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I have been interested in PA rom for a long time, I really like the idea of Pie controls and now Halo. I have done a lot of reading and feel I have a basic understanding of root/rom etc... However, I am not a programmer or anything close to that, and still a greenhorn. I have a few questions but right now I have one main problem:
1. I rooted my Atrix HD on AT&T 4.1 yesterday via the Motochopper
2. Verified root access
3. Installed Safestrap successfully
4. Installed Titanium Backup
5. Installed Rom Manager, but it doesn't seem to work with the Atrix HD as there isn't an official CWM.
When I 1st installed TB, I got an error message, see attached image. I re-rooted, and uninstalled/reinstalled TB, no error message. When I run the full backup, the black pop-up box that says 'TB given root access' continues to pop up over and over, and usually about 15-20% through the backup, it stops and kicks out to the home screen. I'm not sure what the issue here is? Does anybody know what could be going on?
Also, to answer some additional questions. Do I have to unlock the bootloader to use PA rom, or can I just do that via Safestrap? Like most newbies, I'm just afraid of screwing something up and I really don't want to do that.
jblaylock said:
NooB alert: A quick background before jumping into the problem at hand.
I have been interested in PA rom for a long time, I really like the idea of Pie controls and now Halo. I have done a lot of reading and feel I have a basic understanding of root/rom etc... However, I am not a programmer or anything close to that, and still a greenhorn. I have a few questions but right now I have one main problem:
1. I rooted my Atrix HD on AT&T 4.1 yesterday via the Motochopper
2. Verified root access
3. Installed Safestrap successfully
4. Installed Titanium Backup
5. Installed Rom Manager, but it doesn't seem to work with the Atrix HD as there isn't an official CWM.
When I 1st installed TB, I got an error message, see attached image. I re-rooted, and uninstalled/reinstalled TB, no error message. When I run the full backup, the black pop-up box that says 'TB given root access' continues to pop up over and over, and usually about 15-20% through the backup, it stops and kicks out to the home screen. I'm not sure what the issue here is? Does anybody know what could be going on?
Also, to answer some additional questions. Do I have to unlock the bootloader to use PA rom, or can I just do that via Safestrap? Like most newbies, I'm just afraid of screwing something up and I really don't want to do that.
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for the first qn, please update super user / super su binaries, you can update it in settings of that app. and for installing PAC you need to unlock bootloader and flash custom recovery.. DO NOT TRY ANYTHING WITHOUT UNLOCKING BOOTLOADER.....
I cannot find anywhere to update the su in the su app or TB app.
Thanks for clearing up the bootloader issue. I first thought you could flash the rom without it and just using Safestrap, but the more I read it seemed like I needed to unlock the bootloader...so I got confused.
You have to unlock your bootloader and use cwm. Delete the rom slot you created with safestrap then uninstall safestrap.
Sent from my PACMAN MATRIX HD MAXX
deeje00 said:
You have to unlock your bootloader and use cwm. Delete the rom slot you created with safestrap then uninstall safestrap.
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I did install Safestrap, but I never actually ran the program. Can I just uninstall it? I didn't want to access that program until I fixed the TB issue I'm still having.
Uninstall it. Delete any trace of it. Don't use it again.
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deeje00 said:
Uninstall it. Delete any trace of it. Don't use it again.
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Uninstall complete. I searched using the File manager, deleted the Safestrap folder, restarted and still got the safestrap menu.
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The safestrap folder keeps coming back after I delete it.
jblaylock said:
Uninstall complete. I searched using the File manager, deleted the Safestrap folder, restarted and still got the safestrap menu.
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The safestrap folder keeps coming back after I delete it.
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Okay, I figured out this issue. I had to reinstall SS and remove the recovery, then uninstall.
So, now how do I fix my Titanium Backup issue? I would like to get that part done before moving on to unlocking the bootloader.
That's what I said to do originally lol. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling tb since safestrap Removal? And are you positive your rooted? Checked with root checking app?
