How do i determine if its rooted? Bought it second hand. Could it hurt my phone to try and root it again if its already rooted?
download one of the terminal apps from the market, open the terminal and type su, if you get a # symbol you got root.
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I'm new to this whole droid rooting thing....and I jumped the gun a few weeks ago with this whole update thing. I'm not sure if the version I install is rooted or not. So my question is, How do you know if you're rooted? Thanks in advance.
Open up a command terminal on your pc while your phone is plugged in. Type in cd C:\abc. abc is just the path to your tools folder in the android sdk folders. remember to use \ instead of /. After this just type in adb shell. This will either put a $ or a # on the screen. If the $ shows up that means you are not rooted and if the # shows up you are. If the $ shows up, try typing in "su" and if you have root the phone will prompt you to allow access and the # will replace it.
Donut_Assassin said:
I'm new to this whole droid rooting thing....and I jumped the gun a few weeks ago with this whole update thing. I'm not sure if the version I install is rooted or not. So my question is, How do you know if you're rooted? Thanks in advance.
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an easier way would be by looking at ur app and checking if u have an app called superuser
hey all
so i was one of the lucky ppl who was able to get my phone rooted in the beginning. everything worked perfect, wireless teather, adfree ...
last night i unrooted and installed the OTA then used unrevoked3 to reroot, everything went fine but now when i am in recovery if i type adb shell i get:~# and if i type su its not found in /system/bin...whats going on? i have Superuser.apk all my root aps work but i dont know what the "~#" and why i cant get into su in recovery...
ezy1022 said:
hey all
so i was one of the lucky ppl who was able to get my phone rooted in the beginning. everything worked perfect, wireless teather, adfree ...
last night i unrooted and installed the OTA then used unrevoked3 to reroot, everything went fine but now when i am in recovery if i type adb shell i get:~# and if i type su its not found in /system/bin...whats going on? i have Superuser.apk all my root aps work but i dont know what the "~#" and why i cant get into su in recovery...
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clockworkmod recovery is root by default, there is no su cause you don't need it. # = su prompt versus $ = user prompt...
Shadowmite said:
clockworkmod recovery is root by default, there is no su cause you don't need it. # = su prompt versus $ = user prompt...
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So all is good?
Yes....all is good. Reported.
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ezy1022 said:
hey all
so i was one of the lucky ppl who was able to get my phone rooted in the beginning. everything worked perfect, wireless teather, adfree ...
last night i unrooted and installed the OTA then used unrevoked3 to reroot, everything went fine but now when i am in recovery if i type adb shell i get:~# and if i type su its not found in /system/bin...whats going on? i have Superuser.apk all my root aps work but i dont know what the "~#" and why i cant get into su in recovery...
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i have that problem right now. i have the original root(via loop.bat) in place, nothing else. i get the symbol "~#" too when i try to enter the adb shell while in recovery. adb devices show that my phone is attached and i am able to execute most commands. but there are some commands like "cd" that only work in the shell.
so we are going to need to resolve this eventually.
yes, you do not need su in recovery but you will need adb shell.
if there's anyone out there who can help us with this "~#" when typing adb shell in recovery, it would be greatly appreciated.
If you see that then that means you are using adb shell. No need for Su, but if you're removing apps etc mount the /system in the partitions menu of clockworkmod. Then cd /system/app to edit your apps.
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hey well i got to this point :
# # /data/local/tmp/root
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anyhow when i run this it says:
cp: can't stat '/sdcard/superuser.apk': no such file or directory
then is the same but with su
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i went ahead and put sync anyhow and when i restart and run 'su' but is says: unknown user root
any ideas what i did wrong? :/
oh and btw somehow i have S-off...
i followed each step, but i just notices this... for some reason it wont let me push superuser.apk or su, all of the other files can be pushed... any ideas?
no one?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU9zn_BEth4 i did that way and it works for me.
but i have s-off i supposed to be rooted already but i do not have super user powers... what do i do
Did you copy the Superuser.apk file to the root of your SDcard?
yes i did, and su too and now when i put su on my phone it says unknown user root :/
i can get temporal rooting tough.
Use visionary r13 ... had same issue... worked for me
Get it from pauls visionary thread on Modaco.
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i had the same situation with u few days ago. just follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834228 and u only need do the temp root part.
