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Hey that's cool! When I was typing the subject header the page showed me the "Here are the similar threads we found" bit. Unfortunately my mind is willing but my brain just ain't cutting it no more. Must be too many years using Windows.
I've looked around here and there seems to be a complete wealth of info for rooting, but unless I'm mistaken there seem to be bits here and there.
Is there a guide for grumpy 40something-year-old blokes who are rather rubbish at THIS SORT OF THING? Hell, I'd even PayPal for an idiots guide!
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367249
chrisrotolo said:
here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1367249
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Aha, yes! I'll try this when the coffee has kicked in. Thansk very much for pointing me in the right direction.
Well, that appeared to have worked. At least, I didn't brick the device, and it's rebooted fine.
Actually, how does one test that the device is rooted? Has anyone asked that before?
Well that worked! It needs to be rooted to run SuperUser and Titanium, right? Well they both run so it mus tbe rooted
Grumpy Old Guys Unite!
bittersound said:
Is there a guide for grumpy 40something-year-old blokes who are rather rubbish at THIS SORT OF THING? Hell, I'd even PayPal for an idiots guide!
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Congratulations from a 50something-year-old analog-minded geek for rooting your 6210. Sounds like we might be in the same boat. Old codgers (soon to be curmudgeons) hanging on by our fingertips to the bleeding edge of technology. All I can say about these forums is read everything before you do anything. And then ask some smart questions to make sure you're on the right track. You won't piss off too many of the rom-boffins this way, and you might avoid bricking your Tab. Good luck and welcome to the google/android/samsung version of our future.
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bittersound said:
Actually, how does one test that the device is rooted? Has anyone asked that before?
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1. Download a program called SManager in the play store.
2. open it up and click on options at the bottom and click on console.
3. Shell will open and type the following...
su <cr>
whoami <cr>
what you get back should either be... "root" or unknown uid 0
if you get anything other then you are not rooted.
Hope this answers your question
Dave.
bittersound said:
Well, that appeared to have worked. At least, I didn't brick the device, and it's rebooted fine.
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Aha, it turns out it DID NOT work.
I followed the root procedure with no error message, the tablet rebooted just fine but SManager returns "unknown uid 0", which indictes the device is not rooted.
To add to the confusion, Titanium Backup Pro says "OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app) with a lovely tick next to "Root access:"
Seems like the device is confused, at least as much as me...
bittersound said:
Aha, it turns out it DID NOT work.
I followed the root procedure with no error message, the tablet rebooted just fine but SManager returns "unknown uid 0", which indictes the device is not rooted.
To add to the confusion, Titanium Backup Pro says "OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app) with a lovely tick next to "Root access:"
Seems like the device is confused, at least as much as me...
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Huh... I have a similar confusion. Titanium Backup also tells me "OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app). I've cleaned Samsung bloatware off the Tab successfully using adm which I assume I wouldn't be able to do if I wasn't rooted. Yet File Manager tells me I don't have root permission to use their advanced root settings.
rtfm1777 said:
Huh... I have a similar confusion. Titanium Backup also tells me "OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app). I've cleaned Samsung bloatware off the Tab successfully using adm which I assume I wouldn't be able to do if I wasn't rooted. Yet File Manager tells me I don't have root permission to use their advanced root settings.
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To confuse matters even more, I appear to have succesfully put the QMGBBQRQM Final Release ROM on the tablet
Have you installed superuser from the market yet? If you already have installed superuser, then check if theres an update for superuser. Sometimes that helps apps to recognize that you have root.
bittersound said:
Is there a guide for grumpy 40something-year-old blokes who are rather rubbish at THIS SORT OF THING? Hell, I'd even PayPal for an idiots guide!
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From another "40 something"... Read the sticky thread called "** FAQ and useful info **" at the top of the general subforum.
This "grumpy 40-something" spent quite a bit of time gathering the links and text for that post, and it really gets people grumpy when others (such as yourself) appear too lazy to read it.
Gary (the sarcastic, grumpy, 40-something year old diva)
Still going with that diva title eh? lol but you do have a point also. I check it from time to time myself.
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bittersound said:
Aha, it turns out it DID NOT work.