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deeje00 said:
That's what I said to do originally lol. Have you tried uninstalling and reinstalling tb since safestrap Removal? And are you positive your rooted? Checked with root checking app?
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You're right, I reread it and realized what I did. I did confirm root. I uninstalled and reinstalled, still doesn't work. Should I unroot and reroot?
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I don't have a clue then. I'd email tb support.
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I emailed TB, I'll report back when I hear from them.
Before I unlock the bootloader, is then any other way to backup my apps and personal info?
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I also downloaded Mybackup Root, this did not work either. It did a similar thing to TB, it kept flashing up 'root permission granted' and after a few apps, it kicked out to the homescreen.
jblaylock said:
Before I unlock the bootloader, is then any other way to backup my apps and personal info?
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TB is by far the best way to back up data, but you can back up your entire system/data (which is recommend in case of a bad flash) with ClockWorkMod's ROM Manager . You don't need the premium but if you end getting deep into this kind of stuff I'd recoommend it
Blackest Pain said:
TB is by far the best way to back up data, but you can back up your entire system/data (which is recommend in case of a bad flash) with ClockWorkMod's ROM Manager . You don't need the premium but if you end getting deep into this kind of stuff I'd recoommend it
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I downloaded that, but there is no option for the Atrix HD under the list of phones. Do I use the Photon Q?
jblaylock said:
I downloaded that, but there is no option for the Atrix HD under the list of phones. Do I use the Photon Q?
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No. Actually, before you do any of that use the MythTools on you computer and run the program and install CWM on you phone (option #3). After launch Rom manager and choose "Device Not Listed Above". Then scroll down to "backup and restore" and press "backup current rom" follow the instructions and that should do it.
I was hoping to get TB working prior to unlocking the bootloader. Can I change the Superuser app that came with the Motochopper? Maybe that will fix my issue.
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I was hoping to get TB working prior to unlocking the bootloader. Can I change the Superuser app that came with the Motochopper? Maybe that will fix my issue.
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I instaled SuperSU and it replaced Superuser. This seems to have done the trick.
My school is implementing new security measures, and they're requiring that all university-owned devices are encrypted (they're using an app called AirWatch). My phone isn't required to be encrypted, but it seemed like a good idea . . . After encrypting, my phone is so slow that it's almost unusable (~30 seconds to open an email, for instance). I uninstalled the app, but I can't figure out how to decrypt.
My phone is rooted and I have Titanium Backup, so I am completely fine with wiping everything from my phone and reinstalling it all. I attempted to do a wipe data/factory reset from ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.3, but it failed ("Error mounting /data!" and "Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!"). I reinstalled the CWM and tried to flash the recovery again but my phone can't seem to find the .zip file - maybe because it's encrypted?
Again, I am okay with losing all data on my phone, I just need to get rid of this encryption!!
I have S-OFF, CWM 6.0.3.3.
Thanks for any advice you can give me!
mayo44 said:
My school is implementing new security measures, and they're requiring that all university-owned devices are encrypted (they're using an app called AirWatch). My phone isn't required to be encrypted, but it seemed like a good idea . . . After encrypting, my phone is so slow that it's almost unusable (~30 seconds to open an email, for instance). I uninstalled the app, but I can't figure out how to decrypt.
My phone is rooted and I have Titanium Backup, so I am completely fine with wiping everything from my phone and reinstalling it all. I attempted to do a wipe data/factory reset from ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.3, but it failed ("Error mounting /data!" and "Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!"). I reinstalled the CWM and tried to flash the recovery again but my phone can't seem to find the .zip file - maybe because it's encrypted?
Again, I am okay with losing all data on my phone, I just need to get rid of this encryption!!
I have S-OFF, CWM 6.0.3.3.
Thanks for any advice you can give me!
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It sounds like running the RUU may fix your issue
**edit** http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2576995 Just download and run from your PC. it WILL wipe everything.
Thanks. I think I did this once before, but do you know if there's a way to do it on a Mac?
