i have a motorola flipside with 2.2.2 installed. somehow it lost its root and will not reroot z4root keeps shuting down and giving some odd error saying The application z4root (process com.z4mod.z4root) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again and leaves only the option to force close the app. i left gingerbreak running all night and when i woke up it was still running not getting anywhere theyed superoneclick it will not finish im getting very fustrated with this phone i even went as far as asuming somthing on the phone went bad and flashed it to a stock att rom and still cannot get the root to finish and apply. is there some way i can mannualy root this phone? also yes usb debuging is on allow unknown aps to install is enabled
anyone please this dam phone is practicaly useless without a root to me id rather be using my stupid windows 7 phone at this rate because at least it had my ringtones and allowed me to use a different backround image than stock att ones.
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ok i have come accross this but i am a little lost at the steps
wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Motorola_Flipside
it says to download 3 files psneuter busybox and super user unzip the downloads into the same folder. then it says to open a terminal and change to the folder i dont understand this what am i suposed to to? it then says i need android sdk installed and working witch i do i installed it for android screencast. then it says adb devices but does not say how im suposed to enter this command. after that im fairly sure its from the cmd entering the commands shown on that link. can anyone tell me how to get throgh the first few steps please?
copyed from link
Manual Root
[edit] Download
psneuter: Download
Superuser: Download
busybox: Download
Unzip the downloaded files into the same folder
Open a terminal and change to the folder.
You need the android SDK and ADB working. To make sure type:
adb devices
if your device lists, then you are ready to go!
[edit] Gain Root
Run the following commands:
adb push psneuter /data/local/temp/psneuter
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/temp/psneuter
./data/local/temp/psneuter
ADB should hang, wait a little while and then type:
adb shell
NOTE: You should have the "#" sign instead of the "$". If you do, you have temporary root, and can continue on.
Type:
exit
adb push busybox /data/local/temp/busybox
adb shell
chmod 755 /data/local/temp/busybox
./data/local/temp/busybox mount -o rw,remount /system
The last command should return nothing
update i learned how to do the procedure and finished sucesfully however the phone is still not rooted. i did reboot the phone after it seems faster now but not rooted.i downloaded the root checker app and scaned the phone it emailed me a log and here is that log
Root Access is not properly configured or was not granted.
Superuser.apk - com.noshufou.android.su - version 2.3.6.3 is installed!
System Environment PATH: /sbin /system/sbin /system/bin /system/xbin
The adb binary is set to default shell user access as a standard non-root user
Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/bin/su:
/system/bin/su: No such file or directory
Standard su binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/su:
/system/xbin/su: No such file or directory
Alternate su binary location: ls -l /sbin/su:
/sbin/su: Permission denied
Alternate su type binary location: ls -l /system/xbin/sudo:
/system/xbin/sudo: No such file or directory
SU binary not found or not operating properly
Results provided on your MB508 device by Root Checker version 3.7 from joeykrim in the Android Market
is it even posible to root this phone?
i guess im not allowed to be helped or somthing.
i have a procedure here that i had to build up from 2 seperate write ups. i had to use this one http://androidforums.com/droid-all-...oid-without-rsd-lite-up-including-frg83d.html along with this one together http://wiki.rootzwiki.com/index.php/Motorola_Flipside to get it to root properly.
here is what i did. u will need the downloads from both links for this to work i beleive. follow the steps from the second link to gain root once u get to where the number simbole is shown in the command line u need to switch to the instructions in link 1 and start at step 13 and follow to the end. this works to root your flipside when nothing els will work at least for me it did none of the apps that are suposed to root for you worked for me.
thank you me for having to figure this out on my own have fun
Problem rooting
I rooted my Flipside at its stock state and it worked fine. And then I upgraded my software to 2.2.2 Froyo and lost the root so now I am trying to reinstall z4root and re-root the phone but z4root now doesn't work. It gets successfully installed but when I hit PERMANENT ROOT it just stays in that window with the turning wheel and gets stuck there. It doesn't completely root. I've tried the hard reset by pulling the battery, and hitting the back key and forced closing it and then trying it again. Nothing works! HELP!