I followed the root procedure with no error message, the tablet rebooted just fine but SManager returns "unknown uid 0", which indictes the device is not rooted.
To add to the confusion, Titanium Backup Pro says "OK (BusyBox 1.18.4-Titanium from app) with a lovely tick next to "Root access:"
Seems like the device is confused, at least as much as me...
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"unkown uid 0" is root. If you get this you are root'd and are good to go.
you need to have super user running when you start up titanium backup and if you get the pop up window saying titanium backup wants root access then you are definitely root'd.
Dave.
garyd9 said:
This "grumpy 40-something" spent quite a bit of time gathering the links and text for that post, and it really gets people grumpy when others (such as yourself) appear too lazy to read it.
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I did check out the FAQ, clearly I missed the relevant details for whatever reason - let's blame it on newbiestupidity. Laziness was not involved, thank you very much.
OK I have run the pie exploit about 100 times every time I get the correct output but when I use root checker it says I don't have root I try to install super su and it says there are no binaries installed what am I missing my device shows up I put the update package in my sdk folder advice pushes the files I reverted back to 19.5.3 I get the exact same message that is expected when everyone else runs pie please help I have a Verizon Droid mini do I need to disable fire walls or avg
ojodetigre said:
OK I have run the pie exploit about 100 times every time I get the correct output but when I use root checker it says I don't have root I try to install super su and it says there are no binaries installed what am I missing my device shows up I put the update package in my sdk folder advice pushes the files I reverted back to 19.5.3 I get the exact same message that is expected when everyone else runs pie please help I have a Verizon Droid mini do I need to disable fire walls or avg
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I got the same error messages. Get Root Check, and ignore the errors, and once it's sent, see if that works. It doesn't allow you to update the binaries though, until you do the full root with the WPnomo described in the Pie thread
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livinitwarrior said:
I got the same error messages. Get Root Check, and ignore the errors, and once it's sent, see if that works. It doesn't allow you to update the binaries though, until you do the full root with the WPnomo described in the Pie thread
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So I got root checker it says I am not rooted so your telling me that I should just ignore everything and run the full root process because everyone else says that root checker should say I'm rooted is there any other programs I need besides sdk I read somewhere that I need Java setup correctly to execute scripts and also I read that I may have to create a junk file on my phone that will allow the scripts to be pushed to I'm so lost I am about to give up someone please help me out I'm new member so I can't post in development
ojodetigre said:
So I got root checker it says I am not rooted so your telling me that I should just ignore everything and run the full root process because everyone else says that root checker should say I'm rooted is there any other programs I need besides sdk I read somewhere that I need Java setup correctly to execute scripts and also I read that I may have to create a junk file on my phone that will allow the scripts to be pushed to I'm so lost I am about to give up someone please help me out I'm new member so I can't post in development
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You need to make sure everything like your firewall, avg, security is all turned off or it won't work.
Rooted Droid Ultra
ojodetigre said:
So I got root checker it says I am not rooted so your telling me that I should just ignore everything and run the full root process because everyone else says that root checker should say I'm rooted is there any other programs I need besides sdk I read somewhere that I need Java setup correctly to execute scripts and also I read that I may have to create a junk file on my phone that will allow the scripts to be pushed to I'm so lost I am about to give up someone please help me out I'm new member so I can't post in development
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sorry, I never got a notification from this. No, root checker SHOULD tell you if you have root. Are you running each of the 4 commands separately?
livinitwarrior said:
sorry, I never got a notification from this. No, root checker SHOULD tell you if you have root. Are you running each of the 4 commands separately?
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I plug my phone in, cd to the path of my sdk, adb devices to make sure it's recognized then run the four commands separately and phone does nothing it doesn't reboot just stays the same run root checker and it says I'm not rooted the guy before you says to turn avg and firewalls off I'm going to try that when I get home
ojodetigre said:
I plug my phone in, cd to the path of my sdk, adb devices to make sure it's recognized then run the four commands separately and phone does nothing it doesn't reboot just stays the same run root checker and it says I'm not rooted the guy before you says to turn avg and firewalls off I'm going to try that when I get home
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Reboot? It shouldn't reboot. The phone should technically do nothing until you do root checker. The way this root works, it's tethered, and gets wiped once you reboot unless you do the next steps of using wpnomo
Sent from my XT1080 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
Just asking a little thing. USB debugging enabled?