I tried it on an old PC and got the error message "Program too big to fit in memory" when I tried to relock the bootloader. Is my computer too late, or am I doing something wrong?
mayo44 said:
Thanks. I think I did this once before, but do you know if there's a way to do it on a Mac?
I tried it on an old PC and got the error message "Program too big to fit in memory" when I tried to relock the bootloader. Is my computer too late, or am I doing something wrong?
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I am not familiar working in MAC, sorry. In theory you could dual boot windows on your Mac though. On a windows PC you need to install HTC sync first, none of this "PDA net" driver bull **** the tool kits try and tell you works. Then you need the android SDK so you can properly flash the stock recovery and relock your bootloader. Then just run the RUU.
As far as your "program too big" error this makes me wonder the hardware specs on your PC.
mayo44 said:
My school is implementing new security measures, and they're requiring that all university-owned devices are encrypted (they're using an app called AirWatch). My phone isn't required to be encrypted, but it seemed like a good idea . . . After encrypting, my phone is so slow that it's almost unusable (~30 seconds to open an email, for instance). I uninstalled the app, but I can't figure out how to decrypt.
My phone is rooted and I have Titanium Backup, so I am completely fine with wiping everything from my phone and reinstalling it all. I attempted to do a wipe data/factory reset from ClockworkMod Recovery v6.0.3.3, but it failed ("Error mounting /data!" and "Error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!"). I reinstalled the CWM and tried to flash the recovery again but my phone can't seem to find the .zip file - maybe because it's encrypted?
Again, I am okay with losing all data on my phone, I just need to get rid of this encryption!!
I have S-OFF, CWM 6.0.3.3.
Thanks for any advice you can give me!
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Did you encrypt using the stock encryption in the settings of the phone or by using an app?
davidwritesmusic said:
Did you encrypt using the stock encryption in the settings of the phone or by using an app?
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I used an app called AirWatch that walked me through some process, but I'm not sure exactly how it was encrypted.
Have you tried to format the data partition instead of doing a wipe?
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mayo44 said:
I used an app called AirWatch that walked me through some process, but I'm not sure exactly how it was encrypted.
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It appears that the encryption can be removed via AirWatch desktop application.
As for how? I have no idea friend.
If it is yours, you could break it, and have it replaced.
From what I was reading, you'll have more control and should be able to login online and decrypt
davidwritesmusic said:
From what I was reading, you'll have more control and should be able to login online and decrypt
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I contacted someone from my university and they said to use AirWatch's desktop management page. I tried to factory reset from there and nothing happened. Well, I think my phone is moving faster but it's still encrypted (and I still can't actually factory reset it). Very perplexing!
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I contacted someone from my university and they said to use AirWatch's desktop management page. I tried to factory reset from there and nothing happened. Well, I think my phone is moving faster but it's still encrypted (and I still can't actually factory reset it). Very perplexing!
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What happened when you tried using the desktop page?
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What happened when you tried using the desktop page?
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It said the factory reset message had been sent to my phone, and about 15 minutes later my phone restarted - still encrypted. Pretty anticlimactic. Now it no longer appears on the management page.
Yet the phone still shows as encrypted?
There are applications on windows (and MacOS) that will straight up wipe everything on any device. I know CCleaner will. Matter of finding the right program. It also depends on the encryption. But one question, if the app encrypted it, why can't it decrypt it? They didn't give you a key?
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I have a HTC one, rooted. been running CM nightly's for over a year now and been very happy. 2 weeks ago, the nightly was CM12, and I flashed it. phone locked up shortly after, and would go into a boot loop. I could get into TWRP, tried flashing each of 4 saved recovery points. none worked, kept going into the boot loop. playing around in TWRP, I found, now not sure where a May 2014 CM nightly, and flashed it. it worked, kind of. the phone came back as a new phone, asking me to put my name in for the first time and tried to sign into my google acct, which did not work. So I am running 11-20140504-SNAPSHOT-M6-m7spr. However, if I click on PLAYSTORE, say to get Titanium Backup back on the phone, it quickly opens, then closes. there is a window on the second screen that says I need to sign into my google acct. I tap that, and it quickly flashes and disappears. Most of the apps I had are gone, but the files seem to be intact on the drive. I can boot into the bootloader, but when I select recovery, it appears to enter recovery, I get the blue TWRP initial screen, it goes black, and then repeats, so I can not go into recovery to flash a CM11, or flash anything.