I once had a flipside. I rooted it the stock rom and then updated to gingerbread and then rooted again. I used superoneclick though. I'm not sure which version, but there is (or was) a flipside forum here on xda with documentation on the entire process.
Edit: here's the forum link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=772
jovanphilip said:
I once had a flipside. I rooted it the stock rom and then updated to gingerbread and then rooted again. I used superoneclick though. I'm not sure which version, but there is (or was) a flipside forum here on xda with documentation on the entire process.
Edit: here's the forum link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=772
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Really? I thought the only upgrade I can do to it is from stock to Froyo. How'd you do that? I'm sorry. I am totally untechie. :/
Ok, so this is the problem:
I have a TF101, rooted since 3.2. I have been able to do OTA updates without problems so far, keeping my root with OTA Rootkeeper.
Last week, I tried figuring out how to automatically mount cifs-shares through Tasker. Whatever I tried, the share would not mount through Tasker. It mounted without problems through command line in Terminal Emulator.
Eventually, i narrowed it down to a root acces problem in Tasker, or the Locale Execute plugin, or the secure settings plugin. I noticed that neither of those had ever asked for SU-acces and there were no logs of it in the Superuser app. When downloading other root-needing apps (e.g. rootchecker), I had the same problem: whenever a new app would normally ask for root acces, instead of the usual Superuser-prompt, the app stalled for a few seconds and then gave an error message or just plain nothing. There was no log of this in the superuser app.
When setting the superuser app to 'always grant root', the situation stayed the same: new apps didn't get root, older apps still had root without problems.
While searching for similar occurences on the internet, I saw a suggestion somewhere to clear the cache and data for the superuser app, so I did.
Now superuser still doesn't prompt and NONE of my apps have root. Apparently even the superuser app itself has no root acces anymore, since it fails to get root acces when updating the su-binary.
My guess was that completely removing su and the superuser app and subsequently re-rooting the whole thing would fix this.
I tried unrooting/rerooting through various methods (Brk, Vipermod, this one, and the new Wolf's thingy), but to no avail.
Brk tells me eveything worked fine, but changes nothing, except it gave me an even older version of the su-binary.
Vipermod hangs on "daemon started succesfully" but apparently does nothing even after 10 minutes.
The Asus Backup Utility method changed absolutely nothing
The Wolf's method looked promising, but installing the "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" failed. (maybe because I did this from CWM recovery instead of his recoveryblob recovery? Dunno.)
So far I can't seem to remove root, as OTA Rootkeeper assures me the superuser app is installed and the device is rooted, even if the root acces is not granted to it (or any other app).
Any ideas?
Update: tried installing SuperSU from CWM recovery to replace Superuser app, but it gave the same 'installation aborted' message. Is this because CWM has no root acces also?
update2: I have root acces through adb shell apparently. I looked here and here for a way to replace the superuser app. I managed to remount /system, delete Superuser.apk and push the Superuser.apk and su from "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" onto the device.
No apparent change, not even in the su binary version number reported by Superuser app.
I downloaded the standalone su-binary from here too, and replaced /system/bin/su with that one, too, but after reboot the Superuser app still indicated su binary version 2.3.2-efgh.
I don't know exactly when this problem started, but it could have been caused by the recent update from 9.2.1.17 to 9.2.1.21? Is it possible to revert to the previous version? If so, how? Would I lose data/apps?
Type the following in terminal:
ls -l /system/*/su
My guess is that you have two binaries and one or both of them is not superuser with permission rwsr.xr.x
Ensuring CWM working properly, you just try do backup using CWM then, if it worked then it's has nothing to do with being root access problem. And flashing wolf's root zip via CWM is all it takes to regain root after the 9.2.1.21 update.
Mine was similar root access messed after flashing the 9.2.1.21 update. Tried rectified this by copying su from system/bin to system/xbin but still nothing, but my CWM work though and use it to flash wolf's root zip to correct the su missing in the system. Now it work great..