Rooted Droid Ultra
Pie alone isn't going to give you the root that you are looking for. All Pie does is give you root access to the /system partition.
You need to go here: http://bit.ly/1sxDN9t and disable Write Protection, which will allow you to flash the SU binary that gives full root.
After that is done you need to install Safestrap ((Can be found here: http://bit.ly/1jq4WeO) Our device is the XT1080), reboot into recovery and flash: http://download.chainfire.eu/396/SuperSU/
Now when you boot up you will have permanent root, and root check / SuperSU should show up properly.
Through OTA?
miketoasty said:
Pie alone isn't going to give you the root that you are looking for. All Pie does is give you root access to the /system partition.
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Will root access survive through an OTA update to 4.4.4?
joshs997 said:
Will root access survive through an OTA update to 4.4.4?
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Yes after you do all the steps and buy SuperSu pro and enable survival mode to be able to update and keep root
Rooted Droid Ultra
joshs997 said:
Will root access survive through an OTA update to 4.4.4?
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Root survives but write protection gets disabled. So the root is basically useless.
I've never really had to use adb much before on any of my other devices. It's eating my lunch, and is frustrating because everyone is saying how easy it is. I honestly am having issues simply pushing the pie exploit to my phone. When I do, all correct directories, it gives me the adb info and shortcut stuff, definitions, etc. Any help would be appreciated. Just don't know adb well at all.
Edit: nm. got it.
Has anyone created a method to root Acer a1-713 manually?
Those one click methods are really crude also I don't even know what's happening in there.
If anyone knows it please help me.
Dreadful man said:
Has anyone created a method to root Acer a1-713 manually?
Those one click methods are really crude also I don't even know what's happening in there.
If anyone knows it please help me.
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Some said that Kingroot worked for them in this Q&A thread -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/root-recovery-acer-iconia-tab-7-a1-713-t2851573
JnFrks said:
Some said that Kingroot worked for them in this Q&A thread -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/root-recovery-acer-iconia-tab-7-a1-713-t2851573
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Well it didn't for me. Also I want to know what I am doing with my tab and not just know that tapping this button will root my tab.
Have you ever tried to look at this site -> http://www.oneclickroot.com/device/acer-iconia-a1-713/. They featured this one-click rooting and it seems they can be trusted. I've downloaded and installed their software so no worries. Well, I'm also using a one-click root utility and it's always working. (just sayin')
The process of rooting a device is too complicated for those who don't have knowledge in Linux (like me), so your question about manually is out.
http://www.oneclickroot.com/device/acer-iconia-a1-713/
Well this one click root website was also a waste of time and didn't work either .
I may have to wait a little bit more before dumping this thread.
Rooting an android device basically means (for me) granting You (as the user) to do whatever you want to your device's system, hardware, etc. But what does root will actually do to your device that will cause you to obtain that superuser access? It's because of the "su" (Switch User) file used by Android and other UNIX-based systems that allows a process of switching of a user to be the superuser (or root user) that has access to the commands and file system, meaning those processes that requires root permission (root access or superuser access) need to invoke su. So basically the process of rooting will just push this su, a binary executable file, to the file system so that you can switch to the root user to give root permissions... And the Superuser application is just optional, but really required for some reasons, it serves as the "gatekeeper" of the su binary so when a certain command or application that invokes su will prompt the user by the Superuser app first before granting the root permission since becoming the root user can do whatever to the system which means it can cause the device to malfunction, etc... So what do you mean by manually?
Sorry for what I'd just suggest you that OneClickRoot waste your time...
Oh, there's a bad news after spending time searching how to root your device, read the news here -> [GUIDE] Firmwares, ROMs, CWM, Root - Acer Iconia (MTK) Tablets [ⒶⒸⒺⓇ ⒹⒺⓋⒾⓁⓈ]
Can't find a best way to root your Acer.
Well thanks for enlightening me on the topic, I hadn't really understood what really is su..
By manually I meant by using computer and tinkering with the files hands on.
Oh, and you needn't to be sorry since everything I tried didn't work. Sometimes I had root till the app was open while sometimes it existed until the next reboot.