can anybody help me fix my recovery and/or google account and/or playstore to get my recoverty and backup apps back. I feel if I can get into recovery, I can flash a new build and be back in business, maybe
I have copied my whole drive to my computer, so if I have to go back to factory reset and start over, I can do that, I just wanted to save time If I can fix recovery.
thanks in advance for your help. p.s. you probably can tell I am a step and a half above a newbie, so keep that in mind, thanks
Have you tried re-flashing twrp?
BD619 said:
Have you tried re-flashing twrp?
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Thank you BD619, I want to reflash TWRP, I think that is my best chance to making everything better. I draw your attention to last sentence, a step and an half above a newbie. if I recall, I open a DOS prompt and change directories to the phone, not sure how to figure out what the phone's letter will be, and I type some commands, again, not a clue. could you direct me to where I can relearn this aspect, cyanogen's updater was so easy.......kind of lost touch with the basics.
again, thankyou!
@blairan try this.
1. Boot into bootloader > fastbootusb
2. Open a cmd window from your platform tools folder or the folder I attached below.
3. Rename twrp to twrp.img ( remember windows hides extensions sometimes so just twrp should be fine) and put it in the folder you used to open the cmd window.
4. Type fastboot flash recovery twrp.img and hit enter...this should flash twrp for you.
5. Press power once and it should take you back to hboot where you can scroll down and choose recovery to confirm it flashed.
Tried in my ADB, and also open the file you linked to. booted phone into fastboot usb, double clicked on fastboot.exe, the dos window appears for a half a second, then closes. this is the same behavior as my google acct log in, playstore, and ebay app. I am able to use the phone, text and open email, play music, take and look at pictures. I hope you have some other ideas my friend
blairan said:
Tried in my ADB, and also open the file you linked to. booted phone into fastboot usb, double clicked on fastboot.exe, the dos window appears for a half a second, then closes. this is the same behavior as my google acct log in, playstore, and ebay app. I am able to use the phone, text and open email, play music, take and look at pictures. I hope you have some other ideas my friend
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Did you unzip/extract the folder I attached?
Try this one I added a cmd.exe to the folder just click that it will open a cmd window.
BD619, success, kind of. thanks for the CMD app, it opened the window and it stayed open. flashed the latest twrp, and it is now running. I put cm11 20150106 on the phone. I opened twrp. and flashed the nightly. it said flash was successful. I rebooted. nothing looked any different that the may build. I went into settings, and it says I am running that version. but.... I still can not get playstore to open. I tap it, it instantaneously appears, then closes. most of my apps are listed in the apps section of settings, but they are not opening.
should I try to flash the cm12 ? would like to get my apps, calendar back, my work apps. what did I do? what can we do to fix this?
again thanks for your help.
blair
blairan said:
BD619, success, kind of. thanks for the CMD app, it opened the window and it stayed open. flashed the latest twrp, and it is now running. I put cm11 20150106 on the phone. I opened twrp. and flashed the nightly. it said flash was successful. I rebooted. nothing looked any different that the may build. I went into settings, and it says I am running that version. but.... I still can not get playstore to open. I tap it, it instantaneously appears, then closes. most of my apps are listed in the apps section of settings, but they are not opening.
should I try to flash the cm12 ? would like to get my apps, calendar back, my work apps. what did I do? what can we do to fix this?
again thanks for your help.
blair
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I would suggest running an RUU at this point and starting fresh.
Could be something corrupt on your phone causing the problems.
BD619 said:
I would suggest running an RUU at this point and starting fresh.
Could be something corrupt on your phone causing the problems.
