I know superoneclick has a unroot feature, but I was wondering if it works correctly. Also, with the phone unrooted, would I be able to successfully return the phone to the store if I choose not to keep the phone? In other words, AT&T won't go the extra effort to check if I rooted the phone before I return it, right? Thanks in advance!
I unrooted mine before I returned my phone and it appeared to work correctly. My local store didn't check the phone when I returned.
Great! Thanks for the quick reply!
Dyaus said:
I unrooted mine before I returned my phone and it appeared to work correctly. My local store didn't check the phone when I returned.
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why did you return it?
ecko19 said:
why did you return it?
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I'm planning to do the same. I am just counting 14 days.
How did you unroot the phone? I tried using the "UNROOT" button, but the process hangs while running psneuter and the phone stays rooted.
I'm probably missing (not doing) something terrible simple...
Rred said:
How did you unroot the phone? I tried using the "UNROOT" button, but the process hangs while running psneuter and the phone stays rooted.
I'm probably missing (not doing) something terrible simple...
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Well if ur using superone click, it shouldn't be used anymore. But if you want to unroot you could backup apps and flash fresh sbf...
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Gingerbreak also has an 'unroot' function personally never used it though. if your returning it its easier to SBF flash
Topher, it is nice to know it shouldn't be used anymore but AT ONE TIME it was the solution everyone was recommending, with no other recommendations.
What would really help now is finding out how to UNROOT the S1C installation and remove S1C.
No, you can't just remove it from the "Manage applications" menu. After the S1C "unroot" process hangs, after rebooting the phone, etc. the "manage applications" selection for superuser has the buttons for "force stop" and "uninstall" still grayed out, so the superuser option can't just be deleted from there, and the phone is still rooted.
Got any ideas?
tj-
Sorry, but Gingerbreak doesn't count as a useful idea, if the intention is to UNROOT and restore the phone to some standard factory condition, instead of more kludges.
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ok. ive used the one click root... ive used the script root method... downloaded the correct files. but i can't seem to get root.... both methods says i have root and its good to go but no superuser icon and i even tried using the one on the market just incase i need to... nothing still and ive tried over hours and hours... i don't know what else to do... anyone?
Use the fixed superuser posted on these forums.
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i can't even get root permission to log into cwk. to flash it.
dadsterflip said:
i can't even get root permission to log into cwk. to flash it.
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i didn't do the one click root, but, in the long root version, and I am sure it is the same, you need to install SU from the market, and then if you do not get SU access right away, reboot the phone a couple times.
If you turn your phone off, and then back on while holding vol down and power, does it say MECH S-OFF at the top? If it still says S-ON or security warning, you didn't root your phone right, if it says S-OFF your rooted, and you just need to get SU working by rebooting a few times.
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i didn't do the one click root, but, in the long root version, and I am sure it is the same, you need to install SU from the market, and then if you do not get SU access right away, reboot the phone a couple times.
If you turn your phone off, and then back on while holding vol down and power, does it say MECH S-OFF at the top? If it still says S-ON or security warning, you didn't root your phone right, if it says S-OFF your rooted, and you just need to get SU working by rebooting a few times.
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Hope that works for them. I wonder if fastboot, where it doesnt shut the phone down 100% and suspends the phone in memory, could be an issue or no?
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i didn't do the one click root, but, in the long root version, and I am sure it is the same, you need to install SU from the market, and then if you do not get SU access right away, reboot the phone a couple times.
If you turn your phone off, and then back on while holding vol down and power, does it say MECH S-OFF at the top? If it still says S-ON or security warning, you didn't root your phone right, if it says S-OFF your rooted, and you just need to get SU working by rebooting a few times.