Delete visionary and superuser first, install terminal emulator from market.
on you pc:
$ adb push su /sdcard/su
$ adb push Superuser.apk /sdcard/Superuser.apk
$ adb push rage /data/local/tmp/rage
$ adb push busybox /data/local/tmp/busybox
$ adb push root /data/local/tmp/root
$ adb shell chmod 0755 /data/local/tmp/*
Then on you G2, open a terminal emulator
Launch Terminal Emulator---/data/local/tmp/rage----Wait for the message: "Forked #### childs."------Menu > Reset Term - Terminal Emulator will exit.-----Launch Terminal Emulator, it Force Closes. Launch a second time, and you'll have a root shell----- run the /data/local/tmp/root script here.---sync.
In the last step, u can find the origin thread dose not let u do this. but, if you've got s-off, trust me, just do the last step "/data/local/tmp/root", and when u see a feedback "****files exist",then "sync",
I got s-off, flashed clockwork recovery and baconbits
setcpu is also working
but when I try typed su then reboot in terminal
it says not permitted
and when I want to get rid of the bloatware ie Finance
root explorer refuses to switch to r/w in data folder
any suggestions
u can also do what i suggested in the 8th floor.
o>c said:
I got s-off, flashed clockwork recovery and baconbits
setcpu is also working
but when I try typed su then reboot in terminal
it says not permitted
and when I want to get rid of the bloatware ie Finance
root explorer refuses to switch to r/w in data folder
any suggestions
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r u rspt in Gfan? since u can read chinese, just look at here. http://www.hiapk.com/thread-631413-1-3.html
I made this thread to help solve such problem.
After I got S-off, I didn't have root either. I just jumped on visionary (made sure run on boot wasn't checked), clicked root now. And boom, that was it. Then I deleted visionary and I've had root ever since...
Hello,
I followed the Dummies guide that Shmarim posted here on XDA and also over on Android forums. I've posted on that forums thread, and had come to the conclusion that the rooting process was not successful, based upon permission denied when I type su in a connectbot local session, as well as getting permission denied when typing su in an adb shell session. Then, this morning I installed Juice Defender on my EVO Shift, and noticed in the logging of that app: 10:32 AM The device is rooted.
How do I know definitively if the device is rooted? Why does Juice Defender report it as rooted if I am unable to get SU permissions with connectbot and ADB?
Do you have the su icon in the app drawer?
Otherwise dl root checker on the market....
tdischino said:
How do I know definitively if the device is rooted? Why does Juice Defender report it as rooted if I am unable to get SU permissions with connectbot and ADB?
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Turn off your phone.. turn back on by holding the power and volume down at the same time. Once you enter bootloader, if you see s-off at the top your rooted.
minlo said:
Do you have the su icon in the app drawer?
Otherwise dl root checker on the market....
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I uninstalled the SU app per the instructions in the linked guide, so no, it's not there.
I just ran root checker, And it says
Code:
Root access is not properly configured or was not granted.
Standard su binary location:
/syste/bin/su: No such file or directory
Alternat su binary location:
/sbin/su: Permission Denied
SU binary not found in the system declared path.
Turn off your phone.. turn back on by holding the power and volume down at the same time. Once you enter bootloader, if you see s-off at the top your rooted.
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Yes, it says S-Off... With the results above from root checker, and the S-off, what does this mean?
tdischino said:
Yes, it says S-Off... With the results above from root checker, and the S-off, what does this mean?
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Download Super User from the market and you should be good... Next thing is to flash recovery
I have finally taken the plunge and rooted my LG G2.
I followed the directions manually and using FreeGee I THINK I installed TWRP. How do you verify it is installed? I looked all through my apps and can't find it anywhere.
Hope this isn't a stupid question.
Also, Root Browser never asks for SU permissions (and not listed in SuperSU logs), and all the apps I am supposed to be able to safely remove are not shown in the system/apps folder. So confused there as well.
TWRP is a custom recovery, not an app. Download Quick Boot from the play store, and you'll have the option to boot into recovery. To verify you have root, download Terminal Emulator from the play store, and type su at the android:/ $ prompt. After hitting Enter, you should be at a [email protected]:/ # prompt if rooted.
Root. Checker and terminal emulater both show me to have root access.
However root explorer doesn't show any of the apps that are supposed to be safe to remove, and it never asks for su permission like the other root apps do.
Also there is no/ system/apps folder. There is only/ system/app. Are these folders hidden somehow?
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