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@gee one
ls -l /system/*/su gives me this:
-rw-rw-rw- root root 22364 2008-02-29 02:33 su
-rwsr-sr-x root shell 26324 2008-02-29 03:33 su
So you're on to sth. Top one is located in /system/bin, lower one is in /system/xbin.
Now what do I do with this? Copy one over the other? chmod? chown?
@farsight73
As said in the OP, I tried flashing wolf's root zip in CWM, but got an error and it aborted. I did the following:
put zip on removable sd
reboot to CWM
choose update from zip
select the right zip
confirm
I also tried this with /system mounted, but same result.
I don't have acces to pc now, I will try more tonight.a
[SOLVED]
Thanks for the replies, you got me in the right direction in that I was replacing the wrong su in the wrong way.
Since Brk Toolkit managed to get me an older su, I thought it could as well give me the right one second time.
I replaced the su and superuser.apk in the /adb folder of the Brk rootkit with the one from wolf's root zip, and then used Brk Toolkit to install su and superuser.
Upon reboot, the problem was solved.
Thanks a bunch!
For future reference, I think you could just elevate to the superuser by typing in terminal "/system/xbin/su" Then you could fix system/bin/su with "chmod 06775/system/bin/su"
Then " exit" should drop you to a normal shell, and "su" will promote you in the usual way.
The issue here is that xbin and bin are both in your path, and bin is probably first, so the non-super version is "found" first. "echo $PATH" will reveal your path variable.
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gee one said:
For future reference, I think you could just elevate to the superuser by typing in terminal "/system/xbin/su" Then you could fix system/bin/su with "chmod 06775/system/bin/su"
Then " exit" should drop you to a normal shell, and "su" will promote you in the usual way.
The issue here is that xbin and bin are both in your path, and bin is probably first, so the non-super version is "found" first. "echo $PATH" will reveal your path variable.
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HEY MY FRIED I HAVE EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM
chmod 06775 /system/bin/su results"unable to chmod /system/bin/su: readonly filesystem "
echo $PATH RESULTS /system/bin/su: /system/Xbin/su
COULD U HELP ME WITH ZIS MY FRIEND
10Q
From adb or the terminal, type in "/system/xbin/su" to elevate to the superuser. Then mount system to read-write and delete the /system/bin/su version. Remount system as read only.
This will work if you have two versions of su and one of them is not really super.
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*Since this problem can happen to other LG devices, I'm writing here.
-Summarized Question for Busy XDAers-
1.Installed su binary and busybox through Android System Recovery 3e.
2.Can get root access from LG Recovery mode, half access on ordinary boot+adb shell, Permission denied on terminal emulator app. SuperSu not working, and 'root' is granting permission every 5 minutes.
3.HELP PLEASE!
-Full Question-
Maybe it can be a real noobish question, but I need help rooting my G Pro.
LG started Kitkat update a week ago, and G Pro also got Kitkat update.
I tried to root my device using old methods, and new methods for other G devices, but none of them worked.
So! I tried making one for me, using Android System Recovery 3e(maybe it could be a problem?)
I booted my device to recovery using
Code:
'adb reboot recovery'
and sideloaded zip file containing su binary and busybox.
Of course I signed it with testkey, so I could get SuperSu, su binary, and busybox installed on my system.
But, after rebooting my device, I felt something went wrong.
I typed
Code:
'su'
command on terminal enulator, and got
Code:
'Permission Denied'
error.
Assuming it's related to permission and owner of su binary, I tried
Code:
ls -al /system/bin/su
.
Here's the result:
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
Permission denied
1|[email protected]:/ $ ls -al /system/bin/su
-rwsr-sr-x root root 85096 2008-08-01 21:00 su
It seems...nothing's wrong!
So I tried with adb, and got # without asking Superuser app.
But I couldn't mount system, as well as other commands require root access.
I removed SuperSu and downloaded Superuser by ChainsDD, but that didn't work.
Instead, I could see on log that 'root' was granting permission every 5 minutes.
Not knowing what the problem is, I rebooted device to LG recovery(diffrent from Android Recovery 3e).