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RUU ? the phone seems to be operating normally, just most of the apps are not running. any way to flash an app? I would think if I could get Titanium Backup to run, that might be a big help. Sorry, newbie stuff, I don't know what RUU means. Thanks for hanging in there for me BD619
blairan said:
RUU ? the phone seems to be operating normally, just most of the apps are not running. any way to flash an app? I would think if I could get Titanium Backup to run, that might be a big help. Sorry, newbie stuff, I don't know what RUU means. Thanks for hanging in there for me BD619
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ok, making some headway here. I went back into twrp, and since it is a newer version than what I had, I tried to restore a recovery point from twrp. it seemed to work. so I then flashed a a recent nightly. I am not getting what my phone looked like then, but it seems to think it is new and just starting, because I am now being offered to sign in to my google account. one huge problem, android keyboard stops running, then android keyboard (ASOP) stops running. I can now open playstore, and it stays open, asking me to open an account, or an existing account, which is good, but no input device, which is bad. flashing the most recent build to see if that helps.....
still no keyboard, now the 'back button' stopped working.....
and, should have quit fooling around, bricked again.
blairan said:
RUU ? the phone seems to be operating normally, just most of the apps are not running. any way to flash an app? I would think if I could get Titanium Backup to run, that might be a big help. Sorry, newbie stuff, I don't know what RUU means. Thanks for hanging in there for me BD619
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RUU = Rom Update Utility
It will wipe your phone clean and bring you back to out of the box fresh.
This is the latest just follow the instructions in the thread to get it running.
And quit fooling around lol.
BD619 said:
RUU = Rom Update Utility
It will wipe your phone clean and bring you back to out of the box fresh.
This is the latest just follow the instructions in the thread to get it running.
And quit fooling around lol.
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ok, got it running again, flashed the latest cm-11 playstore is now working, the back arrow is not, and the android keyboard is also not functioning. I downloaded google keyboard from the playstore. I went into apps and disabled android keyboard and google keyboard is now running fine, and the back arrow now works. I see titanium backup listed in apps in settings, downloaded, and all, but it is not in the apps menu. in fact lots of apps are in settings, but not in the menu area. any ideas, short of wiping the unit to out of the box and re-rooting and all of that?
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ok, got it running again, flashed the latest cm-11 playstore is now working, the back arrow is not, and the android keyboard is also not functioning. I downloaded google keyboard from the playstore. I went into apps and disabled android keyboard and google keyboard is now running fine, and the back arrow now works. I see titanium backup listed in apps in settings, downloaded, and all, but it is not in the apps menu. in fact lots of apps are in settings, but not in the menu area. any ideas, short of wiping the unit to out of the box and re-rooting and all of that?
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Your best bet is to RUU but if you fell you can live with it the way it is then so be it.
BD619 said:
Your best bet is to RUU but if you fell you can live with it the way it is then so be it.
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BD619, I think I am back on track here. something must have gotten corrupted when I tried to flash the cm12 nightly. anyhow, I ended up uninstalling titanium backup and then reinstalling it. works great, and I have been restoring apps from TB, and they all seem to be fine. Will get back to where I was, but with a lot fewer steps, I think. anyhow thank you for your time and encouragement.
I decided to go ahead & root my S6 using the PingPong Root found here.
All went correctly, but when I go to open SuperSU I get the error 'There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!'
Any ideas on how to go about installing the binary needed? Thank you!
Muscle Nerd said:
I decided to go ahead & root my S6 using the PingPong Root found here.
All went correctly, but when I go to open SuperSU I get the error 'There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!'
Any ideas on how to go about installing the binary needed? Thank you!
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You are not rooted then. Try again.
12MaNy said:
You are not rooted then. Try again.
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Uninstalled both SuperSU & PingPong Root. Reinstalled and had got the same error as before.
This method is in beta, could the binary not be uploaded yet?
Muscle Nerd said:
Uninstalled both SuperSU & PingPong Root. Reinstalled and had got the same error as before.
This method is in beta, could the binary not be uploaded yet?
