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Long story short is that yesterday I rooted my HTC Glacier and everything seemed to work fine. I was able to obtain admin privileges by opening a Android terminal and typing "su". Today after deleting a few files from my phone which I thought were junk (face palm) I go into terminal to check if the "su" command still works and I get the message "link_image[1995]: failed to link su CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE".
I've checked and my s=off is still in place so it's not that that's causing the error message. I'm new to Android so I'm stumped as to what steps to take next in order to regain my admin privileges.
Thanks for any and all advice XDA Community.
Cheers!
Lazerfingers said:
Long story short is that yesterday I rooted my HTC Glacier and everything seemed to work fine. I was able to obtain admin privileges by opening a Android terminal and typing "su". Today after deleting a few files from my phone which I thought were junk (face palm) I go into terminal to check if the "su" command still works and I get the message "link_image[1995]: failed to link su CANNOT LINK EXECUTABLE".
I've checked and my s=off is still in place so it's not that that's causing the error message. I'm new to Android so I'm stumped as to what steps to take next in order to regain my admin privileges.
Thanks for any and all advice XDA Community.
Cheers!
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Try re-running visionary. It won't hurt anything and it installs su, busybox, and superuser.apk when you run it. It won't mess up anything you already have installed and it might fix your problem.
Also, I'm sure Whosdaman will tell you and move the thread when he sees this but make sure you post questions in the Q&A section.
Ran Visionary and no dice. Thanks for the tip though and sorry for posting in the wrong forum.
Any other ideas?
Try going into xbin (cd /system/xbin) and typing ls and see if su is in there. If it is you could try running rom manager and "fix permissions" if it will let you.
Good deal. I'm actually out fixing someone else's desktop computer at the moment. I'll attempt your advice later tonight.
Thanks again.
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Ok, had a free moment and was able to run ls, su was there but unfortunately I wasn't allowed the super user access needed to fix permissions.
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Please post questions in Q&A section.
1. Go into settings-applications-manage applications and try clearing superusers cache/data. See where that takes you.
2. If that did not work - isntall a fresh copy of superuser app from the market and once more see where that takes you.
Sorry about that. All future posts of these sorts I'll be sure to put there.
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Tried both of your tips but unfortunately am still getting the same error when I run the "su" command.
Any other thoughts?
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Update: Superuser automatically downloaded a new binary and told me to unzip it in recover mode.
I went into recover move and attempted to unzip the binary and was greeted with an error message that said the file couldn't be unzipped because it was "bad".
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Can you get su in adb?
The more I think about it, You're s-off so you can fastboot new recovery image and then flash new rom with all the goodies preinstalled. May be the easiest route.
To be honest I've had my pocket computer for all of a week, so I'v still not had a chance to play around with adb.
The whole reason I rooted in the first place was so that I could flash custom roms. You think I'll be able to flash even though "su" privileges don't seem to be working properly in my current rom?
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Update: It's clear from reading around these forums that the way to get to know your phone and thus be able to fix it is via adb. So I'm installing the Android SDK now. Thanks for all of your help Borodin1 and Grankin01
I am running LeeDrOiD, but I know many people have this issue.
If you are trying to update Superuser from the market, and you get invalid signature and installation fails. This is my work around, which works for me.
My rom had superuser.apk and not Superuser.apk, which linux takes as two files whilst windows references everything in capitals.
Download Superuser Update Fixer.
Run the application, which will say that signature fails. Then run the fix, which will say okay all the way through and the signature still fails.
Download Root Explorer, and mount /system/ as rw.
Go to /system/apps/ and you will find Superuser.apk and superuser.apk, rename or delete superuser.apk and then rename Superuser.apk to superuser.apk.
Restart your phone.
Go to app drawer, and launch Superuser. Your whitelist and blacklist has been erased.
Run Superuser Update Fixer and you should see signature match is okay, now click update from market and enjoy.
- Antony
thanks for your work, can explain what exactly the app is doing?
Is there a free vers of root xplorer?
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Is there a free vers of root xplorer?
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I don't think there is. There may be another app that does this job though. You need something that can mount system rw.
