I have tried to UNROOT my Verizon Note 3 (SM-N900V) 4.3/MJE using Kingo, but Kingo shows that I am NOT rooted and doesn’t provide the “Unroot” option as it should. I used Kingo to root my phone, and I haven’t installed any custom ROMs or recoveries other than upgrading to SuperSU Pro and installing Xposed Installer.
I’ve watched dozens of videos on unrooting, but little without Kingo. Unfortunately at the end of these videos, they all show that the Knox warranty being voided (0 x 1) and some can’t remove the Custom Padlock screen. Just wondering if anyone has successfully unrooted and not having the Custom Padlock screen or Knox tripped.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Also, sorry if I didn’t post this right as this is my very first post or thread.
Easy Solution to Kingo Unrooting Found
I contacted Kingo about a week ago and gave them a decent donation along with my question. Unfortunately I never got any response back whatsoever. I’m thinking that they are really busy. So, I went ahead and took the leap and did the work successfully myself.
1. I uninstalled Xposed Installer through its own uninstaller. Then I removed it along with Titanium Backup, and the Pro version through CleanMaster with no problems.
2. I was able to uninstall SuperSU through it’s own “Uninstall” feature, then rebooted.
3. The first thing I noticed was the “Custom” and Padlock logo still on my screen at bootup, but the great thing was that I booted up without any problems.
4. I had discovered that the SuperSu Pro apk was still present through the phone’s Application Manager and was able to uninstall it from there.
5. Finally and fearfully, I rebooted one more time.
Everything booted normally again, and this time, the “Custom” logo and padlock were finally gone! I checked the Knox counter and both flags showed 0 x 0. Kingo had a problem with their servers in early February and I tried to root about 15 times over a period of about ten days or so. Suddenly one evening, I was able to successfully root within 3 or 4 minutes, and it really was a one click ordeal. Just be aware that you may not be able to unroot with their program. Don’t fear. Unrooting manually the way I did reveals absolutely no traces of a previous root or that the phone had been tampered with. I’m not sure that anyone who has flashed a custom ROM or recovery would have the same results though, so proceed with caution.
Hey Guys. My LG G2 downloads the update and prompts me for the install and restart. Once I do so, while the android logo is shown during reboot and installation (with stuff spinning in its belly), i see an exclamation mark in its belly for a mere second when the installation is 1/4th the way through, and the device then restarts. The android version remains the same at 4.2.2. I have a feeling it is rooted but all apps i've used to suggest it isn't.
I used Simple Root Checker and it quotes the following: "Application Superuser not Found", "Terminal Rooted", "Busybox not Installed".
Also, every 3 days or so i get the update waiting to get installed and it does the same thing as mentioned above.
I don't really wish to root my phone or install a stock rom (simply and honestly because I have never done it before), but any suggestions are welcome!
Well, if you're running stock and haven't rooted, you can also try uprading using a PC and the LG mobile software update tool http://www.lg.com/us/support/product-help/CT10000003-CT10000027-1387489633167
JawadJV said:
Hey Guys. My LG G2 downloads the update and prompts me for the install and restart. Once I do so, while the android logo is shown during reboot and installation (with stuff spinning in its belly), i see an exclamation mark in its belly for a mere second when the installation is 1/4th the way through, and the device then restarts. The android version remains the same at 4.2.2. I have a feeling it is rooted but all apps i've used to suggest it isn't.
I used Simple Root Checker and it quotes the following: "Application Superuser not Found", "Terminal Rooted", "Busybox not Installed".
Also, every 3 days or so i get the update waiting to get installed and it does the same thing as mentioned above.
I don't really wish to root my phone or install a stock rom (simply and honestly because I have never done it before), but any suggestions are welcome!
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When its rooted you have to have Super User installed to allow applications to be granted super user access. Install it and busy box and you should be able to check if you are rooted. Though I have never heard of the root checker program require those other programs to be installed in order to tell you if you are rooted or not.
I have had the same issue you did with the screen not doing anything and the spinning. It was due to a firmware install blunder. I'm not saying that you did that, jsut a corrupted install on my end dleft me with the same result. I would try doing a factory reset on the phone and updating again from there.
Musket Teams have been writing hacking exploits for wifi hotspots using android phones in the kali-linux Nethunter forums. As these exploits only require any rooted android phone not just Nexus, we have come across rooting problems with some models.
Here is a method we used to get an Lava_IRIS_500_Thai_S108_20140827 Kernal 3.4.67 Andoid 4.4.2 rooted
Previously we had rooted this phone using Kingo Root BUT the root was missing some components and supersu did not work properly. When we tried to update supersu the root vanished and the root could not be restored.
We reset the phone to factory - this may not be necessary
The factory reset has supersu loaded
Using a computer we ran Kingo Root. Kingo Root would run up to around 58% and fail. We did this serveral times.
Next we loaded on kingroot_4.1.0703.apk. Got an internet connection thru the phone on wifi and ran the apt. The apt said the root would not work but we tried it anyway.
kingroot_4.1.0703.apk would run up to a certain percent then the phone would reset. Each time we ran it again the percentage of completion rose. Soon it began updating the android programs at shutdown as the percentage of completion approached 60%. Finally at around 60% of completion kingroot stated the root had failed.
We went back to Kingo Root thru a computer and Kingo Root stated the phone was rooted even though King Root stated it had failed. On inspection with Root Checker - The root status was confirmed.
King Root had replaced supersu with Kinguser.
We loaded numerous programs requiring root and all worked perfectly better then when supersu was installed. If you get your phone rooted We suggest you leave Kinguser in place and get on with hacking.