Also looked at the link you gave and well, what can I say, it really is bad news and there sure is the risk of bricking my device.
Well thanks for taking your time.
I have already made two posts about this, under another topic/tread, but as good answers has not yet returned, I start a new tread here.
(I will include the info from my previous posts, in the bottom of this post)
Original Question:
I used KingRoot to ROOT my phone, and I am fully aware that during this process the app will download an exploit, based on my phonetype/android version....
But from I rooted my phone (several months ago) and to this day, the KingRoot app is trying to connect to TWO different IP ranges in China.
It tries to do so, upto 40 times in only 5 minutes.
NB: And I have auto-update disabled, and also wifi update disabled.
The IP's it most often tries to connect to is:
14.17.43.* (on port 80)
183.61.47.* to 183.61.51.* (on port 80)
and sometimes it also tries to connect on port 443
So why is is that KingRoot tries to "call somewhere in China" several hundred times a day?
www ( geoiptool.com/en/?ip=14.17.43.150 )
www ( geoiptool.com/en/?ip=183.61.47.36 )
My system gets SLOW everytime the KingRoot app starts back up, and connects or tries to connect, as it is using a lot of system resources, while trying to do so..
Can I get an honest story of why it connects to your servers, again and again, after the ROOT process has been completed? (two months ago) ??
And the only interaction I have with the KingRoot app is to FORCE KILL it every time my phone gets cloggy/slow again. And when the KingRoot app gets FORCE KILLED, my phone starts working as normal, until KingRoot starts up again...
I would love to get a honset story about why it tries to connect to your servers everyday... And I wonder what information got passed on to you folks, before I installed my firewall apps, VPN apps, and proxy apps that gave me a clue to WHY the KingRoot app slowed my system down.
SOLUTION-BEFORE-REAL-SOLUTION:
The best idea so far (until we get an answer) is to install the following apps:
For a NON-ROOT solution, but I guess you already have root,hehe, please use:
NoRoot Firewall (NO ROOT REQUIRED) (EXCELLENT LOGGING IN-APP)
( play.google.com/store/search?q=noroot%20firewall&c=apps&hl=en )
To block the above IP ranges, and other things you'd like to block..
--> Xprivacy (ROOT REQUIRED) (XPOSED FRAMEWORK)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.installer&hl=en )
>> App Premission Editor - Turn on and off permissions for different apps.
>> You can use it to "turn on/off" network/internet access for ANY installed app.
>> This app helps you to install XPOSED framework (It also has good apps/modules)
--> AFwall+ (ROOT REQUIRED)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.ukanth.ufirewall&hl=en )
>> Firewall. Deny all internet access for any app that has internet permissions
--> Hosts Editor (ROOT REQUIRED)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treb.hosts&hl=en )
>> Almost like a Firewall - Block some IPs from working
>> A good list of things to block would be the IP ranges above.
>> Also you can block ADS and TRACKING the same way.
Original posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63790626&postcount=2651
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63790626&postcount=2641
do you remember where you downloaded the kingroot app?
Nexus5-32GB said:
do you remember where you downloaded the kingroot app?
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Yes, from KingRoot.net (KingRoot Official Site)
Found out about it from some online article, and went straight to source (as always)
I might also have tried a version from this site, since the KingRoot.net site is slow loading, as in slower than the good old adsl....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads
alexdata said:
Yes, from KingRoot.net (KingRoot Official Site)
Found out about it from some online article, and went straight to source (as always)
I might also have tried a version from this site, since the KingRoot.net site is slow loading, as in slower than the good old adsl....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/?id=9793#downloads
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Try reading here.
But that should not be related to device slowness...
well...
Slowness is bad, but....
What I consider WORSE is the fact that it tries to communicate, all day long, with servers in china....
Why is this? Auto-Update is turned off. Rooting is completed, so no more need for using my internet, right?!!?!
What is this communication, and why is it any communication going on, at all ?!?
alexdata said:
Slowness is bad, but....
What I consider WORSE is the fact that it tries to communicate, all day long, with servers in china....
Why is this? Auto-Update is turned off. Rooting is completed, so no more need for using my internet, right?!!?!