It may be possible to do this step with ADB, however I just posted how I did it.
ES file explorer has this system rw option, it says that it only works with CM and some other rom but it works for me and I'm running leedroid. Only problem is you have to unmount and mount it again every now and then.
Yeah to make it work just select the non CM7 mod option, HIAPK i think it's called? either way just select that one, apart from what the guy above me said about the remounting every now and then, should be a good substitute for root explorer
I downloaded superuser from market and the fix but wen using es explorer i only see one superuser?
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All good now cheerz
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I only have the Superuser.apk, but still have problems on the update. I had lost root and just decided to reroot, but got the Ninja Icon app. I tried to update - sig failed. Tried the Update Fixer and on changing to 644 fail, check sigs fail. Then I tried this.
Any other ideas on how to get it?
Wat rom u using?
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Just updated SuperUser thanks to your guide, cheers mate
similar to the rootexplorer
[free alternative to Root Explorer]
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I don't think there is. There may be another app that does this job though. t.
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http://code.google.com/p/androotfile/
The ultimate file manager for root users, similar to the rootexplorer,It can access the whole of file system and support copy, cut, paste, delete and rename.The next version will add management and setting functions
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not me tested
it worked for me ( upgrade from version Superuser 3.07 to 3.2 ) thanks !
it worked for me ( upgrade from version Superuser 3.07 to 3.2 ) thanks !
i just had to delete , the file from the folder ( directory ) the "rename" did not work .
after delete & re-boot , the upgrade and installation worked fine !
thanks again for sharing !
if anyone needs the link for the root system browser [ Root Explorer ] let me know , i found a place with free download .
hi i want to know which is best for desire hd superuser or superSU
I used this method to try and root the xformer......... all worked good until I tried to push the Superuser apk it did not push. Upon trying again, it said it was a read only file
Any suggestions?>
It is a 4/23/11 build I was using BLobV5
http://androidroot.mobi/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-root-cwm-recovery/
Thanks
Do "adb remount" then try again.
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well Got the superuser but still does not allow titanium backup to access root, I have busybox downloaded, and downloaded rom manager ad rebooted a couple of times
???? repush superuser ?
I have not made any changes to my phone, no app downloads or deletions or anything. However, for the last couple of days I keep getting the notification mentioned in the title. Any suggestions as to causes and fixes. Thanks
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Can you still sign into Gmail?
I had that problem too. It was cuz ex-gf went psycho and changed my password. I had to hack my own email address rofl
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Yes I can still log in to gmail. Don't know of any other programs that might be doing this either.
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I usually get this when first flashing cm7 and gapps..usually cause it other than that I'm uncertain why it could be causing this.
I would try updating your profile and the prl and see if that helps reboot after wards and it should re authorize your account.
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I too get it on a clean flash on some ROMs. Once I got it to sync everything on gmail it finally stopped. But to get it all of a sudden is weird. Maybe uninstall and reinstall talk?
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Uninstalled talk but now I can't find it in the market, any links?
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sirens6 said:
Uninstalled talk but now I can't find it in the market, any links?
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This is the one out of the latest Gapps...push it to system\app and reboot.
Ok, downloaded the file, tried to install and it said "there is a problem parsing the package" don't know what that means. Tried moving the apk to the system/app folder with root explorer and it said "cannot paste because the file system is read only" don't know what that means either. what do I do now?
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sirens6 said:
Ok, downloaded the file, tried to install and it said "there is a problem parsing the package" don't know what that means. Tried moving the apk to the system/app folder with root explorer and it said "cannot paste because the file system is read only" don't know what that means either. what do I do now?
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You have to hit the little tab at the top right corner in Root Explorer and change the system folder from R/w to R/O. Then paste it.
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Ok, got it in the system/app folder, still getting the parsing problem when I select install, what next? Btw thank you so much for your help and patience with me
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if you pasted the talk.apk into /system/app then just reboot your phone, it should automatically come up after the reboot.
Rebooted, still no sign of talk in app drawer. Used root explorer, opened system/app folder, selected talk.apk, selected install, still getting "parsing error", what next?