Musket Teams
I've dug around here for about 20 minutes and don't see any successful root for the Moto G XT-1028 (Android 4.4.4). I found a way to ROOT it! The particular Moto G XT-1028 I had could not be rooted by any method I tried (that included about everything) until a couple days ago I found a version of the Kingroot App and it rooted SUCCESSFULLY! As much as I'm not a fan of Kingroot and similar root apps you can't knock it if it is the only way that works. The Kingroot that worked is version V4.5.0.803. Older versions I had tried did not work. I'll attach it here. This is really a sweet little phone and glad it finally has root. :good:
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I've dug around here for about 20 minutes and don't see any successful root for the Moto G XT-1028. I found a way to ROOT it! The particular Moto G XT-1028 I had could not be rooted by any method I tried (that included about everything) until a couple days ago I found a version of the Kingroot App and it rooted SUCCESSFULLY! As much as I'm not a fan of Kingroot and similar root apps you can't knock it if it is the only way that works. The Kingroot that worked is version V4.5.0.803. Older versions I had tried did not work. I'll attach it here. This is really a sweet little phone and glad it finally has root. :good:
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Is this for 4.4.4?
I checked for Root initially by using ROM Toolbox which will warn you if you don't have root. It will not "Freeze" and App unless it has root so I froze an App and it worked. I'll post some screen captures here in a while showing the exact build and proof of Root.
Yes it is 4.4.4 I have on this phone.
Screen cap of my exact build. Also a screen cap after Kingroot success - the actual 'Success' screen only flashed for a second and then the screen below shows root access. Weird the second screenshot keeps coming up a Zero byte file - doesn't seem to save. Working on that....
More info: This version of Kingroot seems to have it's own root and you cannot install SuperSU (not so far anyway - I haven't tried everything yet). But it does allow root access for sure. However based on what I have found so far if you reboot you may lose root. But it is a very quick and simple process to re-root. Just run the App - wait a few seconds it you have ROOT. It is also similar in how it works like SuperSU in that it asks you to Allow or Deny root access when an App or function requests root access.
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Screen cap of my exact build. Also a screen cap after Kingroot success - the actual 'Success' screen only flashed for a second and then the screen below shows root access. Weird the second screenshot keeps coming up a Zero byte file - doesn't seem to save. Working on that....
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This is awesome!!
T10NAZ said:
This is awesome!!
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I had some trouble getting screen caps as the built in OS (power button + vol down) didn't work but installed this screenshot app that shows a couple from Kingroot screens in attached pics:
Here's one from Galaxy tools ( Yes I know it's not a Galaxy but it still works on the Moto G and it shows the details like it being an XT-1028 and states it has ROOT access right on the same screen.
This has been posted about many times, especially by me. This root is temporary. And it becomes extremely unstable after a while and your phone starts to crash and you're forced to reboot, losing root. Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't exactly work still
Teet1 said:
This has been posted about many times, especially by me. This root is temporary. And it becomes extremely unstable after a while and your phone starts to crash and you're forced to reboot, losing root. Sorry to rain on your parade, but it doesn't exactly work still
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I do see that it doesn't hold root if you reboot but I see it as stable about half the time now that I've played with it a bit. Sometimes apps start to crash but upon reboot and re-root sometimes it is totally stable. Apps that I have frozen when rooted stay frozen. I'm also looking at it's sister app 'Purify' which was downloaded from within Kingroot as 'Kingmaster'. It says it can keep root. I'm working on testing that. Can you give me a link to other discussions on this? This is a version of Kingroot that just came out a few days ago. In doing a search I do not get any hits here on this version of Kingroot
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I do see that it doesn't hold root if you reboot but I see it as stable about half the time now that I've played with it a bit. Sometimes apps start to crash but upon reboot and re-root sometimes it is totally stable. Apps that I have frozen when rooted stay frozen. I'm also looking at it's sister app 'Purify' which was downloaded from within Kingroot as 'Kingmaster'. It says it can keep root. I'm working on testing that. Can you give me a link to other discussions on this? This is a version of Kingroot that just came out a few days ago. In doing a search I do not get any hits here on this version of Kingroot
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Look at my threads and posts in my profile. I tested the new one. It's a root, maybe more stable. But what we all want is perm root which we haven't accomplished yet. I have high hopes future versions of kingroot give full perm stable root
Finally caught this one:
After playing with this a couple days I admit it is sometimes stable and sometimes not. I believe Kingroot tries a lot of different options to root a phone as it gets the methods online during rooting and I believe it does not always use the same method for a particular phone. So sometime it works better than other times and it has even failed to root at all a few times. It was stable for a 12 hour test but some things will quickly destabilize it - like trying to install Busybox. At best you can get root access to fiddle with some things like making a custom boot screen etc. Any reboot will remove root and phone will be stable again but I did notice Kingroot as an app is running and I normally will stop it - no need for it if you aren't running in root mode.
I've been using kingroot as well, even before the .803 release (it was like .7xx i think when it first worked for me, about 1-2 months ago)
For me, it never fails to root. However the root destabilizes after approximately 5-15 minutes every time. Its literally just enough time to run titanium backup, or some other important thing before it starts going to crap and needs a reboot.
Still its a step in the right direction. I absolutely hate the pre-installed VZW bloat: Navigator, sync, NFL.
I'd be satisfied with a locked bootloader if i could just have perm-root. However temp-root is fine for now.
Yeeeeessss this jus made my weekend. Thanks for the update 4.4.4 rooted. Well temp root but better than nothing)))))
I've rooted my phone a month and a half ago and today I noticed that none of my apps can acquire root. SuperSU says that there's no SU binary installed and it can't be installed.
What should I do? Do I just root again? Is the process different than it was for the first time?
And why did this happen?