What is this communication, and why is it any communication going on, at all ?!?
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Good point. The king root developers have been keen to stress there is no spy ware in the app. They try to justify the internet use in that post above but to blast Chinese servers many times a day?
I can confirm this behaviour. I haven't noticed any slow down as a result though.
Perhaps one of the developers would care to explain?
Maybe a stupid one, but why keep the app if root is completed?
Cant you just uninstall it and install SuperSU for further root jobs?
Cheers
sure, but...
Sgace said:
Maybe a stupid one, but why keep the app if root is completed?
Cant you just uninstall it and install SuperSU for further root jobs?
Cheers
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Well, after downloading SuperSU# you will get the question:
> "The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?"
I press continue, and get this question/statement:
> "If you have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, that can be used to (try to) install the SU binary. This is recommended for HTC devices. How would you like to install the SU binary."
I choose "Normal" (and the other choise were "TWRP/CWM")
( do't think i have a TWRP/CWM as I have never tried that yet )
When I press "Normal" it starts to install, tells me to wait, I wait for about a minute
and then it fails, with the following message:
> "Installation failed! Please reboot and try again!"
So good idea, but im stuck on how to get that to actually work....
alexdata said:
Well, after downloading SuperSU# you will get the question:
> "The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?"
I press continue, and get this question/statement:
> "If you have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, that can be used to (try to) install the SU binary. This is recommended for HTC devices. How would you like to install the SU binary."
I choose "Normal" (and the other choise were "TWRP/CWM")
( do't think i have a TWRP/CWM as I have never tried that yet )
When I press "Normal" it starts to install, tells me to wait, I wait for about a minute
and then it fails, with the following message:
> "Installation failed! Please reboot and try again!"
So good idea, but im stuck on how to get that to actually work....
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Hmmm, well thats a bummer then.
Isnt there a superuser app already installed besides the kingroot app?
Cause something needs to take care of SU requests i think.
Cheers
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Sgace said:
Hmmm, well thats a bummer then.
Isnt there a superuser app already installed besides the kingroot app?
Cause something needs to take care of SU requests i think.
Cheers
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What phone model and software do you use by the way?
alexdata said:
Well, after downloading SuperSU# you will get the question:
> "The SU binary needs to be updated. Continue?"
I press continue, and get this question/statement:
> "If you have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM, that can be used to (try to) install the SU binary. This is recommended for HTC devices. How would you like to install the SU binary."
I choose "Normal" (and the other choise were "TWRP/CWM")
( do't think i have a TWRP/CWM as I have never tried that yet )
When I press "Normal" it starts to install, tells me to wait, I wait for about a minute
and then it fails, with the following message:
> "Installation failed! Please reboot and try again!"
So good idea, but im stuck on how to get that to actually work....
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If you have root then you should also be able to install a custom recovery. Why don't you just download flash SuperSU from recovery AFTER removing King root instead of doing it through normal mode? I personally would not keep an app with such a behaviour installed on my phone...
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
Sgace said:
What phone model and software do you use by the way?
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>> Phone: Samsung Galaxy Core LTE (SM-G360F)
>> Country: Europa/Norway
>> Android version 4.4.4
>> Kingroot version 4.5.0
err0r76 said:
If you have root then you should also be able to install a custom recovery. Why don't you just download flash SuperSU from recovery AFTER removing King root instead of doing it through normal mode? I personally would not keep an app with such a behaviour installed on my phone...
Sent from my SM-N910W8 using Tapatalk
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I agree but I would still like to know of why the app constantly connects. So far no one has any clue yet.
err0r76 said:
If you have root then you should also be able to install a custom recovery. Why don't you just download flash SuperSU from recovery AFTER removing King root instead of doing it through normal mode? I personally would not keep an app with such a behaviour installed on my phonek
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First off, your steps are almost unreadable for a non-naitive english speaker...
"Why don't you just download flash SuperSU from recovery AFTER removing King root instead of doing it through normal mode"? doing what? and how was I doing that unnormally?