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ill redo it and do this. thx
the only problems root wise i ran into (and i did it the adb way) was super user wouldnt initially give rights. I solved this each and everytime by one reboot. (clockwork i didnt have rights) restarted phone superuser came up with the box for me to give cw rights. Then i installed Tit backup form the market. No rights again, a restart and problem solved. Dont know why it was buggy but try that.
is it normal to see. usb device not recognized? while its on the hboot loading the update through? it only says that while its updating the hboot or loading the PG05IMG.zip. otherwise i have all the right drivers for it.
update.... still not luck. i used the script root... at the end i have s-on.... on the first downgrade i have s-off but at the very end of the script to add the other update ppg05img, it turns the s-on back... sooooo whats wrong with it or what am i doing wrong?
if your having that many issues with the quick root method (ill be honest I havent looked at the instructions for it) i really would suggest doing it manually (the method that was first released). I wanted to post the links for you but i dont have enough posts yet to do so. The instructions i used are on droid-life . com. Once your there go to search and type in thunderbolt root. Another one click root method will be the first topic. Go there and youll see two hyperlinks (here) and (here) in the first paragraph.Click the second one and youll see the list of instructions and a link to a video, showing you how to do it. The original video is very fast but once it starts playing it will give you step one and step two links. This video is very helpful and very detailed. Anyway hope that helps.
Any questions leave a post.
update. finally got root... manual way. thx for the help guys.
dadsterflip said:
update. finally got root... manual way. thx for the help guys.
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no problem man hope i was a help.
dadsterflip said:
update. finally got root... manual way. thx for the help guys.
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now you can rest easy that in the future if you screw up your tbolt you understand how adb works enough to probably fix it comfortably.
Amen to that.
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I've been trying all night to remove superuser.apk with no luck.
I've tried every thing possible. Root explorer, Reflashing, Android system Info. What else can be done to remove this stupid app
Littleazn248 said:
I've been trying all night to remove superuser.apk with no luck.
I've tried every thing possible. Root explorer, Reflashing, Android system Info. What else can be done to remove this stupid app
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Not sure which device you have as you didn't say and have a blank signature.
If you own a HTC you could always try flashing an RUU , which is an official ROM update program, that will flash the stock setup
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Oh sorry
I have a
7inch galaxy tab
VZW
If anyone can help I'll be eternally grateful. If you need me to ship my tab to you pm me.
forgot to mention only the back button is working
Your question is confusing. Are u trying to unroot if so pm me so I can walk you through it or link to your device with wireless adb and ill remove this stuff for u. Do not. Do not. Do not. Send your device to anyone LOL. You'll never get it back. I can help ya out.
Pm or email me @ [email protected]
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Root: revolutionary
Recovery: Twrp cwm 4
ROM: Synergy rls318 (I want aosp)
Yea basically I'm trying to unroot. However, if i can manage to fix the device myself that would even be better.
I did the unroot process with superoneclick however, it keeps on leaving behind the superuser apk.
Thanks I really appreciate the help
for a while I got the homebutton, menu and search to work. I went into recovery cleared ou the cache and now it doesn't work again.
Littleazn248 said:
I've been trying all night to remove superuser.apk with no luck.
I've tried every thing possible. Root explorer, Reflashing, Android system Info. What else can be done to remove this stupid app
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Install the PC software for your device and you'd find a recover option in it. Use it and it would return the device to how it was when you bought it.
The reason you are unable to remove superuser.apk now is that you unrooted before you removed the apk and manually removing apk requires you to have root.
If all you want it to just remove apk, root your device again.
Use root uninstaller and remove superuser apk.
And, then install superuser as user app from market(can be skipped if you are not going to do anything else that requires root.).
Unroot.
And uninstall superuser as you'd remove any app(if you installed SU again.).
But, if you are going to return the device for warranty claim, using the recover is the best option.
ok heres the deal,
I rooted my droid razr max quite a while ago, and now I just want to get rid of my root and restore back to factory settings. the only reason i rooted in the first place was to get the mobile hotspot, now with verizon you can get it for free. so the problem is when i go to boot into recovery it stops and gives me the "!" with the triangle around it. also my phone asked me to download the new software and i did, and tryed to install it, and it half way through does the same thing. please help me out!
thanks a lot guys!
aball said:
ok heres the deal,
I rooted my droid razr max quite a while ago, and now I just want to get rid of my root and restore back to factory settings. the only reason i rooted in the first place was to get the mobile hotspot, now with verizon you can get it for free. so the problem is when i go to boot into recovery it stops and gives me the "!" with the triangle around it. also my phone asked me to download the new software and i did, and tryed to install it, and it half way through does the same thing. please help me out!
thanks a lot guys!