I could access adb from there, and got root access and removed some garbage apps.
Then, it means su binary and busybox is working.
What is the problem??? Please help!
EDIT:It was binary version problem lol
Hello all, I'm a noob to android and cell phones in general but not to computers. Been in to computers for about 15 years so fairly tech savvy there and have some experience with linux.Don't laugh but despite having been in to electronics and computers for 15 years I have never owned a cell phone until now. I was given a ZTE Midnight and have tried quite a number of methods to root it with no success. I have tried poot, superoneclick, oneclickroot, SRSroot and now Cydia Impactor. Cydia Impactor did not work with it's default method but I tried a method with it found on here listed below. I followed those steps and was able to acquire a root shell via telnet on windows 7 ultimate. But that is where I began running in to issues. First I was having trouble remounting as RW but managed to get that worked out but adb would still not push su to system /xbin. So I copied su to my sdcard and navigated to the sdcard via telnet and did cp su /system/xbin and that worked. I set permissions with chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su & chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su and did rm /data/local.prop and then rebooted the phone and installed SuperSu. Started SuperSu and got 'su needs to be updated '. It would not update so I tried uninstalling SuperSu and installing Superuser. Started Superuser and got no errors and all seemed well until I tried installing an app that requires root. I installed busybox and got the 'there was a problem opening a shell with root access...' I got no notification from superuser to grant permissions to busybox and could not set them manually. I did some reading and decided I had the wrong su installed and needed the 22kb which I found on here coupled with SuperSu. So I went back in via telnet and removed su and followed the same procedure I had before with cydia impactor to gain a root shell via telnet but can not replicate it. So that is where I am at, stuck. This seems like my best chance of getting this phone rooted if I could manage to replicate what I had did to begin with. Any ideas? I can telnet in on port 2222 with user access but not on port 22 with root access. I'm not a linux pro or anything but I think maybe before I removed su I needed to remove it's permissions that I had set previously. I thought a factory reset would remove any of that but the problem persists after a reset. Well if I left out any important details let me know. Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
Duh
1. Menu -> System settings -> Developer options -> USB debugging ->Enabled.
2. Menu -> System settings -> Developer options -> Stay awake ->Enabled (to keep the telnet session from going to sleep).
3. telnet (I am running on Ubuntu, but some sort of telnet program is needed).
4. Cydia Impactor
5. phone is connected to your wifi.
Steps:
1. Run the "Cydia Impactor" to "# drop SuperSU to /system/xbin/su". See what happens.
2. It failed for me giving an error related to not being able to remount /system or not being able to create /system/xbin/su.
3. In Cydia Impactor, run "# start telnetd as system on port 2222". You don't need to bother to telnet in. Just let it finish and then proceed to the next step.
4. In Cydia Impactor, run "# start telnetd as root on port 22". Let it finish.
5. Telnet into your phone from a terminal on your computer: "telnet 192.168.1.117 -l root 22". Note that the ip address is likely different on your network, e.g., 192.168.1.xxx.
6. If everything worked OK, you should be presented with a root prompt ("~ #"). I have busybox (obtained from the Bin4ry exploit download) that I adb pushed to /data/local/tmp. The command "/data/local/tmp/busybox whoami" tells me I am indeed root.
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Not to be impatient but I thought for sure I'd heard some sort of reply by now. Did I post in the wrong section?
testing
duhciphered said:
not to be impatient but i thought for sure i'd heard some sort of reply by now. Did i post in the wrong section?
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FOR FIRE HD 10 (7th GEN, 2017) ON 5.6.0.0 ONLY
Seems like this is a tradition so I will put this on here.
Update 4: 2018/1/14, Offline rooting method by retyre (If no new method comes out, this will be the final update)
Update 3: 2018/1/1, Minor text fix
Update 2: 2017/12/31, New rooting method by bibikalka.
Update 1: 2017/12/28, Added more content
Code:
###Disclaimer###
I am not responsible for the potential damage that will be done to your tablet, such as boot looping and bricking.
