck out of me not having full control of my phone.
Of course the upgrade wasn't good and why rooted users are not taking it.
You put you in the position you are in now. All the warnings were already there.
krelvinaz said:
Of course the upgrade wasn't good and why rooted users are not taking it.
You put you in the position you are in now. All the warnings were already there.
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I'm the only one to blame, I'm already aware. Thanks! And I truly mean that.
Rule #1 is never ever take an OTA, just wait. I don't mean to throw salt on the wounds or anything but hopefully you'll save others from making the same mistake and I'm sure you won't make it again.
There's a lot of smart people working on this phone so don't give up hope just yet, you might catch a break. Heck, maybe a sock puppet will leak an unlocked bootloader like what happened with the S3. You never know.
s197 said:
Rule #1 is never ever take an OTA, just wait. I don't mean to throw salt on the wounds or anything but hopefully you'll save others from making the same mistake and I'm sure you won't make it again.
There's a lot of smart people working on this phone so don't give up hope just yet, you might catch a break. Heck, maybe a sock puppet will leak an unlocked bootloader like what happened with the S3. You never know.
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Thanks, appreciate it. I guess this comes along with being a tester. I've got faith in the other developers who are working on it. I guess I'll just have to be patient.
Stay tuned...
Almost makes me want to cry.
Dont worry
deliberate.dev said:
Stay tuned...
Almost makes me want to cry.
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Same thing happened to me, I stayed up all night trying to find a quick root, I dont care about messing with KNOX I just want my custom ROM back! But noooo there just isnt much variety I guess. Now I have to suffer because Verizon is lame.
almacd3571 said:
Same thing happened to me, I stayed up all night trying to find a quick root, I dont care about messing with KNOX I just want my custom ROM back! But noooo there just isnt much variety I guess. Now I have to suffer because Verizon is lame.
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I feel somewhat relieved that I'm not alone on this. I've literally been screwing with my phone, Odin, and whatnot for hours trying to find a way of having somewhat control over this phone... obviously, to no avail. Tired of 'permission DENIED/Failed' prompts.
Same Here
deliberate.dev said:
I feel somewhat relieved that I'm not alone on this. I've literally been screwing with my phone, Odin, and whatnot for hours trying to find a way of having somewhat control over this phone... obviously, to no avail. Tired of 'permission DENIED/Failed' prompts.
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Yea, Hopefully a fix soon, I looked around for boot unlockers as well, and did not find any. Man it wa easy with a nexus, they make it hard with Samsung!
almacd3571 said:
Yea, Hopefully a fix soon, I looked around for boot unlockers as well, and did not find any. Man it wa easy with a nexus, they make it hard with Samsung!
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It's not so much Samsung's fault, it's our damn carrier, Verizon that's making phone manipulating harder. I've had the S2, two S3's, and an S4, and I've never had issues with unlocking, rooting, abusing them until I switched to Verizon and got the S6. These damn OTA's are unnecessary.
Your so true
It's not even that, but the lack of control and uselessness of the updates frustrate me, and probably alot of other people. Verizon needs to step it up. I actually work for Verizon. And let me tell you. They are sneaky. So many people come in about bills being overpriced or something. It's awful. Anyways. I have great faith in out moddkng community and their will be a fix soon!
Hi everyone! I just rooted...super excited now! A few questions....
1. How do I disable update prompt?
2. Can I delete bloatware by using Root Explorer app or should I move them to data first then uninstall?
3. I am looking through different threads and it looks like we still can't flash much due to locked bootloader, correct? I am still on 1AOC3 haha afraid to touch anything
Thank you in advance! Loving S6!!!
tats_06 said:
Hi everyone! I just rooted...super excited now! A few questions....
1. How do I disable update prompt?
2. Can I delete bloatware by using Root Explorer app or should I move them to data first then uninstall?
3. I am looking through different threads and it looks like we still can't flash much due to locked bootloader, correct? I am still on 1AOC3 haha afraid to touch anything
Thank you in advance! Loving S6!!!
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Kinda curious... why did you post this to a thread about a problem "System Update won't let me downgrade or root." do you have that problem or are you just posting where ever feels good.
There are a lot of existing threads which cover what you are asking about.
Absolutely.... I posted because:
1. I searched and couldn't find a relevant thread on what I needed ...
2. I am 7 months pregnant and just love posting around random threads because it feels good.
Gee, thank you for being nice....
krelvinaz said:
Kinda curious... why did you post this to a thread about a problem "System Update won't let me downgrade or root." do you have that problem or are you just posting where ever feels good.
There are a lot of existing threads which cover what you are asking about.
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