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When it turns red triangle with "!", you have to press at same time volume up and volume down buttons
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When it turns red triangle with "!", you have to press at same time volume up and volume down buttons
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right on! your a genius. But if i were to just install the new software and not factory reset, it still brings up the white triangle with "!". i just tried this and pressed vol up and dn at same time and it brought up some info...i didn't see what all it said but i did see install aborted. any suggestions about this?
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right on! your a genius. But if i were to just install the new software and not factory reset, it still brings up the white triangle with "!". i just tried this and pressed vol up and dn at same time and it brought up some info...i didn't see what all it said but i did see install aborted. any suggestions about this?
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Problem is probably, that your phone is rooted. This is why you can not update your phone. I recommen you make factory reset and than update... But for last update don't exist a way to root yet.
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Problem is probably, that your phone is rooted. This is why you can not update your phone. I recommen you make factory reset and than update... But for last update don't exist a way to root yet.
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ya no worries on your ENG! and yes my phone is rooted. i will try factory reset first. I was under the impression that if you instaled the new software it would automaticly remove the root, and i wouldn't have to go through all the pain of setting my phone up and doing all the back ups of everything i need. It should let me install new software, i think. But if this is the only way to get new software i will have to suck it up lol!
Factory reset isn't needed if its just root stopping your update.. Just unroot from your su app if you don't want root. Otherwise use voodoo ota root keeper and backup root and then temp unroot, restore it after the update.
Its an XT912, there is a root method for jb if voodoo fails.
I went to my SU app and I only have the option to temp unroot. How do I permanently unroot?
Depends on your su app. SuperSu has it in settings, scroll down to the cleanup section. Otherwise just temp unroot and forget about it.
If unrooting doesn't help with applying the update, which is quite likely, try the factory reset or finally go the fastboot way.
P.S. Sorry for the delayed reply
no problem, ok here is what i have done: I tried to data wipe/factory reset, and it will not restore back to factory settings, my SU and root is still there and still wont allow me to install software update.
Ouch. Have you tried factory reset from recovery?
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Ouch. Have you tried factory reset from recovery?
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yeah, even after i select the temp unroot option in my SU app. Im lost.
Sorry for the subject. Didn’t know how to summarize what happened.
I rooted my phone successfully about a year ago. It worked fine, no problems. A few months later I went to use the WiFi Tether app, and it said tethering started with errors. When I clicked the error it said - Wi-Fi Tether has been denied by SuperUser permissions.
I immediately logged into Titanium Backup Pro and it said root access has failed, followed by this error: Sorry, I could not acquire root privileges. This application will *not* work! Please verify that your ROM is rooted and included BusyBox, and try again. This attempt was made using the "/system/bin/su" command.
I really haven’t had time to troubleshoot this before, but I have a few days free and was bored. However it's been so long that (1) I can't remember what steps I took to root it the first time, and (2) I’m not sure how to fix it from this point? I started researching how to update to Jellybean, but I need to figure this out before I possibly brick it trying JB.
I'm a little confused as to why a root would no longer work out the blue? Does the carrier (Sprint) send updates similar to iOS? What really confused me is when I power down and plug in the power cord, I still get that black screen, green font, which prompts me to reboot, boot from SD, etc. Assuming that means I can use that screen to boot a ROM and try to re-root it?
I'm a bit lost and not sure where to start...again.
First of all check superuser application.
may be you deleted it accidentally.
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pradeeppk said:
First of all check superuser application.
may be you deleted it accidentally.
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When I checked Superuser, it said "Last allowed on 6/23/2012 at 4:47"
The log showes Titanium Backup & WiFi Tether denied.