Secondly, my question still is "why does KingRoot connect to these IP adresses all the time" (flashing supersu from recovery does not fix/explain my original question)
My idea is to keep the app, as long as it doesn't sendt ital personal information away from my phone (that I have not already opted YES to send)
The app itself, does the job I want it to do (Rooting, enable/disable autorun) but it has some unknown data-transfers... my concern is with the data-transfers...
(I wanted to test the SuperSU idea as previously posted, as I could do much the same with SuperSU (but without the unknown data transfers that KingRoot does) - The test I did to remove KingRoot and install SuperSU, ended in me having to reinstall KingRoot to gain root again, SuperSU did not load correctly, and could not update its binarys. But apps that previously had gained root, now struggles to find their already previously granted root permissions, so after trying this, im basically worse off than before....Root apps that doesn't work properly, root permissions that doesn't work properly, and still KingRoot sending information away... (tested with NoRootFirewall)
Still have KingRoot installed (to obtain root) and SuperSU did not install properly (when KingRoot is already there) so for the time being, Im stuck with KingRoot...
(unless someone knows a link to a STEP-BY-STEP, well explained -noob like explaining, guide for rooting Samsung SM-G360F using other tools)
I started messing around with king root and had to install again over the top to regain root permissions. I'd disabled a couple of its services to try and stop the pinging. I think it worked but it broke other stuff. Can't you use no root fire wall and maybe servicely to kill it on a regular basis?
alexdata said:
I have already made two posts about this, under another topic/tread, but as good answers has not yet returned, I start a new tread here.
(I will include the info from my previous posts, in the bottom of this post)
Original Question:
I used KingRoot to ROOT my phone, and I am fully aware that during this process the app will download an exploit, based on my phonetype/android version....
But from I rooted my phone (several months ago) and to this day, the KingRoot app is trying to connect to TWO different IP ranges in China.
It tries to do so, upto 40 times in only 5 minutes.
NB: And I have auto-update disabled, and also wifi update disabled.
The IP's it most often tries to connect to is:
14.17.43.* (on port 80)
183.61.47.* to 183.61.51.* (on port 80)
and sometimes it also tries to connect on port 443
So why is is that KingRoot tries to "call somewhere in China" several hundred times a day?
www ( geoiptool.com/en/?ip=14.17.43.150 )
www ( geoiptool.com/en/?ip=183.61.47.36 )
My system gets SLOW everytime the KingRoot app starts back up, and connects or tries to connect, as it is using a lot of system resources, while trying to do so..
Can I get an honest story of why it connects to your servers, again and again, after the ROOT process has been completed? (two months ago) ??
And the only interaction I have with the KingRoot app is to FORCE KILL it every time my phone gets cloggy/slow again. And when the KingRoot app gets FORCE KILLED, my phone starts working as normal, until KingRoot starts up again...
I would love to get a honset story about why it tries to connect to your servers everyday... And I wonder what information got passed on to you folks, before I installed my firewall apps, VPN apps, and proxy apps that gave me a clue to WHY the KingRoot app slowed my system down.
SOLUTION-BEFORE-REAL-SOLUTION:
The best idea so far (until we get an answer) is to install the following apps:
For a NON-ROOT solution, but I guess you already have root,hehe, please use:
NoRoot Firewall (NO ROOT REQUIRED) (EXCELLENT LOGGING IN-APP)
( play.google.com/store/search?q=noroot%20firewall&c=apps&hl=en )
To block the above IP ranges, and other things you'd like to block..
--> Xprivacy (ROOT REQUIRED) (XPOSED FRAMEWORK)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bokhorst.xprivacy.installer&hl=en )
>> App Premission Editor - Turn on and off permissions for different apps.
>> You can use it to "turn on/off" network/internet access for ANY installed app.
>> This app helps you to install XPOSED framework (It also has good apps/modules)
--> AFwall+ (ROOT REQUIRED)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.ukanth.ufirewall&hl=en )
>> Firewall. Deny all internet access for any app that has internet permissions
--> Hosts Editor (ROOT REQUIRED)
( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.treb.hosts&hl=en )
>> Almost like a Firewall - Block some IPs from working
>> A good list of things to block would be the IP ranges above.
>> Also you can block ADS and TRACKING the same way.