Your warranty might be void by doing the following steps.
YOU are choosing to make these modification.
Looks like these methods doesn't work for Fire HD 8 (7th GEN, 2017)
Reason to start this thread
The topic was started by ztrund in this thread and we ended up with a pretty messy thread, which makes people really hard to locate the exact tutorial post. So I think it should be a good idea to start a new thread.
Note: This thread doesn't work for HD 10 (7th Gen) anymore because root access is temporary and it can't survive after a reboot. As a result, don't follow the exact steps on that thread.
Special thanks to strund, DragonFire1024, Blaiser47, mistermojorizin, UROMEGAX, retyre, bibikalka and countless people who helped, discussed and contributed in the original thread.
By the way, please correct me if there is any problem or mistake.
Some useful posts
1. The first detailed tutorial is located in #221 in the original thread. mistermojorizin provided the method and adb shell history.
2. #233 in the original thread. UROMEGAX provided a detailed guide of the method.
3. #304 in the original thread. I provided a more coherent step by step guide.
4. #248 in the original thread. retyre provided a different way to root the tablet. (Blaiser47 wrote that it's easier for him)
5. Easier Way to Root Fire HD 10 used a different approach by bibikalka. (Looks like new method is easier to do) (For legacy method go to post #2)
6. Offline Rooting Method by retyre
After getting root access
1. Xposed & FlashFire posted by retyre
2. tweaks/apps/modules/hacks/optimizations started by razers7t8
New method
Easier Way to Root Fire HD 10 by bibikalka.
Offline Rooting Method by retyre
Legacy way
You need the following things in order to proceed:
1) adb (Available Here)
2) Kingoroot PC version (Available Here)
3) Kingo.to.SuperSU.zip (can be found here in the attachment of the post)
Preparation work:
1. Turn on USB debug mode and "allow third party app to install" on fire HD 10
2. Update Kingoroot to the latest version
Note: There will be a small grey box on the update pop up page. It is up to you whether to uncheck that box or not. I don't think that will affect the following process.
3. Connect your fire HD 10 with your PC.
4. Unzip "Kingo.to.SuperSU.zip". Copy the folder to your internal storage on tablet.
Note: In root explorer the directory is /storage/emulated/0
Let's start:
1.- Install supersu (ver 2.82) on the fire and root file explorer.
2.- Use Kingoroot to root
3.- Open the adb shell and start to type "su" while Kingoroot is rooting (You can also wait until it's done, then type su to proceed)
Code:
[email protected]:/ $ su
Note: Do not type "adb shell su" because you won't be able to type any command once the # appear. The correct way is to type "adb shell" first then start typing "su"
4.- once the # appear i did # mount -w -o remount /system
5.-Uninstall the Kingo super user app normally (Do not choose to unroot in Kingo super user app)
6.- # cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU
7.- # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu (no error was given in my situation)
8.-# chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
9.-# daemonsu -d &
10.-# cp ./su /system/xbin/su
11.-# chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
12.-# rm /system/xbin/supolicy
13.-# rm /system/bin/install-recovery.sh
14.-# rm -rf /system/usr/iku
15.-# rm -rf /sdcard/Kingroot
16.-Open Supersu (and get the Su occupied error)
17.-setting > reinstall (It is not rebooted)
18.-Install Supersu (ver 2.79) and open it
19.-Supersu ask the user to update binary (I tried to update the binary but failed, nothing happened, didn't reboot)
20.-setting > set supersu as a system app (Mine rebooted immediately after doing this step)
21.-Go to google play to launch Supersu (Don't know why the Supersu icon is not shown in the Fire Launcher so this is an alternative way to open Supersu)
22.-setting > set grant as default access
23.-Then (not sure if a reboot is required here) I received a notification from Supersu and it ask me to update binary
24.-Click the notification to update binary and it should work.
Not sure whether it will work or not if SuperSU (ver 2.79) is used in the beginning of the guide.
Personally the method posted here seems simpler and makes more sense to me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd...re-hd-10-7th-generation-t3718629/post74940137
No need to mess with two versions of supersu. After you have root you can just update supersu and binaries to the latest.