Is there a user guide for using this SuperUser. I am an IT guy, but need to be approached like a noob.
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When I checked Superuser, it said "Last allowed on 6/23/2012 at 4:47"
The log showes Titanium Backup & WiFi Tether denied.
Is there a user guide for using this SuperUser. I am an IT guy, but need to be approached like a noob.
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Whenever this happened to me I just typically reflashed. I think it's a kernal thing. I'm not too sure, but after updating everything all was better. I think I flashed a different kernal by this point. Hope this helps.
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Whenever this happened to me I just typically reflashed. I think it's a kernal thing. I'm not too sure, but after updating everything all was better. I think I flashed a different kernal by this point. Hope this helps.
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Dumb question, but the kernal is the ROM, correct? I'm not even sure which one I used. Sad, huh? Any way I can see that through that initial screen or through Titanium?
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Dumb question, but the kernal is the ROM, correct? I'm not even sure which one I used. Sad, huh? Any way I can see that through that initial screen or through Titanium?
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Kernals are separate from the Rom, stock has their own, developers had custom ones as well. You can see the kernel type you have in about phone. If a Rom comes with a kernel, they usually point that out. Look into it. I'm not 100% knowledgeable on it.
Very quick question. I have "root only" on my dad's S4 and he's not using root like he thought so if he just takes the update that keeps nagging him, won't mess anything up other than ruining the fact it would patch the root, correct?
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Very quick question. I have "root only" on my dad's S4 and he's not using root like he thought so if he just takes the update that keeps nagging him, won't mess anything up other than ruining the fact it would patch the root, correct?
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If all that has been changed is root access, you will probable be ok. Should update and root access will be lost.
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If all that has been changed is root access, you will probable be ok. Should update and root access will be lost.
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So now I have a problem....I did what you said, it worked just fine. The issue was that it left the "custom/lock" splash screen on. We left it alone and there were no issues. Well now, he has a problem with his phone and has to have it "warrantied"
We have an even bigger problem. I figured out that the right way would have been to just unroot it the proper way from the beginning. Welp unfortunately that is not possible because he took the 4.3 update and now has VRUEMJ7 any ideas how to fix this? Or are we screwed until a new exploit is available?
Please help!?
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So now I have a problem....I did what you said, it worked just fine. The issue was that it left the "custom/lock" splash screen on. We left it alone and there were no issues. Well now, he has a problem with his phone and has to have it "warrantied"
We have an even bigger problem. I figured out that the right way would have been to just unroot it the proper way from the beginning. Welp unfortunately that is not possible because he took the 4.3 update and now has VRUEMJ7 any ideas how to fix this? Or are we screwed until a new exploit is available?
Please help!?
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Your flash counter should be fine, i would think maybe a factory reset and as many as 3 or 4 reboots you should be fine. Basically if you only every rooted before this update you like only get the custom padlock because of the exploit, not from system being changed.
Hard to say for sure since this update is so new, a lot of security has been put in place.
Thing is though if you are warrantying anyways, you might as well try wiping. Backup whatever you can.
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Your flash counter should be fine, i would think maybe a factory reset and as many as 3 or 4 reboots you should be fine. Basically if you only every rooted before this update you like only get the custom padlock because of the exploit, not from system being changed.
Hard to say for sure since this update is so new, a lot of security has been put in place.
Thing is though if you are warrantying anyways, you might as well try wiping. Backup whatever you can.
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Yeah I've wiped it a time or two already and the "custom" splash screen is still there. :-/
I have the same issue, however I have not tried to wipe yet. I tried the No-Wipe factory restore, however odin fails during the write every time...
Maybe it would work for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
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Yeah I've wiped it a time or two already and the "custom" splash screen is still there. :-/
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Full wipe, custom splash gone
Using this link as a guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2301259
and this specific recovery image for the VRUEMJ7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2507253
I was able to completely wipe (and unroot) my dad's verizon galaxy S4. It no longer has the custom splash screen (which was created by Vroot)