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What happens when you run get root on pingpong? Sounds like it's not rooting you. Either 1) you did not open supersu before you ran get root on ping pong. Or 2) it failed to get root (either it tells you failed or it reboots automatically due to kernel panic). If your not getting a pop up saying root was successful, reboot now is recommended, then your not rooted.
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What happens when you run get root on pingpong? Sounds like it's not rooting you. Either 1) you did not open supersu before you ran get root on ping pong. Or 2) it failed to get root (either it tells you failed or it reboots automatically due to kernel panic). If your not getting a pop up saying root was successful, reboot now is recommended, then your not rooted.
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I don't get that pop up. But my device does reboot.
I tried opening SuperSU prior to PingPong, but it only has the original error 'no binary'. After you press okay, it prompts you to installing SuperSU once again? Odd... Once you install the 'new version' and open that, it'll automatically open PingPong. From there I select 'Download data' then 'Get Root!'. Which then tells me to wait with a popup, and that is when my S6 reboots.
Ok. Now leaving supersu and pingpong installed, reopen pingpong, cancel the install of supersu. Place the phone on a flat surface. Try just 'get root' again. Sometimes background processes can flip out when pingpong panics the kernel to elevate it's privlages. It's taken me 4 or 5 tries a few times I've used pingpong (others only 1 time, I've had to Odin my S6 about 30 times so far lol)
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Ok. Now leaving supersu and pingpong installed, reopen pingpong, cancel the install of supersu. Place the phone on a flat surface. Try just 'get root' again. Sometimes background processes can flip out when pingpong panics the kernel to elevate it's privlages. It's taken me 4 or 5 tries a few times I've used pingpong (others only 1 time, I've had to Odin my S6 about 30 times so far lol)
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Thanks for the prompt response Dennis!
I opened PingPong, canceled the install of SuperSU, then selected 'Get Root!'. Says my device is not supported (Though it is in the thread for PingPong). I select download data, (Says Device updated, please try Get Root again.) then I select get root. Unfortunately it reboots my S6 after about 2-4 seconds. I'll keep trying!
Aye, do the same steps I said, but add the download data before get root. Try to do it after everything settles from boot but before starting anything else.
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Aye, do the same steps I said, but add the download data before get root. Try to do it after everything settles from boot but before starting anything else.
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Will do! If this doesn't work after a few dozen tries I may just have to wait for a more stable release, eh?
Muscle Nerd said:
Will do! If this doesn't work after a few dozen tries I may just have to wait for a more stable release, eh?
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That reminds me, what version are you using? Beta 6 or a different one?
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That reminds me, what version are you using? Beta 6 or a different one?
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Beta 6
Edit* Uninstalled both applications, and installed the 5.1 beta. When I select download data, it says to retry the Get Root as usual. Then I select Get Root, and it says 'Your device data is still not supported'.
Here's the quote from Idler in the thread. With option C. he says to possible do a factory reset? I have all of my contacts & photos backed up via my pc. Should I possible try and do a reset? Or do you think it's a waste of time.
Q: It just keeps rebooting, what can I do?
A: The exploit may panic the kernel and reboot your device. If the data is off, same could happen as well. When issue happens, try these:
a. Clean up background process before running root.
b. Turn on airplane mode after clicking "Download Data".
c. Backup your data and run factory reset.
d. Definitely avoid doing anything else when "wait!!!" appears.
If these doesn't help after 5 retries, there could be some issue, please collect the information in /proc/last_kmsg and send it to me.
Note: User reporting installing My Knox or enable other Knox feature (like enterprise provision or KNOX active protection) may cause reboot loop. Be cautious!
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Ok beta 5.1 does not have hot data then. What is your device? Check settings>about device>baseband
Also from the Q&A in pingpong root thread:
Q: It just keeps rebooting, what can I do?
A: The exploit may panic the kernel and reboot your device. If the data is off, same could happen as well. When issue happens, try these:
a. Clean up background process before running root.
b. Turn on airplane mode after clicking "Download Data".
c. Backup your data and run factory reset.
d. Definitely avoid doing anything else when "wait!!!" appears​
Make sure to try that.