Original posts:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63790626&postcount=2651
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63790626&postcount=2641
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Why not just get rid of Kingoroot and install Supersu?
ratbags said:
I started messing around with king root and had to install again over the top to regain root permissions. I'd disabled a couple of its services to try and stop the pinging. I think it worked but it broke other stuff. Can't you use no root fire wall and maybe servicely to kill it on a regular basis?
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I am currently using "NoRoot Firewall" as I realized that all firewalls not using a VPN type connection, actually leaks stuff on other ports (non standard ports)...
So the only way to stop most of the leaking, is using "NoRoot Firewall" until someone with a packetsniffer/proxy/wireshark type program, finds out about what is really transferred (and then maybe also why it is transferred)
But, if "KingRoot" did not 'leak' info (or whatever it does) then there would be no big need for the "NoRoot Firewall".... So still im curious about what KingRoot is doing with those connections....
(PS: I've also done a "factory reset" on my phone today, and reinstalled only "Kingroot" and "NoRoot Firewall" but that app is still leaking....)
Thanks for your tip about "Servicely" ( play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.franco.servicely&hl=en )
I will install that right away, and give that a test aswell, since whatever kills "KingRoot" also makes sure that no info is transferred...
If possible, ALWAYS try a different method than kingroot. Sorry to the devs but the way they design they're exploit, you can't uninstall kingroot without breaking something. It's a shady Chinese app that i wouldnt trust.
Why the app is connecting to their servers? The reply is obvious...
I asked many times on the app thread,just filter on my nickname.
Do you really think a Chinese company will pay devs for this kind of free app?
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alexdata said:
First off, your steps are almost unreadable for a non-naitive english speaker...
"Why don't you just download flash SuperSU from recovery AFTER removing King root instead of doing it through normal mode"? doing what? and how was I doing that unnormally?
Secondly, my question still is "why does KingRoot connect to these IP adresses all the time" (flashing supersu from recovery does not fix/explain my original question)
My idea is to keep the app, as long as it doesn't sendt ital personal information away from my phone (that I have not already opted YES to send)
The app itself, does the job I want it to do (Rooting, enable/disable autorun) but it has some unknown data-transfers... my concern is with the data-transfers...
(I wanted to test the SuperSU idea as previously posted, as I could do much the same with SuperSU (but without the unknown data transfers that KingRoot does) - The test I did to remove KingRoot and install SuperSU, ended in me having to reinstall KingRoot to gain root again, SuperSU did not load correctly, and could not update its binarys. But apps that previously had gained root, now struggles to find their already previously granted root permissions, so after trying this, im basically worse off than before....Root apps that doesn't work properly, root permissions that doesn't work properly, and still KingRoot sending information away... (tested with NoRootFirewall)
Still have KingRoot installed (to obtain root) and SuperSU did not install properly (when KingRoot is already there) so for the time being, Im stuck with KingRoot...
(unless someone knows a link to a STEP-BY-STEP, well explained -noob like explaining, guide for rooting Samsung SM-G360F using other tools)
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First: I'm not a native English speaking person. If you didn't understand what I meant with my post it's not due to my "simplified" english but in regards to your language barriers.
Second: I wasn't telling you how to do it. It can be put simply as "flash SUPERSU from recovery after removing KingRoot". Google and search in xda will help you with that. Get used to getting your answers from those instead of expecting others to give you step by step instructions on how to do something that is so widely known and posted.
On a side note, it seems to me that the ONLY people that can give you the answer to the question of "why" King root does what it does are its developers. If they don't answer you, that on its own should be enough for you to just stay away from it and find another rooting method. Same thing as saying that something you're eating is causing abdominal pain, and instead of stop eating that all together, you keep on eating it while taking a ton of medication to aliviate the symptoms and attempt for someone to do some sort of analysis of that food and explain why that's happening...
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You're just about right...
err0r76 said:
First: I'm not a native English speaking person. If you didn't understand what I meant with my post it's not due to my "simplified" english but in regards to your language barriers.
Second: I wasn't telling you how to do it. It can be put simply as "flash SUPERSU from recovery after removing KingRoot". Google and search in xda will help you with that. Get used to getting your answers from those instead of expecting others to give you step by step instructions on how to do something that is so widely known and posted.
