I'll start off and say this strange. Root checker says I'm not rooted. The superuser app says I'm not rooted. The thing is I've been able to edit the build.prop, install safestrap, custom boot animation through rom toolbox pro, and I think a few other things. There are some root things I can do and others that I can't. I've never seen anything like this before.
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I have a similar situation also a first for me, have root apps working but some not. Voodoo OTA Root Keeper says I'm Rooted but root checker says NO and busybox agrees. Investigating forums has left me wondering which ways to finish getting root All The Way back are safe? Would love to hear from a few more who had this problem and found a way around it.
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Glad I'm not the only one who is having this issue.
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If root got broken by the JB update and none of the Voodoo restore methods are working then you're going to have to re-root via the new Motoshare2 exploit: http://www.droidrzr.com/index.php/topic/16518-root-motoshare-2-old-bug-new-exploit/
I managed to get root, install Safe Strap, then lose root. With safe strap I was easily able to open my prior rom that has root. Of I where to move my OTA Rootkeeper file, would I be able to restore root on the unsafe side (default jb)?
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A few days ago I rooted my Bionic with psouza4 one click root and it worked perfect the first time I tried it. After I rooted I started noticing a few issues (Every time i opened an app requiring SuperUser permissions, it would constantly tell me it was being granted SuperUser permissions, could not boot into recovery either with the bootstrap app or from ROM Manager)
Figuring it might've been because of a bad root, I unrooted and tried rooting again. Now every time I try to root again, it gets to the third step and I get an error saying "we have root but could not push su. Try unrooting first, then running root."
I've unrooted and tried rooting 4 times now and it keeps failing and giving me this error.
I was only rooted for a few days so I was stock rooted with all bloat and nothing frozen so I never deleted or modified anything except for gaining root the first time.
Thank you in advance for your help
Dhacker's one-click restore. In development.
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Thanks, gonna go give it a shot.
Bizarre! I made a OTA update from 2.3.6 to 4.04 and didnt care much whether I would lose root. I'ts been 3 -4 days now and this morning I've seen on the screen that Titanium backup batch operation had successfully been finished.... Do I still have root? since Titanium looks for a root?
open superuser and update binaries
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peare said:
Bizarre! I made a OTA update from 2.3.6 to 4.04 and didnt care much whether I would lose root. I'ts been 3 -4 days now and this morning I've seen on the screen that Titanium backup batch operation had successfully been finished.... Do I still have root? since Titanium looks for a root?
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sounds like a carry -over/remanent feature, you may have the so-called partial root, does adaway work ? can you copy files into system ?
use some apps that need root permision
like root explorer and so on
Every program work but cant update binaries.
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i have a similar problem.
i am on cf root and titanium backup also works. but nothing else which requieres root rights, e.g. root explorer, androidlost or ntfsmounter.
root checker says i am properly rooted but i have never been ask for root permission for those apps. in superuser app there are also no apps listed. not even tit. backup
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Hey guys. I got my grouper yesterday, I'm hoping for a warm welcome
The first thing I did when I took it out of the box was fire it up, unlocked and rooted. When I rooted, I flashed SuperSU flashable. I also flashed CWM touch. After that I flashed SmoothROM 4.4, and I was solid. I installed all of my usual apps, then went to do what I call debloating, (Looking for apps I don't use such as voicedialer.apk, and deleting them) using root browser (/system/app). I noticed it wouldn't delete, then tried another app that requires root permissions. Nothing. I got suspicious, then re-downloaded root checker. "Sorry! You're device does not have proper root access!" What happened? Is this just me, or is this a widespread problem with this ROM? I'd like to keep this ROM if possible. Is there a way to re-root my device (more or less)? Thanks, a response or any help would be very much appreciated.
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Hey guys. I got my grouper yesterday, I'm hoping for a warm welcome
The first thing I did when I took it out of the box was fire it up, unlocked and rooted. When I rooted, I flashed SuperSU flashable. I also flashed CWM touch. After that I flashed SmoothROM 4.4, and I was solid. I installed all of my usual apps, then went to do what I call debloating, (Looking for apps I don't use such as voicedialer.apk, and deleting them) using root browser (/system/app). I noticed it wouldn't delete, then tried another app that requires root permissions. Nothing. I got suspicious, then re-downloaded root checker. "Sorry! You're device does not have proper root access!" What happened? Is this just me, or is this a widespread problem with this ROM? I'd like to keep this ROM if possible. Is there a way to re-root my device (more or less)? Thanks, a response or any help would be very much appreciated.
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I am having same issue
This issue has been addressed; do a Verizon Nexus Forum search.
Uninstall supersu, reboot, then install the market version, not the flash able zip
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That fixed my issue
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Curious to see if anyone else has lost root after the latest supersu update? Rebooting did not change anything. I'm unable to use any root apps (xposed, root explorer, etc).