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Ok beta 5.1 does not have hot data then. What is your device? Check settings>about device>baseband
Also from the Q&A in pingpong root thread:
Q: It just keeps rebooting, what can I do?
A: The exploit may panic the kernel and reboot your device. If the data is off, same could happen as well. When issue happens, try these:
a. Clean up background process before running root.
b. Turn on airplane mode after clicking "Download Data".
c. Backup your data and run factory reset.
d. Definitely avoid doing anything else when "wait!!!" appears​
Make sure to try that.
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I have the G925AUCU1AOE2. I've tried all of those aside from the reset
Muscle Nerd said:
I have the G925AUCU1AOE2. I've tried all of those aside from the reset
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Alright. Best bet. Is reboot. Let settle. Set screen timeout to 10 mins. Turn off all apps you have running in the background. Open pingpong. Download data. Turn on airplane mode. Place on desk. Run root. Don't touch until hopefully it says your rooted. Of course you'll need to I stall beta 6 again before you do the above.
If trying that 5 times doesn't work you'll have to head over to the pingpong thread cause I'm fresh out of ideas lol.
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Alright. Best bet. Is reboot. Let settle. Set screen timeout to 10 mins. Turn off all apps you have running in the background. Open pingpong. Download data. Turn on airplane mode. Place on desk. Run root. Don't touch until hopefully it says your rooted. Of course you'll need to I stall beta 6 again before you do the above.
If trying that 5 times doesn't work you'll have to head over to the pingpong thread cause I'm fresh out of ideas lol.
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Haha, no worries! I will give that a go.
Yay or nay towards a reset? I have a feeling I'll go through the hassle of resetting my phone & I'll have the same error.
Back up with smart switch. Reset but do not download any app but pongpong. That should help with the error, as it's cause by apps in the background running usually. After root restore via smart switch. All your apps come back, just not the app data unfortunately
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Back up with smart switch. Reset but do not download any app but pongpong. That should help with the error, as it's cause by apps in the background running usually. After root restore via smart switch. All your apps come back, just not the app data unfortunately
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Dennis, you are a legend! Finally got my S6 rooted after 2 long days.
Decided to go ahead and backup everything on my phone and do a complete factory reset. I did like you had said and only installed PingPong. Booted up the application, got a shut down like I did previously. Tried again, but closed all my running apps and when I was prompted to install SuperSU (even though it was installed when I ran it the first time) I went ahead and installed it once again. And voila, the root went successfully!
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Muscle Nerd said:
Dennis, you are a legend! Finally got my S6 rooted after 2 long days.
Decided to go ahead and backup everything on my phone and do a complete factory reset. I did like you had said and only installed PingPong. Booted up the application, got a shut down like I did previously. Tried again, but closed all my running apps and when I was prompted to install SuperSU (even though it was installed when I ran it the first time) I went ahead and installed it once again. And voila, the root went successfully!
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Glad to hear, now you just have to restore all your apps and stuff. I'd suggest titanium backup, back everything up and transfer to your computer. That way if you ever have to Odin you have all your apps set up and such for when you reroot after. Store them off the phone as Odin will wipe your phone completely usually.
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Glad to hear, now you just have to restore all your apps and stuff. I'd suggest titanium backup, back everything up and transfer to your computer. That way if you ever have to Odin you have all your apps set up and such for when you reroot after. Store them off the phone as Odin will wipe your phone completely usually.
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Will do, thank you!
Tom Dsgn said:
Dennis, you are a legend! Finally got my S6 rooted after 2 long days.
Decided to go ahead and backup everything on my phone and do a complete factory reset. I did like you had said and only installed PingPong. Booted up the application, got a shut down like I did previously. Tried again, but closed all my running apps and when I was prompted to install SuperSU (even though it was installed when I ran it the first time) I went ahead and installed it once again. And voila, the root went successfully!