I also do not think there is any need to start adb while kingoroot is rooting. It is fine, and maybe better to prevent errors, to just wait until it is done.
I would recommend one always go back to a clean system by sideloading the official Amazon 5.6.0.0 .bin and do not fully set up or connect to the internet until you have rooted. To skip Amazon set up, just select a wifi and enter the wrong password. Then hit back and it will let you skip. May need to do it a few times.
Make sure to say in the op to copy the kingo folder with the files to your SD card storage and clarify that this is the emulated SD. Implied but for newbies just saying you need to have it and not saying where could be confusing.
After you root, if you want the latest updates, at least as of a day or so ago you can still update officially via device options, system updates. But be careful as at some point doing this may remove root if Amazon pushes more updates. To this point I strongly encourage everyone who roots to keep a copy of the current 5.6.0.0 .bin in case you need to recover. If Amazon updates their website with a new updated os, this version may be gone.
Another note, if you are using the fire launcher (default) and new apps are not showing up, just go to manage apps and find the system app called Home Pages. Force stop it and see if that fixes it. If not, go back and force stop and clear data. That should make it work.
I'll add more as I think of things and as this thread evolves.
why do I have problems with the :
... cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
and the ... cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
Obviously , others like me, have problems with it, so the question becomes why do some Fire 10 devices not recognize the commands, when people are transferring the folder to tablet, HOW EXACTLY are they doing it. I open PC and just copy the files to the base directory of Storage Device of Fire. If you got it to work, where did you place the folder and how?
Thank you so much for working to consolidate the root method for the 10. I've been trying to follow these instructions, but they don't clearly explain what you need to do to the Kingoroot app while it's rooting the device and you're in the ADB shell. Do these instructions imply that I need uninstall Kingoroot and not let it finish it's process? Or do I need to wait until Kingoroot is complete with it's task?
Also, did I need to install the "recommended" app which Kingoroot had checked off before starting the 'One Click Root'? Is that recommended app the 'Kingo Superuser' app that's been mentioned which needs to be removed? More importantly, did I need to run Kingoroot as the APK or did I need to install the Windows version in order to do the rooting process? And what does it mean to copy the 'Kingoroot' folder to the SD card? Is there a compressed package somewhere which I need to extract and put into internal storage? Explaining how to use Kingoroot might help in this thread as well.
Right now Kingoroot is 90% done and has been stuck at the number for 15 minutes.
C:\ADB>adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # mount -w -o remount /system
[email protected]:/ # cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
cp: /system/xbin/daemonsu: Text file busy
1|[email protected]:/sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU # cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
cp: /system/xbin/daemonsu: Text file busy
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bakshi said:
Thank you so much for working to consolidate the root method for the 10. I've been trying to follow these instructions, but they don't clearly explain what you need to do to the Kingoroot app while it's rooting the device and you're in the ADB shell. Do these instructions imply that I need uninstall Kingoroot and not let it finish it's process? Or do I need to wait until Kingoroot is complete with it's task?
Also, did I need to install the "recommended" app which Kingoroot had checked off before starting the 'One Click Root'? Is that recommended app the 'Kingo Superuser' app that's been mentioned which needs to be removed? More importantly, did I need to run Kingoroot as the APK or did I need to install the Windows version in order to do the rooting process? And what does it mean to copy the 'Kingoroot' folder to the SD card? Is there a compressed package somewhere which I need to extract and put into internal storage? Explaining how to use Kingoroot might help in this thread as well.
Right now Kingoroot is 90% done and has been stuck at the number for 15 minutes.
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I'll try to answer as much as possible.
First, use kingoroot pc, not the apk. This is likely to lead to a soft brick where on next boot you get stuck at fire screen forever. If this happens, you will need to recover by sodeloading the official bin. I posted how to do this in the other HD 10 rooting thread so just search there.