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Now your English was more readable to me, so I guess simplified English, when explaining steps, isn't my thing - Reason I believed you were native, is because native people can use quite a lot of that simplifying in their writing, so thats my bad... Truce?
Reason I asked for a detailed step-by-step is becuase i've already tried to replace KingRoot with something else (like SuperSU) - I did test this guide:
( www.w0lfdroid.com/2015/05/How-to-Remove-Replace-KingUser-KingRoot-with-SuperSU.html )
But that ended up in the following way: KingRoot was partially removed, SuperSU got partially installed (installed, but not updated, so not usable), All the apps that had ROOT, lost their real root acccess, only 2 out of 15 apps managed to keep their root, and SuperSU could not "take over root for KingRoot", so I had to do a "factory reset" of the phone, and reinstalled KingRoot (only working way I've found to root that phone -yet) and then installed "NoRoot Firewall" (to prevent KingRoot from leaking) and "Servicely" (to kill the KingRoot service, over and over again)
err0r76 said:
On a side note, it seems to me that the ONLY people that can give you the answer to the question of "why" King root does what it does are its developers. If they don't answer you, that on its own should be enough for you to just stay away from it and find another rooting method. Same thing as saying that something you're eating is causing abdominal pain, and instead of stop eating that all together, you keep on eating it while taking a ton of medication to aliviate the symptoms and attempt for someone to do some sort of analysis of that food and explain why that's happening...
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I do agree, its a bit like that, but with "NoRoot Firewall" and "Servicely" I have managed to remove the two "problems" with that app (and other apps with the same behaviour) -- So I guess im gonna keep eating my medicine, so to speak, until I figure out if the traffic is some update stuff/some heartbeat stuff/just logging of the app, and what the app finds out about the system, and its usage while being KingRooted, or if they do indeed leak personal information aswell...
And i'd really like to know - do they leak personal info? So guess i'll keep trying, and asking... hehe...
FOR EVERYONE:
But for those that has seen a good page, for rooting, using some PC-Cable-Phone-solution, instead of an one-click-app, for a Samsung Core PRime LTE (SM-G360F), then please tell me... (preferrably a method you've tested with a similar phone)
I just brought it for my little daughter. It has only 1 gb ram and intel chipset with android 4.x. Games results are not very good. So I'd like to remove some system apps. If somebody has any idea how to root it will be a great help for me. Any other recomendations for better performance will be much appreciated. I am a complete nube....please forgive me if I made something wrong.
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
UnlockRoot is used to root Iball Slide 6318i, you should give it a try
Good luck:
Primokorn said:
Hi,
Thanks for using XDA Assist.
UnlockRoot is used to root Iball Slide 6318i, you should give it a try
Good luck:
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Does not work. Anyway I was able to root by Kingo root. But after reboot root checker is saying root access is not properly installed in this device.
bichitrax said:
Does not work. Anyway I was able to root by Kingo root. But after reboot root checker is saying root access is not properly installed in this device.
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Open a Terminal and type su.
Do you have a superuser request?
Primokorn said:
Open a Terminal and type su.
Do you have a superuser request?
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Please forgive my ignorance...I am damn nube. I do not understand. What is Terminal ? How to open it ? Super su is installed. It showed that it worked for some time ( it asked for permission at time of install Adway). I installed Adway, it was working well. But now( after one day) it is saying root required. Please help me to get a permanent root Thanks for your reply.
Later I googled for terminal emulator.Typed su. It asked for Super user to allow. Now root checker is positive. But I don't know How long it'll last.
Yes, after reboot again the root lost. Can somebody help me !!
bichitrax said:
Please forgive my ignorance...I am damn nube. I do not understand. What is Terminal ? How to open it ? Super su is installed. It showed that it worked for some time ( it asked for permission at time of install Adway). I installed Adway, it was working well. But now( after one day) it is saying root required. Please help me to get a permanent root Thanks for your reply.
Later I googled for terminal emulator.Typed su. It asked for Super user to allow. Now root checker is positive. But I don't know How long it'll last.
Yes, after reboot again the root lost. Can somebody help me !!
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You can use this application to open a Terminal: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
It allows you to enter various commands.
Try posting your question with all relevant details in this friendly Q&A thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2259645
Good luck!