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How do i root my s6 been trying for weeks
The first few times I used Kingroot to achieve temp root, it worked great and then just went back to unrooted after a while. One time after rooting, it was spammed with error messages that the play store and other apps were crashing. I rebooted the phone and it seemed to fix it. The errors were gone and so was root. I tried kingroot again and I had the same problem. I did the same reboot and then deleted the kingroot app. I thought everything was fixed then until I plugged my phone in to charge. It shut down even though it was around 75%. I didnt know what i was doing so I put it in recovery mode and choose factory. I thought this would do a factory reset but now when my phone powers up all my apps and stuff is there. Please advise how to completely rid my device of kingroot. Thanks in advance
Update: When I started in factory mode, there was a testing app called commserver or something like that running. I saw in other forums to reboot to remove that and i did and it worked. Still would like advice on removing kingroot completely.
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The first few times I used Kingroot to achieve temp root, it worked great and then just went back to unrooted after a while. One time after rooting, it was spammed with error messages that the play store and other apps were crashing. I rebooted the phone and it seemed to fix it. The errors were gone and so was root. I tried kingroot again and I had the same problem. I did the same reboot and then deleted the kingroot app. I thought everything was fixed then until I plugged my phone in to charge. It shut down even though it was around 75%. I didnt know what i was doing so I put it in recovery mode and choose factory. I thought this would do a factory reset but now when my phone powers up all my apps and stuff is there. Please advise how to completely rid my device of kingroot. Thanks in advance
Update: When I started in factory mode, there was a testing app called commserver or something like that running. I saw in other forums to reboot to remove that and i did and it worked. Still would like advice on removing kingroot completely.
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To remove Kingroot completely, you need to reflash the system partition. You can do this by plugging your phone into a computer, installing the Verizon Upgrade Assistant, and using the "repair your phone" option. Doing this will wipe your phone, so backup any data first.
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To remove Kingroot completely, you need to reflash the system partition. You can do this by plugging your phone into a computer, installing the Verizon Upgrade Assistant, and using the "repair your phone" option. Doing this will wipe your phone, so backup any data first.
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Thanks, I'm kinda a noob so could you walk through the steps like you were talking to a baby? Like do I put my phone in recovery mode and then download the version thing on the computer? How do you suggest backing up my phone? Sorry for the bother, I'm new to this stuff. Thanks again
Sure:
1. Boot your phone normally. Backup whatever data you want to preserve. Make sure that whatever backups you make are stored in a place that is outside of your phone.
The best way to backup your phone depends on what you want to backup. If you're worried about losing contacts, don't be. I'm pretty sure Google backs those up automatically. You can make sure by going to https://www.google.com/contacts/. If you see contacts there, you're good. If you're worried about losing pictures, plug your phone into a computer and use a file browser to copy the folder called DCIM to your computer. If you want to try backing up your texts, there's an app on the play store called Super Backup that might help. Just make sure that you transfer whatever backup file it makes to a cloud drive or your computer.
2. Plug your phone into a computer running Windows (I'm not sure if it what I'm about to describe works on a Mac or not, but I know that it does not work on Linux). You should get a pop-up that says something like "do you want to install the verizon upgrade assistant?" Install it. If you don't see the pop-up, install this instead: https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481. This is the Motorola Device Manager, and it's basically the same thing.
3. If you're using the Verizon tool, select "repair device" and follow the instructions. If you're using the Motorola tool, look for something that says "repair phone" or something like that, and follow those instructions.
4. The tool will wipe your phone, along with all of that nasty Kingroot stuff that tries to make modifications to /system despite the fact that /system is write-protected until you unlock with Sunshine (which is why it messed up your phone).
5. If you decide you want it, download Sunshine from here: http://theroot.ninja/download.html.
6. Go into your phone's security settings and allow installation of apps from unknown sources.
7. Click on the Sunshine apk that you downloaded to your phone to install it.
8. Open the Sunshine app and follow the instructions. If, when your phone reboots, you see a bootloader unlocked warning message instead of the black and white Motorola M symbol that usually appears, it was successful. If it was unsuccessful, keep trying. It should get it after a few tries.