Next, I would recommend letting kingoroot pc fully root. Do not stop it or do any adb until it is done. You will have root so can adb and su at any point afterwards as long as you do not reboot as then root is lost. As for the recommended apps tick, I would un check it if you remember. It will still install what it needs to root (kingo supersu) but just less junk for you to have to uninstall later.
For the kingo.to.supersu folder, you need to download the zip the op points to and unzip it to a location on your fire. The directions in the op assumes you do this to your SD card (main storage) but do it where ever and just adjust the commands as necessary. Since there appear to be some issues with doing it to SD, maybe try the downloads folder?
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davidinfoman said:
why do I have problems with the :
... cd /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
and the ... cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU command
Obviously , others like me, have problems with it, so the question becomes why do some Fire 10 devices not recognize the commands, when people are transferring the folder to tablet, HOW EXACTLY are they doing it. I open PC and just copy the files to the base directory of Storage Device of Fire. If you got it to work, where did you place the folder and how?
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Use adb and explore your devices directories. CD to get to a directory, ls to list things in the directory. It shouldn't matter how you get it onto your fire, but it needs to be unzipped. It also doesn't matter where you put it as long as you adjust the commands accordingly. Maybe try the downloads folder?
Thanks for your quick reply, I'll do this now!
UPDATE: Your advice worked! Thanks for clarifying that we should do this with a factory reset and should use Kingoroot on the PC.
Blaiser47 said:
I'll try to answer as much as possible.
First, use kingoroot pc, not the apk. This is likely to lead to a soft brick where on next boot you get stuck at fire screen forever. If this happens, you will need to recover by sodeloading the official bin. I posted how to do this in the other HD 10 rooting thread so just search there.
Next, I would recommend letting kingoroot pc fully root. Do not stop it or do any adb until it is done. You will have root so can adb and su at any point afterwards as long as you do not reboot as then root is lost. As for the recommended apps tick, I would un check it if you remember. It will still install what it needs to root (kingo supersu) but just less junk for you to have to uninstall later.
For the kingo.to.supersu folder, you need to download the zip the op points to and unzip it to a location on your fire. The directions in the op assumes you do this to your SD card (main storage) but do it where ever and just adjust the commands as necessary. Since there appear to be some issues with doing it to SD, maybe try the downloads folder?
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Part of my problem was seeing written many times ... put files on SD card, and I thought we had to have an external SD card put in the tablet. ( I have been running with that "false IDEA" for a couple of days until an hour ago.
No! SD card just refers to location that is on Fire Tablet itself. The ls command helped me a lot. Others should be aware of this.
I thank Blaiser47 for pointing that out. I am getting much further so far, following the advice in this thread.
Thank you oscarcx for starting this thread. Hopefully you can watch over it, and help correct our errors and giving helpful pointers.
Thanks everybody. I feel better now because the roadblock I hit, has been overcome, now for the other steps in the process.
Too many of these instructions get it completely wrong. There is no using KingRoot to unroot necessary or running the rm commands in the original guides. These instructions were taken from this post by retyre and combined with this post. It's all that would work for me after many many attempts.
Root using KingoRoot as usual; start cmd.exe as administrator. Run the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps on your tablet (SuperUser, Power Cleaner [if installed], Kinglink) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Copy SuperSU 2.82.apk (2.79 also confirmed working) to your tablet and install.
6. Open SuperSU and update as normal if possible. If "SU is occupied" message appears, go to settings and select "clean for reinstall". DO NOT REBOOT. Force stop SuperSu in Settings > Apps.
7. Open SuperSU. Update binary as Normal when asked if possible. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
manaox2 said:
Too many of these instructions get it completely wrong. There is no using KingRoot to unroot necessary or running the rm commands in the original guides. These instructions were taken from this post by retyre and combined with this post. It's all that would work for me after many many attempts.
Root using KingoRoot as usual; start cmd.exe as administrator. Run the following:
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps on your tablet (SuperUser, Power Cleaner [if installed], Kinglink) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Copy SuperSU 2.82.apk (2.79 also confirmed working) to your tablet and install.