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sirens6 said:
Rebooted, still no sign of talk in app drawer. Used root explorer, opened system/app folder, selected talk.apk, selected install, still getting "parsing error", what next?
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Reflash the ROM or restore from Titanium. Something weird is going on.
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going to try reflashing the ROM tonight, I'll let you know how it all goes
Reflashing,didn't,help.,ended,up,flashing sleeperrom instead. after a little while authentication error started happening again. Just noticed that it has affected my market too. I can't get any apps our games, it causes an error 101. Ugh
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My nexus 7 had slowed down recently. So I was advised by someone here to reinstall the stock rom. So I backed everything up that was on it and installed the latest version of android (4.2.2). It worked. It's not slow anymore. But there's one problem. I can't delete any files on it using es file manager. I get a message saying "cannot delete some files. Please make sure that your storage is not mounted as read-only". I don't know what that means. Can someone help me?
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You can delete unwanted files straight from TWRP Recovery. TWRP > Advanced > File Manager >SD Card > Select Items > Delete.
Well that worked. But it's too much trouble to have to go into TWRP just to delete a file. Why can't I delete it with ES file explorer like I could before I reinstalled the stock rom?
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You don't state if you're rooted....
Yes it's been rooted.
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And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?
Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.
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And SU or SuperSU (whichever) is active, with root permissions being granted as needed?
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Yes. I have SuperSU. It's active with root permissions granted.
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Depending on where you're working you may need to ask for write and mount privileges through terminal.
For example if working in /system:
Code:
su
mount -o remount,rw /system
Caution do not do this if you are not experienced. You may damage your system.
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Hmm I'm not sure I understand. I already put it in rw mode in the es file explorer app under tools/root explorer. But it still won't let me delete things.
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Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?
Bryon15 said:
Guys something is definitely not right. I just noticed that I can't read or write or edit text files (.txt). When I try to open a text file with es note editor it says an error occurred while trying to open file. Why is this happening? I almost wish I never did a fresh install.
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Hm weird. Under the assumption that you are doing everything correctly, it should work as superuser permissions supersedes all and any limitation unless the file is open preventing it from being written to. If that's the case you will have to go through recovery as Username invalid suggested to edit the file.
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Have you looked into TWRP > Advanced > Fix Permissions?
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I just tried that. Unfortunately it didn't work. And it gets worse. It seems like I can't do anything to the file system at all. Meaning I can't create a new file or folder. And I can't edit or delete what's already there. I haven't tried to download anything yet. But that probably won't work either. This is terrible.
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Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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Bryon15 said:
Nope. Can't download nothing. I just tried to download the music video beat it by Michael Jackson from youtube using the tubemate app. It said: Error: open failed: EACCES (permission denied)
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied
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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15985631/open-failed-eacces-permission-denied-in-a-virtual-device
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12415157/filenotfound-open-failed-eacces-permission-denied
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I read it. It says to fix it I have to remove and recreate the virtual device and change the size. But I have no idea what that means or how to do it. Why is everything so hard?
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If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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ezas said:
If you can install apps, install root explorer from the store. Its the better tool for this type of issue. Also install terminal emulator and try the command that was in one of the replies above.
How did you return to stock?
Please don't fall back on the I'm a noob thing and expect people to hold your hand. The more you do/learn yourself, the better help you can expect here.
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I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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Bryon15 said:
I returned to stock with the nexus 7 toolkit. It does everything for you. But it doesn't seem to help with this. Anyway I looked at those apps, and root explorer is $4.00. I don't mind paying for it. But I want to know if it's a necessity to have before I buy it.
The other app (terminal emulator) has multiple versions by different companies. How do I know which one to get? Here are some:
Android terminal emulator by jack palevich
Terminal emulator by cityapp
Shell terminal emulator by mobildev
Terminal IDE by Spartacus Rex
There are even more, those are the free ones.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.root.browserfree&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&hl=en
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Thank you. I'm going to attempt to fix it now. Wish me luck.
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Do I have to download ADB tool for my PC to use with this?
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