Any ideas?
Thx!
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jco23 said:
Curious to see if anyone else has lost root after the latest supersu update? Rebooting did not change anything. I'm unable to use any root apps (xposed, root explorer, etc).
Any ideas?
Thx!
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You should tell is if you are using a root exploit (and which one), what android version you are on, and whether or not you are BL-Unlocked.
I can tell you that my unlocked devices had no issues updating SuperSU, and root apps still work fine.
(I'm guessing you are locked since your signature says "Status 0")....but please confirm.
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You should tell is if you are using a root exploit (and which one), what android version you are on, and whether or not you are BL-Unlocked.
I can tell you that my unlocked devices had no issues updating SuperSU, and root apps still work fine.
(I'm guessing you are locked since your signature says "Status 0")....but please confirm.
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sorry. correct locked. on 4.4.2 with root exploits.
but I got it back after installing other superuser apps.
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jco23 said:
sorry. correct locked. on 4.4.2 with root exploits.
but I got it back after installing other superuser apps.
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Oh, great! So problem solved, or are you seeking a solution to work with the most recent SuperSU?
I would rather use supersu, but so long as super user from click clockworkmod works, its all the sane for me.
Thx for the reply though.
I had to uninstall supersu, install super user, attempt to install it, reboot, make sure have root access via root explorer, install xposed, install adaway, soft reboot.
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I installed 3.75 B03 safestrap on my S5A from AT&T. After I backed up my stock rom, I noticed that Safestrap was disabled and I lost my root on my phone. Does anyone know what might of happened? I have no custom roms or that sort of thing on my device. Please keep in mind that I just switched from IOS to Android a few weeks ago and am trying to learn everything via google. Thanks for any input on this matter.
When you say sfaestrap is disabled do you mean while your phone is booting it shoss the safestrap splashscreen with a red [Safestrap: disabled] because in that case safestrap is working that just means you aren't currently booted in to a rom slot which is fine. As for loosing root, what all have you done to verify this? Have you considered just rerooting?
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When you say sfaestrap is disabled do you mean while your phone is booting it shoss the safestrap splashscreen with a red [Safestrap: disabled] because in that case safestrap is working that just means you aren't currently booted in to a rom slot which is fine. As for loosing root, what all have you done to verify this? Have you considered just rerooting?
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Yes, you are correct. It shows red [Safestrap: disabled]. I used root checker from the play store to check if I was still rooted. It determined that I was not. The weird thing is, I rebooted my device and got root access again. So I rebooted it yet once again and I lost root access. It seems to be an intermittent problem. If I keep rebooting, it will eventually give me root access again. I was also able to successfully backup my stock rom and restore the device to give me root access again as well. I've just been playing around with it to try and figure out what is causing it to lose root access. Any ideas? I do have a 64gb evo samsung class 10 card if that makes any difference.
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Yes, you are correct. It shows red [Safestrap: disabled]. I used root checker from the play store to check if I was still rooted. It determined that I was not. The weird thing is, I rebooted my device and got root access again. So I rebooted it yet once again and I lost root access. It seems to be an intermittent problem. If I keep rebooting, it will eventually give me root access again. I was also able to successfully backup my stock rom and restore the device to give me root access again as well. I've just been playing around with it to try and figure out what is causing it to lose root access. Any ideas? I do have a 64gb evo samsung class 10 card if that makes any difference.
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Do you have supersu or superuser or any root manager app like that? If not install one and ser it up(install binaries, etc) and give it another go. If yiu do what exactly happens when you check, does any popup come up asking if you want to grant or disallow access?
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Do you have supersu or superuser or any root manager app like that? If not install one and ser it up(install binaries, etc) and give it another go. If yiu do what exactly happens when you check, does any popup come up asking if you want to grant or disallow access?
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I already had supersu installed. I don't recall ever having to set anything up. So I think everything is set at default. Should I "install SuperSu into /system"?
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I already had supersu installed. I don't recall ever having to set anything up. So I think everything is set at default. Should I "install SuperSu into /system"?
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That shouldnt be necesaary. So i assume everything ran smooth with installing busybox(required for safestrap) and any other root applications? The dialogs came up and such? You never answered my question last time, have you already allowed root checker root access, or has it ever asked for it at all?
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That shouldnt be necesaary. So i assume everything ran smooth with installing busybox(required for safestrap) and any other root applications? The dialogs came up and such? You never answered my question last time, have you already allowed root checker root access, or has it ever asked for it at all?
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Yes, I did allow root checker root access. Sorry I missed that question. Further, everything ran smoothly with busybox. I'll just keep an eye on it. I hardly ever have to reboot my phone. Its just a minor hiccup that I have to deal with for now. Thanks for your help in this matter.