6. Open SuperSU and update as normal if possible. If "SU is occupied" message appears, go to settings and select "clean for reinstall". DO NOT REBOOT. Force stop SuperSu in Settings > Apps.
7. Open SuperSU. Update binary as Normal when asked if possible. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
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manaox2
Thank You! Thank You! Thank You!
You are the man!
Only those of us that have been frustrated with this process can appreciate your KEEP IT SIMPLE approach to this!
Not sure why the other BIG thread on this couldn't do a step by step like you just did!
You listed the steps that were screwing around with me the last couple of days.
Finally it is ROOTED! Yeah!
Ok i know this is a silly question but how do you install the apk for Super SU or if I need to reload 5.6 APK? Where do I place them when its connected to the PC and how do i actually launch the install process on the tablet in ES file manager ( for SU) and also for if it gets bricked and I need to sideload the official amazon 5.6?
Has anyone tried this method with HD 8 2017 ?
dusty23007 said:
Ok i know this is a silly question but how do you install the apk for Super SU or if I need to reload 5.6 APK? Where do I place them when its connected to the PC and how do i actually launch the install process on the tablet in ES file manager ( for SU) and also for if it gets bricked and I need to sideload the official amazon 5.6?
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1. You can get it from Google Play or get it from any liable third party app store.
2. If you get it from any liable third party app store, place it directly in the internal storage so you can install it in es file manager.
3. I remember seeing a post about how to save the bricked device in this forum. You can try to follow that post if your tablet got bricked.
YEAH!!!
rooted baby!!!! now can i get rid of the home tabs?
never mind... i disabled fire launcher
Silly question perhaps, Do I need to reset the device before attempting this?
Guys, how about HD8 2017 ?
wikke said:
Silly question perhaps, Do I need to reset the device before attempting this?
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It is recommended but may not be required
hacker-on said:
Guys, how about HD8 2017 ?
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As reported in the original long thread, it doesn't work on Fire 7 or Fire HD8.
my .02, i like these instruction by @retyre. Easy peasy when I had to re-root. mostly just posting here for my own reference, hope it's ok.
retyre said:
I have done this with success multiple times over the last day, so try this and report:
1. Start with a pristine /system (adb sideload update .bin if you can).
2. Root using KingoRoot as usual; confirm su usage in adb shell.
Code:
adb shell
su
3. Do not unroot. Do the non-rm steps in the guide (w.r.t. su and daemonsu). Leave this root shell open.
Code:
mount -w -o remount /system
cd /sdcard/Kingo.to.SuperSU
cp ./su /system/xbin/daemonsu
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/daemonsu
daemonsu -d &
cp ./su /system/xbin/su
chmod 0755 /system/xbin/su
4. Uninstall all the Kingo apps (incl. SuperUser) from the Apps page on your Fire's Settings.
5. Confirm su and daemonsu are in /system/xbin/:
Code:
cd /system/xbin
ls -al
If not, copy them to /system/xbin/ as in step 3.
6. Copy SuperSU 2.79 .apk (other versions might work, but this is the one I have tried) to your tablet and install.
7. Open SuperSU and update binary as Normal. It should complete in a minute or two, but report "Installation failed." No worries. Click to reboot. (If it doesn't report an outcome ("failed") in a couple of minutes, go to the Fire's Apps and force-stop SuperSU and retry.)
8. Upon reboot, SuperSU should be functional. Choose "Grant" as the default access.
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oscarcx said:
3. #304 in the original thread. I provided a more coherent step by step guide.[/SIZE]
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When I use KingoRoot it gets stuck at 90%, nevertheless su binary exists and is working.
The folder /data/media/0/Kingo.to.SuperSU however does not exists.
So I skip steps 7-11.
The folders /system/usr/iku and /sdcard/Kingroot do not exists, so I skip 14 & 15 as well
SuperSU does not show "ocupied", but the update binary pop-up (as in step 19) which seems to be successfull (non-recovery install).
I move SuperSU to /system (SuperSU config) and reboot manually.
afterwards the boot is stuck at the "fire" Logo, a soft brick. I tried this two times using adb sideload to reset the system.